CN216783103U - Nodular cast iron pipe number marking and tracking system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a marking and tracking system for a ductile cast iron pipe number, which comprises a marking device and a tracking device, wherein the marking device comprises a first control cabinet and a marking tool, the first control cabinet is connected with the marking tool, the tracking device comprises a second control cabinet and a tracking tool, and the second control cabinet is connected with the tracking tool; the marking tool comprises a lifting mechanism, a propelling mechanism, a rotating mechanism and a positioning mechanism, wherein the lifting mechanism, the propelling mechanism, the rotating mechanism and the positioning mechanism are respectively connected with a marking machine, and a heat insulation plate is arranged between the head of the marking machine and the front end of the nodular cast iron pipe; the tracking tool comprises a visual scanning mechanism and a cast pipe positioning mechanism, the cast pipe positioning mechanism comprises a material placing frame, and the visual scanning mechanism corresponds to a scanning station on the material placing frame. The method can effectively avoid the influence of pouring on the mark, can also effectively generate the mark of the cast pipe, and simultaneously carries out pipe number tracking scanning on the marked cast pipe.

Description

Nodular cast iron pipe number marking and tracking system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of tracing of the pipe number of a nodular cast iron pipe used in the metallurgy and casting industries, in particular to a novel device for lettering and tracing of a pipe body, and specifically relates to a marking and tracing system for the pipe number of the nodular cast iron pipe.

Background

In the prior art, the pipe number tracking of the ball milling cast iron pipe adopts the method that a pipe body is sprayed with a pipe number and lettering is carried out on a sand core, the pipe body is marked in a mode of generating characters and the like on the pipe body after pouring, and then the pipe number is tracked by using photo number identification. However, due to external factors such as uneven illumination in a production workshop of the nodular cast iron pipe, deviation of the position of the cast pipe and the like, ink flows easily due to a spray printing mode, characters cannot be recognized, impression of internal factors such as character generation and the like can be realized only when the carving of the sand core has strict requirements on pouring, and pipe number recognition cannot be effectively used for a long time.

According to the search, China with the publication number of CN208283970U specially facilitates the application of a cast iron pipe production system applying a pipe number marking and tracking management method in 2018, 12 and 25.A high-temperature coating automatic number spraying station is arranged in front of an annealing furnace; a first automatic pipe number identification station is arranged between the annealing furnace and the finishing equipment; a common coating number spraying station is arranged between the finishing equipment and the lining coating machine; a secondary pipe number automatic identification station is arranged between the lining coating machine and the internal grinding external spraying equipment; and a finished product mark spraying station is arranged after the internal grinding and external spraying equipment. The automatic spraying and identification of the pipe number of the whole production flow of the nodular cast iron pipe are realized, the human intervention factors in the pipe number tracking process are eliminated, the pipe number tracking accuracy is improved, and the labor intensity of workers is reduced.

Chinese special for 2015, 11 months and 18 days under publication number CN204791141U discloses a system for information tracking of ductile cast iron pipe production process, comprising: the system comprises a plurality of computer terminals (8), a plurality of readers (9), at least one exchanger (10) and at least one server (11), wherein a computer terminal (8) and a reader (9) are respectively arranged in an annealing furnace area (1), a zinc spraying machine area (2), a hydraulic press area (3), a cement lining area (4), a cement health preserving area (5), a brush bearing area (6) and a packaging and dispatching area (7) of a production area, each reader (9) of the annealing furnace area (1), the zinc spraying machine area (2), the hydraulic press area (3), the cement lining area (4), the cement health preserving area (5), the brush bearing area (6) and the packaging and dispatching area (7) in the production area is respectively connected with the exchanger (10), the exchanger (10) is connected with the server (11), and the system meets the actual requirements that a production factory has tracking record and analysis on the production process information of each finished product pipe in order to improve the quality of the ductile iron pipe, the quality objection can be conveniently analyzed and processed, and the responsibility can be clearly distinguished.

Therefore, in order to overcome the defects of the cast iron pipe in the aspects of pipe number marking and tracking work, the prior art also carries out a great deal of research and provides some schemes so as to avoid the influence of pouring on the mark and effectively generate the mark number of the cast iron pipe.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a system for marking and tracking the pipe number of a nodular cast iron pipe.

The utility model is realized by the following technical scheme:

the marking and tracking system for the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe comprises a marking device and a tracking device, wherein the marking device comprises a first control cabinet and a marking tool, the first control cabinet is connected with the marking tool, the tracking device comprises a second control cabinet and a tracking tool, and the second control cabinet is connected with the tracking tool; the marking tool comprises a lifting mechanism, a propelling mechanism, a rotating mechanism and a positioning mechanism, wherein the lifting mechanism, the propelling mechanism, the rotating mechanism and the positioning mechanism are respectively connected with a marking machine, and a heat insulation plate is arranged between the head of the marking machine and the front end of the nodular cast iron pipe; the tracking tool comprises a visual scanning mechanism and a cast pipe positioning mechanism, the cast pipe positioning mechanism comprises a material placing frame, and the visual scanning mechanism corresponds to a scanning station on the material placing frame.

According to the technical scheme, before a nodular cast iron pipe is poured and molded and then enters an annealing furnace, the surface of a bellmouth of the cast pipe is marked through the matching of a first control cabinet and a marking tool, after the cast pipe is moved to a marking position of a marking machine, the height of a machine head of the marking machine is adjusted through a lifting mechanism, so that the machine head of the marking machine meets the height required by the cast pipe, the positioning of the machine head is assisted through a propelling mechanism, deviation after the cast pipe is in place is prevented, the positioning of the machine head is assisted through a positioning mechanism, the distance between a marking needle and the surface of the cast pipe is adjusted, the machine head is enabled to have smaller rotation adjustment in the horizontal direction through a rotating mechanism, the cast pipe is prevented from being not perpendicular to a needle head of the marking machine, meanwhile, the heat radiation of the high-temperature cast pipe to the marking machine is prevented, and therefore the effective generation of the marks of the cast pipe is realized; after the casting pipes are marked, the casting pipes are positioned through the casting pipe positioning mechanism, and the casting pipes are scanned through the visual scanning mechanism, so that the tracking of the pipe numbers of the nodular cast iron pipes is realized.

As a further technical scheme, the marking machine and the cast pipe rail trolley are positioned on the same horizontal line, the nodular cast iron pipe is placed on the cast pipe rail trolley, and the front end of the nodular cast iron pipe is opposite to the machine head of the marking machine. The marking machine is arranged on the empty ground at the foremost end of the cast pipe rail trolley, so that the marking machine and the cast pipe trolley are on the same horizontal line, namely, the cast pipe marks on the rail trolley.

As a further technical scheme, the lifting mechanism comprises a sliding shaft and a hand wheel, the hand wheel rotates to drive the sliding shaft to move, and the sliding shaft moves to drive the marking machine head to move up and down; and the lifting mechanism is provided with a graduated scale. In actual operation, according to the diameter of the cast tube, the lifting mechanism of the marking tool is manually adjusted, so that the head of the marking machine is lifted to the height required by the cast tube of the model.

As a further aspect, the propulsion mechanism includes a propulsion cylinder having a dust cover. After the first control cabinet receives the marking signal, the marking tool is controlled to move, and the propulsion cylinder propels forwards, so that the positioning mechanism is propped against the section of the cast pipe.

As a further technical scheme, the rotating mechanism comprises a rotating disk, and the rotating disk is used for enabling the marking machine head to be rotatably adjusted in the horizontal direction. After the positioning mechanism is propped against the section of the cast tube, the marking machine head automatically finishes the correction work of the head through the rotating disk, namely the needle tip is vertical to the end surface of the cast tube.

As a further technical scheme, the positioning mechanism comprises a positioning support used for adjusting the distance between the marking needle and the surface of the cast tube. The propulsion cylinder is propelled forwards so that the positioning bracket is propped against the end face of the casting pipe.

As a further technical scheme, the material blocking detection switch, the material blocking block, the material blocking cylinder, the ascending cylinder and the inductive switch are arranged on the material placing frame, the material blocking detection switch, the material blocking cylinder, the ascending cylinder and the inductive switch are respectively connected with the second control cabinet, and the ascending cylinder is connected with the material blocking block.

Specifically, when the material blocking detection switch does not detect a cast tube, the material blocking cylinder rises, and the rising cylinder rises to drive the material blocking block to rise upwards and be parallel to the material placing frame, so that the cast tube can roll to a scanning station; after the cast tube passes through the inductive switch, the ascending cylinder descends to drive the material stop block to descend to stop the next cast tube.

As a further technical scheme, an in-place detection switch is arranged on a scanning station of the material placing frame and is connected with the visual scanning mechanism. And after the cast tube reaches the scanning station, triggering an in-place detection switch, and further triggering a visual scanning mechanism to start scanning and photographing.

As a further technical scheme, the discharging frame is of a slope type structure, and one side of the discharging frame is provided with a positioning plate. The positioning plate is used for positioning the casting pipe on the material placing frame.

As a further technical scheme, the vision scanning mechanism includes the cabinet body, the one side of the cabinet body is equipped with scanning camera, scanning camera fixes on the support frame.

Further, the cabinet body has the protection casing, the cabinet body is equipped with toughened glass towards the one side of scanning station, the top of the cabinet body is equipped with the three-colour alarm lamp.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: before the ductile cast iron pipe is poured and molded and then enters an annealing furnace, the surface of a bellmouth of the cast pipe is marked through the matching of a first control cabinet and a marking tool, after the cast pipe is moved to a marking position of a marking machine, the height of a machine head of the marking machine is adjusted through a lifting mechanism, so that the machine head of the marking machine meets the required height of the cast pipe, the positioning of the machine head is assisted through a propelling mechanism, the deviation after the cast pipe is in place is prevented, the positioning of the machine head is assisted through a positioning mechanism, the distance between a marking needle and the surface of the cast pipe is adjusted, the machine head is slightly rotated and adjusted in the horizontal direction through a rotating mechanism, the cast pipe is prevented from being not vertical to the needle head of the marking machine, and meanwhile, the heat radiation of the high-temperature cast pipe to the marking machine is prevented through a rotating mechanism, so that the label of the heat insulation board cast pipe is effectively generated; after the casting pipes are marked, the casting pipes are positioned through the casting pipe positioning mechanism, and the casting pipes are scanned through the visual scanning mechanism, so that the tracking of the pipe numbers of the nodular cast iron pipes is realized.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a pipe number marking device for ductile cast iron pipes according to an embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a pipe number tracking device for ductile iron pipes according to an embodiment of the present invention;

in the figure: 1. a first control cabinet; 2. positioning the bracket; 3. a heat insulation plate; 4. the machine head is provided with a heat shield; 5. a slide shaft protecting sleeve; 6. Rotating the disc; 7. a slide shaft; 8. a dust cover; 9. propelling the cylinder; 10. a hand wheel; 11. a second control cabinet; 12. a protective cover; 13. tempering the glass; 14. a material arrival detection switch; 15. a material blocking cylinder; 16. a lift cylinder; 17. positioning a plate; 18. a material blocking block; 19. an inductive switch; 20. a support frame; 21. a scanning camera; 22. three-color alarm lamp.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is to be understood 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 of the present invention without any inventive step, are within the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be connected through the use of two elements or the interaction of two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

As shown in fig. 1-2, the utility model provides a system for marking and tracking the pipe number of a ductile cast iron pipe, which comprises a marking device and a tracking device, wherein the marking device comprises a first control cabinet 1 and a marking tool, the first control cabinet 1 is connected with the marking tool, the tracking device comprises a second control cabinet 11 and a tracking tool, and the second control cabinet 11 is connected with the tracking tool; the marking tool comprises a lifting mechanism, a propelling mechanism, a rotating mechanism and a positioning mechanism, wherein the lifting mechanism, the propelling mechanism, the rotating mechanism and the positioning mechanism are respectively connected with a marking machine, and a heat insulation plate 3 is arranged between the head of the marking machine and the front end of the nodular cast iron pipe; the tracking tool comprises a visual scanning mechanism and a cast pipe positioning mechanism, the cast pipe positioning mechanism comprises a material placing frame, and the visual scanning mechanism corresponds to a scanning station on the material placing frame.

Specifically, integrated control system in the first switch board 1, including industrial computer, beat mark card, PLC control circuit and subsidiary circuit thereof, control system integrates in the industrial control cabinet, makes things convenient for the operation and the later maintenance of equipment to overhaul.

Specifically, elevating system includes slide 7 and hand wheel 10, drives slide 7 through rotating hand wheel 10 and removes, and then drives the aircraft nose and remove to adjust the aircraft nose height, satisfy the mark demand of beating of different diameters cast tube. Wherein, the slide shaft 7 is provided with a slide shaft 7 protective sleeve 5. The lifting mechanism is in chain transmission or hydraulic transmission.

Specifically, the propulsion mechanism comprises a propulsion cylinder 9 for assisting the positioning work of the machine head and preventing the deviation of the cast tube after the cast tube is in place. The propulsion cylinder 9 has a dust cover 8.

The positioning mechanism comprises a positioning support 2 used for assisting the machine head in positioning and adjusting the distance between the marking needle and the surface of the cast tube.

The rotating mechanism comprises a rotating disk 6 which is used for enabling the machine head to have small rotation adjustment in the horizontal direction and preventing the cast pipe from being not perpendicular to the needle head of the marking machine. The rotating disc 6 is in gear transmission or worm transmission.

And the heat insulation plate 3 is used for preventing the heat radiation of the high-temperature casting pipe to the marking mechanism.

The head of the marking machine is provided with a head heat shield 4. The marking machine is a pneumatic marking machine.

In one embodiment, the 1 beat of the marking machine is required to be less than 15 seconds, which may depend on the actual marking content. Marking content is manually edited and input by a controller, and a PC terminal can be optionally matched. The marking machine system can automatically generate the date and time of the year, the month and the day, can automatically generate the serial number, and can be automatically reset according to the time setting.

As one implementation, the marking contents of different models are stored in a template file form, and the printing is automatically or manually invoked.

As an implementation mode, the system has the functions of perfect and reliable interlocking, safety protection, fault alarm, power-off protection and the like. And adding an engraving station at the output position of the cast pipe, and adding static residence time to the cast pipe conveying line according to the actual engraving beat so as to finish the engraving process.

Examples

The embodiment provides a system for marking and tracking the pipe number of a nodular cast iron pipe. In the system, the marking machine is arranged on the empty ground at the foremost end of the cast pipe rail trolley, so that the marking machine and the cast pipe trolley are on the same horizontal line, namely, the cast pipe marks on the rail trolley.

Wherein, pipe number mark working process includes:

(1) according to the diameter of the casting tube, the lifting mechanism of the marking tool is manually adjusted, so that the marking machine head is lifted to a model with high quality required by the casting tube (the lifting mechanism is provided with a graduated scale);

(2) the rail trolley conveys the cast pipe to the front end of a marking machine (the rail trolley needs to be matched for positioning) and triggers a marking signal;

(3) after the marking machine control cabinet receives the marking signal, the marking tool is controlled to move;

(4) the tooling propulsion cylinder 9 is propelled forwards, so that the positioning support 2 is propped against the end face of the cast pipe, the head of the marking machine automatically finishes the correction of the head (the needle point is vertical to the end face of the cast pipe) through the rotary disk 6, and the head starts to mark;

(5) after marking is finished, the tool pushes the air inlet nail to retract to the original point position to wait for marking next time.

In this embodiment, the tracking device is composed of a second control cabinet 11, a connai vision 3D vision system and a cast tube positioning tool, wherein the vision image acquisition device is made of a connai vision brand. As the field cast tube production process is characterized in that 5 cast tube machines share one set of cooling tool, 5 cast tubes exist on a rack after water cooling treatment, but only one cast tube machine is provided with a marking machine, only 1/5 cast tubes on the rack after water cooling treatment are marked and can be subjected to image acquisition, and in addition, 4/5 is unmarked and cannot be subjected to image acquisition. Therefore, it is now necessary to transport the marked cast tubes individually to a tool dedicated for image acquisition.

The vision scanning mechanism comprises a cabinet body, wherein a scanning camera 21 is arranged on one surface of the cabinet body, and the scanning camera 21 is fixed on the support frame 20. The cabinet body has protection casing 12, the cabinet body is equipped with toughened glass 13 towards the one side of scanning station, the top of the cabinet body is equipped with three-colour alarm lamp 22.

The workflow of the pipe number tracking comprises the following steps:

1. the material placing frame is in a slope type, so that the cast tube can automatically slide downwards conveniently. Placing the marked cast pipe on one side of the positioning plate 17, enabling the marking surface and the positioning plate 17 to be at the same position, and enabling the cast pipe to automatically roll to the position of the inductive switch 19 under the action of gravity;

2. when the material blocking detection switch 14 does not detect a cast pipe, the material blocking cylinder 15 is lifted; the ascending cylinder 16 is lifted, so that the material blocking block 18 is parallel to the material placing frame, and the cast tube can roll to a scanning station;

3. after the cast tube passes through the inductive switch 19, the ascending cylinder 16 descends; the material stop block 18 rises to stop the next cast pipe;

4. triggering an in-place detection switch after the cast pipe reaches a scanning station, and starting to scan and photograph by a 3D scanning camera;

5. after the scanning is finished, the material blocking cylinder 15 descends, the ascending cylinder 16 ascends, and the scanning of the next cast tube is carried out.

The utility model provides a marking and tracking system for the pipe number of a nodular cast iron pipe, wherein the surface of a socket of the nodular cast iron pipe is marked by a marking machine after a centrifugal machine is cast and molded and before the nodular cast iron pipe enters a furnace, so that the influence of casting on the marking can be effectively avoided, the mark number of the nodular cast iron pipe can be effectively generated, and meanwhile, the system also tracks and scans the pipe number of the marked nodular cast iron pipe.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "certain embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The marking and tracking system for the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe is characterized by comprising a marking device and a tracking device, wherein the marking device comprises a first control cabinet and a marking tool, the first control cabinet is connected with the marking tool, the tracking device comprises a second control cabinet and a tracking tool, and the second control cabinet is connected with the tracking tool; the marking tool comprises a lifting mechanism, a propelling mechanism, a rotating mechanism and a positioning mechanism, wherein the lifting mechanism, the propelling mechanism, the rotating mechanism and the positioning mechanism are respectively connected with a marking machine, and a heat insulation plate is arranged between the head of the marking machine and the front end of the nodular cast iron pipe; the tracking tool comprises a visual scanning mechanism and a cast pipe positioning mechanism, the cast pipe positioning mechanism comprises a material placing frame, and the visual scanning mechanism corresponds to a scanning station on the material placing frame.

2. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe according to claim 1, wherein the marking machine and the pipe trolley are positioned on the same horizontal line, the ductile cast iron pipe is placed on the pipe trolley, and the front end of the ductile cast iron pipe is opposite to the head of the marking machine.

3. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a sliding shaft and a hand wheel, the hand wheel rotates to drive the sliding shaft to move, and the sliding shaft moves to drive a marking machine head to move up and down; and the lifting mechanism is provided with a graduated scale.

4. The ductile iron pipe number labeling and tracking system according to claim 1, wherein said propulsion mechanism comprises a propulsion cylinder having a dust cover.

5. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating mechanism comprises a rotating disk for enabling the marking machine head to be rotatably adjusted in the horizontal direction.

6. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a positioning bracket for adjusting the distance of the marking needle from the surface of the ductile cast iron pipe.

7. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe according to claim 1, wherein a material blocking detection switch, a material blocking block, a material blocking cylinder, an ascending cylinder and an inductive switch are arranged on the material placing frame, the material blocking detection switch, the material blocking cylinder, the ascending cylinder and the inductive switch are respectively connected with a second control cabinet, and the ascending cylinder is connected with the material blocking block.

8. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 7, wherein an in-place detection switch is arranged on a scanning station of the material placing frame, and the in-place detection switch is connected with a visual scanning mechanism.

9. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material placing frame is of a slope type structure, and a positioning plate is arranged on one side of the material placing frame.

10. The system for marking and tracking the pipe number of the ductile cast iron pipe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the visual scanning mechanism comprises a cabinet body, one surface of the cabinet body is provided with a scanning camera, and the scanning camera is fixed on the supporting frame.

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