CN218108650U - Belt cleaning device for parts machining - Google Patents

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CN218108650U
CN218108650U CN202222256151.6U CN202222256151U CN218108650U CN 218108650 U CN218108650 U CN 218108650U CN 202222256151 U CN202222256151 U CN 202222256151U CN 218108650 U CN218108650 U CN 218108650U
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The utility model provides a cleaning device for processing parts, which comprises an installation shell; the bearing frame is slidably mounted in the middle of the inner cavity of the mounting shell; the filter shell is movably arranged in the inner cavity of the bearing frame; the servo motor is fixedly installed in the middle of the right side wall of the installation shell, and the bearing frame is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the servo motor; the gas pipe is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the right side of the inner cavity of the mounting shell, and the right end of the gas pipe extends out of the inner cavity of the mounting shell in a sealing manner; the shunt tubes are fixedly arranged at the left ends of the gas conveying pipes, and the inner cavities of the shunt tubes are communicated with the inner cavities of the gas conveying pipes in a sealing mode. The utility model provides a belt cleaning device for parts machining convenient to use, cleaning performance are good, are convenient for retrieve magnetic metal impurity.

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Belt cleaning device for parts machining
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a parts machining technical field especially relates to a belt cleaning device for parts machining.
Background
The part is the single part that is used for assembling into the machine, and the part often needs to pass through many processes in the course of processing production, in the process of part process of polishing, can produce a large amount of clashes and adsorb on the part, needs to use belt cleaning device to clear up the piece usually.
Current belt cleaning device, like chinese patent number "CN202020792305.1", a belt cleaning device is used in machine part processing, its major structure includes the frame, the welding of frame upper end left side has the washing box of no top no end square frame form, the inner wall chisels the spacing groove that has sunken form in the washing box, spacing inslot block has places the net, the welding of washing box inner bottom has first filter screen, the welding of frame inner top has the second filter screen of slope form down left, the welding of frame right-hand member has the casing, there is high pressure water pump through the bolt fastening in the casing. Although the device passes through high-pressure water pump, the water pipe, the control valve, the shower nozzle and the setting that absorbs water the pipe, through will absorb water the inside bottom of pipe end intercommunication frame, pump up water through switch start high-pressure water pump, and the extrusion produces high-pressure rivers, make rivers admission pipe, through control valve control shower nozzle, the control shower nozzle washs the part, wash the part totally through high-pressure rivers, it is hidden trace whether to wash the outside of the observation part of being convenient for simultaneously, but the device cleaning methods is single, only rely on the impact force of rivers to wash the part and make the piece break away from, the cleaning performance is poor.
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new cleaning device for machining parts to solve the above-mentioned technical problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a technical problem provide a belt cleaning device for parts machining that convenient to use, cleaning performance are good, are convenient for retrieve magnetic metal impurity.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a belt cleaning device for parts machining includes: mounting a shell; the bearing frame is arranged in the middle of the inner cavity of the mounting shell in a sliding mode; the filter shell is movably arranged in the inner cavity of the bearing frame; the servo motor is fixedly installed in the middle of the right side wall of the installation shell, and the bearing frame is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the servo motor; the gas pipe is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the right side of the inner cavity of the mounting shell, and the right end of the gas pipe extends out of the inner cavity of the mounting shell in a sealing manner; the shunt pipe is fixedly arranged at the left end of the gas conveying pipe, and the inner cavity of the shunt pipe is communicated with the inner cavity of the gas conveying pipe in a sealing way; the group of aeration pipes are fixedly arranged on the left side of the outer surface of the shunt pipe at equal intervals, and the inner cavity of each aeration pipe is communicated with the inner cavity of the shunt pipe in a sealing manner; the high-pressure air pump is fixedly arranged on the lower portion of the right side wall of the mounting shell, and the inner cavity of the air conveying pipe is communicated with the air outlet end of the high-pressure air pump in a sealing mode.
Preferably, the left side wall middle part fixed mounting of installation shell has the case of receiving, fixed surface installs first communicating pipe on the inner chamber of receiving the case, the upper end of first communicating pipe and the left side wall upper portion fixed connection of installation shell, the inner chamber of first communicating pipe respectively with the inner chamber of receiving the case and the sealed intercommunication of the inner chamber of installation shell, the left side wall lower part fixed mounting of installation shell has the water pump, the end of intaking of water pump is through the sealed intercommunication of second communicating pipe with the inner chamber of receiving the case, just the play water end of water pump is through the sealed intercommunication of third communicating pipe with the inner chamber of installation shell.
Preferably, the inner chamber lower part fixed mounting who receives the workbin has the filter screen, the inner chamber middle part movable mounting who receives the workbin has the electromagnetic rod, the left end of electromagnetic rod is sealed to extend to outside the inner chamber of receiving the workbin.
Preferably, bearing frame's right side wall fixed mounting has the extension rod, outside the sealed inner chamber that extends to the installation shell of right-hand member of extension rod, just the right-hand member fixed mounting of extension rod has the round pin shell, servo motor's output shaft fixed mounting has the carousel, the eccentric fixed mounting of preceding lateral wall of carousel has the round pin axle, the front portion of round pin axle extends to in the inner chamber of round pin shell, just round pin axle and round pin shell swing joint.
Preferably, a group of one-way nozzles are fixedly installed on the upper surface of the aerator pipe at equal intervals, and the inner cavities of the one-way nozzles are communicated with the inner cavities of the corresponding aerator pipes in a sealing manner.
Preferably, the bottom surface fixed mounting of installation shell has the drain pipe, the inner chamber of drain pipe and the sealed intercommunication of the inner chamber of installation shell, just the outer fixed surface of drain pipe installs the solenoid valve.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a pair of belt cleaning device for parts machining has following beneficial effect:
the utility model provides a belt cleaning device for parts machining, rotate through setting up servo motor drive carousel, thereby drive round pin axle circumferential motion, and then drive round pin shell left and right reciprocating motion, round pin shell drive bearing frame drives filter shell inner chamber part and produces vibrations, can make the adnexed piece separation of metal part surface, high compression pump passes through the air-supply pipe with the outside air simultaneously, shunt tubes and aeration pipe input installation shell's inner chamber lower part, thereby the gassing forms, the bubble that produces is from the inner chamber lower part upward movement of installation shell, the bubble drives piece upward movement further with the part surface separation, and make the piece suspend in washing liquid upper portion under the bubble drive, it is single to have avoided traditional device cleaning method, only rely on the impact force of rivers to wash the part and make the piece break away from, the poor problem of cleaning performance, flow back again to the inner chamber of installation shell in the workbin through setting up the water pump messenger's washing liquid flow through receiving simultaneously, behind the electromagnetism stick circular telegram production magnetism, can adsorb the magnetic metal piece that the washing liquid carried, the filter screen can filter the metal piece in the washing liquid simultaneously, after equipment stops the function, thereby can retrieve the magnetic metal piece that adsorbs.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of a cleaning device for machining parts according to the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of a top cross-sectional structure of the mounting housing, the supporting frame, the extension rod, the servo motor, the turntable, the pin shaft, and the pin housing of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the top cross-sectional structure of the middle mounting case, the gas pipe, the shunt pipe, the aeration pipe and the high pressure air pump of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the top-view cross-sectional structure of the material receiving box, the electromagnetic rod and the filter screen of the present invention.
Reference numbers in the figures: 1. mounting a shell; 2. a supporting frame; 3. a filter shell; 4. a servo motor; 5. a gas delivery pipe; 6. a shunt tube; 7. an aeration pipe; 8. a high pressure air pump; 9. a material receiving box; 10. filtering with a screen; 11. an electromagnetic bar; 12. a water pump; 13. an extension rod; 14. a pin housing; 15. a turntable; 16. and (7) a pin shaft.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious 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 obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any creative effort based on the embodiments in the present invention, belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Please refer to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, wherein fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of a cleaning device for machining parts according to the present invention; fig. 2 is a schematic view of a top cross-sectional structure of the mounting housing, the supporting frame, the extension rod, the servo motor, the turntable, the pin shaft, and the pin housing of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the top cross-sectional structure of the middle mounting shell, the gas pipe, the flow dividing pipe, the aeration pipe and the high pressure air pump; fig. 4 is a schematic view of the top-view cross-sectional structure of the material receiving box, the electromagnetic rod and the filter screen of the present invention.
A cleaning device for machining a part includes: mounting the housing 1; the bearing frame 2 is arranged in the middle of the inner cavity of the mounting shell 1 in a sliding mode; the filter shell 3 is movably arranged in the inner cavity of the bearing frame 2; the servo motor 4 is fixedly installed in the middle of the right side wall of the installation shell 1, the bearing frame 2 is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the servo motor 4, and the servo motor 4 drives the bearing frame 2 to reciprocate to generate a vibration effect; the gas pipe 5 is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the right side of the inner cavity of the mounting shell 1, and the right end of the gas pipe 5 hermetically extends out of the inner cavity of the mounting shell 1; the shunt pipe 6 is fixedly arranged at the left end of the gas conveying pipe 5, and the inner cavity of the shunt pipe 6 is communicated with the inner cavity of the gas conveying pipe 5 in a sealing way; the aeration pipes 7 are equidistantly and fixedly arranged on the left side of the outer surface of the shunt pipe 6, and the inner cavity of each aeration pipe 7 is communicated with the inner cavity of the shunt pipe 6 in a sealing manner; and the high-pressure air pump 8 is fixedly arranged on the lower part of the right side wall of the mounting shell 1, and the inner cavity of the air conveying pipe 5 is communicated with the air outlet end of the high-pressure air pump 8 in a sealing manner.
The left side wall middle part fixed mounting of installation shell 1 has receipts workbin 9, receive workbin 9's inner chamber upper surface fixed mounting have first communicating pipe, the upper end of first communicating pipe and the left side wall upper portion fixed connection of installation shell 1, the inner chamber of first communicating pipe respectively with receive workbin 9's inner chamber and the sealed intercommunication of installation shell 1's inner chamber, the left side wall lower part fixed mounting of installation shell 1 has water pump 12, the end of intaking of water pump 12 passes through second communicating pipe and the sealed intercommunication of the inner chamber of receiving workbin 9, just the play water end of water pump 12 passes through the sealed intercommunication of third communicating pipe and installation shell 1's inner chamber, through air in the inner chamber of water pump 12 will receive workbin 9, first communicating pipe and second communicating pipe is discharged, makes produce the negative pressure in the inner chamber of receiving workbin 9, first communicating pipe and second communicating pipe, thereby make behind the washing liquid on installation shell 1 inner chamber upper portion gets into the inner chamber of receiving workbin 9 through first communicating pipe, again through second communicating pipe, water pump 12 and third communicating pipe flow back to the inner chamber lower part of installation shell 1.
Receive workbin 9's inner chamber lower part fixed mounting has filter screen 10, the inner chamber middle part movable mounting who receives workbin 9 has electromagnetic rod 11, outside the sealed inner chamber that extends to receiving workbin 9 of the left end of electromagnetic rod 11 the circular telegram of electromagnetic rod 11 produces magnetism after, can adsorb the magnetic metal piece that the washing liquid carried, simultaneously filter screen 10 can carry out the filtering separation to the metal piece in the washing liquid, after equipment stops to function, will electromagnetic rod 11 takes out to can retrieve absorbent magnetic metal piece.
Bearing frame 2's right side wall fixed mounting has extension rod 13, outside extension rod 13's the sealed inner chamber that extends to installation shell 1 of right-hand member, just extension rod 13's right-hand member fixed mounting has round pin shell 14, servo motor 4's output shaft fixed mounting has carousel 15, the eccentric fixed mounting of the preceding lateral wall of carousel 15 has round pin axle 16, the front portion of round pin axle 16 extends to in the inner chamber of round pin shell 14, just round pin axle 16 and round pin shell 14 swing joint, through servo motor 4 drive carousel 15 rotate, thereby drive round pin axle 16 circumference motion, and then drive reciprocating motion about round pin shell 14, round pin shell 14 drives extension rod 13 motion, extension rod 13 drives bearing frame 2 motion, bearing frame 2 drives and strains 3 reciprocating motion of shell, filter shell 3 can produce vibrations and make the adnexed piece separation in metal parts surface that places in the inner chamber.
The upper surface equidistance fixed mounting of aeration pipe 7 has a set of one-way shower nozzle, just the inner chamber of one-way shower nozzle and the sealed intercommunication of the inner chamber of the aeration pipe 7 that corresponds, through aeration pipe 7 can be to the input air in the inner chamber of installation shell 1 to produce great bubble and follow the inner chamber lower part upward movement of installation shell 1, and then the big bubble drives piece upward movement and further separates with the part surface, and makes the piece suspend in washing liquid upper portion under the bubble drives.
The bottom surface fixed mounting of installation shell 1 has the drain pipe, the inner chamber of drain pipe and the sealed intercommunication of the inner chamber of installation shell 1, just the outer fixed surface of drain pipe installs the solenoid valve, convenient control washing liquid in the inner chamber of installation shell 1 discharges.
When the device is used, cleaning liquid is injected into the inner cavity of the mounting shell 1, parts are placed in the inner cavity of the filter shell 3, the servo motor 4 is started to drive the turntable 15 to rotate, so that the pin shaft 16 is driven to move circumferentially, the pin shell 14 is driven to move in a left-right reciprocating manner, the pin shell 14 drives the extension rod 13 to move, the extension rod 13 drives the bearing frame 2 to move, the bearing frame 2 drives the filter shell 3 to move in a reciprocating manner, the filter shell 3 can vibrate to separate chips attached to the surfaces of the metal parts placed in the inner cavity, meanwhile, the high-pressure air pump 8 inputs external air into the lower part of the inner cavity of the mounting shell 1 through the air conveying pipe 5, the flow dividing pipe 6 and the aeration pipe 7 to form bubbles, the generated bubbles move upwards from the lower part of the inner cavity of the mounting shell 1, the bubbles drive the chips to further separate from the surfaces of the parts, and the chips are suspended on the upper part of the cleaning liquid under the driving of the bubbles, start water pump 12 simultaneously, will receive workbin 9 through water pump 12, the air in the inner chamber of first communicating pipe and second communicating pipe is discharged, make and receive workbin 9, produce the negative pressure in the inner chamber of first communicating pipe and second communicating pipe, thereby make the washing liquid on installation shell 1 inner chamber upper portion get into behind the inner chamber of receiving workbin 9 through first communicating pipe, pass through the second communicating pipe again, water pump 12 and third communicating pipe flow back to the inner chamber lower part of installation shell 1, the washing liquid is when the inner chamber through receiving workbin 9, after electromagnetic bar 11 circular telegram produced magnetism, can adsorb the magnetic metal piece that the washing liquid carried, filter screen 10 can filter the separation to the metal piece in the washing liquid simultaneously, after equipment stops the function, take out electromagnetic bar 11, thereby can retrieve the magnetic metal piece of adsorption.
Through setting up servo motor 4 drive carousel 15 and rotating, thereby drive 16 circumferential motion of round pin axle, and then drive round pin shell 14 left and right sides reciprocating motion, round pin shell 14 drive bearing frame 2 drives and strains 3 inner chamber parts of shell and produce vibrations, can make the adnexed piece separation of metal part surface, simultaneously high compression pump 8 passes through the air-supply pipe 5 with outside air, shunt tubes 6 and aeration pipe 7 input installation shell 1's inner chamber lower part, thereby form the bubble, the bubble that produces is from the inner chamber lower part upward movement of installation shell 1, the bubble drives the piece upward movement further with the part surface separation, and make the piece suspend in upper portion in the washing liquid under the bubble drives, it is single to have avoided traditional device cleaning method, only wash the messenger piece that makes to break away from to the part by the impact force of rivers, the poor problem of cleaning performance, simultaneously through setting up water pump 12 make the washing liquid flow through again backward flow in receiving case 9 in the inner chamber of collection case, after electromagnetic rod 11 circular telegram produces magnetism, can adsorb the magnetic metal piece that the washing liquid carried, filter screen 10 can filter the separation to the metal piece in the washing liquid simultaneously, after stopping the operation, thereby can carry out the magnetic debris of absorption.
The above only is the embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes of the present invention are used in the specification and the attached drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and the same principle is included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A belt cleaning device for parts machining, characterized by comprising:
mounting a shell;
the bearing frame is arranged in the middle of the inner cavity of the mounting shell in a sliding mode;
the filter shell is movably arranged in the inner cavity of the bearing frame;
the servo motor is fixedly arranged in the middle of the right side wall of the mounting shell, and the bearing frame is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the servo motor;
the gas pipe is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the right side of the inner cavity of the mounting shell, and the right end of the gas pipe hermetically extends out of the inner cavity of the mounting shell;
the shunt pipe is fixedly arranged at the left end of the gas conveying pipe, and the inner cavity of the shunt pipe is communicated with the inner cavity of the gas conveying pipe in a sealing manner;
the group of aeration pipes are fixedly arranged on the left side of the outer surface of the shunt pipe at equal intervals, and the inner cavity of each aeration pipe is communicated with the inner cavity of the shunt pipe in a sealing manner;
the high-pressure air pump is fixedly arranged on the lower portion of the right side wall of the mounting shell, and the inner cavity of the air conveying pipe is communicated with the air outlet end of the high-pressure air pump in a sealing mode.
2. The cleaning device for the parts machining according to claim 1, wherein a material receiving box is fixedly mounted in the middle of the left side wall of the mounting shell, a first communication pipe is fixedly mounted on the upper surface of an inner cavity of the material receiving box, the upper end of the first communication pipe is fixedly connected with the upper portion of the left side wall of the mounting shell, the inner cavity of the first communication pipe is respectively communicated with the inner cavity of the material receiving box and the inner cavity of the mounting shell in a sealing manner, a water pump is fixedly mounted on the lower portion of the left side wall of the mounting shell, the water inlet end of the water pump is communicated with the inner cavity of the material receiving box in a sealing manner through a second communication pipe, and the water outlet end of the water pump is communicated with the inner cavity of the mounting shell in a sealing manner through a third communication pipe.
3. The cleaning device for the processing of parts as claimed in claim 2, wherein a filter screen is fixedly mounted at the lower part of the inner cavity of the material receiving box, an electromagnetic rod is movably mounted in the middle of the inner cavity of the material receiving box, and the left end of the electromagnetic rod extends out of the inner cavity of the material receiving box in a sealing manner.
4. The cleaning device for the machining of parts as claimed in claim 1, wherein an extension rod is fixedly mounted on the right side wall of the bearing frame, the right end of the extension rod extends out of the inner cavity of the mounting shell in a sealing manner, a pin shell is fixedly mounted at the right end of the extension rod, a turntable is fixedly mounted at the output shaft end of the servo motor, a pin shaft is fixedly mounted on the front side wall of the turntable in an eccentric manner, the front portion of the pin shaft extends into the inner cavity of the pin shell, and the pin shaft is movably connected with the pin shell.
5. The cleaning device for processing parts as claimed in claim 1, wherein a set of unidirectional nozzles are fixedly installed on the upper surface of the aeration pipe at equal intervals, and the inner cavities of the unidirectional nozzles are in sealed communication with the inner cavities of the corresponding aeration pipes.
6. The cleaning device for processing the parts as claimed in claim 1, wherein a drain pipe is fixedly installed on the bottom surface of the installation shell, the inner cavity of the drain pipe is in sealed communication with the inner cavity of the installation shell, and an electromagnetic valve is fixedly installed on the outer surface of the drain pipe.
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