CN218255314U - Full-automatic medicine cutting machine - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of medicinal material processing equipment, in particular to a full-automatic medicine cutting machine; the utility model discloses a drying oven, including a frame, a supporting plate, stand and auxiliary device, backup pad and frame fixed connection, stand and backup pad fixed connection, auxiliary device includes the guide plate, the oven, the heating pipe, the motorised valve, pay-off subassembly and cutting assembly, guide plate and frame fixed connection, oven and frame fixed connection, heating pipe and oven fixed connection, and run through the oven, motorised valve and oven fixed connection, and link up with the oven, the pay-off subassembly sets up in frame one side, cutting assembly sets up in the frame and is close to stand one side, the medicinal material carries the back through the pay-off subassembly, can be through cutting assembly cutting process, then, in the leading-in oven of pay-off subassembly and guide plate, finally, the medicinal material of stoving will be derived by the motorised valve, thereby realize behind medicinal material cutting process, can carry out the stoving fast to some moist medicinal materials, reduce the medicinal material and transport drying time, the processing cost is reduced, and convenient to use.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a medicinal material processing equipment technical field especially relates to a full-automatic medicine machine of cutting.
Background
When the traditional Chinese medicinal materials are used, the traditional Chinese medicinal materials are often cut according to production requirements, the traditional Chinese medicinal materials are cut into sheets or blocks, and the traditional Chinese medicinal materials are initially cut manually, so that better cleanliness can be guaranteed, but the working efficiency is low.
At present, the cutting mechanism is arranged above the automatic feeding mechanism, so that automatic processing is formed, automatic cutting processing of medicinal materials is facilitated, and the processing efficiency is improved.
But adopt to set up cutting mechanism in autoloading mechanism's top and carry out the mode of cutting, only can carry out the medicinal material cutting because of equipment to lead to moist medicinal material after the cutting, still need transport stoving processing, increased the processing cost, extremely inconvenient use.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a full-automatic medicine machine of cutting can carry out quick drying process to some moist medicinal materials after the medicinal material cutting process, reduces the medicinal material and transports the stoving time, reduces the processing cost, facilitates the use.
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides a full-automatic medicine cutting machine, which comprises a frame, a support plate and a stand column, wherein the support plate is fixedly connected with the frame and is positioned at one side of the frame;
the auxiliary device comprises a material guide disc, an oven, a heating pipe, an electric valve, a feeding assembly and a cutting assembly, wherein the material guide disc is fixedly connected with the rack and is positioned on one side of the rack, the oven is fixedly connected with the rack and is positioned on one side of the material guide disc, the heating pipe is fixedly connected with the oven and penetrates through the oven and is positioned on one side of the oven, the electric valve is fixedly connected with the oven and is communicated with the oven and positioned on one side of the oven, the feeding assembly is arranged on one side of the rack, and the cutting assembly is arranged on one side of the rack and is positioned on one side of the stand column.
The feeding assembly comprises a transmission frame, a feeding motor and a conveying steel belt, wherein the transmission frame is rotationally connected with the rack and is positioned on one side of the rack; the feeding motor is fixedly connected with the rack, an output shaft of the feeding motor is fixedly connected with the transmission frame, and the feeding motor is positioned on one side of the rack close to the transmission frame; the conveying steel belt is connected with the transmission frame in a sliding mode and is positioned on the transmission frame.
The cutting assembly comprises a tool rest, a sliding frame, a cutter and a power component, wherein the tool rest is fixedly connected with the supporting plate and is positioned on one side of the supporting plate close to the upright post; the sliding frame is connected with the tool rest in a sliding mode and is positioned on one side of the tool rest; the cutter is fixedly connected with the sliding frame and is positioned on one side of the sliding frame, which is close to the conveying steel belt; the power component is arranged on one side, close to the sliding frame, of the upright post.
The power component comprises a driving motor, a cam and a roller, and the driving motor is fixedly connected with the upright and is positioned on one side of the upright; the cam is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the driving motor and is positioned on one side of the driving motor, which is close to the upright post; the roller is connected with the sliding frame in a rotating mode, is connected with the cam in a sliding mode and is located on one side, close to the cam, of the sliding frame.
The power component further comprises an auxiliary spring and a guide rod, one end of the auxiliary spring is abutted to the sliding frame, the other end of the auxiliary spring is abutted to the tool rest, the auxiliary spring is sleeved on the outer side of the sliding frame, and the auxiliary spring is located on one side, close to the tool rest, of the sliding frame; the guide rod is fixedly connected with the cutter, is in sliding connection with the cutter rest and is positioned at one side of the cutter close to the cutter rest.
The full-automatic medicine cutting machine further comprises a stirring device, and the stirring device is arranged on one side of the oven.
The stirring device comprises a rotating motor, a rotating shaft and a rotating blade, wherein the rotating motor is fixedly connected with the oven and is positioned on one side of the oven; the rotating shaft is rotationally connected with the oven, is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotating motor and is positioned in the oven; the rotating blade is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft and is positioned on the rotating shaft.
The utility model discloses a full-automatic medicine cutting machine, which comprises a frame, a supporting plate, stand and auxiliary device, the backup pad is installed in frame one side, the column mouting is in backup pad one side, the passage dish is installed in frame one side, the heating pipe is installed in oven one side, the motorised valve is installed in oven one side, pay-off subassembly sets up in frame one side, be used for the medicinal material raw materials to carry, cutting assembly sets up and is close to stand one side in the frame, be used for the medicinal material cutting, the medicinal material is carried the back through the pay-off subassembly, can be through cutting assembly cutting process, then, in the leading-in oven of pay-off subassembly and passage dish, finally, the medicinal material of stoving will be derived by the motorised valve, thereby realize behind medicinal material cutting process, can carry out quick stoving to some moist medicinal materials, reduce the medicinal material and transport stoving time, reduce the processing cost, and convenient to use.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a power member according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a stirring device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 101-a machine frame, 102-a supporting plate, 103-a vertical column, 104-a material guiding disc, 105-an oven, 106-a heating pipe, 107-an electric valve, 108-a transmission frame, 109-a feeding motor, 110-a conveying steel belt, 111-a tool rest, 112-a carriage, 113-a cutter, 114-a driving motor, 115-a cam, 116-a roller, 117-an auxiliary spring, 118-a guide rod, 201-a rotating motor, 202-a rotating shaft and 203-a rotating blade.
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Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which are described below by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, and which are intended to illustrate the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the same.
The first embodiment:
referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, wherein fig. 1 is an overall structural schematic diagram of a full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine, fig. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a power component, the utility model provides a full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine: the device comprises a rack 101, a supporting plate 102, a stand column 103 and auxiliary devices, wherein the auxiliary devices comprise a material guide disc 104, an oven 105, a heating pipe 106, an electric valve 107, a feeding assembly and a cutting assembly, the feeding assembly comprises a transmission frame 108, a feeding motor 109 and a conveying steel belt 110, the cutting assembly comprises a tool rest 111, a carriage 112, a cutting knife 113 and power members, and the power members comprise a driving motor 114, a cam 115, a roller 116, an auxiliary spring 117 and a guide rod 118.
For the present embodiment, the supporting plate 102 is fixedly connected to the frame 101 and located on one side of the frame 101, the upright post 103 is fixedly connected to the supporting plate 102 and located on one side of the supporting plate 102 close to the frame 101, the supporting plate 102 is mounted on the frame 101 through a bolt, and the upright post 103 is mounted on the supporting plate 102 through a bolt and is used for mounting and supporting the working components of the equipment together.
The material guide disc 104 is fixedly connected with the rack 101 and located on one side of the rack 101, the oven 105 is fixedly connected with the rack 101 and located on one side of the rack 101 close to the material guide disc 104, the heating pipe 106 is fixedly connected with the oven 105 and penetrates through the oven 105 and located on one side of the oven 105, the electric valve 107 is fixedly connected with the oven 105 and penetrates through the oven 105 and located on one side of the oven 105, the feeding assembly is arranged on one side of the rack 101, the cutting assembly is arranged on one side of the rack 101 close to the column 103, the material guide disc 104 is mounted on the rack 101 through bolts, the oven 105 is mounted on the rack 101 through bolts, the top of the oven 105 is sealed by an end cover and is provided with a feeding chute, a notch is located under the material guide disc 104, the plurality of heating pipes 106 are mounted on the end cover on the top of the oven 105 through bolts and penetrate through the top cover, so as to control the temperature inside of the oven 105, the plurality of mounting discs 107 are connected with the bottom of the oven 105 through bolts, so as to lead out the dried medicinal material, the mounting disc is arranged on one side of the rack 101 and is used for cutting the medicinal material and is arranged on one side of the electric valve 101 and used for conveying the raw material, and is used for conveying the raw material.
Secondly, the transmission frame 108 with the frame 101 rotates to be connected, and is located frame 101 one side, feeding motor 109 with frame 101 fixed connection, feeding motor 109's output shaft with transmission frame 108 fixed connection, feeding motor 109 is located frame 101 is close to transmission frame 108 one side, conveying steel band 110 with transmission frame 108 sliding connection, and is located on the transmission frame 108, it is a plurality of transmission frame 108 both ends are the installation axle, and the centre is the installation wheel, and has seted up the mounting groove, is convenient for conveying steel band 110's installation, be provided with the support on feeding motor 109's the installation end, the support pass through the bolt with frame 101 fixed connection, thereby will feeding motor 109 is stable to be installed on the frame 101, feeding motor 109's output shaft passes through rigid shaft coupler and one of them the installation axle head fixed connection of transmission frame 108, during operation, feeding motor 109 moves, will drive transmission frame 108 is rotatory, thereby drives conveying steel band 110 moves, carries out the raw materials and carries.
Then, the knife rest 111 is fixedly connected to the support plate 102 and located on the side where the support plate 102 is close to the column 103, the carriage 112 is slidably connected to the knife rest 111 and located on the side of the knife rest 111, the cutting knife 113 is fixedly connected to the carriage 112 and located on the side where the carriage 112 is close to the steel conveying belt 110, the power member is disposed on the side where the column 103 is close to the carriage 112, the knife rest 111 is door-shaped and mounted on the support plate 102 through bolts, the top of the carriage 112 is a U-shaped end, the lower portion is an optical axis, the knife rest 111 is provided with a circular through hole, a linear sliding bearing is mounted in the through hole to facilitate sliding of the optical axis end of the carriage 112, a circular mounting plate is disposed on the optical axis end of the carriage 112 and mounted on the top of the cutting knife 113 through bolts, and the power member is disposed on the side where the column 103 is close to the carriage 112 and is used for driving the carriage 112 to slide up and down, so as to realize the up-down reciprocating motion of the cutting knife 113 and cut the medicinal material.
Further, the driving motor 114 is fixedly connected to the upright column 103 and located on one side of the upright column 103, the cam 115 is fixedly connected to an output shaft of the driving motor 114, the cam 115 is located on one side of the driving motor 114 close to the upright column 103, the roller 116 is rotatably connected to the carriage 112 and slidably connected to the cam 115 and located on one side of the carriage 112 close to the cam 115, the driving motor 114 is mounted on the top of the upright column 103 through a bolt, the cam 115 is mounted on the output shaft of the driving motor 114 through a flat key and a locking bolt, the roller 116 is mounted on the U-shaped end of the carriage 112 through a rotating bearing, during operation, the driving motor 114 operates to drive the cam 115 to rotate, during the reciprocating motion from the highest point to the lowest point during the rotation of the cam 115, the roller 116 rolls on the edge of the cam 115, when the highest point of the cam 115 abuts against the roller 116, the carriage 112 slides downward, and when the highest point of the cam 115 does not abut against the roller 116, the carriage 112 can slide upward under the auxiliary effect of an external part, thereby driving the cutter 113 to perform reciprocating motion, so as to cut the medicinal material.
Finally, one end of the auxiliary spring 117 abuts against the carriage 112, the other end of the auxiliary spring 117 abuts against the knife rest 111, the auxiliary spring 117 is sleeved outside the carriage 112, the auxiliary spring 117 is located on the side of the carriage 112 close to the knife rest 111, the guide rod 118 is fixedly connected with the knife 113 and is slidably connected with the knife rest 111, and is located on the side of the knife 113 close to the knife rest 111, one end of the auxiliary spring 117 abuts against the carriage 112, the other end of the auxiliary spring 117 abuts against the knife rest 111, the auxiliary spring 117 is sleeved outside the optical axis end of the lower portion of the carriage 112 when being installed, when the carriage 112 slides downwards, the auxiliary spring 117 is compressed to buffer and protect the highest point of the knife 113, when the cam 115 does not abut against the roller 116, at this time, the auxiliary spring 117 can be released, then the carriage 112 is pushed upwards to lift the knife 113, so as to facilitate feeding, a through hole is formed in the knife rest 111 to facilitate sliding of the plurality of guide rods 118, the guide rod 118 is T-shaped in cross section, and is installed on the top of the screw 113 to facilitate guiding and to ensure the up and down movement stability of the knife 113.
When the full-automatic medicine cutting machine of the embodiment is used, firstly, medicinal materials are placed on the conveying steel belt 110, then, the feeding motor 109 is controlled to act, the transmission frame 108 is driven to rotate, the conveying steel belt 110 is driven to act, the medicinal materials are conveyed, meanwhile, the driving motor 114 is controlled to act, the cam 115 is driven to rotate, the roller 116 rolls on the edge of the cam 115 in the reciprocating motion process from the highest point to the lowest point when the cam 115 rotates, the highest point of the cam 115 abuts against the roller 116, at this time, the carriage 112 slides downwards, the carriage 112 pushes downwards, the cutter 113 is pushed downwards to cut the medicinal materials, when the highest point of the cam 115 does not abut against the roller 116 during the motion, at this time, the auxiliary spring 117 can be released, then, the carriage 112 is pushed upwards, the cutter 113 is lifted up, feeding of the medicinal materials is facilitated, the cutter 113 is driven to reciprocate upwards, the cutter 113 is driven to move upwards, cutting of the medicinal materials is performed, the cut medicinal materials can be conveyed to the material guide plate 104, the drying plate 104 is conveyed to the drying oven 105, the heating pipe is opened, the drying temperature of the medicinal materials is controlled, the drying oven 106 is controlled, the drying oven is operated, the drying oven 107 is operated, and the drying process, the dried medicinal materials, the drying process can be performed, the drying cost can be reduced, and the drying process is reduced, and the drying oven is reduced, and the drying process can be performed, and the drying process the medicinal materials, and the drying process can be performed quickly.
Second embodiment:
on the basis of the first embodiment, please refer to fig. 3 and fig. 4, fig. 3 is an overall structure schematic diagram of a full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine, fig. 4 is a structure schematic diagram of a stirring device, the utility model provides a full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine further comprises a stirring device, the stirring device comprises a rotating motor 201, a rotating shaft 202 and a rotating blade 203.
To the specific embodiment, the stirring device is disposed on one side of the oven 105, and the medicinal materials in the oven 105 can be heated uniformly during drying through the stirring device, so that rapid drying is facilitated.
The rotating shaft 202 is rotatably connected with the oven 105, is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotating motor 201, and is located on one side of the oven 105, the rotating shaft 202 is rotatably connected with the oven 105, is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotating motor 201, and is located in the oven 105, the rotating blade 203 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 202, and is located on the rotating shaft 202, the rotating motor 201 is mounted on the oven 105 through a bolt, the rotating motor 201 is a heat-resistant motor, a through hole is formed in the oven 105, so that a motor shaft of the rotating motor 201 can pass through the through hole and can extend into the oven 105, one end of the rotating shaft 202 is mounted on the oven 105 through a rotating bearing, the other end of the rotating shaft 202 is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the rotating motor 201 through a rigid coupler, a key groove is formed in the rotating shaft 202, and the rotating blade 203 is mounted on the rotating shaft 202 through a flat key and a locking bolt.
When using a full-automatic medicine cutting machine of this embodiment, when the medicinal material gets into back in the oven 105, can start simultaneously rotating electrical machines 201, the action of rotating electrical machines 201 will drive pivot 202 is rotatory, the pivot 202 is rotatory will drive change the leaf 203 and rotate to stir the medicinal material, guarantee that the medicinal material is heated evenly when drying, be favorable to fast drying.
While the above disclosure describes one or more preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is not intended to limit the scope of the claims to such embodiments, and one skilled in the art will understand that all or a portion of the processes performed in the above embodiments may be practiced without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims.
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1. A full-automatic medicine cutting machine comprises a machine frame, a supporting plate and an upright post, wherein the supporting plate is fixedly connected with the machine frame and is positioned at one side of the machine frame, the upright post is fixedly connected with the supporting plate and is positioned at one side of the supporting plate, which is close to the machine frame,
also comprises an auxiliary device;
the auxiliary device comprises a material guide disc, an oven, a heating pipe, an electric valve, a feeding assembly and a cutting assembly, wherein the material guide disc is fixedly connected with the rack and is positioned on one side of the rack, the oven is fixedly connected with the rack and is positioned on one side of the rack close to the material guide disc, the heating pipe is fixedly connected with the oven and penetrates through the oven and is positioned on one side of the oven, the electric valve is fixedly connected with the oven and is communicated with the oven and is positioned on one side of the oven, the feeding assembly is arranged on one side of the rack, and the cutting assembly is arranged on one side of the rack close to one side of the stand column.
2. The full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine of claim 1,
the feeding assembly comprises a transmission frame, a feeding motor and a conveying steel belt, and the transmission frame is rotationally connected with the rack and is positioned on one side of the rack; the feeding motor is fixedly connected with the rack, an output shaft of the feeding motor is fixedly connected with the transmission frame, and the feeding motor is positioned on one side, close to the transmission frame, of the rack; the conveying steel belt is connected with the transmission frame in a sliding mode and is positioned on the transmission frame.
3. The full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine of claim 2,
the cutting assembly comprises a tool rest, a sliding frame, a cutter and a power component, wherein the tool rest is fixedly connected with the supporting plate and is positioned on one side of the supporting plate close to the upright post; the sliding frame is connected with the tool rest in a sliding mode and is positioned on one side of the tool rest; the cutter is fixedly connected with the sliding frame and is positioned on one side, close to the conveying steel belt, of the sliding frame; the power component is arranged on one side of the upright post close to the carriage.
4. The full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine of claim 3,
the power component comprises a driving motor, a cam and a roller, and the driving motor is fixedly connected with the upright post and is positioned on one side of the upright post; the cam is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the driving motor and is positioned on one side of the driving motor, which is close to the upright post; the roller is connected with the sliding frame in a rotating mode, is connected with the cam in a sliding mode and is located on one side, close to the cam, of the sliding frame.
5. The full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine of claim 4,
the power component further comprises an auxiliary spring and a guide rod, one end of the auxiliary spring is abutted to the sliding frame, the other end of the auxiliary spring is abutted to the tool rest, the auxiliary spring is sleeved on the outer side of the sliding frame, and the auxiliary spring is located on one side, close to the tool rest, of the sliding frame; the guide rod is fixedly connected with the cutter, is in sliding connection with the cutter rest and is positioned at one side of the cutter close to the cutter rest.
6. The full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine of claim 1,
the full-automatic medicine cutting machine further comprises a stirring device, and the stirring device is arranged on one side of the drying oven.
7. The full-automatic herbal medicine slicing machine of claim 6,
the stirring device comprises a rotating motor, a rotating shaft and a rotating blade, and the rotating motor is fixedly connected with the oven and is positioned on one side of the oven; the rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the oven, is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotating motor and is positioned in the oven; the rotating blade is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft and is positioned on the rotating shaft.
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