CN216503026U - Laser cutting dust collecting equipment - Google Patents

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CN216503026U
CN216503026U CN202123150319.7U CN202123150319U CN216503026U CN 216503026 U CN216503026 U CN 216503026U CN 202123150319 U CN202123150319 U CN 202123150319U CN 216503026 U CN216503026 U CN 216503026U
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吴应道
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The utility model discloses laser cutting dust removal equipment, which comprises a cutting table and a transmission unit, wherein the cutting table is provided with a cutting table; cutting table: the top of the cutting table is provided with material passing rollers in an equidistant array, the top of a supporting plate arranged on the rear side of the cutting table is fixedly provided with a top cover, the middle part of the top cover is provided with a dust collection unit, and the rear side of the cutting table is provided with a laser cutting unit; a transmission unit: contain motor, driving gear, driven gear, threaded rod, L shape link, first spout and second spout, motor fixed mounting is in the extension plate bottom that the cutting bed rear side set up, the output shaft of motor passes through-hole and driving gear fixed connection on the extension plate, the threaded rod sets up the rear side top at the cutting bed, and this laser cutting dust collecting equipment is provided with two kinds of upper and lower dust absorption structures, and the smoke and dust that can in time produce when cutting, dust collection efficiency are effectively improved.

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Laser cutting dust collecting equipment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of laser cutting equipment, in particular to laser cutting dust removal equipment.
Background
The laser cutting equipment mainly irradiates laser to a cut raw material through a laser head, the material on the raw material is melted or gasified through the high temperature of the laser, a large amount of dust and smoke are generated in the cutting process, if the material is not cleaned in time, the equipment is not affected adversely, the service life of the equipment is shortened, and meanwhile, workers breathe polluted air for a long time, and respiratory diseases are easy to obtain;
at present, laser cutting dust removal devices on the market are generally divided into two types, wherein one type is an upper smoke extraction type, toxic and harmful smoke which naturally rises under general conditions is extracted, falling granular dust cannot be cleaned on a large scale, the other type is a lower dust absorption type, dust and dust with lower rising density cannot be removed flexibly, and the dust removal efficiency is lower.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of the problems in the prior art, the utility model discloses laser cutting dust removal equipment, which adopts the technical scheme that the equipment comprises a cutting table and a transmission unit;
cutting table: the top of the cutting table is provided with material passing rollers in an equidistant array, the top of a supporting plate arranged on the rear side of the cutting table is fixedly provided with a top cover, the middle part of the top cover is provided with a dust collection unit, and the rear side of the cutting table is provided with a laser cutting unit; the material passing roller is arranged to facilitate the movement of materials, the top cover is arranged to effectively prevent smoke dust and dust generated during cutting from diffusing to the outside of the cutting table, the dust suction unit is arranged to suck the smoke dust and dust floating upwards, and the laser cutting unit is arranged to cut the materials on the cutting table;
a transmission unit: the cutting table comprises a motor, a driving gear, a driven gear, a threaded rod, an L-shaped connecting frame, a first sliding chute and a second sliding chute, wherein the motor is fixedly installed at the bottom of an extension plate arranged at the rear side of the cutting table, an output shaft of the motor penetrates through a through hole in the extension plate to be fixedly connected with the driving gear, the threaded rod is arranged at the top of the rear side of the cutting table, one end of the threaded rod is rotatably connected with the extension plate at the rear side of the cutting table, the other end of the threaded rod penetrates through a through hole in the extension plate to be fixedly connected with the driven gear, the driven gear is meshed with teeth on the driving gear, the L-shaped connecting frame is in threaded connection with the threaded rod, the top end of the L-shaped connecting frame is in sliding connection with the inner side of the first sliding chute arranged at the top of the cutting table, and the bottom end of the L-shaped connecting frame is in sliding connection with the inner side of the second sliding chute arranged in the middle of the rear side of the cutting table; through the motor operation, make the driving gear drive driven gear and rotate, rotate through driven gear, make the threaded rod drive L shape link and slide along first spout and second spout, remove through L shape link to make things convenient for the laser cutting unit on the L shape link to cut the material on the edge-to-edge cutting platform.
Wherein: still include the singlechip, the singlechip sets up the front side surface right-hand member at the cutting bed, the output electricity of singlechip connects the input of motor, the output of external power source is connected to the input electricity of singlechip.
As a preferred technical scheme of the laser cutting dust removal equipment, the dust collection unit comprises an exhaust window, an exhaust fan, a fixing frame and a first exhaust pipe, the exhaust window is arranged at the center of the top cover, the fixing frame is arranged on the inner side of the exhaust window, the exhaust fan is fixedly installed on the fixing frame, the first exhaust pipe is fixedly installed on the top of the exhaust window, and the input end of the exhaust fan is electrically connected with the output end of the single chip microcomputer. Through the operation of the exhaust fan, the bottom of the top cover generates suction force, so that smoke dust generated during cutting is sucked and removed by the exhaust window, and the smoke dust and the dust in the exhaust window can be conveyed to the external air purification equipment to be purified and discharged through the arrangement of the first exhaust pipe.
According to the preferred technical scheme, the laser cutting unit comprises an electric telescopic rod, a fixing plate, a connecting block and a laser cutting head, the fixing plate is fixedly mounted on the front side of the top of an L-shaped connecting frame, the electric telescopic rod is arranged right below the fixing plate and fixedly mounted on the L-shaped connecting frame, the connecting block is fixedly mounted at the telescopic end of the electric telescopic rod, the top of the connecting block is in sliding connection with a through groove formed in the fixing plate, the laser cutting head is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the connecting block, and the input ends of the electric telescopic rod and the laser cutting head are electrically connected with the output end of a single chip microcomputer. It is flexible through electric telescopic handle, make the connecting block slide along leading to the groove on the fixed plate, remove through the connecting block to make the laser cutting head cut the material on the beveling header.
The laser cutting dust removal equipment further comprises two second exhaust pipes, wherein the two second exhaust pipes are L-shaped corrugated pipes, and the two second exhaust pipes are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the bottom of the L-shaped connecting frame in a bilateral symmetry mode. Install on L shape link through the second blast pipe, make the second blast pipe can carry out lateral shifting with the laser cutting head is synchronous to improve the flexibility of removing dust, the dust that produces when guaranteeing to cut can be timely is taken away by the suction of second blast pipe.
The laser cutting dust removal equipment further comprises two filter screens, and the two filter screens are fixedly mounted at the top of the inverted cone-shaped connecting pipe arranged at the top end of the second exhaust pipe respectively. Through the setting of filter screen, can prevent effectively that the material disintegrating slag from falling into the inside of second blast pipe, through the back taper connecting pipe that the second blast pipe top set up to strengthen the second blast pipe to the suction effect of smoke and dust, dust.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that: the motor of the utility model operates to enable the driving gear to drive the driven gear to rotate, and the threaded rod drives the L-shaped connecting frame to slide along the first sliding chute and the second sliding chute by the rotation of the driven gear, thereby the L-shaped connecting frame drives the laser cutting head and the second exhaust pipe to synchronously move, the second exhaust pipe is arranged on the L-shaped connecting frame through the second exhaust pipe, the second exhaust pipe and the laser cutting head can synchronously transversely move, thereby improving the flexibility of dust removal, ensuring that dust generated during cutting can be sucked and drawn away by the second exhaust pipe in time, leading the bottom of the top cover to generate suction force through the operation of the exhaust fan, therefore, smoke dust and dust with lighter density generated during cutting are sucked and removed by the exhaust window, and the smoke dust and the dust in the exhaust window are conveyed to external air purification equipment by the first exhaust pipe through the first exhaust pipe arranged at the top of the exhaust window to be purified and discharged.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the present invention.
In the figure: the device comprises a cutting table 1, a material passing roller 2, a single chip microcomputer 3, a top cover 4, a transmission unit 5, a motor 51, a driving gear 52, a driven gear 53, a threaded rod 54, a 55L-shaped connecting frame 56, a first sliding groove 57, a second sliding groove 57, a dust suction unit 6, an exhaust window 61, an exhaust fan 62, a fixed frame 63, a first exhaust pipe 64, a second exhaust pipe 7, a filter screen 8, a laser cutting unit 9, an electric telescopic rod 91, a fixed plate 92, a connecting block 93 and a laser cutting head 94.
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As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the utility model discloses a laser cutting dust removing device, which adopts the technical scheme that the device comprises a cutting table 1 and a transmission unit 5;
cutting table 1: the top of the cutting table is provided with material passing rollers 2 in an equidistant array, the top of a supporting plate arranged on the rear side of the cutting table 1 is fixedly provided with a top cover 4, the middle part of the top cover 4 is provided with a dust collection unit 6, and the rear side of the cutting table 1 is provided with a laser cutting unit 9; the material passing roller 2 is arranged to facilitate the movement of the materials on the cutting table 1, the top cover 4 is arranged to effectively prevent smoke dust and dust generated during cutting from diffusing to the outside of the cutting table 1, the dust suction unit 6 is arranged to suck the smoke dust and dust floating upwards, and the laser cutting unit 9 is arranged to cut the materials on the cutting table 1;
the transmission unit 5: comprises a motor 51, a driving gear 52 and a driven gear 53, the cutting table comprises a threaded rod 54, an L-shaped connecting frame 55, a first sliding chute 56 and a second sliding chute 57, wherein the motor 51 is fixedly installed at the bottom of an extension plate arranged at the rear side of the cutting table 1, an output shaft of the motor 51 penetrates through a through hole in the extension plate and is fixedly connected with the driving gear 52, the threaded rod 54 is arranged at the top of the rear side of the cutting table 1, one end of the threaded rod 54 is rotatably connected with the extension plate at the rear side of the cutting table 1, the other end of the threaded rod 54 penetrates through a through hole in the extension plate and is fixedly connected with a driven gear 53, the driven gear 53 is meshed with teeth on the driving gear 52, the threaded rod 54 is in threaded connection with the L-shaped connecting frame 55, the top end of the L-shaped connecting frame 55 is in sliding connection with the inner side of the first sliding chute 56 arranged at the top of the cutting table 1, and the bottom end of the L-shaped connecting frame 55 is in sliding connection with the inner side of the second sliding chute 57 arranged in the middle of the rear side of the cutting table 1; the driving gear 52 drives the driven gear 53 to rotate through the operation of the motor 51, the threaded rod 54 drives the L-shaped connecting frame 55 to slide along the first sliding groove 56 and the second sliding groove 57 through the rotation of the driven gear 53, and the L-shaped connecting frame 55 moves, so that the laser cutting unit 9 on the L-shaped connecting frame 55 can conveniently cut materials on the cutting header 1, and meanwhile, the second exhaust pipe 7 and the laser cutting unit 9 can synchronously move transversely;
wherein: still include singlechip 3, singlechip 3 sets up at the front side surface right-hand member of cutting bed 1, and singlechip 3's output electricity connects the input of motor 51, and the output of external power source is connected to singlechip 3's input electricity.
The dust collection unit 6 comprises an exhaust window 61, an exhaust fan 62, a fixing frame 63 and a first exhaust pipe 64, wherein the exhaust window 61 is arranged at the center of the top cover 4, the fixing frame 63 is arranged on the inner side of the exhaust window 61, the exhaust fan 62 is fixedly mounted on the fixing frame 63, the first exhaust pipe 64 is fixedly mounted on the top of the exhaust window 61, and the input end of the exhaust fan 62 is electrically connected with the output end of the single chip microcomputer 3. The exhaust fan 62 is operated to generate suction force at the bottom of the top cover 4, so that the exhaust window 61 sucks and removes smoke dust and dust with light density generated during cutting, and the first exhaust pipe 64 mounted at the top of the exhaust window 61 conveys the smoke dust and the dust in the exhaust window 61 to the external air purifying equipment for purification and discharge.
Laser cutting unit 9 contains electric telescopic handle 91, fixed plate 92, connecting block 93 and laser cutting head 94, fixed plate 92 fixed mounting is in the top front side of L shape link 55, be provided with electric telescopic handle 91 under fixed plate 92, electric telescopic handle 91 fixed mounting is on L shape link 55, electric telescopic handle 91's flexible end fixed mounting has connecting block 93, the logical groove sliding connection who sets up on connecting block 93's top and the fixed plate 92, the bottom fixed mounting of connecting block 93 has laser cutting head 94, singlechip 3's output is connected to electric telescopic handle 91 and laser cutting head 94's input electricity. Stretch out and draw back through electric telescopic handle 91, make connecting block 93 slide along leading to the groove on fixed plate 92, remove through connecting block 93 to make laser cutting head 94 cut the material on the cutting header 1.
The exhaust pipe device is characterized by further comprising two second exhaust pipes 7, wherein the second exhaust pipes 7 are L-shaped corrugated pipes, and the two second exhaust pipes 7 are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the bottom of the L-shaped connecting frame 55 in a bilateral symmetry mode. Install on L shape link 55 through second blast pipe 7, make second blast pipe 7 can carry out lateral shifting with laser cutting head 94 in step, thereby improve the flexibility of removing dust, the dust that produces when guaranteeing to cut can be timely is taken away by second blast pipe 7 suction, one end and outside air purification equipment through second blast pipe 7, the smoke and dust that produces the density when making second blast pipe 7 can be with cutting, the dust is absorbed, thereby make outside air purification equipment purify the emission to it.
Still include filter screen 8, filter screen 8 is provided with two, and filter screen 8 is fixed mounting respectively at the back taper connecting pipe top that 7 tops of second blast pipe set up. Through the setting of filter screen 8, can prevent effectively that the material disintegrating slag from falling into the inside of second blast pipe 7, through the back taper connecting pipe that 7 tops of second blast pipe set up to strengthen the suction effect of second blast pipe 7 to smoke and dust, dust.
The working principle of the utility model is as follows: firstly, a material to be cut is placed on a material passing roller 2, then a motor 51 is controlled to operate by a single chip microcomputer 3, a driving gear 52 drives a driven gear 53 to rotate, the driven gear 53 rotates, a threaded rod 54 drives an L-shaped connecting frame 55 to slide along a first sliding groove 56 and a second sliding groove 57, when the L-shaped connecting frame 55 moves, an electric telescopic rod 91 is controlled to stretch by the single chip microcomputer 3, a connecting block 93 slides along a through groove on a fixing plate 92, the laser cutting head 94 is moved through the connecting block 93, so that the material on the cutting table 1 is cut by the laser cutting head 94, when the material is cut by the laser cutting head 94, smoke and dust with heavier density generated during cutting can be absorbed by one end of a second exhaust pipe 7 and external air purification equipment, and meanwhile, the material is installed on the L-shaped connecting frame 55 through the second exhaust pipe 7, make second blast pipe 7 can carry out lateral shifting with laser cutting head 94 in step, thereby improve the flexibility of dust removal, the dust that produces when guaranteeing the cutting can be in time sucked by second blast pipe 7 and taken away, through the back taper connecting pipe that second blast pipe 7 top set up, thereby strengthen second blast pipe 7 to the smoke and dust suction effect, through the setting of filter screen 8, can prevent effectively that the material disintegrating slag from falling into the inside of second blast pipe 7, through the setting of overhead guard 4, can prevent effectively that the smoke and dust that produce during the cutting, the dust diffusion to the outside of cutting bed 1, through the operation of air discharge fan 62, make the bottom of overhead guard 4 produce suction, thereby make air discharge window 61 produce the lighter smoke and dust of density when cutting and absorb, through first blast pipe 64 of air discharge window 61 top installation, make first blast pipe 64 with the smoke and dust in the air discharge window 61, And conveying the dust to an external air purification device for purification and discharge.
The circuit connection is a conventional means adopted by technicians in the field, technical inspiration can be obtained through limited tests, the circuit connection belongs to the widely used prior art, the specific model of the single chip microcomputer 3 is Siemens S7-200, the motor 51 is suggested to be a servo motor produced by the Jinan Kunke Guangxi numerical control machinery Limited company, the exhaust fan 62 is suggested to be an exhaust fan produced by the Wei Hongkong farming science and technology Limited company in Qingzhou, the electric telescopic rod 91 is suggested to be an electric telescopic rod produced by the Zhejiang chromium Ming drive science and technology Limited company, the laser cutting head 94 is suggested to be a three-dimensional laser cutting head produced by the Shanghai radium laser technology Limited company, and the single chip microcomputer 3 controls the motor 51, the exhaust fan 62, the electric telescopic rod 91 and the laser cutting head 94 to work by adopting a method commonly used in the prior art.
Components not described in detail herein are prior art.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes and modifications without inventive changes may be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

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1. The laser cutting dust removal equipment is characterized by comprising a cutting table (1) and a transmission unit (5);
cutting table (1): the top of the cutting table is provided with material passing rollers (2) in an equidistant array mode, the top of a supporting plate arranged on the rear side of the cutting table (1) is fixedly provided with a top cover (4), the middle of the top cover (4) is provided with a dust collection unit (6), and the rear side of the cutting table (1) is provided with a laser cutting unit (9);
transmission unit (5): contain motor (51), driving gear (52), driven gear (53), threaded rod (54), L shape link (55), first spout (56) and second spout (57), motor (51) fixed mounting is in the extension plate bottom that cutting bed (1) rear side set up, through-hole and driving gear (52) fixed connection on the extension plate are passed to the output shaft of motor (51), threaded rod (54) set up the rear side top at cutting bed (1), the one end of threaded rod (54) is rotated with the extension plate of cutting bed (1) rear side and is connected, the through-hole and driven gear (53) fixed connection on the extension plate are passed to the other end of threaded rod (54), tooth meshing on driven gear (53) and driving gear (52), threaded connection has L shape link (55) on threaded rod (54), the top of L shape link (55) and the inboard sliding connection of first spout (56) that cutting bed (1) top set up The bottom end of the L-shaped connecting frame (55) is in sliding connection with the inner side of a second sliding groove (57) arranged in the middle of the rear side of the cutting table (1);
wherein: still include singlechip (3), singlechip (3) set up the front side surface right-hand member at cutting bed (1), the input of the output electricity connection motor (51) of singlechip (3), the output of external power source is connected to the input electricity of singlechip (3).
2. The laser cutting dust removing device according to claim 1, wherein: dust absorption unit (6) contain exhaust window (61), air discharge fan (62), mount (63) and first exhaust pipe (64), exhaust window (61) set up the top center at overhead guard (4), the inboard of exhaust window (61) is provided with mount (63), fixed mounting has air discharge fan (62) on mount (63), the top fixed mounting of exhaust window (61) has first exhaust pipe (64), the output of singlechip (3) is connected to the input electricity of air discharge fan (62).
3. The laser cutting dust removing device according to claim 1, wherein: laser cutting unit (9) contain electric telescopic handle (91), fixed plate (92), connecting block (93) and laser cutting head (94), fixed plate (92) fixed mounting is in the top front side of L shape link (55), be provided with electric telescopic handle (91) under fixed plate (92), electric telescopic handle (91) fixed mounting is on L shape link (55), electric telescopic handle's (91) flexible fixed mounting has connecting block (93), the logical groove sliding connection who sets up on the top of connecting block (93) and fixed plate (92), the bottom fixed mounting of connecting block (93) has laser cutting head (94), the output of singlechip (3) is connected to the input electricity of electric telescopic handle (91) and laser cutting head (94).
4. The laser cutting dust removing device according to claim 1, wherein: still include second blast pipe (7), second blast pipe (7) are L shape bellows, second blast pipe (7) are provided with two, second blast pipe (7) bilateral symmetry respectively set up both ends about L shape link (55) bottom.
5. The laser cutting dust removing device according to claim 4, wherein: still include filter screen (8), filter screen (8) are provided with two, filter screen (8) fixed mounting respectively is at the back taper connecting pipe top that second blast pipe (7) top set up.
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