Demolding device, demolding system, and demolding method for quartz crucible

By designing a demolding device with a support, striking components, and clamping components, and combining it with real-time control of the production management system, the problems of low demolding efficiency and low yield of quartz crucibles were solved, achieving an efficient and stable demolding process.

CN116553808BActive Publication Date: 2025-12-09ADVANCED QUARTZ MATERIAL (HANGZHOU) CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202310601783.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-05-25
Publication Date
2025-12-09
Estimated Expiration
2043-05-25

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Technical Problem

The existing quartz crucible demolding process is inefficient, labor-intensive, and has a low yield. Manual knocking causes the quartz crucible to be easily damaged by bumps.

Method used

The demolding device includes a support, a striking component, a moving component, and a clamping component. The mold is struck by a cam driven by a motor and a rocking component. The clamping component prevents the crucible from falling and gradually clamps it for demolding. The clamping and moving are controlled in real time by the production management system.

Benefits of technology

It improves demolding efficiency, reduces labor intensity, lowers the damage rate of quartz crucibles, and ensures the stability of the demolding process and the yield rate.

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Abstract

The application relates to a demolding device for quartz crucible manufacturing, which comprises a support, a knocking assembly, a moving assembly and a clamping assembly. A bearing plate is arranged on the support and is close to the bottom of the support. The bearing plate is used for placing a mold. The knocking assembly is arranged on one side of the support and is used for knocking the mold placed on the bearing plate so that the float sand in the mold gradually flows out of the mold opening. The moving assembly is arranged on the support, and the clamping assembly is arranged on the moving assembly. The moving assembly drives the clamping assembly to move during the movement along the support, and then is used for blocking the sudden falling of the quartz crucible during the preliminary demolding and driving the clamping assembly to clamp the front end of the quartz crucible during the middle demolding to completely demold the quartz crucible. The float sand in the mold continuously flows out by knocking the outer wall of the mold by the knocking assembly, and the quartz crucible is gradually separated from the mold by the clamping assembly dragging the quartz crucible. The labor intensity is reduced, the demolding efficiency is improved, and the damage rate of the quartz crucible during the demolding process is reduced.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of quartz crucible manufacturing, and particularly relates to a demolding device, a demolding system and a demolding method for quartz crucible manufacturing. BACKGROUND

[0002] The quartz crucible has the advantages of high purity, strong temperature resistance, large size, high precision, good heat preservation, energy saving, stable quality and the like, and is applied more and more widely. The process of manufacturing the quartz crucible is roughly as follows: high-purity quartz sand is put into a quartz crucible mold, then vacuum loading molding and vacuum arc melting molding are performed, and then natural cooling and demolding are performed, preliminary detection of the quartz crucible is performed, cold processing, sand blasting, cutting and chamfering are performed, secondary detection of the quartz crucible is performed, ultrasonic cleaning, high-pressure spraying, automatic drying and heating baking are performed, spraying is performed, and finally, third detection of the quartz crucible is performed to form a final product, which is vacuum packaged and stored in a warehouse, and the manufacturing is completed.

[0003] The quartz crucible is demolded from the mold after melting. The current demolding method is to pour the mold and knock the upper opening of the mold by hand to loosen the floating sand between the mold and the quartz crucible under the action of vibration and gravity, and then the floating sand gradually flows out, and the quartz crucible gradually comes out of the mold. The knocking time is long, the working environment is poor due to high temperature on the site, the demolding efficiency is low, at least one person needs to hold the quartz crucible at the opening of the mold to prevent the quartz crucible from being directly knocked out of the mold, the quartz crucible is difficult to hold manually due to its large size, the labor intensity is increased, and the quartz crucible is easily damaged when the person holding the quartz crucible is tired, which reduces the yield of the quartz crucible. SUMMARY

[0004] The present application mainly aims to provide a demolding device for quartz crucible manufacturing to solve the problems of low demolding efficiency, high labor intensity and low yield of the quartz crucible caused by knocking by hand in the demolding process of the prior art.

[0005] A demolding device for quartz crucible manufacturing includes a support, a knocking assembly, a moving assembly and a clamping assembly. A bearing plate is arranged on the support and close to the bottom of the support. The bearing plate is used to place a mold. The knocking assembly is arranged on one side of the support and used to knock the mold placed on the bearing plate to make the floating sand in the mold flow out of the opening of the mold. The moving assembly is arranged on the support. The clamping assembly is arranged on the moving assembly. The moving assembly drives the clamping assembly to move when the moving assembly moves along the support, and the clamping assembly is used to block the quartz crucible from falling suddenly during preliminary demolding and to clamp the front end of the quartz crucible to completely demold the quartz crucible during the middle stage of demolding.

[0006] Preferably, the knocking assembly comprises a first motor, a cam and a swing piece, the first motor is arranged on the support, the cam is arranged on the support in a rotating manner, the output end of the first motor is in transmission connection with the cam, one end of the swing piece is provided with a disc, the other end of the swing piece is provided with a knocking hammer, the middle position of the swing piece is in rotating connection with the support, the cam and the swing piece are located on the same side of the support, the disc is arranged close to the cam and can be touched by the cam during the rotation of the cam to make the swing piece swing up and down, the swinging of the swing rod drives the swinging of the knocking hammer to complete the knocking on the outer wall of the mold.

[0007] Preferably, the moving assembly comprises a second motor, a lead screw and a balance arm, the second motor is arranged on the support, the two ends of the lead screw are in rotating connection with the left frame and the right frame of the support respectively, the second motor is in transmission connection with one end of the lead screw, the balance arm is provided with a nut, the lead screw and the nut are in meshing with each other, the two ends of the balance arm are in sliding connection with the front frame and the rear frame of the support respectively, the clamping assembly is installed on the balance arm, since the nut is fixed on the balance arm and the two ends of the balance arm are in sliding connection with the front frame and the rear frame of the support, the nut and the balance arm move back and forth along the support under the joint action of the rotating drive of the lead screw and the non-rotating of the nut fixed on the balance arm, the balance arm drives the clamping assembly to move back and forth along the extension direction of the lead screw.

[0008] Preferably, the middle position of the balance arm is provided with a fixing hole, the clamping assembly comprises a first fixing seat, a left arm, a right arm, a threaded rod, a left hinged arm, a right hinged arm, a second fixing seat and a first hollow rotating platform, the first fixing seat is installed on the lower end face of the balance arm, the upper end of the left arm is in hinged connection with the left end of the first fixing seat, the upper end of the right arm is in hinged connection with the right end of the first fixing seat, the first end of the left hinged arm is in hinged connection with the left arm, the second end of the left hinged arm is in hinged connection with the lower end of the threaded rod, the first end of the right hinged arm is in hinged connection with the right arm, the second end of the right hinged arm is in hinged connection with the lower end of the threaded rod, the second fixing seat is installed on the upper end face of the balance arm, the second fixing seat is located directly above the first fixing seat, the first hollow rotating platform is arranged on the second fixing seat, the upper end of the threaded rod passes through the first fixing seat, the balance arm, the second fixing seat and the first hollow rotating platform in sequence, the threaded rod is in screw engagement with the first hollow rotating platform, the threaded rod moves up and down under the action of the rotating drive of the first hollow rotating platform and the mutual pulling action of the left hinged arm and the right hinged arm, the up and down movement of the threaded rod drives the up and down movement of the second end of the left hinged arm and the second end of the right hinged arm, the up and down movement of the second end of the left hinged arm and the second end of the right hinged arm drives the left arm and the right arm to open or close each other.

[0009] Preferably, the first hollow rotating platform comprises a stator, a rotor, a fourth motor and a sleeve body, the stator is arranged on the second fixed base, the rotor is installed in the stator, the fourth motor is installed on the stator for driving the rotor to rotate, the sleeve body is installed on the rotor, the sleeve body is provided with an internal threaded hole, the upper end of the threaded rod passes through the first fixed base, the balance arm, the second fixed base, the rotor and the sleeve body in sequence, the external thread of the threaded rod is engaged with the internal thread of the sleeve body, the rotor drives the sleeve body to rotate, the threaded rod moves up and down under the action of the rotation of the sleeve body and the mutual pulling action of the left articulated arm and the right articulated arm, the second end of the left articulated arm and the second end of the right articulated arm move up and down under the action of the up-and-down movement of the threaded rod, the left arm and the right arm are opened or closed under the action of the up-and-down movement of the second end of the left articulated arm and the second end of the right articulated arm.

[0010] Preferably, a fixed hole is arranged at the position between the balance arms, the fixed hole is a non-circular hole, a guide part is arranged on the first fixed base, the cross-sectional shape of the guide part matches the end face shape of the fixed hole, the upper end of the guide part is provided with a sleeve, the outer wall of the sleeve is provided with an external thread, a through hole is arranged from the first fixed base, the guide part to the sleeve, the diameter of the through hole is greater than the diameter of the threaded rod to facilitate the threaded rod to pass through; a transverse partition plate is arranged on the second fixed base, the second hollow rotating platform is arranged on the transverse partition plate, the sleeve is engaged with the second hollow rotating platform after passing through the transverse partition plate, the first fixed base moves up and down along the fixed hole under the action of the second hollow rotating platform driving the sleeve and the fixed hole of the non-circular hole limiting the rotation of the guide part, the first fixed base moves up and down to facilitate the clamping assembly to clamp the quartz crucible.

[0011] Preferably, a sand pot is arranged on the bearing plate, the sand pot is used to collect the floating sand flowing out of the model, a sand net is arranged on the sand pot, the sand net is laid on the upper end of the sand pot, wherein a synchronous lifter is arranged on the bearing plate, the sand pot is arranged at the top end of the synchronous lifter, the synchronous lifter lifts the sand pot and the sand net, and then places the open end of the mold on the sand net, so that the floating sand in the mold flows into the sand pot.

[0012] Preferably, a rudder and a driven wheel are arranged at the bottom of the bearing plate, a top shell is arranged on the support, a position sending assembly is arranged on the top shell, a laser displacement sensor is arranged on the support, the laser displacement sensor is arranged close to the knocking assembly for detecting the length of the quartz crucible in the mold that can be separated from the mold and grabbed.

[0013] The application further provides a quartz crucible production demolding system, which comprises a production management system and at least one quartz crucible production demolding device.

[0014] The application further provides a quartz crucible production demolding method, which is applied to the quartz crucible production demolding system and specifically comprises the following steps.

[0015] S1. Each quartz crucible production demolding device receives the operation instruction of the production management system and starts the corresponding rudder wheel according to the operation instruction, so that each quartz crucible production demolding device drives to the corresponding demolding station in turn.

[0016] S2. The opening of the mold is turned to the quartz crucible production demolding device that has arrived at the demolding station after the mold is turned, so that the opening of the mold is overlapped on the receiving plate, and the rear end of the mold is slightly higher than the opening of the mold, so that the whole mold is in an inclined state on the receiving plate. The opening of the mold is located in the inner part of the support, and the rear end of the mold is located outside the support.

[0017] S3. The knocking hammer of the knocking assembly knocks the outer side of the mold after the first motor is started, so that the float sand in the mold is loosened and gradually flows out of the inclined mold. The flowed-out float sand is collected in the sand hopper.

[0018] S4, when the laser displacement sensor detects that the length of the opening of the quartz crucible from the mold reaches a length that can enable the clamping assembly to clamp, the first hollow rotating platform works to spread the left arm and the right arm, the second motor works to move the clamping assembly to be directly above the opening end of the quartz crucible, then the first hollow rotating platform works to gradually close the left arm and the right arm to clamp the opening end of the quartz crucible exposed at the opening position of the mold, and the second motor works again to drag the quartz crucible with the clamping assembly to separate the quartz crucible from the mold;

[0019] S5, after the quartz crucible and the mold are completely separated, the mold is rotated and then taken out of the support, the sand bucket is raised to make the sand bucket contact the side wall of the quartz crucible, and the quartz crucible is clamped and fixed by the clamping assembly to be stabilized in the support, so that the quartz crucible is prevented from being shaken and damaged during the process of moving and transporting the quartz crucible by the device;

[0020] S6, the demolding device for the quartz crucible production is driven by the rudder to transport the quartz crucible to the next station after demolding.

[0021] It can be known from the technical scheme of the demolding device for the quartz crucible production that, in the initial demolding stage in which the mold is initially inclined and the floating sand in the mold is caused to start flowing out by the knocking assembly, the opening end of the quartz crucible is blocked by the clamping assembly to prevent the quartz crucible from being suddenly dropped and damaged due to too fast flowing out of the floating sand, the gradually loosened quartz crucible is caused to slide onto the receiving plate and the opening end of the quartz crucible is caused to be exposed to a length that can be clamped by the clamping assembly, the opening end of the quartz crucible is clamped by the clamping assembly, the moving assembly works to drive the clamping assembly to move to drag the quartz crucible away from the mold, the floating sand in the mold is caused to continue flowing out by the knocking assembly knocking the outer wall of the mold, and the quartz crucible is gradually separated from the mold by the clamping assembly dragging the quartz crucible, so that the labor intensity is reduced, the demolding efficiency is improved, the damage of the quartz crucible due to the inability of the operator to continuously hold for a long time and the instability of holding is reduced, and the damage rate of the quartz crucible during the demolding process is reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present application.

[0023] Figure 2 is a front view of the present application.

[0024] Figure 3 is a partially assembled perspective view of the present application.

[0025] Figure 4 is another perspective view of the partially assembled present application (this view and Figure 3 do not embody the knocking assembly).

[0026] Figure 5 is the front view of the assembled moving assembly and clamping assembly.

[0027] Figure 6 is the perspective view of the moving assembly, part of the clamping assembly installed on the bracket.

[0028] Figure 7 is the partial enlarged view of the assembled balance arm, nut and second fixed seat.

[0029] Figure 8 is the perspective view of the first hollow rotating platform.

[0030] Figure 9 is the perspective view of the first fixed seat.

[0031] Figure 10 is the state diagram of the quartz crucible after cooling and demolding.

[0032] Figure 11 is the state diagram of the quartz crucible after demolding.

[0033] In the figure: the demolding device 100 for quartz crucible production, the bracket 10, the bearing plate 11, the left frame 12, the right frame 13, the front frame 14, the rear frame 15, the sand hopper 16, the sand net 161, the synchronous lifter 17, the rudder wheel 18, the driven wheel 19, the top shell 101, the position sending assembly 102, the laser displacement sensor 103, the knocking assembly 20, the first motor 21, the cam 22, the swing piece 23, the disc 231, the knocking hammer 232, the moving assembly 30, the second motor 31, the second bevel gear 311, the lead screw 32, the first bevel gear 321, the balance arm 33, the nut 331, the fixed hole 332, the clamping assembly 40, the first fixed seat 41, the guide part 411, the sleeve 412, the through hole 413, the left arm 42, the first grabbing part 421, the right arm 43, the second grabbing part 431, the threaded rod 44, the stabilizing piece 441, the left articulated arm 45, the right articulated arm 46, the second fixed seat 47, the transverse partition plate 471, the first hollow rotating platform 48, the stator 481, the rotor 482, the fourth motor 483, the sleeve 484, the threaded hole 4841, the second hollow rotating platform 49. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The technical solutions and technical effects of the embodiments of the application are further described in detail below in combination with the drawings of the application.

[0035] Please refer to Figures 1 to 11The demoulding device 100 for quartz crucible made of the bracket 10, the knocking assembly 20, the moving assembly 30 and the clamping assembly 40, the bracket 10 is provided with the bearing plate 11, the bearing plate 11 is close to the bottom of the bracket 10, the bearing plate 11 is used for placing the mould 200, the knocking assembly 20 is arranged on one side of the bracket 10 for knocking the mould 200 placed on the bearing plate 11 to make the floating sand in the mould 200 gradually flow out from the mouth of the mould 200, the moving assembly 30 is arranged on the bracket 10, the clamping assembly 40 is arranged on the moving assembly 30, the moving assembly 30 drives the clamping assembly 40 to move during the movement along the bracket 10 and is used for blocking the sudden drop of the quartz crucible 300 during the preliminary demoulding and driving the clamping assembly 40 to clamp the front end of the quartz crucible 300 during the demoulding to make the quartz crucible 300 complete the demoulding. When the knocking assembly 20 just starts to knock the mould 200, the clamping assembly 40 is blocked at the opening of the mould 200 to prevent the quartz crucible 300 from directly dropping out of the mould 200 and colliding; after the floating sand gradually flows out from the mould 200, the quartz crucible 300 and the mould 200 are also gradually released, and the process of slowly moving away the clamping assembly 40 makes the quartz crucible 300 slide out of the mould 200 by a distance, and then the front end of the quartz crucible 300 is exposed, at this time, the front end of the quartz crucible 300 is in contact with the bearing plate 11; then the front end of the quartz crucible 300 is clamped and fixed by the clamping assembly 40, and the quartz crucible 300 is pulled, so that the quartz crucible 300 is separated from the mould 200, and the above-mentioned demoulding process of the quartz crucible 300 can completely avoid the phenomenon of sudden drop and collision of the quartz crucible 300.

[0036] Further, the knocking assembly 20 includes the first motor 21, the cam 22 and the swing piece 23, the first motor 21 is arranged on the bracket 10, the cam 22 is arranged in a rotating manner on the bracket 10, the output end of the first motor 21 and the cam 22 are in transmission connection, one end of the swing piece 23 is provided with the disc 231, the other end of the swing piece 23 is provided with the knocking hammer 232, the middle position of the swing piece 23 is in rotation connection with the bracket 10, the cam 22 and the swing piece 23 are located on the same side of the bracket 10, the disc 231 is close to the cam 22 and the cam 22 can touch the disc 231 during the rotation to make the swing piece 23 swing up and down, the swinging of the swing rod up and down drives the knocking hammer 232 to swing up and down to complete the knocking of the outer wall of the mould 200.

[0037] Further, the moving assembly 30 comprises a second motor 31, a screw rod 32 and a balance arm 33, the second motor 31 is arranged on the support 10, two ends of the screw rod 32 are respectively rotatably connected with the left frame 12 and the right frame 13 of the support 10, the second motor 31 is drivingly connected with one end of the screw rod 32, the balance arm 33 is provided with a nut 331, the screw rod 32 and the nut 331 are in meshing engagement, two ends of the balance arm 33 are respectively slidably connected with the front frame 14 and the rear frame 15 of the support 10, the clamping assembly 40 is arranged on the balance arm 33, since the nut 331 is fixed on the balance arm 33, two ends of the balance arm 33 are slidably connected with the front frame 14 and the rear frame 15 of the support 10, so that the nut 331 moves back and forth along the support 10 under the joint action of the rotating drive of the screw rod 32 and the fact that the balance arm 33 holds the nut 331 from rotating, the balance arm 33 drives the clamping assembly 40 to move back and forth along the extension direction of the screw rod 32. Specifically, one end of the screw rod 32 is provided with a first bevel gear 321, the output end of the second motor 31 is provided with a second bevel gear 311, the first bevel gear 321 and the second bevel gear 311 are in meshing engagement to realize the mechanical transmission between the second motor 31 and the screw rod 32. Specifically, the front frame 14 and the rear frame 15 are respectively provided with a slide rail, the balance arm 33 is provided with a slide block at each end, the slide block is sleeved on the slide rail so that the balance arm 33 can move more smoothly.

[0038] Further, the fixed hole 332 is arranged at the middle position of the balance arm 33, the clamping assembly 40 comprises a first fixed seat 41, a left arm 42, a right arm 43, a threaded rod 44, a left articulated arm 45, a right articulated arm 46, a second fixed seat 47 and a first hollow rotary platform 48, the first fixed seat 41 is installed on the lower end face of the balance arm 33, the upper end of the left arm 42 is hingedly installed on the left end of the first fixed seat 41, the upper end of the right arm 43 is hingedly installed on the right end of the first fixed seat 41, the first end of the left articulated arm 45 is hingedly connected with the left arm 42, the second end of the left articulated arm 45 is hingedly connected with the lower end of the threaded rod 44, the first end of the right articulated arm 46 is hingedly connected with the right arm 43, the second end of the right articulated arm 46 is hingedly connected with the lower end of the threaded rod 44, the second fixed seat 47 is installed on the upper end face of the balance arm 33, the second fixed seat 47 is located directly above the first fixed seat 41, the first hollow rotary platform 48 is arranged on the second fixed seat 47, the upper end of the threaded rod 44 sequentially penetrates through the first fixed seat 41, the balance arm 33, the second fixed seat 47 and the first hollow rotary platform 48, the threaded rod 44 is threadedly engaged with the first hollow rotary platform 48, the threaded rod 44 moves up and down under the action of the rotation of the first hollow rotary platform 48 and the mutual pulling of the left articulated arm 45 and the right articulated arm 46, the up-and-down movement of the threaded rod 44 drives the second end of the left articulated arm 45 and the second end of the right articulated arm 46 to move up and down, and the up-and-down movement of the second end of the left articulated arm 45 and the second end of the right articulated arm 46 drives the left arm 42 and the right arm 43 to mutually open or close. Wherein, the lower end of the threaded rod 44 is provided with an arc-shaped stabilizing piece 441, the front end of the left arm 42 is provided with an arc-shaped first grabbing part 421, the front end of the right arm 43 is provided with an arc-shaped second grabbing part 431, and the first grabbing part 421, the second grabbing part 431 and the stabilizing piece 441 simultaneously contact three parts of the peripheral side wall of the quartz crucible 300 during the mutual closing of the left arm 42 and the right arm 43, so as to clamp and fix the quartz crucible 300.

[0039] Further, the first hollow rotating platform 48 comprises a stator 481, a rotor 482, a fourth motor 483 and a sleeve 484. The stator 481 is arranged on the second fixing base 47, the rotor 482 is installed in the stator 481, the fourth motor 483 is installed on the stator 481 for driving the rotor 482 to rotate, and the sleeve 484 is installed on the rotor 482. The sleeve 484 is provided with an internal threaded hole 4841. The upper end of the threaded rod 44 passes through the first fixing base 41, the balance arm 33, the second fixing base 47, the rotor 482 and the sleeve 484 in sequence. The external thread of the threaded rod 44 is engaged with the internal thread of the sleeve 484. The rotation of the rotor 482 drives the sleeve 484 to rotate. The threaded rod 44 moves up and down under the action of the rotation of the sleeve 484 and the mutual pulling action of the left hinged arm 45 and the right hinged arm 46. The up-and-down movement of the threaded rod 44 drives the second ends of the left hinged arm 45 and the right hinged arm 46 to move up and down. The up-and-down movement of the second ends of the left hinged arm 45 and the right hinged arm 46 drives the left arm 42 and the right arm 43 to open or close to each other.

[0040] Further, the fixed hole 332 arranged between the balance arms 33 is a non-circular hole. The first fixing base 41 is provided with a guide portion 411. The cross-sectional shape of the guide portion 411 matches the end surface shape of the fixed hole 332. If the end surface of the fixed hole 332 is a square, the cross-section of the corresponding guide portion 411 is also a square, and the side length of the cross-section of the guide portion 411 is slightly smaller than the side length of the end surface of the fixed hole 332. If the end surface of the fixed hole 332 is a triangle, the cross-section of the corresponding guide portion 411 is also a similar triangle, and each side length of the cross-section of the guide portion 411 is slightly smaller than the side length of the corresponding end surface of the fixed hole 332. The upper end of the guide portion 411 is provided with a sleeve 412. The diameter of the sleeve 412 is smaller than the diameter of the inscribed circle of the cross-section of the guide portion 411, so that the guide portion 411 can be installed in the fixed hole 332 after the sleeve 412 passes through the fixed hole 332. The outer wall of the sleeve 412 is provided with external threads. A through hole 413 is arranged from the first fixing base 41, the guide portion 411 to the sleeve 412. The diameter of the through hole 413 is larger than the diameter of the threaded rod 44, so that the threaded rod 44 can pass through the through hole 413. The second fixing base 47 is provided with a transverse partition plate 471. The transverse partition plate 471 is provided with the second hollow rotating platform 49. The sleeve 412 is engaged with the second hollow rotating platform 49 after passing through the transverse partition plate 471. The first fixing base 41 moves up and down along the fixed hole 332 under the action of the second hollow rotating platform 49 driving the sleeve 412 and the non-circular fixed hole 332 restricting the rotation of the guide portion 411. The first fixing base 41 moves up and down, so that the clamping assembly 40 can clamp the quartz crucible 300. The height of the lower end portion of the clamping assembly 40 is changed to increase the range of operation. The structure of the second hollow rotating platform 49 is the same as that of the first hollow rotating platform 48, which will not be described in detail here.

[0041] Further, the bearing plate 11 is provided with a sand hopper 15, the sand hopper 15 is used to collect the floating sand from the mold, the sand hopper 15 is provided with a sand screen 151, the sand screen 151 is laid on the upper end of the sand hopper 15, wherein the bearing plate 11 is provided with a synchronous lifter 16, the sand hopper 15 is arranged at the top end of the synchronous lifter 16, the synchronous lifter 16 lifts the sand hopper 15 and the sand screen 151, and then places the open end of the mold 200 on the sand screen 151, so that the floating sand in the mold 200 flows into the sand hopper 15 after flowing out.

[0042] Further, the bottom of the bearing plate 11 is provided with a rudder wheel 17 and a driven wheel 18, the support 10 is provided with a top shell 19, the top shell 19 is provided with a position sending assembly 191, the support 10 is provided with a visual sensor 101, the visual sensor 101 is arranged close to the knocking assembly 20 and is used to detect the length of the quartz crucible 300 in the mold 200 that can be grabbed after the quartz crucible 300 separates from the mold 200.

[0043] The following further describes the demolding system for quartz crucible production:

[0044] The demolding system for quartz crucible production includes a production management system (MES system) and at least one of the above-mentioned demolding device 100 for quartz crucible production, each demolding device 100 for quartz crucible production includes a rudder wheel 17, a visual sensor 101 and a position sending assembly 191, the production management system is electrically connected with the rudder wheel 17, the visual sensor 101 and the position sending assembly 191 of each demolding device 100 for quartz crucible production, the production management system controls the work of each rudder wheel to make each demolding device 100 for quartz crucible production move to a demolding station, the mold 200 is inclined, and the quartz crucible 300 in the mold 200 is gradually loosened and slides along the inclined mold 200 after the floating sand in the mold 200 gradually flows out after being knocked by the knocking assembly 20, the visual sensor 101 of the demolding device 100 for quartz crucible production at the demolding station detects the real-time length information of the quartz crucible 300 exposed from the mold 200 corresponding to the station, and feeds back the real-time length information of the quartz crucible 300 exposed from the mold 200 to the production management system, the production management system pre-stores the pre-stored length information of the quartz crucible 300 exposed from the mold 200, and when the real-time length information corresponds to the real-time length equal to or greater than the pre-stored length information corresponds to the pre-stored length, the production management system controls the clamping assembly 40 to clamp the quartz crucible 300, the position sending assembly 191 sends the position information of the device to the production management system in real time, and the production management system controls the rotating direction of the rudder wheel according to the real-time received position information to make the device move along the set route.

[0045] The following further describes the demolding method for quartz crucible production.

[0046] The quartz crucible production demolding method is realized by the quartz crucible production demolding system, and the specific steps are as follows:

[0047] S1, after each quartz crucible production demolding device 100 receives the operation instruction of the MES system, the corresponding steering wheel 17 is controlled to work, and then each quartz crucible production demolding device 100 is driven to the demolding station in turn.

[0048] S2, after the mold 200 is rotated, the opening of the mold 200 is rotated to the quartz crucible production demolding device 100 that has reached the demolding station, so that the opening of the mold 200 is overlapped on the receiving plate, and at the same time, the rear end of the mold 200 is slightly higher than the opening of the mold 200, so that the whole mold 200 is in an inclined state above the receiving plate. The opening of the mold 200 is located inside the support 10, and the rear end of the mold 200 is located outside the support 10.

[0049] S3, after the first motor 21 is started to work, the knocking hammer 232 of the knocking assembly 20 is driven to knock the outside of the mold 200, so that the loose sand in the mold 200 is gradually flowed out from the inclined mold 200, and the flowed sand is collected in the sand hopper 15.

[0050] S4, when the visual sensor 101 detects that the opening of the quartz crucible 300 is separated from the mold 200 to a length that can be clamped by the clamping assembly 40, the first hollow rotating platform 48 works to make the left arm 42 and the right arm 43 open, the second motor 31 works to move the clamping assembly 40 to the upper position of the opening end of the quartz crucible 300, then the first hollow rotating platform 48 works to make the left arm 42 and the right arm 43 gradually close to clamp the opening end of the quartz crucible 300 exposed at the opening position of the mold 200, and the second motor 31 works again to make the clamping assembly 40 drag the quartz crucible 300 to separate the quartz crucible 300 from the mold 200.

[0051] S5, after the quartz crucible 300 and the mold 200 are completely separated, the mold 200 is rotated to exit from the support 10, the sand hopper 15 is lifted to make the sand hopper 15 contact with the side wall of the quartz crucible 300, and at the same time, the quartz crucible 300 is clamped and fixed by the clamping assembly 40 to be stable in the support 10, so as to prevent the quartz crucible 300 from being shaken and scratched during the process of moving and transporting the quartz crucible 300 by the device.

[0052] S6, the quartz crucible production demolding device 100 transports the quartz crucible 300 to the next station after demolding under the drive of the steering wheel 17. The next station described herein can be a preliminary detection station, or other station after the quartz crucible is demolded.

Claims

1. A demolding system for the production of quartz crucibles, characterized in that: The system comprises a production management system and at least one quartz crucible production demolding device, each quartz crucible production demolding device comprising a support, a knocking assembly, a moving assembly, a clamping assembly, a rudder wheel, a laser displacement sensor and a position sending assembly, a bearing plate is arranged on the support, the bearing plate is close to the bottom of the support, and the bearing plate is used for placing a mold; the knocking assembly is arranged on one side of the support and is used for knocking the mold placed on the bearing plate to make the floating sand in the mold gradually flow out of the mold opening; the moving assembly is arranged on the support; the clamping assembly is arranged on the moving assembly; the moving assembly moves along the support to drive the clamping assembly to move and then is used for blocking the sudden falling of the quartz crucible during preliminary demolding and driving the clamping assembly to clamp the front end of the quartz crucible to completely demold the quartz crucible in the middle of demolding; the production management system is electrically connected with the rudder wheel, the laser displacement sensor and the position sending assembly of each quartz crucible production demolding device, the production management system controls the work of each rudder wheel to make each quartz crucible production demolding device move to a demolding station, the mold is inclined, and the floating sand in the mold gradually flows out after the mold outer wall is knocked by the knocking assembly; after the floating sand flows out, the quartz crucible in the mold is gradually loosened and slides along the inclined mold; the laser displacement sensor at the demolding station is used for detecting the real-time length information of the quartz crucible exposed to the mold and feeding back the real-time length information of the quartz crucible exposed to the mold to the production management system; the production management system pre-stores the pre-stored length information of the clamping assembly capable of grabbing the quartz crucible; when the real-time length corresponding to the real-time length information detected by the laser displacement sensor at the demolding station is equal to or greater than the pre-stored length corresponding to the pre-stored length information, the production management system controls the clamping assembly to clamp the quartz crucible; the position sending assembly sends the position information of the device to the production management system in real time; and the production management system controls the rotating direction of the rudder wheel according to the real-time position information received to make the device move along the set route.

2. The quartz crucible fabrication demolding system according to claim 1, wherein: The knocking assembly comprises a first motor, a cam and a swing piece, the first motor is arranged on the support, the cam is arranged on the support in a rotating manner, the output end of the first motor is in transmission connection with the cam, one end of the swing piece is provided with a disc, the other end of the swing piece is provided with a knocking hammer, the middle position of the swing piece is in rotating connection with the support, the cam and the swing piece are located on the same side of the support, the disc is arranged close to the cam and can be touched by the cam during the rotation of the cam to make the swing piece swing up and down, and the swinging up and down of the swing piece drives the knocking hammer to swing up and down to complete the knocking of the mold outer wall.

3. The demolding system for quartz crucible production as recited in claim 2, characterized by: The moving assembly comprises a second motor, a lead screw and a balance arm, the second motor is arranged on the support, the two ends of the lead screw are in rotating connection with the left frame and the right frame of the support respectively, the second motor is in transmission connection with one end of the lead screw, the balance arm is provided with a nut, the lead screw and the nut are in meshing, and the two ends of the balance arm are in sliding connection with the front frame and the rear frame of the support respectively; the clamping assembly is installed on the balance arm, the nut is fixed on the balance arm, and the rotation of the lead screw can drive the nut and the balance arm to move back and forth along the extension direction of the lead screw.

4. The demolding system for quartz crucible production as recited in claim 3, characterized by: The fixed hole is arranged at the middle position of the balance arm, the clamping assembly comprises a first fixed seat, a left arm, a right arm, a threaded rod, a left articulated arm, a right articulated arm, a second fixed seat and a first hollow rotary platform, the first fixed seat is installed on the lower end face of the balance arm, the upper end of the left arm is hingedly installed on the left end of the first fixed seat, the upper end of the right arm is hingedly installed on the right end of the first fixed seat, the first end of the left articulated arm is hingedly connected with the left arm, the second end of the left articulated arm is hingedly connected with the lower end of the threaded rod, the first end of the right articulated arm is hingedly connected with the right arm, the second end of the right articulated arm is hingedly connected with the lower end of the threaded rod, the second fixed seat is installed on the upper end face of the balance arm, the second fixed seat is located directly above the first fixed seat, the first hollow rotary platform is arranged on the second fixed seat, the upper end of the threaded rod passes through the first fixed seat, the balance arm, the second fixed seat and the first hollow rotary platform in sequence, the threaded rod is in threaded engagement with the first hollow rotary platform, the threaded rod moves up and down under the action of the rotation of the first hollow rotary platform and the mutual pulling of the left articulated arm and the right articulated arm, the up-and-down movement of the threaded rod drives the second end of the left articulated arm and the second end of the right articulated arm to move up and down, and the up-and-down movement of the second end of the left articulated arm and the second end of the right articulated arm drives the left arm and the right arm to open or close to each other.

5. The demolding system for quartz crucible production as recited in claim 4, wherein: The first hollow rotary platform comprises a stator, a rotor, a fourth motor and a sleeve, the stator is arranged on the second fixed seat, the rotor is installed in the stator, the fourth motor is installed on the stator for driving the rotor to rotate, and the sleeve is installed on the rotor. The sleeve is provided with an internal threaded hole, the upper end of the threaded rod passes through the first fixed seat, the balance arm, the second fixed seat, the rotor and the sleeve in sequence, the external threads of the threaded rod are in engagement with the internal threads of the sleeve, the rotation of the rotor drives the sleeve to rotate, the threaded rod moves up and down under the action of the rotation of the sleeve and the mutual pulling of the left articulated arm and the right articulated arm, the up-and-down movement of the threaded rod drives the second end of the left articulated arm and the second end of the right articulated arm to move up and down, and the up-and-down movement of the second end of the left articulated arm and the second end of the right articulated arm drives the left arm and the right arm to open or close to each other.

6. The demolding system for quartz crucible production as recited in claim 5, wherein: The fixed hole at the middle position of the balance arm is a non-circular hole, a guide portion is arranged on the first fixed seat, the cross-sectional shape of the guide portion matches the end face shape of the fixed hole, the upper end of the guide portion is provided with a sleeve, the outer wall of the sleeve is provided with external threads, a through hole is arranged from the first fixed seat, the guide portion to the sleeve, the diameter of the through hole is larger than the diameter of the threaded rod to facilitate the threaded rod to pass through, a transverse partition plate is arranged on the second fixed seat, a second hollow rotary platform is arranged on the transverse partition plate, the sleeve is engaged with the second hollow rotary platform after passing through the transverse partition plate, the first fixed seat moves up and down along the fixed hole under the action of the second hollow rotary platform driving the sleeve and the fixed hole of the non-circular hole limiting the rotation of the guide portion, and the first fixed seat is convenient for clamping the quartz crucible after moving up and down.

7. The demolding system for quartz crucible production as recited in claim 6, characterized by: The sand pot is arranged on the bearing plate and is used to collect the floating sand flowing out of the mold. The sand net is arranged on the sand pot and is laid on the upper end of the sand pot. The bearing plate is provided with a synchronous lifter. The sand pot is arranged at the top end of the synchronous lifter. The synchronous lifter lifts the sand pot and the sand net and then places the open end of the mold on the sand net so that the floating sand in the mold flows into the sand pot after flowing out of the mold.

8. The demolding system for quartz crucible production as recited in claim 7, characterized by: The rudder wheel and the driven wheel are arranged at the bottom of the bearing plate. The top shell is arranged on the support. The position sending assembly is arranged on the top shell. The laser displacement sensor is arranged on the support and is arranged close to the knocking assembly to detect the length of the quartz crucible in the mold that can be grabbed after the quartz crucible is separated from the mold.

9. A demolding method for quartz crucible production, which is applied to the demolding system for quartz crucible production in claim 8 and specifically comprises the following steps: S1. After each quartz crucible production demolding device receives the operation instruction of the production management system, the corresponding rudder wheel is controlled to work, and then each quartz crucible production demolding device is driven to the demolding station in turn; S2. The mold is rotated to make the opening of the mold face the quartz crucible production demolding device that has reached the demolding station, so that the opening of the mold is lapped on the support plate, and the rear end of the mold is slightly higher than the opening of the mold, so that the whole mold is in an inclined state on the support plate. The opening of the mold is located inside the support, and the rear end of the mold is located outside the support; S3. The knocking hammer of the knocking assembly is driven to knock the outside of the mold after the first motor is started, so that the floating sand in the mold is loosened and gradually flows out of the inclined mold. The flowing-out floating sand is collected in the sand pot; S4. When the laser displacement sensor detects that the length of the opening of the quartz crucible separated from the mold reaches the length that can be clamped by the clamping assembly, the first hollow rotating platform works to make the left arm and the right arm open. The second motor works to make the moving clamping assembly move to the upper side of the opening end of the quartz crucible. Then the first hollow rotating platform works to make the left arm and the right arm gradually close to clamp the opening end of the quartz crucible exposed at the opening position of the mold. The second motor works again to make the clamping assembly drag the quartz crucible to separate the quartz crucible from the mold; S5. After the quartz crucible and the mold are completely separated, the mold is rotated and withdrawn from the support. The sand pot is lifted to make the sand pot contact the side wall of the quartz crucible, and the quartz crucible is clamped and fixed by the clamping assembly to stabilize the quartz crucible in the support, so as to prevent the quartz crucible from being shaken and causing damage to the quartz crucible during the process of moving and transporting the quartz crucible by the device; S6. The quartz crucible production demolding device drives the quartz crucible to the next station after demolding under the drive of the rudder wheel.

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