CN221452492U - Horizontal raw material stirring device for quantitative feeding - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a quantitative feeding horizontal raw material stirring device, which belongs to the technical field of silicone rubber production and comprises a bottom plate, wherein a horizontal stirring box is arranged at the top of the bottom plate, a U-shaped plate is fixedly arranged at the top of the bottom plate, and a threaded rod is connected inside the U-shaped plate in a rotating manner. The horizontal type feeding box has the beneficial effects that the threaded plate can be driven to move up and down in the U-shaped plate through the rotation of the threaded rod, so that the height of the feeding box and the height of powder can be lifted, after the feeding position is reached, the push plate can be pushed to slide in the feeding box through the extension of the piston rod of the first electric telescopic rod, and in the moving process of the push plate, the connecting rod can be driven to rotate, so that the blanking plate is driven to rotate downwards, the blanking plate in an inclined state is convenient for the blanking operation of the powder, the blanking efficiency of the powder is further improved, the feeding operation in the horizontal type stirring box can be facilitated, and the practicability of the horizontal type feeding box can be improved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of silicone rubber production, in particular to a quantitative feeding horizontal raw material stirring device.
Background
The main chain of the silicone rubber is composed of silicon and oxygen atoms alternately, and the silicon atoms are usually connected with two organic groups, so that the silicone rubber has good low temperature resistance, also has very outstanding heat resistance, good air permeability and highest oxygen permeability in the synthetic polymer, and has outstanding characteristics of physiological inertia and no coagulation, thus being widely applied in the medical field.
Through retrieval, china patent discloses a quantitative charging stirring device (issued publication No. CN 208194332U) which comprises a stirrer and a quantitative charging mechanism arranged on the stirrer; the quantitative charging mechanism comprises: a hopper for storing materials to be added; the rotary table is arranged at the lower part of the hopper, and a quantitative cylinder is arranged in the rotary table; the baffle plate is positioned on the turntable and is provided with a feed opening; and the material is led to enter the feeding pipe of the stirrer from the discharging opening, and the technology has simple structure and convenient operation, is used for quantitatively, equivalently and gradually adding the material into the stirrer, ensures that the material is uniformly mixed in the stirrer, and can shorten the stirring time of the material.
However, the device still has some disadvantages in practical use, and obviously, the hopper in the prior art is generally arranged above the stirrer, so that the position of the hopper is higher, the material is inconvenient to be poured into the hopper by workers, and the practicability of the device is greatly reduced.
Disclosure of utility model
In view of the existing technology: the hopper in the prior art is generally arranged above the stirrer, so that the position of the hopper is higher, a worker is inconvenient to pour materials into the hopper, the practicability of the device is greatly reduced, and the main purpose of the utility model is to provide a quantitative feeding horizontal raw material stirring device.
The technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: the utility model provides a quantitative reinforced horizontal raw material stirring device, includes the bottom plate, the top of bottom plate is provided with horizontal agitator tank, the top fixed mounting of bottom plate has the U shaped plate, the inside rotation of U shaped plate is connected with the threaded rod, the outside threaded connection of threaded rod has the screw thread board, vertical direction sliding connection is followed to screw thread board and U shaped plate, the top fixedly connected with charging box of screw thread board, the outside fixed mounting of charging box has two first electric telescopic handle, the inside sliding connection of charging box has the push pedal, the piston rod of first electric telescopic handle extends to the inside of charging box and with push pedal fixed connection, the outside rotation of charging box is connected with the flitch down, one side that the push pedal is close to the flitch rotates and is connected with two connecting rods, the flitch down is all kept away from the one end rotation connection of push pedal with the connecting rod.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the rotation of threaded rod, can drive the spiral plate and reciprocate in the U-shaped inboard, and then can carry out the lifting to the height of charging box and powder, after reaching the unloading position, through stretching out of the piston rod of first electric telescopic handle, can promote the push pedal and slide in the charging box, and then be convenient for release the powder in the charging box to can be convenient for carry out reinforced operation to horizontal agitator tank, thereby can improve the practicality of device.
As a preferred implementation mode, the top of bottom plate is provided with the material bucket, the outside fixed mounting of material bucket has the material pump, the input of material pump extends to the inside of material bucket, the inside fixed mounting of the input of material pump has the flowmeter, the inside fixed mounting of the input of material pump has the solenoid valve, the output fixedly connected with conveyer pipe of material pump, the one end that the material pump was kept away from to the conveyer pipe extends to the inside of horizontal agitator tank.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the setting of flowmeter, can monitor the flow of the silicone oil in carrying to through the setting of material pump, can carry the silicone oil in the material bucket to horizontal agitator tank through the conveyer pipe in.
As a preferred implementation mode, the top fixed mounting of horizontal agitator tank has the feeding case, the top of feeding case rotates and is connected with the baffle, the both sides of feeding case all rotate and are connected with the second electric telescopic handle, the piston rod of second electric telescopic handle all rotates with the baffle to be connected.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the flexible of the piston rod of the electronic telescopic link of second, can drive the rotation of baffle, and then can realize closing or opening the feeding case.
As a preferred implementation mode, the stirring auger is rotationally connected to the inside of the horizontal stirring tank, a second servo motor is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the horizontal stirring tank, and an output shaft of the second servo motor extends to the inside of the horizontal stirring tank and is fixedly connected with the stirring auger.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the rotation of the output shaft of second servo motor, can drive stirring auger and stir the operation to silicone oil and powder.
As a preferred implementation mode, the bottom fixedly connected with unloading pipe of horizontal agitator tank, the outside fixed mounting of unloading pipe has the motor, the output shaft of motor extends to the inside of unloading pipe, the outside fixedly connected with butterfly plate of the output shaft of motor, the outside of butterfly plate is laminated with the inner wall of unloading pipe mutually.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the rotation of the output shaft of motor, can drive the rotation of butterfly plate, and then be convenient for close or open the feed opening of unloading pipe.
As a preferred implementation mode, the top fixedly connected with first servo motor of U-shaped board, first servo motor's output shaft extends to the inside of U-shaped board and with threaded rod fixed connection, the top of material bucket is provided with the inlet pipe, the outside fixed mounting of horizontal agitator tank has the controller.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through the rotation of the output shaft of first servo motor, can drive the rotation of threaded rod, and then can realize the transmission of power.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages and positive effects that,
1. According to the utility model, the threaded plate can be driven to move up and down in the U-shaped plate through rotation of the threaded rod, so that the feeding box and the height of powder can be lifted, after the feeding position is reached, the push plate can be pushed to slide in the feeding box through extension of the piston rod of the first electric telescopic rod, so that the powder in the feeding box is pushed out conveniently, the connecting rod can be driven to rotate in the push plate moving process, the blanking plate is driven to rotate downwards, the blanking plate in an inclined state is enabled to facilitate the blanking operation of the powder, the blanking efficiency of the powder is further improved, the feeding operation in the horizontal stirring box can be facilitated, and the practicability of the device can be improved.
2. According to the utility model, through the arrangement of the flowmeter, the flow of the silicone oil in conveying can be monitored, and through the arrangement of the material pump, the silicone oil in the material barrel can be conveyed into the horizontal stirring tank through the conveying pipe, when the flow of the silicone oil in conveying reaches the preset value of the flowmeter, control information is transmitted to the controller, and the electromagnetic valve is controlled to be closed through the controller, so that the silicone oil is stopped to be conveyed, and quantitative conveying of the silicone oil can be realized, so that the use amount of the silicone oil is conveniently controlled by staff.
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FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the horizontal stirring tank of the present application;
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the application at a in fig. 1.
Legend description: 1. a horizontal stirring box; 2. a material barrel; 3. a delivery tube; 4. a U-shaped plate; 5. a threaded rod; 6. a first servo motor; 7. a thread plate; 8. a first electric telescopic rod; 9. a second servo motor; 10. a bottom plate; 11. a feed box; 12. a second electric telescopic rod; 13. a baffle; 14. a motor; 15. a controller; 16. stirring the auger; 17. a material pump; 18. a flow meter; 19. an electromagnetic valve; 20. a charging box; 21. a connecting rod; 22. a push plate; 23. a blanking plate; 24. a butterfly plate.
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The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without making creative efforts based on the embodiments of the present application are included in the protection scope of the present application.
Referring to fig. 1-4, a quantitative feeding horizontal raw material stirring device comprises a bottom plate 10, the top of the bottom plate 10 is provided with a horizontal stirring box 1, the top of the bottom plate 10 is fixedly provided with a U-shaped plate 4,U, a threaded rod 5 is rotatably connected to the inside of the U-shaped plate 4, a threaded plate 7 is connected to the outer side of the threaded rod 5 in a threaded manner, the threaded plate 7 is slidably connected with the U-shaped plate 4 in the vertical direction, a feeding box 20 is fixedly connected to the top end of the threaded plate 7, two first electric telescopic rods 8 are fixedly arranged on the outer side of the feeding box 20, a push plate 22 is slidably connected to the inside of the feeding box 20, a piston rod of the first electric telescopic rods 8 extends into the inside of the feeding box 20 and is fixedly connected with the push plate 22, a blanking plate 23 is rotatably connected to the outer side of the feeding plate 22, two connecting rods 21 are rotatably connected to one sides of the push plate 22, and the blanking plate 23 is rotatably connected to one ends of the connecting rods 21, which are far away from the push plate 22.
During the use, pour the powder that weighs in advance into charging box 20, through the rotation of threaded rod 5, can drive spiral plate 7 and reciprocate in U shaped plate 4, and then can carry out the lifting to the height of charging box 20 and powder, after reaching the unloading position, through the extension of the piston rod of first electric telescopic handle 8, can promote push pedal 22 and slide in charging box 20, and then be convenient for release the powder in the charging box 20, in push pedal 22 removal in-process, can drive the rotation of connecting rod 21, and then drive blanking plate 23 rotation down, make the blanking plate 23 that is the inclination be convenient for the unloading operation of powder, further improve the unloading efficiency to the powder, thereby can be convenient for carry out the feeding operation in the horizontal agitator tank 1, thereby can improve the practicality of device.
Referring to fig. 2, a material bucket 2 is provided at the top end of a bottom plate 10, a material pump 17 is fixedly mounted at the outer side of the material bucket 2, the input end of the material pump 17 extends to the inner bottom of the material bucket 2, a flowmeter 18 is fixedly mounted in the input end of the material pump 17, an electromagnetic valve 19 is fixedly mounted in the input end of the material pump 17, a conveying pipe 3 is fixedly connected to the output end of the material pump 17, and one end of the conveying pipe 3 far away from the material pump 17 extends to the inner portion of the horizontal stirring tank 1.
Through the setting of flowmeter 18, can monitor the flow of the silicone oil in carrying to through the setting of material pump 17, can carry the silicone oil in the material bucket 2 to horizontal agitator tank 1 through conveyer pipe 3, when the silicone oil flow in carrying reaches the default of flowmeter 18, can give controller 15 with control information transfer, and close through controller 15 control solenoid valve 19, make the silicone oil stop carrying, and then can realize carrying the ration of silicone oil, thereby the staff of being convenient for controls the quantity of silicone oil.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a feeding box 11 is fixedly installed at the top of the horizontal stirring box 1, a baffle 13 is rotatably connected to the top end of the feeding box 11, second electric telescopic rods 12 are rotatably connected to two sides of the feeding box 11, and piston rods of the second electric telescopic rods 12 are rotatably connected with the baffle 13.
The baffle 13 can be driven to rotate by the extension and retraction of the piston rod of the second electric extension rod 12, so that the feeding box 11 can be closed or opened.
Referring to fig. 3, a stirring auger 16 is rotatably connected to the inside of the horizontal stirring tank 1, a second servo motor 9 is fixedly mounted on the outer side of the horizontal stirring tank 1, and an output shaft of the second servo motor 9 extends to the inside of the horizontal stirring tank 1 and is fixedly connected with the stirring auger 16.
Through the rotation of the output shaft of the second servo motor 9, the stirring auger 16 can be driven to stir the silicone oil and the powder.
Referring to fig. 3, a blanking pipe is fixedly connected to the bottom of the horizontal stirring tank 1, a motor 14 is fixedly installed on the outer side of the blanking pipe, an output shaft of the motor 14 extends to the interior of the blanking pipe, a butterfly plate 24 is fixedly connected to the outer side of the output shaft of the motor 14, and the outer side of the butterfly plate 24 is attached to the inner wall of the blanking pipe.
Through the rotation of the output shaft of the motor 14, the butterfly plate 24 can be driven to rotate, so that the blanking opening of the blanking pipe can be conveniently closed or opened.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a first servo motor 6 is fixedly connected to the top of the U-shaped plate 4, an output shaft of the first servo motor 6 extends to the inside of the U-shaped plate 4 and is fixedly connected with a threaded rod 5, a feeding pipe is arranged at the top end of the material barrel 2, and a controller 15 is fixedly installed on the outer side of the horizontal stirring tank 1.
Through the rotation of the output shaft of the first servo motor 6, the threaded rod 5 can be driven to rotate, and then power transmission can be achieved.
Working principle: firstly, pre-weighed powder is poured into a charging box 20, a first servo motor 6 is started to drive a threaded rod 5 to rotate, a threaded plate 7 can be driven to move upwards in a U-shaped plate 4, the charging box 20 and the height of the powder can be lifted, after the powder reaches a discharging position, the first servo motor 6 is closed, a push plate 22 can be pushed to slide in the charging box 20 through the extension of a piston rod of a first electric telescopic rod 8, the powder in the charging box 20 is pushed out conveniently, in the moving process of the push plate 22, a connecting rod 21 is driven to rotate, a discharging plate 23 is driven to rotate downwards, the discharging plate 23 in an inclined state is convenient for the discharging operation of the powder, the discharging efficiency of the powder is further improved, and a baffle 13 can be driven to rotate through the extension of a piston rod of a second electric telescopic rod 12, the charging box 11 can be opened, and the powder can enter the horizontal stirring box 1 through the charging box 11;
Subsequently, the material pump 17 is started, the silicone oil in the material barrel 2 is conveyed into the horizontal stirring box 1 through the conveying pipe 3, when the flow rate of the silicone oil in conveying reaches the preset value of the flowmeter 18, control information is transmitted to the controller 15, the electromagnetic valve 19 is controlled to be closed through the controller 15, the silicone oil is stopped to be conveyed, quantitative conveying of the silicone oil can be achieved, the use amount of the silicone oil is controlled by a worker conveniently, and then the second servo motor 9 is started again, so that the stirring auger 16 is driven to stir the silicone oil and powder.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present application is not intended to be limiting, but rather, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present application can be modified or equivalents can be substituted for some of the features thereof, and any modification, equivalent substitution, improvement or the like that is within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the scope of the present application.
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1. The utility model provides a quantitative reinforced horizontal raw materials agitating unit, includes bottom plate (10), its characterized in that: the top of bottom plate (10) is provided with horizontal agitator tank (1), the top fixed mounting of bottom plate (10) has U shaped plate (4), the inside rotation of U shaped plate (4) is connected with threaded rod (5), the outside threaded connection of threaded rod (5) has flitch (7), vertical direction sliding connection is followed in flitch (7) and U shaped plate (4), the top fixedly connected with charging box (20) of flitch (7), the outside fixed mounting of charging box (20) has two first electric telescopic handle (8), the inside sliding connection of charging box (20) has push pedal (22), the piston rod of first electric telescopic handle (8) extends to the inside of charging box (20) and with push pedal (22) fixed connection, the outside rotation of charging box (20) is connected with flitch (23), one side rotation that push pedal (22) are close to flitch (23) is connected with two connecting rods (21), the rotation connection that push pedal (21) were kept away from with one end of connecting rod (21) is all kept away from.
2. A dosed, horizontal feed stirring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the top of bottom plate (10) is provided with material bucket (2), the outside fixed mounting of material bucket (2) has material pump (17), the inside that the input of material pump (17) extends to material bucket (2), the inside fixed mounting of the input of material pump (17) has flowmeter (18), the inside fixed mounting of the input of material pump (17) has solenoid valve (19), the output fixedly connected with conveyer pipe (3) of material pump (17), the one end that material pump (17) was kept away from to conveyer pipe (3) extends to the inside of horizontal agitator tank (1).
3. A dosed, horizontal feed stirring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the top fixed mounting of horizontal agitator tank (1) has feeding case (11), the top of feeding case (11) rotates and is connected with baffle (13), the both sides of feeding case (11) all rotate and are connected with second electric telescopic handle (12), the piston rod of second electric telescopic handle (12) all rotates with baffle (13) to be connected.
4. A dosed, horizontal feed stirring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the inside rotation of horizontal agitator tank (1) is connected with stirring auger (16), the outside fixed mounting of horizontal agitator tank (1) has second servo motor (9), the output shaft of second servo motor (9) extends to the inside of horizontal agitator tank (1) and with stirring auger (16) fixed connection.
5. A dosed, horizontal feed stirring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the bottom fixedly connected with unloading pipe of horizontal agitator tank (1), the outside fixed mounting of unloading pipe has motor (14), the output shaft of motor (14) extends to the inside of unloading pipe, the outside fixedly connected with butterfly plate (24) of the output shaft of motor (14), the outside of butterfly plate (24) is laminated with the inner wall of unloading pipe mutually.
6. A dosed, horizontal feed stirring device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the top fixedly connected with first servo motor (6) of U-shaped board (4), the output shaft of first servo motor (6) extends to the inside of U-shaped board (4) and with threaded rod (5) fixed connection, the top of material bucket (2) is provided with the inlet pipe, the outside fixed mounting of horizontal agitator tank (1) has controller (15).
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