CN210474799U - Powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line - Google Patents

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CN210474799U
CN210474799U CN201921541956.7U CN201921541956U CN210474799U CN 210474799 U CN210474799 U CN 210474799U CN 201921541956 U CN201921541956 U CN 201921541956U CN 210474799 U CN210474799 U CN 210474799U
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李士贤
张建波
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The utility model provides a powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line relates to the stoving of powder metallurgy work piece, including being used for carrying out the conveying net that conveys the work piece, the work piece is in proper order on the conveying net through spray the powder metallurgy work piece and wash the rough washing device, be used for carrying out ultrasonic cleaning's ultrasonic cleaning device, be used for carrying out the air knife that the washing liquid on the work piece got rid of and be used for carrying out the drying device who dries to the work piece, drying device's inside is equipped with the heating element who is used for the heating, in the drying device with the heating element cooperation is equipped with the air-blast device, forms the air-blast device drives the hot-air rapid flow that heating element produced and the structure that fully contacts with the work piece for solve among the prior art carry out the cleaning process to the powder metallurgy work piece because of the inhomogeneous washing liquid that leads to the dysmorphism work piece of drying district, The dehydration efficiency is lower.

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Powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line.
Background
The powder metallurgy workpiece is adhered with oil stains and dust in the production process, so that the formed workpiece needs to be cleaned, the cleaning process of the powder metallurgy workpiece comprises the steps of feeding, rough cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning, rinsing and the like, a water-soluble cleaning medium is used as a common cleaning medium due to the good cleaning brightness, and due to the porous structure of the powder metallurgy workpiece, cleaning liquid in a workpiece hole is easy to rust from inside to outside if the cleaning liquid is not thoroughly dehydrated, so that the quality of a finished product is affected.
The cleaned powder metallurgy workpiece needs to be dehydrated for preventing the later-period corrosion of the workpiece, the dehydration mode of the powder metallurgy workpiece in the prior art mostly uses a mode of combining air knife and drying, the rinsed workpiece enters an air knife area and is blown off by water attached to the surface of the rinsed workpiece, then the workpiece enters a drying area, a heating area is arranged in the drying area, the temperature in the drying area rises due to the heat generated by the heating area, the powder metallurgy workpiece moves in the drying area along with a chain net, and the moisture on the powder metallurgy workpiece is further volatilized under the high-temperature environment in the drying area, so that the dehydration treatment of the powder metallurgy workpiece is realized.
For porous powder metallurgy workpieces, the difficulty of dehydrating cleaning liquid permeating into workpiece holes is high, especially, the structure of the powder metallurgy workpieces is complex, a certain distance exists between a heating region and the workpieces in a drying region, the temperature in the drying region is uneven, the temperature difference between the heating region and the positions of the workpieces is large, especially, the temperature of the positions of the workpieces departing from the heating region is low, the difficulty of dehydrating the residual cleaning liquid is high, the stay time of the workpieces in the drying region needs to be prolonged for achieving a good dehydration effect, or the workpieces are dried repeatedly, so that the waste of resources is caused.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line for solve among the prior art carry out the cleaning solution dehydration effect of the inhomogeneous dysmorphism work piece that leads to because of the temperature is inhomogeneous in the drying area among the powder metallurgy work piece the problem that dehydration efficiency is lower.
The technical scheme of the utility model is realized like this: powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line, including being used for carrying out the conveying net that conveys to the work piece, the work piece is in on the conveying net in proper order through spraying the rough cleaning device that washes powder metallurgy work piece, be used for carrying out ultrasonic cleaning's ultrasonic cleaning device, be used for carrying out the air knife that the washing liquid on washing back workpiece surface got rid of and be used for carrying out the drying device who dries to the work piece, drying device's inside be equipped with be used for the heating element of heating and with heating element complex air-blast device forms air-blast device drives the hot-air rapid flow that heating element produced and the structure of fully contacting with the work piece.
The technical effect of the scheme is as follows: the heating assembly generates heat when working, so that the temperature around the heating assembly rises, the air blowing device drives the ambient air to flow when working, the air blowing device and the heating assembly are installed in a matched mode, the hot air around the heating assembly is driven to be in full contact with the workpiece in the working process of the air blowing device, the conveying efficiency of the hot air is accelerated, the temperature in the drying device is relatively balanced, the temperature difference in the drying device is reduced, and the dehydration efficiency and the dehydration effect on the powder metallurgy workpiece are improved compared with the traditional drying mode;
meanwhile, the air blowing device also accelerates the air flow on the surface of the powder metallurgy workpiece, and further improves the dehydration efficiency and the dehydration effect of the powder metallurgy workpiece.
On the basis of the scheme, the heating assembly is arranged above the conveying net, and the air blowing device is arranged above the heating assembly.
The technical effect of the scheme is as follows: the hot air around the heating assembly is blown to be in contact with the workpiece on the conveying net by the blowing device from the upper part, so that the dehydration efficiency and the dehydration effect on the powder metallurgy workpiece are enhanced.
On the basis of the scheme, the heating assembly is respectively arranged above and below the conveying net, the air blowing devices are respectively correspondingly arranged above and below the heating assembly, and the structure that the air blowing devices blow hot air around the heating assembly to the conveying net is formed.
The technical effect of this scheme is that, set up heating element and correspond heating element and set up the air-blast device in the upper and lower side of conveying net simultaneously, further increase the area of contact of hot-air and work piece and the air flow velocity around the work piece, further strengthened the dehydration efficiency and the dehydration effect to the powder metallurgy work piece.
On the basis of the scheme, the heating assembly is further improved as follows, the heating assembly comprises a plurality of resistance wires, and each resistance wire is of a grid-shaped structure.
The technical effect of the scheme is as follows: the heating effect and the heating uniformity are improved due to the uniform distribution of the resistance wires.
On the basis of the scheme, the heating assembly is further improved as follows, the heating assembly comprises a plurality of heating pipes, and the heating pipes are uniformly distributed on a plane parallel to the conveying net.
The technical effect of the scheme is as follows: the heating effect and the heating uniformity are improved by uniformly distributing the heating pipes.
On the basis of the scheme, the air blowing device is further improved to comprise an air dryer.
On the basis of the scheme, the air dryer is further improved in the following mode, the number of the air dryers is multiple, and the air dryers correspond to the heating assemblies and are uniformly distributed.
The technical effect of the scheme is as follows: the arrangement of a plurality of air dryers has strengthened the conveying efficiency of hot-air and accelerated the air velocity on workpiece surface, has further strengthened the dehydration efficiency and the dehydration effect to powder metallurgy work piece.
On the basis of the scheme, the improved structure is that the air dryer is provided with a plurality of air dryers, and each air dryer is in one-to-one correspondence with the heating assemblies.
The technical effect of the scheme is as follows: the air dryer and the heating assembly are installed in a one-to-one correspondence mode, the air dryer and the heating assembly can be installed in the drying device after being fixed, and the air dryer and the heating assembly are further convenient to install in the drying device.
On the basis of above-mentioned scheme, further improve as follows, the air dryer is installed through fixed frame in the drying device, fixed frame is the frame column structure of rectangle, fixed frame with connect through the bolt between drying device's the inner wall, the air dryer pass through the screw with fixed frame is connected.
On the basis of the scheme, the air dryer is further improved in the following manner, a fixing plate of a rectangular plate-shaped structure is fixed in the fixing frame, a circular hole matched with the air dryer is formed in the middle of the fixing plate, and the air dryer is fixed on the fixing plate through screws.
The technical effect of the scheme is as follows: the air dryer is fixed with drying device through fixed frame, has increased the joint strength between air dryer and the drying device, has further increased the stability of air dryer installation, has reduced rocking that produces in the air dryer working process.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.
Fig. 1 is a top view of the overall structure of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the drying apparatus in the horizontal direction of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the drying device and the blower device disposed on the upper side of the conveying net;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the drying device and the blower device disposed on the upper and lower sides of the conveyor;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the drying device and the blower device of the present invention disposed on the upper side of the conveying net in a one-to-one correspondence manner;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the drying device and the blower device of the present invention disposed on the upper and lower sides of the conveying net in a one-to-one correspondence manner;
wherein: 1-drying device, 12-conveying net, 13-air dryer, 131-fixing frame, 132-fixing plate, 14-heating component, 2-air knife, 3-ultrasonic cleaning device and 4-rough cleaning device.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicating the directions or positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and "fourth" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
The utility model discloses powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line's embodiment: as shown in the figures 1-3 of the drawings,
including being used for carrying out the conveying net 12 that conveys to the powder metallurgy work piece, the work piece is in conveying net 12 is gone up in proper order through being used for spraying the powder metallurgy work piece and washing rough washing device 4, being used for carrying out ultrasonic cleaning's ultrasonic cleaning device 3, being used for carrying out the air knife 2 that the washing liquid on the work piece got rid of after wasing and being used for carrying out drying device 1 to the work piece, drying device 1's inside be equipped with be used for the heating element 14 and with heating element 14 complex air-blast device forms the air-blast device drives the hot-air rapid flow that heating element 14 produced and with the structure of work piece abundant contact.
The conveying net 12 can be a chain net, the chain net has a large hole rate, the contact area with the workpiece is reduced while the workpiece is driven to move by bearing the workpiece, the drying blind area formed between the conveying net 12 and the workpiece is further reduced, the drying effect on the workpiece is enhanced, a plurality of circular rods are uniformly arranged below the conveying net 12, two ends of each circular rod are fixedly connected with two opposite side walls on the drying device 1 respectively, the supporting strength of the conveying net 12 on the workpiece is enhanced, the conveying net can also be a chain plate conveying mechanism, a chain plate can be a chain plate with meshes, and can also be replaced by a screen plate, the specific structure of the conveying net is the prior art, and the detailed description is omitted herein;
the air blowing device comprises an air dryer 13, the air dryer 13 is connected with the drying device 1 through a fixing frame 131, the fixing frame 131 can be of a rectangular frame-shaped structure, the side wall of the fixing frame 131 is connected with the side wall of the drying device 1 through a bolt, the air dryer 13 is further installed in the fixing frame 131 through a fixing plate 132, the fixing plate 132 is of a rectangular plate-shaped structure, the fixing plate 132 is connected with the fixing frame 131 in a manner including but not limited to threaded connection, a round hole matched with the air dryer 13 is formed in the middle of the fixing plate 132, the air dryer 13 is fixed on the fixing plate 132 through a screw, an air outlet in the air dryer 13 corresponds to the round hole in the fixing plate 132, and the air dryer 13 is connected with a;
the heating component 14 can be composed of a plurality of resistance wires or electric heating tubes, when the resistance wires are selected as heating elements in the heating component 14, the resistance wires are in a net structure, the outer sides of the resistance wires are wrapped with insulating materials, and the resistance wires are connected with the power supply inlet wire through conducting wires; when the heating assembly 14 is an electric heating tube, the electric heating tubes are uniformly distributed on a plane parallel to the conveying net 12, the electric heating tubes are parallel to each other, and the electric heating tubes are connected with a power supply through conducting wires, so that the heating effect of the heating assembly 14 is improved.
When the work piece conveys into drying device 1 on conveying net 12 in, heating element work in the heating element 14 produces the heat, the temperature of its surrounding air risees, air dryer 13 corresponds the setting with heating element's position, air dryer 13 work drives the hot-air rapid flow around the heating element and contacts with the work piece on conveying net 12, the transfer rate of hot-air to work piece within a definite time has been accelerated, make the interior temperature of drying device balanced relatively, the flow of work piece surface air has been accelerated simultaneously, the dehydration efficiency and the dehydration effect of powder metallurgy work piece have been strengthened.
Wherein, heating element 14 locates the top of conveying net 12, and further air dryer 13 locates the top of heating element 14, and wherein heating element 14 can be an organic whole by resistance wire or electric heating pipe, and wherein air dryer 13 has a plurality ofly, and a plurality of air dryers 13 evenly distributed in the top of heating element 14, and each air dryer 13 blows the heat that heating element 14 produced to the work piece on conveying net 12 from top to bottom.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, there are two groups of heating assemblies 14, two groups of heating assemblies 14 are distributed above and below the conveying net 12, and further air dryers 13 are respectively arranged above and below the heating assemblies 14, wherein the heating assemblies 14 can be an integral body formed by electric resistance wires or electric heating pipes, wherein there are a plurality of air dryers 13, the plurality of air dryers 13 are uniformly distributed above and below the heating assemblies 14, and each air dryer 13 blows heat generated by the heating assemblies 14 to the workpiece on the conveying net 12 from the upper and lower directions, so as to further increase the contact area between the hot air and the workpiece, reduce the drying dead zone existing between the conveying net 12 and the workpiece, and further enhance the dehydration efficiency and dehydration effect of the powder metallurgy workpiece.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, there are multiple groups of heating assemblies 14 and air dryers 13, the number of the heating assemblies 14 is the same as that of the air dryers, the heating assemblies 14 and the air dryers 13 are both installed above the conveying net 12, and each heating assembly 14 is correspondingly fixed below the air dryer 13, when assembling, the heating assemblies 14 can be fixed below the air dryers 13 first, and then the heating assemblies 14 and the air dryers 13 are fixedly connected with the inner wall of the drying device 1 above the conveying net 12 as a whole, so that the installation of the air dryers 13 and the heating assemblies 14 is facilitated, and meanwhile, the relative distance between the air dryers 13 and the heating assemblies 14 is reduced, so that the efficiency of the air dryers 13 for conveying hot air is improved, and further, when the heating assemblies 14 fail, the occurrence of a problem part in the heating assemblies 14 is conveniently and quickly confirmed, so that the maintenance work is facilitated.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, there are multiple groups of heating units 14 and air dryers 13, the number of the heating units 14 is the same as that of the air dryers, the heating units 14 and the air dryers 13 are both installed on the upper and lower sides of the conveying net 12, each heating unit 14 is respectively fixed below and above the air dryer 13, during assembly, the heating assembly 14 and the air dryer 13 can be fixed, then the heating assembly 14 and the air dryer 13 are fixedly connected with the inner wall of the drying device 1 above the conveying net 12 as a whole, each air dryer 13 blows heat generated by the heating assembly 14 to the workpiece on the conveying net 12 from the upper and lower directions, so that the contact area between hot air and the workpiece is further increased, meanwhile, drying blind areas between the conveying net 12 and the workpiece are reduced, and particularly the dehydration efficiency and dehydration effect on the special-shaped powder metallurgy workpiece are enhanced;
the installation of further air dryer 13 and heating element 14 of being convenient for has reduced the relative distance between air dryer 13 and heating element 14 simultaneously, has improved air dryer 13 to the efficiency of hot-air conveying, and more closely when heating element 14 breaks down, the part of being convenient for confirm fast that goes wrong in the heating element 14, the going on of the work of being convenient for overhaul.
The utility model discloses a concrete using-way as follows:
after a powder metallurgy workpiece is formed, the workpiece enters a rough washing device 4 in sequence through a conveying net 12 at a feeding port to carry out rough washing to wash impurities which are attached to the workpiece and are easy to remove larger particles, then the workpiece enters an ultrasonic cleaning device 3 to realize the cleaning of the impurities which are difficult to remove on the workpiece, the workpiece continuously enters an air knife area along with the conveying net, an air knife 2 blows off cleaning liquid on the surface of the workpiece and carries out a first step of dehydration, then the workpiece enters a drying device 1, the position of an air dryer 13 in the drying device 1 can be arranged above or on the upper side and the lower side of the conveying net 12 according to specific conditions, the air dryer 13 is correspondingly arranged with a heating component 14, a mode that the air dryer 13 and the heating component 14 are simultaneously arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the conveying net 12 is selected, the balance of the temperature in the drying device 1 is further improved, and the contact area between hot air and the workpiece is further, meanwhile, drying blind areas between the conveying net 12 and the workpiece are reduced, and the dehydration efficiency and dehydration effect of the special-shaped powder metallurgy workpiece are further enhanced.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. Powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line, including being used for carrying out the conveying net that conveys to the work piece, the work piece is in on the conveying net in proper order through being used for spraying the work piece and wash the rough cleaning device, be used for carrying out ultrasonic cleaning's ultrasonic cleaning device, be used for carrying out the air knife that the washing liquid on washing back workpiece surface got rid of and be used for carrying out the drying device who dries to the work piece, its characterized in that, drying device's inside be equipped with be used for the heating element and with heating element complex air-blast device forms air-blast device drives the hot-air rapid flow that heating element produced and with the structure of work piece full contact on the conveying net.
2. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line according to claim 1, wherein the heating assembly is mounted above the transport web and the blowing device is mounted above the heating assembly.
3. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line according to claim 1, wherein the heating assemblies are respectively arranged above and below the conveying net, the air blowing devices are respectively correspondingly arranged above and below the heating assemblies, and a structure that the air blowing devices blow hot air around the heating assemblies to the conveying net is formed.
4. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning wire according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the heating assembly comprises a plurality of resistance wires, and each resistance wire is in a grid-like structure.
5. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the heating assembly comprises a plurality of heating tubes, and each heating tube is uniformly distributed in a plane parallel to the plane of the conveying mesh.
6. A powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the blowing means comprises an air dryer.
7. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line according to claim 6, wherein the air dryer is provided in plurality, and each air dryer corresponds to the heating assembly and is uniformly distributed.
8. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of air dryers are provided, and each air dryer is provided in one-to-one correspondence with the heating assembly.
9. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line of claim 6, wherein the air dryer is installed in the drying device through a fixing frame, the fixing frame is of a rectangular frame-shaped structure, the fixing frame is connected with the inner wall of the drying device through bolts, and the air dryer is connected with the fixing frame through screws.
10. The powder metallurgy ultrasonic cleaning line according to claim 9, wherein a fixing plate of a rectangular plate-shaped structure is fixed in the fixing frame, a circular hole matched with the air dryer is formed in the middle of the fixing plate, and the air dryer is fixed on the fixing plate through a screw.
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