CN220880941U - Roller biting scoring equipment under TMCP process condition - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a roller biting scoring device under TMCP process conditions, which comprises: the clamping mechanisms used for fixing the rollers are fixedly connected to two sides of the middle of the frame body, guide rods are fixedly connected to the upper side of the frame body, screw rods are correspondingly arranged below the guide rods, the screw rods are rotatably connected with two side walls of the frame body, and one end of each screw rod penetrates through the side walls of the frame body and is connected with a motor in a transmission manner; the screw rod is in threaded connection with a sliding block, and one end of the sliding block, which is far away from the screw rod, is in sliding connection with the guide rod; the bottom of the sliding block is fixedly connected with a laser emitter, one side of the frame body is fixedly connected with a control center, and the control center is electrically connected with the clamping mechanism and the motor. When the roller produced by the utility model bites into steel rolling, the friction force is uniform, so that the biting is stable, and the abrasion to the roller is small. The utility model adopts the laser emitter to score the roller surface, has high laser engraving precision, better depth control, fewer burrs and high scoring quality.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of steel rolling in the steel industry, and particularly relates to a roller biting scoring device under TMCP process conditions.
Background
At present, in a non-hole type rolling machine for steel industry and bar production lines, as the side length of a continuous casting blank reaches 165mm, the biting of rolled pieces becomes a difficult point. The biting state is generally improved by a method for increasing the friction angle, and the method for improving the biting state comprises the following steps: and (3) performing surface overlaying and grinding by a roller surface grinding wheel. But the surface overlaying of the roller can affect the quality of products, and the grinding of the grinding wheel can increase the labor amount and has poor effect. The literature describes a method for scoring by adopting a roller with reasonable design, which can improve the biting state and does not influence the product quality.
The Chinese patent with publication number CN 205996208U discloses a scoring device for roller biting under TMCP process condition, which comprises a chuck, a gear, a connecting rod, a universal shaft, a cam, a knife rest and a knife; the lathe is characterized in that a gear is arranged on a lathe chuck, the center line of the gear coincides with the rotation center of the lathe, the gear comprises a gear I and a gear II, a connecting rod is arranged at a central through hole of the gear II and slides freely in the gear II along the axial direction, a universal shaft is arranged at one end of the connecting rod, a cam is arranged at the position close to the universal shaft, rotation of a lathe spindle is transmitted to the connecting rod through the gear II, the rotation is transmitted to the cam through the universal shaft, a cutter is always abutted to the cam through a spring, the cutter is arranged on a lathe tool rest, and the cam and the tool rest are fixed on a lathe large supporting plate. The device is characterized in that a cutter is used for intermittently cutting a roller through a groove on a cam, intermittent nicks are formed in the circumferential direction, then a connecting rod is slid to move the cutter, and then cutting is performed again to form a new nick until the intermittent nicks fill the whole surface of the roller. The scoring mode has low efficiency, the cutter is required to be moved for many times, the cutter is continuously closed and started for scoring, the intermittent scoring has uneven friction force on steel rolling during the biting of the roller, the biting is unstable, and the biting effect is poor; adopt the lathe tool to carry out nick cutting, the tool bit is worn and torn easily, has increased manufacturing cost as consuming the original paper, and the cutting edge produces the burr easily, influences product quality.
For this purpose, a roll bite scoring apparatus under TMCP process conditions is proposed.
Disclosure of utility model
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides a roller biting scoring device under TMCP process conditions.
In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model provides a roll bite scoring apparatus under TMCP process conditions, comprising: the device comprises a frame body, clamping mechanisms for fixing rollers are fixedly connected to two sides of the middle of the frame body, a guide rod is fixedly connected to the upper portion of the frame body, a screw rod is correspondingly arranged below the guide rod, the screw rod is rotatably connected with two side walls of the frame body, and one end of the screw rod penetrates through the side walls of the frame body to be connected with a motor in a transmission manner; the screw rod is in threaded connection with a sliding block, and one end, far away from the screw rod, of the sliding block is in sliding connection with the guide rod; the bottom of the sliding block is fixedly connected with a laser emitter, one side of the frame body is fixedly connected with a control center, and the control center is electrically connected with the clamping mechanism and the motor.
Preferably, the sliding block is fixedly connected with the laser transmitter through a telescopic rod, and the telescopic rod is electrically connected with the control center.
Preferably, the front of the frame body is opened, the top end in front of the frame body is fixedly connected with a roller shutter roller, a roller shutter is wound in the roller shutter roller, the roller shutter is made of transparent flexible materials, and the length and width dimensions of the roller shutter after being stretched are the front dimensions of the frame body.
Preferably, flexible magnetic strips are fixedly connected to two sides of the roller shutter; and the two sides of the front of the frame body are fixedly connected with magnetic attraction strips corresponding to the flexible magnetic strips.
Preferably, a supporting bar is arranged at the bottom of the roller shutter, and a handle is fixedly connected below the supporting bar.
Preferably, hanging rings are fixedly connected to the bottoms of two sides of the rolling curtain, hooks are arranged below the magnetic attraction strips and correspond to the hanging rings, the hooks are bent downwards, and lateral end parts are fixedly connected with the frame body.
Preferably, the bottom of the frame body is connected with a bearing box in a sliding manner.
Preferably, the clamping mechanism comprises a three-jaw chuck and a center, and the three-jaw chuck and the center are respectively fixedly connected to two side walls of the frame body.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages and technical effects:
When the device is used, a roller is fixedly connected to a clamping mechanism, the clamping mechanism can enable the roller to rotate along an axis, a motor is started through a control center, the motor can rotate positively and reversely, the motor can drive a screw rod to rotate, and because a sliding block is in threaded connection with the screw rod and a guide rod is used for limiting the rotation of the sliding block, when the screw rod rotates, the sliding block is driven to advance or retreat along the screw rod, firstly the sliding block is translated above the end part of the roller, a laser emitter fixedly connected below the sliding block corresponds to the end part of the roller, then the motor, the laser emitter and the clamping mechanism are simultaneously controlled through the control center to be started, the motor rotates positively to enable the sliding block to move from one end to the other end of the roller, and meanwhile, the clamping mechanism clamps the roller to rotate, and the laser emitter continuously emits laser to score the surface of the roller, so that each structural part is matched with each other, and the laser emitter forms spiral scores on the surface of the roller; then, the initial position of the sliding block, namely the laser emitter, is adjusted through the control center, and the operation is repeated to form a plurality of spiral nicks; after repeated for a plurality of times, the other end of the roller is set at the initial position, and the motor is rotated reversely to correspondingly form symmetrical reverse spiral nicks, and the reverse spiral nicks are crossed with the forward spiral nicks to form continuous reticular lines. The roll biting scoring equipment under the TMCP process condition forms the spiral score continuously, the score carved once is longer from one end to the other end of the roll, the area is larger, therefore, the times of repeated starting and stopping equipment is needed to score are less, the positive and negative spiral scores are mutually intersected to form the net-shaped score, and the structure is symmetrical, so that the friction force is uniform when the roll is bitten into steel rolling, the biting is stable, and the abrasion to the roll is smaller. The application adopts the laser emitter to score the roller surface, has high laser engraving precision, better depth control, fewer burrs and high scoring quality.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a roll biting scoring apparatus under TMCP process conditions of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a front view of a roll bite scoring apparatus according to one TMCP process condition of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of A in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of B in FIG. 1;
In the figure: 1. a frame body; 2. a roller; 3. a guide rod; 4. a screw rod; 5. a motor; 6. a slide block; 7. a laser emitter; 8. a control center; 9. a telescopic rod; 10. a roller shutter drum; 11. a roller shutter; 12. a magnetic strip 12; 13. a flexible magnetic strip; 14. a support bar; 15. a handle; 16. hanging rings; 17. a hook; 18. a receiving box; 19. a three-jaw chuck; 20. and (3) a center.
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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.
In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present utility model will become more readily apparent, a more particular description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present embodiment provides a roll bite scoring apparatus under TMCP process conditions, comprising: the device comprises a frame body 1, clamping mechanisms for fixing rollers 2 are fixedly connected to two sides of the middle of the frame body 1, a guide rod 3 is fixedly connected to the upper side of the frame body 1, a screw rod 4 is correspondingly arranged below the guide rod 3, the screw rod 4 is rotatably connected with two side walls of the frame body 1, and one end of the screw rod 4 penetrates through the side walls of the frame body 1 to be connected with a motor 5 in a transmission manner; the screw rod 4 is in threaded connection with a sliding block 6, and one end, far away from the screw rod 4, of the sliding block 6 is in sliding connection with the guide rod 3; the bottom of the sliding block 6 is fixedly connected with a laser emitter 7, one side of the frame body 1 is fixedly connected with a control center 8, and the control center 8 is electrically connected with the clamping mechanism and the motor 5.
When the device is used, the roller 2 is fixedly connected to the clamping mechanism, the clamping mechanism can enable the roller 2 to rotate along the axis, the motor 5 is started through the control center 8, the motor 5 can rotate positively and reversely, the motor 5 can drive the screw rod 4 to rotate, and as the sliding block 6 is in threaded connection with the screw rod 4 and the guide rod 3 is used for limiting the rotation of the sliding block 6, when the screw rod 4 rotates, the sliding block 6 is driven to advance or retreat along the screw rod 4, the sliding block 6 is firstly translated above the end part of the roller 2, the laser emitter 7 fixedly connected below the sliding block 6 corresponds to the end part of the roller 2, then the motor 5, the laser emitter 7 and the clamping mechanism are simultaneously controlled through the control center 8, the motor 5 rotates positively to enable the sliding block 6 to move from one end to the other end of the roller 2, and meanwhile, the clamping mechanism clamps the roller 2 to rotate, and the laser emitter 7 continuously emits laser to score the surface of the roller 2, and all structural parts are matched with each other, so that the laser emitter 7 forms spiral scores on the surface of the roller 2; then, the initial position of the sliding block 6, namely the laser emitter 7, is adjusted through the control center 8, and the operation is repeated to form a plurality of spiral nicks; after repeated for several times, the other end of the roller 2 is set as the initial position, and the motor 5 is rotated reversely to correspondingly form symmetrical reverse spiral nicks, and the reverse spiral nicks are crossed with the forward spiral nicks to form continuous reticular patterns. The roll biting scoring equipment under the TMCP process condition forms a continuous spiral score, the score carved at one time is longer from one end to the other end of the roll 2, and the area is larger, so that the repeated starting and stopping equipment is required to score less times, and the positive and negative spiral scores are mutually intersected to form a net-shaped score, and the structure is symmetrical, so that the roll 2 produced by the application has uniform friction force, ensures stable biting and has smaller abrasion to the roll 2 when biting steel rolling. The application adopts the laser emitter 7 to score the surface of the roller 2, and has high laser engraving precision, better depth control, less burrs and high scoring quality.
According to the further optimization scheme, the sliding block 6 is fixedly connected with the laser transmitter 7 through the telescopic rod 9, and the telescopic rod 9 is electrically connected with the control center 8.
The distance between the laser emitter 7 and the roller 2 can be adjusted through the telescopic rod 9, so that the device can adapt to rollers 2 with different diameters on one hand, and the accuracy of the nick can be adjusted by adjusting the height of laser on the other hand.
According to the further optimization scheme, the front face of the frame body 1 is opened, the top end in the front of the frame body 1 is fixedly connected with a roller shutter roller 10, a roller shutter 11 is wound in the roller shutter roller 10, the roller shutter 11 is made of transparent flexible materials, and the length and width dimensions of the roller shutter 11 after being stretched are the front dimension of the frame body 1.
The front of the frame body 1 is opened for operators to observe the internal working condition in real time, and the roller shutter 11 can prevent dust generated during scoring from drifting out of the frame body 1 to cause damage to human bodies; and the roller blind 11 is pulled open, so that the installation and the disassembly of the roller 2 are not affected.
The roller blind 11 is preferably of fire-resistant PVC material.
The arrangement of the internal structure of the roller shutter 10 is the same as that of the door of the roller shutter 11, which is the prior art and will not be described here again.
Further optimizing scheme, flexible magnetic strips 13 are fixedly connected to two sides of the roller shutter 11; the two sides of the front of the frame body 1 are fixedly connected with magnetic attraction strips 12 corresponding to the flexible magnetic strips 13.
The flexible magnetic strip 13 is preferably a rubber magnetic strip, and the magnetic attraction strip 12 is preferably an iron sheet or a magnet; when the roller shutter 11 is pulled down, the flexible magnetic strips 13 are adsorbed on the magnetic attraction strips 12, the two sides of the roller shutter 11 are sealed with the frame body 1, dust leakage is avoided, and the health of workers and the working environment are protected.
In a further optimized scheme, a supporting bar 14 is arranged at the bottom of the roller shutter 11, and a handle 15 is fixedly connected below the supporting bar 14.
The support bar 14 supports the shape of the flexible roll screen 11, and the handle 15 facilitates the operator to pull up or pull down the roll screen 11.
In a further optimized scheme, hanging rings 16 are fixedly connected to the bottoms of two sides of the roller shutter 11, hooks 17 are arranged below the magnetic attraction strips 12 and correspond to the hanging rings 16, the hooks 17 are bent downwards, and lateral ends are fixedly connected with the frame body 1.
In order to prevent the roller shutter 11 from automatically winding, an operator holds the handle 15 to pull down the roller shutter 11, hangs the hanging rings 16 at two ends of the roller shutter 11 on the hooks 17 at the bottom of the frame body 1, the roller shutter 11 has self-upward winding force, so that the hanging rings 16 are not loosened from the hooks 17, and when the hanging rings 16 are taken down from the hooks 17, the operator only needs to hold the handle 15 to pull down the roller shutter 11, so that the hanging rings 16 are separated from the hooks 17, and then the handle 15 is loosened or slowly moves upwards, so that the roller shutter 11 is wound.
Further optimizing scheme, the inside bottom sliding connection of support body 1 has accepts box 18.
The receiving box 18 receives the falling dust and is extractable for cleaning.
In a further optimized scheme, the clamping mechanism comprises a three-jaw chuck 19 and a center 20, and the three-jaw chuck 19 and the center 20 are fixedly connected to two side walls of the frame body 1 respectively.
The three-jaw chuck 19 grabs one end of the roller 2, the center 20 tightly pushes the other end of the roller 2 to fix the roller 2, and the three-jaw chuck 19 rotates to drive the roller 2 to rotate.
Further, the three-jaw chuck is preferably an air-powered rotary chuck, the chuck is rotated and clamped by air pressure, and the three-jaw chuck is controlled by the control center 8, so that compared with a manual chuck, the three-jaw chuck is high in automation degree, high in precision and high in efficiency.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "longitudinal," "transverse," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate or are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present utility model, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.
The above embodiments are only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model, and various modifications and improvements made by those skilled in the art to the technical solutions of the present utility model should fall within the protection scope defined by the claims of the present utility model without departing from the design spirit of the present utility model.
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1. A roll bite scoring apparatus under TMCP process conditions, comprising: the device comprises a frame body (1), clamping mechanisms for fixing rollers (2) are fixedly connected to two sides of the middle of the frame body (1), a guide rod (3) is fixedly connected to the upper portion of the frame body (1), a screw rod (4) is correspondingly arranged below the guide rod (3), the screw rod (4) is rotatably connected with two side walls of the frame body (1), and one end of the screw rod (4) penetrates through the side walls of the frame body (1) to be connected with a motor (5) in a transmission manner; a sliding block (6) is connected to the screw rod (4) in a threaded manner, and one end, far away from the screw rod (4), of the sliding block (6) is connected with the guide rod (3) in a sliding manner; the bottom of the sliding block (6) is fixedly connected with a laser emitter (7), one side of the frame body (1) is fixedly connected with a control center (8), and the control center (8) is electrically connected with the clamping mechanism and the motor (5).
2. The roll bite scoring apparatus of claim 1 in TMCP process conditions, wherein: the sliding block (6) is fixedly connected with the laser transmitter (7) through a telescopic rod (9), and the telescopic rod (9) is electrically connected with the control center (8).
3. The roll bite scoring apparatus of claim 1 in TMCP process conditions, wherein: the novel roller shutter is characterized in that the front of the frame body (1) is opened, a roller shutter roller (10) is fixedly connected to the top of the front of the frame body (1), a roller shutter (11) is wound in the roller shutter roller (10), the roller shutter (11) is made of transparent flexible materials, and the length and width dimensions of the roller shutter (11) after being stretched are the front dimensions of the frame body (1).
4. A roll bite scoring apparatus in TMCP process conditions as recited in claim 3, wherein: flexible magnetic strips (13) are fixedly connected to two sides of the roller shutter (11); the two sides of the front of the frame body (1) are fixedly connected with magnetic attraction strips (12) corresponding to the flexible magnetic strips (13).
5. A roll bite scoring apparatus in TMCP process conditions as recited in claim 3, wherein: the bottom of the roller shutter (11) is provided with a supporting bar (14), and a handle (15) is fixedly connected below the supporting bar (14).
6. The roll bite scoring apparatus of claim 4 in TMCP process conditions, wherein: hanging rings (16) are fixedly connected to the bottoms of two sides of the roller shutter (11), hooks (17) are arranged below the magnetic attraction strips (12) corresponding to the hanging rings (16), the hooks (17) are bent downwards, and lateral end parts are fixedly connected with the frame body (1).
7. The roll bite scoring apparatus of claim 1 in TMCP process conditions, wherein: the bottom inside the frame body (1) is connected with a bearing box (18) in a sliding way.
8. The roll bite scoring apparatus of claim 1 in TMCP process conditions, wherein: the clamping mechanism comprises a three-jaw chuck (19) and a center (20), and the three-jaw chuck (19) and the center (20) are fixedly connected to two side walls of the frame body (1) respectively.
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