JP2012041103A - Fixed quantity feeder device of powder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of causing the situation of getting out of order in weight display of a load cell, since a wire connected to a motor arranged on a load cell must be reset every time when tension changes, though the load cell is used since perfect cleaning in a storage vessel is required and work is required in a very small quantity unit of about 1/1000 g every time when objective powder changes.SOLUTION: This fixed quantity feeder device of the powder includes a driving part under the storage vessel, having a disk frame of installing the storage vessel of the powder on a stand, and includes a carrying system including a discharge chute of the powder. The disk frame is freely attached-detached to the stand, and the attachment-detachment is performed by a plurality of bolts.

Description

  The present invention relates to a powder quantitative feeder device for conveying and supplying powder with high accuracy, particularly in a minute amount range.

  Conventionally, in general powder quantitative feeders, unless the fluidity has a particularly excellent characteristic, the powder is quantitatively conveyed and supplied in a very small amount of physical properties such as specific gravity, It is a very difficult task, affected by the difference in particle size, particle size, adhesion and aggregation due to moisture and static electricity.

  Conventionally, vibratory feeders, screw feeders, and table feeders are known as fine powder feeders. Of these, vibratory feeders can be used for powders with good fluidity, but applicable powders are limited. In addition, manual flow control is required in a minute range, and sufficient control cannot be performed, resulting in unevenness and poor accuracy. Another major bottleneck is the need to rely on human hands.

  In addition, in the case of screw feeders, both the horizontal type and the auger type, when the amount of powder to be conveyed becomes very small, the spiral screw groove becomes inevitably smaller in both width and depth. It is easy for powder to adhere to and adhere to, and the groove is filled into a rod shape. Conversely, since the amount of powder is small, the frictional force between particles is insufficient, slipping, and discharging is impossible. There are many cases that become.

  Furthermore, in the case of a table feeder, it has been experimentally found that it is the most effective and effective, but sometimes the powder remains in the measuring groove of the supply board and does not discharge, or returns to the container as it is. Will happen. Here, a method of blowing off by blowing air can be considered, but this may cause the powder to scatter around and deteriorate the atmosphere, or cause the powder to enter the machine components and cause a failure. There is also.

  In view of this point, the applicant has developed a technique as shown in the prior patent document. This is shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, reference numeral 9 denotes a gantry using a load cell, and a disk frame 10 is provided on the gantry 9. In the figure, reference numeral 8 denotes a motor, and a rotational force transmission gear 8b is provided on the shaft of a speed reducer 8a connected to the lower side of the motor 8.

  On the other hand, reference numeral 2 in the figure denotes a powder container (hopper) having a powder inlet 1 as an object opened upward, which is a straight cylindrical shape for the purpose of preventing bridging, but it has a cone shape. This container 2 is attached to the disk frame 10. A drive unit is provided below the container 2, and the drive unit has a stirring shaft 11 whose upper end protrudes into the container 2, and the lower end of the stirring shaft 11 is rotated from the gear 8 b described above. A gear 13 for transmitting force and rotating the stirring shaft 11 is provided, and a transmission gear 14 is interposed between the gear 13 and the gear 8b.

  A part of the agitation shaft 11 is provided with a substantially L-shaped agitation rod 3 in the accommodating container 2, and the agitation rod 3 rotates synchronously with the agitation shaft 11, thereby 2 to prevent the powder from bridging or sticking. Below the stirring bar 3, a half-moon shaped partition plate 12 is provided with a slight gap from the inner wall surface of the storage container 2, and the interior of the storage container (hopper) 2 is separated by using the partition plate 12 as a partition wall to supply means 4. The powder pressure supplied to the container 2 is kept constant, and fluctuations in the supply amount associated with changes in the remaining amount of the material inside the container 2 are minimized to enable quantitative supply with higher accuracy.

  Further, on the lower end side of the agitation shaft 11, a supply means 4 for sending and supplying a fixed amount of powder into a measurement groove of a supply board described later is attached. The supply means includes a plurality of blade bodies 4a, 4a,... Provided along the tangential direction of the stirring shaft 11, and the tangent side edge of the blade body 4a pushes the powder by rotation, thereby receiving a container (hopper). 2 that there is no material left inside, and that there is an effect of forcibly feeding a material that is difficult to be supplied to the measuring grooves 5b, 5b.

  Further, the gear 13 that receives the rotational force of the stirring shaft 11 transmits the rotational force to the gear 16 of the rotational shaft 5a provided with the supply board 5 at the upper end via the transmission gear 15, and this rotational shaft 5a The supply board 5 is rotated in the direction opposite to the stirring shaft 11.

  The above-mentioned supply board 5 is formed of a disk, and has a substantially spur gear shape in which measuring grooves 5b, 5b,... The blade bodies 4a, 4a,... Are partly in sliding contact with the upper surface of the supply board 5, and the powder fed by the blade bodies 4a, 4a,. 5b... And the measuring grooves 5b, 5b.

  On the other hand, reference numeral 7 in the figure denotes a discharge chute, and the powder put in the measuring grooves 5b, 5b,... Of the supply board 5 is sequentially dropped from above the discharge chute 7 and discharged. That is, one of the measurement grooves 5b, 5b... Of the supply board 5 passes through the upper surface opening of the discharge chute 7 in sliding contact.

  Above the discharge chute 7, a forced discharge portion 6 is provided in the disk frame 10. In this embodiment, the forced discharge portion 6 uses a scraper gear, and the projecting teeth 6a, 6a,... Mesh with the measuring grooves 5b, 5b,.

  This scraper gear rotates synchronously with the supply board 5 by meshing the measuring grooves 5b, 5b... Of the supply board 5 with the projecting teeth 6a, 6a. That is, the scraper gear itself does not require a special rotational drive source. When the teeth 6a, 6a,... Mesh with the measuring grooves 5b, 5b, the powder remaining in the measuring grooves 5b, 5b, is forcibly pushed out or scraped off to the discharge chute 7.

  By this action, powder does not remain in the measuring grooves 5b, 5b, etc., and the precise amount is continuously discharged. Since this action is performed regardless of the physical properties of the powder, its use is not limited by the type of powder.

JP 2009-184778 A Application documents for Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-32273

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that every time the target powder changes, perfect cleaning of the container is required, and work in a minute unit of about 1/1000 g is required. The load cell is used, but the wire connected to the motor installed on the load cell must be reset every time the tension changes, and the load cell weight display will be confused. is there.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a powder quantitative feeder according to the present invention has a disk frame on which a powder container is mounted on a gantry, and includes a drive unit below the container. In addition, in the powder quantitative feeder apparatus including a conveying system including the powder discharge chute, the disk frame is detachable from the mount, and the attachment and detachment is performed by a plurality of bolts. It is characterized by being made by.

  The powder quantitative feeder according to the present invention is configured as described above. For this reason, the disc frame can be removed from the gantry and the discharge chute together with the storage chute, so that the setup is very good and there is no need for any troublesome adjustment work corresponding to the load cell. Work can be done.

It is a principal part top view of the fixed_quantity | feed_rate feeder apparatus of the powder which implemented this invention. It is a side view. It is a top view in the state where a disk frame was removed. It is a side view. It is a top view which shows a stirring blade. It is the figure seen from the arrow A direction in FIG. It is the figure seen from the arrow B direction in FIG. It is a top view which shows a pinhole sheet. It is a top view which shows a partition plate. It is the schematic which shows a prior art example. It is a top view which shows a gear part. It is a top view of a conveyance system.

  This was realized by configuring as illustrated in the drawings and described in the examples.

  Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part as a prior art example, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. In this embodiment, the disk frame 10 including the container 2 and the discharge chute 7 is detachably mounted on the frame 8d together with the gear box 8c connected to the gear 8b provided on the shaft of the speed reducer 8a of the motor 8. Yes. This attachment / detachment is performed by bolts 20, 20... At positions 90 degrees from the center of the container 2. In the figure, reference numerals 20a, 20a,... Denote bolts 20, 20 insertion holes, and 20b, 20b,.

  Moreover, 21 in the figure has shown the stirring blade corresponded to the blade body 4 of a prior art example. A plurality of the stirring blades 21 are also provided along the tangential direction of the stirring shaft 11 and rotate in the direction of the arrow, and the edge on the tangential side of the stirring blade pushes the powder. The stirring blade 21 has a notch formed at the lower edge in the front end direction, and a scraper 22 having elasticity is attached to the front surface in the rotational direction of the stirring blade 21 so as to correspond to the notch. This scraper 22 comes into sliding contact with the upper surface of the supply board 5, and the scraper 22 softly scrapes off the powder overflowing from the measuring grooves 5b, 5b.

  Further, reference numeral 23 in the figure denotes a pinhole sheet that covers the upper surfaces of the supply board 5 and the forced discharge unit 6. This pinhole sheet has a dharma shape formed of a thin plate of resin or metal, and a pinhole 27 is formed at a joint portion of the supply board 5 and the forced discharge portion 6, that is, at the upper opening portion of the discharge chute 7. Yes. The presence of this pinhole sheet 23 conveys a very small amount of powder with the supply board 5 and drops it onto the discharge chute 7, and if the measurement grooves 5 b, 5 b. It is for suppressing and accurately dropping, and can be sealed on the discharge chute 7 to feed the powder. Note that a plurality of pinhole sheets 23 having different pinhole sizes can be prepared and used depending on the object and purpose.

  Reference numeral 24 in the figure denotes a partition plate corresponding to 12 in the conventional example. The partition plate 24 is disposed below the container 2 and above the stirring blade 21 described above. The partition plate 24 suppresses the powder in the storage container 2 from being supplied to the stirring blade 21 at a stretch, and prevents the generation of a bridge and the adhesion of the powder together with the stirring rod 3 and the like.

  However, even when a large amount of powder is put into the storage container 2 and the weight increases and the pressure increases, the bulk density of the powder may change and the supply amount may change. Therefore, the partition plate 24 according to the present embodiment is provided with a half-moon-shaped through hole 25 that communicates with a semicircular cutout 26 that avoids the stirring shaft 11. Further, the boundary line between the through hole 25 and the notch 26 is provided with an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to a straight line connecting the stirring shaft 11 and the rotation axis of the supply board 5. Of the six stirring blades 21, half of the three are exposed, and the powder falls only from the through holes 25 and the notches 26. Even if a large pressure is applied, since the pressure is received by the partition plate 24, the pressure applied to the powder is constant under the partition plate 24, and the bulk density of the powder is not changed. A fixed quantity supply is possible regardless of the remaining amount.

  Since the powder feeder according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, a very small amount of powder having any characteristic can be conveyed and supplied with high accuracy.

2 Container 5 Supply panel 6 Forced discharge part 7 Discharge chute 8 Motor 9 Mount (load cell)
10 disk frame 20 bolt 20a bolt insertion hole 20b receiving hole 21 stirring blade 22 scraper 23 pinhole sheet 24 partition plate 25 through hole 26 notch 27 pinhole

Claims (2)

  In a powder quantitative feeder apparatus having a disk frame on which a powder container is mounted on a gantry, a drive unit provided below the container, and a transport system including a powder discharge chute The powder quantitative feeder device, wherein the disk frame is detachable from a gantry.   2. The powder quantitative feeder according to claim 1, wherein the attachment and detachment is performed by a plurality of bolts.

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