CN209078499U - A kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good - Google Patents

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CN209078499U
CN209078499U CN201821494070.7U CN201821494070U CN209078499U CN 209078499 U CN209078499 U CN 209078499U CN 201821494070 U CN201821494070 U CN 201821494070U CN 209078499 U CN209078499 U CN 209078499U
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The utility model discloses a kind of burnishing devices that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good, including workbench, several fixed mechanisms, polishing mechanism, positioning mechanism and driving device, all fixed mechanisms are arranged successively on the table from front to back for the fixed stainless steel tube being polished, the workbench is equipped with the positioning mechanism at the rear of the fixed mechanism positioned at rearmost, the workbench is equipped with driving device and is used to drive the polishing mechanism being located in stainless steel tube, compared with prior art, it can be improved product quality, guarantee the uniform of polishing, make full use of abrasive material, and structure is simple.

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A kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good
[technical field]
The utility model relates to a kind of technical field of clean stainless steel tube production equipment, especially a kind of clean stainless steel The technical field of the good burnishing device of pipe production uniformity.
[background technique]
When clean stainless steel tube produces, needs to polish the inner surface of pipe, the inner surface of long tube is polished Generally polished using long tube polisher.The working principle of existing long tube polisher is very simple, it is mainly by motor and polishing Wheel composition, the round tube for being intended to polishing are fixed on clamping device, and motor drives polishing wheel to operate by shaft, while above-mentioned motor It can be moved under the drive of another motor along linear guide again with the platform where polishing wheel, stretch polishing wheel and shaft Inside pipe wall is polished by throwing long tube.
But the polishing machine of this structure is during the polishing process, since shaft needs high speed rotation that polishing wheel rotation is driven to throw Light, such polishing is inevitably generated, and radial bending, vibration occur due to shaft when extending feeding, to cause Inner wall of long pipe polishing is uneven, and as shaft is stretched out longer, inner wall of long pipe is thrown away more uneven, and then influences product Quality.
And when above-mentioned polishing wheel wear is a certain amount of, it is necessary to entire polishing wheel is replaced, so that mill cannot be made full use of Material.
[utility model content]
The purpose of this utility model is exactly to solve the problems of the prior art, and it is equal to propose that a kind of clean stainless steel tube production is used The good burnishing device of even property, can be improved product quality, guarantees the uniform of polishing, makes full use of abrasive material, and structure is simple.
To achieve the above object, the utility model proposes a kind of polishing that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good dresses It sets, including workbench, several fixed mechanisms, polishing mechanism, positioning mechanism and driving device, all fixed mechanisms are by preceding It is arranged successively after on the table for the fixed stainless steel tube being polished, the workbench is equipped with consolidating positioned at rearmost Determine the positioning mechanism at the rear of mechanism, the workbench is equipped with driving device and is used to drive the polishing machine being located in stainless steel tube Structure, the polishing mechanism includes polishing motor, polishing wheel mechanism, two sliding supports, every magnetic holder and is attracted body, described The rotation axis of polishing motor is equipped with polishing wheel mechanism, and the both ends of the shell of the polishing motor are equipped with sliding support, The shell upper end of the polishing motor is equipped with every magnetic holder, described every, equipped with body is attracted, the driving device includes driving in magnetic holder Dynamic motor, two sliding rails, slide, threaded rod and electromagnet are set on the workbench there are two sliding rail, are set on described two sliding rails There is slidable slide, the slide is equipped with supporter, and the supporter is equipped in the top of stainless steel tube for attracting quilt The electromagnet of attractor, the polishing wheel mechanism include mounting base, annular solid, wind spring shell, wind spring, shaft, turntable, two slots With two bistriques, the front end of the mounting base is equipped with annular solid, and the axis body distribution of described two bistriques is threaded through the upper of annular solid On lower both ends, the front end of the mounting base is equipped with wind spring shell in annular solid, is equipped with wind spring, the wind spring shell in the wind spring shell Front end be equipped with and be rotatably connected and the shaft of rear end and the connection of the inner end of wind spring, the front end of the shaft are equipped with turntable, institute Slot that is corresponding with two bistriques respectively there are two setting on turntable and being obliquely installed is stated, is threadedly coupled on the axis body of the bistrique There is the connection slide mass being located in corresponding slot.
Preferably, the sliding support includes ring bodies, several slide masses and several idler wheels, on the ring bodies It is equipped with equally distributed slide mass, the outer end of the slide mass is equipped with the idler wheel contradicted on stainless steel inside pipe wall, described Slide mass is fixedly connected by fastening bolt with ring bodies.
Preferably, the fixed mechanism includes shelving seat, cylinder, two hooks, attachment base and fixing belt, it is described to shelve Seat is located on the upper end of workbench, and the upper end for shelving seat is equipped with the holding tank matched with stainless steel tube, the workbench Bottom be equipped with and shelve the one-to-one cylinder of seat, attachment base is equipped on the piston rod of the cylinder, the attachment base Both ends are equipped with the hook that workbench is stretched out in upper end, and for the seat of shelving between two hooks, the both ends of the fixing belt are equal Equipped with the link matched with hook.
Preferably, the positioning mechanism includes support, casing and ring shaped retainers, the workbench is equipped with support, institute Support is stated equipped with casing, the diameter of the prepass of described sleeve pipe and the outer diameter of stainless steel tube are equal, the rear channel of described sleeve pipe Diameter it is equal with the internal diameter of stainless steel tube, it is described after channel rear end in equipped with ring shaped retainers.
Preferably, being equipped with automatic winder for winding and polishing motor at the rear of positioning mechanism on the workbench The power supply line of connection, the pull-out end of the power supply line are connected with socket, and the socket is equipped with coupler body, the shell of the polishing motor The rear end of body is equipped with the link body for hanging coupler body.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that the utility model passes through driving device polishing mechanism from the stainless steel tube being polished It is interior by carrying out polishing, rotation axis too long the drawbacks of causing of traditional polishing wheel is avoided, and structure is simple, by fixed Positioning of the position mechanism to polishing mechanism, enables polishing mechanism once to complete to polish;Polishing wheel mechanism can make full use of abrasive material; Compared with prior art, it can be improved product quality, guarantee the uniform of polishing, make full use of abrasive material, and structure is simple.
The feature and advantage of the utility model will be described in detail by embodiment combination attached drawing.
[Detailed description of the invention]
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram for the burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good of the utility model;
Fig. 2 is the enlarged drawing of A in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a kind of partial side elevation view for the burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good of the utility model;
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram of polishing wheel mechanism;
Fig. 5 is the side view of polishing wheel mechanism.
In figure: 1- workbench, 2- fixed mechanism, 3- polishing mechanism, 4- positioning mechanism, 5- driving device, 6- stainless steel tube, 7- automatic winder, 8- power supply line, 9- socket, 10- link body, 11- coupler body, 21- shelve seat, 22- cylinder, 23- hook, 24- Attachment base, 25- fixing belt, 26- holding tank, 27- link, 31- polishing motor, 32- polishing wheel mechanism, 33- sliding support, 34- is attracted body, 321- mounting base, 322- annular solid, 323- wind spring shell, 324- wind spring, 325- shaft, 326- every magnetic holder, 35- Turntable, 327- slot, 328- bistrique, 329- connection slide mass, 331- ring bodies, 332- slide mass, 333- idler wheel, 334- are hung Channel, 51- driving motor, 52- sliding rail, 53- are sliding after ring, 41- support, 42- casing, 43- ring shaped retainers, 44- prepass, 45- Seat, 54- threaded rod, 55- electromagnet, 56- supporter.
[specific embodiment]
Refering to fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, a kind of throwing that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good of the utility model Electro-optical device, including workbench 1, several fixed mechanisms 2, polishing mechanism 3, positioning mechanism 4 and driving device 5, described all consolidates Determine mechanism 2 to be sequentially arranged in from front to back on workbench 1 for the fixed stainless steel tube 6 being polished, the workbench 1 is equipped with Positioning mechanism 4 positioned at the rear of the fixed mechanism 2 of rearmost, the workbench 1 are equipped with driving device 5 and are located at for driving Polishing mechanism 3 in stainless steel tube 6, the polishing mechanism 3 include 32, two polishing motor 31, polishing wheel mechanism sliding supports Device 33 every magnetic holder 34 and is attracted body 35, and the rotation axis of the polishing motor 31 is equipped with polishing wheel mechanism 32, the polishing The both ends of the shell of motor 31 are equipped with sliding support 33, and the shell upper end of the polishing motor 31 is equipped with every magnetic holder 34, Described to be attracted body 35 every being equipped in magnetic holder 34, the driving device 5 includes driving motor 51, two sliding rails 52, slides 53, spiral shell Rasp bar 54 and electromagnet 55 are set on the workbench 1 there are two sliding rail 52, and described two sliding rails 52 are equipped with slidable slide 53, the slide 53 is equipped with supporter 56, and the supporter 56 is equipped in the top of stainless steel tube 6 and is attracted body for attracting 35 electromagnet 55, the polishing wheel mechanism 32 include mounting base 321, annular solid 322, wind spring shell 323, wind spring 324, shaft 325,326, two slots 327 of turntable and two bistriques 328, the front end of the mounting base 321 are equipped with annular solid 322, and described two The axis body distribution of a bistrique 328 is threaded through in the upper and lower ends of annular solid 322, and the front end of the mounting base 321 is in annular solid 322 It is interior to be equipped with wind spring shell 323, it is equipped with wind spring 324 in the wind spring shell 323, the front end of the wind spring shell 323, which is equipped with, rotatably to be connected It connects and shaft 325 that rear end is connect with the inner end of wind spring 324, the front end of the shaft 325 is equipped with turntable 326, the turntable 326 On set there are two corresponding with the two bistriques 328 respectively and slot 327 that is obliquely installed, screw thread on the axis body of the bistrique 328 Be connected be located at corresponding slot 327 in connection slide mass 329, if the sliding support 33 include ring bodies 331, Dry-charged plates body 332 and several idler wheels 333 are equipped with equally distributed slide mass 332, the slide mass on the ring bodies 331 332 outer end is equipped with the idler wheel 333 contradicted on 6 inner wall of stainless steel tube, and the slide mass 332 passes through fastening bolt and ring-type Body 331 is fixedly connected, and the fixed mechanism 2 includes shelving seat 21,22, two, cylinder hooks 23, attachment base 24 and fixing belt 25, The seat 21 of shelving is located on the upper end of workbench 1, and the upper end for shelving seat 21 is equipped with the receiving matched with stainless steel tube 6 The bottom of slot 26, the workbench 1 is equipped with and shelves the one-to-one cylinder 22 of seat 21, is all provided on the piston rod of the cylinder 22 There is attachment base 24, the both ends of the attachment base 24 are equipped with the hook 23 that workbench 1 is stretched out in upper end, and the seat 21 of shelving is positioned at two Between a hook 23, the both ends of the fixing belt 25 are equipped with the link 27 matched with hook 23, and the positioning mechanism 4 includes Support 41, casing 42 and ring shaped retainers 43, the workbench 1 are equipped with support 41, and the support 41 is equipped with casing 42, described The diameter of the prepass 44 of casing 42 is equal with the outer diameter of stainless steel tube 6, the diameter in the rear channel 45 of described sleeve pipe 42 with it is stainless The internal diameter of steel pipe 6 is equal, it is described after channel 45 rear end in equipped with ring shaped retainers 43, in positioning mechanism 4 on the workbench 1 Rear is equipped with automatic winder 7 for winding the power supply line 8 connecting with polishing motor 31, the pull-out end connection of the power supply line 8 There is socket 9, the socket 9 is equipped with coupler body 11, and the rear end of the shell of the polishing motor 31 is equipped with the link for hanging coupler body 11 Body 10.
Utility model works process:
A kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good of the utility model during the work time, will be stainless Steel pipe 6 is shelved in holding tank 26 and pushes stainless steel tube 6 to insert it into prepass 44 backward, then by the two of fixing belt 25 End is hung on two hooks 23, and the piston rod for then starting cylinder 22, which stretches out, drives attachment base 24 to move downward, attachment base 24 pull downward on fixing belt 25 by hook 23, and stainless steel tube 6 is fixed in holding tank 26.
Then electromagnet 55 is powered and picks up socket 9 and is sent into casing 42 across ring shaped retainers 43, passes through electromagnet 55 Effect is fixed on coupler body 11 on 42 inner wall of casing, then starts driving motor 51 and threaded rod 54 is driven to rotate clockwise, screw thread Bar 54 drives supporter 56 to travel forward by slide 53, and supporter 56 drives electromagnet 55 to travel forward, and coupler body 11 is with electricity Magnet 55 moves forward to the front end of stainless steel tube 6, then removes coupler body 11 and hooks on link body 10, and by polishing motor 31 Plug on input power cord is inserted into socket 9.
Then polishing mechanism 3 is put into in the front end of stainless steel tube 6 (polishing wheel mechanism 32 is facing forward), then starting polishing electricity Machine 31 and driving motor 51, polishing motor 31 drive the rotation of polishing wheel mechanism 32 to be polished, and driving motor 51 drives threaded rod 54 rotate counterclockwise, and threaded rod 54 drives supporter 56 to move backward by slide 53, and supporter 56 drives electromagnet 55 backward Movement is attracted body 35 and polishing mechanism 3 is driven to pass through stainless steel tube 6 under the action of electromagnet 55, when slide 53 runs to cunning When 52 rear end of rail, driving motor 51 stops and electromagnet 55 powers off, at this point, holding level with both hands after the rear end of bistrique 328 and stainless steel tube 6 Together, polishing mechanism 3 enters in rear channel 45 and completes the polishing to stainless steel tube 6, then unloads polished stainless steel tube 6, polishing mechanism 3 is being taken out out of casing 42 and is removing socket 9, is ready for lower task.
It when polishing mechanism 3 is put into stainless steel tube 6, picks up polishing mechanism 3 and is sent into stainless steel tube 6, slidably supported when two When device 33 is respectively positioned in stainless steel tube 6, rotate counterclockwise turntable 326 drive shaft 325 rotation (meanwhile slot 327 and even Connect pulls two bistriques 328 to move toward one another under the cooperation of slide mass 329, and the blocking of bistrique 328 is avoided to cause polishing mechanism 3 cannot Into in stainless steel tube 6), shaft 325 drives wind spring 324 to tighten, it then proceedes to for polishing mechanism 3 being sent into stainless steel tube 6, when When the rear end of bistrique 328 is entered in stainless steel tube 6, turntable 326 is unclamped, at this point, shaft 325 passes through the effect up time of wind spring 324 Needle rotation, shaft 325 drive turntable 326 to rotate, and turntable 326 pushes two with the cooperation for connecting slide mass 329 by slot 327 328 counter motion of bistrique and during polishing, makes bistrique 328 until bistrique 328 contradicts on 6 inner wall of stainless steel tube Always it can be contacted with stainless steel tube 6.
Above-described embodiment is the explanation to the utility model, is not the restriction to the utility model, and any pair of sheet is practical new Scheme after type simple transformation belongs to the protection scope of the utility model.

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1. a kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good, it is characterised in that: including workbench (1), several Fixed mechanism (2), polishing mechanism (3), positioning mechanism (4) and driving device (5), all fixed mechanisms (2) by preceding to It is sequentially arranged on workbench (1) afterwards for the fixed stainless steel tube (6) being polished, the workbench (1), which is equipped with, to be located at most The positioning mechanism (4) at the rear of the fixed mechanism (2) at rear, the workbench (1) are equipped with driving device (5) for driving position In the polishing mechanism (3) in stainless steel tube (6), the polishing mechanism (3) include polishing motor (31), polishing wheel mechanism (32), Two sliding supports (33) every magnetic holder (34) and are attracted body (35), and the rotation axis of the polishing motor (31) is equipped with The both ends of polishing wheel mechanism (32), the shell of the polishing motor (31) are equipped with sliding support (33), the polishing electricity The shell upper end of machine (31) is equipped with every magnetic holder (34), described to be attracted body (35), the driving device every interior be equipped with of magnetic holder (34) It (5) include driving motor (51), two sliding rails (52), slide (53), threaded rod (54) and electromagnet (55), the workbench (1) it is set on there are two sliding rail (52), described two sliding rails (52) are equipped with slidable slide (53), set on the slide (53) Have supporter (56), the supporter (56) is equipped in the top of stainless steel tube (6) for attracting the electromagnetism for being attracted body (35) Iron (55), the polishing wheel mechanism (32) include mounting base (321), annular solid (322), wind spring shell (323), wind spring (324), turn The front end of axis (325), turntable (326), two slots (327) and two bistriques (328), the mounting base (321) is equipped with annular The axis body distribution of body (322), described two bistriques (328) is threaded through in the upper and lower ends of annular solid (322), the mounting base (321) front end is equipped with wind spring shell (323) in annular solid (322), is equipped with wind spring (324) in the wind spring shell (323), described The front end of wind spring shell (323), which is equipped with, to be rotatably connected and shaft (325) that rear end is connect with the inner end of wind spring (324), described The front end of shaft (325) is equipped with turntable (326), sets that there are two corresponding with two bistrique (328) respectively on the turntable (326) And the slot (327) being obliquely installed, it is threaded on the axis body of the bistrique (328) in corresponding slot (327) Connection slide mass (329).
2. a kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: institute Stating sliding support (33) includes ring bodies (331), several slide masses (332) and several idler wheels (333), the ring bodies (331) it is equipped on equally distributed slide mass (332), the outer end of the slide mass (332) is equipped with conflict in stainless steel tube (6) idler wheel on inner wall (333), the slide mass (332) are fixedly connected by fastening bolt with ring bodies (331).
3. a kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: institute Stating fixed mechanism (2) includes shelving seat (21), cylinder (22), two hooks (23), attachment base (24) and fixing belt (25), described It shelves seat (21) to be located on the upper end of workbench (1), the upper end for shelving seat (21) is equipped with and matches with stainless steel tube (6) Holding tank (26), the bottom of the workbench (1) are equipped with and shelve the one-to-one cylinder (22) of seat (21), the cylinder (22) Piston rod on be equipped with attachment base (24), the both ends of the attachment base (24) be equipped with upper end stretch out workbench (1) hook (23), between two hooks (23), the both ends of the fixing belt (25) are equipped with and hook (23) for described shelve seat (21) The link (27) matched.
4. a kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that: institute Stating positioning mechanism (4) includes support (41), casing (42) and ring shaped retainers (43), and the workbench (1) is equipped with support (41), The support (41) is equipped with casing (42), the diameter of the prepass (44) of described sleeve pipe (42) and the outer diameter of stainless steel tube (6) Equal, the diameter in the rear channel (45) of described sleeve pipe (42) is equal with the internal diameter of stainless steel tube (6), behind the rear channel (45) Ring shaped retainers (43) are equipped in end.
5. a kind of burnishing device that clean stainless steel tube production uniformity is good according to any one of claims 1 to 4, It is characterized in that: being equipped with automatic winder (7) for winding and polishing electricity at the rear of positioning mechanism (4) on the workbench (1) The power supply line (8) of machine (31) connection, the pull-out end of the power supply line (8) are connected with socket (9), and the socket (9) is equipped with hook Body (11), the rear end of the shell of the polishing motor (31) are equipped with the link body (10) for hanging coupler body (11).
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