CN220091890U - Double-sided roller coating device for container board - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a container plate double-sided roller coating device which comprises a paint storage box and a stirring mechanism, wherein a vertical plate is fixedly arranged on the rear side of the paint storage box, a top plate is fixedly arranged on the top of the vertical plate, an electric telescopic rod is fixedly arranged on the top of the top plate, the container plate which needs roller coating can be rapidly clamped and fixed by the container plate clamping mechanism, the electric telescopic rod drives the clamping mechanism to clamp and reciprocate up and down, the surfaces of two sides of the container plate can be simultaneously roller coated by coating rollers, the roller coating efficiency is high, a driving motor can drive a driving screw to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise, the driving screw can drive a left group of driving screw sleeves and a right group of driving screw sleeves to move relatively or deviate from each other, and the distance between the left group of coating rollers and the right group of coating rollers can be adjusted, so that the coating rollers can roll the surfaces of the container plates with different thicknesses.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of container processing, in particular to a double-sided roller coating device for container boards.
Background
The conventional container is generally composed of a chassis, side plates, a top plate, a door end, a front end and other parts, all parts are welded according to the structural and strength requirements, in order to avoid corrosion of the surface of the container and achieve a certain service life, sanding and paint spraying treatment are required to be carried out on the surface of all kinds of plates, the plates used by the container are firstly subjected to pretreatment such as uncoiling, leveling, shearing, sanding, precoating and spraying, drying and the like by steel coils, then are subjected to shearing, stamping and forming, then are subjected to assembly, welding, coating and the like, an early pretreatment production line adopts mechanical automatic spraying to carry out spraying operation on the surface of the plates, the method easily causes uneven thickness of paint films on the surface of the steel plates, on-site paint mist flies upwards, influences on the surrounding environment, and simultaneously causes paint waste, the current pretreatment production line adopts a single-side roller coater to carry out roller coating on the upper surface or the lower surface of the plates, and then enters an oven to carry out drying treatment after roller coating, if the other surface of the plates also needs roller coating operation is required to be carried out, the working procedures of the roller coating drying treatment are repeated, the working efficiency is low, manpower resources are caused, and energy consumption is increased.
For the problems in the related art, no effective solution has been proposed at present.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems in the related art, the utility model provides a double-sided roller coating device for container boards, which aims to overcome the technical problems in the prior art.
For this purpose, the utility model adopts the following specific technical scheme:
the utility model provides a two-sided roller coat device of container case board, includes paint bin and rabbling mechanism, the fixed riser that is equipped with of paint bin rear side, the fixed roof that is equipped with in riser top, the fixed electric telescopic handle that is equipped with in roof top, electric telescopic handle bottom mounting is equipped with case board fixture, the fixed driving motor that is equipped with in riser one side, driving motor output shaft end fixedly connected with drive screw, drive screw outside symmetry cover is equipped with the drive swivel nut, drive swivel nut front side is connected with the roller of scribbling through the slide bar rotation, it is connected with the hard tube to scribble the roller front end through the bearing rotation, through-connection has corrugated hose between hard tube and the paint bin, be connected with the delivery pump on the corrugated hose, just delivery pump fixed mounting is at paint bin front surface, paint bin top is fixed to be equipped with paint collection fill, the direction spout has been seted up to the riser front side.
Preferably, the stirring mechanism comprises a stirring motor, a rotating shaft rod is fixedly connected to the end part of an output shaft of the stirring motor, and stirring rods are fixedly arranged on the outer side of the rotating shaft rod at equal intervals.
Preferably, the box plate clamping mechanism comprises a U-shaped piece, locking knobs are symmetrically inserted in two sides of the U-shaped piece, and one end of each locking knob is connected with a clamping plate in a rotating mode through a bearing.
Preferably, the driving screw rod is composed of a first screw rod and a second screw rod, the first screw rod and the second screw rod are fixedly connected through a coupler, and the directions of threads on the first screw rod and the second screw rod are opposite.
Preferably, a sliding rod connected between the driving screw sleeve and the coating roller penetrates through the guide chute.
Preferably, the coating roller comprises a roller body, honeycomb holes are formed in the surface of the roller body at equal intervals, and cotton sleeves are fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the roller body.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: 1. through setting up the boxboard fixture, the boxboard fixture can carry out quick centre gripping fixed to the container boxboard that needs the roller coat, and electric telescopic handle drives the fixed container boxboard of fixture centre gripping and reciprocates from top to bottom and can carry out the roller coat simultaneously to container boxboard both sides surface through the roller coating, can two-sided roller coating, roller coating is efficient;
2. through setting up driving motor, driving motor can drive the clockwise or anticlockwise rotation of driving screw, and the clockwise or anticlockwise rotation of driving screw can drive about two sets of drive swivel nut relative motion or deviate from the motion, can adjust the interval between two sets of coating rollers about to for the coating roller can carry out the roller coat to the container boxboard surface of different thickness, through setting up the delivery pump, the delivery pump can be through the paint transport of bellows to the paint bin inner chamber to the coating roller in, can add paint to the coating roller in automatically.
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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 needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a container board double-sided roll coating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a sectional view of a vertical plate of a double-sided roll coating device for container panels according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion A of a container board double sided roll coating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of a coating roller structure of a container board double-sided roller coating device according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
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1. a paint storage tank; 2. a vertical plate; 3. a top plate; 4. an electric telescopic rod; 5. a box plate clamping mechanism; 6. a driving motor; 7. driving a screw rod; 8. driving the screw sleeve; 9. a coating roller; 10. a hard tube; 11. a corrugated hose; 12. a transfer pump; 13. a paint collection hopper; 14. a guide chute; 15. a stirring motor; 16. rotating the shaft lever; 17. a stirring rod; 18. a U-shaped member; 19. a locking knob; 20. a clamping plate; 21. a first screw rod; 22. a second screw rod; 23. a roller body; 24. honeycomb holes; 25. cotton sleeve.
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For the purpose of further illustrating the various embodiments, the present utility model provides the accompanying drawings, which are a part of the disclosure of the present utility model, and which are mainly used to illustrate the embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments, and with reference to these descriptions, one skilled in the art will recognize other possible implementations and advantages of the present utility model, wherein elements are not drawn to scale, and like reference numerals are generally used to designate like elements.
According to an embodiment of the utility model, a container board double-sided roller coating device is provided.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1-4, a double-sided roller coating device for container boards according to the embodiment of the utility model comprises a paint storage box 1 and a stirring mechanism, wherein a vertical plate 2 is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the paint storage box 1, a top plate 3 is fixedly arranged at the top of the vertical plate 2, an electric telescopic rod 4 is fixedly arranged at the top of the top plate 3, the electric telescopic rod 4 drives a clamping mechanism 5 to clamp the fixed container boards to reciprocate up and down and simultaneously roller coating can be carried out on the surfaces of the two sides of the container boards through a coating roller 9, the bottom end of the electric telescopic rod 4 is fixedly provided with the container board clamping mechanism 5, a driving motor 6 is fixedly arranged at one side of the vertical plate 2, the driving motor 6 can drive a driving screw 7 to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise, the driving screw 7 can drive a left group of driving screws 8 to move relatively or deviate from the left group of driving screws 8, the distance between the left group of coating roller 9 and the right group of coating rollers can be adjusted, the roller coating device has the advantages that the roller coating device can roll coating the surfaces of container boards with different thicknesses by the coating roller 9, the end part of the output shaft of the driving motor 6 is fixedly connected with the driving screw rod 7, the outside of the driving screw rod 7 is symmetrically sleeved with the driving screw sleeve 8, the front side of the driving screw sleeve 8 is rotationally connected with the coating roller 9 through a sliding rod, the front end of the coating roller 9 is rotationally connected with a hard pipe 10 through a bearing, a corrugated hose 11 is connected between the hard pipe 10 and the paint storage box 1 in a penetrating way, a conveying pump 12 is connected on the corrugated hose 11, the conveying pump 12 is fixedly arranged on the surface of the front side of the paint storage box 1, the conveying pump 12 can convey paint in the inner cavity of the paint storage box 1 into the coating roller 9 through the corrugated hose 11, paint can be automatically added into the coating roller 9, a paint collecting hopper 13 is fixedly arranged at the top of the paint storage box 1, the front side of the vertical plate 2 is provided with a guide chute 14, the stirring mechanism comprises a stirring motor 15, the stirring motor 15 output shaft end fixedly connected with dwang 16, the fixed puddler 17 that is equipped with in dwang 16 outside equidistance, agitator motor 15 drive puddler 17 rotation through dwang 16 can stir the mixture to the paint, and case board fixture 5 includes U-shaped piece 18, and U-shaped piece 18 bilateral symmetry alternates and is equipped with locking knob 19, and locking knob 19 one end is connected with grip block 20 through the bearing rotation, inserts container case board one end in U-shaped piece 18 and then rotatory locking knob 19 can carry out quick centre gripping to container case board fixedly.
Example two
As shown in fig. 1-4, a double-sided roller coating device for container boards according to the embodiment of the utility model comprises a paint storage box 1 and a stirring mechanism, wherein a vertical plate 2 is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the paint storage box 1, a top plate 3 is fixedly arranged at the top of the vertical plate 2, an electric telescopic rod 4 is fixedly arranged at the top of the top plate 3, the electric telescopic rod 4 drives a clamping mechanism 5 to clamp the fixed container boards to reciprocate up and down and simultaneously roller coating can be carried out on the surfaces of the two sides of the container boards through a coating roller 9, the bottom end of the electric telescopic rod 4 is fixedly provided with the container board clamping mechanism 5, a driving motor 6 is fixedly arranged at one side of the vertical plate 2, the driving motor 6 can drive a driving screw 7 to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise, the driving screw 7 can drive a left group of driving screws 8 to move relatively or deviate from the left group of driving screws 8, the distance between the left group of coating roller 9 and the right group of coating rollers can be adjusted, the roller coating device has the advantages that the roller coating device can roll coating the surfaces of container boards with different thicknesses by the coating roller 9, the end part of the output shaft of the driving motor 6 is fixedly connected with the driving screw rod 7, the driving screw sleeve 8 is symmetrically sleeved outside the driving screw rod 7, the front side of the driving screw sleeve 8 is rotationally connected with the coating roller 9 through a sliding rod, the front end of the coating roller 9 is rotationally connected with a hard pipe 10 through a bearing, a corrugated hose 11 is connected between the hard pipe 10 and the paint storage box 1 in a penetrating way, a conveying pump 12 is connected on the corrugated hose 11, the conveying pump 12 is fixedly arranged on the surface of the front side of the paint storage box 1, the conveying pump 12 can convey paint in the inner cavity of the paint storage box 1 into the coating roller 9 through the corrugated hose 11, paint can be automatically added into the coating roller 9, a paint collecting hopper 13 is fixedly arranged at the top of the paint storage box 1, the front side of the vertical plate 2 is provided with a guide chute 14, the driving screw rod 7 consists of a first screw rod 21 and a second screw rod 22, the first screw rod 21 and the second screw rod 22 are fixedly connected through a coupler, the directions of threads on the first screw rod 21 and the second screw rod 22 are opposite, a sliding rod connected between the driving screw sleeve 8 and the coating roller 9 penetrates through the guide chute 14, the driving screw rod 7 rotates clockwise or anticlockwise to drive the left and right driving screw sleeves 8 to move relatively or deviate from each other, and the distance between the left and right coating rollers 9 can be adjusted.
Example III
As shown in fig. 1-4, a double-sided roller coating device for container boards according to the embodiment of the utility model comprises a paint storage box 1 and a stirring mechanism, wherein a vertical plate 2 is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the paint storage box 1, a top plate 3 is fixedly arranged at the top of the vertical plate 2, an electric telescopic rod 4 is fixedly arranged at the top of the top plate 3, the electric telescopic rod 4 drives a clamping mechanism 5 to clamp the fixed container boards to reciprocate up and down and simultaneously roller coating can be carried out on the surfaces of the two sides of the container boards through a coating roller 9, the bottom end of the electric telescopic rod 4 is fixedly provided with the container board clamping mechanism 5, a driving motor 6 is fixedly arranged at one side of the vertical plate 2, the driving motor 6 can drive a driving screw 7 to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise, the driving screw 7 can drive a left group of driving screws 8 to move relatively or deviate from the left group of driving screws 8, the distance between the left group of coating roller 9 and the right group of coating rollers can be adjusted, the roller coating device has the advantages that the roller coating device can roll coating the surfaces of container boards with different thicknesses by the coating roller 9, the end part of the output shaft of the driving motor 6 is fixedly connected with the driving screw rod 7, the outside of the driving screw rod 7 is symmetrically sleeved with the driving screw sleeve 8, the front side of the driving screw sleeve 8 is rotationally connected with the coating roller 9 through a sliding rod, the front end of the coating roller 9 is rotationally connected with a hard pipe 10 through a bearing, a corrugated hose 11 is connected between the hard pipe 10 and the paint storage box 1 in a penetrating way, a conveying pump 12 is connected on the corrugated hose 11, the conveying pump 12 is fixedly arranged on the surface of the front side of the paint storage box 1, the conveying pump 12 can convey paint in the inner cavity of the paint storage box 1 into the coating roller 9 through the corrugated hose 11, paint can be automatically added into the coating roller 9, a paint collecting hopper 13 is fixedly arranged at the top of the paint storage box 1, the front side of the vertical plate 2 is provided with a guide chute 14, the coating roller 9 comprises a roller body 23, honeycomb holes 24 are formed in the surface of the roller body 23 at equal intervals, cotton sleeves 25 are fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the roller body 23, and the coating roller 9 can roll coating the surfaces of container boards with different thicknesses.
In summary, by means of the technical scheme of the utility model, when the device is used, the driving motor 6 can drive the driving screw rod 7 to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise, the driving screw rod 7 can drive the left and right groups of driving screw sleeves 8 to move relatively or deviate from each other in a clockwise or anticlockwise manner, the distance between the left and right groups of coating rollers 9 can be adjusted, the coating rollers 9 can roll coat the surfaces of container boards with different thicknesses, the conveying pump 12 can convey paint in the inner cavity of the paint storage box 1 into the coating rollers 9 through the corrugated hose 11, paint can be automatically added into the coating rollers 9, one end of the container board is inserted into the U-shaped piece 18 and then the locking knob 19 is rotated, so that the container board can be rapidly clamped and fixed, and the electric telescopic rod 4 drives the clamping mechanism 5 to clamp and reciprocate up and down fixed container boards, and simultaneously roll coats the surfaces on both sides of the container board through the coating rollers 9.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the utility model.
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1. The utility model provides a two-sided roller coat device of container boxboard, includes paint bin (1) and rabbling mechanism, its characterized in that: the paint storage box is characterized in that a vertical plate (2) is fixedly arranged on the rear side of the paint storage box (1), a top plate (3) is fixedly arranged on the top of the vertical plate (2), an electric telescopic rod (4) is fixedly arranged on the top of the top plate (3), a box plate clamping mechanism (5) is arranged at the bottom end of the electric telescopic rod (4), a driving motor (6) is fixedly arranged on one side of the vertical plate (2), a driving screw rod (7) is fixedly connected with an output shaft end of the driving motor (6), a driving screw sleeve (8) is symmetrically sleeved on the outer side of the driving screw rod (7), a coating roller (9) is rotatably connected to the front side of the driving screw sleeve (8) through a sliding rod, a hard pipe (10) is rotatably connected to the front end of the coating roller (9) through a bearing, a conveying pump (12) is connected to the corrugated hose (11) between the hard pipe (10) and the paint storage box (1), the conveying pump (12) is fixedly arranged on the front side surface of the paint storage box (1), a paint collecting hopper (13) is fixedly arranged on the top of the storage box (1), and a guide chute (14) is formed in the front side of the vertical plate (2).
2. The container board double-sided roll coating device according to claim 1, wherein: the stirring mechanism comprises a stirring motor (15), a rotating shaft rod (16) is fixedly connected to the end part of an output shaft of the stirring motor (15), and stirring rods (17) are fixedly arranged on the outer side of the rotating shaft rod (16) at equal intervals.
3. The container board double-sided roll coating device according to claim 2, wherein: the box plate clamping mechanism (5) comprises a U-shaped piece (18), locking knobs (19) are symmetrically inserted into two sides of the U-shaped piece (18), and one end of each locking knob (19) is rotatably connected with a clamping plate (20) through a bearing.
4. A container board double-sided roll coating device according to claim 3, wherein: the driving screw rod (7) consists of a first screw rod (21) and a second screw rod (22), the first screw rod (21) and the second screw rod (22) are fixedly connected through a coupler, and the directions of threads on the first screw rod (21) and the second screw rod (22) are opposite.
5. The container board double-sided roll coating device according to claim 4, wherein: the sliding rod connected between the driving screw sleeve (8) and the coating roller (9) penetrates through the guide chute (14).
6. The container board double-sided roll coating device according to claim 5, wherein: the coating roller (9) comprises a roller body (23), honeycomb holes (24) are formed in the surface of the roller body (23) at equal intervals, and cotton sleeves (25) are fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the roller body (23).
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