CN106638558A - High-pressure jet grouting device for civil engineering - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a high-pressure jet grouting device for civil engineering and aims at solving the problems that in the prior art, the occupied space of a grouting device is large, and operation is not convenient. The high-pressure jet grouting device comprises a pressurizing mechanism installed on a support. The pressurizing mechanism comprises a three-way pipe. The inlet end of the three-way pipe is connected with a feeding box and an air compressor in parallel. The outlet end of the three-way pipe is connected with a nozzle. The high-pressure jet grouting device further comprises a displacement control mechanism controlling the position of the nozzle. The high-pressure jet grouting device for civil engineering has the beneficial effects that the human labor intensity is lowered, and manual adjustment is facilitated due to the arrangement of wheels; an automatic control manner is adopted for controlling the nozzle to move, the moving stroke is large, positioning is accurate, and the labor intensity of workers is lowered; the service life of parts is prolonged; the feeding speed and feeding pressure of sizing are controllable, and adjustment can be conducted at any time in the production process.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to civil engineering technology apparatus field, specially a kind of civil engineering high pressure jet grouting device.
Background technology
High pressure jet grouting is exactly to utilize drill hole of drilling machine, and the Grouting Pipe with nozzle is inserted to behind the precalculated position of soil layer,
Make slurries become the high-pressure spray of more than 20Mpa with high-tension apparatus, the impact failure soil body is ejected from nozzle.Part is tiny
Earth material emerge the water surface with slurries, remaining grogs under the effect such as centrifugal force and gravity, is stirred in the impulsive force of injection stream with slurries
Mixing is mixed, and is regularly rearranged in certain puddled soil ratio.After grout cures, just formed in soil induration with
Inter-pile soil constitutes together composite foundation, so as to improve foundation bearing capacity, reduces the deformation of ground, reaches the purpose of foundation stabilization.
The improvement of the technique effect is focused mostly at this stage in the structure of borer drill rod to reduce the pressure loss of pulp.
Also there is technical staff to propose to improve to grouting device, such as in published Chinese patent literature, Publication No.
CN105442607A, the entitled civil engineering patent document of high pressure jet grouting device assembly, discloses a kind of carrying and adds
The design of press mechanism, rabbling mechanism, so as to have devised a kind of simple structure setting for high-pressure injection effect can be realized
It is standby.
But, the equipment in the technology is adapted to large-scale building site mostly, takes up an area big high cost, while needing many people to coordinate jointly
Cooperation can just complete work.
The content of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is exactly to solve the problems, such as that it is constant that grouting device of the prior art takes up an area big, operation.
To solve the above problems, the concrete scheme of the present invention is:
Design a kind of civil engineering high pressure jet grouting device, including rack-mount pressing mechanism, the pressuring machine
Structure includes three-way pipe, and the arrival end of the three-way pipe is parallel with feed tank and air compressor, and the port of export is connected with shower nozzle, the height
Pressure jet groutinl device also includes the Bit andits control mechanism of the control nozzle position.
Preferably, the stripper plate of extruded material is provided with the feed tank and the stripper plate vertical direction displacement is driven
Feed dynamical element, the feed dynamical element includes the second motor, is installed on the driven pulley of the second motor output end,
Screw rod is installed, the screw rod forms feed screw nut and coordinates with the stripper plate on the driven pulley.
Preferably, the Bit andits control mechanism includes the slide rail being arranged on support bar, forms moving sets with slide rail and is connected
Head cartridge, drive the control dynamical element that move on slide rail of head cartridge, control dynamical element is including the
One motor and the gear on the first motor output shaft, the slide rail is provided with the tooth bar being engaged with the gear.
Preferably, the head cartridge includes mounting spray head crossbeam, the gate connecting rod at crossbeam two ends is installed on, described
The top of gate connecting rod is provided with and is engaged and plays the directive wheel of position-limiting action in the slide rail both sides, the slide rail it is transversal
Face is in I shape.
Preferably, support includes column and the support bar above column, and below the column roller is provided with.
Preferably, elastic component is provided with the shower nozzle, the elastic component one end is fixed in shower nozzle, and the other end is provided with buffering
Baffle plate.
Preferably, the cushioning fender and feeding mouth are in 30~60 ° of angles.
Preferably, the support bar is set in the column, and the support bar is provided with tooth bar, height adjusting unit bag
Include and form the regulation gear that rack-and-pinion coordinates with the ratchet wheel.
Preferably, support bar is door frame shape, and at the flex point of the door frame shape reinforcing plate is provided with.
The present invention Advantageous Effects be:
(1)Civil engineering high pressure jet grouting device assembly, by machinery artificial means are replaced, and reduce manual labor strong
Degree, by the setting of roller, can go movement by workman, be easy to manual adjustment;
(2)The movement of shower nozzle is controlled using the control mode of automation, shift motion is big, registration, reduce workman's work strong
Degree;
(3)The pressure loss of slurry is little in whole process, while the porch of shower nozzle increased buffer unit, elongated component
Service life;
(4)The charging rate and feed pressure of slurry is controllable, is easy to adjust at any time in process of production.
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Fig. 1 is the main view direction schematic diagram of present configuration;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of head cartridge part of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of shower nozzle part of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of feed tank part of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of support bar of the present invention and column portion;
Each component names in figure:1. column;2. roller;3. support bar;4. reinforcing plate;5. guide plate;6. slide rail;7. tooth bar;8. spray
Head bracket;9 first motors;10. shower nozzle;11. three-way pipes;12. wooden handcarts;13. feed tanks;14. second motors;15. air compress
Machine;16. crossbeams;17. directive wheels;18. joints;19. elastic components;20. cushioning fenders;21. adpting flanges;22. feeding mouths;23.
Screw rod;24. stripper plates;25. base plates;26. driven pulleys;27. height adjusting units.
Specific embodiment
Embodiment 1:A kind of civil engineering high pressure jet grouting device, it is referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 including rack-mount
Pressing mechanism, pressing mechanism includes three-way pipe 11, and the arrival end of the three-way pipe 11 is parallel with feed tank 13 and air compressor
15, the port of export is connected with shower nozzle 10, and high pressure jet grouting device also includes the Bit andits control mechanism of control shower nozzle 10 position.
The stripper plate 24 that extruded material is provided with feed tank 13 and the feed for driving the vertical direction displacement of stripper plate 24 use dynamic
Power element, feed dynamical element includes the second motor 14, is installed on the driven pulley 26 of the output end of the second motor 14, driven belt
Screw rod 23 is installed, screw rod 23 forms feed screw nut and coordinates with stripper plate 24 on wheel 26.
Bit andits control mechanism includes the slide rail 6 being arranged on support bar 3, and with slide rail 6 shower nozzle that moving sets are connected is formed
The control dynamical element that frame 8, drive head cartridge 8 are moved on slide rail 6, control includes the He of the first motor 9 with dynamical element
Gear on the first motor output shaft, slide rail 6 is provided with the tooth bar 7 being engaged with gear.
Head cartridge 8 includes mounting spray head crossbeam 16, the gate connecting rod at the two ends of crossbeam 16 is installed on, in gate connecting rod
Top is provided with and is engaged and plays the directive wheel 17 of position-limiting action in slide rail both sides, and the cross section of slide rail 6 is in I shape.
Support includes column 1 and the support bar 3 installed in the top of column 1, and the lower section of column 1 is provided with roller 2.
Elastic component is provided with shower nozzle 10, the one end of elastic component 19 is fixed in shower nozzle 10, and the other end is provided with cushioning fender
20。
Cushioning fender is in 30 to 60 ° of inclination angles with feeding mouth.In the present embodiment, 25 degree of inclination angle, and it is good with peripheral sealing.
Support bar 3 is set in column 1, and support bar 3 is provided with tooth bar, and height adjusting unit includes forming tooth with ratchet wheel
The regulation gear that wheel tooth bar coordinates.In the course of work, the height of bracing frame can be adjusted.
Support bar 3 is door frame shape, and reinforcing plate 4 is provided with the flex point of the door frame shape.
In the present embodiment, the first motor 9 and the second motor 14 are threephase asynchronous, can rotate and reverse, side
Just left and right up and down adjusting shower nozzle 10 and stripper plate 24, and the rated revolution of the first motor is 500 rpms, the volume of the second motor
Revolution is determined for 1000 rpms.The right side wall of shower nozzle 10 is connected with joint 18, and joint 18 is by screw and a left side for three-way pipe 11
End connector connects, and the inner cavity top of shower nozzle 10 is provided with elastic component 19, and the bottom of elastic component 19 is provided with baffle plate 20, and baffle plate 20
Bottom scribble nickel cobalt wearing layer, the service life of cushioning fender 20, elastic component 19 is alloyed steel elastic part, and elastic component 19
Design parameter is:External diameter 5cm, internal diameter 4cm, coefficient of elasticity is 6, and this kind of elasticity of elastic component 19 is moderate.
The present embodiment includes two groups of columns 1, and the bottom of column 1 is provided with roller 2, and the top of column 1 is plugged with support bar
3, the left and right two ends of the bottom of support bar 3 have been connected by screw reinforcing plate 4, and the center of the bottom of support bar 3 is provided with leads
Plate 5, the outer wall of guide plate 5 is provided with slide rail 6, and the bottom of guide plate 5 is provided with tooth bar 7, and the bottom of guide plate 5 is connected with spray by slide rail 6
Head bracket 8, the bottom of the inner chamber of head cartridge 8 is provided with the first motor 9, and the outer wall of the output shaft of the first motor 9 is socketed with and tooth
The gear of the adaptation connection of bar 7, the bottom of head cartridge 8 is provided with shower nozzle 10, and the right side wall of shower nozzle 10 is provided with three-way pipe 11, stands
The right side of post 1 is connected with wooden handcart 12, and the top left of wooden handcart 12 is provided with feed tank 13, the top left of feed tank 13 and threeway
One joint connection of the right-hand member of pipe 11, the right side of feed tank 13 is provided with the second motor 14, and the right side of the second motor 14 is provided with
Air compressor 15, and the air outlet of air compressor 15 is connected with another joint of the right-hand member of three-way pipe 11, head cartridge 8
Bottom is horizontally installed with two groups of crossbeams 16, and two groups of crossbeams 16 are connected respectively by screw with the first motor 9 and shower nozzle 10, shower nozzle
The top of support 8 is connected with four groups of directive wheels 17 by bearing pin, and directive wheel 17 is connected with the adaptation of slide rail 6, the bottom of feed tank 13
Left and right two ends be respectively arranged with adpting flange 21 and feeding mouth 22, feed tank 13 is connect by adpting flange 21 and three-way pipe 11
Head connection, is provided with screw rod 23 at the top of the inner chamber of feed tank 13, and the bottom of screw rod is connected with the intracavity bottom of feed tank 13, spiral shell
The outer wall of bar 23 is socketed with stripper plate 24 and base plate 25, and base plate 25 is located at the bottom of stripper plate 24, edge and the confession of base plate 25
The inwall of hopper 13 is fixedly connected, and the inwall of the middle through-hole of stripper plate 24 is provided with the internal thread being connected with the adaptation of screw rod 23,
The bottom of the outer wall of screw rod 23 is socketed with driven pulley 26, and driven pulley 26 is by the active on belt and the output shaft of the second motor 14
Belt wheel connects.
Operation principle:When using, the setting of roller 2 facilitates the movement of the device, and by artificial passage column 1 slip casting is caused
Push ahead, the setting of reinforcing plate 4 strengthens the structural strength of support bar 3, the first motor 9 output shaft rotates and reverse band respectively
Dynamic output shaft gear is rotated and reverse, and wheel and rack 7 is engaged so that the first motor of gear driven 9 and head cartridge 8
Move to left or move to right, the cooperation of directive wheel 17 and slide rail 6 reduces head cartridge 8 and moves to left or move to right the frictional force with guide plate 5,
Second motor 14 is rotated forward and drives driven pulley 26 to rotate forward, and driven pulley 26 drives screw rod 23 to rotate forward, and screw rod 23 passes through screw thread and squeezes
Pressing plate 24 coordinates, and so as to stripper plate 24 rises, stripper plate 24 is extruded the raw material inside feed tank 13, and raw material is from connection method
Outlet at blue 21 sprays, and in the presence of air compressor 15, raw material enters into shower nozzle with pressure-air from three-way pipe 11
In 10, the effect of baffle plate 20 and elastic component 19 plays cushioning effect to the raw material of high speed, so as to raw material sprays from the bottom of shower nozzle 10
Go out.
Although an embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described, for the ordinary skill in the art, can be with
Understanding can carry out various changes, modification, replacement to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention
And modification, the scope of the present invention be defined by the appended.
Claims (9)
1. a kind of civil engineering high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:Including rack-mount pressing mechanism, institute
Pressing mechanism is stated including three-way pipe, the arrival end of the three-way pipe is parallel with feed tank and air compressor, and the port of export is connected with spray
Head, the high pressure jet grouting device also includes the Bit andits control mechanism of the control nozzle position.
2. civil engineering as claimed in claim 1 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:It is provided with the feed tank
The stripper plate of extruded material and the feed dynamical element of the drive stripper plate vertical direction displacement, feed power unit
Part includes the second motor, is installed on the driven pulley of the second motor output end, and screw rod, the spiral shell are provided with the driven pulley
Bar forms feed screw nut and coordinates with the stripper plate.
3. civil engineering as claimed in claim 1 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:The Bit andits control mechanism
Including the slide rail on support bar, the head cartridge being connected with slide rail formation moving sets, drive head cartridge are on slide rail
Mobile control dynamical element, control dynamical element includes the first motor and on the first motor output shaft
Gear, the slide rail is provided with the tooth bar being engaged with the gear.
4. civil engineering as claimed in claim 3 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:The head cartridge includes
Mounting spray head crossbeam, is installed on the gate connecting rod at crossbeam two ends, is provided with the slide rail on the top of the gate connecting rod
Both sides are engaged and play the directive wheel of position-limiting action, and the cross section of the slide rail is in I shape.
5. civil engineering as claimed in claim 1 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:The support includes column
Support bar with above column, below the column roller is provided with.
6. civil engineering as claimed in claim 5 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:The support bar is set in
In the column, the support bar is provided with tooth bar, and height adjusting unit includes that forming rack-and-pinion with the ratchet wheel coordinates
Regulation gear.
7. civil engineering as claimed in claim 5 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:The support bar is door frame
Shape, at the flex point of the door frame shape reinforcing plate is provided with.
8. civil engineering as claimed in claim 1 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:Bullet is provided with the shower nozzle
Property part, the elastic component one end is fixed in shower nozzle, and the other end is provided with cushioning fender.
9. civil engineering as claimed in claim 8 high pressure jet grouting device, it is characterised in that:The cushioning fender with enter
Material mouth is in 30~60 ° of angles.
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