CN215908058U - Screw air compressor machine for brickyard - Google Patents

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CN215908058U
CN215908058U CN202120719689.9U CN202120719689U CN215908058U CN 215908058 U CN215908058 U CN 215908058U CN 202120719689 U CN202120719689 U CN 202120719689U CN 215908058 U CN215908058 U CN 215908058U
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The utility model relates to the technical field of screw air compressors, in particular to a screw air compressor for brickyard, which is opened to suck air into the screw air compressor from a first air inlet of the screw air compressor, the air is compressed by the screw air compressor and then is discharged through a first air outlet of the screw air compressor, meanwhile, a circulating pump is opened to discharge cooling oil into the screw air compressor, the screw air compressor is cooled, the cooling oil in the screw air compressor is discharged into a cooling pipe through a circulating pipe, the cooling oil in a cooling pipe is cooled through two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates, the cooling oil in the cooling pipe is discharged back into an oil liquid tank through a connecting pipe and is repeatedly circulated, the temperature of the screw air compressor during operation is reduced, and therefore the failure rate of equipment is reduced; the method comprises the following steps: the cooling mechanism comprises a shell, a base, a screw air compressor, an oil tank, a circulating pump, a circulating pipe, a cooling pipe, two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates and a connecting pipe.

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Screw air compressor machine for brickyard
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of screw type air compressors, in particular to a screw type air compressor for a brickyard.
Background
The screw air compressor is a device for compressing air, and is divided into a single screw and a double screw, the existing screw air compressor is simple in structure, heat generated during operation of the device is difficult to discharge in an environment with poor air flow, and the internal temperature of the device is easy to cause over-high failure, so that the existing device needs to be improved.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides a cooling oil pump which pours cooling oil into the oil tank by opening a sealing plate at the top end of the oil tank, opens a screw air compressor to suck air into the screw air compressor from a first air inlet of the screw air compressor, after the air is compressed by the screw air compressor, discharges compressed gas through a first exhaust port of the screw air compressor, simultaneously opens a circulating pump to discharge the cooling oil in the oil tank into the screw air compressor to cool the interior of the screw air compressor, then discharges the cooling oil in the screw air compressor into a cooling pipe through a circulating pipe, cools cold zone oil in the cooling pipe through two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates, discharges the cooling oil in the cooling pipe back into the oil tank through a connecting pipe, circulates repeatedly to reduce the temperature of the screw air compressor during operation, thereby reducing the failure rate of equipment.
The utility model relates to a screw air compressor for brickyard, comprising: the cooling mechanism comprises a shell, a base, a screw air compressor, an oil tank, a circulating pump, a circulating pipe, a cooling pipe, two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates and connecting pipes, wherein the bottom end of the shell is connected with the top end of the base, the bottom end of the screw air compressor is connected with the bottom end in the shell, the left end of the screw air compressor is provided with a first air inlet, the right end of the screw air compressor is provided with a first exhaust port, the bottom end of the oil tank is connected with the bottom end in the shell, the top end of the oil tank is provided with a sealing plate, the bottom end of the circulating pump is connected with the bottom end in the shell, the left end of the circulating pump is provided with a material suction pipe communicated with the interior of the oil tank, the right end of the circulating pump is provided with a material discharge pipe communicated with the interior of the screw air compressor, one end of the circulating pipe extends into the interior of the screw air compressor from the right end of the screw air compressor, and the other end of the circulating pipe is connected with the right end of the cooling pipe, the left end of the cooling pipe is communicated with the inside of the oil tank through a connecting pipe, and one ends of the two groups of first semiconductor refrigeration plates are respectively connected with the top end and the bottom end of the cooling pipe; and the air filtering mechanism is arranged on a first air inlet and a first exhaust port of the screw air compressor and used for filtering the gas entering the screw air compressor and the gas exhausted from the screw air compressor.
The utility model relates to a screw air compressor for brickyard, an air filtering mechanism comprises an air inlet pipe, a filtering box, a filter element, a heating pipe, a condensing box, a plurality of groups of second semiconductor refrigerating plates, an exhaust pipe, a drain pipe and a drain valve, wherein the right end of the air inlet pipe is connected with an air inlet of the screw air compressor, the bottom end of the filtering box is connected with the top end of the air inlet pipe, the top end of the filtering box is provided with the second air inlet, the bottom end of the filter element is connected with the bottom end in the filtering box, the filter element is communicated with the inside of the air inlet pipe, the left end of the heating pipe is connected with a first exhaust port of the screw air compressor, a heating resistor is arranged inside the heating pipe, the left end of the condensing box is connected with the right end of the heating pipe, the top ends of the plurality of groups of second semiconductor refrigerating plates are connected with the top end in the condensing box, the left ends of the exhaust pipe and the drain pipe are connected with the right end of the condensing box, and the heating pipe, The exhaust pipe and the drain pipe are communicated with the inside of the condensing box, the right ends of the exhaust pipe and the drain pipe extend out of the right end of the shell, and the left end of the drain valve is connected with the right end of the drain pipe.
The screw air compressor for brickyard provided by the utility model further comprises a filter screen, and the side end of the filter screen is fixedly connected with the side wall in the oil liquid tank.
The screw air compressor for brickyard provided by the utility model further comprises a plurality of groups of baffles, and the side ends of the plurality of groups of baffles are fixedly connected with the side wall in the filter box.
The screw air compressor for brickyard provided by the utility model further comprises a sound insulation layer, wherein the sound insulation layer is wrapped on the surface of the shell.
The screw air compressor for brickyard provided by the utility model further comprises an exhaust fan, wherein a plurality of groups of ventilation holes are formed in the front end of the shell, and the bottom end of the exhaust fan is connected with the top end of the shell.
The screw air compressor for brickyard provided by the utility model further comprises a temperature detector and a display screen, wherein the side end of the temperature detector is connected with the side wall in the oil tank, and the rear end of the display screen is connected with the front end of the shell.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: the cooling oil is poured into the oil tank through opening a sealing plate at the top end of the oil tank, the screw air compressor is opened to suck air into the screw air compressor from a first air inlet of the screw air compressor, the air is compressed by the screw air compressor and then is discharged through a first exhaust port of the screw air compressor, the circulating pump is opened at the same time, the cooling oil in the oil tank is discharged into the screw air compressor, the inside of the screw air compressor is cooled, then the cooling oil in the screw air compressor is discharged into the cooling pipe through the circulating pipe, the cooling zone oil in the cooling pipe is cooled through the two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates, the cooling oil in the cooling pipe is discharged back into the oil tank through the connecting pipe, the cooling zone oil is repeatedly circulated, the temperature of the screw air compressor during operation is reduced, and the failure rate of equipment is reduced.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the front cross-sectional structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic elevation view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged top view of the cooling tube of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1 according to the present invention;
in the drawings, the reference numbers: 1. a housing; 2. a base; 3. a screw air compressor; 4. an oil tank; 5. a circulation pump; 6. a circulation pipe; 7. a cooling pipe; 8. a first semiconductor refrigeration plate; 9. a connecting pipe; 10. an air inlet pipe; 11. a filter box; 12. a filter element; 13. heating a tube; 14. a condenser tank; 15. a second semiconductor refrigeration plate; 16. an exhaust pipe; 17. a drain pipe; 18. a drain valve; 19. filtering with a screen; 20. a baffle plate; 21. a sound insulating layer; 22. an exhaust fan; 23. a ventilation hole; 24. a temperature detector; 25. a display screen.
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The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the utility model but are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the screw type air compressor for brickyard according to the present invention comprises: the cooling mechanism comprises a shell 1, a base 2, a screw air compressor 3, an oil tank 4, a circulating pump 5, a circulating pipe 6, a cooling pipe 7, two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates 8 and a connecting pipe 9, wherein the bottom end of the shell 1 is connected with the top end of the base 2, the bottom end of the screw air compressor 3 is connected with the bottom end in the shell 1, the left end of the screw air compressor 3 is provided with a first air inlet, the right end of the screw air compressor 3 is provided with a first exhaust port, the bottom end of the oil tank 4 is connected with the bottom end in the shell 1, the top end of the oil tank 4 is provided with a sealing plate, the bottom end of the circulating pump 5 is connected with the bottom end in the shell 1, the left end of the circulating pump 5 is provided with a suction pipe communicated with the inside of the oil tank 4, the right end of the circulating pump 5 is provided with a discharge pipe communicated with the inside of the screw air compressor 3, one end of the circulating pipe 6 extends into the inside of the screw air compressor 3 from the right end of the screw air compressor 3, the other end of the circulating pipe 6 is connected with the right end of the cooling pipe 7, the left end of the cooling pipe 7 is communicated with the inside of the oil tank 4 through a connecting pipe 9, and one ends of two groups of first semiconductor refrigeration plates 8 are respectively connected with the top end and the bottom end of the cooling pipe 7; the air filtering mechanism is arranged at a first air inlet and a first exhaust port of the screw air compressor 3 and is used for filtering the gas entering the screw air compressor 3 and the gas exhausted from the screw air compressor 3; cooling oil is poured into the oil liquid tank 4 by opening a sealing plate at the top end of the oil liquid tank 4, air is sucked into the screw air compressor 3 from a first air inlet of the screw air compressor 3 by opening the screw air compressor 3, the air is compressed by the screw air compressor 3, compressed gas is discharged through a first air outlet of the screw air compressor 3, meanwhile, a circulating pump 5 is opened, the cooling oil in the oil liquid tank 4 is discharged into the screw air compressor 3 to cool the interior of the screw air compressor 3, then the cooling oil in the screw air compressor 3 is discharged into a cooling pipe 7 through a circulating pipe 6, the cold zone oil in the cooling pipe 7 is cooled through two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates 8, the cooling oil in the cooling pipe 7 is discharged back into the oil liquid tank 4 through a connecting pipe 9 to be repeatedly circulated, and the temperature of the air compressor when the screw air compressor 3 operates is reduced, thereby reducing the failure rate of the device.
The utility model relates to a screw air compressor for brickyard, an air filtering mechanism comprises an air inlet pipe 10, a filtering box 11, a filter element 12, a heating pipe 13, a condensing box 14, a plurality of groups of second semiconductor refrigerating plates 15, an exhaust pipe 16, a drain pipe 17 and a drain valve 18, wherein the right end of the air inlet pipe 10 is connected with an air inlet of the screw air compressor 3, the bottom end of the filtering box 11 is connected with the top end of the air inlet pipe 10, the top end of the filtering box 11 is provided with a second air inlet, the bottom end of the filter element 12 is connected with the bottom end in the filtering box 11, the filter element 12 is communicated with the inside of the air inlet pipe 10, the left end of the heating pipe 13 is connected with a first exhaust port of the screw air compressor 3, the heating pipe 13 is internally provided with a heating resistor, the left end of the condensing box 14 is connected with the right end of the heating pipe 13, and the top ends of the plurality of groups of second semiconductor refrigerating plates 15 are connected with the top end in the condensing box 14, the left ends of the exhaust pipe 16 and the drain pipe 17 are connected with the right end of the condensation box 14, the heating pipe 13, the exhaust pipe 16 and the drain pipe 17 are communicated with the inside of the condensation box 14, the right ends of the exhaust pipe 16 and the drain pipe 17 extend out of the right end of the shell 1, and the left end of the drain valve 18 is connected with the right end of the drain pipe 17; air gets into in the rose box 11 after, filter the air in the rose box 11 through filter core 12, reduce the impurity in the air, later discharge the air after filtering to the inside of screw air compressor machine 3 through intake pipe 10, the gas after the compression of screw air compressor machine 3 enters into the inside of heating pipe 13, heat the compressed gas in the heating pipe 13 through the heating resistor in the heating pipe 13, later compressed gas gets into the inside of condensing box 14, condense the compressed gas in the condensing box 14 through multiunit second semiconductor refrigeration board 15, later discharge compressed gas through blast pipe 16, reopen drain valve 18 discharges the water that the condensation produced in the condensing box 14, thereby improve equipment's practicality.
The screw air compressor for brickyard of the utility model also comprises a filter screen 19, wherein the side end of the filter screen 19 is fixedly connected with the side wall in the oil tank 4; through setting up filter screen 19, filter the coolant oil of connecting pipe 9 row income to fluid case 4 in, reduce the impurity in the coolant oil to improve equipment's practicality.
The screw air compressor for brickyard of the utility model also comprises a plurality of groups of baffles 20, wherein the side ends of the plurality of groups of baffles 20 are fixedly connected with the side wall in the filter box 11; through setting up multiunit baffle 20, block the air that enters into in the rose box 11, reduce the flow velocity of air in the rose box 11 to improve the filter effect of filter core 12 to the air.
The screw air compressor for brickyard of the utility model also comprises a sound insulation layer 21, wherein the sound insulation layer 21 is wrapped on the surface of the shell 1; through setting up puigging 21, block the noise that produces when screw compressor 3 moves to improve equipment's noise reduction.
The screw air compressor for brickyard of the utility model also comprises an exhaust fan 22, wherein the front end of the shell 1 is provided with a plurality of groups of ventilating holes 23, and the bottom end of the exhaust fan 22 is connected with the top end of the shell 1; the exhaust fan 22 is turned on to exhaust the air in the housing 1, and then the air outside the equipment enters the housing 1 through the plurality of groups of ventilating holes 23 at the front end of the housing 1, so that the fluidity of the air in the housing 1 is increased, and the cooling effect of the equipment is improved.
The screw air compressor for brickyard of the utility model also comprises a temperature detector 24 and a display screen 25, wherein the side end of the temperature detector 24 is connected with the side wall in the oil tank 4, and the rear end of the display screen 25 is connected with the front end of the shell 1; detect the temperature of cooling oil in fluid tank 4 through thermodetector 24, later show thermodetector 24's testing result through display screen 25, make things convenient for the staff to observe the temperature of cooling oil in fluid tank 4 to improve equipment's convenience.
The screw air compressor for brickyard of the utility model, during operation, firstly, the cooling oil is poured into the oil liquid tank 4 by opening the sealing plate at the top end of the oil liquid tank 4, then the screw air compressor 3 is opened, the air enters the filter tank 11, then the air in the filter tank 11 is filtered by the filter element 12, the impurity in the air is reduced, then the filtered air is discharged into the screw air compressor 3 by the air inlet pipe 10, the air is compressed by the screw air compressor 3, the compressed gas is discharged into the heating pipe 13 by the first exhaust port of the screw air compressor 3, the compressed gas in the heating pipe 13 is heated by the heating resistance in the heating pipe 13, then the compressed gas enters the condensing tank 14, the compressed gas in the condensing tank 14 is condensed by the plurality of groups of second semiconductor refrigerating plates 15, and then the compressed gas is discharged by the exhaust pipe 16, then the drain valve 18 is opened to discharge water generated by condensation in the condensation tank 14, the circulating pump 5 is opened at the same time, the cooling oil in the oil tank 4 is discharged into the screw air compressor 3 to cool the interior of the screw air compressor 3, then the cooling oil in the screw air compressor 3 is discharged into the interior of the cooling pipe 7 through the circulating pipe 6, the cold zone oil in the cooling pipe 7 is cooled through two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates 8, the cooling oil in the cooling pipe 7 is discharged back into the interior of the oil tank 4 through the connecting pipe 9, the cooling oil discharged into the oil tank 4 through the connecting pipe 9 is filtered through the filter screen 19 to reduce impurities in the cooling oil, the cooling oil is repeatedly circulated to reduce the operating temperature of the screw air compressor 3, then the exhaust fan 22 is opened to discharge air in the shell 1, and then air outside the equipment enters the interior of the shell 1 through a plurality of groups of ventilation holes 23 at the front end of the shell 1, the fluidity of the air in the housing 1 is increased.
According to the screw air compressor for brickyard, the installation mode, the connection mode or the arrangement mode are all common mechanical modes, and the screw air compressor can be implemented as long as the beneficial effects are achieved; the screw air compressor 3, the circulating pump 5 and the exhaust fan 22 of the screw air compressor for brickyard are purchased from the market, and technicians in the industry only need to install and operate the screw air compressor according to the attached operating instructions.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several modifications and variations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and variations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a screw air compressor machine for brickyard which characterized in that includes:
the cooling mechanism comprises a shell (1), a base (2), a screw air compressor (3), an oil liquid tank (4), a circulating pump (5), a circulating pipe (6), a cooling pipe (7), two groups of first semiconductor refrigerating plates (8) and a connecting pipe (9), wherein the bottom end of the shell (1) is connected with the top end of the base (2), the bottom end of the screw air compressor (3) is connected with the bottom end in the shell (1), the left end of the screw air compressor (3) is provided with a first air inlet, the right end of the screw air compressor (3) is provided with a first exhaust port, the bottom end of the oil liquid tank (4) is connected with the bottom end in the shell (1), the top end of the oil liquid tank (4) is provided with a sealing plate, the bottom end of the circulating pump (5) is connected with the bottom end in the shell (1), the left end of the circulating pump (5) is provided with a suction pipe communicated with the interior of the oil liquid tank (4), a discharge pipe is arranged at the right end of the circulating pump (5) and communicated with the interior of the screw air compressor (3), one end of a circulating pipe (6) extends into the interior of the screw air compressor (3) from the right end of the screw air compressor (3), the other end of the circulating pipe (6) is connected with the right end of a cooling pipe (7), the left end of the cooling pipe (7) is communicated with the interior of the oil tank (4) through a connecting pipe (9), and one ends of two groups of first semiconductor refrigeration plates (8) are respectively connected with the top end and the bottom end of the cooling pipe (7);
and the air filtering mechanism is arranged on a first air inlet and a first exhaust port of the screw air compressor (3) and is used for filtering the gas entering the screw air compressor (3) and the gas exhausted from the screw air compressor (3).
2. The screw air compressor for brickyard as claimed in claim 1, wherein the air filtering mechanism comprises an air inlet pipe (10), a filtering box (11), a filter element (12), a heating pipe (13), a condensing box (14), a plurality of sets of second semiconductor refrigerating plates (15), an exhaust pipe (16), a drain pipe (17) and a drain valve (18), the right end of the air inlet pipe (10) is connected with the air inlet of the screw air compressor (3), the bottom end of the filtering box (11) is connected with the top end of the air inlet pipe (10), the top end of the filtering box (11) is provided with a second air inlet, the bottom end of the filter element (12) is connected with the bottom end inside the filtering box (11), the filter element (12) is communicated with the inside of the air inlet pipe (10), the left end of the heating pipe (13) is connected with the first exhaust port of the screw air compressor (3), and the inside of the heating pipe (13) is provided with a heating resistor, the left end of a condensation box (14) is connected with the right end of a heating pipe (13), the top ends of a plurality of groups of second semiconductor refrigeration plates (15) are connected with the top end in the condensation box (14), the left ends of an exhaust pipe (16) and a drain pipe (17) are connected with the right end of the condensation box (14), the heating pipe (13), the exhaust pipe (16) and the drain pipe (17) are communicated with the inside of the condensation box (14), the right ends of the exhaust pipe (16) and the drain pipe (17) extend out from the right end of a shell (1), and the left end of a drain valve (18) is connected with the right end of the drain pipe (17).
3. The screw air compressor for brickyard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a screen (19), wherein the side end of the screen (19) is fixedly connected with the side wall in the oil tank (4).
4. The screw air compressor for brickyard as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a plurality of sets of baffles (20), wherein the side ends of the plurality of sets of baffles (20) are fixedly connected with the side wall inside the filtering box (11).
5. The screw air compressor for brickyard as claimed in claim 4 further comprising a sound insulation layer (21), wherein the sound insulation layer (21) is wrapped on the surface of the outer casing (1).
6. The screw air compressor for brickyard as claimed in claim 5 further comprising an exhaust fan (22), wherein the front end of the casing (1) is provided with a plurality of sets of ventilation holes (23), and the bottom end of the exhaust fan (22) is connected with the top end of the casing (1).
7. The screw air compressor for brickyard as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a temperature detector (24) and a display screen (25), wherein the side end of the temperature detector (24) is connected with the side wall inside the oil tank (4), and the rear end of the display screen (25) is connected with the front end of the housing (1).
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