CN221624193U - Ring body gantry crane belt roof covering mechanism - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism, which comprises a film feeding mechanism, a film pulling mechanism, a movable film clamping mechanism, a fixed-point film clamping mechanism, a film pressing mechanism and a film cutting mechanism, wherein the film pulling mechanism comprises a guide rail, a speed reducing motor, a shaft rod arranged at the output end of the speed reducing motor, synchronous wheels arranged at two ends of the guide rail and respectively driven by the shaft rod, and a synchronous belt wound between the synchronous wheels, the movable film clamping mechanism comprises a supporting beam which moves along the guide rail and is fixedly connected with a single side of the synchronous belt, a first electric telescopic rod, a lower clamping arm which is movably connected with a telescopic end of the first electric telescopic rod, and an upper clamping arm which is arranged on the side wall of the supporting beam and is matched with the lower clamping arm.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of film-covered packaging, in particular to a ring body gantry crane belt roof-covering mechanism.
Background
Vertical winding machines are typically used to wind around a good, and many products require a top film to complete the wrapping and packaging of the five sides of the product.
Based on the above, the present inventors found that the vertical winding machine is generally used for winding around the goods, cannot wind the top, and is difficult to achieve protection work such as moisture prevention of the goods.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism for achieving the purpose of higher practical value.
Disclosure of utility model
This section is intended to outline some aspects of embodiments of the utility model and to briefly introduce some preferred embodiments. Some simplifications or omissions may be made in this section as well as in the description of the utility model and in the title of the utility model, which may not be used to limit the scope of the utility model.
The present utility model has been developed in view of the above-described and/or problems associated with use of ring gantry crane belt capping mechanisms.
Therefore, the utility model aims to provide the ring body gantry machine belt capping mechanism, which is integrally arranged by capping and winding around the ring body gantry machine, occupies smaller space, shares the lifting mechanism of the ring body gantry machine, has lower energy consumption, ensures the length of the capping film stretching through a touch screen, achieves the film saving effect by determining the length according to actual requirements, and can cut the capping film with the set length in advance by mutually matching a film supplying mechanism, a film pulling mechanism, a movable film clamping mechanism, a fixed-point film clamping mechanism, a film pressing mechanism and a film cutting mechanism.
In order to solve the technical problems, according to one aspect of the present utility model, the following technical solutions are provided:
a ring body gantry crane belt capping mechanism comprises:
the film feeding mechanism comprises a material roller, a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are supported at the bottom of the material roller, and a top film is wound around the periphery of the material roller;
The film pulling mechanism is arranged on a horizontal swivel of the ring body gantry machine and comprises a guide rail, a gear motor, a shaft rod arranged at the output end of the gear motor, synchronous wheels arranged at two ends of the guide rail and driven by the shaft rod respectively, and a synchronous belt wound between the synchronous wheels;
The movable film clamping mechanism comprises a supporting beam which moves along the guide rail and is fixedly connected with one side of the synchronous belt, a first electric telescopic rod, a lower clamping arm movably connected with the telescopic end of the first electric telescopic rod, and an upper clamping arm which is arranged on the side wall of the supporting beam and is matched with the lower clamping arm;
The fixed-point film clamping mechanism comprises a support plate arranged on the side wall of the guide rail, a second electric telescopic rod movably connected with the support plate, an upper clamping strip movably connected with the telescopic end of the second electric telescopic rod, and a movable plate arranged on the side wall of the upper clamping strip and movably connected with the support plate, and a sectional lower clamping strip is arranged below the upper clamping strip;
the film pressing mechanism comprises a fixed beam, an air cylinder arranged on the side wall of the fixed beam and a pressing block arranged at the telescopic end of the air cylinder;
the film cutting mechanism is arranged on the side wall of the pressing block;
ring body gantry crane.
As a preferable scheme of the ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism, the utility model is characterized in that shaft ends of the first roller and the second roller are provided with bearing frames, the side walls of the bearing frames are provided with unpowered damping mechanisms for damping the second roller and a film-lack detection proximity switch for detecting the film thickness on the material roller, and the unpowered damping mechanisms comprise damping rods arranged on the side walls of the bearing frames, springs arranged on the peripheries of the damping rods and strips arranged at the front ends of the damping rods, and the strips are tightly pressed on the outer walls of the shaft ends of the second roller.
As an optimal scheme of the ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism, a pressing sheet pressed on the top of the sectional type lower holding strip is arranged at the bottom of the upper holding strip, and a film clamping position is arranged between the sectional type lower holding strips.
As an optimal scheme of the ring body gantry crane belt roof covering mechanism, the side wall of the supporting beam is provided with a rotating shaft frame, and the outer wall of the first electric telescopic rod is movably matched with a rotating shaft of the rotating shaft frame.
As an optimal scheme of the ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism, the shaft part of the synchronous wheel is provided with the coupler, and the shaft rod is fixedly connected with the coupler.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: this kind of ring body longmen machine area covers a mechanism, twines integrative setting around through covering top and ring body longmen machine, and the space occupies littleer, and the elevating system of sharing ring body longmen machine, and the energy consumption is lower, covers the tensile length accessible touch-sensitive screen of top membrane and sets up length, confirms the length according to actual demand, reaches the effect of saving the membrane, supplies membrane mechanism, draws membrane mechanism, removes the clamp membrane mechanism, fixed point clamp membrane mechanism, press mold mechanism and cuts membrane mechanism and mutually support, can cut out the tectorial membrane that sets up length in advance, can raise the efficiency.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be understood as merely some embodiments of the present utility model, and from which other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive faculty. Wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall first view angle structure of a ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a ring gantry crane with a roof covering mechanism according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the overall second view angle structure of the ring gantry crane with a roof covering mechanism according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of part a of the ring gantry crane with a capping mechanism in FIG. 3;
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a part of a ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism in an installation state.
100. A film supply mechanism; 101. a membrane-lack detection proximity switch; 110. a material roller; 111. covering a top film; 120. a first roller; 130. a second drum; 131. an unpowered damping mechanism; 200. a film pulling mechanism; 210. a speed reducing motor; 220. a shaft lever; 230. a synchronizing wheel; 240. a guide rail; 300. a movable film clamping mechanism; 310. a support beam; 311. a rotating shaft bracket; 320. a first electric telescopic rod; 330. an upper clamp arm; 340. a lower clamp arm; 400. a fixed-point film clamping mechanism; 410. a support plate; 420. a second electric telescopic rod; 430. a clamping strip is arranged; 431. sectional lower holding strip; 432. tabletting; 500. a film pressing mechanism; 510. a fixed beam; 520. a cylinder; 530. briquetting; 600. a film cutting mechanism; 700. ring body gantry crane.
Detailed Description
In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the utility model will be readily understood, a more particular description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings.
Next, the present utility model will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, wherein the sectional view of the device structure is not partially enlarged to general scale for the convenience of description, and the drawings are only examples, which should not limit the scope of the present utility model. In addition, the three-dimensional dimensions of length, width and depth should be included in actual fabrication.
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent, embodiments of the present utility model will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The utility model provides a ring body gantry machine belt capping mechanism, which is integrally arranged by capping and winding the periphery of a ring body gantry machine, occupies smaller space, shares a lifting mechanism of the ring body gantry machine, has lower energy consumption, ensures that the stretching length of a capping film can be set by a touch screen, achieves the effect of saving film according to the actual requirement, and is matched with a film feeding mechanism, a film pulling mechanism, a movable film clamping mechanism, a fixed-point film clamping mechanism, a film pressing mechanism and a film cutting mechanism, so that the capping film with the set length can be cut in advance, and the efficiency can be improved.
Fig. 1 to 5 are schematic structural views of an embodiment of a ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism according to the present utility model, referring to fig. 1 to 5, a main body portion of the ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism includes a film feeding mechanism 100, a film pulling mechanism 200, a moving film clamping mechanism 300, a fixed point film clamping mechanism 400, a film pressing mechanism 500 and a film cutting mechanism 600.
The film feeding mechanism 100 is arranged on a first unpowered roller 120 and a second unpowered roller 130 around which a material roller 110 with a top film 111 is wound, so that the film pulling resistance is reduced, meanwhile, when the top film 111 is pulled out to be flatter and the film pulling mechanism 200 is too fast under the action of the unpowered damping mechanism 131, the inertia of the top film 111 is reduced, the top film 111 stops rotating in time, and the use of the top film 111 can be detected in time through a film shortage proximity switch, specifically, the film feeding mechanism 100 comprises the material roller 110, a first roller 120 and a second roller 130 supported at the bottom of the material roller 110, the material roller 110 is wound with the top film 111 at the periphery, in the embodiment, the shaft ends of the first roller 120 and the second roller 130 are provided with bearing frames, the side walls of the bearing frames are provided with a unpowered damping mechanism 131 for damping the second roller 130 and a film shortage detection proximity switch 101 for film thickness detection on the material roller 110, and the unpowered damping mechanism 131 comprises a damping rod arranged on the side walls of the frames, a spring arranged at the periphery and a strip arranged at the shaft ends of the second roller 130;
the film pulling mechanism 200 drives the shaft lever 220 to drive the synchronous wheels 230 to rotate through the gear motor 210, the synchronous belt between the synchronous wheels 230 drives the movable film clamping mechanism 300 to pull out the top film 111, the length of the top film 111 is pulled out through the arrangement of the external contact control screen, the rotation circle number of the synchronous wheels 230 driven by the gear motor 210 is controlled to realize quantitative film discharging, when the gear motor 210 stops, the fixed-point film clamping mechanism works to clamp the top film 111, then the film pressing mechanism 500 works to press the top film 111 and drive the film cutting mechanism 600, the film cutting mechanism 600 cuts off the top film 111, specifically, the film pulling mechanism 200 is arranged on a horizontal rotating ring of the ring gantry machine 700, the film pulling mechanism 200 comprises a guide rail 240, the gear motor 210, the shaft levers 220 arranged at the output end of the gear motor 210, the synchronous wheels 230 respectively driven by the shaft levers 220 and the synchronous belt wound between the synchronous wheels 230, in the embodiment, the shaft portions of the synchronous wheels 230 are fixedly connected with a shaft coupling;
When the upper clamping arm 330 is extended to clamp a membrane, the lower clamping arm 340 is driven by the first electric telescopic rod 320 to turn upwards, and the upper clamping arm 330 is matched with the lower clamping arm 340 to clamp the top membrane 111, specifically, the movable clamping mechanism 300 comprises a support beam 310 moving along the guide rail 240 and fixedly connected with one side of the synchronous belt, the first electric telescopic rod 320, the lower clamping arm 340 movably connected with the telescopic end of the first electric telescopic rod 320, and the upper clamping arm 330 arranged on the side wall of the support beam 310 and matched with the lower clamping arm 340, in this embodiment, a rotating shaft bracket 311 is arranged on the side wall of the support beam 310, and the outer wall of the first electric telescopic rod 320 is movably matched with the rotating shaft of the rotating shaft bracket 311;
The fixed-point film clamping mechanism 400 drives the upper clamping strip 430 to overturn downwards through the second electric telescopic rod 420, presses the top film 111 on the top of the segmented lower clamping strip 431, specifically, the fixed-point film clamping mechanism 400 comprises a supporting plate 410 arranged on the side wall of the guide rail 240, the second electric telescopic rod 420 movably connected with the supporting plate 410, the upper clamping strip 430 movably connected with the telescopic end of the second electric telescopic rod 420 and a movable plate arranged on the side wall of the upper clamping strip 430 and movably connected with the supporting plate 410, a segmented lower clamping strip 431 is arranged below the upper clamping strip 430, in the embodiment, a pressing piece 432 pressed on the top of the segmented lower clamping strip 431 is arranged at the bottom of the upper clamping strip 430, and a film clamping position is arranged between the segmented lower clamping strips 431;
The film pressing mechanism 500 is externally connected with air supply equipment through an air cylinder 520, controls the telescopic end of the air cylinder 520 to stretch out and draw back, and further drives the pressing block 530 and the film cutting mechanism 600 to lift, and concretely, the film pressing mechanism 500 comprises a fixed beam 510, the air cylinder 520 arranged on the side wall of the fixed beam 510 and the pressing block 530 arranged at the telescopic end of the air cylinder 520;
The film cutting mechanism 600 is used for cutting the covering film 111, and the film cutting mechanism 600 is specifically arranged on the side wall of the pressing block 530;
ring gantry crane 700.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism of the present embodiment is specifically used in the following steps, the length of the capping film 111 is pulled out through the external contact control screen, the lower clamping arm 340 is driven by the first electric telescopic rod 320 to turn upwards, the capping film 111 is clamped in cooperation with the upper clamping arm 330, the shaft lever 220 is driven by the gear motor 210 to drive the synchronizing wheel 230 to rotate, the synchronizing belt between the synchronizing wheels 230 drives the movable clamping mechanism 300 to pull out the capping film 111, the rotation number of the synchronizing wheel 230 is controlled by the gear motor 210, when the film output amount is reached, the gear motor 210 stops, the upper clamping strip 430 is driven by the second electric telescopic rod 420 to turn downwards, the capping film 111 is pressed on the top of the segmented lower clamping strip 431, the telescopic end of the cylinder 520 is controlled to extend out through the air supply equipment externally connected by the cylinder 520, further, the pressing block 530 and the film cutting mechanism 600 are driven to descend, the film cutting mechanism 600 cuts off the covering film 111, the ring body gantry crane 700 drives the horizontal swivel to descend, the film clamping mechanism 300 and the film pressing mechanism 500 are moved to loosen the covering film 111 for covering the goods, the ring body gantry crane 700 drives the horizontal swivel to ascend, the film pulling mechanism 200 drives the upper clamping arm 330 of the moving film clamping mechanism 300 to extend into the film clamping position to clamp the film, the fixed point film clamping mechanism 400 releases the covering film 111, the film pulling mechanism 200 acts to quantitatively pull out the covering film 111 and then stop, the fixed point film clamping mechanism 400 acts to clamp the covering film 111, the film pressing mechanism 500 acts to press the film, the film cutting mechanism 600 acts to cut the film, the ring body gantry crane 700 drives the horizontal swivel to descend, and the goods are covered with films, and the repeated actions are performed in this way, so that the top film covering work is realized. Through covering top and the integrative setting of winding all around of ring body longmen 700, the space occupies littleer, and the elevating system of sharing ring body longmen 700, and the energy consumption is lower, and the tensile length of tectorial membrane 111 accessible touch-sensitive screen sets up length, confirms the length according to actual demand, reaches the membrane effect of economizing, supplies membrane mechanism 100, draws membrane mechanism 200, removes clamp membrane mechanism 300, fixed point clamp membrane mechanism 400, presses membrane mechanism 500 and cuts membrane mechanism 600 mutually support, can cut out the tectorial membrane 111 of setting length in advance, can improve efficiency.
Although the utility model has been described hereinabove with reference to embodiments, various modifications thereof may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the utility model. In particular, the features of the disclosed embodiments may be combined with each other in any manner as long as there is no structural conflict, and the exhaustive description of these combinations is not given in this specification merely for the sake of omitting the descriptions and saving resources. Therefore, it is intended that the utility model not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed, but that the utility model will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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1. The utility model provides a ring body gantry crane area covers a mechanism which characterized in that includes:
the film feeding mechanism (100), wherein the film feeding mechanism (100) comprises a material roller (110), a first roller (120) and a second roller (130) which are supported at the bottom of the material roller (110), and a top film (111) is wound around the periphery of the material roller (110);
The film pulling mechanism (200) is arranged on a horizontal swivel of the ring body gantry machine (700), and the film pulling mechanism (200) comprises a guide rail (240), a speed reduction motor (210), a shaft rod (220) arranged at the output end of the speed reduction motor (210), synchronous wheels (230) arranged at two ends of the guide rail (240) and driven by the shaft rod (220) respectively, and a synchronous belt wound between the synchronous wheels (230);
The movable film clamping mechanism (300) comprises a supporting beam (310), a first electric telescopic rod (320), a lower clamping arm (340) and an upper clamping arm (330), wherein the supporting beam (310) moves along a guide rail (240) and is fixedly connected with one side of a synchronous belt, the lower clamping arm (340) is movably connected with the telescopic end of the first electric telescopic rod (320), and the upper clamping arm (330) is arranged on the side wall of the supporting beam (310) and is matched with the lower clamping arm (340);
The fixed-point film clamping mechanism (400) comprises a supporting plate (410) arranged on the side wall of the guide rail (240), a second electric telescopic rod (420) movably connected with the supporting plate (410), an upper clamping strip (430) movably connected with the telescopic end of the second electric telescopic rod (420) and a movable plate arranged on the side wall of the upper clamping strip (430) and movably connected with the supporting plate (410), wherein a sectional lower clamping strip (431) is arranged below the upper clamping strip (430);
the film pressing mechanism (500) comprises a fixed beam (510), an air cylinder (520) arranged on the side wall of the fixed beam (510) and a pressing block (530) arranged at the telescopic end of the air cylinder (520);
the film cutting mechanism (600), the film cutting mechanism (600) is arranged on the side wall of the pressing block (530);
Ring body gantry crane (700).
2. The ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism according to claim 1, wherein shaft ends of the first roller (120) and the second roller (130) are provided with bearing frames, side walls of the bearing frames are provided with unpowered damping mechanisms (131) for damping the second roller (130) and a film shortage detection proximity switch (101) for detecting film thickness on the material roller (110), and the unpowered damping mechanisms (131) comprise damping rods arranged on the side walls of the bearing frames, springs arranged on the peripheries of the damping rods and strips arranged at the front ends of the damping rods, and the strips are pressed on the outer wall of the shaft ends of the second roller (130).
3. The ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism according to claim 2, wherein a pressing piece (432) pressed on top of the segmented lower holding strips (431) is arranged at the bottom of the upper holding strip (430), and a film clamping position is arranged between the segmented lower holding strips (431).
4. A ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that the side wall of the supporting beam (310) is provided with a rotating shaft bracket (311), and the outer wall of the first electric telescopic rod (320) is movably matched with the rotating shaft of the rotating shaft bracket (311).
5. The ring gantry crane belt capping mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein the shaft of the synchronizing wheel (230) is provided with a coupling, and the shaft (220) is fixedly connected with the coupling.
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