CN216339362U - Hidden screw gate for measurement and control integrated gate system - Google Patents

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CN216339362U
CN216339362U CN202120525369.XU CN202120525369U CN216339362U CN 216339362 U CN216339362 U CN 216339362U CN 202120525369 U CN202120525369 U CN 202120525369U CN 216339362 U CN216339362 U CN 216339362U
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The utility model relates to a hidden screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system, which solves the technical problems of thick and bulky structure, looseness and high energy consumption, and comprises a door frame, a door leaf, a driving device, a screw transmission pair, a sensor and a water stopping device; the door frame comprises a door post, a bottom sill and a door lintel, and is provided with a sliding groove; the door leaf is arranged in the sliding groove of the door frame, and the driving device is used for driving the door leaf to move up and down; the screw transmission pair is connected between the door leaf and the driving device and hidden in the door leaf, and drives the screw to only do rotary motion and not do up-and-down motion; the sensor comprises a limit switch, a travel switch and an encoder, the encoder identifies the opening position of the gate, the travel switch identifies the upper opening position and the lower opening position of the gate, and the limit switch protects the upper limit position.

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Hidden screw gate for measurement and control integrated gate system
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of measurement and control, in particular to a hidden screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system.
Background
In order to realize the reasonable utilization of water resources in irrigation areas and relieve the problem of water use in irrigation areas, China begins to develop water-saving agricultural irrigation water, and with the development of information technology, a measurement and control integrated gate system is rapidly popularized. The system consists of an intelligent control gate, an automatic flow metering device and a water transfer control system; the intelligent control gate is a key link for realizing measurement and control integration.
In terms of the existing gate technology, a screw gate is mostly a cast iron gate; the structure form is as follows: the door leaf is arranged in the sliding groove, the screw rod is connected with the door leaf, and the screw rod is driven by the nut in the hoist to move up and down. The screw rod drives the door leaf to move up and down, and the problems of thick and bulky structure, looseness and high system energy consumption exist. The utility model provides a hidden screw gate of a measurement and control integrated gate system, which aims to solve the problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the technical problems of bulky and loose structure and high system energy consumption in the prior art. The hidden screw gate for the measurement and control integrated gate system has the characteristics of low energy consumption and long service life.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme is as follows:
a hidden screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system comprises a door frame, a door leaf, a driving device, a screw transmission pair, a sensor and a water stopping device; the door frame comprises a door post, a bottom sill and a door lintel, and is provided with a sliding groove; the door leaf is arranged in the sliding groove of the door frame, and the driving device is used for driving the door leaf to move up and down; the screw transmission pair is connected between the door leaf and the driving device and hidden in the door leaf, and drives the screw to only do rotary motion and not do up-and-down motion; the sensor comprises a limit switch, a travel switch and an encoder, the encoder identifies the opening position of the gate, the travel switch identifies the upper and lower opening positions of the gate, and the limit switch protects the upper limit position. An overcurrent protection module can be arranged to protect the lower limit position.
In the utility model, the screw rod and the screw nut kinematic pair are generally lubricated by grease, but the working environment of the gate is windy and sandy, and if the screw rod is exposed outside, the windy and sandy can be adhered to the grease, so that the friction force is larger. The screw rod is hidden and does not move up and down, and the protective cover on the driving device does not need to be provided with a hole for the screw rod to move up and down to avoid the position, so that the screw rod can be well sealed, wind and sand cannot enter the screw pair, and the friction force of the screw pair can be greatly reduced. The system can achieve low energy consumption and long service life. And the appearance is compact and beautiful.
In the above scheme, for optimization, further, the driving device includes a motor, a speed reducer, a coupler, a manual opening and closing device, and a bearing.
Furthermore, the screw transmission pair comprises a screw, a nut and a screw sand prevention sleeve.
Furthermore, the water stopping device comprises a water stopping strip, a water stopping belt and a water stopping pressing plate, the water stopping strip and the water stopping pressing plate are fixed on the upper portion and the lower portion of the door frame, and the water stopping strip and the water stopping pressing plate are fixed on the lateral portion.
Furthermore, the door leaf comprises a first covering plate, a lining plate honeycomb filter element, a frame and a second covering plate which are arranged in an overlapping mode and cured into a whole in a compounding mode; the lining plate honeycomb filter element is placed in the frame, and a door leaf section bar covers the lining plate honeycomb filter element; wear-resistant low-friction lining plates are arranged on two sides of the door leaf profile;
the frame comprises frame profiles, angle codes, screws and nuts, the frame profiles are provided with nut mounting grooves, and the frame profiles are integrated through the angle codes, the screws and the nuts; the lining plate honeycomb filter element is a honeycomb aluminum core, is made of aluminum alloy, and is structurally high in honeycomb density and thick in honeycomb wall.
Further, the compounding is completed through curing of the high-strength waterproof glue, and after the high-strength waterproof glue is cured, rivets or pins are uniformly pressed into the combination positions of the two covering plates and the frame.
Furthermore, a glue groove and a clamping groove are arranged on the door leaf section bar structure, wear-resistant lining plates are arranged on two sides of the door leaf section bar, and a clamping hook structure is arranged on the wear-resistant lining plates; the draw-in groove inside of section bar is gone into to the trip card of wear-resisting welt, splices as an organic wholely with the plate body through filling high strength waterproof glue, the gluey groove is used for gluing to paint and increase and splices intensity.
The door frame is fixed by the upright post, the bottom sill and the door lintel fastening screw. The upright post and the sill are extruded and drawn by aluminum alloy to form aluminum profiles which comprise 6063, 6061, 7075 and other materials, and the profiles are subjected to surface hard oxidation treatment, high in strength and corrosion resistant; the method is characterized in that: through the special design cross section, reach installation complete function, intensity height, low cost requirement.
The door leaf is made of aluminum alloy, plays a role in gate water, and is the core of the gate function; adopts the reinforcement degree, the light weight technology and the polymer lining plate low friction technology. The door leaf has the characteristics of high strength, low density, good formability, no pollution, exquisite appearance and the like: 23% of the density low-pressure aluminum alloy; the limit of the compressive strength is up to 790KN/m2, the limit of the bending strength is up to 740KN/m2, the peel strength after compounding is up to 265KN/m2, and the composite material can be processed in any size according to the use requirements. The composite film has smooth appearance and high dimensional precision. The problems of low dimensional accuracy, heaviness, high cost, incapability of meeting the producibility of any size and the like of cast iron, cast aluminum and the like can be effectively solved; the problems of poor precision such as deformation and distortion of the welding gate can be effectively solved; the problem of high manufacturing cost of other materials can be effectively solved.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that: in the prior art, a screw rod and a nut kinematic pair are generally lubricated by grease, but the working environment of a gate is windy and sandy, and if the screw rod is exposed outside, the windy and sandy can be adhered to the grease, so that the friction force is larger. The screw rod is hidden and does not move up and down, and the protective cover on the driving device does not need to be provided with a hole for the screw rod to move up and down to avoid the position, so that the screw rod can be well sealed, wind and sand cannot enter the screw pair, and the friction force of the screw pair can be greatly reduced. The system can achieve low energy consumption and long service life. And the appearance is compact and beautiful. The utility model realizes the reinforcement degree, the light weight technology and the polymer lining plate low friction technology by the lining plate honeycomb filter element technology and the wear-resistant low friction lining plate arranged on the side surface. The door leaf has the characteristics of high strength, low density, good formability, no pollution, exquisite appearance and the like: 23% of the density low-pressure aluminum alloy; the compressive strength limit is as high as 790KN/m2; the bending strength limit can reach 740KN/m2; the peel strength after compounding can reach 265KN/m2; can be processed in any size according to the use requirement. The composite film has smooth appearance and high dimensional precision. The problems of low dimensional accuracy, heaviness, high cost, incapability of meeting the producibility of any size and the like of cast iron, cast aluminum and the like can be effectively solved; the problems of poor precision such as deformation and distortion of the welding gate can be effectively solved; the problem of high manufacturing cost of other materials can be effectively solved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a concealed screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system;
FIG. 1a is a side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 1b is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 2, a schematic view of a gate door frame;
FIG. 2a is a schematic view of the internal structure of the door frame of the gate;
FIG. 3 is a first schematic illustration of an embodiment of a door leaf;
FIG. 3a is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 3;
FIG. 4 is a second schematic illustration of an embodiment of a door leaf;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a door leaf profile structure;
FIG. 6, a schematic view of a frame construction;
FIG. 7, a schematic view of a drive device;
FIG. 8, schematic view of bottom water-stop rubber;
fig. 9 is a schematic view of a side water stop and a water stop pressing plate.
In the drawings: 1-a direct current motor; 2, a speed reducer; 3, coupling; 4-manual opening and closing device; 5-locking the nut; 6-bearing seat; a-a door frame; b-a door leaf; c-a drive device; d-screw drive pair; e-a sensor; f-a water stopping device.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is further described in detail with reference to the following embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model.
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The embodiment provides a hidden screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system, as shown in fig. 1, the gate comprises a door frame a, a door leaf b, a driving device c, a screw transmission pair d, a sensor e and a water stopping device f; the door frame a comprises a door post, a bottom sill and a door lintel and is provided with a sliding groove; the door leaf is arranged in the sliding groove of the door frame, and the driving device is used for driving the door leaf to move up and down; the screw transmission pair is connected between the door leaf and the driving device and hidden in the door leaf, and drives the screw to only do rotary motion and not do up-and-down motion; the sensor comprises a limit switch, a travel switch and an encoder, the encoder identifies the opening position of the gate, the travel switch identifies the upper and lower opening positions of the gate, and the limit switch protects the upper limit position. An overcurrent protection module can be arranged to protect the lower limit position. An encoder: the opening and closing degree measurement and control function is achieved, a 1024 absolute encoder is adopted, a mechanical coded disc is arranged in the 1024 absolute encoder to determine the magnetic declination, and the power-off memory requirement is met. A limit switch: when the control fails, the power supply is forcibly cut off, so that the purpose of protecting the gate is achieved; a travel switch: the door leaf has the function of limiting the opening and closing stroke.
In fig. 1, a is a door frame (including a vertical column, a sill, a lintel, etc.); b is a door leaf (comprising a plate body and a lining plate); c is a driving device (a motor, a speed reducer, a coupling, a manual opening and closing device, a bearing and the like); d is a screw transmission pair (comprising a screw, a nut, a screw sand prevention sleeve and the like); e is a sensor (comprising a limit switch, a travel switch, an encoder and the like); f, a water stopping device (a water stopping strip, a water stopping belt, a water stopping pressure plate, a wedge-shaped pressing mechanism and the like).
In the embodiment, in the prior art, the screw rod and the screw nut kinematic pair are generally lubricated by grease, but the working environment of the gate is windy and sandy, and if the screw rod is exposed outside, the windy and sandy can be adhered to the grease, so that the friction force is larger. The screw rod is hidden in this embodiment, and does not do the up-and-down motion, and the protection casing on the drive arrangement need not the trompil in order to supply the screw rod up-and-down motion to keep away the position, therefore the screw rod can accomplish fine sealed, and the sand blown by the wind can not get into the screw pair in, and screw pair frictional force can reduce greatly. The system has the advantages of low energy consumption, long service life, compact appearance and beautiful appearance.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, the driving device includes a motor, a speed reducer, a coupling, a manual opening and closing device, and a bearing. Wherein, 1 is a direct current motor; 2 is a speed reducer; 3 is a coupling; 4, a manual opening and closing device; 5 is a locking nut; and 6, a bearing seat. A direct current motor: providing opening and closing power; 12VDC or 24VDC power. Speed reducer: the motor is decelerated. Coupling: the output of the speed reducer is connected with the screw.
Manual headstock gear: the device is used for electric opening and closing failure or debugging and the like and consists of bevel gears, a manual opening and closing rod, a bearing and a bearing seat; the gear motor is arranged on the bearing device, and after the gear motor is arranged in the speed reducer, the output speed of the gear motor and the transmission ratio of the speed reducer are adjusted, so that the manual opening and closing speed and the manual opening and closing force reach a proper degree. Locking the nut: the screw rod is locked with the bearing seat and the bearing so as to prevent the screw rod from moving up and down. Bearing: the centering and the friction reduction are used. Bearing seat: the fixing seat of the driving device is used for installation and fixation.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 1a, and fig. 1b, the screw transmission pair d includes a screw, a nut, and a screw sand control sleeve. The screw nut is fixed with the door leaf, the screw rod is screwed into the inner side of the screw nut, and an aluminum square tube clearance is arranged inside the door leaf; the other end of the screw rod is connected with a driving device.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the water stopping device f includes a water stopping strip, a water stopping belt, and a water stopping pressing plate, the water stopping strip and the water stopping pressing plate are fixed to the upper and lower portions of the door frame, and the water stopping belt and the water stopping pressing plate are fixed to the side portions. Bottom water-stop rubber: the bottom water-stopping sealing effect is achieved by matching with the door leaf. The material is rubber, including natural rubber and synthetic rubber, the hardness should be in the range of 50 to 70, in some embodiments ethylene propylene diene monomer is used as the material, the hardness is between 50 and 60, the water stopping performance is good, and the temperature change resistance and the aging resistance are good. Side water stop and water stop pressing plate: the effect is fixed on the stand, and the cooperation with the door leaf reaches the effect that the lateral part stagnant water is sealed. The side sealing rubber has various shapes, as shown in fig. 9, the side sealing rubber in the embodiment is in a P shape, the inner hole is 7mm, and the outer diameter is 15 mm. The hardness of the material is 50 degrees, so that the best water stopping effect and smaller pre-tightening pressure are achieved.
Specifically, the door leaf as shown in fig. 3 and 4 comprises a first cover plate 11, a lining honeycomb filter element 12, a frame 13 and a second cover plate 14 which are arranged in an overlapping mode and cured into a whole in a composite mode; the lining plate honeycomb filter element is placed in the frame 13, and a door leaf section bar 15 covers the lining plate honeycomb filter element; wear-resistant low-friction lining plates are arranged on two sides of the door leaf section bar 15; as shown in fig. 6, the frame 13 includes a frame section 131, an angle brace 132, a screw 133 and a nut 134, the frame section 131 has a nut mounting groove 135, and the frame section 131 is integrated by the angle brace 132, the screw 133 and the nut 134; the lining plate honeycomb filter element 12 is a honeycomb aluminum core, is made of aluminum alloy and has a structure with high honeycomb density and thick honeycomb wall.
Specifically, the compounding is completed through the curing of the high-strength waterproof glue, and after the curing of the high-strength waterproof glue, rivets or pins are uniformly pressed into the combination positions of the two sheathing boards and the frame.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the door leaf profile 15 is structurally provided with a glue groove 151 and a clamping groove 152, wear-resistant lining plates 16 are mounted on two sides of the door leaf profile, and the wear-resistant lining plates are structurally provided with a hook structure; the draw-in groove inside of section bar is gone into to the trip card of wear-resisting welt, splices as an organic wholely with the plate body through filling high strength waterproof glue, the gluey groove is used for gluing to paint and increase and splices intensity.
Specifically, the high cell density, thick cell wall structure was tested to be the most preferred cell density structure of 4.5 x 0.08. The remaining dimensions of the honeycomb density structure can also suffice.
Specifically, the solidification is completed by flat pressing with a cold press.
Specifically, the wear-resistant low-friction lining plate is made of a wear-resistant high polymer material. For example, the low-friction water-lubricating polymer composite material or the low-friction polymer polyethylene UPE wear-resistant coal bunker liner plate can be used.
Referring to fig. 2, the door frame is fixed by the upright post, the sill and the lintel fastening screw, and fig. 2a is a door frame profile. The upright post and the sill are extruded and drawn by aluminum alloy to form aluminum profiles which comprise 6063, 6061, 7075 and other materials, and the profiles are subjected to surface hard oxidation treatment, high in strength and corrosion resistant; the method is characterized in that: through the special design cross section, reach installation complete function, intensity height, low cost requirement.
The door leaf is made of aluminum alloy, plays a role in gate water, and is the core of the gate function; adopts the reinforcement degree, the light weight technology and the polymer lining plate low friction technology. The door leaf has the characteristics of high strength, low density, good formability, no pollution, exquisite appearance and the like: 23% of the density low-pressure aluminum alloy; the limit of the compressive strength is up to 790KN/m2, the limit of the bending strength is up to 740KN/m2, the peel strength after compounding is up to 265KN/m2, and the composite material can be processed in any size according to the use requirements. The composite film has smooth appearance and high dimensional precision. The problems of low dimensional accuracy, heaviness, high cost, incapability of meeting the producibility of any size and the like of cast iron, cast aluminum and the like can be effectively solved; the problems of poor precision such as deformation and distortion of the welding gate can be effectively solved; the problem of high manufacturing cost of other materials can be effectively solved.
Although the illustrative embodiments of the present invention have been described above to enable those skilled in the art to understand the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the scope of the embodiments, and it is apparent to those skilled in the art that all the utility models utilizing the inventive concept can be protected as long as they are within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined and defined by the appended claims.

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1. The utility model provides a hidden screw gate for observing and controling integration gate system which characterized in that: the gate comprises a door frame, a door leaf, a driving device, a screw transmission pair, a sensor and a water stopping device;
the door frame comprises a door post, a bottom sill and a door lintel, and is provided with a sliding groove; the door leaf is arranged in the sliding groove of the door frame, and the driving device is used for driving the door leaf to move up and down; the screw transmission pair is connected between the door leaf and the driving device and hidden in the door leaf, and drives the screw to only do rotary motion and not do up-and-down motion;
the sensor comprises a limit switch, a travel switch and an encoder, the encoder identifies the opening position of the gate, the travel switch identifies the upper and lower opening positions of the gate, and the limit switch protects the upper limit position.
2. The concealed screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system according to claim 1, wherein: the driving device comprises a motor, a speed reducer, a coupler, a manual opening and closing device and a bearing.
3. The concealed screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system according to claim 1, wherein: the screw transmission pair comprises a screw rod, a nut and a screw rod sand prevention sleeve; the screw is fixed with the door leaf, and the lead screw is threaded into the screw, and door leaf is inside to be provided with aluminium side's pipe and keeps away the position, and the lead screw other end is connected with drive arrangement.
4. The concealed screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system according to claim 1, wherein: the water stopping device comprises a water stopping strip, a water stopping belt and a water stopping pressing plate, the water stopping strip and the water stopping pressing plate are fixed on the upper portion and the lower portion of the door frame, and the water stopping strip and the water stopping pressing plate are fixed on the lateral portion.
5. The concealed screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system according to claim 1, wherein: the door leaf comprises a first covering plate, a lining plate honeycomb filter element, a frame and a second covering plate which are arranged in an overlapping mode and are compositely cured into a whole; the lining plate honeycomb filter element is placed in the frame, and a door leaf section bar covers the lining plate honeycomb filter element; wear-resistant low-friction lining plates are arranged on two sides of the door leaf profile;
the frame comprises frame profiles, angle codes, screws and nuts, the frame profiles are provided with nut mounting grooves, and the frame profiles are integrated through the angle codes, the screws and the nuts; the lining plate honeycomb filter element is a honeycomb aluminum core, is made of aluminum alloy, and is structurally high in honeycomb density and thick in honeycomb wall.
6. The concealed screw gate for a measurement and control integrated gate system according to claim 5, wherein: the compounding is completed through the solidification of the high-strength waterproof glue, and after the high-strength waterproof glue is solidified, rivets or pins are uniformly pressed in the combination positions of the two covering plates and the frame.
7. The concealed screw gate for a instrumented and controlled integrated gate system of claim 6, wherein: the door leaf profile is structurally provided with a rubber groove and a clamping groove, wear-resistant lining plates are arranged on two sides of the door leaf profile, and the wear-resistant lining plates are structurally provided with a clamping hook structure; the hook of the wear-resistant lining plate is clamped into the clamping groove of the section bar.
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