CN216919373U

CN216919373U - Automatic liquid supplementing device for foaming crucible

Info

Publication number: CN216919373U
Application number: CN202220372452.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 牛苗苗; 陈亚飞; 李宏伟
Original assignee: Anhui Xinfangzun Automation Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Anhui Xinfangzun Automation Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-02-18
Filing date: 2022-02-18
Publication date: 2022-07-08
Anticipated expiration: 2032-02-18

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of foamed aluminum production, in particular to an automatic liquid supplementing device for a foaming crucible, which comprises a liquid storage tank arranged beside the foaming crucible, wherein aluminum liquid is stored in the liquid storage tank, the liquid storage tank is driven by a driving mechanism to move in the vertical direction, and the bottom of the liquid storage tank is communicated with the bottom of the foaming crucible through a flexible guide pipe; the bottom of the foaming crucible is provided with a weighing module for weighing the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible, and when the weighing module weighs that the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible is lower than a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism to drive the liquid storage tank to move upwards; when the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible reaches a preset value, sending a signal to a driving mechanism to stop driving the liquid storage tank to move upwards; the utility model can realize the automatic replenishment of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible, avoid the interruption of the blowing method production caused by the replenishment of the aluminum liquid in the prior art, and improve the precision and the efficiency of the replenishment of the aluminum liquid.

Description

Automatic liquid supplementing device for foaming crucible

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of foamed aluminum production, in particular to an automatic liquid supplementing device for a foaming crucible.

Background

The foamed aluminum is a novel material integrating structure and function, and has high development and research value and wide application prospect due to the special structure and performance characteristics. The preparation process of the foamed aluminum is multiple, wherein the blowing foaming method can prepare the foamed aluminum with large specification and high performance, the production cost is low, the large-scale production is easy to realize, and the return waste can also be used as the raw material of the foamed aluminum, so the application is wide. The principle of preparing the foamed aluminum by the blowing foaming method is as follows: aluminum or aluminum alloy is melted to form aluminum liquid, gas is blown into the aluminum liquid to form aluminum liquid foam, the aluminum liquid is stirred to enable the bubbles to be fine and evenly distributed, the aluminum liquid foam can float to the liquid surface, and the semi-solid foamed aluminum on the liquid surface is pulled out through rotating a belt to obtain the foamed aluminum material with the closed-cell structure.

In the process of producing the foamed aluminum material by the existing blowing method, along with the continuous formation of the aluminum liquid foam, the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible is continuously consumed, and the height of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible is a key parameter influencing the foaming state of the foamed aluminum, so the aluminum liquid must be continuously supplemented in the foaming process, but the automatic liquid supplementing device is lacked in the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide an automatic liquid supplementing device for a foaming crucible, which realizes automatic liquid supplementing of the foaming crucible in a foaming process of producing foamed aluminum by a blowing method.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

an automatic liquid supplementing device for a foaming crucible comprises a liquid storage tank arranged beside the foaming crucible, wherein molten aluminum is stored in the liquid storage tank, the liquid storage tank is driven by a driving mechanism to move in the vertical direction, and the bottom of the liquid storage tank is communicated with the bottom of the foaming crucible through a flexible guide pipe;

a weighing module is arranged at the bottom of the foaming crucible and used for weighing the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible, and when the weighing module weighs that the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible is lower than a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism to drive the liquid storage tank to move upwards; and when the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible reaches a preset value, sending a signal to the driving mechanism to stop driving the liquid storage tank to move upwards.

In a further technical scheme, the driving mechanism comprises a lifting cylinder arranged at the bottom of the liquid storage pool, and a telescopic shaft suspension end of the lifting cylinder is fixed at the bottom of the liquid storage pool.

In a further technical scheme, the foaming crucible and the liquid storage pool are both arranged in a heat preservation furnace, and a channel is arranged at the bottom of the heat preservation furnace, and the channel, a weighing module for weighing the foaming crucible and a driving mechanism for driving the liquid storage pool are located at avoiding positions.

In a further technical scheme, a melting furnace is arranged beside the liquid storage pool and used for supplementing aluminum liquid into the liquid storage pool, and in the process that the melting furnace supplements the aluminum liquid into the liquid storage pool, the driving mechanism drives the liquid storage pool to descend so as to enable the liquid storage pool to be level with the liquid level of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible.

In a further technical scheme, an upper limiter is arranged above the liquid storage pool, and a lower limiter is arranged below the liquid storage pool; when the liquid storage pool triggers the upper limit, a signal is sent to the melting furnace, and liquid is replenished into the liquid storage pool; when the liquid storage pool triggers lower limit, a signal is sent to the melting furnace, and liquid supplement to the liquid storage pool is stopped.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following technical effects:

according to the technical scheme provided by the utility model, the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible is judged by monitoring the weight of the foaming crucible, and when the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible is lower than a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism at the bottom of the liquid storage pool, the liquid storage pool is driven by the driving mechanism to move upwards, so that the aluminum liquid in the liquid storage pool flows into the foaming crucible through the flexible guide pipe under the action of self weight, the interruption of the process of producing foamed aluminum by a blowing method is avoided, and meanwhile, the aluminum liquid supplementing method has the characteristic of automation, and the accuracy and the efficiency of supplementing the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible are greatly improved.

Additional features and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic liquid replenishing device for a foaming crucible according to an embodiment of the present invention;

the reference numbers in the figures illustrate: 10. a foaming crucible; 20. a liquid storage tank; 30. a flexible flow guide pipe; 40. a weighing module; 50. a lifting cylinder; 51. a telescopic shaft; 60. and (5) a heat preservation furnace.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement purposes and the effects of the utility model easy to understand, the utility model is further clarified by combining the specific drawings.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the utility model is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As described above, referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides an automatic liquid replenishing device for a foaming crucible, the automatic liquid replenishing device comprises a liquid storage tank 20 disposed beside a foaming crucible 10, wherein molten aluminum is stored in the liquid storage tank 20, the liquid storage tank 20 is driven by a driving mechanism to move in a vertical direction, and the bottom of the liquid storage tank 20 is communicated with the bottom of the foaming crucible 10 by a flexible guide pipe 30;

a weighing module 40 is arranged at the bottom of the foaming crucible 10 and used for weighing the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible 10, and when the weighing module 40 weighs that the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible 10 is lower than a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism to drive the liquid storage tank 20 to move upwards; when the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible 10 reaches a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism, so that the driving mechanism stops driving the liquid storage tank 20 to move upwards.

In the process of producing foamed aluminum by the blowing method, along with the continuous generation of the aluminum liquid foam, the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible 10 is continuously reduced, and in order to avoid production interruption, the aluminum liquid needs to be supplemented into the foaming crucible 10.

In the prior art, few aluminum liquid replenishing devices for producing foamed aluminum by using a blowing method are used, aluminum liquid is directly replenished to a foaming crucible, and the production process of the blowing method is interrupted or at least influenced; and the foam of the aluminum liquid and a cooling device are arranged above the foaming crucible 10, so that the height of the liquid level of the aluminum liquid is difficult to judge, and the aluminum liquid is inconvenient to supplement.

According to the technical scheme provided by the utility model, the weighing module 40 is arranged at the bottom of the foaming crucible 10, the weight of the foaming crucible 10 is weighed by the weighing module 40 to judge the stock of the aluminum liquid, when the weight of the foaming crucible 10 is weighed to be lower than a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism to drive the liquid storage tank 20 to move upwards, and the aluminum liquid in the liquid storage tank 20 flows into the foaming crucible 10 through the flexible guide pipe 30 under the action of self weight so as to realize liquid supplement on the foaming crucible 10. When the stock amount of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible 10 reaches a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism to stop driving the liquid storage tank 20 to move upwards.

Further, according to the automatic fluid infusion apparatus provided by the present invention, the driving mechanism is configured to drive the fluid reservoir 20 to move up and down in the vertical direction, and as a specific embodiment of the driving mechanism, the driving mechanism includes a lifting cylinder 50 disposed at the bottom of the fluid reservoir 20, and a hanging end of a telescopic shaft 51 of the lifting cylinder 50 is fixed at the bottom of the fluid reservoir 20.

In the utility model, in order to preserve the heat of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible 10 and the liquid storage tank 20 and maintain the molten state of the aluminum liquid, the foaming crucible 10 and the liquid storage tank 20 are both arranged in the heat preservation furnace 60, and a channel is arranged at the bottom of the heat preservation furnace 60, and the channel, the weighing module 40 for weighing the foaming crucible 10 and the driving mechanism for driving the liquid storage tank 20 are in an avoiding position.

According to the automatic liquid supplementing device provided by the utility model, a melting furnace is arranged beside the liquid storage pool 20 and used for supplementing aluminum liquid into the liquid storage pool 20, and in the process that the melting furnace supplements the aluminum liquid into the liquid storage pool 20, the driving mechanism drives the liquid storage pool 20 to descend so as to enable the liquid storage pool to be level with the liquid level of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible 10.

Further, an upper stopper is arranged above the liquid storage tank 20, and a lower stopper is arranged below the liquid storage tank; when the liquid storage pool 20 triggers the upper limit, a signal is sent to the melting furnace, and liquid is replenished into the liquid storage pool 20; when the liquid storage pool 20 triggers the lower limit, a signal is sent to the melting furnace, and liquid supplement to the liquid storage pool 20 is stopped.

The foregoing shows and describes the general principles, essential features, and inventive features of this invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are given by way of illustration of the principles of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, and such changes and modifications are within the scope of the utility model as claimed. The scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. The automatic liquid supplementing device for the foaming crucible is characterized by comprising a liquid storage tank (20) arranged beside the foaming crucible (10), wherein aluminum liquid is stored in the liquid storage tank (20), the liquid storage tank (20) is driven by a driving mechanism to move in the vertical direction, and the bottom of the liquid storage tank (20) is communicated with the bottom of the foaming crucible (10) through a flexible guide pipe (30);

a weighing module (40) is arranged at the bottom of the foaming crucible (10) and used for weighing the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible (10), and when the weighing module (40) weighs that the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible (10) is lower than a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism to drive the liquid storage tank (20) to move upwards; when the stock of the aluminum liquid in the foaming crucible (10) reaches a preset value, a signal is sent to the driving mechanism to stop driving the liquid storage tank (20) to move upwards.

2. The automatic liquid replenishing device for the foaming crucible as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a lifting cylinder (50) arranged at the bottom of the liquid storage tank (20), and a hanging end of a telescopic shaft (51) of the lifting cylinder (50) is fixed at the bottom of the liquid storage tank (20).

3. The automatic liquid replenishing device for the foaming crucible according to claim 1, wherein the foaming crucible (10) and the liquid storage tank (20) are both arranged in a holding furnace (60), and a passage is arranged at the bottom of the holding furnace (60) and a weighing module (40) for weighing the foaming crucible (10) and a driving mechanism for driving the liquid storage tank (20) are in an avoiding position.

4. The automatic liquid supplementing device for the foaming crucible as claimed in claim 1, wherein a melting furnace is arranged beside the liquid storage tank (20) and used for supplementing the liquid aluminum into the liquid storage tank (20), and the driving mechanism drives the liquid storage tank (20) to descend to be level with the liquid level of the liquid aluminum in the foaming crucible (10) in the process that the melting furnace supplements the liquid aluminum into the liquid storage tank (20).

5. The automatic liquid replenishing device for the foaming crucible as claimed in claim 4, wherein an upper stopper is arranged above the liquid storage tank (20), and a lower stopper is arranged below the liquid storage tank; when the liquid storage pool (20) triggers the upper limit, a signal is sent to the melting furnace, and liquid is replenished into the liquid storage pool (20); when the liquid storage pool (20) triggers lower limit, a signal is sent to the melting furnace, and liquid supplement to the liquid storage pool (20) is stopped.