A sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device

Abstract

The application discloses a sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device, which comprises an operation platform, a blanking hole and a collecting groove in the middle of the operation platform, a vertical plate provided on the operation platform, a notch I provided in the middle of the vertical plate, a sprue cup fixing mechanism and a sprue cup cleaning mechanism provided above the blanking hole, a drive box I with a front opening provided on the sprue cup fixing mechanism, a T-shaped turning box, a lead screw I, a lead screw nut I, a connecting rod and an arc-shaped clamping arm provided in the drive box I, and a driving motor I installed on the drive box I, and the sprue cup cleaning mechanism comprises a lifting mechanism for adjusting the height of the cleaning mechanism, a slag breaking mechanism for breaking metal liquid or metal slag, and a slag scraping mechanism for scraping off metal liquid or metal slag. The sprue cup residual metal liquid can be automatically cleaned, and the problem that the work efficiency is affected by the inconvenient cleaning during the use of the existing sprue cup is solved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application belongs to the technical field of cleaning of a casting nozzle cup, and particularly relates to a residual metal liquid cleaning device for a nozzle cup. BACKGROUND

[0002] The nozzle cup is used for receiving metal liquid poured from a ladle and guiding the metal liquid into a nozzle of a casting container. The most commonly used nozzle cup is a straight nozzle cup in the shape of a large upper cone and a small lower cone. A small amount of metal liquid often remains in the nozzle cup during use. Since the metal liquid has a high temperature, it is difficult to clean. After the metal liquid cools, it is easily attached to the inner wall of the nozzle cup, which makes cleaning more time-consuming and laborious. Not only does this affect work efficiency, but also reduces the reuse rate of the nozzle cup and increases production costs. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a device suitable for cleaning residual metal liquid of a nozzle cup. SUMMARY

[0003] In view of the above problems, the application discloses a residual metal liquid cleaning device for a nozzle cup, which solves the problem of inconvenient cleaning and low work efficiency of the existing nozzle cup.

[0004] The application is implemented by using the following technical scheme:

[0005] A residual metal liquid cleaning device for a nozzle cup comprises an operation platform, a through material falling opening is arranged in the middle of the operation platform, a collecting groove is arranged at the lower part of the operation platform, and the collecting groove is communicated with the material falling opening; a vertical plate is arranged on the operation platform, the vertical plate is located on one side of the material falling opening, a notch I is arranged in the middle of the vertical plate, a nozzle cup fixing mechanism and a nozzle cup cleaning mechanism are arranged above the material falling opening from bottom to top.

[0006] The nozzle cup fixing mechanism is provided with a front-opened driving box I, the back surface of the driving box I is fixedly connected with the vertical plate, a T-shaped turning box is arranged in the driving box I, a driving motor I is installed above the driving box I, the shaft of the driving motor I is connected with the input shaft of the T-shaped turning box, the output shafts on both sides of the T-shaped turning box are respectively connected with one screw rod I, a screw nut I is arranged on the screw rod I, a connecting rod is connected with the screw nut I, and an arc-shaped clamping arm is connected with the front end of the connecting rod and extends out of the front opening of the driving box I.

[0007] The gate cup cleaning mechanism comprises a lifting mechanism, a slag crushing mechanism and a slag scraping mechanism; the lifting mechanism is located on the back of the vertical plate, the lifting mechanism comprises an electric push rod mounted on the operation platform, the top of the electric push rod is connected with a flat plate, the front end of the flat plate is connected with a sliding block I, the sliding block I slides in the notch I of the vertical plate; the middle part of the sliding block I is provided with a circular notch II, the notch II is provided with a rotating plate, the rotating plate can rotate relative to the notch II, a driving motor II is fixedly installed on the flat plate, the rotating shaft of the driving motor II is connected with the rotating plate;

[0008] One end of the rotating plate is connected with the slag crushing mechanism, and the other end is connected with the slag scraping mechanism;

[0009] The slag crushing mechanism comprises a driving box II, one end of the driving box II is connected with the rotating plate, the other end of the driving box II is connected with a transmission box, the driving box II is provided with a driving motor III, the transmission box is provided with an eccentric wheel, the rotating shaft of the driving motor III is connected with the eccentric wheel for driving the eccentric wheel to rotate, the eccentric wheel is hinged with a transmission rod, the transmission rod is hinged with a sliding block II, the sliding block II slides in the transmission box, the front end of the sliding block II is conical and extends out of the transmission box;

[0010] The slag scraping mechanism comprises a driving box III and a rotating box which can rotate relative to each other, the driving box III is provided with a driving motor IV, the rotating shaft of the driving motor IV is connected with the rotating box for driving the rotating box to rotate, the rotating box is provided with a lead screw II and a lead screw III, the lead screw II and the lead screw III are correspondingly provided with a lead screw nut II and a lead screw nut III, the lead screw II and the lead screw III are fixedly connected and then rotationally connected with the rotating box, one side of the rotating box is provided with a driving motor V, the rotating shaft of the driving motor V is connected with the lead screw II, one side of the rotating box is provided with a notch III, a straight rod is arranged on the lead screw nut II and the lead screw nut III, the straight rod extends out of the notch III, a scraper is arranged on the outer side of the straight rod.

[0011] The use method of the gate cup residual metal liquid cleaning device comprises the following steps:

[0012] S1, after the pouring is completed, the gate cup is taken down and placed between the two arc-shaped clamping arms, and at the same time, the driving motor I is started to drive the input shaft of the T-shaped steering box to rotate, the output shafts on both sides of the T-shaped steering box drive the lead screws I to rotate, so that the lead screw nuts I and the arc-shaped clamping arms connected therewith move towards each other and clamp and fix the gate cup directly below the gate cup cleaning mechanism;

[0013] S2, the driving motor II is started to drive the rotating plate to rotate in the gap II, so that the slag breaking mechanism is aligned with the pouring cup, then the electric push rod is started to drive the flat plate and the sliding block I to move downward, the conical front end of the sliding block II of the slag breaking mechanism is placed in the pouring cup, then the driving motor III is started to drive the eccentric wheel to rotate, so that the eccentric wheel drives the transmission rod to reciprocate and pushes the sliding block II to reciprocate, so that the front end of the sliding block II moves up and down in the pouring cup, the residual metal liquid or the solidified metal slag is broken and pushed out into the collecting groove;

[0014] S3, after step S2, the electric push rod is started to drive the flat plate and the sliding block I to move upward, the slag breaking mechanism is moved out of the pouring cup, then the driving motor II is started to drive the rotating plate to rotate in the gap II, so that the slag breaking mechanism is aligned with the pouring cup, then the electric push rod is started to drive the flat plate and the sliding block I to move downward, the conical front end of the sliding block II of the slag breaking mechanism is placed in the pouring cup, then the driving motor V is started to drive the lead screw II and the lead screw III, so that the lead screw nut II and the lead screw nut III and the straight rods connected therewith move in opposite directions, so that the scraping plates on the outer sides of the straight rods are in contact with the inner wall of the pouring cup, then the driving motor IV is started to drive the rotating box to rotate, so that the two scraping plates rotate to scrape the metal liquid or the metal slag adhered to the inner wall of the pouring cup into the collecting groove, then the driving motor V is started to make the lead screw nut II and the lead screw nut III and the straight rods connected therewith move in opposite directions and return to the initial position, then the electric push rod is started to drive the flat plate and the sliding block I to move upward, the slag breaking mechanism is moved out of the pouring cup;

[0015] S4, the driving motor I is started to drive the T-shaped rotating box to work, so that the lead screw nut I on the two sides thereof and the arc-shaped clamping arms connected therewith move in opposite directions, and the pouring cup is removed for use in the next pouring.

[0016] Further, the inner side of the arc-shaped clamping arm is provided with heat insulation cotton. The heat insulation cotton can not only protect the arc-shaped clamping arm from being damaged by heat, but also avoid mechanical damage of the pouring cup caused by the arc-shaped clamping arm.

[0017] Further, the collecting groove is in a conical structure with the upper part being larger and the lower part being smaller. Such a structure is conducive to collecting the cleaned metal liquid or metal slag, and facilitates the discharge of the metal slag at the bottom of the collecting groove.

[0018] Further, the operation platform is provided with a supporting leg at each corner.

[0019] Further, the driving motor II is provided with a reinforcing plate on each side, the bottom of the reinforcing plate is fixedly connected with the flat plate, and the front end of the reinforcing plate is connected with the sliding block I. By connecting the reinforcing plates with the flat plate and the sliding block I respectively, the electric push rod can drive the sliding block I to move stably through the flat plate.

[0020] Further, the sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device is provided with a PLC controller, the PLC controller is connected with each drive motor and electric push rod respectively.

[0021] Further, the operation platform is provided with a power supply for providing electric energy for each drive motor and electric push rod, and the power supply is installed on the back of the vertical plate.

[0022] Further, the scraper is in the shape of a trapezoid with narrow upper part and wide lower part, and the right angle side of the scraper is connected with the straight rod.

[0023] Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme has the following beneficial effects:

[0024] The sprue cup fixing mechanism and the sprue cup cleaning mechanism are arranged on the operation platform, the sprue cup is clamped and fixed by using the sprue cup fixing mechanism, and then the metal liquid or metal slag remaining in the sprue cup is cleaned by using the sprue cup cleaning mechanism. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 is a front view of the sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device described in embodiment 3.

[0026] Figure 2 is a side view of the sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device described in embodiment 3.

[0027] Figure 3 is a rear view of the sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device described in embodiment 3.

[0028] Figure 4 is a top view of the sprue cup fixing mechanism described in embodiment 3.

[0029] Figure 5 is a perspective view of the transmission box described in embodiment 3.

[0030] Figure 6is a perspective view of the rotating box described in Example 3.

[0031] Figure 7 is a perspective view of the driving box I described in Example 3.

[0032] Fig. 1 is an operating platform, 11 is a collecting tank, 12 is a drop port, 13 is a vertical plate, 14 is a notch I, 2 is a driving box I, 21 is a T-shaped rotating box, 22 is a driving motor I, 23 is a lead screw I, 24 is a lead screw nut I, 25 is a connecting rod, 26 is an arc-shaped clamping arm, 3 is an electric push rod, 31 is a flat plate, 32 is a sliding block I, 33 is a rotating plate, 34 is a driving motor II, 35 is a reinforcing plate, 4 is a driving box II, 41 is a transmission box, 42 is a driving motor III, 43 is an eccentric wheel, 44 is a transmission rod, 45 is a sliding block II, 5 is a driving box III, 51 is a driving motor IV, 6 is a rotating box, 61 is a lead screw II, 62 is a lead screw III, 63 is a lead screw nut II, 64 is a lead screw nut III, 65 is a driving motor V, 66 is a straight rod, 67 is a scraper, 7 is a supporting leg, 8 is a power supply. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The application is further illustrated by the following examples, but not as a limitation to the application. The specific experimental conditions and methods not indicated in the following examples are generally conventional means well known to those skilled in the art.

[0034] Example 1: A sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device, comprising an operating platform 1, the middle part of the operating platform 1 is provided with a through drop port 12, the lower part of the operating platform 1 is provided with a collecting tank 11, the collecting tank 11 is communicated with the drop port 12; the operating platform 1 is provided with a vertical plate 13, the vertical plate 13 is located on one side of the drop port 12, the middle part of the vertical plate 13 is provided with a notch I 14; a sprue cup fixing mechanism and a sprue cup cleaning mechanism are sequentially arranged above the drop port 12 from bottom to top;

[0035] The sprue cup fixing mechanism is provided with a driving box I 2 with an open front face, the back face of the driving box I 2 is fixedly connected with the vertical plate 13, the driving box I 2 is provided with a T-shaped rotating box 21 inside, a driving motor I 22 is installed on the upper part of the driving box I 2, the shaft of the driving motor I 22 is connected with the input shaft of the T-shaped rotating box 21, the output shafts on both sides of the T-shaped rotating box 21 are respectively connected with a lead screw I 23, the lead screw I 23 is provided with a lead screw nut I 24, the lead screw nut I 24 is connected with a connecting rod 25, the front end of the connecting rod 25 extends out of the open front face of the driving box I 2 and is connected with an arc-shaped clamping arm 26;

[0036] The gate cup cleaning mechanism comprises a lifting mechanism, a slag crushing mechanism and a slag scraping mechanism; the lifting mechanism is located on the back of the vertical plate 13, the lifting mechanism comprises an electric push rod 3 mounted on the operation platform 1, the top of the electric push rod 3 is connected with a flat plate 31, the front end of the flat plate 31 is connected with a sliding block I 32, the sliding block I 32 slides in the gap I 14 of the vertical plate 13; the middle part of the sliding block I 32 is provided with a circular gap II, the gap II is provided with a rotating plate 33, the rotating plate 33 can rotate relative to the gap II, a driving motor II 34 is fixedly installed on the flat plate 31, the rotating shaft of the driving motor II 34 is connected with the rotating plate 33;

[0037] One end of the rotating plate 33 is connected with the slag crushing mechanism, and the other end is connected with the slag scraping mechanism;

[0038] The slag crushing mechanism comprises a driving box II 4, one end of the driving box II 4 is connected with the rotating plate 33, the other end of the driving box II 4 is connected with a transmission box 41, the driving box II 4 is provided with a driving motor III 42, the transmission box 41 is provided with an eccentric wheel 43, the rotating shaft of the driving motor III 42 is connected with the eccentric wheel 43 for driving the eccentric wheel 43 to rotate, the eccentric wheel 43 is hinged with a transmission rod 44, the transmission rod 44 is hinged with a sliding block II 45, the sliding block II 45 slides in the transmission box 41, the front end of the sliding block II 45 is conical and extends out of the transmission box 41;

[0039] The slag scraping mechanism comprises a driving box III 5 and a rotating box 6 which can rotate relative to each other, the driving box III 5 is provided with a driving motor IV 51, the rotating shaft of the driving motor IV 51 is connected with the rotating box 6 for driving the rotating box 6 to rotate, the rotating box 6 is provided with a lead screw II 61 and a lead screw III 62, the lead screw II 61 and the lead screw III 62 are correspondingly provided with a lead screw nut II 63 and a lead screw nut III 64, the lead screw II 61 and the lead screw III 62 are fixedly connected and then rotationally connected with the rotating box 6, one side of the rotating box 6 is provided with a driving motor V 65, the rotating shaft of the driving motor V 65 is connected with the lead screw II 61, one side of the rotating box 6 is provided with a gap III, a straight rod 66 is arranged on the lead screw nut II 63 and the lead screw nut III 64, the straight rod 66 extends out of the gap III, the outer side of the straight rod 66 is provided with a scraper 67.

[0040] The use method of the gate cup residual metal liquid cleaning device comprises the following steps:

[0041] S1, the pouring finish after the nozzle cup is taken out between two arc-shaped clamping arms 26, while starting drive motor I 22 driven T type steering box 21 input shaft rotation work, the T type steering box 21 both sides of the output shaft drive screw I 123 rotation, so that both sides of the screw nut I 124 and its connected arc-shaped clamping arm 26 and the nozzle cup is clamped and fixed in the nozzle cup cleaning mechanism directly below;

[0042] S2, open drive motor II 34 drive the rotating plate 33 in the gap II rotation, so that the slag mechanism alignment nozzle cup, then start electric push rod 3 drive the flat plate 31 and slider I 32 downward motion, the conical front end of the slider II 45 is placed in the nozzle cup, then open drive motor III 42 drive eccentric wheel 43 rotation, so that the eccentric wheel 43 drive transmission rod 44 reciprocating motion and push slider II 45 reciprocating motion, in turn, so that the front end of slider II 45 in the nozzle cup up and down movement, the residual metal liquid or solidified metal slag broken and pushed out to the collection tank 11;

[0043] S3, after step 2, open electric push rod 3 drive the flat plate 31 and slider I 32 upward motion, the slag mechanism moves out of the nozzle cup, then open drive motor II 34 drive the rotating plate 33 in the gap II rotation, so that the nozzle cup alignment slag mechanism, then start electric push rod 3 drive the flat plate 31 and slider I 32 downward motion, the conical front end of the slider II 45 is placed in the nozzle cup, then open drive motor V 65 and drive the screw II 61 and screw III 62, so that the screw nut II 63 and screw nut III 64 and their connected straight rod 66 do reverse motion, so that the straight rod 66 outside the scraper 67 attached to the inner wall of the nozzle cup, then open drive motor IV 51 drive the rotating box 6 rotation, so that the two scraper 67 rotation nozzle cup wall attached metal liquid or metal slag scraped into the collection tank 11, then open drive motor V 65 so that the screw nut II 63 and screw nut III 64 and their connected straight rod 66 do opposite motion and return to the initial position, then open electric push rod 3 drive the flat plate 31 and slider I 32 upward motion, the slag mechanism moves out of the nozzle cup;

[0044] S4, open drive motor I 22 drive T type steering box 21 work so that its both sides of the screw nut I 124 and its connected arc-shaped clamping arm 26 reverse motion, and take off the nozzle cup for next time pouring use.

[0045] The difference between the sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device described in this embodiment and the cleaning device described in embodiment 1 is that the inner side of the arc-shaped clamping arm 26 is provided with heat insulation cotton. The heat insulation cotton can protect the arc-shaped clamping arm 26 from being damaged by heat and can also avoid mechanical damage to the sprue cup caused by the arc-shaped clamping arm 26. The collecting groove 11 is in a conical structure that is large at the top and small at the bottom. This structure is beneficial to collecting the cleaned metal liquid or metal slag and also facilitates the discharge of metal slag at the bottom of the collecting groove 11. One supporting leg 7 is arranged at each corner of the operation platform 1. One reinforcing plate 35 is arranged on each side of the driving motor II 34. The bottom of the reinforcing plate 35 is fixedly connected with the flat plate 31, and the front end of the reinforcing plate 35 is connected with the sliding block I 32. By connecting the reinforcing plate 35 with the flat plate 31 and the sliding block I 32 respectively, the electric push rod 3 can stably drive the sliding block I 32 to move.

[0046] The difference between the sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device described in this embodiment and the cleaning device described in embodiment 2 is that the sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device is provided with a PLC controller. The PLC controller is connected with each driving motor and the electric push rod 3. By presetting the cleaning process instructions in the PLC controller, that is, the sequence of the on-off process of each driving motor and the electric push rod 3, the automatic cleaning of the sprue cup is realized. A power supply 8 is arranged on the operation platform 1 to provide power for each driving motor and the electric push rod 3. The power supply 8 is mounted on the back of the vertical plate 13. The scraper 67 is in a trapezoidal shape that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. The right-angle side of the scraper 67 is connected with the straight rod 66. The scraper 67 in this shape is beneficial to being close to the inner wall of the sprue cup and is beneficial to scraping off the metal liquid or metal slag. At the same time, the scraper 67 can be adjusted or replaced according to the shape of the inner wall of the sprue cup.

[0047] In addition, it should be understood that although the present specification is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution. The description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole. The technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A sprue cup residual metal cleaning apparatus, characterised in that: The operation platform (1) is provided with a through falling port (12) in the middle part, and a collecting groove (11) in the lower part, which communicates with the falling port (12); a vertical plate (13) is arranged on the operation platform (1), which is located on one side of the falling port (12), and the middle part of the vertical plate (13) is provided with a notch I (14); a sprue cup fixing mechanism and a sprue cup cleaning mechanism are sequentially arranged above the falling port (12) from bottom to top; The sprue cup fixing mechanism is provided with a front-opened driving box I (2), the back of the driving box I (2) is fixedly connected with the vertical plate (13), a T-shaped turning box (21) is arranged in the driving box I (2), a driving motor I (22) is installed on the top of the driving box I (2), the shaft of the driving motor I (22) is connected with the input shaft of the T-shaped turning box (21), the output shafts on both sides of the T-shaped turning box (21) are respectively connected with a screw rod I (23), a screw nut I (24) is arranged on the screw rod I (23), a connecting rod (25) is connected with the screw nut I (24), the front end of the connecting rod (25) extends out of the front opening of the driving box I (2) and is connected with an arc-shaped clamping arm (26); The sprue cup cleaning mechanism comprises a lifting mechanism, a slag crushing mechanism and a slag scraping mechanism; the lifting mechanism is located on the back of the vertical plate (13), the lifting mechanism comprises an electric push rod (3) installed on the operation platform (1), the top of the electric push rod (3) is connected with a flat plate (31), the front end of the flat plate (31) is connected with a sliding block I (32), the sliding block I (32) slides in the notch I (14) of the vertical plate (13); the middle part of the sliding block I (32) is provided with a circular notch II, a rotating plate (33) is arranged in the notch II, the rotating plate (33) can rotate relative to the notch II, a driving motor II (34) is fixedly installed on the flat plate (31), the rotating shaft of the driving motor II (34) is connected with the rotating plate (33); one end of the rotating plate (33) is connected with the slag crushing mechanism, and the other end is connected with the slag scraping mechanism; The slag crushing mechanism comprises a driving box II (4), one end of the driving box II (4) is connected with the rotating plate (33), the other end of the driving box II (4) is connected with a transmission box (41), a driving motor III (42) is arranged in the driving box II (4), an eccentric wheel (43) is arranged in the transmission box (41), the rotating shaft of the driving motor III (42) is connected with the eccentric wheel (43) for driving the eccentric wheel (43) to rotate, a transmission rod (44) is hinged to the eccentric wheel (43), a sliding block II (45) is hinged to the transmission rod (44), the sliding block II (45) slides in the transmission box (41), the front end of the sliding block II (45) is conical and extends out of the transmission box (41). The slag scraping mechanism comprises a driving box III (5) and a rotating box (6) which can rotate relatively, the driving box III (5) is internally provided with a driving motor IV (51), the rotating shaft of the driving motor IV (51) is connected with the rotating box (6) and used for driving the rotating box (6) to rotate, the rotating box (6) is internally provided with a lead screw II (61) and a lead screw III (62), the lead screw II (61) and the lead screw III (62) are correspondingly provided with a lead screw nut II (63) and a lead screw nut III (64), the lead screw II (61) and the lead screw III (62) are fixedly connected and then rotationally connected with the rotating box (6), one side of the rotating box (6) is provided with a driving motor V (65), the rotating shaft of the driving motor V (65) is connected with the lead screw II (61), one side of the rotating box (6) is provided with a gap III, the lead screw nut II (63) and the lead screw nut III (64) are both provided with a straight rod (66), the straight rod (66) extends out of the gap III, the outer side of the straight rod (66) is provided with a scraper (67); Both sides of the driving motor II (34) are respectively provided with a reinforcing plate (35), the bottom of the reinforcing plate (35) is fixedly connected with the flat plate (31), and the front end of the reinforcing plate (35) is connected with the sliding block I (32). The sprue cup residual metal liquid cleaning device is provided with a PLC controller, and the PLC controller is connected with each driving motor and the electric push rod (3). The scraper (67) is in the shape of a trapezoid which is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and the right-angle side of the scraper (67) is connected with the straight rod (66).

2. The sprue cup residual metal cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The inner side of the arc-shaped clamping arm (26) is provided with heat insulation cotton.

3. The sprue cup residual metal cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The collecting groove (11) is in the structure of a conical body which is large at the top and small at the bottom.

4. The sprue cup residual metal cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The operation platform (1) is provided with a supporting leg (7) at each corner.

5. The sprue cup residual metal cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: The operation platform (1) is provided with a power supply (8) for providing electric energy for each driving motor and the electric push rod (3), and the power supply (8) is mounted on the back of the vertical plate (13).

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