CN222504145U - An air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet - Google Patents

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CN222504145U
CN222504145U CN202420980464.2U CN202420980464U CN222504145U CN 222504145 U CN222504145 U CN 222504145U CN 202420980464 U CN202420980464 U CN 202420980464U CN 222504145 U CN222504145 U CN 222504145U
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本实用新型涉及空调设备技术领域,且公开了一种风冷直膨式工业柜机,包括风冷直膨机组本体,所述风冷直膨机组本体的底部前后两侧均设置有支撑板,两个所述支撑板之间设置有数量为两个且呈左右对称分布的安装杆,左侧所述安装杆的外侧后端设置有一端与右侧安装杆外侧活动连接的移动板,所述移动板的顶部左侧设置有一端延伸至风冷直膨机组本体上方且另一端与移动板顶部右侧固定连接的喷淋组件。该风冷直膨式工业柜机,通过启动两个水泵和驱动电机,以此来对风冷直膨机组本体的左右两侧和顶部进行大范围的喷淋,从而通过洒水的方式来对风冷直膨机组本体进行主动降温,来提高机组的散热效果,进而保障机组的正常运行。

The utility model relates to the technical field of air-conditioning equipment, and discloses an air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet, including an air-cooled direct expansion unit body, support plates are provided on both the front and rear sides of the bottom of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body, two mounting rods symmetrically distributed on the left and right are provided between the two support plates, a movable plate with one end movably connected to the outside of the right mounting rod is provided at the rear end of the outer side of the left mounting rod, and a spray assembly with one end extending to the top of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body and the other end fixedly connected to the right side of the top of the movable plate is provided on the left side of the top of the movable plate. The air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet sprays the left and right sides and the top of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body in a large range by starting two water pumps and a driving motor, thereby actively cooling the air-cooled direct expansion unit body by sprinkling water, thereby improving the heat dissipation effect of the unit and ensuring the normal operation of the unit.

Description

Air-cooled direct expansion type industrial cabinet machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioning equipment, in particular to an air-cooled direct expansion type industrial cabinet machine.
Background
The direct expansion air-cooled air conditioning unit is an air conditioner which absorbs heat from the indoor space and transmits the heat to the outdoor space through a condenser, after the unit is installed, the unit and the condenser form a closed loop, the direct expansion air conditioning unit is mainly suitable for areas with lack of water sources and places without cooling water systems, and the direct expansion air conditioning unit is usually used for industry.
Disclosure of utility model
(One) solving the technical problems
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides an air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine, which has the advantages of good heat dissipation effect and the like, and solves the problems that a plurality of direct expansion air cooling units commonly used in industry are arranged outdoors, the heat dissipation of the direct expansion air cooling units is better if the outdoor environment is relatively bad in cold days such as winter, the whole temperature of the units can be greatly increased if the units are exposed in summer, the heat dissipation of the units is far insufficient in the interior, and the normal operation of the units can be influenced if the units are in high temperature for a long time.
(II) technical scheme
The air cooling direct expansion industrial cabinet machine comprises an air cooling direct expansion machine body, support plates are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bottom of the air cooling direct expansion machine body, two mounting rods which are distributed symmetrically left and right are arranged between the two support plates, a movable plate with one end movably connected with the outer side of the right mounting rod is arranged at the rear end of the outer side of the mounting rod on the left side, a spraying assembly with one end extending to the upper side of the air cooling direct expansion machine body and the other end fixedly connected with the right side of the top of the movable plate is arranged on the left side of the top of the movable plate, water storage tanks respectively arranged above the two mounting rods are arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom of the air cooling direct expansion machine body, a conveying assembly with one end extending to the inside of the spraying assembly is arranged on the back side of the two water storage tanks, a U-shaped plate arranged between the two water storage tanks is arranged at the bottom of the air cooling direct expansion machine body, a rotary shaft with one end extending to the inside the air cooling direct expansion machine body and movably connected with the outer side of the movable plate, a rotary shaft is arranged on the left side of the rotary shaft, and the rotary shaft is movably connected with the rotary shaft arranged on the rotary shaft, and the rotary shaft is arranged on the side of the rotary shaft.
Preferably, the spray assembly comprises a first mounting tube, the top left and right sides of movable plate all fixed mounting has one end to extend to the first mounting tube of forced air cooling straight expansion unit body left and right sides respectively, two the equal fixed mounting of opposite side of first mounting tube has a quantity of six first atomizer, left and right sides the one end of first atomizer extends to the inside of two first mounting tubes respectively, left side the inner wall right side top fixed mounting of first mounting tube has one end to extend to the inside second mounting tube of first mounting tube in right side, the second mounting tube is located the top of forced air cooling straight expansion unit body, the bottom fixed mounting of second mounting tube has a quantity to ten and one end all extends to its inside second atomizer, the inside fixed mounting of second mounting tube has the spacer block.
Preferably, the conveying assembly comprises a water pump, the two opposite sides of the water storage tanks are fixedly provided with water pumps, the water inlet ends of the two water pumps are fixedly provided with water suction pipes, one ends of the water suction pipes extend to the interiors of the two water storage tanks respectively, and the water outlet ends of the two water pumps are fixedly provided with water pipes, one ends of the water pipes extend to the interiors of the two first installation pipes respectively.
Preferably, the drive assembly includes driving motor, the left side fixed mounting of U template has the housing that is located the driving motor outside, driving motor's output shaft extends to the inside of U template and fixed mounting has the worm that is located pivot rear side and one end and U template inner wall right side swing joint, the outside fixed mounting of pivot is located the inside worm wheel that one end and worm meshed of U template.
Preferably, the bottom of U template is offered and is had the mounting hole with pivot looks adaptation, the bottom fixed mounting of forced air cooling direct expansion unit body has the inside first bearing of U template that is located, the pivot is rotated with the bottom of forced air cooling direct expansion unit body through first bearing and is connected.
Preferably, a second bearing is fixedly arranged on the right side of the inner wall of the U-shaped plate, and the worm is rotationally connected with the right side of the inner wall of the U-shaped plate through the second bearing.
(III) beneficial effects
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides the air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine, which has the following beneficial effects:
This forced air cooling directly expands industrial cabinet machine, through starting two water pumps and driving motor, wherein two water pumps then can carry the inside of two first installation pipes and second installation pipes with the water in two storage tanks through two drinking-water pipes and two raceway, and then spray the water to the left and right sides of forced air cooling directly expanding unit body through the first atomizer of left and right sides, spray the top of forced air cooling directly expanding unit body through the second atomizer, and driving motor then can drive the worm rotation, and then drive pivot and carousel rotation through the worm wheel, and the carousel is at rotatory in-process then can drive back and forth reciprocating motion around the movable plate through driving lever and traction frame, and then drive the whole back and forth reciprocating motion of two first installation pipes and second installation pipe, thereby expand the scope of spraying, thereby can spray the left and right sides and the top of forced air cooling directly expanding unit body on a large scale, and then carry out initiative cooling to forced air cooling to the unit body through the mode of watering, the heat dissipation effect of unit, avoid in summer and the inside because of high temperature causes normal operation to the unit under the condition of shining.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a right side cross-sectional partial schematic view of the left side water storage tank of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the utility model at A in FIG. 1;
fig. 4 is a partial schematic view in bottom cross-section of a traction frame of the present utility model.
In the figure, a wind cooling direct expansion unit body, a 2 support plate, a 3 mounting rod, a 4 moving plate, a 5 spraying assembly, a 51 first mounting pipe, a 52 first atomizing nozzle, a 53 second mounting pipe, a 54 second atomizing nozzle, a 55 spacer block, a 6 water storage tank, a 7 conveying assembly, a 71 water pump, a 72 water pumping pipe, a 73 water conveying pipe, an 8U-shaped plate, a 9 rotating shaft, a 10 rotating disc, an 11 deflector rod, a 12 traction frame, a 13 driving assembly, a 131 driving motor, a 132 housing, a 133 worm and a 134 worm gear are arranged.
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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.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the utility model provides a technical scheme that an air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine comprises an air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1, support plates 2 are fixedly arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bottom of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1, two mounting rods 3 which are symmetrically distributed left and right are fixedly arranged between the two support plates 2, and a movable plate 4 with one end movably connected with the outer side of a right mounting rod 3 is movably arranged at the rear end of the outer side of the left mounting rod 3.
The top left side fixed mounting of movable plate 4 has one end to extend to forced air cooling straight expansion unit body 1 top and the other end and movable plate 4 top right side fixed connection's spray subassembly 5, spray subassembly 5 includes first mounting tube 51, the top left and right sides of movable plate 4 is all fixed mounting has one end to extend to the first mounting tube 51 of forced air cooling straight expansion unit body 1 left and right sides respectively, the upper and lower both sides of two first mounting tubes 51 are closed design, the equal fixed mounting of opposite side of two first mounting tubes 51 has first atomizer 52 that is six in quantity, the inside of two first mounting tubes 51 is extended respectively to one end of left and right sides first atomizer 52, the inside of six first atomizer 52 of unilateral is upper and lower equidistance distribution, the inside wall right side top fixed mounting of left side first mounting tube 51 has one end to extend to the inside second mounting tube 53 of right side first mounting tube 51, the bottom fixed mounting of second mounting tube 53 is ten and one end extends to its inside second atomizer 54, the inside of ten first atomizer 54 of left and right side first mounting tube 53 is equidistant.
The bottom left and right sides of wind-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 all fixed mounting has the storage water tank 6 that is located two installation pole 3 top respectively, the equal fixed mounting of inner wall rear side of two storage water tanks 6 has the inlet tube that one end extends to rear side backup pad 2 rear side, the equal fixed mounting of opposite sides of two storage water tanks 6 has the one end to extend to its inside and the other end all extends to spray the inside conveying component 7 of subassembly 5, conveying component 7 includes water pump 71, the equal fixed mounting of opposite sides of two storage water tanks 6 has water pump 71, the model of water pump 71 can be HQB-2000, the equal fixed mounting of water inlet end of two water pump 71 has the one end to extend to the inside drinking-water pipe 72 of two storage water tanks 6 respectively, the equal fixed mounting of water outlet end of two water pump 71 has one end to extend to the inside raceway 73 of two first installation pipes 51 respectively, two raceway 73 are the bellows.
The bottom fixed mounting of air-cooled straight expansion unit body 1 has the bottom movable mounting of U template 8,U template 8 that is located between two storage water tanks 6 to have one end to extend to its inside and with the installation hole of pivot 9,U template 8 of air-cooled straight expansion unit body 1 bottom swing joint's bottom offered with pivot 9 looks adaptation, the bottom fixed mounting of air-cooled straight expansion unit body 1 has the first bearing that is located U template 8 inside, pivot 9 is connected with the bottom rotation of air-cooled straight expansion unit body 1 through first bearing, the bottom fixed mounting of pivot 9 has carousel 10, the bottom rear side fixed mounting of carousel 10 has the driving lever 11 that is located the movable plate 4 top, the top fixed mounting of movable plate 4 has the traction frame 12 of cover in the driving lever 11 outside.
The outside fixed mounting of pivot 9 has one end and U template 8 inner wall right side swing joint and the other end extends to the drive assembly 13 of U template 8 left side, drive assembly 13 includes driving motor 131, the left side fixed mounting of U template 8 has driving motor 131, driving motor 131's model can be BWY27-23-7.5, the left side fixed mounting of U template 8 has the housing 132 that is located driving motor 131 outside, driving motor 131's output shaft extends to the inside of U template 8 and fixed mounting has the worm 133 that is located pivot 9 rear side and one end and U template 8 inner wall right side swing joint, the inner wall right side fixed mounting of U template 8 has the second bearing, worm 133 passes through the inner wall right side rotation connection of second bearing and U template 8, the outside fixed mounting of pivot 9 is located U template 8 inside and one end and worm wheel 134 of worm 133 meshing.
When the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 is arranged outdoors in use, when the unit is required to be used under the condition of insolation in summer, water can be injected into the two water storage tanks 6 through the two water inlet pipes, then the two water pumps 71 and the driving motor 131 are started through the external controller, wherein the two water pumps 71 convey water in the two water storage tanks 6 to the interiors of the two first mounting pipes 51 and the second mounting pipes 53 through the two water pumping pipes 72 and the two water conveying pipes 73, further the water is sprayed to the left side and the right side of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 through the first atomizing nozzles 52 at the left side and the right side, the water is sprayed to the top of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 through the second atomizing nozzles 54, the driving motor 131 drives the worm 133 to rotate, the worm wheel 134 drives the rotating shaft 9 and the rotary table 10 to rotate, the rotary table 10 drives the movable plate 4 to reciprocate back and forth through the deflector rod 11 and the traction frame 12 in the rotating process, and further drives the two first mounting pipes 51 and the second mounting pipes 53 to reciprocate back and forth integrally, so that the spraying range is enlarged, and the left and right sides and the top of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 can be sprayed in a large range, and the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 is actively cooled in a water spraying mode, so that the heat dissipation effect of the unit is improved, and the influence on the normal operation of the unit due to high temperature inside the unit under the condition of insolation in summer is avoided.
In summary, in the air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet, by starting the two water pumps 71 and the driving motor 131, the two water pumps 71 convey the water in the two water tanks 6 to the inside of the two first installation pipes 51 and the second installation pipes 53 through the two water pumping pipes 72 and the two water pumping pipes 73, so that the water is sprayed to the left and right sides of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 through the first atomizing nozzles 52 on the left and right sides, the water is sprayed to the top of the air-cooled direct expansion unit body 1 through the second atomizing nozzles 54, the driving motor 131 drives the worm 133 to rotate, the rotating shaft 9 and the turntable 10 are driven to rotate through the worm wheel 134, the turntable 10 drives the moving plate 4 to reciprocate back and forth through the deflector 11 and the traction frame 12 in the rotating process, so as to drive the two first installation pipes 51 and the second installation pipes 53 to reciprocate back and forth integrally, the range that sprays is enlarged to can carry out a large scale to the left and right sides and the top of forced air cooling direct expansion unit body 1, and then carry out initiative cooling to forced air cooling direct expansion unit body 1 through the mode of watering, improve the radiating effect of unit, avoid the inside normal operating that causes the unit because of high temperature of unit under the condition of insolating in summer, it is all outdoor to have solved the direct expansion air cooling unit that is usually used for industry in many, because outdoor environment is abominable, if in cold days such as winter, the heat dissipation of this direct expansion air cooling unit is better, if under the condition of insolating in summer, this unit bulk temperature can rise by a wide margin, light lean on inside heat dissipation far enough, be in the problem that will influence the normal operating of this unit under the high temperature condition for a long time.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises an element.
Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The air-cooled direct expansion type industrial cabinet machine comprises an air-cooled direct expansion machine set body (1), wherein support plates (2) are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the bottom of the air-cooled direct expansion machine set body (1), and the air-cooled direct expansion machine set is characterized in that two symmetrically distributed mounting rods (3) are arranged between the support plates (2), one end of each mounting rod (3) is arranged at the rear end of the outer side of each mounting rod, one end of each mounting rod is movably connected with a movable plate (4) on the outer side of the right mounting rod (3), one end of each movable plate (4) is arranged at the left side of the top of each movable plate (4) and extends to the upper side of the air-cooled direct expansion machine set body (1), a spraying assembly (5) fixedly connected with the right side of the top of each movable plate (4) at the other is arranged at the left side and the bottom of the air-cooled direct expansion machine set body (1), water storage tanks (6) respectively arranged above the two mounting rods (3) are arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom of the air-cooled direct expansion machine set body (1), one end of each water storage tank (6) extends to the inside of each spraying assembly (5), a conveying assembly (7) is arranged at the inner side of each spraying assembly (9), one end of each rotating shaft (9) extends to the rotating shaft (9) between the two rotating shafts (9) arranged at the bottom of the rotating shafts (1), the bottom rear side of carousel (10) is provided with driving lever (11) that are located movable plate (4) top, the top of movable plate (4) is provided with traction frame (12) of cover in driving lever (11) outside, the outside of pivot (9) is provided with one end and U template (8) inner wall right side swing joint and the other end extends to drive assembly (13) on the left of U template (8).
2. An air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine according to claim 1, wherein the spray assembly (5) comprises first mounting pipes (51), the first mounting pipes (51) with one ends extending to the left and right sides of the air-cooled direct expansion machine set body (1) are fixedly mounted on the left and right sides of the top of the moving plate (4), six first atomizing nozzles (52) are fixedly mounted on the opposite sides of the two first mounting pipes (51), one ends of the first atomizing nozzles (52) on the left and right sides extend to the inside of the two first mounting pipes (51), a second mounting pipe (53) with one end extending to the inside of the first mounting pipe (51) on the right side is fixedly mounted on the right side of the inner wall of the first mounting pipe (51), the second mounting pipe (53) is located above the air-cooled direct expansion machine set body (1), ten second atomizing nozzles (54) with one ends extending to the inside of the second mounting pipe (53), and a second partition block (55) is mounted on the inside of the second mounting pipe.
3. The air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine according to claim 2, wherein the conveying assembly (7) comprises water pumps (71), the water pumps (71) are fixedly installed on the opposite sides of the two water storage tanks (6), water suction pipes (72) with one ends respectively extending to the inner parts of the two water storage tanks (6) are fixedly installed on water inlet ends of the two water pumps (71), and water delivery pipes (73) with one ends respectively extending to the inner parts of the two first installation pipes (51) are fixedly installed on water outlet ends of the two water pumps (71).
4. The air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine according to claim 1, wherein the driving assembly (13) comprises a driving motor (131), the driving motor (131) is fixedly installed on the left side of the U-shaped plate (8), a housing (132) located on the outer side of the driving motor (131) is fixedly installed on the left side of the U-shaped plate (8), an output shaft of the driving motor (131) extends to the inside of the U-shaped plate (8) and is fixedly provided with a worm (133) located on the rear side of the rotating shaft (9) and one end of the worm is movably connected with the right side of the inner wall of the U-shaped plate (8), and a worm wheel (134) located inside the U-shaped plate (8) and one end of the worm is meshed with the worm (133) is fixedly installed on the outer side of the rotating shaft (9).
5. The air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the U-shaped plate (8) is provided with a mounting hole matched with a rotating shaft (9), a first bearing positioned in the U-shaped plate (8) is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the air-cooled direct expansion machine unit body (1), and the rotating shaft (9) is rotationally connected with the bottom of the air-cooled direct expansion machine unit body (1) through the first bearing.
6. The air-cooled direct expansion industrial cabinet machine according to claim 4, wherein a second bearing is fixedly arranged on the right side of the inner wall of the U-shaped plate (8), and the worm (133) is rotatably connected with the right side of the inner wall of the U-shaped plate (8) through the second bearing.
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