Automatic quantitative high-precision filling equipment for heating refined gallium in air environment

Abstract

The invention discloses automatic quantitative high-precision filling equipment for heating refined gallium in an air environment, which comprises an automatic filling assembly, an automatic receiving assembly, an outer cover feeding assembly, an inner cover feeding assembly and an automatic bottle feeding assembly, gallium has certain corrosivity, and in order to ensure the purity of the gallium, a peristaltic pump is adopted to directly suck and convey the gallium; a refined gallium heating unit; the refined gallium is heated, so that the condition that filling is blocked due to solidification of the refined gallium in the filling process due to too low room temperature is avoided; a quantitative filling unit; and a five-layer sealing filling gun is adopted to ensure that no leakage phenomenon is generated after filling is finished. According to the automatic quantitative high-precision filling equipment for heating the refined gallium in the air environment, a method for precisely filling the refined gallium through the high-speed quantitative filling gun is adopted, the other high-precision liquid supplementing filling gun is used for filling the final refined gallium, and the precision of a final product is guaranteed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of refined gallium filling, and in particular to a device for automatically quantitatively filling refined gallium with high precision under heating in an air environment. Background Art

[0002] The gallium metal production line is a key component of an alumina refinery, producing approximately 100 tons of gallium metal annually. It is a key component in achieving safe production and intelligent manufacturing at the refinery. Currently, processes such as weighing and filling, gradient freezing, packaging, labeling, and packaging of refined gallium are all performed manually, making automated weighing and filling of refined gallium essential.

[0003] Most existing quantitative canning equipment uses quantitative pumps for quantitative canning. However, during operation, the quantitative pump may cause the amount of liquid to decrease due to slight blockage of the tube or dripping outside the canning bottle. As a result, the refined gallium cannot be quantitatively canned with high precision, reducing the accuracy of subsequent operations. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The present invention discloses a device for automatically quantitatively filling refined gallium with high precision by heating in an air environment, aiming to solve the technical problem mentioned in the background art that most existing quantitative canning equipment adopts a quantitative pump for quantitative canning, but during operation of the quantitative pump, the amount of liquid may be reduced due to slight blockage of the catheter or dripping outside the canning bottle, resulting in the inability to quantitatively can the refined gallium with high precision, thereby reducing the accuracy of subsequent operations.

[0005] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0006] A high-precision automatic quantitative filling device for refined gallium under air heating environment, including an automatic filling component, an automatic material receiving component, an outer cover loading component, an inner cover loading component and an automatic bottle loading component, the automatic filling component includes:

[0007] Filling peristaltic pump; Gallium is corrosive to a certain extent. To ensure the purity of gallium, a peristaltic pump is used to directly absorb and transport gallium;

[0008] Refined gallium heating unit: heats the refined gallium to prevent the refined gallium from solidifying during the filling process due to low room temperature, which may cause filling obstruction;

[0009] Quantitative filling unit; adopts five-layer sealed filling gun to ensure no dripping after filling, thus improving filling accuracy;

[0010] Automatic weighing and rehydration unit: After the quantitative filling unit has filled, the automatic weighing and rehydration unit will perform weighing for secondary rehydration, further improving the filling accuracy.

[0011] In a preferred solution, the automatic filling component includes a workbench, and the top outer wall of the workbench is fixedly connected with an empty bottle cache unit, a weighing NG receiving unit, an automatic inner cover unit, an automatic locking unit and a finished product cache unit, and the quantitative filling unit, the refined gallium heating unit, the filling peristaltic pump and the automatic weighing rehydration unit are all fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench. The empty bottle cache unit is used for secondary caching of empty bottles, and the weighing NG receiving unit is used when the amount of one filling is too much, and the equipment will automatically push the NG product into the weighing NG receiving unit. The automatic inner cover unit and the automatic locking unit are used for automatic inner cover, pressing cover and outer cover, locking operations respectively. The finished product cache unit is used to cache the refined gallium finished products in the cache area first. After reaching a certain quantity, the silo opens the door and collects the finished products in a unified manner.

[0012] By setting up an automatic inner cover unit, an automatic cover locking unit and a quantitative filling unit, liquid gallium is automatically fed, filled by a peristaltic pump, automatically weighed, automatically replenished, automatically pressed on the inner cover, and automatically locked on the outer cover, and finally flows into the material receiving buffer area.

[0013] In a preferred embodiment, the gallium heating unit includes a storage and heating box, and a display screen is fixedly connected to the outer wall of one side of the storage and heating box, and the top outer wall of the storage and heating box is fixedly connected to a motor, and the output shaft of the motor is connected to a rotating rod through a coupling, and the middle outer wall of the rotating rod is fixedly connected to a rotating rod, and the rotating rod is a structure that spirals downward and gradually increases in radius, and the upper and lower outer walls of the rotating rod are fixedly connected with equidistantly distributed stirring blades, and the outer walls of the stirring blades are provided with equidistantly distributed grooves, and the inner wall of the storage and heating box is fixedly connected to an insulation unit, and the insulation unit includes an anti-corrosion layer, an insulation layer, an insulation frame, an insulation layer and a reinforcement base layer, and the anti-corrosion layer, insulation layer, insulation frame, insulation layer and reinforcement base layer are distributed from the inside to the outside, and the interior of the insulation frame is filled with insulation filler.

[0014] By providing a storage heating box, the refined gallium is heated and kept warm, thereby avoiding the occurrence of filling failure caused by the solidification of the refined gallium due to temperature.

[0015] In a preferred solution, the empty bottle buffer unit includes an empty bottle feeding belt, and the empty bottle feeding belt is fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench, a filling unit is placed on the empty bottle feeding belt, and the filling unit includes an outer cylinder, the bottom inner wall of the outer cylinder is clamped with an inner cylinder, and the inner wall of the outer cylinder is bonded with a thermal insulation layer, the quantitative filling unit is composed of a lifting module and a servo motor, and the lifting can avoid gallium splashing during filling, and the quantitative filling unit includes a quantitative canning gun, which is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the lifting module, the automatic weighing and rehydration unit includes an NG finished product pushing mechanism, a rehydration filling gun and a weighing device, and the NG finished product pushing mechanism, the rehydration filling gun and the weighing device are all fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench.

[0016] As can be seen from the above, a device for automatically and quantitatively filling refined gallium in an air environment with high precision by heating includes an automatic filling component, an automatic material receiving component, an outer cover loading component, an inner cover loading component, and an automatic bottle loading component. The automatic filling component includes: a filling peristaltic pump; gallium is corrosive to a certain extent. To ensure the purity of gallium, a peristaltic pump is used to directly absorb and transport gallium; a refined gallium heating unit; the refined gallium is heated to avoid the solidification of refined gallium during the filling process due to low room temperature, which leads to obstruction of filling; a quantitative filling unit; a five-layer sealed filling gun is used to ensure that there is no dripping after filling, thereby improving filling accuracy; an automatic weighing and rehydration unit; after the quantitative filling unit is filled, the automatic weighing and rehydration unit is used to weigh the refined gallium for secondary rehydration, further improving filling accuracy. The device for automatically and quantitatively filling refined gallium in an air environment provided by the present invention adopts a high-speed quantitative filling gun for precision canning, and another high-precision rehydration filling gun is used to fill the final refined gallium to ensure the accuracy of the final product. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a high-precision filling device for refined gallium that is heated automatically and quantitatively in an air environment, as proposed by the present invention.

[0018] Figure 2 This is a schematic structural diagram of the automatic filling component of the high-precision filling equipment for automatic quantitative filling of refined gallium in an air environment proposed by the present invention.

[0019] Figure 3 This is a schematic structural diagram of a refined gallium heating unit for automatic quantitative high-precision filling equipment for refined gallium in an air environment proposed by the present invention.

[0020] Figure 4 This is a schematic structural diagram of the heat preservation unit of a device for automatically heating and quantitatively filling refined gallium in an air environment with high precision, proposed by the present invention.

[0021] Figure 5This is a structural schematic diagram of a quantitative filling unit of a device for automatically quantitatively filling refined gallium in an air environment with high precision, which is proposed by the present invention.

[0022] Figure 6 This is a structural schematic diagram of the automatic weighing and rehydration unit of a device for automatically quantitatively filling refined gallium in an air environment with high precision, which is proposed by the present invention.

[0023] Figure: 1. Automatic filling assembly; 2. Automatic material receiving assembly; 3. Outer cover loading assembly; 4. Inner cover loading assembly; 5. Automatic bottle loading assembly; 101. Empty bottle buffer unit; 102. Quantitative filling unit; 103. Precision gallium heating unit; 104. Filling peristaltic pump; 105. Automatic weighing and rehydration unit; 106. Weighing NG material receiving unit; 107. Workbench; 108. Automatic inner cover loading unit; 109. Automatic cap locking unit; 110. Finished product buffer unit; 1031. Storage and heating box; 1032. Rotating rod; 1033. Rotating rod; 1034. Slotting; 1035. Stirring blade; 1036. Insulation unit; 1037. Display screen; 1038. Motor; 10361. Anti-corrosion layer; 10362. Insulation layer; 10363. Insulation frame; 10364. Thermal insulation layer; 10365. Reinforced base layer; 10366. Thermal insulation filler; 1011. Empty bottle feeding belt; 1012. Filling unit; 1021. Quantitative filling gun; 10121. Outer cylinder; 10122. Thermal insulation layer; 10123. Inner cylinder; 1051. NG finished product pushing mechanism; 1052. Liquid replenishment filling gun; 1053. Scale. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments.

[0025] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 A high-precision automatic quantitative filling device for refined gallium in an air environment includes an automatic filling component 1, an automatic material receiving component 2, an outer cover loading component 3, an inner cover loading component 4 and an automatic bottle loading component 5. The automatic filling component 1 includes:

[0026] Filling peristaltic pump 104; Gallium is corrosive to a certain extent. To ensure the purity of gallium, a peristaltic pump is used to directly absorb and transport gallium;

[0027] Refined gallium heating unit 103; heating the refined gallium to prevent the refined gallium from solidifying during the filling process due to low room temperature, which may cause filling obstruction;

[0028] Quantitative filling unit 102; uses a five-layer sealed filling gun to ensure no dripping after filling, thus improving filling accuracy;

[0029] Automatic weighing and rehydration unit 105; after the quantitative filling unit 102 is filled, the automatic weighing and rehydration unit 105 is weighed to perform secondary rehydration, thereby further improving the filling accuracy;

[0030] Specifically, automatic weighing and filling methods are adopted, and the storage and separation of refined gallium are in the form of glass or stainless steel containers to ensure the purity and separation effect of refined gallium. The filling peristaltic pump 104 directly absorbs the gallium and transfers it to the empty bottle, realizing a fully automatic weighing and filling process to meet the production needs of refined gallium.

[0031] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 In a preferred embodiment, the automatic filling assembly 1 includes a workbench 107, and the top outer wall of the workbench 107 is fixedly connected with an empty bottle buffer unit 101, a weighing NG material receiving unit 106, an automatic inner cover unit 108, an automatic cover locking unit 109 and a finished product buffer unit 110, and the quantitative filling unit 102, the refined gallium heating unit 103, the filling peristaltic pump 104 and the automatic weighing rehydration unit 105 are all fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench 107;

[0032] Specifically, the automatic weighing and rehydration unit 105 can perform secondary rehydration on the refined gallium to improve the filling accuracy.

[0033] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 In a preferred embodiment, the empty bottle buffer unit 101 is used for secondary buffering of empty bottles. The weighing NG receiving unit 106 is used to automatically push the NG products into the weighing NG receiving unit 106 when the amount of one filling is too much. The automatic inner cover unit 108 and the automatic cover locking unit 109 are used for automatic inner cover and press cover, and automatic outer cover and lock cover operations respectively. The finished product buffer unit 110 is used to buffer the refined gallium products into the buffer area first. When a certain amount is reached, the silo opens and the finished products are collected in a unified manner.

[0034] Specifically, by providing the automatic inner cover raising unit 108 and the automatic cover locking unit 109, automatic cover closing and cover locking can be achieved, thereby improving the automation of the device.

[0035] Reference Figure 2 and Figure 3 In a preferred embodiment, the refined gallium heating unit 103 includes a storage and heating box 1031, and a display screen 1037 is fixedly connected to one side outer wall of the storage and heating box 1031, and a motor 1038 is fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the storage and heating box 1031. The output shaft of the motor 1038 is connected to a rotating rod 1033 through a coupling, and a rotating rod 1032 is fixedly connected to the middle outer wall of the rotating rod 1033;

[0036] Specifically, the refined gallium is heated by the storage heating box 1031 and filled while being heated, which can effectively improve the filling accuracy. In addition, by providing a motor 1038, turning on the motor 1038, the motor 1038 drives the rotating rod 1033 to rotate and then the rotating rod 1032 starts to rotate, which can make the refined gallium heated evenly and improve the convenience of refined gallium filling.

[0037] Refer to the figure Figure 3 In a preferred embodiment, the rotating rod 1032 is a structure that spirals downward with a gradually increasing radius, and the upper and lower outer walls of the rotating rod 1033 are fixedly connected with equidistantly distributed stirring blades 1035, and the outer walls of the stirring blades 1035 are provided with equidistantly distributed grooves 1034, and the inner wall of the storage and heating box 1031 is fixedly connected with a heat preservation unit 1036;

[0038] Specifically, when the motor 1038 drives the rotating rod 1033 to rotate, the rotating rod 1032 and the stirring blade 1035 both start to rotate, uniformly heating the refined gallium stored inside the storage and heating box 1031. An insulation unit 1036 is also provided to keep the refined gallium stored inside the storage and heating box 1031 warm to prevent heat loss.

[0039] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 4 In a preferred embodiment, the thermal insulation unit 1036 includes an anti-corrosion layer 10361, a thermal insulation layer 10362, a thermal insulation frame 10363, a heat-insulating layer 10364, and a reinforcing base layer 10365. The anti-corrosion layer 10361, the thermal insulation layer 10362, the thermal insulation frame 10363, the heat-insulating layer 10364, and the reinforcing base layer 10365 are arranged from the inside to the outside, and the interior of the thermal insulation frame 10363 is filled with a thermal insulation filler 10366.

[0040] Specifically, the insulation layer 10362, the insulation frame 10363 and the thermal insulation layer 10364 all serve to insulate the refined gallium inside the storage heating box 1031 to prevent heat loss. The interior of the insulation frame 10363 is filled with insulation filler 10366 to further improve the insulation effect of the device.

[0041] Reference Figure 2 and Figure 5 In a preferred embodiment, the empty bottle buffer unit 101 includes an empty bottle feeding belt 1011, and the empty bottle feeding belt 1011 is fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench 107. A filling unit 1012 is placed on the empty bottle feeding belt 1011, and the filling unit 1012 includes an outer cylinder 10121, and the inner wall of the bottom of the outer cylinder 10121 is clamped with an inner cylinder 10123, and the inner wall of the outer cylinder 10121 is bonded with a thermal insulation layer 10122;

[0042] Specifically, the empty bottle buffer unit 101 is used for secondary buffering of empty bottles, the empty bottle loading belt 1011 is used for transporting and moving empty bottles, the filling unit 1012 is made of glass or stainless steel, and the inner wall of the outer cylinder 10121 is bonded with a thermal insulation layer 10122, which can continue to achieve the insulation effect after the refined gallium is filled.

[0043] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 5 In a preferred embodiment, the quantitative filling unit 102 is composed of a lifting module and a servo motor. The lifting can prevent gallium from splashing during filling. The quantitative filling unit 102 includes a quantitative canning gun 1021, which is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the lifting module.

[0044] Specifically, the quantitative canning gun 1021 in the quantitative filling unit 102 adopts a high-speed filling head to perform precision canning, and the five-layer sealing member is professionally designed to ensure that there is no dripping after the filling is completed.

[0045] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 6 In a preferred embodiment, the automatic weighing and rehydration unit 105 includes an NG finished product pushing mechanism 1051, a rehydration filling gun 1052 and a weighing device 1053, and the NG finished product pushing mechanism 1051, the rehydration filling gun 1052 and the weighing device 1053 are all fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench 1;

[0046] Specifically, the weighing device 1053 prohibits filling when there is no bottle, and has differential pressure zero-time difference bottle collision protection, automatic peeling, automatic detection and filling start, intelligent anti-foolproofing, fault detection, etc., which can enable a single person to operate the filling and capping operations at the same time. The filling gun 1052 can be used for more accurate filling, achieving high-precision automatic filling.

[0047] Working principle: When in use, the empty bottle buffer unit 101 is used for secondary buffering of empty bottles. Liquid gallium is transferred from the outside to the storage and heating box 1031, and the refined gallium is heated by the storage and heating box 1031. When the motor 1038 drives the rotating rod 1033 to rotate, the rotating rod 1032 and the stirring blade 1035 start to rotate, and the refined gallium stored in the storage and heating box 1031 is evenly heated. A heat preservation unit 1036 is also provided to keep the refined gallium stored in the storage and heating box 1031 warm to prevent heat loss. Gallium is corrosive to a certain extent. In order to ensure the purity of gallium, a filling peristaltic pump 104 is used to directly absorb and transfer gallium into the empty bottle. The quantitative filling unit 102 is composed of a lifting module and a servo motor. The lifting module can be In order to avoid gallium splashing during filling, the quantitative canning gun 1021 in the quantitative filling unit 102 adopts a high-speed filling head for precision canning. The five-layer seal is professionally designed to ensure that there is no dripping after filling. After one filling is completed, it enters the weighing device 1053 for weighing, and the automatic weighing and rehydration unit 105 performs a second rehydration and filling. If the amount of one filling is too much, the equipment will automatically push the NG product into the weighing NG receiving unit 106, and then use the automatic inner cover unit 108 and the automatic locking unit 109 for automatic inner cover automatic covering, pressing cover and outer cover automatic covering, locking cover operations respectively. Finally, the finished product is first cached in the finished product cache unit 110. After reaching a certain quantity, it is collected uniformly.

[0048] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second, etc., are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that includes a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

[0049] While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions, and variations may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A device for automatically quantitatively filling refined gallium in an air environment with high precision, comprising an automatic filling component (1), an automatic material receiving component (2), an outer cover loading component (3), an inner cover loading component (4) and an automatic bottle loading component (5), characterized in that: The automatic filling component (1) comprises: Filling peristaltic pump (104); Gallium is corrosive to a certain extent, and in order to ensure the purity of gallium, a peristaltic pump is used to directly absorb and transport gallium; A refined gallium heating unit (103) is used to heat the refined gallium to prevent the refined gallium from solidifying during the filling process due to low room temperature, thereby preventing filling from being blocked; Quantitative filling unit (102); using a five-layer sealed filling gun to ensure that there is no dripping after filling, thereby improving filling accuracy; Automatic weighing and rehydration unit (105); after the quantitative filling unit (102) performs filling, the automatic weighing and rehydration unit (105) performs weighing to perform secondary rehydration, thereby further improving the filling accuracy.

2. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium in an air environment according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The automatic filling assembly (1) includes a workbench (107), and the top outer wall of the workbench (107) is fixedly connected to an empty bottle buffer unit (101), a weighing NG material receiving unit (106), an automatic inner cover unit (108), an automatic cover locking unit (109) and a finished product buffer unit (110), and the quantitative filling unit (102), the refined gallium heating unit (103), the filling peristaltic pump (104) and the automatic weighing rehydration unit (105) are all fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench (107).

3. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium in an air environment according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The empty bottle buffer unit (101) is used for secondary buffering of empty bottles. The weighing NG receiving unit (106) is used when the amount of one filling is too much. The equipment automatically pushes the NG product into the weighing NG receiving unit (106). The automatic inner cover unit (108) and the automatic cover locking unit (109) are used for automatic inner cover and cover pressing and outer cover automatic cover and cover locking operations respectively. The finished product buffer unit (110) is used to buffer the refined gallium products into the buffer area first. When a certain amount is reached, the silo door is opened to collect the finished products in a unified manner.

4. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium in an air environment according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The refined gallium heating unit (103) comprises a storage and heating box (1031), and a display screen (1037) is fixedly connected to an outer wall of one side of the storage and heating box (1031), a motor (1038) is fixedly connected to an outer wall of the top of the storage and heating box (1031), an output shaft of the motor (1038) is connected to a rotating rod (1033) via a coupling, and a rotating rod (1032) is fixedly connected to an outer wall of a middle portion of the rotating rod (1033).

5. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium under air heating according to claim 4 is characterized in that: The rotating rod (1032) is a structure that spirals downward with a gradually increasing radius, and the upper and lower outer walls of the rotating rod (1033) are fixedly connected to stirring blades (1035) distributed at equal distances, the outer walls of the stirring blades (1035) are provided with slots (1034) distributed at equal distances, and the inner wall of the storage and heating box (1031) is fixedly connected to a heat preservation unit (1036).

6. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium under air heating according to claim 5 is characterized in that: The thermal insulation unit (1036) comprises an anti-corrosion layer (10361), a thermal insulation layer (10362), a thermal insulation frame (10363), a thermal insulation layer (10364) and a reinforcing base layer (10365), wherein the anti-corrosion layer (10361), the thermal insulation layer (10362), the thermal insulation frame (10363), the thermal insulation layer (10364) and the reinforcing base layer (10365) are arranged from the inside to the outside, and the interior of the thermal insulation frame (10363) is filled with a thermal insulation filler (10366).

7. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium in an air environment by heating according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The empty bottle buffer unit (101) comprises an empty bottle feeding belt (1011), and the empty bottle feeding belt (1011) is fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench (107); a filling unit (1012) is placed on the empty bottle feeding belt (1011), and the filling unit (1012) comprises an outer cylinder (10121); the inner wall of the bottom of the outer cylinder (10121) is clamped with an inner cylinder (10123), and the inner wall of the outer cylinder (10121) is bonded with a thermal insulation layer (10122).

8. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium under air heating according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The quantitative filling unit (102) is composed of a lifting module and a servo motor. The lifting can prevent gallium from splashing during filling. The quantitative filling unit (102) includes a quantitative canning gun (1021). The quantitative canning gun (1021) is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the lifting module.

9. The high-precision automatic quantitative filling equipment for refined gallium under air heating according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The automatic weighing and rehydration unit (105) comprises an NG finished product pushing mechanism (1051), a rehydration filling gun (1052) and a weighing device (1053), and the NG finished product pushing mechanism (1051), the rehydration filling gun (1052) and the weighing device (1053) are all fixedly connected to the top outer wall of the workbench (1).

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