Multilayer forming die
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of mold, especially, relate to a multilayer forming die and through the multilayer forming process of the expanded material that this mould realized.
Background
Foamed materials, such as foamed thermoplastic polyurethane (E-TPU), are widely used in the fields of shoe materials, automotive interiors, etc. because they are lightweight, have good elasticity, and have many advantages such as high abrasion resistance and chemical resistance. At present, most of the preparation processes of the foaming materials rely on a mould to carry out steam mould pressing processing forming on the foaming particles, the foaming materials in the mould need to be pressurized while steam heating is provided, the equipment has a complex structure, large occupied area and high energy consumption, and one equipment can only be used for forming one product, so that the defect of low production efficiency exists.
Therefore, those skilled in the art are dedicated to develop a multi-layer molding die, which can simultaneously mold a plurality of products by combining with a multi-layer molding process of a foaming material, thereby improving the production efficiency.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of the above-mentioned defects in the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to realize the purpose of simultaneously forming a plurality of products.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a multilayer forming mold, comprising a movable mold at the top, a fixed mold at the bottom, and a plurality of positioning shafts connected between the movable mold and the fixed mold, wherein the multilayer mold is arranged in parallel between the fixed mold and the movable mold, the periphery of each layer of mold is penetrated through the positioning shafts, each layer of mold is divided into an upper cavity and a lower cavity by a partition plate, each layer of mold is divided into a male mold and a female mold, wherein the male mold is arranged at the lower side of the mold and has an outwardly convex pressing surface, the female mold is arranged at the upper side of the mold and has an inwardly concave pressure surface, steam holes communicated with the cavities are uniformly arranged along the pressing surface and the pressure surface, a plurality of feeding holes are communicated with the mold from top to bottom, a material cutting plate for sealing the feeding holes is arranged in the lower cavity of the mold, one side of each layer of mold is provided with pipe connectors respectively communicated with the, the other side is provided with a second-order mode locking oil cylinder for controlling the lifting of the mold.
Furthermore, two independent water cooling pipelines are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the isolation plate, the two water cooling pipelines are respectively responsible for cooling the upper cavity and the lower cavity, the water outlet of the upper cavity is located at the lowest position of the isolation plate, the outer side of the water outlet is connected with a water outlet pipe, and the lower cavity drains water from the steam hole.
Furthermore, the atomizing nozzles facing the cavity are uniformly distributed along the outer side of the water cooling pipeline.
Furthermore, the material cutting plate is pushed by the material cutting cylinder to move back and forth in the horizontal direction, the material cutting cylinder is fixed on the outer side of the cavity, the telescopic rod of the material cutting cylinder penetrates into the cavity to be connected with the material cutting plate, and the size of the material cutting plate is larger than the cross-sectional size of the feeding hole.
Furthermore, in each layer of the middle mold, the oil cylinder of the second-order mold locking oil cylinder is arranged at one side of the mold, and the far end of the telescopic rod is fixed at the same side of the next layer of the mold; and the oil cylinder of the second-order mode locking oil cylinder is arranged at one side of the die, and the far end of the telescopic rod is fixed at the same side of the fixed die.
Further, the tube interface introduces a gas into the cavity through a gas line, the gas comprising steam and high pressure compressed air.
Further, a die spacing sensor is arranged between the two layers of dies.
Furthermore, the upper side of the movable die is connected with a pressing device, and the lower side of the movable die is provided with a male die with a pressing surface.
Further, the upper side of the fixed die is a female die with a pressure receiving surface.
A multi-layer forming process of a foaming material uses the multi-layer forming die and comprises the following steps:
(1) adjusting the interval between an upper die and a lower die to reach a first interval through a second-order mode locking oil cylinder, feeding foaming particles into a gap between the dies along a feeding hole, driving a material cutting plate to seal the feeding hole after the foaming particles are filled, and judging whether steam preheating is needed after the first interval is reached;
(2) the interval between the upper die and the lower die is further reduced by the second-order mode locking oil cylinder to reach a second interval which is smaller than the first interval, so that the dies are completely closed, meanwhile, the pipe interface is connected with a steam source, steam is input according to a required process, the steam is leaked out through the steam holes, the heated surfaces of the foaming particles are slightly melted, and the male die and the female die give pressure to the foaming particles, so that the foaming particles are mutually bonded together, and the forming is realized;
(3) closing the steam source, introducing cooling water into the water cooling pipeline, and performing water cooling shaping on the shaped product;
(4) and after the product is shaped, lifting the male die through a second-order die locking oil cylinder, and taking out the product.
The technical effects are as follows:
the multi-layer forming die is mainly used for a vertical forming machine, and can simultaneously produce a plurality of products under the same projection area, thereby not only saving the occupied area of the whole machine equipment, but also greatly improving the production efficiency; meanwhile, because every two mold cavities are connected to be coplanar, no excessive mold frame wastes heat during heating and cooling, and energy consumption waste is very little compared with that of a plurality of independent molds.
The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, so as to fully understand the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the multi-layer forming die of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the mold part of the multilayer molding mold of the present invention.
In the figure, 1 moving die, 2 fixed die, 3 positioning shaft, 4 die, 41 cavity, 42 pipe interface, 43 pressing surface, 44 pressure surface, 45 steam hole, 46 water outlet, 5 feed hole, 6 material cutting plate, 7 material cutting cylinder, 8 second-order mode locking oil cylinder, 81 telescopic rod, 9 die spacing sensor, 10 water cooling pipeline, 11 atomizing nozzle and 12 isolation plate.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1 is the utility model provides a pair of multilayer forming die, including the movable mould 1 that is located the top, be located the cover half 2 of bottom and connect a plurality of location axle 3 between movable mould 1 and cover half 2, be provided with multilayer mould 4 between cover half 2 and the movable mould 1 in parallel, every layer of periphery of mould 4 runs through location axle 3, separates for upper and lower two independent cavitys 41 in every layer of mould 4 through a division board 12, and every layer of mould 4 divide into public mould and master model. The movable die 1 and the fixed die 2 are conventional dies, and preferably, the number of the positioning shafts 3 is set to be two, and the positioning shafts respectively penetrate through four corners of the periphery of the die 4, and the positioning shafts are mainly used for preventing the relative position between every two adjacent layers of the die 4 from changing.
One side of each layer of the die 4 is provided with a pipe interface 42 which is respectively communicated with the upper cavity and the lower cavity, and the pipe interface 42 guides gas into the cavity 41 through a gas pipeline, wherein the gas comprises steam and high-pressure compressed air. The two independent cavities 41 are steam chambers, and steam is conveyed into the steam chambers through steam pipelines during molding and heating; and directly inputting high-pressure compressed air when the cavity needs to be cleaned by delivering high-pressure air after molding.
In each layer of the die 4, the male die is located on the lower side of the die 4 and is provided with an outwardly convex pressing surface 43, the female die is located on the upper side of the die 4 and is provided with an inwardly concave pressing surface 44, steam holes 45 communicated with the cavity 41 are uniformly formed along the pressing surface 43 and the pressing surface 44, the plurality of feed holes 5 penetrate through the die 4 from top to bottom, a material intercepting plate 6 used for sealing the feed holes 5 is arranged in the lower cavity of the die 4, the material intercepting plate 6 is pushed by a material intercepting cylinder 7 to move back and forth in the horizontal direction, the material intercepting cylinder 7 is fixed on the outer side of the cavity 41, a telescopic rod 81 of the material intercepting cylinder 7 penetrates into the cavity 41 to be connected with the material intercepting plate 6, and the size of the material intercepting plate 6 is larger than the size of the section. The material reaches the forming gap between the upper die and the lower die 4 through the feeding hole 5, and as the feeding hole 5 is communicated from top to bottom, the material sequentially fills the forming gap at the lower part and then the forming gap adjacent to the upper part after entering from top to bottom; when the feeding needs to be stopped, the material cutting plate 6 is pushed by the material cutting cylinder 7 to close the feeding hole 5.
And a second-order mode locking oil cylinder 8 for controlling the lifting of the mould 4 is arranged on the other side of each layer of mould 4 relative to the pipe joint 42. Further, for each layer of the middle mold 4, the oil cylinder of the second-order mold locking oil cylinder 8 is arranged at one side of the mold 4, and the far end of the telescopic rod 81 is fixed at the same side of the next layer of the mold 4; for the die 4 positioned at the lowest layer, the oil cylinder of the second-order mode locking oil cylinder 8 is arranged at one side of the die 4, and the far end of the telescopic rod 81 is fixed at the same side of the fixed die 2. The upper side of the movable die 1 is connected with a pressing device, and the lower side of the movable die 1 is a male die with a pressing surface 43. The fixed die 2 is fixed at the bottom of the whole device, and the upper side of the fixed die 2 is a female die with a pressure receiving surface 44. A mold spacing sensor 9 is arranged between the two layers of molds 4 for determining the actual distance between the two molds 4, and is matched with a second-order mold locking oil cylinder, and the two molds are put into use according to actual molding materials and processes, for example, the feeding scheme when the two molds are used for E-TPU molding is as follows: firstly, the distance between the two dies is moved to 1mm, and the dies are closed after feeding is finished.
Two independent water cooling pipelines 10 are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the partition plate 12, the two water cooling pipelines 10 are respectively responsible for cooling the upper cavity and the lower cavity, the water outlet 46 of the upper cavity is located at the lowest position of the partition plate 12, the outer side of the water outlet 46 is connected with a water outlet pipe, and the lower cavity directly drains water from the steam hole 45. It is also preferred that a control valve is provided at the drain 46 of the upper chamber to close the drain 46 when steam is introduced into the upper chamber to reduce heat loss due to steam outflow. The atomizing nozzles 11 facing the cavity 41 are uniformly distributed along the outer side of the water cooling pipeline 10, and the atomizing nozzles 11 are used for spraying atomized water drops, so that the cooling area can be increased, and the cooling efficiency is improved. The water cooling pipeline 10 can be set to be in a straight pipe or coil pipe form according to the requirements of the forming process on the cooling rate and the cooling area, wherein the coil pipe mode has a larger contact area, and the cooling efficiency can be improved.
A multilayer forming process using the multilayer forming die comprises the following steps:
(1) adjusting the interval between the upper die and the lower die to reach a first interval through a second-order mode locking oil cylinder, feeding the foaming particles into a gap between the dies along the feeding hole, and driving the material cutting plate to seal the feeding hole after the foaming particles are filled;
(2) the interval between the upper die and the lower die is further reduced by the second-order mode locking oil cylinder to reach a second interval which is smaller than the first interval, so that the dies are completely closed, meanwhile, the pipe interface is connected with a steam source, steam is input according to a required process, the steam is leaked out through the steam holes, the heated surfaces of the foaming particles are slightly melted, and the male die and the female die give pressure to the foaming particles, so that the foaming particles are mutually bonded together, and the forming is realized;
(3) after heating is finished, stopping introducing steam, introducing cooling water into a water cooling pipeline, cooling the die and the formed product, and performing water cooling and shaping on the product;
(4) and after the product is shaped, lifting the male die through a second-order die locking oil cylinder, and taking out the product.
Example 1
The embodiment provides an use the utility model discloses a little expanded material compression molding's that multilayer forming die goes on technology, at first drop into raw materials TPU granule in the high-pressure batch autoclave, fill into carbon dioxide, improve pressure and temperature in the batch autoclave gradually, until reaching 15MPa, after 40 ℃, carbon dioxide in the batch autoclave reaches supercritical state, permeate under this state behind 2h with 0.5Mpa/s quick pressure release, then put into foaming equipment with permeating compound granule rapidly and heat the foaming, prepare and obtain foaming TPU granule; then setting a multilayer forming die, adjusting the interval between an upper die and a lower die to 2-3mm through a second-order mode locking oil cylinder, feeding TPU foamed particles along a feeding hole, pushing a material cutting plate through a material cutting cylinder to seal the feeding hole after the TPU foamed particles are filled, reducing the interval between the upper die and the lower die to 1mm or less than 1mm through the second-order mode locking oil cylinder to completely close the dies, introducing steam into an upper cavity and a lower cavity of the dies, permeating the steam into the foamed particles between the dies to slightly melt the surfaces of the foamed particles, and mutually bonding the foamed particles under the action of pressure so as to form the TPU foamed particles; and after the heating is finished, stopping introducing steam, introducing cooling water into the water cooling pipeline to cool the mold and the formed product, shaping the product through water cooling, lifting the mold through the second-order mold locking oil cylinder, and taking out the product after increasing the interval.
Example 2
The embodiment provides the use the utility model discloses a little expanded material compression molding's that multilayer forming die goes on technology, at first drop into raw materials EVA granule in the high-pressure reaction cauldron, fill into carbon dioxide, improve pressure and temperature in the reation kettle gradually, after reaching 20MPa, 50 ℃, carbon dioxide in the reation kettle reaches supercritical state, permeate under this state behind 1.5h with 0.5Mpa/s quick pressure release, then put into foaming equipment with permeating compound granule rapidly and heat the foaming, prepare and obtain foaming EVA granule; then, arranging a multilayer forming die, adjusting the interval between an upper die and a lower die to reach 3mm through a second-order mode locking oil cylinder, feeding TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) foaming particles along a feeding hole, pushing a material cutting plate through a material cutting cylinder to seal the feeding hole after the TPU foaming particle is filled, reducing the interval between the upper die and the lower die to be 1mm or less than 1mm through the second-order mode locking oil cylinder to completely close the dies, introducing steam into upper and lower cavities of the dies, permeating the steam into the foaming particles between the dies to slightly melt the surfaces of the foaming particles, and mutually bonding the foaming particles under the action of pressure so as to form the TPU foaming particles; and after the heating is finished, stopping introducing steam, introducing cooling water into the water cooling pipeline to cool the mold and the formed product, shaping the product through water cooling, lifting the mold through the second-order mold locking oil cylinder, and taking out the product after increasing the interval.
The multi-layer forming die is mainly used for a vertical forming machine, and can simultaneously produce a plurality of products under the same projection area, thereby not only saving the occupied area of the whole machine equipment, but also greatly improving the production efficiency; meanwhile, because every two mold cavities are connected to be coplanar, no excessive mold frame wastes heat during heating and cooling, and energy consumption waste is very little compared with that of a plurality of independent molds.
The foregoing has described in detail preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that numerous modifications and variations can be devised by those skilled in the art in light of the teachings of the present invention without undue experimentation. Therefore, the technical solutions that can be obtained by a person skilled in the art through logic analysis, reasoning or limited experiments based on the prior art according to the concepts of the present invention should be within the scope of protection defined by the claims.