Welding wire reel and method of using the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of disc-shaped welding wire packaging, and discloses a welding wire reel and a method for using the same. The welding wire reel comprises: a main body, the main body comprises a bearing plate, a closed plate and a bearing column, the bearing plate and the closed plate are relatively arranged at the first end and the second end of the bearing column, and the bearing plate is fixedly connected to the first end of the bearing column, the closed plate is detachably connected to the second end of the bearing column, the bearing plate is provided with a first through hole, the bearing column is provided with a second through hole, the first through hole and the second through hole are connected to form a through hole for accommodating the central axis of a wire feeder, the closed plate is provided with a driving hole for accommodating a driving member of the wire feeder, and the bearing plate is provided with a disc head hole for fixing the first end of the welding wire. The welding wire reel can be installed or replaced without removing the welding wire reel from the wire feeder, and the residual welding wire can be easily removed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of disc-shaped welding wire packaging, and in particular to a welding wire disc and a use method thereof. Background Art

[0002] The commonly used integrated plastic or metal wire reel for gas shielded arc welding is used. The welding wire is rolled on the wire reel at one time. When the total weight of the welding wire and the wire reel reaches the set weight, it is packed and sent to the user. The welder installs the wire reel on the gas shielded arc welding wire feeder and feeds the welding wire into the welding gun for welding. This type of wire reel can meet the welding needs, but it still has the following defects when used:

[0003] 1. When the welding wire is used up or needs to be replaced with other types of welding wire, it is not possible to directly install a new welding wire. The original welding wire reel needs to be removed from the wire feeder and replaced with a new welding wire reel wrapped with new welding wire, which is complicated to operate;

[0004] 2. When the remaining welding wire is not needed, the welding wire needs to be pulled out from the welding wire reel layer by layer, and it is very inconvenient to remove the remaining welding wire.

[0005] Therefore, how to overcome the above-mentioned defects has become a problem that urgently needs to be solved by those skilled in the art. Summary of the invention

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a welding wire reel and a method for using the same, which allows replacement or reinstallation of welding wire without removing the welding wire reel from a wire feeder and facilitates removal of residual welding wire.

[0007] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following solutions:

[0008] The present invention provides a welding wire reel, comprising: a main body, the main body comprising a load-bearing plate, a closed plate and a load-bearing column, the load-bearing plate and the closed plate are relatively arranged at the first end and the second end of the load-bearing column, and the load-bearing plate is fixedly connected to the first end of the load-bearing column, and the closed plate is detachably connected to the second end of the load-bearing column, the load-bearing plate is provided with a first through hole, and the load-bearing column is provided with a second through hole, the first through hole and the second through hole are connected to form a through hole for accommodating the central axis of a wire feeder, and the closed plate is provided with a driving hole for accommodating a driving member of the wire feeder.

[0009] Preferably, a first bundling groove is provided at the end of the load-bearing disk opposite to the closing disk along the radial direction of the load-bearing disk, a second bundling groove is provided at the end of the closing disk opposite to the load-bearing disk along the radial direction of the closing disk, and a third bundling groove is provided on the outer wall of the load-bearing column along the height direction of the load-bearing column, the first end and the second end of the third bundling groove are respectively connected with an end of the first bundling groove close to the load-bearing column and an end of the second bundling groove close to the load-bearing column, and the first bundling groove, the second bundling groove and the third bundling groove are all used to accommodate bundling straps.

[0010] Preferably, a plurality of the first bundling grooves are circumferentially arranged at one end of the load-bearing plate opposite to the closing plate, a plurality of the second bundling grooves are circumferentially arranged at one end of the closing plate opposite to the load-bearing plate, a plurality of the third bundling grooves are circumferentially arranged at the outer wall of the load-bearing column, the first bundling grooves, the second bundling grooves and the third bundling grooves correspond to each other one by one, and the first end and the second end of the third bundling groove are respectively connected with the corresponding end of the first bundling groove close to the load-bearing column and the corresponding end of the second bundling groove close to the load-bearing column.

[0011] Preferably, the welding wire reel further comprises a connecting assembly, wherein the connecting assembly comprises at least one connecting structure, and the load-bearing disc is detachably connected to the closing disc via the connecting structure.

[0012] Preferably, there are multiple connecting structures, and multiple first openings are arranged circumferentially of the closed disk. The load-bearing disk includes an annular main body, a center sleeve and multiple connecting parts. The center sleeve is arranged inside the annular main body, and the axes of the center sleeve and the annular main body coincide with each other. All the connecting parts are evenly arranged along the circumference of the center sleeve, and the first end of each connecting part is connected to the outer wall of the center sleeve, and the second end of each connecting part is connected to the inner wall of the annular main body. Among all the connecting parts, one of the connecting parts is provided with the driving hole, and the remaining connecting parts are provided with the second opening. The first through hole is formed inside the center sleeve, and the first opening, the second opening and the connecting structure correspond to each other one by one. The first end and the second end of the connecting structure respectively pass through the corresponding first opening and the second opening to connect the load-bearing disk and the closed disk.

[0013] Preferably, the connection structure is a connection stud, and the first end of the connection stud passes through the first opening and the second opening in sequence and is fastened by a nut.

[0014] Preferably, a cavity is formed in the middle of the closing disk.

[0015] The present invention also provides a method for using a welding wire reel, comprising the following steps:

[0016] Step 1, sleeve the first welding wire bundle tied with the first bundling belt on the load-bearing column;

[0017] Step 2, installing the closing plate, and fixing the first end of the welding wire of the first welding wire bundle on the bearing plate;

[0018] Step 3, removing the first strapping belt, sleeve the through hole on the central axis, sleeve the driving hole on the driving member, fix the main body, and guide the second end of the welding wire into the welding gun;

[0019] Step 4: After welding is completed, the remaining welding wires are re-fixed by a second binding band to form a second welding wire bundle;

[0020] Step five, remove the closing plate, separate the first end of the remaining welding wire from the load-bearing plate, and then remove the second welding wire bundle from the load-bearing column.

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has achieved the following technical effects:

[0022] The welding wire reel provided by the present invention comprises: a main body, the main body comprises a load-bearing plate, a closed plate and a load-bearing column, the load-bearing plate and the closed plate are relatively arranged at the first end and the second end of the load-bearing column, and the load-bearing plate is fixedly connected to the first end of the load-bearing column, and the closed plate is detachably connected to the second end of the load-bearing column. In the specific use process, after the welding wire is used up or the welding wire needs to be replaced, the bundled new welding wire can be conveniently sleeved on the load-bearing column by removing the closed plate, after the sleeve is completed, the closed plate is reinstalled, and then the binding band tied on the welding wire is removed to achieve the replacement or reinstallation of the welding wire. The welding wire reel can be reused, and after the welding wire is used up, the welding wire reel does not need to be removed from the wire feeder, and the welding wire can be installed or replaced. In addition, when it is necessary to clear the remaining welding wire, the remaining welding wire is fixed by the binding band, and after the bundling is completed, the closed plate is removed, and the remaining welding wire can be conveniently removed from the load-bearing column. Compared with the welding wire being drawn out layer by layer from the welding wire reel, the welding wire reel can conveniently remove the remaining welding wire. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0024] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a welding wire reel provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 2It is a structural schematic diagram of a welding wire reel bearing plate provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of a welding wire reel closing disk provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 4 It is a schematic structural diagram of a first welding wire bundle provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0028] Figure 5 The figure is a schematic diagram of the installation of the welding wire reel provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] Explanation of the reference numerals: 100, welding wire reel; 1, load-bearing disc; 101, first through hole; 102, first bundling groove; 103, annular body; 104, center sleeve; 105, connecting piece; 106, second opening; 107, pan head hole; 108, driving hole; 2, closing disc; 201, second bundling groove; 202, first opening; 203, cavity; 3, load-bearing column; 301, third bundling groove; 4, connecting stud; 5, nut; 6, first welding wire bundle; 601, welding wire; 602, first bundling belt; 7, wire feeder; 701, center shaft; 702, driving piece. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0031] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0032] like Figure 1-Figure 5 As shown, the welding wire reel 100 provided in this embodiment includes: a main body, the main body includes a load-bearing plate 1, a closed plate 2 and a load-bearing column 3, the load-bearing plate 1 and the closed plate 2 are relatively arranged at the first end and the second end of the load-bearing column 3, and the load-bearing plate 1 is fixedly connected to the first end of the load-bearing column 3, and the closed plate 2 is detachably connected to the second end of the load-bearing column 3, a first through hole 101 is arranged on the load-bearing plate 1, and a second through hole is arranged on the load-bearing column 3, the first through hole 101 and the second through hole are connected to form a through hole for accommodating the central axis 701 of the wire feeder 7, and a driving hole 108 for accommodating the driving member 702 of the wire feeder 7 is arranged on the closed plate 2. The welding wire 601 can be replaced or reinstalled without removing the welding wire reel 100 from the wire feeder 7, and the remaining welding wire 601 is convenient to remove.

[0033] In this embodiment, if Figure 1-Figure 3 As shown, the welding wire 601 needs to be tied with a strapping tape when it is installed on the load-bearing column 3 or removed from the load-bearing column 3. In order to facilitate the insertion of the strapping tape, a first strapping groove 102 is provided at the end of the load-bearing plate 1 opposite to the closed plate 2 along the radial direction of the load-bearing plate 1, and a second strapping groove 201 is provided at the end of the closed plate 2 opposite to the load-bearing plate 1 along the radial direction of the closed plate 2. A third strapping groove 301 is provided on the outer wall of the load-bearing column 3 along the height direction of the load-bearing column 3. The first end and the second end of the third strapping groove 301 are respectively connected to the end of the first strapping groove 102 close to the load-bearing column 3 and the end of the second strapping groove 201 close to the load-bearing column 3. The first strapping groove 102, the second strapping groove 201 and the third strapping groove 301 are all used to accommodate the strapping tape. In the specific use process, the first end of the strapping tape passes through the first strapping groove 102, the third strapping groove 301 and the second strapping groove 201 in sequence and then is connected to the second end of the strapping tape. It should be noted that if Figure 4 As shown, in order to facilitate the installation of the welding wire 601, the welding wire 601 is coiled in advance, and the welding wire 601 after coiling is tied and fixed with a binding tape. For the convenience of description, the welding wire 601 that is coiled in advance and tied with a binding tape is called a welding wire bundle.

[0034] In this embodiment, if Figure 1-Figure 3 As shown, specifically, a plurality of first bundling grooves 102 are circumferentially arranged at one end of the load-bearing plate 1 opposite to the closed plate 2, a plurality of second bundling grooves 201 are circumferentially arranged at one end of the closed plate 2 opposite to the load-bearing plate 1, and a plurality of third bundling grooves 301 are circumferentially arranged on the outer wall of the load-bearing column 3. The first bundling grooves 102, the second bundling grooves 201 and the third bundling grooves 301 correspond to each other one by one, and the first end and the second end of the third bundling groove 301 are respectively connected with an end of the corresponding first bundling groove 102 close to the load-bearing column 3 and an end of the corresponding second bundling groove 201 close to the load-bearing column 3.

[0035] In this embodiment, if Figure 1 As shown, the welding wire reel 100 also includes a connecting assembly, which includes at least one connecting structure, and the load-bearing disc 1 is detachably connected to the closing disc 2 via the connecting structure to achieve a detachable connection between the closing disc 2 and the second end of the load-bearing column 3.

[0036] In this embodiment, if Figure 1As shown, the number of connecting structures is multiple, and the circumference of the closed disk 2 is provided with multiple first openings 202. Specifically, in this embodiment, all the first openings 202 are evenly arranged along the circumference of the closed disk 2. The load-bearing disk 1 includes an annular body 103, a center sleeve 104, and a plurality of connecting members 105. The center sleeve 104 is arranged inside the annular body 103, and the axes of the center sleeve 104 and the annular body 103 coincide. All the connecting members 105 are evenly arranged along the circumference of the center sleeve 104, and the first ends of the connecting members 105 are connected to the center sleeve 104. The outer side walls are connected, and the second ends of each connecting piece 105 are connected to the inner side wall of the annular body 103. On all the connecting pieces 105, one of the connecting pieces 105 is provided with a driving hole 108, and the remaining connecting pieces 105 are provided with second openings 106. A first through hole 101 is formed inside the center sleeve 104. The first opening 202, the second opening 106 and the connecting structure correspond to each other one by one. The first end and the second end of the connecting structure pass through the corresponding first opening 202 and the second opening 106 respectively to connect the load-bearing plate 1 and the closing plate 2.

[0037] In this embodiment, the connection structure is a connecting stud 4 , and the first end of the connecting stud 4 (the end of the connecting stud 4 without the nut 5 ) passes through the first opening 202 and the second opening 106 in sequence and is fastened by the nut 5 .

[0038] In this embodiment, specifically, the number of the first opening 202 , the number of the second opening 106 , and the number of the connecting structures are all four.

[0039] In this embodiment, if Figure 2 As shown, in order to reduce the weight of the closing disk 2, a cavity 203 is formed in the middle of the closing disk 2, and the cavity 203 should be as large as possible.

[0040] In this embodiment, if Figure 1 As shown, the load-bearing plate 1 is provided with a plate head hole 107 for the first end of the welding wire 601 to pass through.

[0041] The method for using the welding wire reel 100 provided in this embodiment includes the following steps:

[0042] Step 1: Sleeve the first welding wire bundle 6 tied with the first bundling belt 602 onto the load-bearing column 3;

[0043] Step 2: Install the closing plate 2 and fix the first end of the welding wire 601 of the first welding wire bundle 6 on the load-bearing plate 1;

[0044] Step three, remove the first strapping belt 602, sleeve the through hole on the central shaft 701, sleeve the driving hole 108 on the driving member 702, the wire feeder 7 locks the main body of the welding wire reel 100 provided in this embodiment, and guides the second end of the welding wire 601 into the welding gun, the central shaft 701 is used to position the welding wire reel 100, and the driving member 702 is used to drive the welding wire reel 100 to rotate. The central shaft 701 and the driving member 702 are both part of the wire feeder 7, and the specific structure and detailed setting method are all prior art, and are not the focus of protection of the present invention, and will not be repeated here;

[0045] Step 4: After welding is completed, the remaining welding wire 601 is re-fixed by a second binding band to form a second welding wire bundle;

[0046] Step five, remove the closing plate 2, separate the first end of the remaining welding wire 601 (the first end of the welding wire 601 of the first welding wire bundle 6) from the load-bearing plate 1, and then remove the second welding wire bundle from the load-bearing column 3.

[0047] In this embodiment, the following steps are also included before step 1:

[0048] The first end of each connecting stud 4 is inserted into the second opening 106 from the end of the load-bearing plate 1 away from the closing plate 2, and then the end of the load-bearing plate 1 opposite to the closing plate 2 is placed upward.

[0049] In this embodiment, in step 2, further, the first strapping belt 602 is adjusted to be placed in the first strapping groove 102 , the second strapping groove 201 and the third strapping groove 301 , and the first end of each connecting stud 4 passes through the second opening 106 and is fastened by a nut 5 .

[0050] In this embodiment, in step 2, specifically, the first end of the welding wire 601 is passed through the pan head hole 107 on the load-bearing plate 1, and the first end of the welding wire 601 is fixed. The specific method of fixing belongs to the existing technology and will not be repeated here.

[0051] In this embodiment, in step 4, specifically, the first end of the second strapping belt passes through the first strapping groove 102, the third strapping groove 301 and the second strapping groove 201 in sequence and is connected to the second end of the second strapping belt.

[0052] In this embodiment, after welding is completed, if there is no need to remove the remaining welding wire 601, it is best to remove the welding wire reel 100 from the wire feeder 7 and return it to the warehouse for storage to better preserve the welding wire 601.

[0053] The present specification uses specific examples to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of the present invention. The above examples are only used to help understand the method and core idea of ​​the present invention. At the same time, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of ​​the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scope. In summary, the content of this specification should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

Claims

1. A welding wire reel, characterized in that: include: A main body, the main body comprising a load-bearing plate, a closing plate and a load-bearing column, the load-bearing plate and the closing plate are relatively arranged at the first end and the second end of the load-bearing column, and the load-bearing plate is fixedly connected to the first end of the load-bearing column, the closing plate is detachably connected to the second end of the load-bearing column, the load-bearing plate is provided with a first through hole, the load-bearing column is provided with a second through hole, the first through hole and the second through hole are connected to form a through hole for accommodating the central axis of the wire feeder, and the closing plate is provided with a driving hole for accommodating the driving member of the wire feeder; Also included is a connecting assembly, the connecting assembly including at least one connecting structure, the bearing plate is detachably connected to the closing plate via the connecting structure; The number of the connecting structures is multiple, and the closed disk is provided with multiple first openings in the circumference thereof. The load-bearing disk comprises an annular main body, a center sleeve and multiple connecting members, and the center sleeve is provided inside the annular main body, and the axes of the center sleeve and the annular main body coincide with each other. All the connecting members are evenly provided along the circumference of the center sleeve, and the first end of each connecting member is connected to the outer side wall of the center sleeve, and the second end of each connecting member is connected to the inner side wall of the annular main body. Among all the connecting members, one of the connecting members is provided with the driving hole, and the remaining connecting members are provided with the second opening. The first through hole is formed inside the center sleeve, and the first opening, the second opening and the connecting structure correspond to each other one by one. The first end and the second end of the connecting structure respectively pass through the corresponding first opening and the second opening to connect the load-bearing disk and the closed disk. A first bundling groove is provided at one end of the load-bearing plate opposite to the closed plate along the radial direction of the load-bearing plate, a second bundling groove is provided at one end of the closed plate opposite to the load-bearing plate along the radial direction of the closed plate, a third bundling groove is provided on the outer wall of the load-bearing column along the height direction of the load-bearing column, a first end and a second end of the third bundling groove are respectively connected with an end of the first bundling groove close to the load-bearing column and an end of the second bundling groove close to the load-bearing column, the first bundling groove, the second bundling groove and the third bundling groove are all used to accommodate bundling belts; a connecting structure passes through the side wall of the load-bearing column; a cavity is formed in the middle of the closed plate.

2. The welding wire reel according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of first bundling grooves are circumferentially arranged at one end of the load-bearing plate opposite to the closing plate, a plurality of second bundling grooves are circumferentially arranged at one end of the closing plate opposite to the load-bearing plate, a plurality of third bundling grooves are circumferentially arranged at the outer wall of the load-bearing column, the first bundling grooves, the second bundling grooves and the third bundling grooves correspond to each other one by one, and the first end and the second end of the third bundling groove are respectively connected with an end of the corresponding first bundling groove close to the load-bearing column and an end of the corresponding second bundling groove close to the load-bearing column.

3. The welding wire reel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connection structure is a connection stud, and the first end of the connection stud passes through the first opening and the second opening in sequence and is fastened by a nut.

4. A method for using a welding wire reel as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: Step 1, sleeve the first welding wire bundle tied with the first bundling belt on the load-bearing column; Step 2, installing the closing plate, and fixing the first end of the welding wire of the first welding wire bundle on the bearing plate; Step 3, removing the first strapping belt, sleeve the through hole on the central axis, sleeve the driving hole on the driving member, fix the main body, and guide the second end of the welding wire into the welding gun; Step 4: After welding is completed, the remaining welding wires are re-fixed by a second binding band to form a second welding wire bundle; Step five, remove the closing plate, separate the first end of the remaining welding wire from the load-bearing plate, and then remove the second welding wire bundle from the load-bearing column.

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