CN218697188U - Aluminum template renovating and trimming equipment - Google Patents

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CN218697188U
CN218697188U CN202222881841.0U CN202222881841U CN218697188U CN 218697188 U CN218697188 U CN 218697188U CN 202222881841 U CN202222881841 U CN 202222881841U CN 218697188 U CN218697188 U CN 218697188U
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The utility model discloses an aluminum mould board renovates deburring equipment relates to aluminum mould board technical field. The utility model discloses a workstation and aluminium template main part, the top of workstation is provided with the aluminium template main part, and four end angles of workstation bottom all are fixed with the landing leg for support table, the top of aluminium template main part are provided with and are used for the prosthetic repair body in aluminium template main part edge, and the both sides at workstation top are provided with and are used for the polishing mechanism that aluminium template main part edge polished. The utility model discloses a repair body's setting for the rectangular block can move the outside of aluminium template edge depressed place, makes the rectangular block can extrude the restoration to the depressed place through the second pneumatic cylinder, makes the edge depressed place of aluminium template accomplish the restoration, and then does not influence the recycling of aluminium template, through polishing body's setting, makes the aluminium template edge can be polished after the processing completion of sinking, and then makes the impurity at aluminium template edge can get rid of.

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Aluminum template renovating and trimming equipment
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the aluminum mould board, especially, relate to an aluminum mould board renovates deburring equipment.
Background
The aluminum formwork is a new generation formwork system after plywood formwork, a combined steel formwork system, a steel frame wood (bamboo) plywood system, a large formwork system and an early-dismantling formwork system, is manufactured by extruding an aluminum formwork through equipment, consists of an aluminum panel, a support and a connecting piece, has universal accessories for matching use, can be conveniently and quickly assembled into an integral formwork with a complex structure, and is convenient to realize assembly construction. The use of the aluminum template greatly improves the construction efficiency and can be recycled in a plurality of projects, so that the aluminum template refurbishing equipment is needed to refurbish the used aluminum template;
certain depressions can be caused to the edges of the aluminum template when the aluminum template is used and disassembled, and the depressions on the edges of the aluminum template cannot be well repaired when the aluminum template is renovated by most of the conventional devices, so that the recycling of the aluminum template is influenced;
therefore, the device improved aiming at the defect can repair the edge of the aluminum template without influencing the recycling of the aluminum template;
to this end, an aluminum die plate refurbishing and trimming device is designed to provide another solution to the above problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide an aluminum mould board renovates deburring equipment to solve current problem: can cause certain sunken to the edge of aluminum mould board when using and dismantling aluminum mould board, present most device when renovating aluminum mould board, can not be fine restore the sunken at aluminum mould board edge, influence the used cycle of aluminum mould board.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a realize through following technical scheme: an aluminum template renovating and trimming device comprises a workbench and an aluminum template main body, wherein the top of the workbench is provided with the aluminum template main body, and four end corners at the bottom of the workbench are respectively fixed with a supporting leg for supporting the workbench;
the top of the aluminum template main body is provided with a repairing mechanism for repairing the edge of the aluminum template main body;
two sides of the top of the workbench are provided with polishing mechanisms for polishing the edges of the aluminum template main body;
the repairing mechanism comprises an L-shaped lifting plate, the L-shaped lifting plates are arranged at two ends of the top of the workbench, first hydraulic cylinders are fixed at two sides of two ends of the top of the workbench, and output ends of the first hydraulic cylinders are fixedly connected with the L-shaped lifting plates;
two sides of one end of one of the L-shaped lifting plates are both fixed with a first driving motor through bolts, the output end of the first driving motor is fixed with a first threaded rod, the outer side of the first threaded rod is in threaded connection with a rectangular movable plate, the inside of one side, away from the first threaded rod, of the rectangular movable plate is in sliding connection with a circular column, two ends of the circular column are respectively and fixedly connected with the two L-shaped lifting plates, the inside of the rectangular movable plate is in sliding connection with two vertical plates, and the inner sides of the two vertical plates are both fixed with rectangular blocks;
the bottom at rectangle movable plate both ends all is provided with the second pneumatic cylinder, the output and the vertical board fixed connection of second pneumatic cylinder.
Furthermore, the inside of the rectangular moving plate is provided with a circular through hole matched with the circular column, and the circular column is located inside the circular through hole and is in sliding connection with the rectangular moving plate through the circular through hole.
Furthermore, supporting blocks are fixed to the bottoms of the two ends of the rectangular moving plate, and the second hydraulic cylinder penetrates through the inside of the supporting blocks and is fixedly connected with the supporting blocks.
Further, grinding machanism includes U type movable plate, the equal sliding connection in both sides at workstation top has U type movable plate, the one end of U type movable plate bottom has third driving motor through the bolt fastening, the inside both ends of U type movable plate all are provided with the live-rollers, third driving motor's output and one of them live-rollers fixed connection, the live-rollers is located the inside of U type movable plate, two the outside of live-rollers position is provided with the area of polishing.
Further, both ends of U type movable plate bottom all are fixed with first forked tail slider, the first forked tail spout of the first forked tail slider of adaptation is seted up to the inside of workstation, through setting up sliding connection of first forked tail slider and first forked tail spout between U type movable plate and the workstation.
Further, the polishing mechanism further comprises a moving assembly for moving the U-shaped moving plate;
the movable assembly comprises a second driving motor, one end of the bottom of the workbench is provided with a second driving motor, the output end of the second driving motor is fixed with a second threaded rod, one end of the second threaded rod, which is far away from the second driving motor, is fixedly connected with a circular rod, one end of the circular rod, which is far away from the second threaded rod, is fixed with a third threaded rod, the second threaded rod is connected with a transverse moving plate through threads in the outer sides of the third threaded rod, and the top of the transverse moving plate is fixedly connected with a U-shaped moving plate.
Further, a first vertical fixing plate is fixed to one end of the bottom of the workbench, one end, close to the first vertical fixing plate, of the second driving motor is fixed to the first vertical fixing plate through a bolt, and the output end of the second driving motor penetrates through the inside of the first vertical fixing plate and is connected with the first vertical fixing plate in a rotating mode through a bearing.
Further, the thread directions of the second threaded rod and the third threaded rod are opposite;
the outside of circular pole is connected with the vertical fixed plate of second through the bearing rotation, the top and the workstation fixed connection of the vertical fixed plate of second.
The utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:
1. the utility model discloses a repair body's setting for the rectangular block can move the outside of aluminium template edge recess, makes the rectangular block can extrude the restoration to the recess through the second pneumatic cylinder, makes the edge recess of aluminium template accomplish the restoration, and then does not influence the recycling of aluminium template.
2. The utility model discloses a grinding machanism's setting for the aluminium mould board edge can be polished after sunken processing is accomplished, and then makes the impurity at aluminium mould board edge can get rid of.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the L-shaped lifting plate and the first hydraulic cylinder of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a structural sectional view of the inside of the rectangular moving plate of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the workbench and a second driving motor of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a sectional view of the structure inside the workbench of the present invention.
In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:
1. a work table; 2. an aluminum template main body; 3. a U-shaped moving plate; 4. an L-shaped lifter plate; 5. a first drive motor; 6. a first hydraulic cylinder; 7. a rectangular moving plate; 8. a first threaded rod; 9. a vertical plate; 10. a second hydraulic cylinder; 11. a rectangular block; 12. a circular column; 13. a second drive motor; 14. a second threaded rod; 15. polishing the belt; 16. a third drive motor; 17. a circular rod; 18. a third threaded rod.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the present invention relates to an aluminum formwork renovating and trimming device, which comprises a workbench 1 and an aluminum formwork main body 2, wherein the top of the workbench 1 is provided with the aluminum formwork main body 2, and four end corners at the bottom of the workbench 1 are respectively fixed with a support leg for supporting the workbench 1;
the top of the aluminum template main body 2 is provided with a repairing mechanism for repairing the edge of the aluminum template main body 2;
two sides of the top of the workbench 1 are provided with polishing mechanisms for polishing the edges of the aluminum template main body 2.
Further, the repairing mechanism comprises an L-shaped lifting plate 4, the L-shaped lifting plates 4 are arranged at two ends of the top of the workbench 1, first hydraulic cylinders 6 are fixed at two sides of two ends of the top of the workbench 1, and output ends of the first hydraulic cylinders 6 are fixedly connected with the L-shaped lifting plates 4;
two sides of one end of one L-shaped lifting plate 4 are both fixed with a first driving motor 5 through bolts, the output end of the first driving motor 5 is fixed with a first threaded rod 8, the outer side of the first threaded rod 8 is in threaded connection with a rectangular moving plate 7, the inside of one side, away from the first threaded rod 8, of the rectangular moving plate 7 is in sliding connection with a circular column 12, two ends of the circular column 12 are respectively and fixedly connected with the two L-shaped lifting plates 4, a circular through hole matched with the circular column 12 is formed in the rectangular moving plate 7, the circular column 12 is located in the circular through hole and is in sliding connection with the rectangular moving plate 7 through the arrangement of the circular through hole, and the rectangular moving plate 7 can slide on the outer side of the circular column 12 through the arrangement of the circular through hole;
the two vertical plates 9 are slidably connected inside the rectangular moving plate 7, second dovetail slide blocks are fixed at two ends of each vertical plate 9, a second dovetail sliding groove matched with each second dovetail slide block is formed in the rectangular moving plate 7, the vertical plates 9 are slidably connected with the rectangular moving plate 7 through the second dovetail slide blocks and the second dovetail sliding grooves, and the vertical plates 9 can slide inside the rectangular moving plate 7 through the second dovetail slide blocks and the second dovetail sliding grooves;
rectangular blocks 11 are fixed on the inner sides of the two vertical plates 9;
the bottoms at two ends of the rectangular moving plate 7 are respectively provided with a second hydraulic cylinder 10, the bottoms at two ends of the rectangular moving plate 7 are respectively fixed with a supporting block, the second hydraulic cylinders 10 penetrate through the inside of the supporting blocks and are fixedly connected with the supporting blocks, and the output ends of the second hydraulic cylinders 10 are fixedly connected with the vertical plate 9.
Through the operation of first driving motor 5, make rectangle movable plate 7 can slide in the outside of circular post 12 through first threaded rod 8, and then make vertical plate 9 can move the top of 2 marginal depressed parts of aluminum mould board main part, first pneumatic cylinder 6 operates this moment, make L type lifter plate 4 descend, the decline of L type lifter plate 4 makes rectangular block 11 can be located the outside of 2 marginal depressed parts of aluminum mould board main part, the operation of second pneumatic cylinder 10 makes rectangular block 11 can extrude 2 marginal depressed parts of aluminum mould board main part through vertical plate 9, and then make 2 marginal depressed parts of aluminum mould board main part extrude and obtain the restoration.
The polishing mechanism comprises a U-shaped moving plate 3, the two sides of the top of the workbench 1 are both connected with the U-shaped moving plate 3 in a sliding mode, first dovetail slide blocks are fixed at two ends of the bottom of the U-shaped moving plate 3, a first dovetail slide groove matched with the first dovetail slide blocks is formed in the workbench 1, the U-shaped moving plate 3 is connected with the workbench 1 in a sliding mode through the first dovetail slide blocks and the first dovetail slide grooves, and the U-shaped moving plate 3 can slide on the top of the workbench 1 through the arrangement of the dovetail slide blocks and the dovetail slide grooves;
a third driving motor 16 is fixed at one end of the bottom of the U-shaped moving plate 3 through a bolt, rotating rollers are arranged at two ends of the inside of the U-shaped moving plate 3, the output end of the third driving motor 16 is fixedly connected with one of the rotating rollers, the rotating rollers are located inside the U-shaped moving plate 3, and a polishing belt 15 is arranged on the outer sides of the two rotating rollers.
The polishing mechanism further comprises a moving assembly for moving the U-shaped moving plate 3;
the moving assembly comprises a second driving motor 13, the second driving motor 13 is arranged at one end of the bottom of the workbench 1, a first vertical fixing plate is fixed at one end of the bottom of the workbench 1, one end, close to the first vertical fixing plate, of the second driving motor 13 is fixed with the first vertical fixing plate through a bolt, and the output end of the second driving motor 13 penetrates through the inside of the first vertical fixing plate and is rotatably connected with the first vertical fixing plate through a bearing;
a second threaded rod 14 is fixed at the output end of the second driving motor 13, a circular rod 17 is fixedly connected at one end, far away from the second driving motor 13, of the second threaded rod 14, a third threaded rod 18 is fixed at one end, far away from the second threaded rod 14, of the circular rod 17, a transverse moving plate is in threaded connection with the outer sides of the second threaded rod 14 and the third threaded rod 18, and the top of the transverse moving plate is fixedly connected with the U-shaped moving plate 3;
the thread directions of the second threaded rod 14 and the third threaded rod 18 are opposite, and the two transverse moving plates can move reversely through the arrangement of the thread directions of the second threaded rod 14 and the third threaded rod 18;
the outside of circular rod 17 is connected with the vertical fixed plate of second through the bearing rotation, and the top and the workstation 1 fixed connection of the vertical fixed plate of second.
The operation of second driving motor 13 for second threaded rod 14, round bar 17 and third threaded rod 18 rotate, screw thread through second threaded rod 14 and third threaded rod 18 revolves to opposite setting, make two lateral shifting boards can move towards the direction of aluminium template main part 2, the removal of two lateral shifting boards makes the edge that polishes the area 15 and can laminate with aluminium template main part 2 through U type movable plate 3, the operation of third driving motor 16 makes the area 15 that polishes rotate through the live-rollers, and then make aluminium template main part 2 edge can be polished.
Reference throughout this specification to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention disclosed above are intended only to help illustrate the present invention. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand the invention for and utilize the invention. The present invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.

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1. An aluminum template renovating and trimming device comprises a workbench (1) and an aluminum template main body (2), wherein the aluminum template main body (2) is arranged at the top of the workbench (1), and is characterized in that supporting legs are fixed at four end corners of the bottom of the workbench (1) and used for supporting the workbench (1);
the top of the aluminum template main body (2) is provided with a repairing mechanism for repairing the edge of the aluminum template main body (2);
two sides of the top of the workbench (1) are provided with polishing mechanisms for polishing the edge of the aluminum template main body (2);
the repairing mechanism comprises an L-shaped lifting plate (4), the L-shaped lifting plates (4) are arranged at two ends of the top of the workbench (1), first hydraulic cylinders (6) are fixed at two sides of the two ends of the top of the workbench (1), and output ends of the first hydraulic cylinders (6) are fixedly connected with the L-shaped lifting plates (4);
a first driving motor (5) is fixed to two sides of one end of one L-shaped lifting plate (4) through bolts, a first threaded rod (8) is fixed to the output end of the first driving motor (5), a rectangular moving plate (7) is in threaded connection with the outer side of the first threaded rod (8), a circular column (12) is in sliding connection with the inside of one side, away from the first threaded rod (8), of the rectangular moving plate (7), two ends of the circular column (12) are fixedly connected with the two L-shaped lifting plates (4) respectively, two vertical plates (9) are in sliding connection with the inside of the rectangular moving plate (7), and rectangular blocks (11) are fixed to the inner sides of the two vertical plates (9);
the bottom at both ends of the rectangular moving plate (7) is provided with a second hydraulic cylinder (10), and the output end of the second hydraulic cylinder (10) is fixedly connected with the vertical plate (9).
2. The aluminum mould plate refurbishing and trimming equipment according to claim 1, wherein a circular through hole matched with the circular column (12) is formed in the rectangular moving plate (7), and the circular column (12) is located in the circular through hole and is in sliding connection with the rectangular moving plate (7) through the circular through hole.
3. The aluminum die plate retreading and trimming device according to claim 1, wherein a supporting block is fixed at the bottom of each of two ends of the rectangular moving plate (7), and the second hydraulic cylinder (10) penetrates through the inside of the supporting block and is fixedly connected with the supporting block.
4. The aluminum mould plate renewing and trimming device according to claim 1, wherein the polishing mechanism comprises a U-shaped moving plate (3), the U-shaped moving plate (3) is slidably connected to two sides of the top of the workbench (1), a third driving motor (16) is fixed to one end of the bottom of the U-shaped moving plate (3) through a bolt, rotating rollers are arranged at two ends of the inside of the U-shaped moving plate (3), an output end of the third driving motor (16) is fixedly connected with one of the rotating rollers, the rotating rollers are located inside the U-shaped moving plate (3), and polishing belts (15) are arranged on the outer sides of two rotating roller positions.
5. The aluminum template retreading and trimming device according to claim 4, wherein first dovetail sliding blocks are fixed at two ends of the bottom of the U-shaped moving plate (3), a first dovetail sliding groove matched with the first dovetail sliding blocks is formed in the workbench (1), and the U-shaped moving plate (3) is in sliding connection with the workbench (1) through the arrangement of the first dovetail sliding blocks and the first dovetail sliding groove.
6. An aluminium template refurbishing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said grinding mechanism further comprises a moving assembly for moving the U-shaped moving plate (3);
the movable assembly comprises a second driving motor (13), one end of the bottom of the workbench (1) is provided with the second driving motor (13), the output end of the second driving motor (13) is fixed with a second threaded rod (14), one end of the second threaded rod (14) is far away from the circular rod (17) of the second driving motor (13), one end of the circular rod (17) far away from the second threaded rod (14) is fixed with a third threaded rod (18), the second threaded rod (14) is in threaded connection with the outer side of the third threaded rod (18) in an equal mode, and the top of the transverse moving plate is fixedly connected with the U-shaped moving plate (3).
7. The aluminum template retreading and trimming device according to claim 6, wherein a first vertical fixing plate is fixed at one end of the bottom of the workbench (1), one end of the second driving motor (13) close to the first vertical fixing plate is fixed with the first vertical fixing plate through a bolt, and an output end of the second driving motor (13) penetrates through the inside of the first vertical fixing plate and is rotatably connected with the first vertical fixing plate through a bearing.
8. An aluminium template refurbishing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second threaded rod (14) is threaded in the opposite direction to the third threaded rod (18);
the outside of circular pole (17) is connected with the vertical fixed plate of second through the bearing rotation, the top and the workstation (1) fixed connection of the vertical fixed plate of second.
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