CN214721451U - Automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre - Google Patents

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CN214721451U
CN214721451U CN202121081284.3U CN202121081284U CN214721451U CN 214721451 U CN214721451 U CN 214721451U CN 202121081284 U CN202121081284 U CN 202121081284U CN 214721451 U CN214721451 U CN 214721451U
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The utility model discloses an automatic laser welding machine for optical fibers, which comprises a base, wherein a base table is symmetrically arranged at the upper end of the base, a fixed block is arranged at the upper end of the base table, a first cavity is formed in the fixed block in a penetrating manner, a cylinder is arranged in the first cavity, a second cavity is formed in the cylinder, an electric push rod is fixedly arranged in the second cavity, the output end of the electric push rod is fixedly connected with a connecting plate, and a fixing mechanism is arranged at the upper end of the connecting plate; the utility model discloses an under the effect of air-blower, gas collecting tank, gaseous filter core board, hose and cover of breathing in, can collect the harmful gas that produces when welding to the gas collecting tank in, the gaseous filter core board of rethread carries out emission after the filtration treatment to harmful gas, has improved staff's operation environment when the environmental protection, avoids endangering staff's healthy, has increased the device's practicality.

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Automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an optical fiber technology field especially relates to an automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre.
Background
The optical fiber is a shorthand of an optical fiber, is a fiber made of glass or plastic, can be used as a light conduction tool, and has the transmission principle of total reflection of light, so that the optical fiber cannot leave the daily life of people in the current society, and the optical fiber needs to be welded when being used or produced so as to be convenient for people to install and normally use;
present automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre when welding optic fibre, can not effectively fix optic fibre, takes place the dislocation easily in welding process, influences welding quality, can produce irritability harmful gas during welding simultaneously, if not handle, influences staff's healthy easily, consequently, the utility model provides an automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre in order to solve the problem that exists among the prior art.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of the above problem, an object of the utility model is to provide an automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre, this laser welding machine through under the effect at air-blower, gas collecting box, gaseous filter core board, hose and the cover of breathing in, can collect the harmful gas that produces when welding to the gas collecting box in, the rethread gaseous filter core board carries out filtration treatment back to harmful gas and discharges, has improved staff's operation environment when the environmental protection, avoids endangering staff's healthy, has increased the device's practicality.
For realizing the purpose of the utility model, the utility model discloses a following technical scheme realizes: the utility model provides an automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre, includes the base, the upper end symmetry of base is equipped with the base platform, the upper end of base platform is equipped with the fixed block, the inside of fixed block is run through and has been seted up first cavity, the inside of first cavity is equipped with the cylinder, the second cavity has been seted up to cylindrical inside, the inside fixed mounting of second cavity has electric putter, electric putter's output fixedly connected with connecting plate, the upper end of connecting plate is equipped with fixed establishment, the upper end fixed mounting of base has electric cylinder, electric cylinder's output fixedly connected with lifter, the upper end of lifter is equipped with the welding bench, the alignment groove has been seted up on the upper end surface of welding bench, the upper end symmetry of base is equipped with the curb plate, the upper end welding of curb plate has the diaphragm.
The further improvement lies in that: the cylinder passes through first cavity and fixed block swing joint, the cylinder external diameter is less than the internal diameter of first cavity, cylindrical length is greater than the length of fixed block, the welding of cylindrical one side has the connecting block, the first threaded rod of one side fixedly connected with of connecting block, the other end of first threaded rod runs through curb plate and driving motor's output fixed connection, driving motor's outside fixed mounting has first motor case, first motor case fixed mounting is at the lateral wall of curb plate.
The further improvement lies in that: the fixing mechanism comprises a bottom plate, a fixing groove, a connecting column, a fixing plate, a threaded hole, an adjusting screw rod, a pressing plate and a sponge block, wherein the fixing groove is formed in the upper end surface of the bottom plate, the connecting column is welded to the bottom plate and is symmetrically arranged with the central axis of the bottom plate, the fixing plate is fixedly connected to the upper end of the connecting column, the threaded hole is formed in the fixing plate in a penetrating mode, the adjusting screw rod is connected to the inner thread of the threaded hole, the lower end of the adjusting screw rod is fixedly connected with the pressing plate, the sponge block is bonded to the outer side wall of the pressing plate, the width of the sponge block is equal to that of the fixing groove, and the bottom plate is fixedly installed with the connecting plate.
The further improvement lies in that: one side of the side plate is provided with a second motor box, a rotating motor is fixedly mounted inside the second motor box, a second threaded rod is fixedly connected to the output end of the rotating motor, a moving block is sleeved on the outer surface of the second threaded rod, the inner side wall of the moving block is arranged in a threaded manner, a laser welding machine head is fixedly mounted at the lower end of the moving block, a bearing seat is sleeved at the other end of the second threaded rod, and the bearing seat is fixedly mounted on the outer side wall of the other side plate.
The further improvement lies in that: the improved air filter is characterized in that an air blower is arranged at the upper end of the transverse plate, a gas collection box is fixedly connected to one side of the air blower, a gas filter plate is fixedly mounted inside the gas collection box, a hose is fixedly connected to one side of the gas collection box, an air suction cover is fixedly connected to the other end of the hose, the air suction cover is fixedly mounted on one side of a supporting plate, and the supporting plate is fixedly mounted at the upper end of a fixing plate.
The utility model has the advantages that: this laser welding machine, through the air-blower, the gas collection box, gaseous filter core board, under the effect of hose and suction hood, can collect the harmful gas that produces when welding to the gas collection box in, discharge after the gaseous filter core board of rethread carries out filtration treatment to harmful gas, staff's operation environment has been improved in the time of the environmental protection, avoid endangering staff's healthy, the practicality of the device has been increased, through at the fixed slot, the spliced pole, the fixed plate, the screw hole, adjusting screw, under the effect of pressing panel and sponge piece, put into the fixed slot with optic fibre, rethread rotates adjusting screw, make the elasticity of pressing the panel can effectively fix the optic fibre of different specification shapes, avoid taking place the removal in welding process, influence welding quality, the stability of the device has been increased.
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Fig. 1 is a front sectional view of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the fixing mechanism of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the schematic structural diagram of the fixing block, the cylinder and the electric push rod of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the welding table and the alignment groove component of the present invention.
Wherein: 1. a base; 2. a base table; 3. a fixed block; 4. a first cavity; 5. a cylinder; 6. a second cavity; 7. an electric push rod; 8. a connecting plate; 9. a fixing mechanism; 901. a base plate; 902. fixing grooves; 903. connecting columns; 904. a fixing plate; 905. a threaded hole; 906. adjusting the screw rod; 907. a pressing plate; 908. a sponge block; 10. an electric cylinder; 11. a lifting rod; 12. a welding table; 13. a positioning groove; 14. a side plate; 15. a transverse plate; 16. connecting blocks; 17. a first threaded rod; 18. a drive motor; 19. a first motor case; 20. a second motor case; 21. rotating the motor; 22. a second threaded rod; 23. a moving block; 24. laser welding a machine head; 25. a bearing seat; 26. a blower; 27. a gas collection tank; 28. a gas filter element; 29. a hose; 30. an air intake cover; 31. a support plate; 32. a shock pad; 33. and (4) heat dissipation holes.
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In order to deepen the understanding of the present invention, the following embodiments will be combined to make the present invention do further details, and the present embodiment is only used for explaining the present invention, and does not constitute the limitation of the protection scope of the present invention.
According to the drawings of fig. 1-4, the embodiment provides an automatic laser welding machine for optical fibers, which comprises a base 1, wherein a base table 2 is symmetrically arranged at the upper end of the base 1, a fixed block 3 is arranged at the upper end of the base table 2, a first cavity 4 is formed in the fixed block 3 in a penetrating manner, a cylinder 5 is arranged in the first cavity 4, a second cavity 6 is formed in the cylinder 5, an electric push rod 7 is fixedly arranged in the second cavity 6, an output end of the electric push rod 7 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 8, the upper end of the connecting plate 8 is provided with a fixing mechanism 9, an electric cylinder 10 is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the base 1, an output end of the electric cylinder 10 is fixedly connected with a lifting rod 11, the upper end of the lifting rod 11 is provided with a welding table 12, and an alignment groove 13 is formed in the upper end surface of the welding table 12, the upper end symmetry of base 1 is equipped with curb plate 14, the upper end welding of curb plate 14 has diaphragm 15, through under electric putter 7 and connecting plate 8's effect, be convenient for adjust the interval between fixed establishment 9, thereby be convenient for dock two optic fibre, need not manual operation, work efficiency and stability in the work have been increased, simultaneously under electric cylinder 10, lifter 11, welding bench 12 and counterpoint groove 13's effect, can carry out accurate counterpoint to the welding point between two optic fibre, guarantee welding point and laser-beam welding head 24 on same vertical line, so as to carry out accurate welding, can support the welding point simultaneously, keep the horizontality, the device's welding has been improved.
The cylinder 5 is movably connected with the fixed block 3 through the first cavity 4, the outer diameter of the cylinder 5 is smaller than the inner diameter of the first cavity 4, the length of the cylinder 5 is larger than the length of the fixed block 3, one side of the cylinder 5 is welded with the connecting block 16, one side of the connecting block 16 is fixedly connected with the first threaded rod 17, the other end of the first threaded rod 17 penetrates through the output end fixed connection of the side plate 14 and the driving motor 18, the outer part of the driving motor 18 is fixedly provided with the first motor box 19, the first motor box 19 is fixedly arranged on the outer side wall of the side plate 14, the cylinder 5 and the fixing mechanism 9 can be driven to overturn under the action of the first cavity 4, the first threaded rod 17, the connecting block 16 and the driving motor 18, meanwhile, the overturning can be carried out on optical fibers, the upper and lower two sides of the optical fibers can be conveniently advanced to be welded accurately, and the manual overturning is not needed, the efficiency of the device under the work is increased, has improved welding quality.
The fixing mechanism 9 comprises a bottom plate 901, a fixing groove 902, a connecting column 903, a fixing plate 904, a threaded hole 905, an adjusting screw 906, a pressing plate 907 and a sponge block 908, the fixing groove 902 is formed in the upper end surface of the bottom plate 901, the connecting column 903 is welded on the bottom plate 901, the connecting column 903 is symmetrically arranged with the central axis of the bottom plate 901, the fixing plate 904 is fixedly connected to the upper end of the connecting column 903, the threaded hole 905 penetrates through the inside of the fixing plate 904, the adjusting screw 906 is connected to the internal thread of the threaded hole 905, the pressing plate 907 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the adjusting screw 906, the sponge block 908 is bonded to the outer side wall of the pressing plate 907, the width of the sponge block 908 is equal to that of the fixing groove 902, the bottom plate 901 and the connecting plate 8 are fixedly installed, and the fixing mechanism is fixed to the fixing groove 902, the connecting column 903, the fixing plate 904, the threaded hole 905, the adjusting screw 906, the fixing plate 907 and the sponge block 908, Under the effect of pressing plate 907 and sponge piece 908, put into fixed slot 902 with optic fibre in, rethread rotates adjusting screw 906 for pressing plate 907 moves down, utilizes the elasticity of sponge piece 908 can effectively fix the optic fibre of different specification shapes, avoids taking place to remove in welding process, influences welding quality, has increased the stability of the device.
One side of curb plate 14 is equipped with second motor case 20, the inside fixed mounting of second motor case 20 has rotation motor 21, the output end fixedly connected with second threaded rod 22 of rotation motor 21, the surface of second threaded rod 22 has cup jointed movable block 23, the inside wall of movable block 23 is the screw thread form setting, the lower extreme fixed mounting of movable block 23 has laser-beam welding aircraft nose 24, the other end of second threaded rod 22 has cup jointed bearing frame 25, bearing frame 25 fixed mounting is on the lateral wall of another curb plate 14, and through under the effect of rotating motor 21, second threaded rod 22 and movable block 23, be convenient for adjust laser-beam welding aircraft nose 24 about the position to conveniently carry out accurate counterpoint with the welding point, improve welding quality, increased the device's flexibility.
The upper end of diaphragm 15 is equipped with air-blower 26, one side fixedly connected with gas collection box 27 of air-blower 26, the inside fixed mounting of gas collection box 27 has gaseous filter core board 28, one side fixedly connected with hose 29 of gas collection box 27, the other end fixedly connected with suction hood 30 of hose 29, suction hood 30 fixed mounting is in one side of backup pad 31, backup pad 31 fixed mounting is in the upper end of fixed plate 904, and through under air-blower 26, gas collection box 27, gaseous filter core board 28, hose 29 and suction hood 30's effect, can collect the harmful gas that produces when welding in gas collection box 27, the rethread gaseous filter core board 28 carries out filtration treatment back emission to harmful gas, has improved staff's operational environment when the environmental protection, avoids endangering staff's healthy, has increased the device's practicality.
When the device is used, firstly, the device is moved to a designated position, then two optical fibers are respectively placed in the fixed groove 902, welding points extend to the outside of the fixed groove 902, then the joint adjusting screw 906 is rotated to enable the pressing plate 907 to move downwards, the optical fibers with different specifications and shapes are effectively fixed by the elasticity of the sponge block 908, then the device is connected with an external power supply, then the electric cylinder 10 is started, the welding table 12 is lifted to place the optical fiber welding points on the two sides in the aligning groove 13 under the action of the electric cylinder 10 and the lifting rod 11, then the electric push rod 7 is started, the welding points on the two sides are butted through the fixing mechanism 9 under the action of the connecting plate 8, the rotating motor 21 is started after the butting is completed, the left and right positions of the laser welding head 24 are adjusted under the action of the rotating motor 21, the second threaded rod 22 and the moving block 23, so as to facilitate accurate alignment with the welding points, so that the laser welding head 24 and the welding point are maintained on the same vertical line, and then the blower 26 and the laser welding head 24 are simultaneously started, the laser welding head 24 welds the optical fiber when turned on, and under the action of the blower 26, the gas collection tank 27, the gas filter plate 28, the hose 29 and the gas suction hood 30, harmful gas generated during welding is collected into the gas collection tank 27, the harmful gas is filtered by the gas filter plate 28 and then discharged, when the front side of the optical fiber is welded, the driving motor 18 is started, under the action of the first cavity 4, the first threaded rod 17, the connecting block 16 and the driving motor 18, the cylinder 5 and the fixing mechanism 9 can be driven to turn over, so as to turn over the optical fiber, and finally, after the welding operation is finished, taking out the welded optical fiber, thus finishing the use process of the automatic laser welding machine for the optical fiber.
The lower extreme of base is equipped with the shock pad, can avoid the device to produce vibrations when the operation to quality when influencing the welding has increased the device's stability.
The lateral walls of the first motor box and the second motor box are provided with heat dissipation holes, so that ventilation and heat dissipation are facilitated, and the service life of the driving motor and the service life of the rotating motor are prolonged.
The foregoing illustrates and describes the principles, general features, and advantages of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and that the foregoing embodiments and descriptions are provided only to illustrate the principles of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. The utility model provides an automatic laser-beam welding machine of optic fibre which characterized in that: comprises a base (1), wherein a base platform (2) is symmetrically arranged at the upper end of the base (1), a fixed block (3) is arranged at the upper end of the base platform (2), a first cavity (4) is formed in the fixed block (3) in a penetrating manner, a cylinder (5) is arranged in the first cavity (4), a second cavity (6) is formed in the cylinder (5), an electric push rod (7) is fixedly arranged in the second cavity (6), a connecting plate (8) is fixedly connected with the output end of the electric push rod (7), a fixing mechanism (9) is arranged at the upper end of the connecting plate (8), an electric cylinder (10) is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the base (1), a lifting rod (11) is fixedly connected with the output end of the electric cylinder (10), a welding table (12) is arranged at the upper end of the lifting rod (11), an alignment groove (13) is formed in the upper end surface of the welding table (12), the upper end symmetry of base (1) is equipped with curb plate (14), the welding of the upper end of curb plate (14) has diaphragm (15).
2. The automatic laser welder of optical fibers according to claim 1, characterized in that: cylinder (5) are through first cavity (4) and fixed block (3) swing joint, cylinder (5) outer diameter is less than the inner diameter of first cavity (4), the length of cylinder (5) is greater than the length of fixed block (3), one side welding of cylinder (5) has connecting block (16), the first threaded rod of one side fixedly connected with (17) of connecting block (16), the other end of first threaded rod (17) runs through the output fixed connection of curb plate (14) and driving motor (18), the outside fixed mounting of driving motor (18) has first motor case (19), first motor case (19) fixed mounting is at the lateral wall of curb plate (14).
3. The automatic laser welder of optical fibers according to claim 1, characterized in that: the fixing mechanism (9) comprises a bottom plate (901), a fixing groove (902), a connecting column (903), a fixing plate (904), a threaded hole (905), an adjusting screw rod (906), a pressing plate (907) and a sponge block (908), wherein the fixing groove (902) is formed in the upper end surface of the bottom plate (901), the connecting column (903) is welded on the bottom plate (901), the connecting column (903) is symmetrically arranged on the central axis of the bottom plate (901), the fixing plate (904) is fixedly connected to the upper end of the connecting column (903), the threaded hole (905) is formed in the fixing plate (904) in a penetrating mode, the adjusting screw rod (906) is connected to the inner thread of the threaded hole (905), the pressing plate (907) is fixedly connected to the lower end of the adjusting screw rod (906), the sponge block (908) is bonded to the outer side wall of the pressing plate (907), and the width of the sponge block (908) is equal to that of the fixing groove (902), the bottom plate (901) and the connecting plate (8) are fixedly installed.
4. The automatic laser welder of optical fibers according to claim 1, characterized in that: one side of the side plate (14) is provided with a second motor box (20), a rotating motor (21) is fixedly mounted inside the second motor box (20), a second threaded rod (22) is fixedly connected to the output end of the rotating motor (21), a moving block (23) is sleeved on the outer surface of the second threaded rod (22), the inner side wall of the moving block (23) is arranged in a threaded mode, a laser welding head (24) is fixedly mounted at the lower end of the moving block (23), a bearing seat (25) is sleeved at the other end of the second threaded rod (22), and the bearing seat (25) is fixedly mounted on the outer side wall of the other side plate (14).
5. The automatic laser welder of optical fibers according to claim 1, characterized in that: the air-conditioning unit is characterized in that an air blower (26) is arranged at the upper end of the transverse plate (15), a gas collecting box (27) is fixedly connected to one side of the air blower (26), a gas filter plate (28) is fixedly mounted inside the gas collecting box (27), a hose (29) is fixedly connected to one side of the gas collecting box (27), an air suction cover (30) is fixedly connected to the other end of the hose (29), the air suction cover (30) is fixedly mounted on one side of a supporting plate (31), and the supporting plate (31) is fixedly mounted at the upper end of a fixing plate (904).
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