SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing a glass liquid agitating unit, this glass liquid agitating unit can adjust the flow of the glass liquid that flows to the shaping process from the agitator, improves the quality of shaping glass, reduces the product disability rate.
In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a molten glass stirring apparatus, including a stirring member, a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism, where the stirring member is configured to be disposed in a stirring barrel, and the stirring member is provided with an adjusting portion configured to be opposite to a discharge pipe below the stirring barrel, the first driving mechanism is connected to the stirring member and can drive the stirring member to rotate so as to stir molten glass in the stirring barrel, and the second driving mechanism is connected to the first driving mechanism and can drive the first driving mechanism and the stirring member to move in an up-and-down direction, so that the adjusting portion is at least partially inserted into or pulled out of the discharge pipe to adjust a discharge aperture of the discharge pipe.
Optionally, the stirring member is configured as a rod-shaped structure, and the adjusting portion is formed at one end of the rod-shaped structure near the discharge pipe.
Optionally, the adjustment portion is formed as a downwardly tapered raised block.
Optionally, the outer surface of the raised block is formed as a spherical cap surface.
Optionally, the first driving mechanism includes a first driving source and a first mounting bracket, the stirring member is rotatably connected to the first mounting bracket, the first driving source is disposed on the first mounting bracket for driving the stirring member to rotate, and the second driving mechanism is connected to the first mounting bracket.
Optionally, the second driving mechanism includes a second driving source, a screw rod, a slider and a second mounting bracket, the screw rod is circumferentially installed on the second mounting bracket in a manner of being axially locked along the vertical direction, a threaded hole is formed on the slider, the screw rod is in threaded connection with the threaded hole and forms a screw rod thread pair, the slider is connected to the first mounting bracket, and the second driving source is disposed on the second mounting bracket and is used for driving the screw rod to rotate, so that the slider drives the first mounting bracket to move along the vertical direction.
Optionally, the second mounting bracket includes a first plate, a support rod and a second plate, the first plate and the second plate are arranged at an interval in the up-down direction and are connected through the support rod, the screw rod extends in the up-down direction and has two ends rotatably connected to the first plate and the second plate, respectively, and the second driving source is disposed on the first plate or the second plate for driving the screw rod to rotate.
Optionally, the support rod extends in the up-down direction, and the first mounting bracket is slidably sleeved on the support rod in the up-down direction.
Optionally, the second driving source includes a servo motor, the molten glass stirring device further includes a torque sensor and a controller, the torque sensor is used for detecting the torque applied to the stirring member by the first driving source, the controller is used for being electrically connected with the servo motor and the torque sensor, and the controller is used for controlling the servo motor to rotate according to torque information fed back by the torque sensor so as to drive the adjusting portion to at least partially insert or extract the discharging pipe.
Optionally, the molten glass stirring device further comprises a glass wall thickness detection unit, the glass wall thickness detection unit is used for detecting the thickness of a glass tube formed in the discharge tube, the controller is used for being electrically connected with the glass wall thickness detection unit, and the controller is used for controlling the servo motor to rotate according to the thickness information of the glass tube detected by the glass wall thickness detection unit so as to drive the adjusting part to be at least partially inserted into or pulled out of the discharge tube.
In the technical scheme, the second driving mechanism is arranged and is connected with the first driving mechanism and can drive the first driving mechanism and the stirring piece to move along the up-and-down direction; in addition, the stirring piece is provided with an adjusting part which is arranged opposite to the discharge pipe below the stirring barrel; the in-process of second actuating mechanism drive stirring piece along the up-and-down direction motion, regulating part also can be at the up-and-down direction motion, this regulating part can insert or extract the discharging pipe at least partially at the in-process of up-and-down direction motion, thereby can adjust the ejection of compact bore of discharging pipe, also can adjust the flow of the glass liquid that flows from this discharging pipe, thereby avoid making the wall thickness of shaping glass pipe uneven because of the flow inequality of glass liquid, improve shaping glass's quality, reduce the product disability rate.
Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.
In the present disclosure, when the terms of orientation such as "up and down" are used without being described to the contrary, the terms of orientation such as "up and down" refer to the upper and lower directions defined by the glass stirring device of the present disclosure in the normal use state, and specifically refer to fig. 1; use of directional words such as "inner and outer" refers to the inner and outer of a particular structural profile; in addition, terms such as "first" and "second" are used merely to distinguish one element from another, and are not sequential or significant.
As shown in fig. 1, the present disclosure provides a molten glass stirring apparatus, which includes a stirring member 1, a first driving mechanism 2, and a second driving mechanism 3, where the stirring member 1 is configured to be disposed in a stirring barrel 10, and the stirring member 1 is provided with an adjusting portion 11 configured to be opposite to a discharging pipe 101 below the stirring barrel 10, the first driving mechanism 2 is connected to the stirring member 1 and can drive the stirring member 1 to rotate so as to stir molten glass in the stirring barrel 10, and the second driving mechanism 3 is connected to the first driving mechanism 2 and can drive the first driving mechanism 2 and the stirring member 1 to move in an up-and-down direction, so that the adjusting portion 11 is at least partially inserted into or pulled out of the discharging pipe 101 to adjust a discharging caliber of the discharging pipe 101.
In the technical scheme, the second driving mechanism 3 is arranged, and the second driving mechanism 3 is connected with the first driving mechanism 2 and can drive the first driving mechanism 2 and the stirring piece 1 to move along the vertical direction; in addition, the stirring piece 1 is provided with an adjusting part 11 which is arranged opposite to the discharge pipe 101 below the stirring barrel 10; then the second actuating mechanism 3 drives the stirring part 1 to move up and down, the adjusting part 11 also moves up and down, the adjusting part 11 can be at least partially inserted into or pulled out of the discharging pipe 101 in the process of moving up and down, so that the discharging caliber of the discharging pipe 101 can be adjusted, the flow of the glass liquid flowing out from the discharging pipe 101 can be adjusted, the uneven wall thickness of the formed glass pipe caused by the uneven flow of the glass liquid is avoided, the quality of the formed glass is improved, and the product rejection rate is reduced.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the stirring element 1 is configured as a rod-shaped structure, and the adjusting part 11 is formed at one end of the rod-shaped structure close to the discharge pipe 101. That is, the adjusting portion 11 is disposed at the lower end of the rod-shaped structure. By arranging the stirring piece 1 into a rod-shaped structure, the glass metal with different depths in the stirring barrel 10 can be conveniently stirred, so that the stirring uniformity is improved; the length of the rod-shaped structure can be adapted according to the depth of the stirring barrel 10; in addition, the rod-shaped structure can be made of a metal rod with high strength in material selection, so that the rod-shaped structure is prevented from being broken due to insufficient strength in the process of stirring the molten glass, and for example, the rod-shaped structure can be made of a metal material such as stainless steel. Of course, the present disclosure does not limit the specific shape and material of the stirring member 1, and can be selected according to the requirement of design cost on the premise of meeting the requirement of strength. In addition, the adjusting part 11 is arranged at the lower end of the rod-shaped structure, so that the rod-shaped structure can be effectively prevented from being inserted into the discharge pipe 101 to influence the glass forming.
Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, the regulating portion 11 is formed as a convex block tapered downward. The projection is used to at least partially insert or extract the tapping pipe 101, thereby adjusting the tapping orifice diameter of the tapping pipe 101 and thus the flow rate of the molten glass flowing out of the tapping pipe 101. Specifically, the convex block is arranged at the inlet of the tapping pipe 101, the adjusting portion 11 cannot effectively adjust when the lowest end of the convex block is flush with the inlet, and the gap between the convex block and the inlet is gradually reduced because the convex block forms a downward tapered shape in the process of gradually moving downward, so that the flow rate of the molten glass flowing out of the tapping pipe 101 can be reduced; conversely, during the gradual upward movement of the projection in the tapping pipe 101, the gap between the projection and the inlet of the tapping pipe 101 increases gradually, so that the flow rate of the molten glass flowing out of the tapping pipe 101 can be increased.
Alternatively, the outer surface of the convex block is formed into a spherical cap curved surface, and the arrangement of the outer surface of the convex block into the spherical cap curved surface mainly takes the following considerations: the smoothness of the spherical crown curved surface is uniform, the variation of the discharging gap defined between the spherical crown curved surface and the inlet of the discharging pipe 101 is small under the condition that the convex block moves for a small distance, the adjusting precision is high, and the flow can be adjusted conveniently.
However, the present disclosure does not limit the shape of the outer surface of the bump, and the bump may be configured as a tapered curved surface, a V-shaped surface, or the like.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the first driving mechanism 2 includes a first driving source 21 and a first mounting bracket 22, the stirring element 1 is rotatably connected to the first mounting bracket 22, the first driving source 21 is disposed on the first mounting bracket 22 for driving the stirring element 1 to rotate, and the second driving mechanism 3 is connected to the first mounting bracket 22. In this embodiment, first, the degree of automation and the uniformity of stirring can be effectively improved by providing the first drive source 21; secondly, the first mounting bracket 22 is arranged to facilitate mounting of the stirring part 1 and the first driving source 21, and mounting stability is improved. The first mounting bracket 22 may be configured in any suitable shape and configuration; the first drive source 21 may be configured to have any suitable drive structure capable of outputting torque, and the present disclosure is not limited to this.
Alternatively, the first drive source 21 described above may be configured as a speed reducer. Firstly, in view of cost, the speed reducer has lower cost, so that the design cost of the glass metal stirring device is reduced conveniently; secondly, the speed reducer can output larger torque, so that the phenomenon that the stirring piece 1 cannot be driven to stir the molten glass due to overhigh viscosity of the molten glass is avoided; of course, the first driving source 21 may be configured to stir the stirring member 1 by a driving motor in combination with a speed reducing mechanism, which is not limited by the present disclosure.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the second driving mechanism 3 includes a second driving source 31, a lead screw 32, a slider 33, and a second mounting bracket 34, the lead screw 32 is mounted on the second mounting bracket 34 in a circumferentially rotatable and vertically axially locked manner, a threaded hole is formed in the slider 33, the lead screw 32 is in threaded connection with the threaded hole and forms a lead screw thread pair, the slider 33 is connected to the first mounting bracket 22, and the second driving source 31 is disposed on the second mounting bracket 34 and is configured to drive the lead screw 32 to rotate, so that the slider 33 drives the first mounting bracket 22 to move in the vertical direction.
It can be known from the above that, the stirring member 1 and the first driving source 21 are disposed on the first mounting bracket 22, and the slider 33 in the second driving mechanism 3 can drive the first mounting bracket 22 to move in the up-and-down direction; then, in the working state of the glass stirring device, the stirring element 1 can be driven by the first driving source 21 to rotate so as to stir the molten glass in the stirring barrel 10, and can also be driven by the second driving mechanism 3 to move in the vertical direction, that is, the adjusting part 11 can be at least partially inserted into or pulled out of the discharging pipe 101, so that the discharging aperture of the discharging pipe 101 can be adjusted, that is, the flow rate of the molten glass flowing out from the discharging pipe 101 can be adjusted, and the problem of quality caused by inconsistent wall thickness forming of the formed glass due to uneven flowing of the molten glass can be avoided.
In addition, the second drive mechanism 3 is configured by a second drive source 31, a lead screw 32, a slider 33, and a second mounting bracket 34. The first and second driving sources 31 may be configured to drive the lead screw 32 to rotate, for example, the second driving source 31 may be configured as a servo motor; however, the present disclosure is not limited to a specific type of the second driving source 31, and may be configured as other types of driving structures; secondly, the lead screw 32 and the slide block 33 are constructed into a driving form of a lead screw nut assembly, so that the driving precision and stability can be improved; third, the second mounting bracket 34 may be configured in any suitable shape and configuration, as the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the second mounting bracket 34 may include a first plate 341, a support rod 342, and a second plate 343, the first plate 341 and the second plate 343 are spaced apart in an up-down direction and are connected by the support rod 342, the screw 32 extends in the up-down direction and has two ends rotatably connected to the first plate 341 and the second plate 343, respectively, and the second driving source 31 is disposed on the first plate 341 or the second plate 343 for driving the screw 32 to rotate. This second installing support 34 is as whole glass liquid agitating unit's installation basis, can be convenient for effectively first actuating mechanism 2, stirring 1 arrange, can set up these two between first plate 341 and second plate 343, when fully utilizing second installing support 34's structural space, guaranteeing the compactedness of structure, can also improve overall structure's stability effectively, avoid taking place the circumstances such as rock. In particular, when the glass stirring apparatus is installed, the second plate 343 below the second mounting bracket 34 may be disposed on a stirring barrel mounting bracket (not shown) for mounting the stirring barrel 10, so that the stirrer 1 of the glass stirring apparatus stirs the molten glass in the stirring barrel 10.
Alternatively, the supporting rod 342 may extend in an up-down direction, and the first mounting bracket 22 is slidably sleeved on the supporting rod 342 in the up-down direction. In this embodiment, in addition to the supporting function of the supporting rod 342 connected to the first plate 341 and the second plate 343, the supporting rod 342 extends along the vertical direction, and the first mounting bracket 22 is slidably sleeved on the supporting rod 342 along the vertical direction, so that the first mounting bracket 22 can be effectively guided to move along the vertical direction, the shaking is avoided, and the stability of the movement of the first mounting bracket 22 along the vertical direction is improved. The material and amount of the supporting rods 342 can be set according to the requirement, and the disclosure is not limited herein.
In order to avoid damage to the structure of the first mounting bracket 22 and improve the service life of the first mounting bracket 22, the first mounting bracket 22 may be provided with a sliding guide sleeve 5. Specifically, the first mounting bracket 22 is formed with a through mounting hole (not shown) along the thickness direction thereof, and the sliding guide 5 can be disposed in the mounting hole to be sleeved on the support rod 342 and form a sliding fit therewith.
Alternatively, the second driving source 31 may include a servo motor, the molten glass stirring apparatus further includes a torque sensor 4 and a controller (not shown), the torque sensor 4 is used for detecting the torque applied to the stirring member 1 by the first driving source 21, the controller is used for being electrically connected with the servo motor and the torque sensor 4, and the controller is used for controlling the servo motor to rotate according to the torque information fed back by the torque sensor 4 so as to drive the adjusting portion 11 to be at least partially inserted into or pulled out of the discharging pipe 101.
It should be noted here that, in the stage of testing and using the molten glass stirring apparatus, in the case where the wall thickness of the good-quality molded glass tube is obtained according to calculation, the moment applied to the stirring member 1, which should be output by the first driving source 21 configured as a speed reducer, and the depth of the stirring member 1, which should be inserted into the stirring barrel 10, should be driven by the second driving mechanism 3; however, the calculated moment of the speed reducer and the depth of the stirring part 1 inserted into the stirring barrel 10 are values simulated by calculation, and in the actual production process, the wall thickness of the glass tube produced and molded is often different from the wall thickness of a good product, so that an operator needs to adjust the moment of the speed reducer and the depth of the stirring part 1 inserted into the stirring barrel 10 until the wall thickness of the glass tube reaches the requirement of the good product, at the moment, the moment output by the moment sensor 4 and the depth of the stirring part 1 inserted into the stirring barrel 10 are recorded, and the two actually measured values are input into the controller as standard values, so that the good product glass tube meeting the wall thickness requirement can be produced conveniently.
Although the torque that should be output by the first driving source 21 and the depth that the stirring piece 1 should be inserted into the stirring barrel 10 corresponding to the wall thickness of the good-quality glass tube are adjusted, it can be known from the problems existing in the prior art that the fluctuation of the temperature of the glass liquid can also cause the flow rate of the glass liquid flowing to the forming process through the discharge pipe 101 of the stirring barrel 10 to change, and further cause the problem of uneven wall thickness of the formed glass tube. In this case, the inventor of the present application considers that a feedback unit capable of feeding back the glass wall thickness in real time should be further provided, and the feedback unit is enabled to send feedback information to the controller in real time, and the controller further controls the second driving mechanism 3 to drive the adjusting portion 11 on the stirring member 1 to move in the vertical direction, so as to adjust the wall thickness of the formed glass tube, and meet the requirement of the wall thickness of the good product.
Therefore, on the basis of the controller provided above, the inventor of the present application further provides a glass wall thickness detection unit, the glass wall thickness detection unit is configured to detect the thickness of the glass tube molded from the discharge tube 101, the controller is configured to be electrically connected to the glass wall thickness detection unit, and the controller is configured to control the second driving source 31 configured as a servo motor to rotate according to the thickness information of the glass tube detected by the glass wall thickness detection unit, so as to drive the adjustment portion 11 to at least partially insert or extract the discharge tube 101, thereby adjusting the flow rate of the molten glass flowing out from the discharge tube 101, so that the wall thickness of the molded glass tube meets the requirement of good products.
The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.
In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.