CN219945430U - Metal cutting device with scrap recycling function - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses a metal cutting device with a scrap recycling function, which comprises: two recesses have been seted up on the workstation surface, recess inner wall swing joint has the lead screw, lead screw surface swing joint has the slider, is located the left side position slider top fixedly connected with left cutting cover is located the right side position slider top fixedly connected with right cutting cover, left side cutting cover left side surface fixedly connected with mounting box and recovery box respectively, mounting box inner wall fixedly connected with air exhauster, right cutting cover inner wall fixedly connected with second electric telescopic handle. According to the utility model, the electric cleaning brush lifts up the scraps on the metal surface, and then the exhaust fan recovers the scraps so as to solve the problem that some scraps possibly fall on the metal surface and are difficult to recover, and meanwhile, the electric cleaning brush protects the metal surface during cutting through the two cutting covers so as to solve the problem that no protection measures exist during cutting, and the scraps are easy to splash and hurt operators.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of metal processing, in particular to a metal cutting device with a scrap recycling function.
Background
During the production and processing of metals, cutting operations are required to be performed on the metals so as to obtain mechanical metal materials with different sizes according to requirements. In metal cutting operations, the material is usually placed on a special table and then cut with a dicing saw.
However, in the prior art, when the cutting is performed, no protective measures are usually adopted, so that the operator is easily injured when the temperature of the chips generated by the cutting is too high and splashed everywhere, and meanwhile, the chips generated by the cutting need to be recovered, but some chips possibly fall on the metal surface and are difficult to recover.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a metal cutting device with a scrap recycling function, which solves the problems that when cutting is carried out, no protective measures are needed, workers are easily injured by scrap splashing, and some scrap possibly falls on the metal surface and is difficult to recycle.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:
the utility model provides a metal cutting device who possesses piece recovery function, includes the workstation, workstation fixedly connected with support frame, support frame top fixedly connected with first electric telescopic handle, first electric telescopic handle bottom fixedly connected with backup pad, backup pad both sides all fixedly connected with connecting plate respectively, are located the right side connecting plate fixedly connected with protection box, protection box inner wall fixedly connected with second motor, two swing joint has the connecting axle between the connecting plate, connecting axle fixedly connected with cutting wheel, two recesses have been seted up on the workstation surface, recess inner wall swing joint has the lead screw, workstation inner wall both sides fixedly connected with first motor, lead screw surface swing joint has the slider, be located left side position slider top fixedly connected with left cutting mantle, be located right side position slider top fixedly connected with right cutting mantle, left side cutting mantle top both sides fixedly connected with fixture block respectively, the clamping hole has equally been seted up to protection box top both sides, left side cutting mantle left side surface fixedly connected with mounting box and box respectively, connecting rod fixedly connected with lead screw, electric telescopic handle fixedly connected with air exhauster top and second air exhauster fixedly connected with connecting rod, air exhauster surface recovery motor, air exhauster fixedly connected with connecting rod fixedly connected with two suction hose bottom fixedly connected with the connecting rod, left side air exhauster fixedly connected with the side surface recovery box fixedly connected with the second air exhauster. The one end fixedly connected with fixed grip block of rear side fixed plate is kept away from to the connecting rod, is located the front side fixed plate surface swing joint has the screw rod, the one end fixedly connected with runner of screw rod, the other end fixedly connected with activity grip block of screw rod.
Preferably, the second motor output shaft is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting shaft, and the first motor output shaft is fixedly connected with one end of the screw rod.
Preferably, the left cutting cover and the right cutting cover are both movably connected with the surface of the workbench, the left cutting cover and the right cutting cover are both fixedly connected with visual windows, and semicircular holes are formed in the tops of the left cutting cover and the right cutting cover (4).
Preferably, the sizes of the clamping blocks and the clamping holes are matched.
Preferably, the bottom of the air outlet pipe is fixedly connected with the top of the connecting pipe.
Preferably, the bottom of the fixed clamping plate is fixedly connected with the surface of the workbench, and the bottom of the movable clamping plate is movably connected with the surface of the workbench.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. when the electric cleaning brush is used, scraps can be generated during cutting, the generated scraps can splash to the surface of the workbench and the inside of the two cutting covers, so that an exhaust fan is started in the cutting process, the exhaust fan drives the air suction pipe to recycle the scraps in the two cutting covers, the absorbed scraps enter a recycling groove in the recycling box through the air outlet pipe so as to recycle, the recycling groove is regularly taken out of the recycling box after recycling is finished to clean the scraps in the recycling box, but the scraps possibly remain on the metal surface during cutting and cannot be recycled in the cutting process, after the cutting is finished, a first electric telescopic rod is started, the first electric telescopic rod moves upwards to drive the supporting plate to move upwards, the supporting plate moves upwards to drive the two connecting plates to move upwards, the connecting plates move upwards to drive the connecting shafts to move upwards, the connecting shafts move upwards to drive the cutting wheels to move to a certain distance away from metal, the second electric telescopic rod drives the electric cleaning brush to be left to be positioned above the metal surface, the electric cleaning brush is started, and the electric cleaning brush rotates to lift the scraps on the metal surface, and then the scraps on the metal surface can be difficult to recycle the metal surface through the exhaust fan.
2. When the cutting machine is used, the first electric telescopic rod is started, the first electric telescopic rod moves downwards to drive the supporting plate to move downwards, the supporting plate moves downwards to drive the two connecting plates to move downwards, the connecting plates move downwards to drive the connecting shafts to move downwards, the connecting shafts move downwards to drive the cutting wheels to move downwards until the cutting wheels move to a position capable of cutting metal, the two first motors on the inner wall of the workbench are started, the first motors drive the two screw rods to rotate, the two screw rods rotate to drive the two sliding blocks to move left and right on the surfaces of the two sliding blocks, the two sliding blocks move left and right respectively to drive the left cutting cover and the right cutting cover to move left and right until clamping blocks on the top of the left cutting cover are connected with clamping holes on the top of the right cutting cover, at the moment, semicircular holes on the top of the left cutting cover and the right cutting cover also clamp the peripheries of the telescopic rod, and chips are prevented from splashing when cutting is carried out, so that the problem that workers are easily injured by the chips splashed and does not have protective measures is solved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a front cross-sectional view of a cutting wheel of a metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a front cross-sectional view of a left cutting housing of a metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a front cross-sectional view of a right cutting housing of a metal cutting apparatus with scrap recycling function according to the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a front sectional view of a table structure of a metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a work table; 2. a support frame; 3. a left cutting cover; 4. a right cutting cover; 5. a groove; 6. a screw rod; 7. a fixing plate; 8. a connecting rod; 9. fixing the clamping plate; 10. a movable clamping plate; 11. a screw; 12. a protective case; 13. a rotating wheel; 14. a mounting box; 15. a recovery box; 16. a recovery tank; 17. a connecting pipe; 18. a visual window; 19. a clamping block; 20. a clamping hole; 21. a first electric telescopic rod; 22. a support plate; 23. a connecting plate; 24. a connecting shaft; 25. a cutting wheel; 26. an electric cleaning brush; 27. a first motor; 28. a slide block; 29. an exhaust fan; 30. an air outlet pipe; 31. an air suction pipe; 32. a second electric telescopic rod; 33. a second motor; 34. and a semicircular hole.
Detailed Description
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.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the present utility model provides a technical solution: comprises a workbench 1, a support frame 2 is fixedly connected to the surface of the workbench 1, a first electric telescopic rod 21 is fixedly connected to the top of the support frame 2, a cutting wheel 25 is conveniently driven to move up and down, a support plate 22 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the first electric telescopic rod 21, connecting plates 23 are fixedly connected to two sides of the support plate 22, a protection box 12 is fixedly connected to the surface of the connecting plate 23 positioned on the right side, a second motor 33 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the protection box 12, a connecting shaft 24 is movably connected between the two connecting plates 23, a cutting wheel 25 is fixedly connected to the surface of the connecting shaft 24, metal is cut, two grooves 5 are formed in the surface of the workbench 1, a screw rod 6 is movably connected to the inner wall of the grooves 5, a left cutting cover 3 and a right cutting cover 4 are conveniently moved left and right, a first motor 27 is fixedly connected to the two sides of the inner wall of the workbench 1, a sliding block 28 is movably connected to the surface of the screw rod 6, the top of the slide block 28 positioned at the left side is fixedly connected with the left cutting cover 3, the top of the slide block 28 positioned at the right side is fixedly connected with the right cutting cover 4, two sides of the top of the left cutting cover 3 are respectively and fixedly connected with the clamping blocks 19, two sides of the top of the right cutting cover 4 are respectively provided with the clamping holes 20, the clamping blocks 19 are convenient to insert, the left cutting cover 3 and the right cutting cover 4 are connected, the left side surface of the left cutting cover 3 is respectively and fixedly connected with the mounting box 14 and the recovery box 15, the recovery box 15 is used for recovering scraps produced by cutting, the connecting pipe 17 is fixedly connected between the mounting box 14 and the recovery box 15, the surface of the recovery box 15 is movably connected with the recovery groove 16, the scraps are removed from the recovery box 15 and poured after being recovered, the inner wall of the mounting box 14 is fixedly connected with the exhaust fan 29, the bottom of the exhaust fan 29 is fixedly connected with the air outlet pipe 30, the right side of the exhaust fan 29 is fixedly connected with the suction pipe 31, absorb the piece, the electronic telescopic handle 32 of right side cutting cover 4 inner wall fixedly connected with second, the electronic cleaning brush 26 of second electronic telescopic handle 32 left end fixedly connected with, the piece is likely to remain on the metal surface after the cutting is accomplished, raise the piece on metal surface through the rotation of cleaning brush, conveniently retrieve, workstation 1 fixedly connected with two fixed plates 7, be located the fixed plate 7 fixedly connected with connecting rod 8 of rear side, the one end fixedly connected with fixed grip block 9 of rear side fixed plate 7 is kept away from to connecting rod 8, be located the fixed plate 7 surface swing joint of front side has screw rod 11, the one end fixedly connected with runner 13 of screw rod 11, the other end fixedly connected with activity grip block 10 of screw rod 11 carries out the centre gripping fixedly to the metal through fixed grip block 9 and activity grip block 10.
The output shaft of the second motor 33 is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting shaft 24, and the output shaft of the first motor 27 is fixedly connected with one end of the screw rod 6.
The bottoms of the left cutting cover 3 positioned on the left side and the right cutting cover 4 positioned on the right side are movably connected with the surface of the workbench 1, the surfaces of the left cutting cover 3 positioned on the left side and the right cutting cover 4 positioned on the right side are fixedly connected with the visual window 18, semicircular holes 34 are formed in the tops of the left cutting cover 3 positioned on the left side and the right cutting cover 4 positioned on the right side, and the two semicircular holes 34 can clamp the periphery of the electric telescopic rod after the left cutting cover 3 and the right cutting cover 4 are connected.
The sizes of the clamping blocks 19 and the clamping holes 20 are matched.
The bottom of the air outlet pipe 30 is fixedly connected with the top of the connecting pipe 17.
The bottom of the fixed clamping plate 9 is fixedly connected with the surface of the workbench 1, and the bottom of the movable clamping plate 10 is movably connected with the surface of the workbench 1.
Working principle: when in use, metal to be cut is placed on the surface of the workbench 1, one end of the metal is propped against the fixed clamping plate 9, the clamping at the other end rotates the rotating wheel 13 according to the requirement, the rotating wheel 13 rotates to drive the screw 11 to rotate, the screw 11 rotates to drive the movable clamping plate 10 to move until the metal is tightly contacted with the other end of the metal, so that the metal is clamped between the fixed clamping plate 9 and the movable clamping plate 10, the first electric telescopic rod 21 is started after the fixing is finished, the first electric telescopic rod 21 moves downwards to drive the supporting plate 22 to move downwards, the supporting plate 22 moves downwards to drive the two connecting plates 23 to move downwards, the connecting plates 23 move downwards to drive the connecting shafts 24 to move downwards, the connecting shafts 24 move downwards to drive the cutting wheels 25 to move downwards until the metal can be cut, the two first motors 27 on the inner wall of the workbench 1 are started, the first motor 27 drives the two screw rods 6 to rotate, the two screw rods 6 rotate to drive the two sliding blocks 28 to move left and right on the surfaces of the two screw rods, the two sliding blocks 28 move left and right to drive the left cutting cover 3 and the right cutting cover 4 to move left and right respectively until the clamping blocks 19 at the top of the left cutting cover 3 are connected with the clamping holes 20 at the top of the right cutting cover 4, at the moment, semicircular holes 34 at the tops of the left cutting cover 3 and the right cutting cover 4 just clamp the periphery of the telescopic rod, so that scraps are prevented from splashing during cutting, after the left cutting cover 3 and the right cutting cover 4 are connected, the second motor 33 is started, the second motor 33 rotates to drive the connecting shaft 24 to rotate, the connecting shaft 24 rotates to drive the cutting wheel 25 to rotate, thereby cutting metal can be cut, scraps can be generated during cutting progress observation through the visual window 18, the generated scraps can splash to the surface of the workbench 1 and the inside of the two cutting covers, so start air exhauster 29 in the cutting process, air exhauster 29 will drive aspiration channel 31 to retrieve the inside piece of two cutting hoods, absorptive piece is through going out tuber pipe 30 and get into retrieve groove 16 in retrieving box 15, thereby retrieve, regularly take out retrieve groove 16 from retrieving box 15 and clear up inside piece after retrieving, but perhaps there is the piece to remain on the metal surface and just retrieve it in the cutting process when cutting, so after cutting, start first electric telescopic handle 21, first electric telescopic handle 21 upwards move and drive backup pad 22 upwards move, backup pad 22 upwards move and drive two connecting plates 23 upwards move, connecting plate 23 upwards move and drive connecting axle 24 upwards move, connecting axle 24 upwards move and drive cutting wheel 25 upwards move, after removing to cutting wheel 25 and having a certain distance from the metal, start second electric telescopic handle 32, second electric telescopic handle 32 drives electric cleaning brush 26 to left certain, until remove to the metal surface top, start electric cleaning brush 26 rotates and can lift up the piece on the metal surface, then carry out piece recovery to the metal surface through air exhauster 29.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
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 a metal cutting device that possesses piece recovery function, includes workstation (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a cutting machine, including workstation (1) fixed surface is connected with support frame (2), the first electric telescopic handle (21) of support frame (2) top fixedly connected with, first electric telescopic handle (21) bottom fixedly connected with backup pad (22), backup pad (22) both sides all fixedly connected with connecting plate (23) respectively, be located right side connecting plate (23) fixed surface is connected with protection box (12), protection box (12) inner wall fixedly connected with second motor (33), two swing joint has connecting axle (24) between connecting plate (23), connecting axle (24) fixed surface is connected with cutting wheel (25), two recess (5) have been seted up on workstation (1) surface, recess (5) inner wall swing joint has lead screw (6), workstation (1) inner wall both sides fixedly connected with first motor (27), lead screw (6) surface swing joint has slider (28), slider (28) top fixedly connected with left cutting cover (3) that are located left side position slider (28) top fixedly connected with cutting cover (4), cutting cover (4) that are located right side position cutting cover (4) are equipped with cutting hole (19) respectively, left side cutting cover (3) left side surface fixedly connected with installation box (14) and retrieve box (15) respectively, fixedly connected with connecting pipe (17) between installation box (14) and the recovery box (15), retrieve box (15) surface swing joint has recovery groove (16), installation box (14) inner wall fixedly connected with air exhauster (29), air exhauster (29) bottom fixedly connected with goes out tuber pipe (30), air exhauster (29) right side fixedly connected with aspiration channel (31), right side cutting cover (4) inner wall fixedly connected with second electric telescopic handle (32), second electric telescopic handle (32) left end fixedly connected with electric cleaning brush (26), workstation (1) surface fixedly connected with two fixed plates (7), be located the rear side fixed plate (7) surface fixedly connected with connecting rod (8), the one end fixedly connected with fixed grip block (9) of rear side fixed plate (7) surface swing joint (11) are kept away from to connecting rod (8), the other end fixedly connected with screw rod (11) of screw rod (11), the other end fixedly connected with screw rod (11).
2. The metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to claim 1, wherein: the output shaft of the second motor (33) is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting shaft (24), and the output shaft of the first motor (27) is fixedly connected with one end of the screw rod (6).
3. The metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to claim 1, wherein: the left cutting cover (3) and the right cutting cover (4) are both arranged on the left side and are movably connected with the surface of the workbench (1), the left cutting cover (3) and the right cutting cover (4) are both fixedly connected with a visual window (18), and semicircular holes (34) are formed in the tops of the left cutting cover (3) and the right cutting cover (4).
4. The metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to claim 1, wherein: the clamping blocks (19) and the clamping holes (20) are matched in size.
5. The metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom of the air outlet pipe (30) is fixedly connected with the top of the connecting pipe (17).
6. The metal cutting device with scrap recycling function according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom of the fixed clamping plate (9) is fixedly connected with the surface of the workbench (1), and the bottom of the movable clamping plate (10) is movably connected with the surface of the workbench (1).
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