Automatic feeding system of up-drawing continuous casting equipment and working method

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of continuous casting, in particular to an automatic feeding system of upward continuous casting equipment and a working method.The automatic feeding system comprises a material box forming mechanism, a quantitative feeding mechanism, a sealing mechanism and a fixing mechanism; the quantitative feeding mechanism is used for feeding quantitative alloy into the box-shaped structure; the sealing mechanism is used for sealing the box-shaped structure in which the alloy is put to form a material box; the fixing mechanism is used for fixing the material box and the copper plate. A copper sheet is folded into an open material box through three-step stamping by the material box forming mechanism, the quantitative feeding mechanism automatically weighs and feeds the alloy into the material box according to the alloy weight calculated by the system, the material box is sealed by the sealing mechanism, and the sealed material box and a copper plate are welded into a whole through the welding mechanism. And finally, the welded copper plate and the material box are added into the furnace body together for smelting and casting, so that the convenience of production operation is greatly improved, and the product quality is ensured.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of continuous casting, and in particular to an automatic feeding system and a working method of upward continuous casting equipment. Background Art

[0002] In the process of casting alloy copper rods, the upward continuous casting equipment needs to add copper plates and alloy elements of corresponding proportions into the furnace body at the same time. In the current operation, the alloy is weighed and added manually according to the alloy proportion weight prompted by the system. The operation is extremely inconvenient and prone to errors, which affects product quality. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to solve the problem of artificial alloy addition affecting product quality in the prior art, the present invention provides an automatic feeding system and working method for upward continuous casting equipment for improving product quality.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problem is: An automatic feeding system for upward continuous casting equipment, comprising: A material box forming mechanism, which forms the copper sheet into a box-shaped structure; A quantitative feeding mechanism, the quantitative feeding mechanism is used to put a quantitative amount of alloy into the box-shaped structure; A sealing mechanism, which is used to seal the box-shaped structure into which the alloy is placed to form a material box; A fixing mechanism is used to fix the material box and the copper plate.

[0005] Furthermore, the fixing mechanism is a welding mechanism.

[0006] Furthermore, the quantitative feeding mechanism achieves accurate weighing and feeding through the combined control of the screw feeder and the butterfly valve.

[0007] Furthermore, the sealing mechanism seals the opening above the material box by clamping.

[0008] Furthermore, it also includes a transfer mechanism for transferring the box-shaped structure that has been packaged with the alloy and sealed to the copper plate.

[0009] A working method of the automatic feeding system of the upward continuous casting equipment as described above comprises the following steps: S1: Copper sheet feeding: take out the copper sheets piece by piece and place them on the material box forming mechanism; S2: Form the copper sheet into a box-shaped structure through the material box forming and push it to the next station; S3: The quantitative feeding mechanism is used to control the precise weighing and feed the materials into the box-shaped structure; S4: The opening on the top of the material box is sealed by a sealing mechanism in a clamping manner to form a material box; S5: Move the material box packed with alloy to the finished copper plate and weld it.

[0010] Furthermore, in S2, the forming of the material box includes the following steps: S21: two opposite sides of the square copper sheet are bent upward to form a first bending portion and a second bending portion; S22: The other two sides of the square copper sheet are folded upward and outward to form a third bending portion and a fourth bending portion, a first folding wing is provided between the first bending portion and the third bending portion, a second folding wing is provided between the second bending portion and the third bending portion, a third folding wing is provided between the second bending portion and the fourth bending portion, and a fourth folding wing is provided between the first bending portion and the fourth bending portion; S23: fold the first flap and the second flap toward the third bending portion, and fold the third flap and the fourth flap toward the fourth bending portion.

[0011] Further, in S6, the welding position of the material box is located at the sealing edge. Welding here can achieve the fixation of the material box and the copper plate on the one hand, and can also ensure the sealing effect on the other hand.

[0012] Beneficial effects: The copper sheet of the present invention is folded into an open material box through three-step stamping by a material box forming mechanism, the alloy raw materials (such as magnesium) required to be added are stored in a storage hopper, the quantitative feeding mechanism automatically weighs and feeds the material into the material box according to the alloy weight calculated by the system, the material box is sealed by a sealing mechanism, and the sealed material box is welded into a whole by a welding mechanism and a copper plate, and finally the welded copper plate and the material box are added together to the furnace body for smelting and casting, which greatly improves the convenience of production operation and ensures product quality. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the accompanying drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other accompanying drawings can be obtained based on these accompanying drawings without paying creative work.

[0014] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the working process of the automatic feeding system of the upward continuous casting equipment of the present invention; Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the molding process of the box-like structure.

[0015] 1. Copper sheet, 2. Box-shaped structure, 21. First bending portion, 22. Second bending portion, 23. Third bending portion, 24. Fourth bending portion, 25. First folding wing, 26. Second folding wing, 27. Third folding wing, 28. Fourth folding wing, 3. Quantitative feeding mechanism, 4. Material box, 41. Sealing edge, 5. Copper sheet. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is actually only illustrative and is by no means intended to limit the present invention and its application or use. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0017] It should be noted that the terms used herein are only for describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the exemplary embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the singular form is also intended to include the plural form. In addition, it should be understood that when the terms "comprise" and / or "include" are used in this specification, it indicates the presence of features, steps, operations, devices, components and / or combinations thereof.

[0018] Unless otherwise specifically stated, the relative arrangement, numerical expressions and numerical values ​​of the parts and steps set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. Meanwhile, it should be understood that, for ease of description, the sizes of the various parts shown in the accompanying drawings are not drawn according to the actual proportional relationship. The technology, method and equipment known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but in appropriate cases, the technology, method and equipment should be considered as a part of the specification. In all examples shown and discussed here, any specific value should be interpreted as being merely exemplary, rather than as a limitation. Therefore, other examples of exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters represent similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once a certain item is defined in an accompanying drawing, it does not need to be further discussed in subsequent drawings.

[0019] In the description of the present invention, it is necessary to understand that the directions or positional relationships indicated by directional words such as "front, back, up, down, left, right", "lateral, vertical, perpendicular, horizontal" and "top, bottom" are usually based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings. They are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description. Unless otherwise specified, these directional words do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific direction or be constructed and operated in a specific direction. Therefore, they cannot be understood as limiting the scope of protection of the present invention. The directional words "inside and outside" refer to the inside and outside relative to the contours of each component itself.

[0020] For ease of description, spatially relative terms such as "above", "above", "on the upper surface of", "above", etc. may be used here to describe the spatial positional relationship between a device or feature and other devices or features as shown in the figure. It should be understood that spatially relative terms are intended to include different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation described in the figure. For example, if the device in the accompanying drawings is inverted, the device described as "above other devices or structures" or "above other devices or structures" will be positioned as "below other devices or structures" or "below other devices or structures". Thus, the exemplary term "above" can include both "above" and "below". The device can also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 90 degrees or in other orientations), and the spatially relative descriptions used here are interpreted accordingly.

[0021] In addition, it should be noted that the use of terms such as "first" and "second" to limit components is only for the convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components. If not otherwise stated, the above terms have no special meaning and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0022] The present invention provides an automatic feeding system for an upward continuous casting device, comprising a material box forming mechanism, a quantitative feeding mechanism 3, a sealing mechanism and a fixing mechanism: the material box forming mechanism forms a copper sheet 1 into a box-shaped structure 2; the quantitative feeding mechanism 3 is used to put a quantitative amount of alloy into the box-shaped structure 2; the sealing mechanism is used to seal the box-shaped structure 2 into which the alloy is put to form a material box; the fixing mechanism is used to fix the material box and the copper sheet. Preferably, the fixing mechanism is a welding mechanism.

[0023] The quantitative feeding mechanism 3 achieves accurate weighing and feeding through the combined control of the screw feeder and the butterfly valve.

[0024] The sealing mechanism seals the opening above the material box 4 in a clamping manner.

[0025] It also includes a transfer mechanism for transferring the box-shaped structure 2 that has been packaged with alloy and sealed to the copper plate 5. The transfer mechanism may be, but is not limited to, a mobile robot.

[0026] A working method of the automatic feeding system of the upward continuous casting equipment as described above, Figure 1 , including the following steps: S1: taking out the copper sheets 1 piece by piece and placing them on the material box forming mechanism; S2: The copper sheet 1 is formed into a box-shaped structure 2 by means of a material box 4, and is pushed to the next station; S3: The quantitative feeding mechanism 3 is used to control the precise weighing and feed the materials to the box-shaped structure 2; S4: The opening above the material box 4 is sealed by a sealing mechanism in a clamping manner to form the material box 4; S5: Move the material box 4 packed with the alloy onto the finished copper plate 5 and weld them.

[0027] In S2, the forming of the material box 4 includes the following steps: S21: two opposite sides of the square copper sheet 1 are bent upward to form a first bending portion 21 and a second bending portion 22; S22: Figure 2 The other two sides of the square copper sheet 1 are folded upward and outward to form a third bending portion 23 and a fourth bending portion 24. A first folding wing 25 is provided between the first bending portion 21 and the third bending portion 23, a second folding wing 26 is provided between the second bending portion 22 and the third bending portion 23, a third folding wing 27 is provided between the second bending portion 22 and the fourth bending portion 24, and a fourth folding wing 28 is provided between the first bending portion 21 and the fourth bending portion 24; S23: Fold the first flap 25 and the second flap 26 toward the third folded portion 23 , and fold the third flap 27 and the fourth flap 28 toward the fourth folded portion 24 .

[0028] In S6 , the welding position of the material box 4 is located at the sealing edge 41 .

[0029] In actual production, the copper sheet required for alloy packaging can be placed on the copper sheet material rack, and the copper sheet is transported to the material box forming area through the feeding mechanism. The copper sheet is folded into an open box-shaped structure 2 through three-step stamping by the material box forming mechanism. The alloy raw materials (such as magnesium) required to be added are stored in the storage hopper. The quantitative feeding mechanism automatically weighs and feeds the material into the material box 4 according to the alloy weight calculated by the system. The material box 4 is sealed by the sealing mechanism. The sealed material box 4 is welded into a whole through the welding mechanism and the copper plate 5. Finally, the welded copper plate 5 and the material box 4 are added to the furnace body for smelting and casting, which greatly improves the convenience of production operation and ensures product quality.

[0030] The above are only preferred specific implementation modes of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can make equivalent replacements or changes according to the technical solutions and inventive concepts of the present invention within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, which should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding system for upward continuous casting equipment, characterized in that: include: A material box forming mechanism, wherein the material box forming mechanism forms the copper sheet (1) into a box-shaped structure (2); A quantitative feeding mechanism (3), wherein the quantitative feeding mechanism (3) is used to feed a quantitative amount of alloy into the box-shaped structure (2); A sealing mechanism, the sealing mechanism being used to seal the box-shaped structure (2) into which the alloy is placed to form a material box; A fixing mechanism is used to fix the material box and the copper plate.

2. The automatic feeding system for upward continuous casting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fixing mechanism is a welding mechanism.

3. The automatic feeding system for upward continuous casting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The quantitative feeding mechanism (3) is controlled by a screw feeder and a butterfly valve combination to achieve accurate weighing and feeding.

4. The automatic feeding system for upward continuous casting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sealing mechanism seals the opening above the material box (4) by means of a clamping method.

5. The automatic feeding system for upward continuous casting equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that: It also includes a transfer mechanism for transferring the box-shaped structure (2) that has been packaged with the alloy and sealed to the copper plate (5).

6. A working method of the automatic feeding system of the upward continuous casting equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: S1: taking out the copper sheets (1) piece by piece and placing them on a material box forming mechanism; S2: forming the copper sheet (1) into a box-shaped structure (2) by means of a material box (4), and pushing it to the next station; S3: accurately weighing the material through the quantitative feeding mechanism (3) and feeding the material into the box-shaped structure (2); S4: Using a sealing mechanism to seal the opening above the material box (4) in a clamping manner to form the material box (4); S5: Move the alloy-packed material box (4) onto the finished copper plate (5) and weld them.

7. The working method of the automatic feeding system of the upward continuous casting equipment according to claim 6 is characterized in that: In S2, the forming of the material box (4) includes the following steps: S21: two opposite sides of the square copper sheet (1) are bent upward to form a first bent portion (21) and a second bent portion (22); S22: the other two sides of the square copper sheet (1) are folded upward and outward to form a third bending portion (23) and a fourth bending portion (24); a first folding wing (25) is provided between the first bending portion (21) and the third bending portion (23); a second folding wing (26) is provided between the second bending portion (22) and the third bending portion (23); a third folding wing (27) is provided between the second bending portion (22) and the fourth bending portion (24); and a fourth folding wing (28) is provided between the first bending portion (21) and the fourth bending portion (24); S23: folding the first folding wing (25) and the second folding wing (26) in the direction of the third bending portion (23), and folding the third folding wing (27) and the fourth folding wing (28) in the direction of the fourth bending portion (24).

8. The working method of the automatic feeding system of the upward continuous casting equipment according to claim 6 is characterized in that: In S6, the welding position of the material box (4) is located at the sealing edge (41).

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