CN221089307U - Plastic product forming and processing equipment - Google Patents

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CN221089307U
CN221089307U CN202323072896.8U CN202323072896U CN221089307U CN 221089307 U CN221089307 U CN 221089307U CN 202323072896 U CN202323072896 U CN 202323072896U CN 221089307 U CN221089307 U CN 221089307U
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胡桂春
罗佳兴
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The utility model discloses plastic product forming and processing equipment, which comprises a device body and a pushing seat. According to the utility model, through the use of the pushing seat, the pushing plate, the sliding chute II, the bolt I, the threaded hole I, the upper clamping die, the sliding block II and the threaded hole IV, the upper clamping die can be installed, fixed and slidingly taken down, and the lower clamping die can be installed, fixed and taken down for replacement, so that the device has the advantage of being convenient for replacing the clamping die, and the corresponding replacement of the die is convenient according to different plastic products, so that the device has stronger adaptability; the equipment can realize the demand of conveniently punching to plastic mold, can adjust the horizontal position of electric drill through motor two, lead screw two, slide bar two to be convenient for punch to plastic products different positions, and the high accessible electric putter of electric drill is two to be adjusted, in order to adapt to the plastic products of difference in height.

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Plastic product forming and processing equipment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of plastic product forming and processing equipment, in particular to plastic product forming and processing equipment.
Background
The plastic products are the general names of articles for life, industry and the like which are processed by adopting plastics as main raw materials, and comprise products of all processes of injection molding, plastic suction and the like which take plastics as raw materials, wherein the plastics are synthetic high polymer materials with plasticity; after the plastic product is molded, the plastic product is usually cut and drilled, but the existing plastic product molding and processing equipment has some defects in use.
For example, the prior art publication number is: CN216731984U is a plastic products shaping processing equipment with adjustable cutting length, including the equipment platform, upper surface one side fixedly connected with cutting positioning seat of equipment platform, the upper surface opposite side sliding connection of equipment platform has fixed pushing seat, the upper surface of cutting positioning seat is equipped with the swager portal frame, the side fixed mounting of equipment platform has driving motor, the inside sliding connection of cutting positioning seat has the cutting machine, driving motor's output fixed mounting has drive screw, drive screw threaded connection is inside the bottom of cutting machine.
The above patent also has some drawbacks when in use: its processing equipment lacks centre gripping mould change mechanism, is inconvenient for changing the mould of different size models, is difficult to reach the function of adaptation multiple plastic products size model, and secondly plastic products can produce more piece when the cutting, and its equipment lacks piece and collects processing mechanism, is inconvenient for handling the piece, and the piece scatters everywhere and influences operational environment easily.
For the problems in the related art, no effective solution has been proposed at present.
Disclosure of utility model
(One) solving the technical problems
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides plastic product forming and processing equipment which has the advantages of being convenient for replacing a clamping die and punching operation and collecting and processing scraps, thereby solving the problems in the prior art.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the advantages of being convenient for replacing a clamping die and punching operation and collecting and processing scraps, the utility model adopts the following specific technical scheme:
The utility model provides a plastic products shaping processing equipment, includes device body and pushing seat, device body top surface one side is provided with mounting bracket one, mounting bracket one side surface is provided with motor one, motor one output runs through mounting bracket one inboard and is connected with lead screw one, lead screw one surface threaded connection has the nut one that does not show the figure, and nut one bottom is provided with branch one, branch one bottom is provided with loading board one, and loading board one surface runs through and be provided with electric putter one, electric putter one output is provided with mounting panel one, mounting panel one bottom surface is provided with motor four, motor four output is provided with the cutting blade, device body top surface intermediate is seted up fluted second, fluted second inside is provided with pushing seat, pushing seat top surface runs through and is provided with the pneumatic cylinder, the output of pneumatic cylinder is provided with hydraulic putter, the hydraulic putter output is provided with the push pedal, push pedal bottom surface is seted up the spout second, and the spout second is connected with last centre gripping mould sliding, pushing seat inboard surface is provided with the inboard grip block, the grip block, electric drill one side is provided with the cutting blade, two is provided with the screw hole, two is provided with two screw hole, two screw hole two top surfaces are connected with two, two screw hole surfaces are provided with two, two screw hole surfaces are set up through the mounting bracket two, the device is characterized in that a motor III is arranged on one side inside the device body, a screw rod III is connected to the output end of the motor III, penetrates through the groove II and is in threaded connection with the threaded hole III.
Further, a first sliding groove is formed in the surface of one side of the inner side of the pushing seat, a first sliding block is arranged on the surface of one side of the pushing plate, and the first sliding block is in sliding connection with the first sliding groove.
Further, the surface of the upper clamping die is provided with a threaded hole IV in a penetrating mode, the surface of the push plate is provided with a threaded hole I in a penetrating mode, the internal threads of the threaded hole I are provided with a threaded bolt I in a known mode, and the threaded hole I is matched with the threaded hole IV and the threaded bolt I.
Further, a first sliding rod is arranged on one side surface of the mounting frame in a penetrating mode, a third sliding block which is not shown in the figure is sleeved on one surface of the first sliding rod, a first connecting rod is arranged at the bottom of the third sliding block, and one end of the first connecting rod is fixedly connected with the first supporting rod.
Further, a second sliding rod is arranged on one side surface of the second mounting frame in a penetrating mode, a fourth sliding block which is not shown in the figure is sleeved on the second sliding rod, a second connecting rod is arranged at the bottom of the fourth sliding block, and one end of the second connecting rod is fixedly connected with the second supporting rod.
Further, a screw hole five which is not shown in the figure is formed in the surface of one side of the lower clamping die, a screw hole two is formed in the surface of one side of the clamping plate in a penetrating mode, a bolt two is connected with the screw hole two in a threaded mode, and the bolt two is matched with the screw hole two and the screw hole five.
Furthermore, a first groove is formed in one side of the top surface of the device body, and a collecting box is arranged in the first groove.
Further, a control panel is arranged on the surface of the second top of the mounting frame.
Further, the bottom surface of the device body is provided with four supporting legs, and the four supporting legs are symmetrically distributed at corners around the bottom surface of the device body.
(III) beneficial effects
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides plastic product forming and processing equipment, which has the following beneficial effects:
(1) According to the utility model, through the use of the pushing seat, the pushing plate, the sliding chute II, the bolt I, the threaded hole I, the upper clamping die, the sliding block II and the threaded hole IV, the upper clamping die can be installed, fixed and slidingly taken down for replacement operation, and through the use of the clamping plate, the bolt II, the threaded hole II, the lower clamping die and the threaded hole V, the lower clamping die can be installed, fixed and taken down for replacement, so that the device can realize the advantage of being convenient for replacing the clamping die, and the corresponding replacement of the die is convenient according to different plastic products, and the device has stronger adaptability.
(2) The electric drill can meet the requirement of conveniently punching a plastic die through the use of the mounting frame II, the control panel II, the motor II, the screw rod II, the slide bar II, the support rod II, the connecting rod II, the electric push rod II, the bearing plate II, the mounting plate II and the electric drill, the horizontal position of the electric drill can be adjusted through the motor II, the screw rod II and the slide bar II so as to conveniently punch different positions of plastic products, and the height of the electric drill can be adjusted through the electric push rod II so as to conveniently adapt to plastic products with different heights.
(3) Through the use of the groove I and the collecting box, the device can collect scraps generated by cutting when plastic products are cut, so that the scraps can fall into the collecting box, subsequent scraps can be conveniently processed, and the scraps are prevented from flying around to influence the working environment.
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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 schematic diagram of a plastic product forming and processing device according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure at A of a plastic product forming and processing device according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the position B of the plastic product forming and processing equipment of the utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of an upper clamping mold of a plastic product forming and processing device of the utility model;
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a plastic product forming apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the plastic product forming and processing equipment at C;
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the D-site of the plastic product molding and processing equipment of the present utility model.
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1. A device body; 2. a first mounting frame; 3. a pushing seat; 4. a hydraulic cylinder; 5. a second mounting frame; 6. electric drill; 7. a control panel; 8. a hydraulic push rod; 9. a second slide bar; 10. a second motor; 11. a screw rod III; 12. support legs; 13. a push plate; 14. a threaded hole III; 15. a first motor; 16. a first slide bar; 17. a groove I; 18. a collection box; 19. a first chute; 20. a first bolt; 21. a first threaded hole; 22. a first sliding block; 23. a second chute; 24. a lower clamping die; 25. a threaded hole II; 26. a second bolt; 27. a clamping plate; 28. an upper clamping die; 29. a second slide block; 30. a threaded hole IV; 31. a third motor; 32. a first screw rod; 33. a first supporting rod; 34. a first bearing plate; 35. an electric push rod I; 36. cutting the sheet; 37. a fourth motor; 38. a first mounting plate; 39. a first connecting rod; 40. a second screw rod; 41. a second supporting rod; 42. a second connecting rod; 43. an electric push rod II; 44. a second mounting plate; 45. a bearing plate II; 46. and a groove II.
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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 present utility model, there is provided a plastic product molding processing apparatus.
The utility model will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, as shown in fig. 1-7, a plastic product forming and processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the utility model comprises a device body 1 and a pushing seat 3, wherein one side of the top surface of the device body 1 is provided with a mounting frame 1, one side surface of the mounting frame 1 is provided with a motor 15, an output end of the motor 15 penetrates through the inner side of the mounting frame 12 to be connected with a screw rod 32, a screw nut not shown is connected with the surface of the screw rod 32 in a threaded manner, a support rod 33 is arranged at the bottom of the screw nut, a bearing plate 34 is arranged at the bottom of the support rod 33, an electric push rod 35 is arranged at the surface of the bearing plate 34 in a penetrating manner, an output end of the electric push rod 35 is provided with a mounting plate 38, a bottom surface of the mounting plate 38 is provided with a motor four 37, an output end of the motor four 37 is provided with a cutting piece 36, a groove two 46 is arranged in the middle of the top surface of the device body 1, the inside of the groove II 46 is provided with a pushing seat 3, the top surface of the pushing seat 3 is provided with a hydraulic cylinder 4 in a penetrating way, the output end of the hydraulic cylinder 4 is provided with a hydraulic push rod 8, the output end of the hydraulic push rod 8 is provided with a push plate 13, the bottom surface of the push plate 13 is provided with a sliding groove II 23, the sliding groove II 23 is in sliding connection with an upper clamping die 28 through a sliding block II 29, the inner side surface of the pushing seat 3 is provided with a clamping plate 27, the inner side of the clamping plate 27 is provided with a lower clamping die 24, the top side surface of the device body 1 is provided with a mounting bracket II 5, the side surface of the mounting bracket II 5 is provided with a motor II 10, the output end of the motor II 10 penetrates through the inner side of the mounting bracket II 5 and is connected with a screw II 40, the surface of the screw II 40 is in threaded connection with a nut II which is not shown, the bottom of the nut II is provided with a supporting rod II 41, the bottom of the supporting rod II 41 is provided with a bearing plate II 45, the surface of the bearing plate II 45 is provided with an electric push rod II 43 in a penetrating way, the output end of the electric push rod II 43 is provided with a mounting plate II 44, the bottom surface of the mounting plate II 44 is provided with an electric drill 6, the bottom of the pushing seat 3 is provided with a threaded hole III 14 in a penetrating mode, one side inside the device body 1 is provided with a motor III 31, the output end of the motor III 31 is provided with a screw rod III 11 in a penetrating mode through a groove II 46 in a penetrating mode, and the screw rod III 11 is in threaded connection with the threaded hole III 14.
In one embodiment, a first sliding groove 19 is formed on the inner side surface of the pushing seat 3, a first sliding block 22 is arranged on the side surface of the pushing plate 13, and the first sliding block 22 is slidably connected with the first sliding groove 19.
In one embodiment, the surface of the upper clamping die 28 is provided with a threaded hole IV 30 in a penetrating manner, the surface of the push plate 13 is provided with a threaded hole I21 in a penetrating manner, the internal threads of the threaded hole I21 are provided with a threaded bolt I20, and the threaded hole I21 is matched with the threaded hole IV 30 and the threaded bolt I20.
In one embodiment, a first slide bar 16 is arranged on one side surface of the first mounting frame 2 in a penetrating manner, a third slide block which is not shown is sleeved on the surface of the first slide bar 16, a first connecting rod 39 is arranged at the bottom of the third slide block, and one end of the first connecting rod 39 is fixedly connected with the first support rod 33.
In one embodiment, a second sliding rod 9 is arranged on one side surface of the second mounting frame 5 in a penetrating manner, a fourth sliding block which is not shown is sleeved on the surface of the second sliding rod 9, a second connecting rod 42 is arranged at the bottom of the fourth sliding block, and one end of the second connecting rod 42 is fixedly connected with the second supporting rod 41.
In one embodiment, a screw hole five which is not shown is formed in one side surface of the lower clamping die, a screw hole two 25 is formed in one side surface of the clamping plate 27 in a penetrating mode, a bolt two 26 is connected to the inner thread of the screw hole two 25 in a threaded mode, and the bolt two 26 is matched with the screw hole two 25 and the screw hole five.
In one embodiment, a first groove 17 is formed on one side of the top surface of the device body 1, a collection box 18 is arranged in the first groove 17, four electric push rods are arranged in the first groove 35, and four electric push rods are arranged in the second groove 43.
In one embodiment, the top surface of the second mounting frame 5 is provided with a control panel 7, and the control panel 7 is in the prior art, and is only used by programming by a professional without improvement.
In one embodiment, the bottom surface of the device body 1 is provided with four support legs 12, and the four support legs 12 are symmetrically distributed at corners around the bottom surface of the device body 1.
Working principle: during operation, the upper clamping die 28 can be replaced through the push plate 13 and the sliding groove II 23, the upper clamping die 28 is fixed through the first bolt 20, the first threaded hole 21 and the fourth threaded hole 30, the lower clamping die 24 can be replaced and fixed through the clamping plate 27, the second bolt 26, the second threaded hole 25 and the fifth threaded hole five, the hydraulic push rod 8 pushes the upper clamping die 28 downwards to clamp plastic products, the pushing seat 3 can horizontally move in the groove II 46 through the third motor 31 and the third screw rod 11, the plastic products can be cut through the first control panel 7, the first mounting frame 2, the fourth motor 37 and the cutting piece 36, the horizontal position of the fourth motor 37 can be adjusted through the first control panel 7, the first motor 15, the first screw rod 32, the first nut 16 and the third slide rod 35, the height of the fourth motor 37 can be adjusted through the first control panel 7, the second mounting frame 5 and the third electric drill 6, the plastic products can be drilled through the second control panel 7, the second motor 10, the second motor 40 and the third screw rod 9, the horizontal position of the second electric drill 6 can be adjusted, the first electric drill can be adjusted through the second control panel 7, the second electric drill 6 and the first electric drill box can be adjusted through the second electric drill 6, the first electric drill box 43 and the first electric drill can be adjusted, and the first electric drill box can be used for collecting chips can be adjusted.
In the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "configured," "connected," "secured," "screwed," and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intermediaries, or in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless explicitly defined otherwise, the meaning of the terms described above in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the specific circumstances.
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 plastic product forming and processing equipment comprises a device body (1) and a pushing seat (3), and is characterized in that one side of the top surface of the device body (1) is provided with a mounting frame I (2), one side surface of the mounting frame I (2) is provided with a motor I (15), the output end of the motor I (15) penetrates through the inner side of the mounting frame I (2) and is connected with a screw rod I (32), the surface of the screw rod I (32) is in threaded connection with a nut I which is not shown, the bottom of the nut I is provided with a supporting rod I (33), the bottom of the supporting rod I (33) is provided with a bearing plate I (34), the surface of the bearing plate I (34) is provided with an electric push rod I (35), the output end of the electric push rod I (35) is provided with a mounting plate I (38), the bottom surface of the mounting plate I (38) is provided with a motor IV (37), the output end of the motor IV (37) is provided with a cutting blade (36), a groove II (46) is formed in the middle of the top surface of the device body (1), the groove II (46) is internally provided with the pushing seat (3), the surface of the pushing seat (3) is provided with a supporting rod I (33), the surface of the supporting rod I (34) is provided with an electric push rod I (35), the surface is provided with an electric push rod I (35), the output cylinder (8), the hydraulic rod (8) and the hydraulic rod (8) is provided with an output cylinder (8), the utility model discloses a push pedal (13) bottom surface has seted up spout two (23), and spout two (23) pass through slider two (29) and go up clamping mould (28) sliding connection, push away material seat (3) inboard surface and be provided with grip block (27), grip block (27) inboard is provided with down clamping mould (24), device body (1) top one side surface is provided with mounting bracket two (5), mounting bracket two (5) one side surface is provided with motor two (10), motor two (10) output runs through mounting bracket two (5) inboard and is connected with lead screw two (40), lead screw two (40) surface threaded connection has the nut two that does not show, and nut two bottoms are provided with branch two (41), branch two (41) bottom is provided with loading board two (45), and loading board two (45) surface run through and be provided with electric putter two (43), electric putter two (43) output is provided with mounting panel two (44), mounting panel two (44) bottom surface is provided with electric drill (6), push away material seat (3) bottom and set up motor three (14) are run through in motor two (14), three (31) are run through in one side of motor body three (31), the screw rod III (11) is in threaded connection with the threaded hole III (14).
2. The plastic product forming and processing device according to claim 1, wherein a first sliding chute (19) is formed on the inner side surface of the pushing seat (3), a first sliding block (22) is arranged on the side surface of the pushing plate (13), and the first sliding block (22) is slidably connected with the first sliding chute (19).
3. The plastic product forming and processing device according to claim 1, wherein a threaded hole four (30) is formed in the surface of the upper clamping die (28), a threaded hole one (21) is formed in the surface of the push plate (13), a bolt one (20) is known in the internal thread of the threaded hole one (21), and the threaded hole one (21) is matched with the threaded hole four (30) and the bolt one (20).
4. The plastic product forming and processing device according to claim 1, wherein a sliding rod I (16) is arranged on one side surface of the mounting frame I (2) in a penetrating manner, a sliding block III (not shown) is sleeved on the surface of the sliding rod I (16), a connecting rod I (39) is arranged at the bottom of the sliding block III, and one end of the connecting rod I (39) is fixedly connected with the supporting rod I (33).
5. The plastic product forming and processing device according to claim 1, wherein a second sliding rod (9) is arranged on one side surface of the second mounting frame (5) in a penetrating manner, a fourth sliding block (not shown) is sleeved on the surface of the second sliding rod (9), a second connecting rod (42) is arranged at the bottom of the fourth sliding block, and one end of the second connecting rod (42) is fixedly connected with the second supporting rod (41).
6. The plastic product molding and processing device according to claim 1, wherein a screw hole five, not shown, is provided on a side surface of the lower holding mold, a screw hole two (25) is provided on a side surface of the clamping plate (27) in a penetrating manner, a bolt two (26) is screwed in the screw hole two (25), and the bolt two (26) is matched with the screw hole two (25) and the screw hole five.
7. The plastic product forming and processing device according to claim 1, wherein a first groove (17) is formed on one side of the top surface of the device body (1), and a collecting box (18) is arranged in the first groove (17).
8. A plastic product forming and processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the top surface of the second mounting frame (5) is provided with a control panel (7).
9. The plastic product forming and processing device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the device body (1) is provided with four supporting legs (12), and the four supporting legs (12) are symmetrically distributed at corners around the bottom surface of the device body (1).
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