CN216578835U - Cold vulcanization vacuum forming device - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a cold vulcanization vacuum forming device, wherein a transparent window is arranged on one side of a vacuum vulcanizer, a vacuum vulcanizer top cover is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, and the vacuum vulcanizer top cover is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a mold is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, a supporting plate is arranged on one side of the mold, the mold is connected to the supporting plate, and the supporting plate is connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a feeding pipe is arranged on one side of the mold, a ball valve is arranged on one side of the feeding pipe, and the ball valve is connected to the feeding pipe; a bin is arranged on one side of the ball valve and connected to the ball valve; a discharge pipe is arranged on one side of the die and connected to the die; one side of the discharge pipe is provided with a high-pressure air pipe, and the high-pressure air pipe is connected to a top cover of the vacuum vulcanizer; and a vacuum pump is arranged on one side of the high-pressure air pipe and connected to the high-pressure air pipe. The utility model can eliminate the generated air bubbles during cold vulcanization molding and improve the production efficiency.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of electric connectors, and particularly relates to a cold vulcanization vacuum forming device.
Background
With the development of modern industry, cold vulcanization technology is widely applied to various industries, and cold vulcanization refers to a process of injecting vulcanized rubber into a cavity at normal temperature to realize vulcanization. In the cold vulcanization process, a proper tool is usually used for injecting cold vulcanized rubber into a mold cavity, standing is carried out for a period of time, and the defects of unstable cold vulcanization quality, difficulty in eliminating bubbles, low production efficiency and the like exist in mechanical production.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to overcome the defects in the prior art and provide a cold vulcanization vacuum forming device, which can eliminate bubbles generated during cold vulcanization forming and improve the production efficiency.
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the technical scheme that:
a cold vulcanization vacuum forming device comprises a vacuum pump, a storage bin, a mold and a vacuum vulcanizer, wherein a vacuum vulcanizer top cover is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer and is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a mold is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, a supporting plate is arranged on one side of the mold, the mold is connected to the supporting plate, and the supporting plate is connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a feeding pipe is arranged on one side of the mold, a ball valve is arranged on one side of the feeding pipe, and the ball valve is connected to the feeding pipe; a bin is arranged on one side of the ball valve and connected to the ball valve;
a discharge pipe is arranged on one side of the die and connected to the die; one side of the discharge pipe is provided with a high-pressure air pipe, and the high-pressure air pipe is connected to a top cover of the vacuum vulcanizer; a vacuum pump is arranged on one side of the high-pressure air pipe and connected to the high-pressure air pipe; when the cold vulcanization molding is needed, the ball valve is closed, the vacuum pump vacuumizes the vacuum vulcanizer, the ball valve is opened, cold vulcanized rubber enters the mold from the bin quickly under the action of air pressure difference, the transparent window is used for observing whether the mold is full of the cold vulcanized rubber, and the ball valve is closed after the cold vulcanized rubber is full of the cold vulcanized rubber. And continuously vacuumizing the vacuum vulcanizer by using a vacuum pump, and completely pumping out residual bubbles in the cold vulcanization mould.
Preferably, a collecting box is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanization mould and connected to the vacuum vulcanization mould; when the cold vulcanized rubber overflows from the mold and enters the vacuum vulcanizer, the cold vulcanized rubber enters the collecting box, so that the cold vulcanized rubber is convenient to recycle.
Preferably, a cleaning mechanism is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer and comprises a push plate, a worm, a connecting rod I and a connecting rod II, the push plate is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, a fixed block I is arranged on one side of the push plate, the fixed block I is connected to the push plate, supporting blocks are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the fixed block I, the connecting rod I is arranged on one side of the supporting block, and two ends of the connecting rod I are movably connected to the supporting block and the fixed block I through pin shafts respectively; a fixed block II is arranged on the other side of the fixed block I, connecting rods II are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the fixed block II, and two ends of each connecting rod II are respectively connected to the fixed block II and the supporting block through pin shafts; a worm is arranged on one side of the fixing block II and movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a worm wheel is arranged on one side of the worm, a screw rod is arranged on one side of the worm wheel, and the screw rod is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; the worm wheel is connected to the screw rod; a guide block is arranged on one side of the screw rod, a sliding rod is arranged on one side of the guide block and connected to the guide block, and two ends of the sliding rod are movably connected to the supporting block; when the worm rotates, the screw rod is driven to rotate, the screw rod rotates to drive the guide block to move, the guide block drives the slide rod to move along the screw rod, so that the supporting block is mutually opened, the push plate is pushed to move, and cold vulcanized rubber attached to the inside of the vacuum vulcanizer is cleaned.
Preferably, a baffle is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer ejector rod and connected to the vacuum vulcanizer top cover; the cold vulcanized rubber is prevented from being sucked into the high-pressure air pipe when flowing out through the discharge pipe in the using process.
Preferably, a support is arranged on one side of the worm and connected to the top cover of the vacuum vulcanizer, and a rotating shaft is arranged on one side of the support and movably connected to the support; one side of the rotating shaft is provided with a plurality of limiting rods, and the limiting rods are connected to the rotating shaft; a limiting spring is arranged on one side of the limiting rod and connected to the limiting rod and the bracket; one side of the rotating shaft is provided with a bevel gear I, one side of the bevel gear I is provided with a bevel gear II, and the bevel gear II is connected to the worm; when covering the vacuum vulcanizer top cap, the baffle promotes the gag lever post and drives the worm and rotate, makes clean mechanism shrink, opens the vacuum vulcanizer top cap after cold vulcanized rubber shaping finishes, and spacing spring promotes the gag lever post and rotates, drives the worm and rotates and make clean mechanism diastole, promotes the push pedal and clears up.
Preferably, a guide plate is arranged on one side of the discharge pipe and connected to the discharge pipe; the cold vulcanizate is directed by the deflector to flow into the cleaning zone.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1) when needs carry out the cold vulcanization shaping, close the ball valve, take out to the vacuum back in with the vacuum vulcanizer by the vacuum pump, open the ball valve, cold vulcanization glue is in the feed bin gets into the mould fast under the effect of atmospheric pressure difference, observes through the transparent window whether the mould is full of, closes the ball valve after being full of. The vacuum pump continuously vacuumizes the vacuum vulcanizer to completely pump out residual bubbles in the cold vulcanization mould, so that bubbles are prevented from being generated in the cold vulcanization forming process;
2) the worm in the cleaning mechanism rotates, the worm rotates to drive the spiral rod to rotate, the spiral rod rotates to drive the supporting block to slide along the sliding rod through the guide block, the pushing plate is pushed to move, the interior of the vacuum vulcanizer is cleaned, and cold vulcanized rubber enters the collecting box;
3) through the installation of vacuum vulcanization ware top cap, realize promoting the rotation of gag lever post through the baffle, after going down the spring promotion gag lever post removal to the vacuum vulcanization ware top cap, realize the rotation of automatic control worm to realize that clean mechanism of control clears up the vacuum vulcanization ware.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cold vulcanization vacuum forming device of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of a cold vulcanization vacuum forming apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a template structure in the cold vulcanization vacuum forming apparatus of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a push plate structure in the cold vulcanization vacuum forming device of the utility model;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a cleaning mechanism in the cold vulcanization vacuum forming apparatus of the present invention;
in the figure: 1-vacuum pump, 2-high-pressure air pipe, 3-stock bin, 4-ball valve, 5-vacuum vulcanizer top cover, 51-baffle, 52-vacuum vulcanizer, 53-transparent window, 6-cleaning mechanism, 61-support, 62-rotating shaft, 621-bevel gear I, 622-bevel gear II, 63-limiting rod, 631-spring, 64-sliding rod, 65-push plate, 651-fixed block I, 653-connecting rod I, 654-supporting block, 655-connecting rod II, 656-fixed block II, 657-worm gear, 658-screw rod, 659-guide block, 66-worm, 7-collecting box, 8-mould, 81-supporting plate, 82-feeding pipe, 83-discharging pipe and 84-guide plate.
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For the convenience of understanding of those skilled in the art, the technical solution of the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 5.
A cold vulcanization vacuum forming device comprises a vacuum pump 1, a storage bin 3, a mold 8 and a vacuum vulcanizer 52, wherein a transparent window 53 is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer 52, a vacuum vulcanizer top cover 5 is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer 52, and the vacuum vulcanizer top cover 5 is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer 52; a mold 8 is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer 52, a support plate 81 is arranged on one side of the mold 8, the mold 8 is connected to the support plate 81, and the support plate 81 is connected to the vacuum vulcanizer 52; a feeding pipe 82 is arranged on one side of the mold 8, a ball valve 4 is arranged on one side of the feeding pipe 82, and the ball valve 4 is connected to the feeding pipe 82; a bin 3 is arranged on one side of the ball valve 4, and the bin 3 is connected to the ball valve 4;
a discharge pipe 83 is arranged on one side of the mold 8, and the discharge pipe 83 is connected to the mold 8; a high-pressure air pipe 2 is arranged on one side of the discharge pipe 83, and the high-pressure air pipe 2 is connected to a top cover 5 of the vacuum vulcanizer; a vacuum pump 1 is arranged on one side of the high-pressure air pipe 2, and the vacuum pump 1 is connected to the high-pressure air pipe 2; when the cold vulcanization molding needs to be carried out, the ball valve 4 is closed, the vacuum pump 1 vacuumizes the vacuum vulcanizer 52, the ball valve 4 is opened, cold vulcanized rubber rapidly enters the mold 8 from the stock bin 3 under the action of air pressure difference, whether the mold 8 is full of the cold vulcanized rubber is observed through the transparent window 53, and the ball valve 4 is closed after the cold vulcanized rubber is full of the cold vulcanized rubber. The vacuum pump 1 continues to evacuate the vacuum vulcanizer 52, and completely removes the residual air bubbles in the cold vulcanization mold 8.
A collecting box 7 is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanization mould 8, and the collecting box 7 is connected to the vacuum vulcanization mould 8; when the cold vulcanized rubber overflows from the mold 8 and enters the vacuum vulcanizer 52, the cold vulcanized rubber enters the collecting box 7, so that the cold vulcanized rubber is convenient to recycle.
A cleaning mechanism 6 is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer 52, the cleaning mechanism 6 comprises a push plate 65, a worm 66, a connecting rod I653 and a connecting rod II 655, the push plate 65 is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer 52, a fixed block I651 is arranged on one side of the push plate 65, the fixed block I651 is connected to the push plate 65, supporting blocks 654 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the fixed block I651, a connecting rod I653 is arranged on one side of each supporting block 654, and two ends of each connecting rod I653 are movably connected to the supporting block 654 and the fixed block I651 through pin shafts respectively; a fixed block II 656 is arranged on the other side of the fixed block I651, connecting rods II 655 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the fixed block II 656, and two ends of each connecting rod II 655 are respectively connected to the fixed block II 656 and the supporting block 654 through pin shafts; a worm 66 is arranged on one side of the fixing block II 656, and the worm 66 is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer 52; a worm wheel 657 is arranged on one side of the worm 66, a screw rod 658 is arranged on one side of the worm wheel 657, and the screw rod 658 is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer 52; worm gear 657 is connected to screw rod 658; a guide block 659 is arranged on one side of the screw rod 658, a slide rod 64 is arranged on one side of the guide block 659, the slide rod 64 is connected to the guide block 659, and two ends of the slide rod 64 are movably connected to the support block 654; when the worm 66 is rotated, the screw 658 is driven to rotate to drive the guide block 659 to move, the guide block 659 drives the slide rod 64 to move along the screw 658, so that the support blocks 654 are mutually meshed with each other to push the push plate 65 to move, and the cold vulcanized rubber attached to the inside of the vacuum vulcanizer 52 is cleaned.
A baffle 51 is arranged on one side of the ejector rod of the vacuum vulcanizer 52, and the baffle 51 is connected to the top cover 5 of the vacuum vulcanizer; this prevents cold vulcanized rubber from being sucked into the high-pressure gas pipe 2 during use when it flows out through the outlet pipe 83.
A support 61 is arranged on one side of the worm 66, the support 61 is connected to the vacuum vulcanizer top cover 5, a rotating shaft 62 is arranged on one side of the support 61, the rotating shaft 62 is movably connected to the support 61, a plurality of limiting rods 63 are arranged on one side of the rotating shaft 62, and the limiting rods 63 are connected to the rotating shaft 62; a limiting spring 631 is arranged on one side of the limiting rod 63, and the limiting spring 631 is connected to the limiting rod 63 and the bracket 61; one side of the rotating shaft is provided with a bevel gear I621, one side of the bevel gear I621 is provided with a bevel gear II 622, and the bevel gear II 622 is connected to the worm 66; when covering vacuum vulcanizer top cap 5, baffle 51 promotes gag lever post 63 and drives worm 66 and rotates, makes clean mechanism 6 shrink, opens vacuum vulcanizer top cap 5 after cold vulcanized rubber shaping finishes, and spacing spring 631 promotes gag lever post 63 and rotates, drives worm 66 and rotates and makes clean mechanism 6 diastole, promotes push pedal 65 and clears up.
A guide plate 84 is arranged on one side of the discharge pipe 83, and the guide plate 84 is connected to the discharge pipe 83; the flow of cold vulcanizate into the cleaning zone is directed by the deflector 84.
A cold vulcanization vacuum forming device comprises the following working processes: when the cold vulcanization molding needs to be carried out, the ball valve 4 is closed, the vacuum pump 1 vacuumizes the vacuum vulcanizer 52, the ball valve 4 is opened, cold vulcanized rubber rapidly enters the mold 8 from the stock bin 3 under the action of air pressure difference, whether the mold 8 is full of the cold vulcanized rubber is observed through the transparent window 53, and the ball valve 4 is closed after the cold vulcanized rubber is full of the cold vulcanized rubber. The vacuum pump 1 continuously vacuumizes the vacuum vulcanizer 52 to completely pump out residual bubbles in the cold vulcanization mould 8, so that bubbles are prevented from being generated in the cold vulcanization forming process; after cleaning, the rotation of the limiting rod 63 is pushed by the baffle plate 51 through the installation of the vacuum vulcanizer top cover 5, the limiting rod 63 is pushed to move by the spring 631 after the vacuum vulcanizer top cover 5 is removed, the rotation of the worm 66 is automatically controlled, the worm 66 in the cleaning mechanism 6 rotates, the worm 66 rotates to drive the screw rod 658 to rotate, the screw rod 658 rotates to drive the supporting block 654 to slide along the sliding rod 64 through the guide block 659, the pushing plate 65 is pushed to move to clean the inside of the vacuum vulcanizer 52, and cold vulcanized rubber enters the collecting box 7; thereby realizing that the cleaning mechanism 6 is controlled to clean the vacuum vulcanizer 52.
The foregoing is merely exemplary and illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications, additions and substitutions may be made by those skilled in the art to the specific embodiments described without departing from the scope of the utility model as defined in the accompanying claims.
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1. The utility model provides a cold vulcanization vacuum forming device, includes vacuum pump, feed bin, mould, vacuum vulcanizer, its characterized in that: a transparent window is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, a vacuum vulcanizer top cover is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, and the vacuum vulcanizer top cover is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a mold is arranged on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, a supporting plate is arranged on one side of the mold, the mold is connected to the supporting plate, and the supporting plate is connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a feeding pipe is arranged on one side of the mold, a ball valve is arranged on one side of the feeding pipe, and the ball valve is connected to the feeding pipe; a bin is arranged on one side of the ball valve and connected to the ball valve;
a discharge pipe is arranged on one side of the die and connected to the die; one side of the discharge pipe is provided with a high-pressure air pipe, and the high-pressure air pipe is connected to a top cover of the vacuum vulcanizer; and a vacuum pump is arranged on one side of the high-pressure air pipe and connected to the high-pressure air pipe.
2. A cold vulcanization vacuum forming device according to claim 1, characterized in that a collection box is provided on one side of the vacuum vulcanization mold, and the collection box is connected to the vacuum vulcanization mold.
3. A cold vulcanization vacuum forming device according to claim 1, characterized in that a cleaning mechanism is provided on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, the cleaning mechanism comprises a push plate, a worm, a connecting rod i and a connecting rod ii, the push plate is provided on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer, a fixed block i is provided on one side of the push plate, the fixed block i is connected to the push plate, support blocks are symmetrically provided on two sides of the fixed block i, the connecting rod i is provided on one side of the support blocks, and two ends of the connecting rod i are movably connected to the support blocks and the fixed block i respectively through pin shafts; a fixed block II is arranged on the other side of the fixed block I, connecting rods II are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the fixed block II, and two ends of each connecting rod II are respectively connected to the fixed block II and the supporting block through pin shafts; a worm is arranged on one side of the fixing block II and movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; a worm wheel is arranged on one side of the worm, a screw rod is arranged on one side of the worm wheel, and the screw rod is movably connected to the vacuum vulcanizer; the worm wheel is connected to the screw rod; the spiral bar is characterized in that a guide block is arranged on one side of the spiral bar, a slide bar is arranged on one side of the guide block and connected to the guide block, and two ends of the slide bar are movably connected to the support block.
4. A cold vulcanization vacuum forming device according to claim 3, characterized in that a baffle is provided on one side of the vacuum vulcanizer jack, and said baffle is attached to the vacuum vulcanizer top cover.
5. A cold vulcanization vacuum forming device according to claim 4, characterized in that a support is provided on one side of the worm, the support is connected to a vacuum vulcanizer top cover, a rotating shaft is provided on one side of the support, and the rotating shaft is movably connected to the support; one side of the rotating shaft is provided with a plurality of limiting rods, and the limiting rods are connected to the rotating shaft; a limiting spring is arranged on one side of the limiting rod and connected to the limiting rod and the bracket; one side of the rotating shaft is provided with a bevel gear I, one side of the bevel gear I is provided with a bevel gear II, and the bevel gear II is connected to the worm.
6. A cold vulcanization vacuum forming device according to claim 5, characterized in that a deflector is provided on one side of the tapping pipe, said deflector being connected to the tapping pipe.
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