Chain feed mechanism for steel pipe
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a steel pipe production processingequipment technical field, concretely relates to chain feed mechanism for steel pipe.
Background
Steel pipe is a steel material having a hollow cross section and a length much greater than the diameter or circumference. The cross-sectional shape of the steel pipe is generally circular. The steel pipe can be divided into a carbon structural steel pipe, a low alloy structural steel pipe, an alloy steel pipe and a composite steel pipe according to the material; the steel pipes are divided into steel pipes for conveying pipelines, engineering structures, thermal equipment, petrochemical industry, machinery manufacturing, geological drilling, high-pressure equipment and the like according to the application; the production process includes seamless steel pipe and welded steel pipe, the seamless steel pipe includes hot rolling and cold rolling (drawing), and the welded steel pipe includes straight seam welded steel pipe and spiral seam welded steel pipe.
At present, steel pipes can be produced fully automatically, but when the steel pipes are stored and transported, the situation that the steel pipes with different pipe diameters or different lengths are mixed together can occur, and the automation realization of the subsequent processing procedure can be influenced.
Therefore, the design of a material distribution mechanism capable of effectively distributing steel pipes with the same or different pipe diameters and lengths is a problem to be solved urgently by steel pipe production enterprises in the current stage.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the problem that exists among the prior art, the utility model provides a pair of chain feed mechanism for steel pipe utilizes plectrum on the live-rollers can send the transmission chain with dialling of a root of steel pipe on, can be positioned every steel pipe between two adjacent branch material shift forks through the branch material shift fork on the transmission chain to transmit through the chain, the effectual branch material that has realized the steel pipe has guaranteed the automatic realization of subsequent manufacturing procedure.
In order to realize the purpose, the utility model discloses a technical scheme as follows:
a chain distributing mechanism for steel pipes comprises a first rack and a second rack, wherein a plurality of conveying chains are arranged on the first rack and distributed along a first direction, the conveying chains can move along a second direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, a plurality of vertically-arranged distributing shifting forks are arranged on the conveying chains, and the conveying chains are all connected with a first driving assembly for driving the conveying chains to move; with the second direction is the positive direction, the second frame is located the rear of first frame, be equipped with the edge in the second frame the rotatable live-rollers that the first direction set up, be equipped with a plurality of plectrums on the live-rollers, it is sunken to have on the upper surface of plectrum, the live-rollers is connected with the drive live-rollers pivoted second drive assembly, first drive assembly with second drive assembly all is connected with the controller.
As a preferred technical scheme, a rotatable driving roller and a rotatable driven roller are arranged on the first frame, and the transmission chains are wound on the driving roller and the driven roller; the first driving assembly is set as a first servo motor, and an output shaft of the first servo motor is in transmission connection with the transmission roller.
As a preferable technical scheme, the driving roller and the driven roller are both rotatably arranged on the first frame through bearings; and the output shaft of the first servo motor is in transmission connection with the transmission roller through a transmission chain.
As a preferred technical scheme, every both sides of conveying chain all are equipped with the backup pad, the backup pad is fixed in on the first frame, the upper surface of backup pad with the upper surface parallel and level of conveying chain.
As a preferable technical solution, a sensor is arranged on one side of the first frame close to the second frame, and the sensor is connected with the controller.
As a preferred technical solution, a plurality of the conveying chains are uniformly distributed along the first direction; the material distributing shifting forks on each conveying chain are uniformly distributed; the shifting pieces are uniformly distributed along the first direction; the controller is set to be PLC.
As a preferred technical scheme, supporting rollers are arranged between two adjacent shifting pieces and are rotatably arranged on the second rack.
As a preferable technical solution, the second driving assembly is a second servo motor, and an output shaft of the second servo motor is in transmission connection with the rotating roller.
As a preferable technical solution, the conveying chains are all arranged obliquely downward along the second direction.
The utility model has the advantages of that:
the utility model discloses utilize plectrum on the live-rollers can be with dialling of a steel pipe and send to the conveying chain on, divide the material shift fork through on the conveying chain and can be positioned every steel pipe between two adjacent branch material shift forks to transmit through the chain, the effectual branch material that has realized the steel pipe has guaranteed the automatic realization of subsequent manufacturing procedure.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of a steel pipe chain distributing mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1;
fig. 3 is a top view of fig. 1.
In the figure: 1-a first frame, 11-a supporting plate, 2-a second frame, 21-a supporting roller, 3-a conveying chain, 31-a material distribution fork, 32-a first driving component, 33-a driving roller, 34-a driven roller, 4-a rotating roller, 41-a shifting piece, 5-a steel pipe and 6-a sensor.
Detailed Description
In order to facilitate understanding for those skilled in the art, the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1-3, an embodiment of a steel pipe chain distributing mechanism of the present invention includes a first frame 1 and a second frame 2, wherein the first frame 1 is provided with a plurality of conveying chains 3, the plurality of conveying chains 3 are distributed along a first direction, the plurality of conveying chains 3 can support a steel pipe 5, and the conveying chains 3 can move along a second direction to drive the steel pipe 5 to move along the second direction; the first direction is vertical to the second direction, a plurality of vertically arranged material separating shifting forks 31 are arranged on the conveying chain 3, and the steel pipes 5 can be separated and positioned on the conveying chain 3 by the adjacent material separating shifting forks 31; the conveying chains 3 are connected with first driving assemblies 32 for driving the conveying chains 3 to move; the second frame 2 is positioned behind the first frame 1 by taking the second direction as the positive direction, the rotatable rotating roller 4 arranged along the first direction is arranged on the second frame 2, a plurality of shifting pieces 41 are arranged on the rotating roller 4, the steel pipe 5 is placed on the shifting pieces 41, and when the rotating roller 4 rotates, the shifting pieces 41 can be driven to rotate so as to transfer the steel pipe 5 to the conveying chain 3; the upper surface of the shifting sheet 41 is provided with a recess, so that the steel pipe 5 can be positioned better; the rotating roller 4 is connected with a second driving assembly for driving the rotating roller 4 to rotate, the first driving assembly 32 and the second driving assembly are both connected with a controller, and the controller is used for controlling the opening and closing of the first driving assembly 32 and the second driving assembly so as to control the movement of the conveying chain 3 and the rotation of the rotating roller 4.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the first frame 1 is provided with a rotatable driving roller 33 and a rotatable driven roller 34, and the transmission chain 3 is wound around the driving roller 33 and the driven roller 34; the first driving assembly 32 is a first servo motor, an output shaft of the first servo motor is in transmission connection with the driving roller 33, and specifically, the first servo motor drives the driving roller 33 to rotate, so as to drive the transmission chain 3 to move; specifically, the driving roller 33 and the driven roller 34 can be rotatably arranged on the first frame 1 through bearings; the output shaft of the first servo motor is in transmission connection with the transmission roller 33 through a transmission chain.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the supporting plates 11 are disposed on two sides of each conveying chain 3, the supporting plates 11 are fixed on the first frame 1, the upper surfaces of the supporting plates 11 are flush with the upper surfaces of the conveying chains 3, and the supporting plates 11 are used for supporting the steel pipes 5, so that the stability of the steel pipes 5 moving along with the conveying chains 3 can be further improved.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, a sensor 6 is disposed on one side of the first frame 1 close to the second frame 2, the sensor 6 is used for detecting whether a steel pipe 5 is located above the sensor 6, the sensor 6 is connected to the controller, the sensor 6 can send detection information to the controller, when the sensor 6 detects that a steel pipe 5 is located, the controller controls the first driving assembly 32 to drive the transmission chain 3 to move, and it is ensured that the shifting piece 41 can shift a subsequent steel pipe 5 to a vacant position behind the transmission chain 3; in particular, the sensor 6 may be a distance sensor or an opto-electronic switch.
It should be noted that, referring to fig. 1 to 3, a plurality of conveying chains 3 are uniformly distributed along a first direction, so as to ensure that the conveying chains 3 can stably support the steel pipe 5; the material distributing shifting forks 31 on each conveying chain 3 are uniformly distributed, so that the steel pipes 5 can be uniformly positioned on the conveying chains 3; the shifting sheets 41 are uniformly distributed along the first direction, so that the steel pipes 5 can be stably shifted to the conveying chain 3; the controller is preferably a PLC.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, a supporting roller 21 is disposed between two adjacent shifting pieces 41, and the supporting rollers 21 are rotatably disposed on the second frame 2, so as to ensure the stability of the steel pipe 5 placed on the shifting pieces 41; it should be noted that, a second driving assembly (not shown in the drawings) is set as a second servo motor, and an output shaft of the second servo motor is in transmission connection with the rotating roller 4, so as to drive the rotating roller 4 to rotate; in other embodiments, the second servo motor may also be a swing cylinder.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the conveying chains 3 are all disposed obliquely downward along the second direction, so as to ensure that the steel pipes 5 on the conveying chains 3 have a tendency to move toward the second direction under the action of gravity, and thus the stability of the steel pipes 5 during conveying can be improved.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.