CN220161003U - Roller structure and high-strength alloy template extrusion molding device with same - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a roller structure and a high-strength alloy template extrusion molding device comprising the same, wherein the roller structure comprises an upper roller group and a lower roller group which are arranged at intervals up and down, the lower roller group comprises special-shaped rollers at two ends, each special-shaped roller comprises a cylindrical section and a circular table section, and one end of the circular table section with smaller diameter is connected with the outer end face of the cylindrical section; the upper roller group comprises flat rollers at two ends, and the outer ends of the flat rollers are coaxially connected with conical sections; the diameter of the large end of the conical section is larger than that of the flat roller, a round edge of the large end of the conical section is provided with a chamfer, the chamfer and the outer peripheral surface of the conical section form sharp corner transition, and the sharp corner transition position is formed at the position with the largest diameter of the conical section; in the axial direction of the flat roller, the maximum diameter of the conical section is aligned with the minimum diameter of the circular table section. The utility model can avoid the problem that the external corners of the bent parts are in larger fillet transition after the bending and forming, the joint of the two templates cannot be in loose joint, the templates are removed after the concrete is formed, and the flatness of the wall surface is better.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of building template forming processes, and particularly relates to a roller structure and a high-strength alloy template extrusion forming device containing the same.
Background
The existing building template comprises a U-shaped main body panel and end sealing plates at two ends, and can be seen in the prior patent CN217501015U, wherein the U-shaped main body panel is of an integral structure formed by integral bending and rolling by cold bending and forming of a high-strength stainless steel plate. Specifically, after the cylindrical alloy steel plate is released through an unreeling machine, the plate is put between an upper roller set and a lower roller set for rolling, two sides of the plate are rolled into a shape with concave grooves and folded edges to form side plates through a plurality of roller sets arranged at intervals, and then the side plates and the bottom plate are rolled at the bending positions so as to be mutually perpendicular.
In the process of bending the side plate, referring to fig. 1, the flat rollers 101 at two ends of the upper roller group and the inner ends of the special-shaped rollers 2 at two ends of the lower roller group are adopted to press the plate, then in the spaced multi-roller group, the taper of the outer circumferential surface of the special-shaped roller below is gradually increased to realize the bending of the side plate, and the minimum vertical distance from the outer circumferential surface of the flat rollers 101 to the outer circumferential surface of the inner end of the special-shaped roller 2 corresponds to the thickness of the template. As can be seen from fig. 1, the action surface between the upper roller set and the plate is the outer circumferential surface of the flat roller 101, the outer end surface of the flat roller 101 is aligned with the bending position, along with the gradual bending of the side plate 3 to be perpendicular to the bottom plate, the external corner of the bending position is inevitably in a rounded transition state and has larger rounded angle, after the two templates are spliced through pins and pin sheets, as shown in fig. 2, the bottom surface is used as a contact surface with concrete slurry, the external corner after the splicing of the two templates is matched to form a space capable of containing the concrete slurry, the splicing seam is not tight enough, and when concrete pouring is performed, after the templates are removed by concrete molding, the wall surface is provided with a slightly-raised parting line at the splicing position of the two templates, so that the wall surface is not smooth enough.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the utility model aims to provide a roller structure and a high-strength alloy template extrusion forming device with the roller structure, so that the problem that the seam between two spliced templates is not tight due to the round angle formed during rolling of the existing building templates, and the flatness of the wall surface is low after the use is avoided.
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
the roller structure comprises a frame, wherein an upper roller group and a lower roller group are arranged on the frame at intervals up and down, the lower roller group comprises special-shaped rollers at two ends, each special-shaped roller comprises a cylindrical section and a circular table section coaxially connected to the outer end of the cylindrical section, and one smaller diameter end of each circular table section corresponds to the diameter of the cylindrical section and is connected with the outer end face of the cylindrical section; the upper roller group comprises flat rollers with cylindrical ends, and the flat rollers are matched with cylindrical sections at the corresponding ends;
the outer end of the flat roller is coaxially connected with a conical section, and the conical section is matched with the circular table section; the diameter of the large end of the conical section is larger than that of the flat roller and is connected with the outer end face of the flat roller, a round edge of the large end of the conical section is provided with a chamfer, the chamfer and the outer peripheral surface of the conical section form sharp angle transition, and the sharp angle transition position is formed at the position with the largest diameter of the conical section;
in the axial direction of the flat roller, the maximum diameter of the conical section is aligned with the minimum diameter of the circular table section.
Further perfecting the technical scheme, the angle of chamfer is 45 degrees with the axis of flat roller, the smaller one end of diameter of chamfer extends to and corresponds with the outer periphery of flat roller.
Further, the angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 15 DEG-45 deg.
Further, the bus length of the circular table section is greater than the bus length of the conical section.
Further, a lower supporting roller is arranged between the special-shaped rollers at the two ends of the lower roller group, and an upper supporting roller is arranged at the position of the upper roller group corresponding to the lower supporting roller;
the diameter of the lower supporting roller is consistent with the diameter of the cylindrical section, and the diameter of the upper supporting roller is consistent with the diameter of the position with the largest diameter of the conical section;
the upper roller group is connected with the rotating shaft in a synchronous rotating way, and the lower roller group is connected with the rotating shaft in a synchronous rotating way; the rotating shafts of the upper roller group and the lower roller group are rotatably connected with the frame.
The utility model also relates to a high-strength alloy template extrusion molding device, which comprises a plurality of roller structures which are arranged at intervals along the rolling advancing direction;
in each roll structure, the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is gradually increased along the rolling advancing direction.
Further perfecting the technical scheme, the number of the roller structures which are arranged at intervals along the rolling advancing direction is three; along the rolling advancing direction, the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 15 degrees in the first roller structure, the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 30 degrees in the second roller structure, and the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 45 degrees in the third roller structure.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the roller structure, the outer end of the flat roller is coaxially connected with a conical section, a round edge of the large end of the conical section is provided with a chamfer, and a sharp corner transition is further designed between one end with a larger chamfer diameter and the outer peripheral surface of the conical section; when the bending positions between the side plates at the two ends of the high-strength alloy template and the bottom plate are rolled, the action surface becomes the outer peripheral surface of the conical section and the inner side surface of the side plate, and the sharp corner transition position is aligned with the bending position, so that the external corner of the bending position is prevented from presenting larger fillet transition after the subsequent bending forming; therefore, the problem of loose joint at the joint of the two templates is avoided, the templates are removed after the concrete is formed, and the flatness of the wall surface is good.
2. According to the extrusion molding device for the high-strength alloy template, the included angle between the bus of the conical section and the axis is adjusted gradually, specifically 15 degrees, 30 degrees and 45 degrees, so that bending between the side plate and the bottom plate is realized, the whole processing process is simple and reliable, and the wall surface has good flatness after the processed high-strength alloy template is used.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an extrusion molding structure of a side panel of a prior art building form;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a side panel structure when two templates are spliced in the prior art;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a high strength alloy die plate extrusion molding apparatus (not including a frame) according to an embodiment;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the conical section with a half apex angle of 45 DEG in practice;
the device comprises a flat roller 101, a conical section 102, an upper supporting roller 12, a profile roller 2, a cylindrical section 201, a round platform section 202, a lower supporting roller 22, a side plate 3 and a U-shaped main body panel 4.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. The components of the embodiments of the present utility model generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. 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.
It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures. In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., are directions or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, or are directions or positional relationships conventionally put in use of the inventive product, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used merely to distinguish between descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Furthermore, the terms "horizontal," "vertical," and the like do not denote a requirement that the component be absolutely horizontal or overhang, but rather may be slightly inclined. As "horizontal" merely means that its direction is more horizontal than "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined. In the description of the present utility model, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The following describes the embodiments of the present utility model in further detail with reference to the drawings.
Referring to fig. 3-4, a roller structure of a specific embodiment includes a stand (not shown in the drawings), wherein an upper roller set and a lower roller set are disposed on the stand at an upper-lower interval, the lower roller set includes a profiled roller 2 at two ends, the profiled roller 2 includes a cylindrical section 201 and a round table section 202 coaxially connected to an outer end of the cylindrical section 201, and a smaller diameter end of the round table section 202 corresponds to a diameter of the cylindrical section 201 and is connected to an outer end face of the cylindrical section 201; the upper roller group comprises flat rollers 101 with cylindrical two ends, the flat rollers 101 are matched with cylindrical sections 201 at the corresponding ends, and as can be understood, the matching is that the flat rollers 101 are opposite to the cylindrical sections 201 at the corresponding ends up and down, and the template is clamped between the flat rollers 101 and the cylindrical sections 201 at the corresponding ends and advances along with the rotation of the rollers in the rolling direction;
the outer end of the flat roller 101 is coaxially connected with a conical section 102, and the conical section 102 is matched with the round table section 202; the diameter of the large end of the conical section 102 is larger than that of the flat roller 101 and is connected with the outer end face of the flat roller 101, a chamfer is arranged at one round edge of the large end of the conical section 102, the chamfer is coaxial with the flat roller 101, one end with the larger chamfer diameter is in sharp angle transition with the outer peripheral face of the conical section 102, and the sharp angle transition position is formed at the position with the largest diameter of the conical section 102;
in the axial direction of the flat roller 101, the maximum diameter of the conical section 102 is aligned with the minimum diameter of the truncated cone section 202.
In the roller structure of the embodiment, the outer end of a flat roller 101 is coaxially connected with a conical section 102, a round edge of the large end of the conical section 102 is provided with a chamfer, and a sharp corner transition is further designed between the end with the larger chamfer diameter and the outer peripheral surface of the conical section 102; when the bending positions between the side plates at the two ends of the high-strength alloy template and the bottom plate are rolled, the action surface becomes the outer peripheral surface of the conical section 102 and the inner side surface of the side plate 3, and the sharp corner transition position is aligned with the bending position, so that the external corner of the bending position is prevented from presenting larger fillet transition after the subsequent bending forming; therefore, the problem of loose joint at the joint of the two templates is avoided, the templates are removed after the concrete is formed, and the flatness of the wall surface is good.
With continued reference to fig. 3-4, the chamfer is angled at 45 ° to the axis of the flat roller 101, the smaller diameter end of the chamfer extends to correspond to the outer circumference of the flat roller 101, and the chamfer is C1.
In the implementation, the sharp corner transition between the end with larger chamfer diameter and the outer peripheral surface of the conical section 102 is no longer a rounding transition, chamfering transition or chamfering treatment in the process; meanwhile, the minimum vertical distance between the maximum diameter of the conical section 102 and the minimum diameter of the circular table section 202 corresponds to the thickness of the template.
Wherein the generatrix of the conical section 102 is at an angle of 15 DEG to 45 DEG to the axis.
In this way, the included angle between the bus of the conical section 102 and the axis is gradually increased so as to realize the bending of the side plate; in practice, the circular table section 202 is adapted to the shape of the mold, and the gap between the outer peripheral surfaces corresponds to the thickness of the mold. Referring to fig. 5, when the included angle between the bus of the conical section 102 and the axis is 45 °, the edge of the outer end of the conical section 102 may be designed into a chamfer, that is, a chamfer C4, where the larger diameter end of the chamfer C4 is connected with the larger diameter end of the chamfer C1, so that the material of the roller can be saved and the cost can be reduced.
Wherein the bus bar length of the frustoconical section 202 is greater than the bus bar length of the conical section 102.
When the special-shaped roller is specifically used, the flat roller 101 is arranged above the special-shaped roller 2, the cylindrical section 201 and the round table section 202 below mainly play a supporting role, and the conical section 102 and the flat roller 101 above are used as roller structures for applying pressure, so that the bus of the round table section 202 is required to be designed to be longer than the bus of the conical section 102, and better support is provided for the side plate 3; in practice, the bus bar length of the truncated cone segment 202 should also be longer than the height of the template side plate 3.
Wherein, a lower supporting roller 22 is also arranged between the special-shaped rollers 2 at the two ends of the lower roller group, and an upper supporting roller 12 is arranged at the position of the upper roller group corresponding to the lower supporting roller 22;
the diameter of the lower support roller 22 corresponds to the diameter of the cylindrical section 201 and the diameter of the upper support roller 12 corresponds to the diameter of the conical section 102 where the diameter is the largest;
the upper roller group is connected with the rotating shaft in a synchronous rotating way, and the lower roller group is connected with the rotating shaft in a synchronous rotating way; the rotating shafts of the upper roller group and the lower roller group are rotatably connected with the frame.
Thus, when the whole U-shaped main body panel 4 is placed between the upper roll set and the lower roll set, the side plates 3 are bent to be finally perpendicular to each other, so that the bottom plates are required to be supported, and the flatness of the bottom plates is maintained by the upper support rolls 12 and the lower support rolls 22, and the correct extrusion forming action positions of the side plates 3 at both ends can be ensured for processing.
The utility model also provides a high-strength alloy template extrusion molding device, which comprises a plurality of roller structures which are arranged at intervals along the rolling advancing direction;
in each of the roll configurations, the included angle between the generatrix of the tapered section 102 and the axis is gradually increased in the roll advancing direction.
In implementation, the U-shaped main body panel 4 with two sides to be bent is arranged between the upper roller group and the lower roller group, the U-shaped main body panel 4 is bent towards the direction of the upper roller group, the position to be bent on the U-shaped main body panel 4 is aligned with the sharp corner transition position of the side, and extrusion bending is performed by utilizing the cooperation of the conical section 102 and the round platform section 202.
Specifically, the number of the one roll structure arranged at intervals along the rolling advancing direction is three; in the rolling direction, the included angle between the generatrix of the tapered section 102 and the axis is 15 ° in the first one of the roll structures, the included angle between the generatrix of the tapered section 102 and the axis is 30 ° in the second one of the roll structures, and the included angle between the generatrix of the tapered section 102 and the axis is 45 ° in the third one of the roll structures. The included angle between the bus of the conical section and the axis is gradually adjusted, so that bending between the side plate and the bottom plate is realized, the whole processing process is simple and reliable, and the wall surface has good flatness after the processed high-strength alloy template is used.
Finally, it is noted that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model and not for limiting the same, and although the present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications and equivalents may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present utility model, which is intended to be covered by the scope of the claims of the present utility model.
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1. The roller structure comprises a frame, wherein an upper roller group and a lower roller group are arranged on the frame at intervals up and down, the lower roller group comprises special-shaped rollers at two ends, each special-shaped roller comprises a cylindrical section and a circular table section coaxially connected to the outer end of the cylindrical section, and one smaller diameter end of each circular table section corresponds to the diameter of the cylindrical section and is connected with the outer end face of the cylindrical section; the upper roller group comprises flat rollers with cylindrical ends, and the flat rollers are matched with cylindrical sections at the corresponding ends;
the method is characterized in that: the outer end of the flat roller is coaxially connected with a conical section, and the conical section is matched with the circular table section; the diameter of the large end of the conical section is larger than that of the flat roller and is connected with the outer end face of the flat roller, a round edge of the large end of the conical section is provided with a chamfer, the chamfer and the outer peripheral surface of the conical section form sharp angle transition, and the sharp angle transition position is formed at the position with the largest diameter of the conical section;
in the axial direction of the flat roller, the maximum diameter of the conical section is aligned with the minimum diameter of the circular table section.
2. A roll arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that: the angle of the chamfer is 45 degrees with the axis of the flat roller, and the smaller diameter end of the chamfer extends to correspond to the outer circumferential surface of the flat roller.
3. A roll arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that: the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 15-45 degrees.
4. A roll arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that: the bus length of the circular table section is greater than that of the conical section.
5. A roll arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that: a lower supporting roller is arranged between the special-shaped rollers at the two ends of the lower roller group, and an upper supporting roller is arranged at the position of the upper roller group corresponding to the lower supporting roller;
the diameter of the lower supporting roller is consistent with the diameter of the cylindrical section, and the diameter of the upper supporting roller is consistent with the diameter of the position with the largest diameter of the conical section;
the upper roller group is connected with the rotating shaft in a synchronous rotating way, and the lower roller group is connected with the rotating shaft in a synchronous rotating way; the rotating shafts of the upper roller group and the lower roller group are rotatably connected with the frame.
6. The utility model provides a high strength alloy template extrusion device which characterized in that: a roll arrangement comprising a plurality of rolls according to any one of claims 1-5 arranged at intervals in the direction of roll advance;
in each roll structure, the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is gradually increased along the rolling advancing direction.
7. The high strength alloy die plate extrusion apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein: the number of the roller structures arranged at intervals along the rolling advancing direction is three; along the rolling advancing direction, the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 15 degrees in the first roller structure, the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 30 degrees in the second roller structure, and the included angle between the generatrix of the conical section and the axis is 45 degrees in the third roller structure.
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