CN219647930U - Aluminum veneer surface treatment device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses an aluminum veneer surface treatment device, which relates to the technical field of aluminum veneer treatment and comprises two mounting boxes, wherein spraying components are arranged on the surfaces of the two mounting boxes, each spraying component comprises a supporting box, two observation grooves, a collecting plate, a storage box, a conveying pipe, a booster pump, a collecting mechanism and a power component, the supporting boxes are fixedly arranged at the top ends of the two mounting boxes, the two sides of each supporting box are respectively provided with an observation groove, and the collecting plates are fixedly arranged at the bottoms of the two mounting boxes, and the utility model has the beneficial effects that: for the convenience is collected the coating of drip and is recycled, be provided with the collecting plate in the bottom of two installation boxes, the collecting plate is collected the coating of drip and is flowed into the filter screen of collecting box top and filter, and the coating that filters flows into the storage box again in the middle of recycling through the cooperation of back flow and backwash pump to save the waste of coating, staff's maintenance is more convenient.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a surface treatment device, in particular to an aluminum veneer surface treatment device, and belongs to the technical field of aluminum veneer treatment.
Background
The aluminum veneer is a building decoration material which is processed and formed by adopting a fluorocarbon spraying technology after being subjected to chromizing and the like, the fluorocarbon coating is mainly polyvinylidene fluoride resin, and is divided into primer, finish paint and varnish, the spraying process is generally divided into two-coating, three-coating or four-coating, the fluorocarbon coating has excellent corrosion resistance and weather resistance, can resist acid rain, salt fog and various air pollutants, has excellent heat resistance and heat resistance, can resist strong ultraviolet irradiation, can keep fastness and non-pulverization for a long time, and has long service life, so that the aluminum veneer surface treatment device is needed;
the aluminum plate surface spraying device disclosed by the application number of CN202023216458.0 is an increasingly mature technology, and is used for solving the problem that the existing spraying device is uneven in spraying, natural air drying is often adopted after spraying, and the production efficiency is reduced;
however, the aluminum veneer surface treatment device has the following defects in the use process:
the coating dripped in the spraying process is not convenient to recycle, so that the waste of the coating is caused, and the production cost is increased.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide an aluminum veneer surface treatment device, which solves the problems that the paint is wasted and the production cost is increased due to the fact that the paint dripped in the spraying process is recycled and reused inconveniently in the background technology.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides an aluminium veneer surface treatment device, includes two mounting boxes, two the surface of mounting box is equipped with the spraying subassembly, the spraying subassembly includes supporting box, two observation grooves, collecting plate, storage box, conveying pipeline, force (forcing) pump, collection mechanism and power pack, the fixed top that sets up at two mounting boxes of supporting box, the observation groove has all been seted up to the both sides of supporting box, the fixed bottom that sets up at two mounting boxes of collecting plate, the fixed storage box that is provided with in one side on supporting box top, the fixed conveying pipeline that is provided with in bottom of storage box one side, the fixed force (forcing) pump that is provided with in middle part of conveying pipeline, the bottom mounting of conveying pipeline is provided with the collecting pipe, the bottom mounting of collecting pipe is provided with the shower nozzle that a plurality of equidistance set up.
Preferably, the collection mechanism comprises a collection box, a filter screen, a return pipe and a return pump, wherein the collection box is fixedly arranged on one side of the bottom end of the collection plate, the filter screen is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner wall of the collection box, the return pipe is fixedly arranged at the bottom of one side of the collection box, one end of the return pipe is fixedly connected with one side of the top end of the storage box, and the return pump is fixedly arranged in the middle of the return pipe.
Preferably, the air heater is fixedly arranged on the other side of the top end of the supporting box, an air supply cavity is fixedly arranged on one side of the top end of the inner wall of the supporting box, and a connecting pipe is fixedly arranged between the air outlet end of the air heater and the top end of the air supply cavity.
Preferably, the power component comprises a plurality of driving rollers, a plurality of first bevel gears, a connecting shaft and a plurality of second bevel gears, wherein the driving rollers are rotatably arranged between two mounting boxes, one end of each driving roller is fixedly provided with the first bevel gear, the connecting shaft is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the inner wall of one mounting box, the surface of the connecting shaft is fixedly provided with the second bevel gears which are equidistantly arranged, and the second bevel gears are respectively meshed and connected with the first bevel gears.
Preferably, one end of one of the installation boxes is fixedly provided with a servo motor, and a transmission shaft of the servo motor is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting shaft.
Preferably, the support columns are fixedly arranged on two sides of the bottom ends of the two mounting boxes.
Preferably, one end of the supporting box is fixedly provided with a switch panel, the surface of the switch panel is provided with a servo motor switch, a hot air blower switch, a reflux pump switch and a pressure pump switch, the pressure pump is electrically connected with a power supply through the pressure pump switch, the reflux pump is electrically connected with the power supply through the reflux pump switch, the hot air blower is electrically connected with the power supply through the hot air blower switch, and the servo motor is electrically connected with the power supply through the servo motor switch.
Compared with the related art, the aluminum veneer surface treatment device provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
1. for the convenience is collected the coating of drip and is recycled, be provided with the collecting plate in the bottom of two installation boxes, the collecting plate is collected the coating of drip and is flowed into the filter screen of collecting box top and filter, the coating that filters flows into the storage box again in the middle of the storage box through the cooperation of back flow and backwash pump each other, thereby saved the waste of coating, saved manufacturing cost, the staff maintains more conveniently, the aluminium veneer that the spraying is good removes to the below in air supply chamber under the drive of driving roller, carry out quick hot-blast dry design under the effect of air heater.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the present utility model;
fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of fig. 3 at a.
In the figure: 1. a mounting box; 2. a spray assembly; 3. a collecting pipe; 4. a spray head; 5. a power assembly; 6. an air heater; 7. an air supply cavity; 8. a connecting pipe; 9. a servo motor; 10. a support column; 11. a switch panel; 21. a supporting box; 22. an observation groove; 23. a collection plate; 24. a storage bin; 25. a material conveying pipe; 26. a pressurizing pump; 27. a collection mechanism; 271. a collection box; 272. a filter screen; 273. a return pipe; 274. a reflux pump; 51. a driving roller; 52. a first helical gear; 53. a connecting shaft; 54. and a second helical gear.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Example 1:
referring to fig. 1-4, the utility model provides an aluminum veneer surface treatment device, which comprises two mounting boxes 1, wherein the surfaces of the two mounting boxes 1 are provided with spraying components 2, each spraying component 2 comprises a supporting box 21, two observation grooves 22, a collecting plate 23, a storage box 24, a conveying pipe 25, a pressurizing pump 26, a collecting mechanism 27 and a power component 5, the supporting boxes 21 are fixedly arranged at the top ends of the two mounting boxes 1, the two sides of the supporting boxes 21 are provided with the observation grooves 22, the collecting plate 23 is fixedly arranged at the bottom parts of the two mounting boxes 1, one side of the top end of the supporting boxes 21 is fixedly provided with the storage box 24, the bottom part of one side of the storage box 24 is fixedly provided with a conveying pipe 25, the middle part of the conveying pipe 25 is fixedly provided with the pressurizing pump 26, the bottom end of the conveying pipe 25 is fixedly provided with a collecting pipe 3, and the bottom end of the collecting pipe 3 is fixedly provided with a plurality of spray heads 4 which are equidistantly arranged;
the collecting mechanism 27 comprises a collecting box 271, a filter screen 272, a return pipe 273 and a return pump 274, wherein the collecting box 271 is fixedly arranged on one side of the bottom end of the collecting plate 23, the filter screen 272 is fixedly arranged on the top of the inner wall of the collecting box 271, the return pipe 273 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of one side of the collecting box 271, one end of the return pipe 273 is fixedly connected with one side of the top end of the storage box 24, and the return pump 274 is fixedly arranged in the middle of the return pipe 273;
the other side of the top end of the supporting box 21 is fixedly provided with an air heater 6, one side of the top end of the inner wall of the supporting box 21 is fixedly provided with an air supply cavity 7, and a connecting pipe 8 is fixedly arranged between the air outlet end of the air heater 6 and the top end of the air supply cavity 7;
support columns 10 are fixedly arranged on two sides of the bottom ends of the two mounting boxes 1;
a switch panel 11 is fixedly arranged at one end of the supporting box 21, a servo motor switch, an air heater switch, a reflux pump switch and a pressure pump switch are arranged on the surface of the switch panel 11, the pressure pump 26 is electrically connected with a power supply through the pressure pump switch, the reflux pump 274 is electrically connected with the power supply through the reflux pump switch, the air heater 6 is electrically connected with the power supply through the air heater switch, and the servo motor 9 is electrically connected with the power supply through the servo motor switch;
specifically, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the aluminum veneer surface treatment device is carried to a proper position through the support column 10 at the bottom end of the mounting box 1, the prepared paint is injected into the storage box 24, meanwhile, the pressurizing pump 26 is started, the paint is conveyed to the collecting pipe 25 by the pressurizing pump 26, the paint spraying operation is carried out on the surface of the aluminum veneer through the plurality of spray heads 4 at the bottom end of the collecting pipe 25, the dropped paint is conveniently collected and reused, the bottom of the two mounting boxes 1 is provided with the collecting plates 23, the collecting plates 23 collect the dropped paint and flow into the filter screen 272 at the top of the collecting box 271 for filtering, and the filtered paint flows into the storage box 24 again for recycling through the mutual cooperation of the return pipe 273 and the return pump 274, so that the paint waste is saved, and the maintenance of workers is more convenient.
Example 2:
the power assembly 5 comprises a plurality of driving rollers 51, a plurality of first bevel gears 52, a connecting shaft 53 and a plurality of second bevel gears 54, wherein the plurality of driving rollers 51 are rotatably arranged between the two mounting boxes 1, one end of each driving roller 51 is fixedly provided with the first bevel gear 52, the connecting shaft 53 is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the inner wall of one of the mounting boxes 1, the surface of the connecting shaft 53 is fixedly provided with the plurality of second bevel gears 54 which are equidistantly arranged, and the plurality of second bevel gears 54 are respectively meshed and connected with the plurality of first bevel gears 52;
one end of one mounting box 1 is fixedly provided with a servo motor 9, and a transmission shaft of the servo motor 9 is fixedly connected with one end of a connecting shaft 53;
specifically, as shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, firstly, an aluminum veneer to be sprayed is placed on the surface of a driving roller 51, a transmission shaft of the servo motor 9 drives a connecting shaft 53 and a plurality of second bevel gears 54 to synchronously rotate by starting the servo motor 9, and the first bevel gears 52 are in meshed connection with the second bevel gears 54, so that the plurality of driving rollers 51 are driven to synchronously rotate, and the aluminum veneer is driven to move forwards.
Working principle: when the aluminum veneer surface treatment device is specifically used, firstly, the aluminum veneer surface treatment device is carried to a proper position through the support column 10 at the bottom end of the mounting box 1, the aluminum veneer to be sprayed is placed on the surface of the driving roller 51, the servo motor 9 is started, the transmission shaft of the servo motor 9 drives the connecting shaft 53 and the plurality of second bevel gears 54 to synchronously rotate, the first bevel gears 52 are meshed with the second bevel gears 54 to drive the plurality of driving rollers 51 to synchronously rotate, the aluminum veneer is driven to move forwards, the prepared paint is injected into the storage box 24, the pressurizing pump 26 is started, the paint is conveyed to the collecting pipe 25, the paint spraying operation is carried out on the surface of the aluminum veneer through the plurality of spray heads 4 at the bottom end of the collecting pipe 25, the dropped paint is conveniently collected and reused, the collecting plate 23 is arranged at the bottom of the two mounting boxes 1, the collecting plate 23 collects the dropped paint and flows into the top of the collecting box to be filtered, the paint flows into the storage box 24 again through the mutual matching of the first bevel gears 52 and the backflow pump 274 to be reused, and the paint is conveniently used in the storage box 24, and the hot air is more conveniently and quickly discharged by the people under the action of the hot air blower fan 7, and the hot air is more convenient to move under the hot air supply condition of the hot air supply mode of the cooling roll 7.
Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. The utility model provides an aluminium veneer surface treatment device, includes two mounting boxes (1), its characterized in that, two the surface of mounting box (1) is equipped with spraying subassembly (2), spraying subassembly (2) are including supporting case (21), two observation groove (22), collecting plate (23), storage case (24), conveying pipeline (25), force (forcing) pump (26), collection mechanism (27) and power pack (5), the fixed top that sets up at two mounting boxes (1) of supporting case (21), observation groove (22) have all been seted up to the both sides of supporting case (21), the fixed bottom that sets up at two mounting boxes (1) of collecting plate (23), the fixed storage case (24) that is provided with in one side of supporting case (21) top, the fixed conveying pipeline (25) that is provided with in bottom of storage case (24) one side, the fixed pressurization pump (26) that is provided with in middle part of conveying pipeline (25), the fixed collection pipe (3) that is provided with in bottom of conveying pipeline (25), the fixed shower nozzle (4) that are provided with a plurality of equidistance of collection pipe (3).
2. The aluminum veneer surface treatment device according to claim 1, wherein: the collection mechanism (27) comprises a collection box (271), a filter screen (272), a return pipe (273) and a return pump (274), wherein the collection box (271) is fixedly arranged on one side of the bottom end of the collection plate (23), the filter screen (272) is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner wall of the collection box (271), the return pipe (273) is fixedly arranged at the bottom of one side of the collection box (271), one end of the return pipe (273) is fixedly connected with one side of the top end of the storage box (24), and the return pump (274) is fixedly arranged in the middle of the return pipe (273).
3. An aluminum veneer surface treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: the air heater is characterized in that an air heater (6) is fixedly arranged on the other side of the top end of the supporting box (21), an air supply cavity (7) is fixedly arranged on one side of the top end of the inner wall of the supporting box (21), and a connecting pipe (8) is fixedly arranged between the air outlet end of the air heater (6) and the top end of the air supply cavity (7).
4. An aluminum veneer surface treating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the power component (5) comprises a plurality of driving rollers (51), a plurality of first bevel gears (52), a connecting shaft (53) and a plurality of second bevel gears (54), wherein the driving rollers (51) are rotatably arranged between two mounting boxes (1), one end of each driving roller (51) is fixedly provided with the first bevel gears (52), the connecting shaft (53) is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the inner wall of one mounting box (1), the surface of the connecting shaft (53) is fixedly provided with the second bevel gears (54) which are equidistantly arranged, and the second bevel gears (54) are respectively connected with the first bevel gears (52) in a meshed mode.
5. The aluminum veneer surface treating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: one end of one of the installation boxes (1) is fixedly provided with a servo motor (9), and a transmission shaft of the servo motor (9) is fixedly connected with one end of a connecting shaft (53).
6. The aluminum veneer surface treatment device according to claim 1, wherein: support columns (10) are fixedly arranged on two sides of the bottom ends of the two mounting boxes (1).
7. The aluminum veneer surface treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: the utility model discloses a servo motor, including supporting case (21), servo motor, air heater, backwash pump, force (forcing) pump, supporting case (21)'s one end is fixed to be provided with switch panel (11), the surface of switch panel (11) is equipped with servo motor switch, air heater switch, backwash pump switch and force (forcing) pump switch, force (forcing) pump (26) pass through force (forcing) pump switch and power electric connection, backwash pump (274) pass through backwash pump switch and power electric connection, air heater (6) pass through air heater switch and power electric connection, servo motor (9) pass through servo motor switch and power electric connection.
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