CN216271637U - Metallurgical powder is with equipment of quantitative pay-off - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses equipment capable of quantitatively feeding metallurgical powder, which comprises a workbench, a quantitative discharging unit and a transmission unit, wherein the workbench is provided with a feeding hole; a workbench: an electric conveyor belt is arranged at the upper end between the left wall surface and the right wall surface of an inner cavity of the workbench, mounting plates are arranged in the middle of the left surface and the right surface of the workbench, a storage tank is arranged at the upper end between the two mounting plates, a conveying cylinder is arranged at a discharge port arranged on the lower surface of the storage tank, and uniformly distributed discharge holes I are arranged on the lower end surface of the conveying cylinder; a quantitative discharging unit: the quantitative discharging unit is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the workbench; a transmission unit: the outer surface of the crawler belt of the electric conveyor belt is uniformly arranged; wherein: still include the PLC controller, the PLC controller sets up in the right surface upper end of workstation, and external power source is connected to the input electricity of PLC controller, and the demand that metallurgical powder quantitative transport has been satisfied with the equipment of quantitative pay-off to this metallurgical powder.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of metallurgical powder, in particular to a quantitative feeding device for metallurgical powder.
Background
Powder metallurgy is a process technology for manufacturing metal materials, composite materials and various products by preparing metal powder or taking the metal powder as a raw material and forming and sintering the metal powder;
at present, when the metallurgical powder is quantitatively conveyed, the metallurgical powder is basically weighed and quantified manually, and then is fed, so that the aim of quantitative feeding is fulfilled;
the existing equipment capable of quantitatively feeding the metallurgical powder is poor in accuracy during throwing, inaccurate in quantitative throwing, low in working efficiency and incapable of conveniently and accurately quantitatively conveying, and therefore the equipment capable of quantitatively feeding the metallurgical powder is provided.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to overcome the existing defects, provide equipment capable of quantitatively feeding metallurgical powder, realize convenient and accurate quantitative feeding of the metallurgical powder and effectively solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: the equipment capable of quantitatively feeding the metallurgical powder comprises a workbench, a quantitative discharging unit and a transmission unit;
a workbench: an electric conveyor belt is arranged at the upper end between the left wall surface and the right wall surface of an inner cavity of the workbench, mounting plates are arranged in the middle of the left surface and the right surface of the workbench, a storage tank is arranged at the upper end between the two mounting plates, a conveying cylinder is arranged at a discharge port arranged on the lower surface of the storage tank, and uniformly distributed discharge holes I are arranged on the lower end surface of the conveying cylinder;
a quantitative discharging unit: the quantitative discharging unit is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the workbench;
a transmission unit: the outer surface of the crawler belt of the electric conveyor belt is uniformly arranged;
wherein: still include the PLC controller, the PLC controller sets up in the right surface upper end of workstation, and external power source is connected to the input electricity of PLC controller, and the output of PLC controller is connected to the input electricity of electric conveyor belt, has improved the accuracy when metallurgical powder is put in, realizes carrying out convenient accurate ration to metallurgical powder and puts in, has reached the purpose of not stopping the circulation operation, has improved work efficiency, has satisfied the demand that metallurgical powder ration was carried.
Further, quantitative discharging unit includes gear one and discharge opening two, gear one rotates through the pivot and connects in the lower terminal surface of a transmission section of thick bamboo, the up end of gear and the lower terminal surface sliding connection of a transmission section of thick bamboo, and the lower terminal surface of gear one is equipped with evenly distributed's discharge opening two, prevents the metallurgical powder outflow in the holding vessel.
Further, ration ejection of compact unit includes motor and gear two, the motor passes through the mount pad and sets up in the upper surface front end of workstation, and the output shaft lower extreme of motor is equipped with gear two, and gear two is connected with the meshing of gear one, and the output of PLC controller is connected to the input electricity of motor, realizes carrying out convenient accurate ration to metallurgical powder and puts in.
Further, the transmission unit includes connecting plate, weighing sensor and conveying box, the connecting plate evenly sets up in electric conveyor's track surface, all is equipped with weighing sensor in the upper surface mounting groove of connecting plate, and weighing sensor's upper surface all is equipped with conveying box, and PLC controller's input is connected to weighing sensor's output electricity, has improved work efficiency.
Further, the transmission unit still includes guide post and deflector, the guide post sets up respectively in the upper surface left and right ends of connecting plate, and the extrados upper end of conveying box all is equipped with the deflector of symmetric distribution, and the slide opening that the deflector middle part set up takes place to rock respectively with guide post sliding connection, avoids conveying box to lead to throwing in the inaccurate condition emergence.
Further, the transmission unit still includes the spring, the outside of guide post is located to the spring movable sleeve respectively, and the upper end of spring is connected with the solid fixed ring of lower surface of deflector respectively, and the lower extreme of spring is connected with the solid fixed ring of upper surface of connecting plate respectively, plays the effect of flexible buffering.
Furthermore, a sealing cover is inserted in the feed port on the upper end surface of the storage tank, so that the storage tank is sealed.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: the equipment for quantitatively feeding the metallurgical powder has the following advantages:
when quantitative feeding is needed, the PLC controls the operation of the electric conveyor belt, the operation is stopped after the electric conveyor belt track moves a specified stroke, so that the conveying box can be just aligned with the conveying cylinder, the accuracy in the process of throwing the metallurgical powder is improved, the PLC controls the operation of the motor, the operation is stopped after the motor output shaft rotates for a set angle, the motor output shaft rotates to drive the gear two to rotate at the same amplitude, the gear two is meshed with the gear one, the gear two rotates to drive the gear to rotate in the same amplitude and reverse direction at the same time, so that the discharge hole two is aligned with the discharge hole one, the metallurgical powder in the storage tank flows out through the discharge hole two and the discharge hole one and flows into the conveying box below, the weighing sensor detects weight information in real time, when the metallurgical powder enters the conveying box, the weighing sensor immediately detects and transmits the detected information to the PLC in real time, PLC controller compares with the information of storing, when weight information is unanimous with the information of storing, PLC controller regulates and control motor output shaft immediately and rotates, motor output shaft rotates and stops the function behind the settlement angle, thereby make discharge opening two and discharge opening dislocation, prevent metallurgical powder in the holding vessel to continue to flow, the realization is carried out convenient accurate ration to metallurgical powder and is put in, meanwhile PLC controller regulates and control electronic conveyer belt function, stop the function behind the stroke of electronic conveyer belt track removal regulation, then repeat above-mentioned step and circulate, the purpose of the circulation operation of not stopping has been reached, and the work efficiency is improved, the demand of metallurgical powder quantitative transport has been satisfied.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a quantitative discharging unit according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic plan sectional view of the present invention.
In the figure: the device comprises a workbench 1, an electric conveyor belt 2, a mounting plate 3, a storage tank 4, a transmission barrel 5, a discharge hole I6, a quantitative discharge unit 7, a gear I71, a discharge hole II 72, a motor 73, a gear II 74, a transmission unit 8, a connecting plate 81, a weighing sensor 82, a conveying box 83, a guide post 84, a guide plate 85, a spring 86, a PLC 9 and a sealing cover 10.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-3, the present embodiment provides a technical solution: the equipment capable of quantitatively feeding the metallurgical powder comprises a workbench 1, a quantitative discharging unit 7 and a transmission unit 8;
a workbench 1: the workbench 1 provides an installation and support place for an accessory mechanism unit, an electric conveyor belt 2 is arranged at the upper end between the left wall surface and the right wall surface of an inner cavity of the workbench, the electric conveyor belt 2 plays a role in conveying metallurgical powder, mounting plates 3 are arranged in the middle of the left surface and the right surface of the workbench 1, the mounting plates 3 play a role in fixed installation and support, a storage tank 4 is arranged at the upper end between the two mounting plates 3, the storage tank 4 is convenient for centralized storage of the metallurgical powder, a transmission cylinder 5 is arranged at a discharge port arranged on the lower surface of the storage tank 4, the transmission cylinder 5 meets the requirement of guide transmission, uniformly distributed discharge holes I6 are arranged on the lower end surface of the transmission cylinder 5, and the discharge holes I6 play a role in discharging;
quantitative discharging unit 7: the quantitative discharging unit 7 is rotatably connected to the lower end face of the transmission barrel 5, the quantitative discharging unit 7 is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the workbench 1, the quantitative discharging unit 7 comprises a first gear 71 and a second discharging hole 72, the first gear 71 is rotatably connected to the lower end face of the transmission barrel 5 through a rotating shaft, the upper end face of the first gear 71 is in sliding connection with the lower end face of the transmission barrel 5, the lower end face of the first gear 71 is provided with the second discharging holes 72 which are uniformly distributed, the quantitative discharging unit 7 comprises a motor 73 and a second gear 74, the motor 73 is arranged at the front end of the upper surface of the workbench 1 through a mounting seat, the lower end of an output shaft of the motor 73 is provided with the second gear 74, the second gear 74 is in meshing connection with the first gear 71, an input end of the motor 73 is electrically connected with an output end of the PLC 9, the motor 73 is regulated and controlled, the output shaft of the motor 73 stops operating after rotating for a set angle, the output shaft of the motor 73 rotates to drive the second gear 74 to simultaneously rotate in the same amplitude, because the second gear 74 is meshed with the first gear 71, the second gear 74 rotates to drive the first gear 71 to rotate reversely with the same amplitude, and further the second discharge hole 72 is aligned with the first discharge hole 6, at the moment, metallurgical powder in the storage tank 4 flows out of the first discharge hole 6 through the second discharge hole 72 and flows to the lower part, when weight information is consistent with stored information, the output shaft of the motor 73 is immediately regulated and controlled to rotate, the motor 73 stops operating after rotating for a set angle, so that the second discharge hole 72 is dislocated with the first discharge hole 6, the metallurgical powder in the storage tank 4 is prevented from continuously flowing out, and convenient and accurate quantitative throwing of the metallurgical powder is realized;
the transmission unit 8: the conveying unit 8 comprises connecting plates 81, weighing sensors 82 and conveying boxes 83, the connecting plates 81 are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the crawler of the electric conveying belt 2, the weighing sensors 82 are arranged in the upper surface mounting grooves of the connecting plates 81, the conveying boxes 83 are arranged on the upper surfaces of the weighing sensors 82, the output ends of the weighing sensors 82 are electrically connected with the input end of the PLC 9, the conveying unit 8 further comprises guide posts 84 and guide plates 85, the guide posts 84 are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the upper surface of the connecting plates 81, the guide plates 85 which are symmetrically distributed are respectively arranged at the upper ends of the outer cambered surfaces of the conveying boxes 83, sliding holes arranged in the middle of the guide plates 85 are respectively in sliding connection with the guide posts 84, the conveying unit 8 further comprises springs 86, the springs 86 are respectively movably sleeved outside the guide posts 84, the upper ends of the springs 86 are respectively connected with the lower surface fixing rings of the guide plates 85, the lower ends of the springs 86 are respectively connected with the upper surface fixing rings of the connecting plates 81, when quantitative feeding is needed, the operation of the electric conveyor belt 2 is regulated and controlled, and the operation is stopped after the track of the electric conveyor belt 2 moves a specified stroke, so that the conveying box 83 can be just aligned with the conveying cylinder 5, the accuracy of the metallurgical powder feeding is improved, the metallurgical powder flows into the conveying box 83, the weighing sensor 82 detects weight information in real time, when the metallurgical powder enters the conveying box 83, the weighing sensor 82 immediately detects and transmits the detected information in real time, when the weight information is consistent with the stored information, the metallurgical powder in the storage tank 4 is prevented from continuously flowing out, the operation of the electric conveyor belt 2 is regulated and controlled, the operation is stopped after the track of the electric conveyor belt 2 moves the specified stroke, the steps are repeated for circulation, and the purpose of continuous circulation operation is achieved, the working efficiency is improved, the quantitative conveying requirement of metallurgical powder is met, the guide post 84 and the guide plate 85 are matched for use, the situation that the delivery box 83 shakes to cause inaccurate delivery is avoided, and the spring 86 plays a role in flexible buffering;
wherein: still include PLC controller 9, PLC controller 9 sets up in the right side upper surface of workstation 1, and external power source is connected to PLC controller 9's input electricity, and PLC controller 9's output is connected to electric conveyor 2's input electricity, regulates and control each electrical components function.
Wherein: the sealing cover 10 is inserted into the feeding port at the upper end face of the storage tank 4, firstly, the sealing cover 10 is lifted by a worker, then, the metallurgical powder is put into the storage tank 4 by the worker for storage, and then, the sealing cover 10 is reset to play a sealing role for the storage tank 4.
The working principle of the quantitative feeding equipment for the metallurgical powder provided by the utility model is as follows: firstly, a worker lifts a sealing cover 10, then the worker puts metallurgical powder into a storage tank 4 for storage, then the sealing cover 10 is reset, when quantitative feeding is needed, a PLC (programmable logic controller) 9 regulates and controls the operation of an electric conveyor belt 2, the operation is stopped after the track of the electric conveyor belt 2 moves for a specified stroke, so that a conveying box 83 can be just aligned with a conveying cylinder 5, the accuracy in the throwing of the metallurgical powder is improved, then the PLC 9 regulates and controls a motor 73 to operate, the operation is stopped after the output shaft of the motor 73 rotates for a set angle, the output shaft of the motor 73 rotates to drive a gear two 74 to simultaneously rotate in the same amplitude, as the gear two 74 is meshed with the gear one 71, the gear two 74 rotates to drive the gear one 71 to simultaneously reversely rotate in the same amplitude, further, the discharge hole two 72 is aligned with the discharge hole one 6, at the moment, the metallurgical powder in the storage tank 4 flows out through the discharge hole two 72 and the discharge hole one 6, and flows into a lower conveying box 83, because the weighing sensor 82 detects weight information in real time, when metallurgical powder enters the conveying box 83, the weighing sensor 82 immediately detects and transmits the detected information to the PLC 9 in real time, the PLC 9 compares the stored information, when the weight information is consistent with the stored information, the PLC 9 immediately regulates and controls the rotation of the output shaft of the motor 73, the motor 73 stops operating after the output shaft rotates by a set angle, so that the second discharge hole 72 and the first discharge hole 6 are dislocated, the metallurgical powder in the storage tank 4 is prevented from continuously flowing out, the convenient and accurate quantitative feeding of the metallurgical powder is realized, meanwhile, the PLC 9 regulates and controls the operation of the electric conveyor belt 2, the electric conveyor belt 2 stops operating after moving by a specified stroke, and then the steps are repeated for circulation, thereby achieving the purpose of continuous circulation operation, the efficiency of work is improved, has satisfied the demand that metallurgical powder ration was carried, and guide post 84 and deflector 85 cooperation are used, avoid conveying box 83 to take place to rock and lead to putting in the inaccurate condition emergence, and spring 86 then plays the effect of flexible buffering.
It is to be noted that the core chip of the PLC controller 9 disclosed in the above embodiment is a PLC single chip, the specific model is S7-200, the electric conveyor belt 2, the motor 73 and the load cell 82 may be freely configured according to an actual application scenario, the load cell 82 may be a load cell of the model DJWX-08, the electric conveyor belt 2 may be an electric conveyor belt of the model XY-2101, the motor 73 may be a motor of the model 130M-09520C5-E, and the PLC controller 9 controls the electric conveyor belt 2, the motor 73 and the load cell 82 to operate by a method commonly used in the prior art.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A device capable of quantitatively feeding metallurgical powder is characterized in that: comprises a workbench (1), a quantitative discharging unit (7) and a transmission unit (8);
table (1): an electric conveyor belt (2) is arranged at the upper end between the left wall surface and the right wall surface of an inner cavity of the workbench (1), mounting plates (3) are arranged in the middle of the left surface and the right surface of the workbench (1), a storage tank (4) is arranged at the upper end between the two mounting plates (3), a conveying cylinder (5) is arranged at a discharge port arranged on the lower surface of the storage tank (4), and uniformly distributed discharge holes I (6) are arranged on the lower end surface of the conveying cylinder (5);
quantitative discharging unit (7): the quantitative discharging unit (7) is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the workbench (1);
transmission unit (8): the outer surface of the crawler belt of the electric conveyor belt (2) is uniformly arranged;
wherein: still include PLC controller (9), PLC controller (9) set up in the right side upper surface of workstation (1) upper end, and external power source is connected to the input electricity of PLC controller (9), and the output of PLC controller (9) is connected to the input electricity of electric conveyor belt (2).
2. A device for the dosed feeding of metallurgical powders, according to claim 1, characterized in that: the quantitative discharging unit (7) comprises a first gear (71) and a second discharging hole (72), the first gear (71) is connected to the lower end face of the transmission barrel (5) through a rotating shaft in a rotating mode, the upper end face of the first gear (71) is connected with the lower end face of the transmission barrel (5) in a sliding mode, and the lower end face of the first gear (71) is provided with the second discharging hole (72) which are uniformly distributed.
3. A device for the dosed feeding of metallurgical powders, according to claim 2, characterized in that: the quantitative discharging unit (7) comprises a motor (73) and a second gear (74), the motor (73) is arranged at the front end of the upper surface of the workbench (1) through a mounting seat, the second gear (74) is arranged at the lower end of an output shaft of the motor (73), the second gear (74) is meshed with the first gear (71), and the input end of the motor (73) is electrically connected with the output end of the PLC (9).
4. A device for the dosed feeding of metallurgical powders, according to claim 1, characterized in that: the conveying unit (8) comprises a connecting plate (81), a weighing sensor (82) and a conveying box (83), the connecting plate (81) is uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the track of the electric conveying belt (2), the weighing sensor (82) is arranged in an upper surface mounting groove of the connecting plate (81), the upper surface of the weighing sensor (82) is provided with the conveying box (83), and the output end of the weighing sensor (82) is electrically connected with the input end of the PLC (9).
5. A device for the dosed feeding of metallurgical powders, according to claim 4, characterized in that: the transmission unit (8) further comprises guide posts (84) and guide plates (85), the guide posts (84) are arranged at the left end and the right end of the upper surface of the connecting plate (81) respectively, the guide plates (85) which are symmetrically distributed are arranged at the upper ends of the outer arc surfaces of the conveying boxes (83), and sliding holes formed in the middle of the guide plates (85) are connected with the guide posts (84) in a sliding mode respectively.
6. A device for the dosed feeding of metallurgical powders, according to claim 5, characterized in that: the transmission unit (8) further comprises springs (86), the springs (86) are respectively movably sleeved outside the guide columns (84), the upper ends of the springs (86) are respectively connected with the lower surface fixing rings of the guide plates (85), and the lower ends of the springs (86) are respectively connected with the upper surface fixing rings of the connecting plates (81).
7. A device for the dosed feeding of metallurgical powders, according to claim 1, characterized in that: a sealing cover (10) is inserted in the feeding port at the upper end surface of the storage tank (4).
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