Molding process of switch socket glass panel

Abstract

The invention relates to a die-casting or casting process for forming decorative glass of switch and socket panels in the field of electricians, which is far away from heavy and huge glass plates, does not need expensive equipment, does not need large-area glass plate cutting, avoids a time-consuming, labor-consuming and maintenance-cost milling and etching process, and improves the production efficiency and the production cost compared with the currently applied milling, grinding and laser cutting process. And the production of the switch socket glass panel can be realized.

Description

Technical Field

[0002] The invention relates to a die-casting or casting process for molding decorative glass of switches and socket panels in the electrical engineering field. Background Art

[0004] At present, the production of switch and socket glass panels in my country is all made of large glass plates through milling machine grinding or laser cutting. The disadvantage is that the equipment cost is expensive and the production is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is impossible to achieve efficient production and benefit the people at a low price. In particular, large pieces of glass are mass-produced by glass manufacturers. Based on the market demand for switch and socket glass panels, it is only the tip of the iceberg of glass manufacturers' shipments. The flat patterns of glass plates required for switch and socket glass panels are customized in small batches, and glass plate manufacturers are simply dismissive in reality, which restricts the aesthetic diversification of switch and socket glass panels. In particular, the engraving of patterns on the glass plate surface creates a huge amount of processing costs. Therefore, it is urgent to innovate and efficiently produce switch and socket glass panels, and to conveniently increase the technology of switch and socket glass panel patterns. Summary of the invention

[0006] Compared with the currently used milling and cutting process, the present invention avoids bulky and huge glass sheets, does not require expensive milling, and does not require large-area glass plate cutting. It completely avoids the time-consuming, labor-intensive and maintenance-intensive milling and etching process, and can realize the production of switch socket glass panels.

[0007] The casting mold has one cavity or at least two cavities. The one cavity is used to cast and form one switch or socket glass panel at one time. Similarly, the two cavities are used to cast and form two switch or socket glass panels at one time.

[0008] The method for molding the switch socket glass panel also includes a die-casting molding method consisting of a movable mold corresponding to the fixed mold:

[0009] The die casting is one cavity or at least two cavities, wherein the one cavity, i.e., the mold is closed once to form one switch or socket glass panel, and similarly, the two cavities, i.e., the mold is closed once to form two switch or socket glass panels.

[0010] The shapes include rectangle, diamond, circle, ellipse or a combination thereof.

[0011] The structure is a blind hole or a through hole in a rectangular, diamond, circular, elliptical or a combination thereof shape.

[0012] The blind hole or through hole may also include a blind hole or through hole with at least two steps.

[0013] The heating of the materials in the furnace or the cooking pot, or the material rods, includes any of natural gas, liquefied gas, and hydrogen produced in a chemical reaction with oxygen or a catalyst, or electromagnetic heating is used to raise the temperature and soften.

[0014] The softening is to make the hard cooled glass product or glass raw material easy to be squeezed and shaped into a mold by physical or chemical methods without or substantially damaging the mold.

[0015] The temperature designed by the physical or chemical method is not specifically set due to differences in glass composition or environment, but it does not include unset. Those skilled in the art can make appropriate or specific adjustments during the production process, and there is no specific setting.

[0016] The bar softening is only performed on one end of the bar, so the other end is not affected.

[0017] The material in the furnace or the cooking pot, or the material rod, may be made of any material, such as crystal or colored glass.

[0018] Wall switch panel, any matching glass panel,

[0019] The rotating socket rotor is characterized in that the outer periphery has at least a circular feature, and the circle has at least a through hole feature, and the through hole is used to pass the plug pin sheet.

[0020] The wall socket glass panel includes at least two holes or one hole.

[0021] The two holes are through holes of a single-phase two-pole plug pin sheet; or they are jacks for a combination of telephone, television, and network cable terminals.

[0022] The one hole is a via hole for telephone, television, or network cable terminals.

[0023] The glass panel of the mobile power strip or socket converter includes at least two holes, which are through holes for the pins of a single-phase two-pole plug; or also includes at least one switch through hole; or also includes a single-phase three-pole plug pin through hole.

[0024] The wall switch includes switches with one opening, two openings, three openings and four openings;

[0025] The wall socket, mobile socket strip and converter also include a rotating socket rotor on which the neutral and live wire sockets can rotate.

[0026] The switch at least includes any one of a one-way switch, a two-way switch, a three-way switch, a four-way switch, a five-way switch, a six-way switch, or a combination of any one of a socket jack, a charging jack, a lamp, and an intelligent control circuit module, or at least two of them.

[0027] The mechanical arm includes a motor-driven hinge connection;

[0028] When the glass panel is cooled, an air cooling or liquid cooling device is also provided to temper the glass panel.

[0029] The air cooling is natural wind or cold wind blown by a fan or a hair dryer.

[0030] The liquid cooling device is a tank for receiving or carrying the finished product, wherein there is a cooling liquid in the tank, and the cooling liquid may also be equipped with a cooling liquid temperature reduction system.

[0031] The cooling device may be a cooling liquid that is poured toward the finished product through the outflow end.

[0032] The casting or die-casting has one or at least two cavities in the mold, which can achieve one or more purposes of production by opening the mold once, thereby achieving the goals of high efficiency, low cost and mass production.

[0033] The manual drive includes at least one of material rod softening and feeding, die casting mold opening, die casting mold closing or removing the formed glass panel being completed by hand or foot.

[0034] The formed glass panel features two processes including partial connection with the material rod or separation.

[0035] The local connection can be achieved by holding the material rod by hand or a mechanical arm to move it out of the mold clamping position, and the formed glass panel is taken out of the mold clamping position.

[0036] The separation can be carried out by moving the shaped glass panel out of the mold position by a hand-held spatula or pliers; or by moving the shaped glass panel out of the mold position by a mechanical arm.

[0037] The motor drive includes at least one of material rod loading, material feeding and softening, die casting mold opening, die casting mold closing, and material rod or formed glass panel moving out of the mold closing position, which is completed by the motor directly or indirectly driving at least one of a lever, chain or gear.

[0038] The feeding also includes melting glass solution in a furnace or by burning, pouring it into a normal pressure mold or a die-casting mold to form a glass panel, and then moving the formed glass panel out of the mold position by a handheld shovel or pliers, or an electric mechanical arm.

[0039] In order to increase production and save labor, automated or semi-automated die-casting machines are used to realize processes such as feeding, melting, mold closing, mold opening, molded product removal or finished product separation.

[0040] Alternatively, the material is manually fed to be melted, fed into the mold clamping area, the mold is clamped, the mold is opened, and the molded product is removed.

[0041] The molding process of the switch socket glass panel is characterized in that the mechanical arm also includes a locking and unlocking material rod device, and the unlocking lower end also includes a material rod dragging device.

[0042] The locking device is used to limit and fix the position of the material rod.

[0043] The material dragging device realizes the synchronous mold closing rhythm, and the material clamping tongs provided in the material dragging device complete the downward movement process of the material rod through automatic control of opening, biting, dragging, loosening and resetting, thereby achieving the purpose of feeding.

[0044] The material rod fixing at least includes a tightening buckle and a spring.

[0045] The automatic feeding of material rods is a well-known and commonly used technical solution for technicians in the field of die-casting equipment manufacturing, and will not be described in detail.

[0046] The unlocking device is used to release the fixing and positioning restraints of the material rod by the mechanical arm before the material rod is heated again, and the material clamps drag out the required length of the material rod for heating and die-casting to form a glass panel.

[0047] The clamps are for automatic or semi-automatic unloading. The semi-automatic method is the initial manual filling, and the material is pulled out to the required length through the clamps. The automatic filling means that after manual or automatic filling, the clamps automatically open to extend the filler to the required length.

[0048] The automatic opening or closing of the clamping jaws may include physically or electrically driven arms, or may also include spring cooperation.

[0049] The automatic control of opening and closing of the clamp is a well-known and commonly used technical solution for technicians in the field of die-casting equipment manufacturing, and will not be described in detail.

[0050] The molding process of the switch socket glass panel is characterized in that the starting of the mold closing of the movable mold and the fixed mold includes manual, switch or automatic driving.

[0051] The manual drive is a hand-driven lever, and the lever drives the movable mold.

[0052] The switch drive is to control the on and off of the motor circuit by the switch, so that the motor directly or indirectly drives either or both of the movable mold and the fixed mold.

[0053] The automatic mode is that the motor directly or indirectly drives the movable mold or the fixed mold or both of them.

[0054] The molding process of the switch socket glass panel is characterized in that the glass panel and the material rod are separated.

[0055] The separated glass panel is moved out of the mold by manual clamps or shovels, or by a motor-driven mechanical arm through clamps, shovels, vacuum suction or any one or at least two of them.

[0056] The molding process of the switch socket glass panel is characterized in that the material rod is partially connected to the glass panel, is moved out of the mold manually or by a mechanical arm, and is then separated by knocking, vibrating, and cutting.

[0057] The material rod and the glass panel exit the mold clamping part at the same time, and the glass panel is moved out by the material rod manually or by the material rod being grasped by a mechanical arm. Figure 1 Single-phase three-pole zero-live wire socket rotatable socket glass panel one of the schemes zero-live wire pin sheet socket step diagram; Figure 2 Single-phase three-pole zero-live wire socket rotatable socket glass panel one of the schemes zero-live wire pin sheet socket straight hole schematic diagram; Figure 3 Schematic diagram of one of the solutions of single-phase three-pole live and zero-wire socket non-rotating socket glass panel; Figure 4 Schematic diagram of one of the solutions for a switch glass panel; Figure 5 Schematic diagram of one of the two-way switch glass panels; Figure 6 Schematic diagram of one of the three-way switch glass panels; Figure 7 Schematic diagram of one of the four-way switch glass panels; Figure 8 Schematic diagram of glass panel assembly for one of the five-hole socket schemes; Fig. 9 Schematic diagram of the socket panel of a five-hole socket glass panel assembly; Fig.10 Schematic diagram of a rotating socket rotor for a glass panel assembly of a five-hole socket; Fig.11 Schematic diagram of the switch panel of a glass panel assembly with five sockets; Fig.12 Single-phase three-pole zero-live wire socket rotatable six-hole socket glass panel one of the solutions zero-live wire pin sheet socket straight hole assembly diagram; Fig.13 Single-phase three-pole zero-live wire socket rotatable six-hole socket glass panel one of the scheme component panel schematic diagram; Fig.14 Single-phase three-pole zero-live wire socket rotatable six-hole socket glass panel one of the scheme components rotating socket rotor schematic diagram; Fig.15 Schematic diagram of one of the mechanical structures of glass panel die-casting equipment; Fig.16 Schematic diagram of one of the schemes of the mechanical arm structure in the glass panel die-casting equipment; Fig.17 Schematic diagram of the die-casting process of switch and socket glass panels; Fig.18 Schematic diagram of the casting process of switch and socket glass panels. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0059] Among them: 1. Molding equipment, 2. Robotic arm, 21. Chain, 22. Toothed disc, 23. Chain drive motor, 24. Material rod fixing cone, 3. Moving mold fixing bracket, 31. Fixed mold, 32. Moving mold, 33. Drive motor, 34. Transmission connecting rod, 4. Material rod, 41. Material clamp, 42. Material clamp drive arm, 5. Material rod softening chamber, 51. Flame gun head, 52. Combustion and combustion-supporting gas or liquid delivery pipe, 53. Mold cooling pipeline, 6. Material rod limit spring, 61. Neutral and live wire pin socket step, 62. Single phase Three-pole zero-live wire jack rotating five-hole socket, 63, one-opening five-hole socket set glass panel, 631, one-opening five-hole socket assembly rotating socket rotor, 632, one-opening five-hole socket assembly switch panel, 633, one-opening five-hole socket assembly socket panel; 7, single-phase three-pole zero-live wire jack rotating six-hole socket, 71, six-hole socket assembly rotating socket rotor, 72, six-hole socket assembly socket panel, 8, one-opening switch panel glass, 82, two-opening switch panel glass, 83, three-opening switch panel glass, 84, four-opening switch panel glass. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0061] Option 1, the manual production includes holding the material rod and heating its front end through electromagnetic or flame heating until it softens, then placing the softened end of the material rod in the molding part between the movable mold and the fixed mold, manually or foot-operated mold driving lever to close and open the movable mold and the fixed mold, then holding the material rod and bringing out the partially connected glass panel, and then separating the material rod from the glass panel by bumping, thus forming the glass panel.

[0062] Option 2, the manual production includes holding the material rod and heating its front end through electromagnetic or flame heating until it softens, then placing the softened end of the material rod in the molding part between the movable mold and the fixed mold, manually or foot-operated mold driving lever to close the movable mold with the fixed mold, manually removing the material rod, opening the mold, and then manually taking out the glass panel with a shovel or pliers, thus forming the glass panel.

[0063] Option three, the semi-automatic production includes holding the material rod and heating its front end through electromagnetic or flame heating until it is softened, then placing the softened end of the material rod in the molding part between the movable mold and the fixed mold, manually or foot-operatedly triggering the motor start button, the motor drives any lever, chain or gear to push the movable mold and the fixed mold to close or open the mold, and then holding the material rod to bring out the partially connected glass panel, and then separating the material rod from the glass panel by bumping, thus forming the glass panel.

[0064] Option 4, the semi-automatic production includes holding the material rod and heating its front end through electromagnetic or flame to soften it, then placing the softened end of the material rod on the molding part between the movable mold and the fixed mold, manually or foot-operatedly pressing the motor start button, the motor drives any lever, chain or gear to push the movable mold and the fixed mold to close the mold, manually removing the material rod, opening the mold, and then manually taking out the glass panel with a shovel or pliers, thus forming the glass panel.

[0065] Solution 5, the semi-automatic production includes manually loading material rods into the through holes of each robot arm, 1 inserting the material rod into the locking, unlocking device and the material dragging device in the robot arm, and leaking the required heating end of the material rod; 2 the robot arm is driven by a motor, chain, and gear to soften it by the required heating, and is placed in the clamping part between the movable mold and the fixed mold; 3 the motor-driven push rod of the clamping device drives the movable mold and the fixed mold to reciprocate, realizes the opening and closing of the mold, and forms the glass panel; 4 under the trajectory of the rotation of the robot arm around the fixed mold or the movable mold, the material rod drives the partially adhered glass panel to move out of the clamping part for the next softened material rod to enter; 5 when the moved glass panel reaches a certain stroke, it is intercepted by the convex wall, so that it is separated from the material rod at the local adhesion; 6 before the robot arm reaches the reheating, the clamp of the material dragging device synchronizes the displacement rhythm of the robot arm to clamp the material rod, drag out the required heated material rod length, and enter the next round.

[0066] Solution six, the semi-automatic production includes manually loading material rods into the through holes of each robot arm, 1 inserting the material rod into the locking, unlocking device and the material dragging device in the robot arm, and leaking the required heating end of the material rod; 2 the robot arm is driven by a motor, chain, and gear to soften it by the required heating, and is placed in the clamping part between the movable mold and the fixed mold; 3 the motor-driven push rod of the clamping device drives the movable mold and the fixed mold to reciprocate, realizes the opening and closing of the mold, and forms the glass panel; 4 under the trajectory of the robot arm rotating around the fixed mold or the movable mold, the material rod moves out of the clamping part and the glass panel falls off and falls into the storage part for the next softened material rod to enter; 5 before the robot arm moves to heat again, the clamp of the material dragging device synchronizes the displacement rhythm of the robot arm to clamp the material rod, drags out the required heated material rod length, and enters the next round.

[0067] Option seven, the semi-automatic production includes manually loading material rods into the through holes of each robot arm, 1 inserting the material rod into the locking, unlocking device and the material dragging device in the robot arm, and leaking the required heating end of the material rod; 2 the robot arm is driven by a motor, chain, and gear to soften it by the required heating, and is placed in the clamping part between the movable mold and the fixed mold; 3 the motor-driven push rod of the clamping device drives the movable mold and the fixed mold to reciprocate, realizes the opening and closing of the mold, and forms the glass panel; 4 under the trajectory of the robot arm rotating around the fixed mold or the movable mold, the material rod moves out of the clamping part and the glass panel is clamped, shoveled out or taken out by negative pressure by a manual tool clamp or shovel or the robot arm, so that the next softened material rod can enter; 5 before the robot arm moves to heat again, the clamp of the material dragging device synchronizes the displacement rhythm of the robot arm to clamp the material rod, drag out the required heated material rod length, and enter the next round.

[0068] Option 8: The fully automatic production is achieved by adding a robotic arm to load the filling rod device based on options 5, 6 and 7.

[0069] Option nine, the fully automatic production also includes the glass raw materials being melted by electromagnetic or flame, poured into at least one fixed mold cavity, and then manually or electrically closing and opening the movable mold to form the required glass panel, and then manually or mechanically clamping or shoveling out the glass panel or removing it under negative pressure.

[0070] The locking function is to limit the material rod in front of the material dragging device. In the mechanical arm, the locking device at least includes a conical tube and a spring for tightening the conical tube mouth. The spring squeezes the conical tube mouth to shrink and tighten the material rod.

[0071] The unlocking material rod device is used to remove the squeezing of the conical pipe mouth by the spring, thereby releasing the fastening of the conical pipe mouth to the material rod.

[0072] The dragging device is used to drag out the end of the material rod to be heated and the required length. The dragging includes at least a synchronous driving rod that connects the caliper to the mechanical arm, or also includes a spring or gear that realizes the opening and closing of the caliper, or also includes a synchronous driving rod driving motor.

[0073] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not limit the present invention in any way. Any simple modification, change and equivalent structural transformation made to the above embodiment based on the technical essence of the present invention still falls within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for forming a switch socket glass panel, characterized in that Casting method: (i) Casting mold for switch or socket glass panel shape structure; (ii) The glass material solution in the electromagnetic melting furnace or the furnace is poured into the fixed mold through a pipeline or directly, or the glass rod material is melted by heating and sent into the fixed mold by an electric robot arm or a manual robot arm, and then scraped flat by a scraping plate; (iii) After the glass panel of the switch socket solidifies, it is removed by a manual robot arm, gravity or electric robot arm, or at least two methods; (iv) The glass panels of switches and sockets may also include physical or chemical toughening; (v) glass panels of switches and sockets or including grinding, polishing, engraving, tempering, sandblasting, gluing, painting, hot stamping or any combination thereof; The casting mold cavity is one cavity or at least two cavities.

2. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to claim 1, characterized in that Or also includes a movable mold corresponding to the fixed mold, forming a die-casting method: (i) Die-casting mold for switch or socket glass panel shape structure; (ii) holding the rod by hand or by an electric manipulator and placing one end of the rod in a flame or electromagnetic heating unit for softening; (iii) Hold the unheated end of the material bar by hand or by an electric robot arm and place its softened end in the mold clamping area; (iv) one of manual, foot-operated, and electric mechanical arms or a combination thereof to drive the fixed mold and the movable mold to close the mold; (v) Manual, foot-operated, electric mechanical arm, return spring or spring, or a combination thereof, to drive the fixed mold and the movable mold to open the mold; (vi) manually or electrically operated mechanical arms move the material bar or the glass panel of the switch socket partially connected to the material bar out of the mold clamping position; Alternatively, a manual or electric mechanical arm moves the material bar out of the mold clamping position, and then the switch socket glass panel is moved out of the mold clamping position by a clamp, a shovel or a manual or electric mechanical arm; Alternatively, a manual or electric robot arm moves the material bar out of the mold clamping area, and the glass panel of the switch socket automatically falls off and falls into the storage part; (vii) The glass panel of the switch socket to which the material rod is partially connected is separated by a collision, and the material rod returns to the heating stage; (viii) The glass panels of switches and sockets after separation may also include physical or chemical toughening treatment; (viiii) glass panels of switches and sockets or including grinding, polishing, engraving, tempering, sandblasting, gluing, painting, hot stamping or any combination thereof; The die casting is one cavity or at least two cavities.

3. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that The shapes include rectangle, rhombus, circle, ellipse or a combination thereof.

4. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that The structure is a blind hole or a through hole in a rectangular, diamond, circular, elliptical or a combination thereof shape.

5. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to claim 4, characterized in that The blind hole or through hole may also include a blind hole or through hole with at least two steps.

6. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that The heating of the material includes any chemical reaction of natural gas, liquefied gas, hydrogen in the presence of oxygen or a catalyst; or Electromagnetic induction heating.

7. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that The material also includes any one of crystal, glass, and ceramic, and the ceramic also includes sintering.

8. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that The switch socket includes a wall switch, a wall socket or a switch reserved to replace a whiteboard, a wall socket, a mobile socket strip, a charger and a converter; or also includes a wall socket with a charging port, a mobile socket strip, a charger and a converter; The wall socket, mobile socket strip and converter also include a rotatable socket rotor for the neutral and live wire sockets; the switch includes at least one of a one-open switch, a two-open switch, a three-open switch, a four-open switch, a five-open switch and a six-open switch; The switch may also include any one of a socket jack, a charging jack, a lamp, and an intelligent control circuit module, or a combination of at least two of them; The socket may also include any one of a switch, a charging socket, a lamp, and an intelligent control circuit module, or a combination of at least two of them.

9. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that The robotic arm includes a motor-driven hinge connection; Or the motor directly drives the mechanical arm gear transmission; Or the motor drives the chain, which is then driven by the gears of the robot arm; Or the motor drives the chain, and the chain drives the robot arm gear to rotate around the toothed disc.

10. The method for forming a switch socket glass panel according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that Physical tempering of the glass panel may also include setting air cooling or liquid cooling when the product is cooled.

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