CN219426368U - Grinding machine workbench - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses a grinding machine workbench, which comprises a lathe bed, a protection mechanism and a purification mechanism, wherein the protection mechanism is arranged on the lathe bed; the lathe bed is provided with a workbench and a plane grinding machine body; the protection machanism installs in one side of workstation, and protection machanism includes the guard plate, is equipped with the humidification pipe in the guard plate, is connected with moist cotton on the humidification pipe, and moist cotton downside is equipped with the collecting vat, is connected with on the guard plate lateral wall and deposits the liquid case, is equipped with a pair of baffle in depositing the liquid case, is formed with between a pair of baffle and the deposit liquid incasement wall and fills the chamber, installs chamber and is equipped with the wetting fluid, is equipped with the drawing liquid pump in the installation chamber, is connected with drawing liquid pipe and fluid-discharge tube on the drawing liquid pump, and the wetting fluid is located to the one end of drawing liquid pipe. By arranging the corresponding mechanism, the spark generated when the grinding wheel grinds the workpiece is conveniently protected, so that the spark is not easy to splash, the probability of damaging the skin of a worker by the spark is further reduced, and a good working environment is provided for the worker.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of grinding machines, and particularly relates to a grinding machine workbench.
Background
The grinding machine is a machine tool for grinding a surface of a workpiece using a grinding tool. Most grinding machines grind a workpiece with a grinding wheel rotating at a high speed, and a few grinding machines grind with other grinding tools such as whetstones and abrasive belts and free abrasives. The grinding machines on the market are various in variety, including a bench grinder, a cylindrical grinder, a surface grinder, a coordinate grinder, a gear grinder and the like. Among them, the surface grinder is widely used because of high machining precision, stable quality, reliable positioning reference and high production efficiency.
The surface grinder mainly comprises a lathe bed, a workbench, an upright post, a sliding seat, a cross beam and a grinding wheel frame, when a workpiece is machined, the workpiece is fixed on the workbench by utilizing a magnetic chuck, and the workpiece is controlled to reciprocate below the grinding wheel by a large-plane closed hydrostatic guideway, so that the grinding of the workpiece is realized.
When a workpiece on a surface grinder workbench is ground by a grinding wheel, particularly a metal workpiece, sparks can be generated between the grinding wheel and the workpiece, and the sputtered sparks easily damage the skin of a worker, so that certain potential safety hazards exist. The surface grinder workbench on the market is provided with a protection plate, but the protection plate cannot be used for completely placing spark sputtering, so that the problem of poor protection effect exists.
Accordingly, in view of the above-described problems, it is necessary to provide a grinder station.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a grinding machine workbench, which is used for solving the problem that the grinding machine workbench cannot block spark sputtering.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present utility model provides the following technical solution:
a grinding machine workbench comprises a lathe bed, a protection mechanism and a purification mechanism;
the lathe bed is provided with a working table and a plane grinding machine body;
the protection machanism install in one side of workstation, protection machanism includes the guard plate, be equipped with the humidifying pipe in the guard plate, be connected with moist cotton on the humidifying pipe, moist cotton downside is equipped with the collecting vat, be connected with the liquid storage case on the guard plate lateral wall, be equipped with a pair of baffle in the liquid storage case, a pair of be formed with between baffle and the liquid storage incasement wall and fill chamber, installation chamber and collecting chamber, it is equipped with the wetting fluid to fill the intracavity, the installation intracavity is equipped with the drawing liquid pump, be connected with drawing liquid pipe and fluid-discharge tube on the drawing liquid pump, the wetting fluid is located to the one end of drawing liquid pipe, the one end and the humidifying pipe of fluid-discharge tube are connected.
Further, a filter screen is arranged in the liquid collecting groove, and one end of the wet cotton penetrates through the filter screen and is used for filtering the chips adhered to the wet cotton.
Further, a return pipe is connected to the liquid collecting tank, the inside of the liquid collecting tank is communicated with the collecting cavity through the return pipe, and the wetting liquid in the liquid collecting tank enters the collecting cavity through the return pipe so as to perform centralized treatment on the wetting liquid in the collecting cavity.
Further, a purifying mechanism is arranged on the protection plate and used for adsorbing smoke generated when the spark is extinguished, so that the smoke is not easy to pollute the environment;
the purifying mechanism comprises an air suction pump, a purifying pipe is arranged in the protecting plate, the purifying pipe is arranged on one side, close to the surface grinding machine body, of wet cotton, the purifying pipe is connected with an air suction end of the air suction pump, a plurality of uniformly distributed adsorption heads are connected onto the purifying pipe, and the air suction pump sucks smoke generated when spark is extinguished through the purifying pipe and the adsorption heads.
Further, a purifying box is connected to the protection plate and communicated with the air outlet end of the suction pump, and is used for installing a pair of filter screens.
Further, a pair of filter screens are arranged in the purifying box, and the smoke pumped by the suction pump is filtered by the pair of filter screens and is used for removing harmful substances in the smoke;
and the purifying box is connected with an exhaust pipe for exhausting the filtered gas.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:
by arranging the corresponding mechanism, the spark generated when the grinding wheel grinds the workpiece is conveniently protected, so that the spark is not easy to splash, the probability of damaging the skin of a worker by the spark is further reduced, and a good working environment is provided for the worker.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort to those skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a grinding machine table according to one embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of FIG. 1 at A;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1 at B;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a purge bin according to an embodiment of the utility model;
fig. 5 is a perspective view of a grinder station according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. lathe bed, 101, workbench, 102, surface grinder main body, 2, protection mechanism, 201, protection plate, 202, humidification pipe, 203, wet cotton, 204, liquid collecting tank, 205, filter screen, 206, liquid storage tank, 207, partition plate, 208, wet liquid, 209, liquid pumping pump, 210, liquid pumping pipe, 211, liquid discharging pipe, 212, back pipe, 3, purification mechanism, 301, suction pump, 302, purification pipe, 303, adsorption head, 304, purification tank, 305, filter screen, 306, exhaust pipe.
Detailed Description
The present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. The embodiments are not intended to limit the utility model, but structural, methodological or functional modifications from the embodiments are within the scope of the utility model.
The utility model discloses a grinding machine workbench, which is shown in figures 1-5 and comprises a lathe bed 1, a protection mechanism 2 and a purification mechanism 3.
Wherein, the machine body 1 is provided with a workbench 101 and a surface grinder body 102, the workbench 101 is used for placing a workpiece, and the surface grinder body 102 is used for grinding the workpiece.
Preferably, the lathe bed 1, the workbench 101 and the plane grinding machine body 102 adopted in the application are all in the prior art, and the connection between the parts is also in the prior art, so that the connection and the working principle thereof are not repeated here.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the protection mechanism 2 is installed on one side of the workbench 101, and the protection mechanism 2 is used for protecting sparks when the surface grinding machine body 102 grinds a workpiece on the workbench 101, so that the sparks are not easy to sputter, and the damage probability of workers can be reduced.
The protection mechanism 2 includes a protection plate 201, and plays a role in protecting sparks.
Preferably, the shield 201 is shaped as shown with reference to fig. 1 such that sparks entering the shield 201 are not easily sputtered.
In addition, a humidifying pipe 202 is arranged in the protecting plate 201, the humidifying pipe 202 is used for fixing the humidifying cotton 203, and meanwhile, the humidifying pipe 202 is used for spraying the humidifying liquid 208 to moisten the humidifying cotton 203, so that the humidifying cotton 203 can extinguish sparks, and the probability of sparks damaging workers is further reduced.
Specifically, the humidifying pipe 202 is connected with the wet cotton 203, and the spark is extinguished by the wet cotton 203, so that the spark is not easy to splash, and the safety of workers can be ensured to a certain extent.
Preferably, the wet cotton 203 is a curtain or other material.
In addition, a liquid collecting tank 204 is arranged on the lower side of the wet cotton 203, and the liquid collecting tank 204 is used for collecting the wet liquid 208 dropped on the wet cotton 203.
Preferably, a filter 205 is disposed in the sump 204, one end of the wet cotton 203 is penetrated through the filter 205, and when the wet liquid 208 drops from the wet cotton 203, the wet liquid 208 may carry the chips, and the chips in the wet liquid 208 are collected by the filter 205.
Referring to fig. 1-5, a liquid storage tank 206 is connected to a side wall of the protection plate 201, a pair of partition plates 207 are arranged in the liquid storage tank 206, a filling cavity, a mounting cavity and a collecting cavity are formed between the pair of partition plates 207 and the inner wall of the liquid storage tank 206, the filling cavity is used for containing a wetting liquid 208, the mounting cavity is used for placing a liquid pump 209, and the collecting cavity is used for collecting the wetting liquid 208 after use.
The wetting liquid 208 is disposed in the filling cavity, the wetting cotton 203 is wetted by the wetting liquid 208, and when the spark contacts with the wetting cotton 203, the spark is extinguished, so that the probability of spark sputtering can be reduced, and the safety of staff can be ensured to a certain extent.
Preferably, the wetting fluid 208 is water.
In addition, a liquid pump 209 is arranged in the installation cavity, a liquid pump 210 and a liquid discharge pipe 211 are connected to the liquid pump 209, one end of the liquid pump 210 is arranged on the wetting liquid 208, one end of the liquid discharge pipe 211 is connected with the wetting pipe 202, the liquid pump 209 pumps the wetting liquid 208 through the liquid pump 210, and the wetting liquid 208 is conveyed into the wetting pipe 202 through the liquid discharge pipe 211 so as to wet the wetting cotton 203.
Specifically, a return pipe 212 is connected to the sump 204, and the interior of the sump 204 is communicated with the collection chamber through the return pipe 212, so that the wetting fluid 208 in the sump 204 enters the collection chamber through the return pipe 212, and the wetting fluid 208 in the collection chamber is concentrated.
Preferably, the liquid storage tank 206 is provided with a filling pipe and a liquid discharge pipe, the filling pipe is communicated with the filling cavity for supplementing the wetting liquid 208, and the liquid discharge pipe is communicated with the collecting cavity for discharging the wetting liquid 208 in the collecting cavity.
In addition, the valve is installed to filling pipe and drain pipe for control filling pipe and drain pipe's break-make.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a purifying mechanism 3 is mounted on a protection plate 201, and the purifying mechanism 3 is used for adsorbing smoke generated when spark is extinguished, so that the smoke is not easy to pollute the environment.
Wherein, purifying mechanism 3 includes aspirator 301, is equipped with purifying pipe 302 in the guard plate 201, and purifying pipe 302 locates the wet cotton 203 and is close to one side of flat grinder main part 102, and purifying pipe 302 is connected with aspirator 301 air-suction end, is connected with a plurality of evenly distributed's adsorption head 303 on the purifying pipe 302, and aspirator 301 draws the flue gas that the spark produced when extinguishing through purifying pipe 302 and adsorption head 303 for the difficult environmental pollution of flue gas.
Wherein, be connected with purifying box 304 on the guard plate 201, purifying box 304 is linked together with the getter pump 301 end of giving vent to anger for install a pair of filter screen 305.
In addition, a pair of filter screens 305 are provided in the purifying box 304, and the smoke pumped by the suction pump 301 is filtered by the pair of filter screens 305 to remove harmful substances in the smoke.
Preferably, the pair of filter screens 305 are molecular sieves and activated carbon filter layers, respectively.
Specifically, an exhaust pipe 306 is connected to the purge bin 304 for exhausting the filtered gas.
When the surface grinder is specifically used, a workpiece is placed on the workbench 101, the workbench 101 is controlled to reciprocate, and the surface grinder body 102 is used for grinding the workpiece.
On a polished workpiece, a liquid pump 209 is controlled to operate, and the liquid pump 209 pumps the wetting liquid 208 through a liquid pump pipe 210 and discharges the wetting liquid into the humidifying pipe 202 through a liquid discharge pipe 211, so that the humidifying cotton 203 connected to the humidifying pipe 202 is humidified. When the wet cotton 203 is completely wet, the liquid pump 209 is turned off.
If the surface grinding machine main body 102 grinds a workpiece to generate sparks, the sparks can be contacted with the wet cotton 203, and the sparks are extinguished by utilizing the wet cotton 203, so that the sparks are not easy to splash, the safety of workers can be ensured to a certain extent, and the probability of injury of the workers is reduced.
In addition, the wet cotton 203 may drop down the wet liquid 208, the wet liquid 208 is collected in the liquid collecting tank 204, and the filter 205 in the liquid collecting tank 204 is used to filter the chips carried in the wet liquid 208, and the wet liquid 208 in the liquid collecting tank 204 enters the collecting cavity through the return pipe 212, so that the wet liquid 208 after use is concentrated.
In the process of polishing a workpiece on the surface grinder main body 102, the suction pump 301 is started, the suction pump 301 sucks the smoke generated when the spark is extinguished through the purifying pipe 302 and the adsorption head 303, the smoke is filtered and purified through the pair of filter screens 305 in the purifying box 304, and the filtered gas is discharged through the exhaust pipe 306, so that the smoke is not easy to pollute the environment when the spark is extinguished.
The technical scheme shows that the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
by arranging the corresponding mechanism, the spark generated when the grinding wheel grinds the workpiece is conveniently protected, so that the spark is not easy to splash, the probability of damaging the skin of a worker by the spark is further reduced, and a good working environment is provided for the worker.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the utility model is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present utility model may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the utility model being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution, and that such description is provided for clarity only, and that the technical solutions of the embodiments may be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.
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1. A grinding machine table, comprising:
a lathe bed (1), wherein a workbench (101) and a plane grinding machine main body (102) are arranged on the lathe bed (1);
protection machanism (2), install in one side of workstation (101), protection machanism (2) are including guard plate (201), be equipped with humidification pipe (202) in guard plate (201), be connected with moist cotton (203) on humidification pipe (202), moist cotton (203) downside is equipped with collecting tank (204), be connected with on guard plate (201) lateral wall and deposit liquid case (206), be equipped with a pair of baffle (207) in depositing liquid case (206), a pair of be formed with between baffle (207) and deposit liquid case (206) inner wall and fill chamber, installation chamber and collection chamber, it is equipped with wetting liquid (208) to fill the intracavity, be equipped with drawing liquid pump (209) in the installation chamber, be connected with drawing liquid pipe (210) and fluid-discharge tube (211) on drawing liquid pump (209), wetting liquid (208) are located to one end of fluid-discharge tube (211), one end and humidification pipe (202) are connected.
2. A grinding machine table according to claim 1, characterized in that a filter screen (205) is provided in the sump (204), and one end of the wet cotton (203) penetrates the filter screen (205).
3. A grinding machine table according to claim 1, characterized in that the sump (204) is connected with a return pipe (212), the interior of the sump (204) being in communication with the collection chamber via the return pipe (212).
4. A grinding machine workbench according to claim 1, characterized in that the protection plate (201) is provided with a purifying mechanism (3), the purifying mechanism (3) comprises a suction pump (301), a purifying pipe (302) is arranged in the protection plate (201), the purifying pipe (302) is arranged on one side of the wet cotton (203) close to the surface grinding machine main body (102), the purifying pipe (302) is connected with the suction end of the suction pump (301), and a plurality of uniformly distributed adsorption heads (303) are connected on the purifying pipe (302).
5. A grinding machine table according to claim 4, characterized in that a purifying box (304) is connected to the protection plate (201), and the purifying box (304) is communicated with the air outlet end of the suction pump (301).
6. A grinding machine table according to claim 5, characterized in that a pair of filter screens (305) are provided in the purifying box (304), and an exhaust pipe (306) is connected to the purifying box (304).
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