Pipe freezing apparatus
By designing a pipe freezing equipment with an ice storage base and a lifting clamping and picking mechanism, the problem of traditional freezers being unable to automatically unload materials has been solved. This enables automated unloading of small-radius shaped bends after pipe freezing, improving operational safety and reducing costs.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202311433395.X
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-10-31
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-02
- Estimated Expiration
- 2043-10-31
AI Technical Summary
Existing traditional freezers cannot be used with pipe bending equipment to achieve automated pipe unloading, especially when pipes are bent after being filled with water or other solutions and frozen.
A pipe freezing device was designed, including an ice storage base frame, an ice storage body, a lifting and clamping material handling mechanism, and an automatic pipe discharge structure. Through the cooperation of a material transfer servo motor, a refrigeration fan, and a lifting and clamping material handling mechanism, the automatic freezing and discharge of pipes is realized.
It enables automatic discharge of small-radius formed bends after pipe freezing, avoiding frostbite to personnel, ensuring high operational safety, low price, and greater cost advantage compared to liquid nitrogen freezing.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to a pipe processing equipment, in particular to a pipe freezing equipment. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the development of new energy industry, the required pipe shape is becoming more and more complex, no matter the thickness, length, bending degree of the pipe, or the requirement of the elbow shape is more and more diversified, in order to meet the user's requirement of new energy automobile battery pack fast charging forced cooling heat dissipation pipe elbow automation, the pipe needs to be filled with water or other solution freezing and then bending forming processing. The existing traditional freezer cannot cooperate with the pipe bending processing equipment to discharge. SUMMARY
[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present application is to provide a pipe freezing equipment for cooperating with a pipe processing automatic production line.
[0004] To solve the above technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the present application is: a pipe freezing equipment, comprising an ice storage chassis, an ice storage body is arranged on the ice storage chassis, an inlet opposite opening door is arranged on the ice storage body, an ice storage upper door is arranged on the top of the ice storage body, at least two lifting clamping material taking mechanisms are arranged on the top outside of the ice storage, a refrigeration fan is arranged on the inner wall of the ice storage opposite to the inlet opposite opening door, a material moving servo motor is arranged on the outer wall of the ice storage body, a transmission shaft is connected on the output shaft of the material moving servo motor and arranged in the ice storage body, the end of the transmission shaft is connected with an inner transmission shaft through a coupling, the inner transmission shaft is connected with a speed reducer through a coupling, two output shafts of the double output shaft speed reducer are connected with a group of pipe automatic discharging structure groups respectively; the pipe automatic discharging structure group comprises a plurality of pipe automatic discharging mechanisms arranged side by side, the number and position of which are matched with the lifting clamping material taking mechanisms.
[0005] The automatic pipe material arranging mechanism comprises at least two parallel arranged fixed supports, a pair of support plates arranged on the fixed supports, a row of driven sprockets arranged horizontally on the support plates, a row of driven sprockets also arranged horizontally below the support plates, a driving sprocket arranged on the support plate and connected with the output shaft of the double-output reducer, a conveying chain plate winding around the driving sprocket and all the driven sprockets, a tensioning mechanism arranged on the support plate and tensioning the conveying chain plate, a plurality of supporting chain plates arranged between the pair of support plates and supporting the conveying chain plate, a guide rail arranged on the supporting chain plate and matched with the conveying chain plate, and a plurality of workpiece positioning blocks arranged on the conveying chain plate and positioning the pipe.
[0006] The lifting and clamping material taking mechanism comprises a rack arranged on the top of the outside of the ice storage, a horizontal sliding seat arranged on the rack, a discharging cylinder arranged on the rack and driving the horizontal sliding seat to slide, a vertical support arranged on the horizontal sliding seat, a lifting guide rail arranged on the vertical support, a lifting seat movably arranged in the lifting guide rail, the lifting seat being connected with a flexible rack arranged on the vertical support, a lifting motor and a lifting speed reducer arranged on the horizontal sliding seat, a lifting gear matched with the flexible rack being arranged on the output shaft of the lifting speed reducer, a pull rod cylinder seat arranged on the lifting seat, a pull rod cylinder arranged on the pull rod cylinder seat, a piston rod end of the pull cylinder being connected with a pull rod, a movable jaw connecting block being arranged on the lower end of the pull rod, and a movable clamping jaw being arranged on the movable jaw connecting block.
[0007] As a preferred scheme, the tensioning mechanism is arranged above the driving sprocket.
[0008] As a preferred scheme, the support plate is further provided with a tensioning mechanism tensioning the conveying chain plate at the lower edge.
[0009] As a preferred scheme, the end of the movable clamping jaw is provided with a hook-shaped jaw tip; the lifting seat is provided with a fixed jaw seat, the fixed jaw seat is provided with a mounting rod, the mounting rod is movably sleeved with a fixed clamping jaw, the mounting rod is provided with a spring between the fixed jaw seat and the fixed clamping jaw, the fixed clamping jaw is provided with a waist-shaped hole, a guide bolt with an end connected with the fixed jaw seat is arranged in the waist-shaped hole; the fixed jaw seat is provided with a cover plate for guiding the movable clamping jaw; when the pull rod is retracted, there is a gap between the movable clamping jaw and the fixed clamping jaw for accommodating the pipe.
[0010] As a preferred scheme, the lifting seat of the lifting and clamping material taking mechanism is provided with an upper rack limiting block, and the stand is provided with a lower rack limiting block for limiting the downward position of the upper rack limiting block.
[0011] As a preferred scheme, the ice storage body is provided with an opening and closing cylinder for controlling the opening and closing of the upper door of the ice storage.
[0012] As a preferred scheme, the ice storage body is provided with a supporting sleeve, the ice storage body is respectively provided with an inner fixed plate and an outer fixed plate at both ends of the supporting sleeve, copper sleeves are respectively arranged at both ends of the supporting sleeve, and the transmission shaft passes through the two copper sleeves.
[0013] As a preferred scheme, a flow guide plate is arranged opposite the cold air outlet between the pair of support plates.
[0014] The present application has the following beneficial effects:
[0015] The present application can realize automatic discharging, and at least two sets of lifting and clamping material taking mechanisms arranged above can act separately, facilitating automatic material taking from the ice storage and avoiding personnel frostbite. Compared with the pipe material frozen by liquid nitrogen, the present application has low price and high operation safety.
[0016] Since the end of the movable clamping jaw is provided with a hook-shaped jaw tip, the fixed clamping jaw is provided with a waist-shaped hole, a guide bolt with an end connected with the fixed jaw seat is arranged in the waist-shaped hole, and there is a gap between the movable clamping jaw and the fixed clamping jaw for accommodating the pipe material when the pull rod is retracted, the flexible lifting and clamping material taking mechanism can accurately and reliably grasp one pipe even when adjacent pipes are close together or deviate by less than one pipe, and the grasped pipe can be firmly clamped. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 It is a perspective structural schematic view of the present application.
[0018] Figure 2 It is a main body structural schematic view of the present application.
[0019] Figure 3 It is Figure 2a top view of the cross section.
[0020] Figure 4 a perspective view of the automatic pipe material discharging mechanism of the present application.
[0021] Figure 5 another perspective view of the automatic pipe material discharging mechanism of the present application.
[0022] Figure 6 a front view of the automatic pipe material discharging mechanism of the present application.
[0023] Figure 7 a side view of the lifting and clamping material taking mechanism. Figure 6
[0024] Figure 8 a side view of the lifting and clamping material taking mechanism.
[0025] Figure 9 a top view of the lifting and clamping material taking mechanism.
[0026] Figure 10 a structure schematic view of the lifting seat part of the present application.
[0027] Figure 11 a side view of the cross section. Figure 10
[0028] Figure 12 a partial enlarged view. Figure 11
[0029] In the figure: 1 ice storage base frame, 2 ice storage body, 3 feeding split door, 4 ice storage upper door, 5 lifting and clamping material taking mechanism, 6 automatic pipe material discharging mechanism, 7 material moving servo motor, 8 transmission shaft, 9 inner transmission shaft, 10 double-output shaft speed reducer, 11 group of inner connecting shafts;
[0030] 51 rack, 52 horizontal sliding seat, 53 discharging cylinder, 54 stand, 55 lifting guide rail, 56 lifting seat, 57 protective cover; 58 flexible rack, 59 lifting motor, 510 lifting speed reducer, 511 lifting gear, 512 pull rod cylinder seat, 513 pull rod cylinder, 514 pull rod, 515 pull rod guide block, 516 movable jaw connecting block, 517 movable clamping jaw, 518 fixed jaw seat, 519 mounting rod, 520 fixed clamping jaw, 521 spring, 522 guide bolt; 523 cover plate; 524 upper rack limiting block, 525 lower rack limiting block, 526 anti-collision block.
[0031] 61 fixed support, 62 support plate, 63 workpiece guide plate, 64 support column, 65 driven sprocket, 66 drive sprocket, 67 conveying chain plate, 68 tensioning mechanism, 681 tensioning seat, 682 tensioning adjusting seat, 683 tensioning sprocket seat, 684 tensioning sprocket, 685 tensioning bolt, 686 spring, 687 copper sleeve, 688 spacer sleeve, 689 pressing piece, 69 chain plate, 610 guide rail, 611 workpiece positioning block, 612 material supporting seat. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0032] The specific embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0033] As Figures 1-11 shown, a pipe freezing equipment includes a freezer chassis 1, a freezer body 2 is arranged on the freezer chassis 1, a feeding double-door 3 is arranged on the freezer body 2, a freezer upper door 4 is arranged on the top of the freezer body 2, at least two lifting clamping and material taking mechanisms 5 are arranged on the top of the outer side of the freezer, a refrigeration fan is arranged on the inner wall of the freezer body 2 opposite to the feeding double-door 3, a material moving servo motor 7 is arranged on the outer wall of the freezer body 2, a transmission shaft 8 penetrating through the freezer body 2 is connected to the output shaft of the material moving servo motor 7, the end of the transmission shaft 8 is connected to an inner transmission shaft 9 through a coupling, the inner transmission shaft 9 is connected to a speed reducer through a coupling, two output shafts of the double-output shaft speed reducer 10 are respectively connected to a group of pipe automatic material discharging structures;
[0034] The pipe automatic material discharging structure group includes a plurality of pipe automatic material discharging mechanisms 6 arranged side by side and matched with the lifting clamping and material taking mechanisms 5 in number and position.
[0035] A row of driven sprockets 65 is horizontally arranged on the support plate 62, a row of driven sprockets 65 is also horizontally arranged below the support plate 62, a drive sprocket 66 connected to the output shaft of the double-output speed reducer is arranged on the support plate 62, and a conveying chain plate 67 passes around the drive sprocket 66 and all the driven sprockets 65. The sprocket shafts of the drive sprockets 66 of adjacent pipe automatic material discharging mechanisms 6 in the same group of pipe automatic material discharging structure groups are connected through a pair of couplings and a group connecting shaft 11.
[0036] A tensioning mechanism 68 for tensioning the conveying chain plate 67 is arranged on the support plate 62 above the drive sprocket 66. Another tensioning mechanism 68 for tensioning the conveying chain plate 67 is also arranged on the support plate 62 at the lower edge.
[0037] The tensioning mechanism 68 comprises a tensioning seat 681 arranged on the support plate 62, the tensioning seat 681 is provided with a tensioning long groove, the tensioning seat 681 is movably provided with a tensioning adjusting seat 682, the support plate 62 is movably provided with a tensioning sprocket seat 683, the tensioning sprocket seat 683 is provided with the tensioning sprocket 684, the tensioning fixed seat is provided with the tensioning bolt 685, the end of the tensioning bolt 685 is tightly arranged on the tensioning adjusting seat 682, the tensioning adjusting seat 682 is provided with the spring 686, and the other end of the spring 686 is arranged in the tensioning sprocket seat 683.
[0038] The tensioning sprocket seat 683 is provided with a sprocket shaft, the sprocket shaft is provided with a copper sleeve 687, the tensioning sprocket 684 is sleeved outside the copper sleeve 687, the copper sleeve 687 is provided with a spacer 688 between the tensioning sprocket 684 and the support plate 62, the part of the sprocket shaft extending out of the support plate 62 is provided with a positioning groove, and the outer side of the support plate 62 is provided with a pressing sheet 689 for limiting the position of the sprocket shaft, and the edge of the pressing sheet 689 is clamped in the positioning groove.
[0039] A pair of support plates 62 are provided with a plurality of chain supporting plates 69 supporting the conveying chain plates 67, the chain supporting plates 69 are provided with guide rails 610 matched with the conveying chain plates 67, and the conveying chain plates 67 are provided with a plurality of workpiece positioning blocks 611 for positioning pipe fittings. The upper portions of the support plates 62 are respectively provided with material supporting seats 612 for lifting workpieces on both sides of the conveying chain plates 67.
[0040] The lifting and clamping material taking mechanism 5 comprises a rack 51, the rack 51 is provided with a horizontal sliding seat 52, the rack 51 is provided with a discharging cylinder 53 for driving the horizontal sliding seat 52 to slide, the horizontal sliding seat 52 is provided with a vertical support 54, the vertical support 54 is provided with a lifting guide rail 55, the lifting guide rail 55 is movably provided with a lifting seat 56, and the vertical column is provided with a protective cover 57 covering the lifting seat 56.
[0041] The lifting seat 56 is connected with the flexible rack 58 arranged on the stand 54, the horizontal sliding seat 52 is provided with a lifting motor 59 and a lifting speed reducer 510, the output shaft of the lifting speed reducer 510 is provided with a lifting gear 511 matched with the flexible rack 58, the lifting seat 56 is provided with a pull rod cylinder seat 512, the pull rod cylinder seat 512 is provided with a pull rod cylinder 513, the piston rod end of the pull cylinder is connected with a pull rod 514, and the lifting seat 56 is provided with a plurality of pull rod guide blocks 515. The lower end of the pull rod 514 is provided with a movable jaw connecting block 516, the movable jaw connecting block 516 is provided with a movable clamping jaw 517, the end of the movable clamping jaw 517 is provided with a hook-shaped jaw tip; the lifting seat 56 is provided with a fixed jaw seat 518, the fixed jaw seat 518 is provided with a mounting rod 519, the mounting rod 519 is movably sleeved with a fixed clamping jaw 520, the mounting rod 519 is provided with a spring 521 between the fixed jaw seat 518 and the fixed clamping jaw 520, the fixed clamping jaw 520 is provided with a waist-shaped hole, the waist-shaped hole is provided with a guide bolt 522 connected with the fixed jaw seat 518 at the end; the fixed jaw seat 518 is provided with a cover plate 523 for guiding the movable clamping jaw 517; when the pull rod 514 is retracted, the movable clamping jaw 517 and the fixed clamping jaw 520 have a gap for accommodating the pipe.
[0042] The lifting seat 56 is provided with an upper rack limiting block 524, and the stand 54 is provided with a lower rack limiting block 525 for limiting the downward position of the upper rack limiting block 524. The upper rack limiting block 524 and the lower rack limiting block 525 are provided with matched anti-collision blocks 526.
[0043] Working principle:
[0044] Loading: first, open the double doors in front of the ice storage, move the material servo motor 7 to drive the chain to move inward, put the workpiece filled with liquid into the positioning block, and place the two sets of chain wheel frames respectively. After placing, the material servo motor 7 drives the chain to move inward by one station, and the pipe is repeatedly placed. After a certain number of pipe fittings are placed, the double doors in front of the ice storage are closed, and the upper material taking door is kept closed,
[0045] Freezing: open the refrigeration function, drive the chain wheel 66 chain of the material moving servo motor 7 to make the workpiece reciprocate slightly, prevent the movement of the ice from being fixed, and keep a certain time when a certain low temperature is reached, so that the liquid in the workpiece is uniformly frozen.
[0046] Discharge: keep the opposite doors before the freezer closed, open the upper side of the freezer to take the material door, move the material servo motor 7 drive sprocket 66, chain will sprocket frame outside the frozen pipe to the material taking position, lifting servo motor drive lifting rack downward movement, at the same time pneumatic control pull rod cylinder 513 stretch out, hook to the workpiece after pull rod cylinder 513 pull up, put a single workpiece into the inside of the fixed jaw activity fixed, lifting servo motor drive lifting rack upward movement, a single workpiece completely out of the freezer after lifting stop, translation cylinder action, make the workpiece move out, lifting rack again after pull rod cylinder 513 stretch out, artificial take down the workpiece, return to repeat as needed to take material, left and right sides respectively action, cooperate with the next process of pipe bending processing.
[0047] The above examples only illustrate the principles and effects of the present application, and part of the embodiments used, but are not used to limit the present application; it should be noted that for those skilled in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, a number of modifications and improvements can be made, which are within the scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A pipe refrigeration device, comprising an ice storage base frame, an ice storage body mounted on the base frame, a feeding double door on the ice storage body, an ice storage top door on the top of the ice storage body, at least two lifting and clamping material-retrieving mechanisms on the outer top of the ice storage, and a refrigeration fan mounted on the inner wall of the ice storage facing the feeding double door, characterized in that: The ice storage body outer wall is provided with a material moving servo motor, the output shaft of the material moving servo motor is connected with a transmission shaft arranged in the ice storage body, the end of the transmission shaft is connected with an inner transmission shaft through a coupling, the inner transmission shaft is connected with a speed reducer through a coupling, and the two output shafts of the double-output shaft speed reducer are connected with a group of pipe material automatic discharging structure groups. The pipe material automatic discharging mechanism comprises at least two parallel arranged fixed supports, a pair of support plates are arranged on the fixed supports, a row of driven sprockets is horizontally arranged on the support plates, a row of driven sprockets is also horizontally arranged below the support plates, a driving sprocket connected with the output shaft of the double-output speed reducer is arranged on the support plate, the conveying chain plate passes through the driving sprocket and all the driven sprockets, a tensioning mechanism for tensioning the conveying chain plate is arranged on the support plate, a plurality of chain plate supporting plates for supporting the conveying chain plate are arranged between the pair of support plates, guide rails matched with the conveying chain plate are arranged on the chain plate supporting plates, and a plurality of workpiece positioning blocks for positioning pipe fittings are arranged on the conveying chain plate. The tensioning mechanism is arranged above the driving sprocket.
2. A tube freezing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The support plate is further provided with a tensioning mechanism for tensioning the conveying chain plate at the lower edge.
3. A tube freezing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein: The ice storage body outer wall is provided with a material moving servo motor, the output shaft of the material moving servo motor is connected with a transmission shaft arranged in the ice storage body, the end of the transmission shaft is connected with an inner transmission shaft through a coupling, the inner transmission shaft is connected with a speed reducer through a coupling, and the two output shafts of the double-output shaft speed reducer are connected with a group of pipe material automatic discharging structure groups. The pipe material automatic discharging mechanism comprises at least two parallel arranged fixed supports, a pair of support plates are arranged on the fixed supports, a row of driven sprockets is horizontally arranged on the support plates, a row of driven sprockets is also horizontally arranged below the support plates, a driving sprocket connected with the output shaft of the double-output speed reducer is arranged on the support plate, the conveying chain plate passes through the driving sprocket and all the driven sprockets, a tensioning mechanism for tensioning the conveying chain plate is arranged on the support plate, a plurality of chain plate supporting plates for supporting the conveying chain plate are arranged between the pair of support plates, guide rails matched with the conveying chain plate are arranged on the chain plate supporting plates, and a plurality of workpiece positioning blocks for positioning pipe fittings are arranged on the conveying chain plate. The tensioning mechanism is arranged above the driving sprocket. The support plate is further provided with a tensioning mechanism for tensioning the conveying chain plate at the lower edge.
4. A tube freezing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein: The end of the movable clamping jaw is provided with a hook-shaped jaw tip; the lifting seat is provided with a fixed jaw seat, the fixed jaw seat is provided with a mounting rod, the mounting rod is movably sleeved with a fixed clamping jaw, a spring is arranged between the fixed jaw seat and the fixed clamping jaw on the mounting rod, the fixed clamping jaw is provided with a waist-shaped hole, a guide bolt with an end connected with the fixed jaw seat is arranged in the waist-shaped hole; the fixed jaw seat is provided with a cover plate for guiding the movable clamping jaw; when the pull rod is retracted, there is a gap between the movable clamping jaw and the fixed clamping jaw for accommodating the pipe.
5. A tube freezing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein: The lifting seat of the lifting and clamping material taking mechanism is provided with an upper rack limiting block, and the stand is provided with a lower rack limiting block for limiting the downward position of the upper rack limiting block.
6. A tube freezing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein: The ice storage body is provided with an opening and closing cylinder for controlling the opening and closing of the upper door of the ice storage.
7. A tube freezing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein: The ice storage body is provided with a support sleeve, the ice storage body is respectively provided with an inner fixed plate and an outer fixed plate at both ends of the support sleeve, copper sleeves are respectively arranged at both ends of the support sleeve, and the transmission shaft passes through the two copper sleeves.
8. A tube freezing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein: A pair of the support plates are provided with airflow guide plates opposite the cold air outlets.
Citation Information
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Pipe freezing equipment
CN221301697U