KR100793587B1 - Apparatus for exchanging the carbon bridge for the electro plating - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for exchanging a carbon bridge that is installed to support an anode in an electroplating tank, the opening of a predetermined size in the side of the electroplating tank corresponding to the position where the carbon bridge is installed in the electroplating tank Is formed, the drawing means being capable of reciprocating in the horizontal direction to draw out the waste bridge through the opening, and the polishing provided on the reciprocating path of the drawing means so as to polish the waste bridge drawn out by the drawing means. It is characterized in that it is composed of means, so that the bridge to be replaced can be easily exchanged with the standby bridge waiting by the rotating operation of the rotary table. Loads while reducing costs and ensuring operator safety There is an effect, such as reduction.

Swivel, Bridge Fixture, Grinding Table, Moving Table

Description

Apparatus for exchanging the carbon bridge for the electro plating}             

1 is a view showing the structure of a general electroplating bath;

2A to 2C are views sequentially showing a working state in which the carbon bridge is withdrawn and disposed of from the electroplating bath according to the conventional embodiment;

3 is a view showing a state in which the polishing portion of the carbon bridge exchanger for electroplating according to the present invention is installed adjacent to the electroplating tank;

4 is a view showing an electroplating carbon bridge exchange apparatus according to the present invention;

5 is an exploded view of an electroplating carbon bridge exchange apparatus according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

200: the bridge

202: bridge holder

203: swivel

205: swivel axis of rotation

301: Frame

304: Ring Hook                 

306: hook cylinder

307 mobile

401: polishing table

404: polishing table cylinder

409: Polishing Imported Cannon

The present invention relates to an apparatus for replacing a carbon bridge installed in the plating bath during the plating process of the steel sheet, and more particularly to an electroplating carbon bridge exchange device capable of replacing and polishing the carbon bridge drawn from the plating bath. It is about.

Generally, the plating process of a steel plate is a process of processing the surface of a steel plate. That is, referring to FIG. 1, when the steel sheet 103 to be plated passes through the electroplating bath 10 in which the soluble anode 101 of the component to be plated is deposited in the electrolyte, the steel sheet 103 is removed. When the negative electrode is applied to the conductive roll 102 to be transferred, the plating component of the anode 101 is attached to the surface of the steel sheet 103 through the electrolyte solution, thereby performing the plating process of the steel sheet.

The anode 101 is held in a state supported by the carbon bridge 100.

As the plating process as described above is repeatedly performed, it is necessary to replace the carbon bridge 100.                         

As shown in FIGS. 2A-2C, conventionally, a crane 104 is used to replace the carbon bridge 100. That is, in the state which fastened the wire connected to the crane 104 to the both ends of the carbon bridge 100, the crane 104 was lifted and the carbon bridge 100 was taken out from the electroplating tank 10. As shown in FIG. Then, the carbon bridge 100 thus taken out was disposed of.

However, by using the expensive carbon bridge only once and then disposing, the cost of the electroplating process increases, thereby increasing the cost of the plated steel sheet.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the conventional problems as described above, instead of withdrawing the carbon bridge to be replaced from the electroplating tank to dispose of the disposal, by polishing the damaged portion of the carbon bridge after reuse of the electroplating process It is an object of the present invention to provide a carbon bridge exchanger for electroplating, which can reduce the equipment cost.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the apparatus for exchanging the carbon bridge is installed in the electroplating tank to support the anode is provided on the side of the electroplating tank corresponding to the position where the carbon bridge is installed in the electroplating tank An opening / closing opening having a predetermined size, the drawing means capable of reciprocating in a horizontal direction to draw out the waste bridge through the opening, and the drawing means so as to polish the waste bridge drawn out by the drawing means. Characterized in that it comprises a polishing means provided on the reciprocating path.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the same configuration is given the same reference numerals, in this specification, the closed bridge is used repeatedly in the electroplating process means a carbon bridge to be replaced The standby bridge means a new carbon bridge waiting to be exchanged with the waste bridge.

First, an opening 12 of a predetermined size is formed on one side of the electroplating tank 10 in which electroplating is performed. The opening 12 is formed to correspond to the installation position of the carbon bridge installed in the electroplating tank 10.

At this time, according to the present invention, the electroplating carbon bridge exchange device of the waste bridge (200-1) and the replacement portion having a rotating function so as to withdraw the waste bridge (200-1) through the opening 12 It consists of a grinding | polishing part which grinds a surface, and the conveyance part which conveys a bridge | bridging or a new bridge which a grinding | polishing operation was completed to the said replacement part.

The replacement portion has a plate-shaped rotating table 203 installed in the electroplating tank 10. On both sides of the swivel table 203, the bridge fixtures 202 supporting the bridge 200 are respectively seated. At this time, the side of the bridge fixture 202 is provided with a coupling ring 201 to which the withdrawal means are coupled so as to be easily withdrawn by the withdrawal means described below. The rotating table 203 is installed in the electroplating tank 10 to be rotatable about the rotating shaft 205 in the horizontal direction. The rotation shaft 205 is provided with a stopper for recognizing the rotation position of the rotating table 203. One end of the rotating shaft 205 is provided with a rotating motor 204 and the other side is provided with a position detecting sensor 208 for recognizing the rotational position of the rotating table 203.

An electric power stopper 206 having a ground plane for energizing (+) electricity is attached to the carbon bridge 200 to be used to fix the swivel 203 and to perform electroplating after rotating to replace the bridge. Stopper cylinder 207 is provided.

The polishing unit has a polishing table 401 for fixing the replaced waste bridge 200-1, the center of the polishing table 401 is provided with a grinding table rotary shaft 402 with a stopper, the grinding table rotary shaft 402 At one end thereof, a grinding table rotary motor 403 is provided. The rotating position of the rotating polishing table 401 is sensed by the polishing table position sensor 407. Then, the air blowing inlet 406 for injecting air to import the polished surface of the waste bridge 200-1, and the sand import for sanding or polishing the surface of the waste bridge 200-1. A rotating motor having a cloth-shaped polishing import cloth 409, a drive motor 408 for rotating the polishing import cloth 409, and a forward and backward position sensor to cover the front surface of the closed bridge 200-1. A moving cylinder 410 is provided.

On the other hand, the conveying unit and the frame 301 for supporting the replacement portion and the polishing portion, the bridge ring 201 of the bridge holder 202 to move the bridge holder 202 to which the closed bridge 200-1 is attached and The hook hanger 304 which binds, the hook holder 305 for operating the hook hanger 304, the hook cylinder 306, the hook hanger 304, the holder 305, and the hook cylinder 306 are provided. The screw 302 and the screw motor 303 for rotating the screw 302 are installed to move the basket 307 and the movable table, and the closed bridge 200-1 for recognizing the position of the movable table 307 is provided. The exchange position sensor 308 and the polishing position sensor 309 is composed of.

Therefore, when it is determined that the replacement of the closed bridge 200-1 is necessary, the bridge stopper 202 is positioned to withdraw the energization stopper 206 for energizing the positive current while fixing the closed bridge 200-1. After releasing the fixed state by the backward operation of the stopper cylinder 207 in which the sensor is built, the rotating table 203 is rotated by the operation of the rotating motor 204.

The closed bridge 200-1 faces downward and the standby bridge 200-2 waiting in the lower position moves upward. In this operation, the rotary motor 204 is stopped by detecting the position detecting stopper on the rotating shaft 205 of the rotary table 203 by the rotary position detecting sensor 208.

By inserting an energizing stopper 206 for energizing the positive current into the groove of the bridge bridge 202 attached to the standby bridge 200-2 positioned upward by the forward operation of the stopper cylinder 207 with the built-in position sensor. The bridge 200 replacement operation is finished.

Thereafter, the screw motor 303 rotates to transfer the waste bridge 200-1 to the polishing unit for polishing and importing the used surface of the waste bridge 200-1 placed in the lower portion thereof, and then rotates to the screw 302. The combined moving table 307 moves until it is detected by the exchange position sensor 308 at the position detected by the polishing position sensor 309.

When the movement of the moving table 307 is stopped due to the stop of the screw motor 303, the hook cylinder 306 with the sensor located in the backward state is replaced with the bridge hanger 304 swinging up in the forward motion to replace the closed lung. The screw motor 303 reversely rotates to be inserted into the bridge ring 201 of the bridge 200-1 and then fastened to be transferred to the polishing unit.                     

The screw 302 is rotated in reverse to move the movable stage 307 in the state detected by the exchange position sensor 308 until it is detected by the polishing position sensor 309 to stop the screw motor 303. When the movement of the 307 is stopped, the hanger cylinder 306 with the sensor located in the forward state is separated from the bridge hook 201 while the bridge hanger 304 swings down by the backward operation.

The waste bridge 200-1, which needs to be replaced and polished and imported after being placed in the polishing table 401, is located in the upper part of the waste bridge 200-1 that needs to be polished and imported by the rotation of the polishing table motor 403. The detection is performed by the polishing position sensor 407 detecting a positioning stopper attached to the polishing table shaft 402 of the polishing table 401.

At this time, in order to fix the waste bridge 200-1 located in the upper portion of the grinding rod cylinder 404 with a built-in sensor, the polishing stand stopper 405 is bridge bridge 202 of the waste bridge 200-1 When the air is injected from the air blowing inlet 406 after being fastened to the groove, the imported motor 408 rotates at a high speed while the abrasive import cloth 409 is in contact with the waste bridge 200-1. -1) Grind the surface thinly.

The sensor is fixed so that the import motor 408 is fixed to import and polish the front of the waste bridge 200-1, and the plate connected to the frame 301 by rails can be moved forward and backward while the import motor 408 is rotating. The built-in rotary motor moving cylinder 410 operates. At this time, when the waste bridge 200-1 is confirmed to have been polished or imported by an operator or is required to be replaced due to severe damage, the imported motor 408 and the air blowing are stopped after the rotary motor moving cylinder 410 is stopped. .                     

Then, the polishing table cylinder 404 is backward, the polishing table stopper 405 is reversed, the polishing table motor 403 is rotated, imported and polished waste bridge 200-1 or replaced waste bridge 200-1. When the hook cylinder 306 is forward, the hook hanger 304 is fastened to the bridge hook 201 of the bridge holder 202 and the screw 302 rotates by the rotation of the screw motor 303.

After that, when the moving motor 307 recognizes the exchange position sensor 309 and the screw motor 303 stops, the imported and polished waste bridge 200-1 or the replaced waste bridge 200-1 is rotated ( 203) It is stopped at the replacement position of the closed bridge 200-1. At this time, the hook cylinder 306 is backward so that the hook hanger 304 is separated from the bridge hook 201 of the bridge holder 202 and the screw 302 reversely rotates by the reverse rotation of the screw motor 303. 307 is sensed by the polishing position sensor 309 at the detection position of the replacement position sensor 309 and the screw motor 303 stops and waits, thereby ending the operation for replacing the waste bridge 200-1.

According to the present invention, the waste bridge to be replaced can be easily exchanged with the standby bridge waiting by the rotating operation of the rotary table, and the waste bridge is polished on the polishing table to reduce the equipment cost of the electroplating process and also reduce the operator There is an effect such as reducing the load while ensuring the safety of.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make modifications and changes to the present invention without departing from the spirit and gist of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. It should be recognized.

Claims (4)

An apparatus for replacing a carbon bridge installed to support an anode in an electroplating bath, Opening and closing openings of a predetermined size are formed in the side surface of the electroplating tank corresponding to the position where the carbon bridge is installed in the electroplating tank, A drawing means capable of reciprocating in the horizontal direction to draw out the closed bridge through the opening; And a polishing means provided on the reciprocating path of the drawing means so as to polish the waste bridge drawn out by the drawing means. The method of claim 1, The polishing means includes a support for supporting the waste bridge, a polisher for polishing the surface of the waste bridge supported by the support, and an air sprayer for drying the surface of the waste bridge on which the polishing operation by the polishing machine is completed. Electroplating carbon bridge exchange device, characterized in that. The method of claim 2, And the grinder is rotatably installed about a horizontal axis in a horizontal direction. The method of claim 1, A plate-shaped rotary table is provided to be rotatable about a horizontal axis in a horizontal direction in the plating bath, and a carbon bridge for supporting an anode is provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the rotary table, respectively. The other carbon bridge is in the standby state during the plating process, and the swivel table rotates about the horizontal axis in order to take out the waste bridge to be replaced by the drawing means. Bridge changer.

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