CN217708726U - Wind power tower handling device - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a wind-powered electricity generation tower handling device belongs to wind-powered electricity generation tower transportation technical field, and it has solved current handling device and can not transport the problem to the barrel of different diameters. This wind-powered electricity generation tower handling device, including base and rail wheel, the bottom of base is fixed with the rail wheel, the inside bottom surface of base is fixed with the mounting panel, the top surface of mounting panel is fixed with the motor, the output shaft end of motor is fixed with the two-way threaded rod, the surface threaded connection of two-way threaded rod has the removal seat, it is connected with the catch bar to rotate on the removal seat, be fixed with two sets of adjusting part on two pillars on the base, one of them a set of adjusting part is connected with the catch bar, two sets of adjusting part are connected with the elevating platform jointly, two pillar surfaces all rotate and are connected with the rotation post, the utility model has the advantages of when can supporting different barrel diameters, highly adjusting the device.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of wind power tower transportation, a handling device, especially a wind power tower handling device are related to.
Background
The wind power tower cylinder is a tower pole for wind power generation, mainly plays a role in supporting in a wind generating set, and simultaneously absorbs the vibration of the set, and the production process flow of the wind power tower cylinder is generally as follows: blanking by a numerical control cutting machine, beveling a thick plate, performing spot welding and positioning after the plate is rolled by a plate rolling machine and formed, welding an inner longitudinal seam and an outer longitudinal seam after confirmation, performing nondestructive flaw detection and flatness inspection on a welding seam after the welding of a single-section barrel is completed, performing sand blasting and paint spraying treatment, and transporting to an installation site after internal part installation and finished product inspection are completed, wherein a rail wheel carrier is needed for transporting a wind power tower cylinder.
The original track wheel carrier is placed into the barrel with the diameter of 7 meters at most, the capacity of a single machine on the sea is over 10 meters, the diameter of the barrel is 8.5 meters upwards, the diameter of a single pile reaches 10 meters, the previous track wheel carrier in the field cannot meet the placing requirement, meanwhile, the height of the track wheel carrier is reduced after the track wheel carrier is modified, and the barrel can be transported out of the factory.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at having the above-mentioned problem to current technique, provided a wind-powered electricity generation tower handling device, the technical problem that this utility model will solve is: how to adjust the height of the device while supporting different cylinder diameters, thereby improving the transportation effect of the device.
The purpose of the utility model can be realized by the following technical proposal:
a wind power tower carrying device comprises a base and rail wheels, wherein the bottom of the base is fixed
Decide the track wheel, the inside bottom surface of base is fixed with the mounting panel, the top surface of mounting panel is fixed with the motor, the output shaft end of motor is fixed with two-way threaded rod, and the surface threaded connection of two-way threaded rod has the removal seat, it is connected with the catch bar to rotate on the removal seat, be fixed with two pillars on the base, be provided with two sets of adjusting part on two pillars, one of them set of adjusting part is connected with the catch bar, and two sets of adjusting part are connected with the elevating platform jointly, and two pillar surfaces all rotate and are connected with the rotation post, and the other end of two rotation posts all rotates and is connected with the rack, all is fixed with supporting roller on two racks, and left rack is connected with left adjusting part, and the rack on right side is connected with the adjusting part on right side, and two racks are located the left and right sides of elevating platform.
The utility model discloses a theory of operation is: when initial condition, two rack parallels align, the elevating platform is located between two pillars, when the distance between the rack needs to be adjusted, turn on the motor, the motor drives the rotation of two-way threaded rod, two-way threaded rod drives and removes seat upward movement, it drives catch bar upward movement to remove the seat, the catch bar drives the adjusting part upward movement, thereby drive the rack through adjusting part and move to both sides, can adjust the distance between the rack along with the diameter of barrel this moment, thereby the barrel of the different diameters of adaptation, and simultaneously, adjusting part also can drive the elevating platform upward movement, along with the distance between the adjustment rack, the elevating platform also can the upward movement, because the barrel of different diameters, its lower stress point is different, so can carry out better support for the barrel through the height of adjustment elevating platform, when the rack passes through adjusting part and arrives the maximum displacement distance, the elevating platform can rise to between the rack, thereby support the barrel, prevent to drop.
When not needing the adjustment distance, drive two-way threaded rod through the motor and rotate to drive catch bar downstream through removing the seat, thereby take in the elevating platform between two pillars through adjusting part, make two rack parallels align, thereby can be when not using save space.
The adjusting component comprises a fixing seat, the fixing seat is fixedly connected with the supporting column, a linkage shaft is rotatably connected to the fixing seat, a half gear, a supporting column and a first folding arm are fixed to the linkage shaft, one half gear is rotatably connected with the pushing rod, the other end of the supporting column is rotatably connected with the placing frame, and the half gears are connected in a meshed mode.
Structure more than adopting, during operation, the catch bar drives the upwards motion of half-gear, and the half-gear passes through the universal driving shaft and drives support column, first folding arm rotation to drive the rack through the support column and outwards move, thereby can adjust the distance between the rack, thereby adapt to the barrel of different diameters.
The other end of the first folding arm is rotatably connected with a second folding arm, and the other end of the second folding arm is rotatably connected with the lifting platform.
By adopting the structure, the second folding arm is driven to rotate through the first folding arm during working, and the second folding arm drives the lifting platform to move upwards, so that the height of the lifting platform can be adjusted, and better supporting force can be provided for barrels with different diameters.
The base includes base and lower base, and the motor setting is in base down, two-way threaded rod surface threaded connection has the lift seat, the both sides fixedly connected with shrink pole of lift seat, the shrink end of two shrink poles all are provided with elevating system, all are provided with the telescopic link on two elevating system, the other end of two telescopic links all with the inner wall fixed connection of last base.
By adopting the structure, during operation, the motor drives the bidirectional threaded rod to move, the bidirectional threaded rod drives the lifting seat to move downwards, the lifting seat drives the contraction rod to move downwards and also can do contraction movement, the contraction rod drives the lifting mechanism to move downwards, and the lifting mechanism drives the telescopic rod to move downwards, so that the upper base is driven to move downwards, the distance between the upper base and the lower base can be adjusted, and the transportation is convenient.
The lifting mechanism comprises an inclined barrel, the bottom of the inclined barrel is connected with a sliding ball in a sliding mode, an inclined seat is connected to the sliding ball in a sliding mode, the bottom of the inclined seat is fixedly connected with the lower base, the outer side of the inclined barrel is connected with a telescopic rod, and the other side of the inclined barrel is fixedly connected with a telescopic rod.
By adopting the structure, when the device works, the contraction rod drives the inclined cylinder to move downwards, and the inclined cylinder drives the sliding ball to slide upwards, so that the distance between the inclined cylinder and the inclined seat is changed, the device is reduced, and meanwhile, the supporting force is provided for the base, and the base is prevented from being crushed.
The bidirectional threaded rod comprises an upper threaded rod and a lower threaded rod, an electric telescopic rod is fixed between the upper threaded rod and the lower threaded rod, the upper threaded rod is in threaded connection with the movable seat, and the electric telescopic rod is fixedly connected with the upper base.
Structure more than adopting, during operation, the device height reduces the back, if the height of further adjusting device of needs, opens electric telescopic handle, and electric telescopic handle drives the base and continues downstream to further adjusting device's height.
Compared with the prior art, the wind power tower handling device has the following advantages:
1. when initial condition, two rack parallels align, the elevating platform is located between two pillars, when the distance between the rack needs to be adjusted, turn on the motor, the motor drives the rotation of two-way threaded rod, two-way threaded rod drives and removes seat upward movement, it drives catch bar upward movement to remove the seat, the catch bar drives the adjusting part upward movement, thereby drive the rack through adjusting part and move to both sides, can adjust the distance between the rack along with the diameter of barrel this moment, thereby the barrel of the different diameters of adaptation, and simultaneously, adjusting part also can drive the elevating platform upward movement, along with the distance between the adjustment rack, the elevating platform also can the upward movement, because the barrel of different diameters, its lower stress point is different, so can carry out better support for the barrel through the height of adjustment elevating platform, when the rack passes through adjusting part and arrives the maximum displacement distance, the elevating platform can rise to between the rack, thereby support the barrel, prevent to drop.
When not needing the adjustment distance, drive two-way threaded rod through the motor and rotate to drive catch bar downstream through removing the seat, thereby take in the elevating platform between two pillars through adjusting part, make two rack parallels align, thereby can be in the space saving when not using.
2. During operation, after the height of the device is reduced, if the height of the device needs to be further adjusted, the electric telescopic rod is opened, and the electric telescopic rod drives the upper base to continue to move downwards, so that the height of the device is further adjusted.
3. During operation, the first folding arm drives the second folding arm to rotate, and the second folding arm drives the lifting platform to move upwards, so that the height of the lifting platform can be adjusted, and better supporting force can be provided for barrels with different diameters.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the base of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a side view of the adjusting assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 1.
In the figure, 1, a base; 2. a rail wheel; 3. a pillar; 4. a fixed seat; 5. rotating the column; 6. a support pillar; 7. a half gear; 8. a first folding arm; 9. a second folding arm; 10. a lifting platform; 11. placing a rack; 12. supporting the rollers; 13. a push rod; 14. a movable seat; 15. an electric telescopic rod; 16. a lifting seat; 17. a retracting lever; 18. a tilting cylinder; 19. a sliding ball; 20. an inclined seat; 21. a motor; 22. mounting a plate; 23. a telescopic rod; 24. a bidirectional threaded rod.
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The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings are used to further describe the technical solution of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1-4, the wind power tower carrying device comprises a base 1 and a track wheel 2, the track wheel 2 is fixed at the bottom of the base 1, a mounting plate 22 is fixed at the inner bottom surface of the base 1, a motor 21 is fixed at the top surface of the mounting plate 22, a bidirectional threaded rod 24 is fixed at the output end of the motor 21, a moving seat 14 is in threaded connection with the outer surface of the bidirectional threaded rod 24, a push rod 13 is connected to the moving seat 14 in a rotating mode, two supporting columns 3 are fixed on the base 1, two adjusting assemblies are arranged on the two supporting columns 3 and connected with the push rod 13, a lifting platform 10 is connected with the two adjusting assemblies, rotating columns 5 are connected to the outer surfaces of the two supporting columns 3 in a rotating mode, a placing rack 11 is connected to the other ends of the rotating columns 5 in a rotating mode, supporting rollers 12 are fixed on the two placing racks 11, the left placing rack 11 is connected with the left adjusting assembly, the right placing rack 11 is connected with the adjusting assembly on the right side, and the two placing racks 11 are located on the left and the right side of the lifting platform 10.
In this embodiment, when initial state, two rack 11 parallel alignments, elevating platform 10 is located between two pillars 3, when the distance between rack 11 needs to be adjusted, open motor 21, motor 21 drives two-way threaded rod 24 and rotates, two-way threaded rod 24 drives and removes seat 14 upward movement, it drives catch bar 13 upward movement to remove seat 14, catch bar 13 drives the adjusting part upward movement, thereby drive rack 11 through adjusting part and move to both sides, can adjust the distance between rack 11 along with the diameter of barrel this moment, thereby the barrel of different diameters of adaptation, and simultaneously, adjusting part also can drive elevating platform 10 upward movement, along with the distance between the adjustment rack 11, elevating platform 10 also can the upward movement, because the barrel of different diameters, its lower stress point is different, so can carry out better support for the barrel through the height of adjustment elevating platform 10, when rack 11 reaches the maximum displacement distance through adjusting part, elevating platform 10 can rise to between the rack 11, thereby support the barrel, prevent to drop.
When the distance does not need to be adjusted, the motor 21 drives the bidirectional threaded rod 24 to rotate, so that the pushing rod 13 is driven to move downwards through the moving seat 14, the lifting platform 10 is retracted between the two support columns 3 through the adjusting assembly, the two placing frames 11 are aligned in parallel, and the space can be saved when the lifting platform is not used.
The adjusting component comprises a fixing seat 4, the fixing seat 4 is fixedly connected with the supporting column 3, a linkage shaft is connected to the fixing seat 4 in a rotating mode, a half gear 7, a supporting column 6 and a first folding arm 8 are fixed to the linkage shaft, one half gear 7 is connected with a pushing rod 13 in a rotating mode, the other end of the supporting column 6 is connected with a placing frame 11 in a rotating mode, and the two half gears 7 are connected in a meshing mode.
In this embodiment, during operation, the push rod 13 drives the half gear 7 to move upwards, the half gear 7 drives the support column 6 and the first folding arm 8 to rotate through the linkage shaft, so that the support column 6 drives the placement frame 11 to move outwards, the distance between the placement frames 11 can be adjusted, and the device is suitable for barrels with different diameters.
The other end of the first folding arm 8 is rotatably connected with a second folding arm 9, and the other end of the second folding arm 9 is rotatably connected with a lifting platform 10.
In this embodiment, during operation, drive second folding arm 9 through first folding arm 8 and rotate, second folding arm 9 drives elevating platform 10 upward movement to can adjust the height of elevating platform 10, make its better provide the holding power for the barrel of different diameters.
In this embodiment, the during operation, motor 21 drives two-way threaded rod 24 and moves, and two-way threaded rod 24 drives lift seat 16 downstream, and when lift seat 16 drove shrink rod 17 downstream, also can do the shrink motion, and shrink rod 17 drives elevating system downstream, and elevating system drives telescopic link 23 downstream to base downstream is gone up in the drive, thereby can adjust the distance between base and the lower base, thereby convenient transportation.
The lifting mechanism comprises an inclined barrel 18, the bottom of the inclined barrel 18 is connected with a sliding ball 19 in a sliding mode, the sliding ball 19 is connected with an inclined seat 20 in a sliding mode, the bottom of the inclined seat 20 is fixedly connected with a lower base, the outer side of the inclined barrel 18 is connected with a telescopic rod 23, and the other side of the inclined barrel 18 is fixedly connected with a telescopic rod 17.
In this embodiment, in operation, the contraction rod 17 drives the inclined cylinder 18 to move downwards, and the inclined cylinder 18 drives the sliding ball 19 to slide upwards, so as to change the distance between the inclined cylinder 18 and the inclined seat 20, so that the device is lowered, and simultaneously, the device provides a supporting force for the base 1 to prevent the base 1 from being crushed.
The bidirectional threaded rod 24 comprises an upper threaded rod and a lower threaded rod, an electric telescopic rod 15 is fixed between the upper threaded rod and the lower threaded rod, the upper threaded rod is in threaded connection with the movable seat 14, and the electric telescopic rod 15 is fixedly connected with the upper base.
In this embodiment, during operation, after the device height is reduced, if the height of the device needs to be further adjusted, the electric telescopic rod 15 is opened, and the electric telescopic rod 15 drives the upper base to continuously move downwards, so as to further adjust the height of the device.
When wanting to adjust the distance between the rack 11, open motor 21, motor 21 drives two-way threaded rod 24 and rotates, wherein it drives and removes seat 14 upward movement to go up the threaded rod, it drives catch bar 13 upward movement to remove seat 14, catch bar 13 drives half gear 7 upward movement, half gear 7 drives support column 6 through the universal driving shaft, first folding arm 8 rotates, support column 6 drives rack 11 outward movement, can adjust the distance between rack 11, thereby adapt to the barrel of different diameters, and simultaneously, first folding arm 8 drives second folding arm 9 and rotates, second folding arm 9 can drive elevating platform 10 upward movement, along with adjusting the distance between rack 11, elevating platform 10 also can the upward movement, because the lower stress point of the barrel of different diameters is different, so can carry out better support for the barrel through the height of adjusting elevating platform 10, when rack 11 reaches the maximum displacement distance through adjusting part, elevating platform 10 can rise to between rack 11, thereby support the barrel.
Simultaneously, motor 21 also can drive down the threaded rod and rotate, the threaded rod drives the lifting seat downstream down, lifting seat 16 drives shrink rod 17 downstream when, also can do the shrink motion, shrink rod 17 drives a slope section of thick bamboo 18 downstream, and simultaneously, a slope section of thick bamboo 18 passes through telescopic link 23 downstream and drives the base downstream, thereby can adjust the distance between base and the lower base, make the base reduce, convenient transportation, a slope section of thick bamboo 18 also can drive sliding ball 19 and upwards slide, thereby change the distance between a slope section of thick bamboo 18 and the sloping seat 20, when making base 1 reduce, also provide the holding power for base 1, prevent to crush base 1.
To sum up, through adjusting part and elevating system setting, realize when the distance between adjustment rack 11, also can reduce the height of device to improve the effect of transportation.
The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention. Various modifications, additions and substitutions may be made by those skilled in the art to the specific embodiments described without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.
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1. The utility model provides a wind power tower handling device, includes base (1) and rail wheel (2), its characterized in that, the bottom of base (1) is fixed with rail wheel (2), the inside bottom surface of base (1) is fixed with mounting panel (22), the top surface of mounting panel (22) is fixed with motor (21), the output shaft end of motor (21) is fixed with two-way threaded rod (24), and the surface threaded connection of two-way threaded rod (24) has removal seat (14), it is connected with catch bar (13) to rotate on removal seat (14), be fixed with two pillar (3) on base (1), be provided with two sets of adjusting part on two pillar (3), wherein a set of adjusting part is connected with catch bar (13), and two sets of adjusting part are connected with elevating platform (10) jointly, and two pillar (3) surfaces all rotate and are connected with rotation post (5), and the other end of two rotation post (5) all rotates and is connected with rack (11), all is fixed with supporting roller (12) on two pillar (11), and left side (11) are connected with left and right side adjusting part rack (11), and adjusting part rack (11) are located the elevating platform (10).
2. The wind power tower handling device according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting assembly comprises a fixing seat (4), the fixing seat (4) is fixedly connected with a pillar (3), a linkage shaft is rotatably connected to the fixing seat (4), a half gear (7), a support pillar (6) and a first folding arm (8) are fixed to the linkage shaft, one half gear (7) is rotatably connected with a push rod (13), the other end of the support pillar (6) is rotatably connected with a placement frame (11), and the two half gears (7) are connected in a meshing manner.
3. The wind power tower handling device according to claim 2, wherein the other end of the first folding arm (8) is rotatably connected with a second folding arm (9), and the other end of the second folding arm (9) is rotatably connected with the lifting platform (10).
4. The wind power tower handling device according to claim 3, wherein the base (1) comprises an upper base and a lower base, the motor (21) is arranged in the lower base, the outer surface of the bidirectional threaded rod (24) is in threaded connection with the lifting seat (16), two sides of the lifting seat (16) are fixedly connected with the contraction rods (17), two contraction ends of the two contraction rods (17) are respectively provided with a lifting mechanism, the two lifting mechanisms are respectively provided with a telescopic rod (23), and the other ends of the two telescopic rods (23) are respectively fixedly connected with the inner wall of the upper base.
5. A wind power tower handling device according to claim 4, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises an inclined barrel (18), a sliding ball (19) is slidably connected to the bottom of the inclined barrel (18), an inclined seat (20) is slidably connected to the sliding ball (19), the bottom of the inclined seat (20) is fixedly connected to the lower base, the outer side of the inclined barrel (18) is connected to a telescopic rod (23), and the other side of the inclined barrel (18) is fixedly connected to a telescopic rod (17).
6. The wind power tower handling device according to claim 4, wherein the bidirectional threaded rod (24) comprises an upper threaded rod and a lower threaded rod, an electric telescopic rod (15) is fixed between the upper threaded rod and the lower threaded rod, the upper threaded rod is in threaded connection with the movable base (14), and the electric telescopic rod (15) is fixedly connected with the upper base.
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