JP3495285B2 - Cleaning and drying equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning / drying apparatus for cleaning and drying a small-sized and punched plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Steel plate, aluminum plate, stainless plate,
Oil is added when punching a large number of small flat plates using a copper plate. The cleaning device for cleaning and drying the oil added during the punching process is a device for cleaning the container containing the object to be processed by cleaning it by putting the basket in the cleaning tank, and for cleaning the work by flowing it through a slanted gutter through which the cleaning liquid flows. There is a device.

[0003]

In these cleaning devices, the flat plates overlap each other due to the oil added when the flat plates are punched out, and the cleaning liquid cannot sufficiently enter between the overlapping flat plates. As a result, the surfaces that overlap each other were not sufficiently cleaned, which could result in poor cleaning.

[0004]

A cleaning / drying apparatus according to claim 1 has an inlet provided at an upper portion for inserting a plurality of works, and a tip having a low inclination with respect to the horizontal, and the cleaning / drying apparatus is introduced as described above. A first cleaning gutter for receiving the work and flowing the work and a cleaning liquid for cleaning the work; and the work having a lower end inclined with respect to the horizontal and falling from the end of the first cleaning gutter. A second cleaning gutter that receives the cleaning liquid and the cleaning liquid that flows the cleaning liquid, a plurality of cleaning gutters that are sequentially provided below, and the work and the cleaning liquid that are received from the lowermost cleaning gutter, A drying device for separating the cleaning liquid and drying the work, a cleaning gutter having a rough surface on the bottom surface, and a plurality of baffle plates for causing the flow of the work to meander are provided in the central portion. .

That is, the work introduced through the inlet is cleaned by the cleaning liquid which is received by the first cleaning gutter and is flowed into the gutter. Since the bottom surface of the first cleaning gutter has a rough surface, the surface of the work piece on the bottom surface side can be easily cleaned. Further, the cleaning gutter is contacted with a plurality of meandering baffle plates to separate a plurality of overlapping works.
The work cleaned by the first cleaning gutter is received together with the cleaning liquid by the second cleaning gutter arranged below the tip of the first cleaning gutter. At this time, the overlapping workpieces are separated by the impact of dropping. Further, the work overlapping with the cleaning is separated by the second cleaning gutter. The work piece is completely separated when the cleaning n-th gutter last comes out.

The work and the cleaning liquid are sent to a drying device, and the work and the cleaning liquid are separated from each other to dry the work.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the washing / drying device, the drying device has a rear part inclined by 10 to 20 degrees with respect to the horizontal,
It is provided with a carrying section for carrying the work to the upper part by rotating blades, and a hot air blower for blowing hot air to the work.

That is, the work and the cleaning liquid are separated by the inclination of 10 to 20 degrees, and the work is dried by the hot air sent from the hot air blower.

In the cleaning / drying apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, a hood that extends obliquely from the bottom is provided at the rear of the cleaning gutter, and the hood is provided at the rear of the bottom so that the cleaning liquid is directed toward the hood. Is provided with a nozzle for ejecting.

Upper cleaning gutter (eg first cleaning gutter)
The work dropped from the cleaning gutter to the lower cleaning gutter (for example, the second cleaning gutter) is moved to the rear hood by the cleaning liquid ejected from the nozzle. At this time, the work is restrained from moving by the hood to enhance the cleaning effect, and the overlapping works are separated. This facilitates the cleaning of each work piece.

In the cleaning / drying apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the inclination of the cleaning gutter is 10 to 20 degrees.

The problem that the work is difficult to separate when the inclination is small is easy to separate when the work collides with the baffle, and the cleaning time that is short when the inclination is large is shortened. You can

According to a fifth aspect of the cleaning / drying apparatus, the baffle plate is a baffle plate whose angle can be adjusted with respect to the side wall of the cleaning gutter.

The angle of the side wall of the cleaning gutter is adjusted according to the sizes of the baffle plate and the work.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 showing an embodiment thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a cleaning / drying apparatus, which is composed of a cleaning chamber 2 having a frame structure and a drying chamber 4 having a frame structure.

Reference numerals 12a to 12e are first to fifth cleaning gutters provided in the cleaning chamber 2 and in which small-sized and punched work pieces such as flat plates flow down together with the cleaning liquid. The first cleaning gutter receives a large amount of work that is input from an input port 16 provided in the upper portion of the cleaning chamber 2. In addition, the first cleaning trough 12a has an inclination θ1 of 10 to 25 degrees with respect to the horizontal.
A second cleaning gutter 12b is provided near the lower part of the tip of the second cleaning device for receiving the falling work and the cleaning liquid. The second cleaning gutter 12b is also the first cleaning gutter 12b.
Like a, it has an inclination of 10 to 25 degrees with respect to the horizontal. However, the inclination direction is the opposite direction. Further, a third cleaning gutter 12c for receiving the work and the cleaning liquid flowing down from the second cleaning gutter 12b is provided near the lower part of the tip thereof. Below, fourth and fifth cleaning gutters 12d and 12e are provided. The fifth cleaning gutter 12e located at the bottom
Are longer than the other first to fourth cleaning troughs 12a to 12d, and their tips extend to the drying chamber 4.

Reference numerals 18a to 18e are nozzles provided at the bottoms of the first to fifth cleaning gutters 12a to 12e and ejecting the cleaning liquid toward the cleaning gutters 12a to 12e. A first tank 20 is provided in the cleaning chamber 2 and stores a clean cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid in the first tank 20 is supplied to the nozzles 18a to 18e by the first pump 22. Two
Reference numeral 6 denotes a filtering device provided in the cleaning chamber 2 to which the cleaning liquid in the first tank 20 is supplied via the second pump 24 to filter dirt. Reference numeral 30 denotes an oil / water separator provided in the cleaning chamber 2 and supplied with the cleaning liquid from the first tank 20 via the third pump 28 to separate oil and water from each other. The cleaning liquid of the first tank 20 is made into a clean cleaning liquid by the separating device 30 and returned to the first tank 20.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a rolling drying device provided in the drying chamber 4, which receives the work and the cleaning liquid of the fifth cleaning trough 12e, and the work is the blade 42 of the rolling drying device 42.
It is transported in the apparatus by a. On the other hand, the cleaning liquid is dropped from the bottom of the rolling dryer 42 into the second tank 32. The cleaning liquid in the second tank 32 is dirty due to the cleaned work, and the first cleaning liquid flows through the overflow or valve.
The cleaning liquid that has been sent to the tank of FIG.

The rolling dryer 42 has a horizontal axis of 1
It has an inclination θ2 of 0 to 20 degrees and internal blade 42a
Is gently rotated by a motor provided in the drying chamber 4, and receives the cleaned work from the lower part to the upper part. 46 is a hot air blower, and heated air is pipe 4
8 to the rolling dryer 42. A hole is made at a required position at the tip of the pipe 48 inserted into the rolling dryer 42, and heated air is blown from the hole to dry the work. The dried work is taken out from the take-out port 50 of the rolling dryer 42. Reference numeral 52 is an air discharge port for discharging the air after the work is dried.

Next, details of the above-mentioned cleaning gutter will be described with reference to FIG. 2A is a plan view of the second cleaning gutter 12b, for example, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. 2A. The cross section of the cleaning gutter 12b is U-shaped, and the bottom part 12b1 has a rough surface to prevent the work from sliding down suddenly from the cleaning gutter, and the cleaning liquid easily enters the bottom surface of the work. Cleaning is easy. A hood 12b2 extending obliquely upward from a bottom portion 12b1 is provided at a rear portion of the cleaning gutter 12b. The work and the drying liquid dropped from the tip of the first cleaning gutter 12a installed on the upper part of the second cleaning gutter 12b are stored in the second cleaning gutter 12b.
Received at the rear of b. At this time, a part of the overlapped works due to the impact of dropping is separated. The second nozzle 18b is provided on the rear side of the bottom portion 12b1 of the second cleaning gutter 12b.
Is provided, and the cleaning liquid is jetted from the second nozzle 18b toward the hood 12b2. A part of the work is moved to the rear hood 12b2 and cleaned by the cleaning liquid, and a part of the overlapped work is also separated by the spraying cleaning liquid. The work flows along with the cleaning liquid along the side wall 12b6 of the cleaning gutter 12b.

A plurality of baffles 12b3 and 12b4 standing from the bottom are provided at the center of the cleaning gutter 12b. The baffles 12b3 and 12b4 are arranged so that the work and the cleaning liquid meander, and a part of the overlapped works is separated by colliding with the baffle.

The tip of the cleaning gutter 12b is provided with a taper so that the works can be moved one by one, and is configured to be narrower than the central portion. The workpieces that have been washed to the central portion become one by one and fall on the third cleaning gutter provided at the bottom. At the time of this drop, the work is turned over and cleaning is performed reliably.

A wedge or a chain is provided between the lower side of the baffles 12b3, 12b4 and the side walls 12b6, 12b7 so that the angle between the side walls can be adjusted. That is, depending on the size of the work, the baffle plate 12
Distance between the tip of b3 and baffle plate 12b4, baffle plate 12b
The distance between the tip of 4 and the side wall can be adjusted as the angle of the baffle plate.

As described above, the work is cleaned by the cleaning gutters 12a, 12
By passing through b, 12c, 12d, and 12e, the works are completely separated from each other and each work is cleaned.

The above-mentioned cleaning / drying device is composed of a frame in which the cleaning chamber and the drying chamber are separated from each other.
The washing chamber and the drying chamber may be provided in one frame.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the rear part of the cleaning gutter is provided with an inclination of 10 to 25 degrees with respect to the horizontal from the front part, but when it is less than 10 degrees, the cleaning time of the work is extended. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to separate the overlapped works. Also, if the inclination exceeds 25 degrees,
There is a problem that the time for cleaning the work is shortened.
These problems are solved by making the cleaning gutter an inclination of 10 to 25 degrees.

In the above embodiment, the rolling dryer has an inclination of 10 to 20 degrees, but the inclination is 1
When the temperature is less than 0 degree, the work can be dried sufficiently, but it easily falls from the blades and the inclination is 20.
If it exceeds the limit, it becomes difficult to dry, and there is a problem that the rolling dryer becomes large in size for sufficient drying. These problems are solved by tilting the low-length dryer to 10-20 degrees.

[0028]

According to the cleaning / drying apparatus of the first aspect of the invention, the overlapping works are separated from each other by the impact when they fall from the upper cleaning gutter to the lower cleaning gutter and the collision with the baffle plate. Can be sufficiently washed. Further, the individually separated works are also separated from the cleaning liquid, the works can be dried, and the works can be washed and dried in series.

According to the cleaning / drying apparatus of claim 2,
By the inclination of 10 to 20 degrees, the work and the cleaning liquid are separated, and the work is dried with hot air. Further, the work can be conveyed by the rolling dryer and taken out.

According to the cleaning / drying apparatus of claim 3,
The cleaning effect can be further enhanced by forcibly moving the work to the rear part by the cleaning liquid ejected from the nozzle and stopping the movement.

According to the cleaning / drying apparatus of claim 4,
Individual works can be washed well by separating overlapping works and ensuring the washing time.

According to the cleaning / drying device of the present invention, the angle is adjusted with respect to the side wall of the cleaning gutter according to the size of the work, the overlapping works can be separated, and the work can be separated between the side wall and the baffle plate. You can pass through.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a layout view of a cleaning / drying apparatus of the present invention.

2 is a plan view and a sectional view of a cleaning gutter used in the cleaning chamber of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 washing room 4 drying room 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e Cleaning gutter 12b1 bottom 12b2 hood 12b3, 12b4 baffle 16 slot 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d, 18e nozzles 20 (first) tank 22 (first) pump 24 (second) pump 26 Filtration device 28 (third) pump 30 Oil-water separator 32 (second) tank 42 Rolling dryer 42a feather 44 motor 46 hot air machine 48 pipes 50 outlet 52 Air outlet

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A charging port provided at an upper part for charging a plurality of workpieces, and a tip having a lower inclination with respect to the horizontal, receives the charged workpieces, and flows a cleaning liquid for cleaning the workpieces and the workpieces. A first cleaning gutter and a second cleaning gutter which has a lower inclination with respect to the horizontal and receives the work and the cleaning liquid that fall from the end of the first cleaning gutter and flows the work and the cleaning liquid A gutter, a plurality of cleaning gutters that are sequentially provided below, and a drying device that receives the work and the cleaning liquid from the lowermost cleaning gutter, separates the work and the cleaning liquid, and dries the work. A cleaning / drying device in which the cleaning gutter has a rough surface on the bottom surface and a plurality of baffles that meander the flow of the work in the center. 2. The drying device is horizontal and has a rear portion of 10 to 10.
The cleaning / drying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a conveyor having a high inclination of 20 degrees and conveying the work to an upper part by a rotating blade, and a hot air blower for blowing hot air to the work. 3. A hood which rises from the bottom part and extends in an oblique direction is provided at the rear part of the cleaning gutter, and a nozzle is provided on the rear part side of the bottom part, which sprays a cleaning liquid toward the hood. The cleaning device according to 1. 4. The cleaning / drying apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cleaning gutter has an inclination of 10 to 20 degrees. 5. The cleaning / drying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the baffle plate is a baffle plate whose angle can be adjusted with respect to the side wall of the cleaning gutter.