CN208839985U - A kind of ring flaker with heavy object separator - Google Patents

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CN208839985U
CN208839985U CN201821152546.9U CN201821152546U CN208839985U CN 208839985 U CN208839985 U CN 208839985U CN 201821152546 U CN201821152546 U CN 201821152546U CN 208839985 U CN208839985 U CN 208839985U
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王雯雯
胡德彪
李夏
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The utility model has the ring flaker of heavy object separator, heavy object separator repeatedly buffers the chip raw material for entering feed inlet by the first buffer board, the second buffer board, material diversion plate, the extended line of material diversion plate end is lower than splicing plate start line, the flexible end plate of material diversion plate end can adjust blanking port and air outlet opening size, and air duct angle is adjusted by air duct board, air duct is matched with blanking port and air outlet opening size always, to adapt to the chip raw material of different size;Inlet air plenum inner cavity door regulating plate can adjust the wind speed uninterrupted of blast orifice, strip ventilation opening adjusts ventilation quantity and vent position by strip baffle, so that blanking port and air outlet wind speed air-flow are uniformly adjustable, it keeps air duct unimpeded, prevents the sundries such as stone, the metal in chip raw material from damaging chipper, weight good separating effect, logistics corridor is smooth, will not card plug, improve work efficiency, extend the service life of chipper.

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A kind of ring flaker with heavy object separator
Technical field
Ring flaker the present invention relates to one of forestry machinery industry wood processing equipment with heavy object separator, Especially it is used to prepare the ring flaker of two section chief's wood shavings.
Background technique
Generally wood chip or veneer raw material be fabricated to by chipper in the timber process of forestry machinery industry artificial The wood shavings material of particieboard, ring flaker are with accepted chips or veneer for planing raw material, by planing process by wood chip or The special mechanical equipment of satisfactory wood shavings is made in veneer raw material;Length < 40mm wood chip plane block plane spend made of Ordinary particle board static bending strength is poor, and particieboard static bending strength made of the long wood shavings prepared two workshop sections is good, and intensity is high, still Two workshop section's wood chips are the heavier wooden unit of length >=60mm, and ring flaker raw material in the prior art is passed through from vibra feeder 100 It crosses concentration equipment 200 to enter in feed device 300, be dropped on the first buffer board 301 under the effect of gravity, then slide to second On buffer board 302, lateral adjustments plate 303 then is slid into along the second buffer board 302, through inclining under the effect of blast chamber wind flow Access ramp 304 enters wood shavings of the planing at certain specification, the rule of the chip raw material as used in two section chief's wood shavings in base 400 Lattice, specific gravity are all larger, will appear raw material packing phenomenon after sliding into lateral adjustments plate 303, passing through negative pressure system suction not Heavier wood chip can be siphoned away, feeding passage is caused to block, influences chipper normal work;And lateral section air quantity is not adjustable, no Blanking port and air outlet size can be adjusted according to actual air volume and material specification, material conveying is caused to have some setbacks and weight separation Effect is bad.
Summary of the invention
Air quantity can be adjusted the technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide one kind, and good separating effect, logistics corridor is suitable Freely, will not card plug the ring flaker with heavy object separator.
Ring flaker with heavy object separator of the invention, it is characterised in that: including vibra feeder, vibrating feed Device is connected to heavy object separator feed inlet through concentration equipment, and the discharge port of heavy object separator is connected to the planing tool machine of chipper inner cavity In group;The feed inlet interior side of heavy object separator is tiltedly installed with the first buffer board, and the first buffer board inclined downward is provided with Second buffer board between the second buffer board and the first buffer board end there is a distance to constitute first passage mouth;Second buffering Plate inclined downward is provided with material diversion plate, between material diversion plate and the second buffer board there is a distance to constitute second channel Mouthful;Splicing plate is provided with below material diversion plate, splicing plate is arranged along the extending direction of material diversion plate, splicing plate upper space Constitute the discharge port being connected with planing tool unit inlet;Between material diversion plate and splicing plate have a distance constitute blanking port and Air outlet, blanking port and outlet air metastomium are provided with blanking pipeline, are connected on rear side of blanking pipeline by blast orifice and outside inlet air plenum It connects and constitutes air duct;
The extended line of material diversion plate end is lower than splicing plate start line;
Material diversion plate end, which is provided with, can adjust blanking port and air outlet opening size to control intake Flexible end plate;
The air duct inner wall adjacent with material diversion plate is provided with air duct board, and air duct board can be rotated around base portion adjusts angle Degree is so that air duct matches with blanking port and air outlet opening size always;
The indoor blast apparatus of the air inlet is cross flow fan, and inlet air plenum lateral wall is provided with air inlet barrier, in inlet air plenum The position that chamber is located above blast orifice is provided with door regulating plate, and door regulating plate can be rotated around central rotating shaft to change blanking The wind speed uninterrupted of mouth and air outlet;
It is additionally provided with strip ventilation opening on the inlet air plenum side wall, is provided with strip baffle outside strip ventilation opening, Strip baffle length is less than strip ventilation opening length, and strip baffle can be along strip ventilation opening transverse shifting to adjust Ventilation quantity and vent position enable strip ventilation opening from side separate ventilation or become two sides while divulging information;
Ring flaker with heavy object separator of the invention passes through the first buffer board, the second buffer board, material diversion Plate repeatedly buffers the chip raw material for entering feed inlet, can prevent stone, metal and the excessive wooden unit in chip raw material Directly fall from higher position to springing into chipper inner cavity on material diversion plate;The extended line of material diversion plate end rises lower than splicing plate Initial line can prevent stone, metal and excessive wooden unit from crossing blanking port due to inertia and directly slide to entering flaking on splicing plate Machine inner cavity;The flexible end plate of material diversion plate end can adjust blanking port and air outlet opening size, to adapt to different size Chip raw material;Inlet air plenum inner cavity, which adjusts air-flow plate, can adjust the air force of blanking port and blowing mouth, and strip is logical Air port adjusts ventilation quantity and vent position by strip baffle, so that blanking port and air outlet wind speed air-flow are uniformly adjustable, and Adjusting air duct angle by air duct board makes air duct match always with blanking port and air outlet opening size, keeps air duct smooth It is logical, prevent the sundries such as stone, the metal in chip raw material from damaging chipper, weight good separating effect can adjust air quantity, logistics Channel is smooth, will not card plug, improve work efficiency, extend the service life of chipper.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is ring flaker planar structure schematic diagram in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the ring flaker planar structure schematic diagram that the embodiment of the present invention has heavy object separator;
Fig. 3 is the heavy object separator structure amplification signal for the ring flaker that the embodiment of the present invention has heavy object separator Figure;
Fig. 4 is the left view structural representation of Fig. 3.
Specific embodiment
As shown, a kind of ring flaker with heavy object separator, including vibra feeder 10, vibra feeder 10 It is connected to 30 feed inlet of heavy object separator through concentration equipment 20, the discharge port of heavy object separator 30 is connected to 40 inner cavity of chipper In planing tool unit;The feed inlet interior side of heavy object separator 30 is tiltedly installed with the first buffer board 1,1 lower section of the first buffer board It is tiltedly installed with the second buffer board 2, between 1 end of the second buffer board 2 and the first buffer board there is a distance to constitute first logical Road junction;Second buffer board, 2 inclined downward is provided with material diversion plate 3, has one between material diversion plate 3 and the second buffer board 2 Section distance constitutes second channel mouth;Splicing plate 5, extension of the splicing plate 5 along material diversion plate 3 are provided with below material diversion plate 3 Direction setting, 5 upper space of splicing plate constitute the discharge port 12 being connected with the entrance of planing tool unit 40, and chip raw material is by vibrating Dispenser 10 delivers into the feed inlet of heavy object separator 30 by concentration equipment 20, freely drops to the under the effect of gravity On one buffer board 1, and continues to slide to first between 1 end of the second buffer board 2 and the first buffer board along the first buffer board 1 and lead to Road junction is fallen downwards, also can be along inclination even if there is the biggish chip raw material of partial volume, weight to slide to the second buffer board 2 The second buffer board 2 being arranged slides to second channel mouth and falls;Pass through the first buffer board 1, the second buffer board 2, material diversion plate 3 The chip raw material for entering feed inlet is repeatedly buffered, can prevent stone, metal and excessive wooden unit in chip raw material from Higher position directly falls to springing into chipper inner cavity on material diversion plate.
Between material diversion plate 3 and splicing plate 5 there is a distance to constitute blanking port and air outlet 13, blanking port and outlet air 13 rear portions of mouth are provided with blanking pipeline, after the chip raw material that first passage mouth is fallen is fallen on material diversion plate 3, along inclination The material diversion plate 3 of setting slides downwards to the blanking port and blowing mouth between material diversion plate 3 and splicing plate 5, chip raw material In stone, metal and excessive wooden unit fallen under the effect of gravity along blanking port, and along blanking pipeline slide to blanking port be discharged; Air duct is connected and composed by blast orifice 10 and outside inlet air plenum on rear side of blanking pipeline, the wind flow that inlet air plenum generates passes through air blast Mouth 10 is rotated along duct flows to blanking port and blowing mouth, the flaking unit of chip raw material up to specification in chipper and inner cavity Negative-pressure sucking is generated, under the collective effect that accepted chips raw material suspension wind-force is provided with the supplement that cross flow fan generates, is crossed logical Road falls to splicing plate 5, into chipper inner cavity.
3 end of material diversion plate is lower than 5 start line of splicing plate, and stone, metal and excessive wooden unit can be prevented due to used Property cross blanking port and directly slide to entering chipper inner cavity on splicing plate.
3 end of material diversion plate is provided with the opening size that can adjust blanking port and air outlet 13 to control intake volume Flexible end plate 14, to adapt to the chip raw material of different size.
The air duct inner wall adjacent with material diversion plate 3 is provided with air duct board 4, and air duct board 4 can be rotated around base portion adjusts angle Degree is so that air duct matches with the opening size of blanking port and air outlet 13 always, it is ensured that stone, metal and excessive wooden unit are fallen To blanking port and air outlet 13.
Entering the wind indoor blast apparatus is cross flow fan 7, and inlet air plenum lateral wall is provided with air inlet barrier 15, inlet air plenum inner cavity Position above blast orifice 10 and cross flow fan 7 is provided with door regulating plate 6, and door regulating plate 6 can be around central rotating shaft It rotates to change the wind speed size of blast orifice 10, so that blanking port and air outlet wind speed air-flow are adjustable.
It is additionally provided with strip ventilation opening 16 on inlet air plenum side wall, is provided with strip baffle 9 outside strip ventilation opening 16, 9 length of strip baffle is less than 16 length of strip ventilation opening, and strip baffle 9 can be along 16 transverse shifting of strip ventilation opening To adjust ventilation quantity and vent position, so that strip ventilation opening 16 becomes to divulge information from side or two sides are divulged information, so that blanking port It is uniform with air outlet wind speed air-flow.
Cross flow fan 7 is mounted on inlet air plenum intracavity bottom, and motor 8 is mounted on inlet air plenum over top, and motor 8 passes through belt Transmission bindiny mechanism is connected to cross flow fan 7, provides power for cross flow fan 7.
Ring flaker with heavy object separator of the invention passes through the first buffer board, the second buffer board, material diversion Plate repeatedly buffers the chip raw material for entering feed inlet, can prevent stone, metal and the excessive wooden unit in chip raw material Directly fall from higher position to springing into chipper inner cavity on material diversion plate;The extended line of material diversion plate end rises lower than splicing plate Initial line can prevent stone, metal and excessive wooden unit from crossing blanking port due to inertia and directly slide to entering flaking on splicing plate Machine inner cavity;The flexible end plate of material diversion plate end can adjust blanking port and air outlet opening size, to adapt to different size Chip raw material;Inlet air plenum inner cavity door regulating plate can adjust the wind speed uninterrupted of blanking port and air outlet, and strip is logical Air port adjusts ventilation quantity and vent position by strip baffle, so that blanking port and air outlet wind speed air-flow are uniformly adjustable, and Adjusting air duct angle by air duct board makes air duct match always with blanking port and air outlet opening size, keeps air duct smooth It is logical, prevent the sundries such as stone, the metal in chip raw material from damaging chipper, weight good separating effect can adjust air quantity, logistics Channel is smooth, will not card plug, improve work efficiency, extend the service life of chipper.
Specific technical solution:
The present invention relates to a kind of ring flakers for the preparation of raw material of artifical plate wood shavings, in particular to a kind of to be used for two works The ring flaker of segment length's wood shavings preparation, removes mixed stone, metal in length >=60mm relatively chump or wooden unit raw material And the heavy object separator of super large wooden unit, belong to wood processing equipment technical field.
The object of the present invention is to provide stone in a kind of screening length >=60mm wood chip or the larger raw material of wooden unit, metal and The chipper heavy object separator of super large wooden unit.
The present invention is achieved by the following technical programs:
A kind of heavy object separator of ring flaker, the heavy object separator are mounted on the base door of planing tool unit 40, Structure includes the first buffer board 1, the second buffer board 2, material diversion plate 3, air duct board 4, splicing plate 5, door regulating plate 6, through-flow Blower 7, cross flow fan motor 8, strip baffle 9 etc..
The course of work of the present invention is as follows, and chip raw material is freely fallen on the first buffer board 1 under self gravitation effect, And slide to the second buffer board 2, it is rear to slide into material diversion plate 3, continue along 3 slide downward of material diversion plate, in flaking unit The suction and cross flow fan motor 8 that 40 internal impeller body high speed rotations generate pass through the benefit that belt-driven cross flow fan 7 generates It fills to provide and be suitble under the wind-force collective effect of acceptable material suspending power, acceptable material up to specification enters flaking through ramp way In 40 base of unit, the blanking of the space composition between material diversion plate 3 and splicing plate 5 such as stone, metal and excessive wooden unit Mouth and blowing mouth are fallen.
The features of the present invention is as follows:
(1) first buffer board 1, the second buffer board 2 can work as a buffer in raw material dropping process, prevent stone, gold Belong to and excessive wooden unit directly falls from higher position to material diversion plate, springs into chipper inner cavity.
(2) 3 one end of material diversion plate is fixedly connected on the side wall of heavy object separator 30, material diversion plate 3 and weight point Angular range from angle between 30 side wall of device is 45 ° ± 15 °, makes the extended line of 3 end of material diversion plate that should be lower than splicing plate 5 Start line can prevent stone, metal and excessive wooden unit due to sliding inertia, cross channel, fall to deflector, into flaking Machine inner cavity.
(3) the width a between material diversion plate 3 and splicing plate 5 is adjustable, and the adjustable range of a is 50mm-200mm, with suitable Answer the raw material of different length specification.
(4) supplement of cross flow fan 7 provides the wind-force for being suitble to acceptable material suspending power, and door regulating plate 6 is for adjusting air quantity The lateral strip baffle 9 at strip ventilation opening air inlet direction mouthful is arranged in for the equal of adjustment width direction wind speed in size Even property.
(5) position of air duct board 4 can rotate adjustment with the position of the flexible end plate of the lower end of material diversion plate 3, make Formation air duct, and do not form obstruction to air duct.
The present invention is improved, as the separating effect of raw material, to solve dropping channel blockage problem compared with chump or wooden unit, mention High working efficiency effectively prevent stone, metal etc. to extend the working time of chipper to the damage of chipper.
The features of the present invention will be illustrated and explained, these realities by the non-limitative illustration of preferred embodiment below Example is applied, is only provided as an example referring to attached drawing.
The utility model is described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples:
A kind of heavy object separator of novel ring flaker, heavy object separator are mounted on the base door of flaking unit 40 On, structure includes:
(1) the first buffer board 1 being obliquely installed is obliquely installed the second buffer board 2 in 1 lower right of the first buffer board, the One buffer board, 1 extended line should be on the second buffer board 2;Chip raw material is fallen from higher position under the effect of gravity, and it is slow to fall in first On punching 1, slide on the second buffer board 2, after slowly slid to material diversion plate 3 along the second buffer board 2.It is obliquely installed The first buffer board 1, the second buffer board 2 can work as a buffer, prevent stone, metal and excessive wooden unit from directly falling from higher position To material diversion plate 3, the chipper inner cavity of flaking unit 40 is sprung into.
Material deflector 3 is arranged in 2 obliquely downward of (2) second buffer board, and 3 obliquely downward of material diversion plate is provided with splicing plate 5, can Be lower than the extended line of 3 end of material diversion plate by the angle of setting material deflector 3 (with 45 ° ± 15 ° of vertical direction) 5 start line of splicing plate can prevent stone, metal and excessive wooden unit due to sliding inertia in this way, cross channel, fall to deflector On, into chipper inner cavity.Material diversion plate 3 is by upper and lower board group at making material diversion plate 3 by adjusting lengthwise location Blanking port between splicing plate 5 and air outlet width a is corresponding changes, duct cross-section product changes therewith, to adapt to difference The raw material of length specification;Between material diversion plate 3 and splicing plate 5 there is space to constitute blanking port and air outlet, is cross flow fan Air-out passage, can be formed herein adapt to suspension chump wind speed, wind speed size can structure cross be arranged above cross flow fan 6 angle of damper adjustable plate realize, and stone, metal, excessive wooden unit etc. can be leaked down from this channel.Material diversion plate 3 lower sections are provided with air duct board 4, and the position of air duct board 4 can be adjusted with the position on the bottom edge of material diversion plate 3, be allowed to and material The flexible end plate of deflector 3 is adapted, and does not form obstruction to air duct.
(3) 30 air inlet of heavy object separator setting lateral strip baffle 9 can be by moving left and right adjustment strip Shape ventilation opening width keeps transverse width direction wind speed uniform.
Therefore, the utility model can be improved, as the separating effect of raw material, to effectively prevent stone compared with chump or wooden unit The damage to chipper such as head, metal, extends the working time of chipper.

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1. a kind of ring flaker with heavy object separator, it is characterised in that: including vibra feeder, vibra feeder is through magnetic Screening device is connected to heavy object separator feed inlet, and the discharge port of heavy object separator is connected in the planing tool unit of chipper inner cavity; The feed inlet interior side of heavy object separator is tiltedly installed with the first buffer board, and it is slow that the first buffer board inclined downward is provided with second Punching between the second buffer board and the first buffer board end there is a distance to constitute first passage mouth;Below second buffer board It is tiltedly installed with material diversion plate, between material diversion plate and the second buffer board there is a distance to constitute second channel mouth;Object Splicing plate is provided with below material deflector, splicing plate is arranged along the extending direction of material diversion plate, and splicing plate upper space is constituted The discharge port being connected with planing tool unit inlet;Between material diversion plate and splicing plate there is a distance to constitute blanking port and outlet air Mouthful, blanking port and outlet air metastomium are provided with blanking pipeline, pass through blast orifice on rear side of blanking pipeline and connect structure with outside inlet air plenum At air duct.
2. according to claim 1 with the ring flaker of heavy object separator, it is characterised in that: the material diversion plate end The extended line at end is lower than splicing plate start line.
3. according to claim 1 with the ring flaker of heavy object separator, it is characterised in that: the material diversion plate end End is provided with the flexible end plate that can adjust blanking port and air outlet opening size to control intake.
4. according to claim 3 with the ring flaker of heavy object separator, it is characterised in that: led with material in the air duct The adjacent inner wall of flowing plate is provided with air duct board, air duct board can be rotated around base portion adjust angle make air duct always with blanking port and Air outlet opening size matches.
5. according to claim 1 with the ring flaker of heavy object separator, it is characterised in that: the indoor drum of air inlet Wind devices are cross flow fan, and inlet air plenum lateral wall is provided with air inlet barrier, and the position that inlet air plenum inner cavity is located above blast orifice is set It is equipped with door regulating plate, door regulating plate can rotate big to change the wind speed flow of blanking port and air outlet around central rotating shaft It is small.
6. according to claim 1 with the ring flaker of heavy object separator, it is characterised in that: on the inlet air plenum side wall It is additionally provided with strip ventilation opening, strip baffle is provided with outside strip ventilation opening, strip baffle length is less than strip Ventilation opening length, strip baffle can be along strip ventilation opening transverse shiftings to adjust ventilation quantity and vent position, so that long Bar shaped ventilation opening can divulge information simultaneously from side separate ventilation or two sides.
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