CN219851087U - Metal strengthening equipment - Google Patents

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CN219851087U
CN219851087U CN202321159070.2U CN202321159070U CN219851087U CN 219851087 U CN219851087 U CN 219851087U CN 202321159070 U CN202321159070 U CN 202321159070U CN 219851087 U CN219851087 U CN 219851087U
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The utility model discloses metal strengthening equipment, which belongs to the technical field of metal strengthening and comprises a bottom plate, wherein the top of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a sewage treatment tank, the top of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a frame, the inner wall of the frame is provided with a conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly, and the inner wall of the conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly is connected with a feeding bin in a penetrating manner. This metal strengthening equipment through carrying wiper mechanism subassembly and the reposition of redundant personnel purges of setting to make things convenient for the staff to carry fast to the metal part and wash, guaranteed that the metal part carries out abluent effect, through the setting of isolation net, keep apart water and metal part, thereby reduce the metal and wash remaining water stain after accomplishing, guaranteed the quality that follow-up metal carries out reinforces, make things convenient for the staff to handle the waste water after wasing simultaneously after accomplishing, and adopt recycle's mode, reduced follow-up carry out abluent resource to the metal part, improved whole device's feature of environmental protection.

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Metal strengthening equipment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of metal reinforcement, in particular to metal reinforcement equipment.
Background
The strength of the metal material is improved by means of alloying, plastic deformation, heat treatment and the like, wherein the strength refers to the resistance of the material to plastic deformation and fracture, the resistance is expressed by stress which the material can bear under given conditions, and different expression methods exist for the strength along with different test conditions, such as yield strength, rheological strength, tensile strength, fracture strength and the like measured by a room-temperature quasi-static tensile test; compressive strength in compression test; flexural strength in flexural test; fatigue strength in fatigue test; the measured endurance strength was drawn statically under high temperature conditions.
According to the disclosure of the patent document, it is known that the two surfaces of the metal belt can be cleaned through the two connecting plates II and the two water pipes, so that the cleaning efficiency is improved, impurities and cleaning agent liquid on the surface of the metal belt can be wiped clean through the cleaning plates II, I and the supporting plate I, and the metal belt can be quickly dried through the drying box, and the sewage flowing down the cleaning metal belt can be concentrated in the water tank arranged on the cleaning table, so that the cleaning work of the operators in the later period is facilitated.
Based on the search of the prior art, the existing metal strengthening equipment generally needs to convey and clean metal before strengthening, but when conveying and cleaning the metal, the metal is generally required to be in contact with water for a long time, and after the metal is cleaned and conveyed, more water stains remain on the surface of the metal, so that the subsequent high-temperature heating efficiency of the metal is affected, the cost of strengthening the metal by the whole device is increased, meanwhile, when the metal is cleaned, more water resources are required to be used, the existing metal strengthening equipment lacks the function of collecting water, and the lost water resources cannot be recovered, so that the cost of cleaning and conveying the metal cannot be reduced by the existing metal strengthening equipment.
Disclosure of Invention
The present utility model is directed to a metal strengthening apparatus for solving the above-mentioned problems.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the metal strengthening device comprises a bottom plate, wherein the top of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a sewage treatment tank, the top of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a frame, the inner wall of the frame is provided with a conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly, the inner wall of the conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly is connected with a feeding bin in a penetrating manner, the top of the conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly is provided with a first water pump, the inner wall of the first water pump is provided with a first extraction pipe, the inner wall of the first water pump is provided with a first conveying pipe, and the other end of the first conveying pipe is fixedly connected with a diversion cleaner;
the inner wall through-connection that carries wiper mechanism subassembly has the drain pipe, and carries the inner wall through-connection that wiper mechanism subassembly has the discharge bin, the top fixedly connected with support of bottom plate, and the inner wall of support is provided with the conveying mechanism subassembly, the inner wall fixedly connected with collecting box of support, and the outer wall through-connection of collecting box has No. two extraction pipes, no. two water pumps are installed to No. two the other end of extraction pipe, and No. two conveyer pipes are installed to No. two the inner wall of water pump.
Preferably, the conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly comprises an operation barrel, a first motor is arranged on the outer wall of the operation barrel, and an output shaft of the first motor is connected with a threaded conveying rod through a coupling.
Preferably, the inner wall of the operation barrel is fixedly connected with an isolation net, the outer wall of the isolation net is provided with isolation holes, and the inner wall of the operation barrel is fixedly connected with a water stop plate.
Preferably, one end of the first extraction pipe is connected with a sewage treatment tank in a penetrating manner, the other end of the first extraction pipe is provided with a first water pump, and the first water pump and the sewage treatment tank form an extraction structure through the first extraction pipe.
Preferably, the conveying mechanism assembly comprises a second motor, an output shaft of the second motor is connected with a conveying roller through a coupling, and a conveying belt is arranged on the outer wall of the conveying roller.
Preferably, the magnetic plate is installed to the inner wall of conveyer belt, and the top of magnetic plate runs through and has seted up the wash port, the quantity of wash port has a plurality of, and a plurality of wash port equidistance is seted up at the top of magnetic plate.
Preferably, the collecting box is arranged in the middle of the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt and the collecting box are on the same vertical line.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: the metal strengthening device;
1. through carrying wiper mechanism subassembly and reposition of redundant personnel purger that sets up, adopt the abluent method of isolated transport, accomplish the washing transport to the metal part, thereby make the metal part carry out the in-process of screw conveying, the washing to the metal part is accomplished, thereby the staff has made things convenient for carrying fast to the metal part and has been carried the washing, the effect of metal part washing has been guaranteed, through the setting of isolation net, keep apart water and metal part, thereby reduce the metal and wash the remaining water stain after accomplishing, the quality of strengthening has been guaranteed follow-up metal, the staff handles the waste water after accomplishing the washing simultaneously, and adopt recycle's mode, the follow-up resource of carrying out the washing to the metal part has been reduced, the feature of environmental protection of integral device has been improved.
2. Through conveying mechanism subassembly and the collecting box that set up, adopt the method of slope type transport, accomplish the transport to metal part, so as to make remaining water stain gliding in the part, and then make water stain flow into the collecting box through the wash port in, further guarantee the aridity of part, thereby make things convenient for the staff follow-up to reinforce the metal, it influences subsequent metal to reinforce the effect to have prevented that the metal surface from remaining more water stain, thereby guaranteed the follow-up quality to metal reinforce, simultaneously prevented that water stain drip subaerial, influence staff's cleaning efficiency, thereby guaranteed that whole device carries out metal reinforcing's clean and tidy nature, the practicality of whole device has been increased.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the transport cleaning mechanism assembly of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the collecting tank and the sewage treatment tank of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a bottom plate; 2. a sewage treatment tank; 3. a frame; 4. a transport cleaning mechanism assembly; 401. an operating tub; 402. a motor I; 403. a threaded conveying rod; 404. an isolation net; 405. a water-stop plate; 5. a feeding bin; 6. a first water pump; 7. a first extraction pipe; 8. a first conveying pipe; 9. a split stream washer; 10. a drain pipe; 11. a discharging bin; 12. a bracket; 13. a conveyor mechanism assembly; 1301. a motor II; 1302. a conveying roller; 1303. a conveyor belt; 1304. a magnetic plate; 1305. a drain hole; 14. a collection box; 15. a second extraction tube; 16. a second water pump; 17. and a second conveying pipe.
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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.
Embodiment one:
referring to fig. 1-4, the present utility model provides a technical solution: the metal strengthening device comprises a bottom plate 1, wherein the top of the bottom plate 1 is fixedly connected with a sewage treatment tank 2, the top of the bottom plate 1 is fixedly connected with a frame 3, the inner wall of the frame 3 is provided with a conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly 4, the inner wall of the conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly 4 is connected with a feeding bin 5 in a penetrating manner, the top of the conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly 4 is provided with a first water pump 6, the inner wall of the first water pump 6 is provided with a first extraction pipe 7, the inner wall of the first water pump 6 is provided with a first conveying pipe 8, and the other end of the first conveying pipe 8 is fixedly connected with a diversion cleaner 9;
the inner wall of carrying wiper mechanism subassembly 4 is connected with drain pipe 10 in a penetrating way, and carry wiper mechanism subassembly 4's inner wall is connected with discharge bin 11 in a penetrating way, the top fixedly connected with support 12 of bottom plate 1, and the inner wall of support 12 is provided with conveying mechanism subassembly 13, the inner wall fixedly connected with collecting box 14 of support 12, and the outer wall of collecting box 14 is connected with No. two extraction pipes 15 in a penetrating way, no. two water pumps 16 are installed to No. two extraction pipes 15's the other end, and No. two conveyer pipes 17 are installed to No. two water pumps 16's inner wall.
The conveying and cleaning mechanism assembly 4 comprises an operation barrel 401, a first motor 402 is arranged on the outer wall of the operation barrel 401, a threaded conveying rod 403 is connected to an output shaft of the first motor 402 through a coupling, firstly, metal to be reinforced is poured into the material feeding bin 5, at the moment, the metal enters an isolation net 404 through the material feeding bin 5 and the operation barrel 401 in a filling mode, then the first motor 402 is started, at the moment, the first motor 402 drives the threaded conveying rod 403 to rotate, and then the metal is driven to be conveyed through rotation of the threaded conveying rod 403;
the inner wall of the operation barrel 401 is fixedly connected with an isolation net 404, an isolation hole is formed in the outer wall of the isolation net 404, the inner wall of the operation barrel 401 is fixedly connected with a water isolation plate 405, and then water and parts are isolated through the isolation net 404, so that when the threaded conveying rod 403 conveys in a rotating mode, the parts are driven to rotate, the parts are fully contacted with the water, the water isolation is completed through the water isolation plate 405, the water is prevented from flowing to the discharge bin 11 through the operation barrel 401, water resources are wasted, and therefore the parts are cleaned;
one end through-connection of an extraction pipe 7 has sewage treatment pond 2, and an extraction pipe 7's the other end is installed an extraction structure of water pump 6, and an extraction pipe 7 and sewage treatment pond 2 are passed through to an extraction pump 6, when carrying the metal, through starting an extraction pump 6, an extraction pump 6 is carried out the water in the sewage treatment pond 2 through an extraction pipe 7 this moment, so that water is carried to in the reposition of redundant personnel purger 9 through an conveyer pipe 8, washs isolation network 404 internals through reposition of redundant personnel purger 9.
The implementation mode specifically comprises the following steps: through carrying wiper mechanism subassembly 4 and reposition of redundant personnel purger 9 that set up, adopt the abluent method of isolated transport, accomplish the washing transport to the metal part, thereby make the metal part carry out the in-process of screw conveying, the washing to the metal part is accomplished, thereby the staff has made things convenient for carrying fast the washing to the metal part, guaranteed the abluent effect of metal part, through the setting of isolation net 404, keep apart water and metal part, thereby reduce the metal and wash the remaining water stain after accomplishing, guaranteed the quality that the follow-up metal reinforces, the staff handles the waste water after accomplishing the washing simultaneously, and adopt recycle's mode, the follow-up resource of carrying out the washing to the metal part has been reduced, the feature of environmental protection of whole device has been improved.
Embodiment two:
on the basis of the above embodiment, only the cleaning of the metal surface is considered, but how to clean the metal surface in combination with the conveying process is performed to improve the overall working efficiency, so in this embodiment, referring to fig. 1-4, the present utility model provides a technical scheme: the metal strengthening device comprises a conveying mechanism assembly 13, wherein a second motor 1301 is arranged on an output shaft of the second motor 1301, a conveying roller 1302 is connected with an output shaft of the second motor 1301 through a coupling, a conveyor belt 1303 is arranged on the outer wall of the conveying roller 1302, unloading of parts is completed through an unloading bin 11, so that the parts fall above the conveying mechanism assembly 13, at the moment, the metals are adsorbed on the upper side by a magnetic plate 1304, then the second motor 1301 is started, at the moment, the second motor 1301 drives the conveying roller 1302 to rotate, so that the conveying roller 1302 drives the conveyor belt 1303 to convey, and further the parts adsorbed on the top of the magnetic plate 1304 are driven to convey;
the inner wall of the conveyor belt 1303 is provided with a magnetic plate 1304, the top of the magnetic plate 1304 is provided with a plurality of drain holes 1305 in a penetrating way, the plurality of drain holes 1305 are formed in the top of the magnetic plate 1304 at equal distance, and in the process of conveying the parts, the conveyor belt 1303 is arranged in a slope way, so that residual water stains in the parts slide down, the water stains flow into the collecting box 14 through the drain holes 1305, the dryness of the parts is further ensured, the subsequent reinforcement of the metal by staff is facilitated, and after the metal cleaning and conveying are completed;
the collecting box 14 is arranged in the middle of the conveying belt 1303, the conveying belt 1303 and the collecting box 14 are arranged on the same vertical line, the water resource cleaned in the operating barrel 401 is discharged by starting the water discharging pipe 10, so that water falls into the sewage treatment tank 2 through the water discharging pipe 10, meanwhile, the water in the collecting box 14 is pumped by starting the No. two water pump 16, and then conveyed into the sewage treatment tank 2 through the No. two water pump 16 by the No. two pumping pipe 15, and the cleaned water resource and residual water are filtered by the sewage treatment tank 2.
The implementation mode specifically comprises the following steps: through conveying mechanism subassembly 13 and collecting box 14 that set up, adopt the method of slope type transport, accomplish the transport to metal part, so that remaining water stain gliding in the part, and then make water stain flow into in the collecting box 14 through the wash port 1305, further guarantee the aridity of part, thereby the follow-up metal of staff reinforces, it influences subsequent metal reinforcement effect to have prevented that more water stain remains on the metal surface, thereby follow-up quality to metal reinforcement has been guaranteed, water stain drip has been prevented simultaneously subaerial, influence staff's cleaning efficiency, thereby guaranteed that whole device carries out metal reinforcement's clean and tidy nature, whole device's practicality has been increased.
Working principle: when the metal strengthening equipment is used, when a worker needs to strengthen metal, firstly pouring the metal to be strengthened into the feeding bin 5, filling the metal into the isolating net 404 through the feeding bin 5 and the operation barrel 401, then driving the part to rotate by starting the first motor 402, driving the screw conveying rod 403 to rotate, driving the metal to convey through the rotation of the screw conveying rod 403, and simultaneously conveying the metal, pumping water in the sewage treatment tank 2 through the first water pump 6 by starting the first water pump 6, wherein the first water pump 6 pumps the water in the sewage treatment tank 2 through the first pumping pipe 8, so that the water is conveyed into the split washer 9 through the first pumping pipe 8, washing the parts in the isolating net 404 through the split washer 9, isolating the water from the parts through the isolating net 404, driving the parts to rotate when the screw conveying rod 403 is rotated, further enabling the parts to be fully contacted with the water, and preventing the water from flowing to the unloading bin 11 through the isolating plate 405 to finish the blocking of the water, thus the parts are washed in pairs;
then carry the part that will wash the completion to discharge silo 11 department through screw conveyer pole 403, will accomplish the unloading to the part through discharge silo 11, so that the part falls in the top of conveying mechanism subassembly 13, this moment metal is adsorbed in the top by magnetic plate 1304, then carry through starting No. two motors 1301 drive conveyer belt 1303, and then drive the part that magnetic plate 1304 top adsorbs and carry, in the in-process of carrying the part, because conveyer belt 1303 is the slope setting, so that remaining water stain in the part is gliding, and then make the water stain flow into in the collecting tank 14 through the wash port 1305, further guarantee the aridity of part, the staff has made things convenient for follow-up to reinforce the metal, after carrying the completion to the metal washing, through starting drain pipe 10, thereby will operate the water resource that washs in the bucket 401 and discharge, so that water falls into sewage treatment tank 2 through drain pipe 10, simultaneously through starting No. two water pumps 16, this moment No. two water pumps 16 carry out the extraction through No. two extraction pipes 15 with the water in the collecting tank 14, then carry sewage treatment tank 2 through No. two water pumps 16, when carrying out the water resource and the metal water resource that produces the filtration of wastrending, the completion.
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. Metal reinforcing apparatus comprising a base plate (1), characterized in that: the sewage treatment device is characterized in that the top of the bottom plate (1) is fixedly connected with the sewage treatment tank (2), the top of the bottom plate (1) is fixedly connected with the frame (3), the inner wall of the frame (3) is provided with the conveying cleaning mechanism assembly (4), the inner wall of the conveying cleaning mechanism assembly (4) is connected with the feeding bin (5) in a penetrating manner, the top of the conveying cleaning mechanism assembly (4) is provided with the first water pump (6), the inner wall of the first water pump (6) is provided with the first extraction pipe (7), the inner wall of the first water pump (6) is provided with the first conveying pipe (8), and the other end of the first conveying pipe (8) is fixedly connected with the diversion cleaner (9);
the inner wall through-connection who carries wiper mechanism subassembly (4) has drain pipe (10), and carries inner wall through-connection of wiper mechanism subassembly (4) has discharge silo (11), the top fixedly connected with support (12) of bottom plate (1), and the inner wall of support (12) is provided with conveying mechanism subassembly (13), the inner wall fixedly connected with collection box (14) of support (12), and the outer wall through-connection of collection box (14) has No. two extraction pipes (15), no. two water pump (16) are installed to the other end of No. two extraction pipes (15), and No. two conveyer pipes (17) are installed to the inner wall of No. two water pump (16).
2. A metal strengthening apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transport cleaning mechanism assembly (4) comprises an operating barrel (401), and the outer wall of the operating barrel (401) is provided with a motor (402), and the output shaft of the motor (402) is connected with a threaded transport rod (403) through a coupling.
3. The metal strengthening device according to claim 2, wherein an isolation net (404) is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the operation barrel (401), isolation holes are formed in an outer wall of the isolation net (404), and a water stop plate (405) is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the operation barrel (401).
4. The metal strengthening device according to claim 1, wherein one end of the first extraction pipe (7) is connected with the sewage treatment tank (2) in a penetrating manner, and the other end of the first extraction pipe (7) is provided with the first water pump (6), and the first water pump (6) and the sewage treatment tank (2) form an extraction structure through the first extraction pipe (7).
5. A metal strengthening apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conveying mechanism assembly (13) comprises a motor No. two (1301), and an output shaft of the motor No. two (1301) is connected with a conveying roller (1302) through a coupling, and an outer wall of the conveying roller (1302) is provided with a conveyor belt (1303).
6. The metal strengthening device according to claim 5, wherein the inner wall of the conveyor belt (1303) is provided with a magnetic plate (1304), and a plurality of drain holes (1305) are formed through the top of the magnetic plate (1304), and the plurality of drain holes (1305) are formed on the top of the magnetic plate (1304) at equal distances.
7. A metal strengthening apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the collection box (14) is arranged in the middle of the conveyor belt (1303), and the conveyor belt (1303) is on the same vertical line as the collection box (14).
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