CN217962309U - Production equipment of concrete expanding agent - Google Patents

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CN217962309U
CN217962309U CN202121799500.8U CN202121799500U CN217962309U CN 217962309 U CN217962309 U CN 217962309U CN 202121799500 U CN202121799500 U CN 202121799500U CN 217962309 U CN217962309 U CN 217962309U
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The utility model discloses a production facility of concrete expanding agent, concretely relates to expanding agent production field, including the equipment base, its characterized in that still includes: the supporting assembly comprises a supporting base fixedly connected to the inner side of the bottom of the supporting base, the inner side of the supporting base is fixedly sleeved with a stirring tank, and the top end of the stirring tank is movably connected with an upper cover; compared with the prior art, the utility model, through setting up supporting component, stirring subassembly and unloading subassembly, the device of being convenient for is in the use, and it is inboard at the middle part of equipment base to pass through the supporting component with the stirring subassembly, then drives the stirring subassembly stirring through first motor for the inboard material of supporting component can be more even by the heating of heating piece, can get rid of the material through the unloading subassembly at last, thereby has solved the problem that material moisture influences processingquality when current device uses.

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Production equipment of concrete expanding agent
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an inflation agent production technical field, more specifically say, the utility model relates to a production facility of concrete inflation agent.
Background
The concrete expanding agent is used for preparing expanded concrete comprising compensation shrinkage concrete and self-stress concrete, the compensation shrinkage concrete has the effects of compensating concrete drying and compacting concrete and improving the impermeability of the concrete, and is mainly used for two aspects of water resistance and crack resistance in civil engineering.
The existing concrete expanding agent is usually mixed with more water in the processing process of production equipment, and the existing production equipment cannot effectively remove the water, so that the production quality of the concrete expanding agent is low, and therefore the concrete expanding agent production equipment is provided.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to overcome the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, the embodiments of the present invention provide a production apparatus for concrete expansive agent to solve the problems proposed in the above-mentioned background art.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: the utility model provides a production facility of concrete expanding agent, includes the equipment base, its characterized in that still includes:
the supporting assembly comprises a supporting base fixedly connected to the inner side of the bottom of the supporting base, the inner side of the supporting base is fixedly sleeved with a stirring tank, and the top end of the stirring tank is movably connected with an upper cover;
the stirring assembly comprises a transmission shaft movably sleeved on the inner side of the stirring tank, a fixed clamping sleeve is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the transmission shaft, and two ends of the fixed clamping sleeve are respectively and fixedly connected with a stirring rod;
the crushing assembly comprises a fixed baffle fixedly connected to the inner side of the top end of the equipment base, and the bottom end of the fixed baffle is fixedly connected with a crushing box; wherein:
the bottom of agitator tank is provided with the unloading subassembly, the first motor of bottom fixedly connected with of unloading subassembly, the bottom and the first motor fixed connection of transmission shaft, the stirring subassembly is located the inboard of agitator tank, crushing unit's bottom fixedly connected with control valve, the bottom fixedly connected with connecting pipe of control valve, the bottom fixed connection of connecting pipe is in the top of upper cover, the inboard both ends of agitator tank have fixed cover respectively and have connect the heating piece, fixed stop's top fixedly connected with feed opening.
Preferably, crushing unit still connects in the second motor of smashing the inboard one end of case including fixed cover, one side of second motor is provided with the gear box, crushing roller has been cup jointed in the activity respectively to the inboard front end of smashing the case and inboard rear end, the inboard fixed cover of crushing roller has been cup jointed the driving roller, the fixed cover in one end outside of driving roller has been cup jointed driven gear, the outside meshing of driving roller is connected with the driving chain, the inboard meshing in middle part of driving chain is connected with the driving gear, the inboard fixed cover of driving gear has been cup jointed the drive shaft, one side and the second motor fixed connection of drive shaft.
Preferably, the stirring assembly further comprises a connecting sleeve movably sleeved on the stirring rod and far away from one end of the fixing sleeve, one side of the connecting sleeve, far away from one end of the fixing sleeve, is fixedly connected with a scraping blade, one end of the connecting sleeve, which is close to the stirring rod, is arranged on the inner side of the connecting sleeve, and the other end of the resetting spring is fixedly connected with the stirring rod.
Preferably, the unloading subassembly is including fixed cover joint in the screw extrusion pole of transmission shaft bottom, the fixed cover in bottom inboard of agitator tank has connect the unloading pipe, the lower surface both sides of agitator tank fixedly connected with hydraulic stem, two respectively the bottom of hydraulic stem fixedly connected with connecting block, two fixedly connected with lower cover between the connecting block, the top fixedly connected with round platform piece of lower cover.
Preferably, a movable groove matched with the stirring rod is formed in one side, close to the stirring rod, of the connecting clamping sleeve, and one end of the stirring rod is movably sleeved in the movable groove.
Preferably, the lower cover and the lower surface of the circular table block are both provided with fixing holes, and the bottom end of the transmission shaft penetrates through the fixing holes to be connected with the first motor.
Preferably, the limiting base is movably sleeved on the outer side of the other end of the transmission roller, and the outer side of the limiting base is fixedly sleeved on the other end of the inner side of the crushing box.
The utility model discloses a technological effect and advantage:
1. compared with the prior art, through setting up the supporting component, stirring subassembly and unloading subassembly, the device of being convenient for is in the use, it is inboard at the middle part of equipment base to pass through the supporting component with the stirring subassembly, then drive the stirring subassembly stirring through first motor, make the inboard material of supporting component can be more even heated by the heating piece, can get rid of the material through the unloading subassembly at last, thereby material moisture influences processingquality's problem when having solved current device and using.
2. Compared with the prior art, through setting up crushing roller, gear box, second motor and spacing base, the device of being convenient for drives the driving roller through the second motor under the transmission of the inboard gear of gear box and rotates in the use, then two crushing rollers rotate under the drive of driving roller with comminuted to the problem that the material is solid influence processing when having solved current device and using.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the front section structure of the stirring tank of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the overlooking section structure of the connecting card sleeve of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the top-view cross-sectional structure of the crushing box of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a side view profile structure of the gear box of the present invention.
The reference signs are: 1. an equipment base; 2. a support base; 3. a stirring tank; 4. a first motor; 5. an upper cover; 6. fixing a baffle plate; 7. a feeding port; 8. a crushing box; 9. a control valve; 10. a connecting pipe; 11. a lower cover; 12. a round table block; 13. connecting blocks; 14. a hydraulic lever; 15. a screw extrusion stem; 16. a drive shaft; 17. fixing the clamping sleeve; 18. a stirring rod; 19. connecting a clamping sleeve; 20. scraping a blade; 21. a heating block; 22. a discharging pipe; 23. a return spring; 24. a crushing roller; 25. a gear case; 26. a second motor; 27. a limiting base; 28. a drive shaft; 29. a driving gear; 30. a drive chain; 31. a driven gear; 32. and a driving roller.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the invention.
The production equipment of the concrete expanding agent shown in the attached figures 1-5 mainly comprises an equipment base 1, a supporting component, a stirring component, a crushing component, a blanking component, a control valve 9 and a first motor 4, wherein:
the supporting assembly comprises a supporting base 2 fixedly connected to the inner side of the bottom of the supporting base 2, the inner side of the supporting base 2 is fixedly sleeved with a stirring tank 3, the top end of the stirring tank 3 is movably connected with an upper cover 5, the stirring assembly comprises a transmission shaft 16 movably sleeved on the inner side of the stirring tank 3, a fixed cutting sleeve 17 is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the transmission shaft 16, two ends of the fixed cutting sleeve 17 are respectively and fixedly connected with a stirring rod 18, the crushing assembly comprises a fixed baffle 6 fixedly connected to the inner side of the top end of the equipment base 1, and the bottom end of the fixed baffle 6 is fixedly connected with a crushing box 8;
the stirring component is fixed on the inner side of the middle part of the equipment base 1 through the supporting component to play a supporting role, the stirring component drives materials to be uniformly heated, the crushing component prevents the materials from being solid to influence processing, the blanking component can more conveniently perform blanking, and the control valve 9 can control the crushed materials to enter the stirring tank 3;
the stirring assembly further comprises a connecting sleeve 19 movably sleeved on one end of the stirring rod 18 far away from the fixed sleeve 17, one side of the connecting sleeve 19 far away from the fixed sleeve 17 is fixedly connected with a scraping blade 20, one end of the inner side of the connecting sleeve 19 near the stirring rod 18 is fixedly connected with a return spring 23, the other end of the return spring 23 is fixedly connected with the stirring rod 18, the bottom end of the stirring tank 3 is provided with a blanking assembly, the bottom end of the blanking assembly is fixedly connected with a first motor 4, the bottom end of a transmission shaft 16 is fixedly connected with the first motor 4, the stirring assembly is positioned on the inner side of the stirring tank 3, the bottom end of the crushing assembly is fixedly connected with a control valve 9, the bottom end of the control valve 9 is fixedly connected with a connection pipe 10, the bottom end of the connection pipe 10 is fixedly connected to the top end of the upper cover 5, two ends of the inner side of the stirring tank 3 are respectively and fixedly sleeved with a heating block 21, the top end of the fixed baffle 6 is fixedly connected with a blanking port 7, one side of the connecting sleeve 19 near the stirring rod 18 is provided with a movable groove matched with the stirring rod 18, one end of the stirring rod 18 is sleeved and movably in the movable groove, the movable sleeve 18 is driven by the transmission shaft 16 and the fixed sleeve 17 to drive the scraping blade 19 to scrape the stirring tank to scrape the material adsorbed on the inner wall of the stirring tank 3;
the blanking assembly comprises a spiral extrusion rod 15 fixedly sleeved at the bottom end of a transmission shaft 16, a blanking pipe 22 is fixedly sleeved at the inner side of the bottom end of the stirring tank 3, hydraulic rods 14 are fixedly connected to two sides of the lower surface of the stirring tank 3 respectively, connecting blocks 13 are fixedly connected to the bottom ends of the two hydraulic rods 14 respectively, a lower cover 11 is fixedly connected between the two connecting blocks 13, a round table block 12 is fixedly connected to the top end of the lower cover 11, fixing holes are formed in the lower surfaces of the lower cover 11 and the round table block 12 respectively, the bottom end of the transmission shaft 16 penetrates through the fixing holes to be connected with a first motor 4, the lower cover 11 can be driven to move up and down through the hydraulic rods 14, and materials can be driven to descend more conveniently through the movable sleeving of the spiral extrusion rod 15 and the blanking pipe 22;
after the scheme is adopted, at first, start hydraulic stem 14 and drive lower cover 11 rebound through connecting block 13, then accomplish agitator tank 3 internal seal through the joint of round platform piece 12 and unloading pipe 22, when the material gets into agitator tank 3's inboard through upper cover 5, start the first motor 4 of fixing in lower cover 11 bottom, first motor 4 drives fixed cutting ferrule 17 and spiral extrusion pole 15 through transmission shaft 16 and rotates, fixed cutting ferrule 17 rotates and drives puddler 18 and rotate the stirring material, make the material can be better heat the dehumidification under the effect of heating block 21, puddler 18 rotates and can drive connection cutting ferrule 19 through reset spring 23 and rotate in addition, it drives the inner wall that doctor-bar 20 cleared up agitator tank 3 to connect cutting ferrule 19 to rotate, avoid the inner wall to have the material to adsorb, start hydraulic stem 14 and drive round platform piece 12 and unloading pipe 22 and break away from cup jointing after material processing dehumidification is accomplished, spiral extrusion pole 15 rotates and can more convenient drive the material and carry out the unloading this moment, thereby the problem that the moisture influences processingquality and inefficiency when having solved current device and using.
The crushing assembly further comprises a second motor 26 fixedly sleeved at one end of the inner side of the crushing box 8, a gear box 25 is arranged on one side of the second motor 26, the crushing roller 24 is movably sleeved at the front end and the rear end of the inner side of the crushing box 8 respectively, a driving roller 32 is fixedly sleeved at the inner side of the crushing roller 24, a driven gear 31 is fixedly sleeved at the outer side of one end of the driving roller 32, a driving chain 30 is connected to the outer side of the driving roller 32 in a meshed manner, a driving gear 29 is connected to the inner side of the middle of the driving chain 30 in a meshed manner, a driving shaft 28 is fixedly sleeved at the inner side of the driving gear 29, one side of the driving shaft 28 is fixedly connected with the second motor 26, a limiting base 27 is movably sleeved at the outer side of the other end of the driving roller 32, the outer side of the limiting base 27 is fixedly sleeved at the other end of the inner side of the crushing box 8, the crushing roller 24 is driven to rotate in the same direction through the gear box 25, then the material is crushed under the inner wall of the crushing box 8, and the material is prevented from entering the stirring tank 3 for dehumidification;
after adopting above-mentioned scheme, at first start second motor 26 and drive shaft 28 clockwise and rotate, drive shaft 28 rotates and drives connecting sleeve 19 and rotate, connecting sleeve 19 drives driving roller 32 through driven gear 31 and rotates, driving roller 32 drives two crushing rollers 24 under limiting displacement of spacing base 27 and rotates, thereby the material that will smash the inboard front end of case 8 drives the rear end, smash under the effect of crushing roller 24 and crushing 8 inner walls of case at last, thereby the problem that the material is the solid and influences processing when having solved current device and using.
The utility model discloses the theory of operation: the method comprises the steps that firstly, a hydraulic rod 14 is started to drive a lower cover 11 to move upwards through a connecting block 13, then the inner sealing of a stirring tank 3 is completed through the clamping connection of a circular table block 12 and a blanking pipe 22, when materials enter the inner side of the stirring tank 3 through an upper cover 5, a first motor 4 fixed at the bottom end of the lower cover 11 is started, the first motor 4 drives a fixed clamping sleeve 17 and a spiral extrusion rod 15 to rotate through a transmission shaft 16, the fixed clamping sleeve 17 rotates to drive a stirring rod 18 to rotate to stir the materials, so that the materials can be better heated and dehumidified under the action of a heating block 21, in addition, the stirring rod 18 rotates to drive a connecting clamping sleeve 19 to rotate through a reset spring 23, the connecting clamping sleeve 19 rotates to drive a scraping blade 20 to clean the inner wall of the stirring tank 3, the phenomenon that the materials are adsorbed on the inner wall is avoided, after the materials are dehumidified, the hydraulic rod 14 is started to drive the circular table block 12 to be separated from the blanking pipe 22, at the moment, the spiral extrusion rod 15 rotates to more conveniently drive the materials to carry out blanking, and further solve the problems that the moisture influences the processing quality and the blanking efficiency is low when the existing device is used; at first start second motor 26 and drive shaft 28 clockwise and rotate, drive shaft 28 rotates and drives connecting sleeve 19 and rotate, connecting sleeve 19 drives driving roller 32 through driven gear 31 and rotates, driving roller 32 drives two crushing rollers 24 under limiting displacement of spacing base 27 and rotates, thereby drive the material of smashing the inboard front end of case 8 and reach the rear end, smash under the effect of crushing roller 24 and crushing 8 inner walls of case at last, thereby the problem that the material is the solid influence processing when having solved current device and using.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a production facility of concrete expanding agent, includes equipment base (1), its characterized in that still includes:
the supporting assembly comprises a supporting base (2) fixedly connected to the inner side of the bottom of the supporting base (2), the inner side of the supporting base (2) is fixedly sleeved with a stirring tank (3), and the top end of the stirring tank (3) is movably connected with an upper cover (5);
the stirring assembly comprises a transmission shaft (16) movably sleeved on the inner side of the stirring tank (3), a fixed clamping sleeve (17) is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the transmission shaft (16), and two ends of the fixed clamping sleeve (17) are respectively and fixedly connected with a stirring rod (18);
the crushing assembly comprises a fixed baffle (6) fixedly connected to the inner side of the top end of the equipment base (1), and the bottom end of the fixed baffle (6) is fixedly connected with a crushing box (8); wherein:
the bottom of agitator tank (3) is provided with the unloading subassembly, the first motor of bottom fixedly connected with (4) of unloading subassembly, the bottom and first motor (4) fixed connection of transmission shaft (16), the stirring subassembly is located the inboard of agitator tank (3), crushing unit's bottom fixedly connected with control valve (9), the bottom fixedly connected with connecting pipe (10) of control valve (9), the bottom fixed connection of connecting pipe (10) is in the top of upper cover (5), the inboard both ends of agitator tank (3) have fixed cover respectively to have connect heating piece (21), the top fixedly connected with feed opening (7) of fixed stop (6).
2. The apparatus for producing a concrete expansive agent according to claim 1, wherein: crushing unit is still including fixed second motor (26) of cup jointing in crushing case (8) inboard one end, one side of second motor (26) is provided with gear box (25), crushing roller (24) have been cup jointed in the activity respectively to the inboard front end and the inboard rear end of crushing case (8), the inboard fixed driving roller (32) that has cup jointed of crushing roller (24), the fixed driven gear (31) that has cup jointed in the one end outside of driving roller (32), the outside meshing of driving roller (32) is connected with driving chain (30), the inboard meshing in middle part of driving chain (30) is connected with driving gear (29), the inboard fixed drive shaft (28) that has cup jointed of driving gear (29), one side and second motor (26) fixed connection of drive shaft (28).
3. The apparatus for producing a concrete expansive agent according to claim 1, wherein: the stirring assembly further comprises a connecting clamping sleeve (19) movably sleeved on the stirring rod (18) and far away from one end of the fixing clamping sleeve (17), one side of the connecting clamping sleeve (19) far away from the fixing clamping sleeve (17) is fixedly connected with a scraping blade (20), one end of the connecting clamping sleeve (19) is close to the stirring rod (18) in an inner side, and the other end of the resetting spring (23) is fixedly connected with the stirring rod (18).
4. The apparatus for producing an expansive agent for concrete according to claim 1, wherein: unloading subassembly is including fixed cover connect in screw extrusion pole (15) of transmission shaft (16) bottom, the fixed cover in bottom inboard of agitator tank (3) has connect unloading pipe (22), fixedly connected with hydraulic stem (14) respectively in the lower surface both sides of agitator tank (3), two the bottom of hydraulic stem (14) is fixedly connected with connecting block (13) respectively, two fixedly connected with lower cover (11) between connecting block (13), the top fixedly connected with round platform piece (12) of lower cover (11).
5. A concrete expansive agent producing apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein: one side of the connecting clamping sleeve (19) close to the stirring rod (18) is provided with a movable groove matched with the stirring rod (18), and one end of the stirring rod (18) is movably sleeved in the movable groove.
6. The apparatus for producing a concrete expansive agent according to claim 4, wherein: the lower surfaces of the lower cover (11) and the circular truncated cone block (12) are provided with fixing holes, and the bottom end of the transmission shaft (16) penetrates through the fixing holes to be connected with the first motor (4).
7. The apparatus for producing an expansive agent for concrete according to claim 2, wherein: the outer side of the other end of the driving roller (32) is movably sleeved with a limiting base (27), and the outer side of the limiting base (27) is fixedly sleeved at the other end of the inner side of the crushing box (8).
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