CN208410735U - A kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection - Google Patents

A kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection Download PDF

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CN208410735U
CN208410735U CN201820996190.0U CN201820996190U CN208410735U CN 208410735 U CN208410735 U CN 208410735U CN 201820996190 U CN201820996190 U CN 201820996190U CN 208410735 U CN208410735 U CN 208410735U
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雷呈刚
郝磊
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The utility model discloses a kind of expanding devices convenient for PVC pipe connection, including the first flaring external mold, the second flaring external mold, supporting leg, cabinet, controller, bottom plate is provided with above the supporting leg, pedestal is provided with below the supporting leg, the cabinet is provided with above the bottom plate, the box house is provided with the controller, the controller is connected by screw to the bottom plate, the controller side is provided with hydraulic pump, the controller other side is provided with leading screw bearing, and the leading screw bearing and the bottom plate weld.Beneficial effect is: the utility model is worked using multiple sensors and controller coordinate, the heating and softening degree of accurate control PVC pipe, flaring external mold is divided into two parts, it is flared after the completion of operation, conveniently take out PVC pipe, pvc pipe is flared using mechanical equipment, too many manpower and material resources will not be expended.

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A kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection
Technical field
The utility model relates to PVC pipe manufacture fields, fill more particularly to a kind of flaring convenient for PVC pipe connection It sets.
Background technique
PVC pipeline is by it from heavy and light, and corrosion-resistant, the features such as compressive resistance is high, safe ready receives the one of engineering circles Straight favorable comment, in recent years, PVC pipeline development in China's is very rapid, and PVC pipe is at home under the pulling of rapid economic development Best one of the tubing of sales volume currently on the market, it can be used as water pipe, can also be used when spool.PVC pipe toughness is strong, resistance to It is hot good, water-proof anti-aging, therefore most places finishing all uses this water pipe, during using PVC pipe, because Requirement is not achieved in the length of PVC pipe, it is therefore desirable to two PVC pipe be docked, during docking, needed PVC pipe is flared, during being flared PVC pipe, needs that the interface of PVC pipe heat soft Change, this process is completed by manually before, and the degree of heating and softening is unable to accurately control, and needs to expend more Manpower and material resources.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is that solve the above-mentioned problems and provides a kind of flaring convenient for PVC pipe connection Device, the utility model are worked using multiple sensors and controller coordinate, the accurate heating and softening degree for controlling PVC pipe.
The utility model achieves the above object through the following technical schemes:
A kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection, including the first flaring external mold, the second flaring external mold, supporting leg, case Body, controller, the supporting leg top are provided with bottom plate, and pedestal, setting above the bottom plate are provided with below the supporting leg There is the cabinet, the box house is provided with the controller, and the model of the controller is 30T-050A, the controller It is connected by screw to the bottom plate, the controller side is provided with hydraulic pump, and the controller other side is provided with lead screw Support, the leading screw bearing and the bottom plate weld, and the leading screw bearing is provided with the first master far from the side of the controller Driving wheel, first driving wheel are provided with first motor far from the side of the leading screw bearing, set above first driving wheel It is equipped with the first driven wheel, lead screw is provided between the leading screw bearing, is provided with feed screw nut on the lead screw, on the cabinet Side is provided with sliding rail, and the body side is provided with support plate, and sliding block is provided on the sliding rail, is provided with above the sliding block Protective shell, the protective shell side are provided with mold in flaring, and mold is bolted with the shaft in the flaring, institute It states protective shell and is internally provided with the second motor, second motor side is provided with the second driving wheel, on second driving wheel Side is provided with the second driven wheel, and the second active wheel side is provided with shaft seating, in the shaft seating and the flaring Shaft is provided between mold, the shaft is connected by key with second driven wheel, and mold is far from described in the flaring The side of protective shell is provided with the first flaring external mold, and the first flaring external mold is bolted with the hydraulic cylinder, It is provided with hydraulic cylinder above the first flaring external mold, the hydraulic cylinder is bolted with the top plate, and described first expands The second flaring external mold is provided with below mouth external mold, the second flaring external mold is bolted with the cabinet, described First flaring external mold is provided with support column far from the side of mold in the flaring, is provided with top plate above the hydraulic cylinder, institute It states the first flaring external mold and is internally provided with heating coil, the first flaring external mold and the second flaring external mold and the heating coil Bonding, the heating coil top are provided with temperature sensor, and the model of the temperature sensor is WZPK-100, the heating coil Side is provided with infrared sensor, and the model of the infrared sensor is PZ-G101B, and the cabinet front is provided with control plane Plate is provided with display screen on the control panel, is provided with key below the display screen, and the temperature sensor described is pressed Key, the infrared sensor, the heating coil, the hydraulic cylinder, the first motor, second motor, the hydraulic pump It is electrically connected with the display screen with the controller.
In above structure, when using the present apparatus, by pvc pipe put into first flaring die and second flaring die it Between, when the infrared sensor detects pvc pipe, signal is passed to the controller, the controller control is described to be added Gas ket starts to begin to warm up pvc pipe, when heating temperature reaches the set temperature of the temperature sensor, pushes PVC at this time Pipe mold into the flaring moves a certain distance, and signal is passed to the controller, the control by the temperature sensor Device controls the first motor and the lead screw is driven to rotate forward, and the feed screw nut drives the protective shell to first flaring die Close with second flaring die, mold is inserted into heated pvc pipe nozzle in the flaring, at this time the controller control The first motor stalling, controls second motor and drives mold rotation in the flaring, carry out flaring operation to pvc pipe, It is flared after the completion of operation, the controller controls the first motor and drives the lead screw reversion, the second motor stalling, institute Stating feed screw nut drives the protective shell and its inner components to return to home position, and the controller controls the hydraulic cylinder band It moves first flaring die to be lifted up, the pvc pipe being flared can be taken out easily.
In order to further increase the working efficiency of pvc pipe expanding device, the bottom plate and the supporting leg are welded, and described the One motor is bolted with the bottom plate.
In order to further increase the working efficiency of pvc pipe expanding device, first driven wheel and the lead screw pass through key Connection, the hydraulic pump are bolted with the bottom plate.
In order to further increase the working efficiency of pvc pipe expanding device, first driving wheel and the first motor are logical Key connection is crossed, the sliding block is slidably connected with the sliding rail, the sliding rail and the welding box body.
In order to further increase the working efficiency of pvc pipe expanding device, the pedestal and the supporting leg are welded, the case Body and the bottom plate weld.
Connect to further increase the working efficiency of pvc pipe expanding device, the protective shell and the sliding block by bolt It connects, the shaft seating and the protective shell weld.
In order to further increase the working efficiency of pvc pipe expanding device, second driving wheel and second motor are logical Key connection is crossed, the top plate and the support plate are welded, and the support plate and the bottom plate weld.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
1, the utility model is worked using multiple sensors and controller coordinate, the accurate heating and softening for controlling PVC pipe Degree;
2, flaring external mold is divided into two parts by the utility model, is flared after the completion of operation, is conveniently taken out PVC pipe;
3, the utility model is flared pvc pipe using mechanical equipment, will not expend too many manpower and material resources.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to illustrate the embodiment of the utility model or the technical proposal in the existing technology more clearly, below will be to embodiment Or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art is briefly described, it should be apparent that, the accompanying drawings in the following description is only Some embodiments of the utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, in the premise of not making the creative labor property Under, it is also possible to obtain other drawings based on these drawings.
Fig. 1 is a kind of perspective view of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection described in the utility model;
Fig. 2 is a kind of schematic diagram of internal structure of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection described in the utility model;
When Fig. 3 is that a kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection described in the utility model is in taking-up PVC pipe state Schematic internal view;
Fig. 4 is a kind of main view of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection described in the utility model;
Fig. 5 is a kind of right view of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection described in the utility model;
Fig. 6 is a kind of circuit structure flow diagram of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection described in the utility model.
The reference numerals are as follows:
1, the first flaring external mold;2, the second flaring external mold;3, supporting leg;4, cabinet;5, controller;6, support plate;7, it props up Dagger;8, hydraulic pump;9, sliding rail;10, the first driving wheel;11, the first driven wheel;12, leading screw bearing;13, feed screw nut;14, Lead screw;15, top plate;16, hydraulic cylinder;17, bottom plate;18, pedestal;19, infrared sensor;20, heating coil;21, temperature sensor; 22, mold in being flared;23, shaft;24, shaft seating;25, the second driven wheel;26, the second driving wheel;27, the second motor;28, Sliding block;29, key;30, display screen;31 protective shells;32, first motor;33, control panel.
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In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that term " center ", " longitudinal direction ", " transverse direction ", "upper", "lower", The orientation or positional relationship of the instructions such as "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outside" is It is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, is merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicate Or imply that signified device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, therefore cannot understand For limitations of the present invention.In addition, term " first ", " second " etc. are used for description purposes only, and should not be understood as indicating Or it implies relative importance or implicitly indicates the quantity of indicated technical characteristic." first ", " second " etc. are defined as a result, Feature can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features.It is in the description of the present invention, unless another It is described, the meaning of " plurality " is two or more.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " is pacified Dress ", " connected ", " connection " shall be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be being fixedly connected, may be a detachable connection, or integrally Connection;It can be mechanical connection, be also possible to be electrically connected;Can be directly connected, can also indirectly connected through an intermediary, It can be the connection inside two elements.For the ordinary skill in the art, on being understood by concrete condition State the concrete meaning of term in the present invention.
The utility model is described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawing.
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As shown in figs 1 to 6, a kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection, including the first flaring external mold 1, second expand Mouthful external mold 2, supporting leg 3, cabinet 4, controller 5 are provided with bottom plate 17 above supporting leg 3, are provided with pedestal below supporting leg 3 18, cabinet 4 is provided with above bottom plate 17, and cabinet 4 is to protect the components such as first motor 32, controller 5 and hydraulic pump 8, case Body 4 is internally provided with controller 5, and the model of controller 5 is 30T-050A, and the effect of controller 5 is control device, controller 5 Be connected by screw to bottom plate 17,5 side of controller is provided with hydraulic pump 8, the effect of hydraulic pump 8 be provided for hydraulic cylinder 16 it is dynamic Power, 5 other side of controller are provided with leading screw bearing 12, and the effect of leading screw bearing 12 is support lead screw 14, leading screw bearing 12 and bottom Plate 17 welds, and leading screw bearing 12 is provided with the first driving wheel 10 far from the side of controller 5, and the first driving wheel 10 is far from lead screw branch The side of seat 12 is provided with first motor 32, is provided with the first driven wheel 11 above the first driving wheel 10, between leading screw bearing 12 It is provided with lead screw 14, feed screw nut 13 is provided on lead screw 14, the effect of feed screw nut 13 is that band movable slider 28 is made on sliding rail 9 It moves along a straight line, is provided with sliding rail 9 above cabinet 4,4 side of cabinet is provided with support plate 6, and the effect of support plate 6 is and support column 7 Roof supporting 15 together, are provided with sliding block 28 on sliding rail 9, and sliding block 28 is to drive zero inside protective shell 31 and protective shell 31 Component is for linear motion, protective shell 31 is provided with above sliding block 28, protective shell 31 is to protect its inner components, protective shell 31 Side is provided with the interior mold 22 of flaring, and the effect for being flared interior mold 22 is to expand heated pvc pipe nozzle, is flared interior mold 22 are bolted with shaft 23, and protective shell 31 is internally provided with the second motor 27, and 27 side of the second motor is provided with second Driving wheel 26 is provided with the second driven wheel 25 above second driving wheel 26, and 26 side of the second driving wheel is provided with shaft seating 24, Shaft seating 24 shaft seating 24 and is provided with shaft 23 in being flared to support shaft 23 between mold 22, shaft 23 and the Two driven wheels 25 are connected by key, and are flared interior mold 22 far from the side of protective shell 31 and are provided with the first flaring external mold 1, first expands Mouth external mold 1 is bolted with hydraulic cylinder 16, is provided with hydraulic cylinder 16, the effect of hydraulic cylinder 16 above the first flaring external mold 1 It is that the first flaring external mold 1 is driven to move up and down, hydraulic cylinder 16 is bolted with top plate 15,1 lower section of the first flaring external mold It is provided with the second flaring external mold 2, the second flaring external mold 2 is bolted with cabinet 4, and the first flaring external mold 1 is far from flaring The side of mold 22 is provided with support column 7, and the effect of support column 7 is and support plate 6 together roof supporting 15,16 top of hydraulic cylinder Be provided with top plate 15, the first flaring external mold 1 is internally provided with heating coil 20, heating coil 20 to be heated to pvc pipe nozzle, First flaring external mold 1 and the second flaring external mold 2 are Nian Jie with heating coil 20, temperature sensor 21 are provided with above heating coil 20, temperature The model of degree sensor 21 is WZPK-100, and the effect of temperature inductor 21 is the heating temperature of detection pvc pipe nozzle, and letter Number controller 5 being passed to, 20 side of heating coil is provided with infrared sensor 19, and the model of infrared sensor 19 is PZ-G101B, Whether the effect of infrared sensor 19 is detection pvc pipe close to heating coil 20, and signal is passed to controller 5,4 front of cabinet Be provided with control panel 33, be provided with display screen 30 on control panel 33, display screen 30 to display device working condition and Running parameter, is provided with key 29 below display screen 30, running parameter of the key 29 to setting device, temperature sensor 21, Key 29, infrared sensor 19, heating coil 20, hydraulic cylinder 16, first motor 32, the second motor 27, hydraulic pump 8 and display screen 30 It is electrically connected with controller 5.
In above structure, when using the present apparatus, pvc pipe is put between the first flaring die 1 and the second flaring die 2, it is hot When outer sensor 19 detects pvc pipe, signal is passed to controller 5, controller 5 controls heating coil 20 and starts to open pvc pipe Begin to heat, when heating temperature reaches the set temperature of temperature sensor 21, pushes pvc pipe mold 22 into flaring mobile at this time Signal is passed to controller 5 by certain distance, temperature sensor 21, and controller 5 controls first motor 32 and lead screw 14 is driven to rotate forward, Feed screw nut 13 drives protective shell 31 close to the first flaring die 1 and the second flaring die 2, and mold 22 is inserted into heated in flaring In pvc pipe nozzle, controller 5 controls first motor 32 and stalls at this time, and the second motor 27 of control drives mold 22 in flaring to rotate, Flaring operation is carried out to pvc pipe, is flared after the completion of operation, controller 5 controls first motor 32 and lead screw 14 is driven to invert, the second electricity Machine 27 stalls, and feed screw nut 13 drives protective shell 31 and its inner components return to home position, and controller 5 controls hydraulic cylinder 16 It drives the first flaring die 1 to be lifted up, the pvc pipe being flared can be taken out easily.
In order to further increase the working efficiency of pvc pipe expanding device, bottom plate 17 and supporting leg 3 are welded, first motor 32 It is bolted with bottom plate 17, the first driven wheel 11 is connected by key with lead screw 14, and hydraulic pump 8 and bottom plate 17 are connected by bolt It connecing, the first driving wheel 10 is connected by key with first motor 32, and sliding block 28 is slidably connected with sliding rail 9, and sliding rail 9 and cabinet 4 weld, Pedestal 18 and supporting leg 3 weld, and cabinet 4 and bottom plate 17 weld, and protective shell 31 is bolted with sliding block 28, shaft seating 24 It is welded with protective shell 31, the second driving wheel 26 is connected by key with the second motor 27, and top plate 15 and support plate 6 are welded, support plate 6 It is welded with bottom plate 17.
The basic principles and main features and advantage of the utility model have been shown and described above.The technical staff of the industry It should be appreciated that the present utility model is not limited to the above embodiments, the above embodiments and description only describe this The principle of utility model, on the premise of not departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, the utility model also has various change And improvement, these various changes and improvements fall within the scope of the claimed invention.

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1. it is a kind of convenient for PVC pipe connection expanding device, it is characterised in that: including first flaring external mold, second flaring external mold, Supporting leg, cabinet, controller, the supporting leg top are provided with bottom plate, are provided with pedestal, the bottom plate below the supporting leg Top is provided with the cabinet, and the box house is provided with the controller, and the controller and the bottom plate pass through screw Connection, the controller side are provided with hydraulic pump, and the controller other side is provided with leading screw bearing, the leading screw bearing with The bottom plate welding, the leading screw bearing are provided with the first driving wheel, first driving wheel far from the side of the controller Side far from the leading screw bearing is provided with first motor, is provided with the first driven wheel above first driving wheel, described It is provided with lead screw between leading screw bearing, feed screw nut is provided on the lead screw, is provided with sliding rail, the case above the cabinet Body side surface is provided with support plate, and sliding block is provided on the sliding rail, is provided with protective shell, the protection shell-side above the sliding block Face is provided with mold in flaring, and mold is bolted with the shaft in the flaring, and the protective shell is internally provided with Second motor, second motor side are provided with the second driving wheel, are provided with the second driven wheel above second driving wheel, The second active wheel side is provided with shaft seating, is provided with shaft between mold in the shaft seating and the flaring, The shaft is connected by key with second driven wheel, and mold is arranged far from the side of the protective shell in the flaring The first flaring external mold is stated, the first flaring external mold is bolted with the hydraulic cylinder, above the first flaring external mold It is provided with hydraulic cylinder, the hydraulic cylinder is bolted with the top plate, is provided with below the first flaring external mold described Second flaring external mold, the second flaring external mold are bolted with the cabinet, and the first flaring external mold is far from described The side of mold is provided with support column in being flared, and top plate is provided with above the hydraulic cylinder, is set inside the first flaring external mold It is equipped with heating coil, the first flaring external mold and the second flaring external mold are Nian Jie with the heating coil, above the heating coil It is provided with temperature sensor, the heating coil side is provided with infrared sensor, and the cabinet front is provided with control panel, institute It states and is provided with display screen on control panel, be provided with key, the temperature sensor, the key, institute below the display screen State infrared sensor, the heating coil, the hydraulic cylinder, the first motor, second motor, the hydraulic pump and described Display screen is electrically connected with the controller.
2. it is according to claim 1 it is a kind of convenient for PVC pipe connection expanding device, it is characterised in that: the bottom plate with The supporting leg welding, the first motor are bolted with the bottom plate.
3. it is according to claim 1 it is a kind of convenient for PVC pipe connection expanding device, it is characterised in that: described first from Driving wheel is connected by key with the lead screw, and the hydraulic pump is bolted with the bottom plate.
4. a kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: described first is main Driving wheel is connected by key with the first motor, and the sliding block is slidably connected with the sliding rail, and the sliding rail and the cabinet weld It connects.
5. it is according to claim 1 it is a kind of convenient for PVC pipe connection expanding device, it is characterised in that: the pedestal with The supporting leg welding, the cabinet and the bottom plate weld.
6. a kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the protective shell It is bolted with the sliding block, the shaft seating and the protective shell weld.
7. a kind of expanding device convenient for PVC pipe connection according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: described second is main Driving wheel is connected by key with second motor, and the top plate and the support plate are welded, and the support plate and the bottom plate weld It connects.
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