CN108654186B - Environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device - Google Patents

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CN108654186B
CN108654186B CN201810561658.8A CN201810561658A CN108654186B CN 108654186 B CN108654186 B CN 108654186B CN 201810561658 A CN201810561658 A CN 201810561658A CN 108654186 B CN108654186 B CN 108654186B
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The invention discloses an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device which comprises a base, a filtering box, a swinging filtering box, a first driving motor, a rotary filtering cylinder, a second driving motor, a special-shaped gear and a liquid outlet. Through indirect drive swing rose box horizontal hunting, thereby further improve filterable speed through swing rose box horizontal hunting, can improve the flow rate of liquid moreover, avoid taking place the condition in liquid plugged hole, thereby filter through secondary centrifugation rotation and improve filterable speed and filterable effect greatly, compare simple static filtration, filter cycle is shorter, does benefit to production.

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Environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of wastewater filtration, in particular to an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device.
Background
The industrial wastewater comprises production wastewater, production sewage and cooling water, and refers to wastewater and waste liquid generated in the industrial production process, wherein the wastewater and the waste liquid contain industrial production materials, intermediate products, byproducts and pollutants generated in the production process, which are lost along with water. The industrial wastewater has various types and complex components. For example, the electrolytic salt industrial wastewater contains mercury, the heavy metal smelting industrial wastewater contains various metals such as lead, cadmium and the like, the electroplating industrial wastewater contains various heavy metals such as cyanide, chromium and the like, the petroleum refining industrial wastewater contains phenol, the pesticide manufacturing industrial wastewater contains various pesticides and the like, so preliminary filtration is needed during discharge, the conventional filtration device only carries out filtration once, the filtration effect is poor, and meanwhile, during the filtration process, the conventional static filtration speed is slow, and the requirements cannot be met.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device to solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device comprises a base, a filtering box, a swinging filtering box, a first driving motor, a rotary filtering barrel, a second driving motor, a special-shaped gear and a liquid outlet, the left side and the right side of the upper surface of the base are symmetrically provided with supporting plates which are fixedly arranged on the base through screws, the base is provided with a filter box, the filter box is fixedly connected with the base through bolts, a lower bracket is horizontally arranged in the filter box, a swinging seat is arranged on the lower bracket, a swinging filter box is rotatably arranged on the swinging seat, the inner wall of the filter box is also provided with a liquid guide plate, the surface of the liquid guide plate is an inclined plane, the bottom of the filter box is provided with a sealing shell, a first driving motor is fixedly installed inside the sealing shell, an output shaft of the first driving motor is vertically upward and penetrates out of the sealing shell, and the upper end of the output shaft of the first driving motor is also fixedly connected with a rotary filter cylinder; the upper end of the supporting plate is provided with a transverse plate, the supporting plate and the transverse plate are connected through self-tapping screws, the left side and the right side of the upper surface of the transverse plate are symmetrically provided with supporting frames, the upper side of each supporting frame is welded with a sliding frame, the lower side of each sliding frame is provided with a sliding frame in a sliding mode, the upper side and the lower side of each sliding frame are provided with tooth parts, the lower side of each sliding frame is also fixedly provided with a second driving motor, the output shaft of each second driving motor forwards and extends into the corresponding sliding frame, the output shaft of each second driving motor is provided with a special-shaped gear in an interference fit mode in the corresponding sliding frame, the tooth parts on the special-shaped gear can be meshed with the tooth parts on the upper side and the lower side of the corresponding sliding frame, the left end and the right end of, the lower end of the upper bracket is welded on the transverse plate, the top end of the sliding rod is provided with a stop block, a reset spring is connected between the stop block and the sliding sleeve, the transverse plate is further provided with two groups of connecting rods in a sliding manner, the upper ends of the connecting rods are rotatably provided with pulleys, the upper ends of the connecting rods and the transverse plate are also provided with a connecting spring, the lower ends of the connecting rods stretch into the inside of the filter box and are hinged to the outer side of the swinging filter box, and the connecting.
As a further scheme of the invention: and a liquid inlet is formed in the middle of the upper part of the filter box and is connected with an external industrial wastewater conveying device.
As a still further scheme of the invention: the bottom of the swing filter box is provided with a filter screen, the filter screen is provided with circular filter holes, and the aperture of each filter hole is 7-8 mm.
As a still further scheme of the invention: the first driving motor is rotatably connected with the shell of the sealing shell through a bearing.
As a still further scheme of the invention: the top of the rotary filter cylinder is open, filter holes are formed in the periphery of the rotary filter cylinder, and the filter holes of the rotary filter cylinder are circular through holes with the aperture of 7-8 mm.
As a still further scheme of the invention: a tooth part is arranged in a quarter area on the outer circle of the special-shaped gear.
As a still further scheme of the invention: the inclined plane of the lower side of the special-shaped sliding block is in an inverted V shape.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: thereby rotate through the second driving motor and drive the slip frame horizontal slip, thereby remove through the slip frame and remove and drive the removal about the dysmorphism slider, thereby because the dysmorphism slider lower surface is for falling "V" type, thereby make the connecting rod of both sides respectively "one on the other" motion, indirectly drive swing rose box horizontal hunting, thereby further improve filterable speed through swing rose box horizontal hunting, and can improve the flow rate of liquid, avoid taking place the condition in liquid shutoff hole, through the filterable medical waste water of preliminary swing in the drain board enters into rotatory cartridge filter, then rotate through rotatory cartridge filter, utilize the effect of centrifugal force to carry out secondary filter with waste water, thereby improve filterable speed and filterable effect greatly through secondary centrifugation spin filter, compare simple static filtration, the filter cycle is shorter, do benefit to production.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a top view of a swing filter box in an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a three-dimensional structure of a rotary filter cartridge in an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device.
In the figure: 1-base, 2-supporting plate, 3-filter tank, 4-liquid inlet, 5-lower support, 6-swing seat, 7-swing filter tank, 8-liquid guide plate, 9-sealing shell, 10-first driving motor, 11-rotary filter cartridge, 12-transverse plate, 13-support frame, 14-carriage, 15-sliding frame, 16-second driving motor, 17-special-shaped gear, 18-special-shaped slide block, 19-sliding rod, 20-sliding sleeve, 21-reset spring, 22-upper support, 23-connecting rod, 24-pulley and 25-liquid outlet.
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The technical solution of the present patent will be described in further detail with reference to the following embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1-3, an environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device comprises a base 1, a filtering tank 3, a swinging filtering tank 7, a first driving motor 10, a rotary filtering tank 11, a second driving motor 16, a special-shaped gear 17 and a liquid outlet 25, wherein supporting plates 2 are symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the upper surface of the base 1, the supporting plates 2 are fixedly mounted on the base 1 through screws, the filtering tank 3 is arranged on the base 1, the filtering tank 3 is fixedly connected with the base 1 through bolts, a liquid inlet 4 is formed in the middle of the upper portion of the filtering tank 3, the liquid inlet 4 is connected with an external industrial wastewater conveying device, a lower support 5 is horizontally arranged in the filtering tank 3, a swing seat 6 is arranged on the lower support 5, the swinging filtering tank 7 is rotatably mounted on the swing seat 6, the swinging filtering tank 7 can swing left and right on the swing seat 6, a filtering screen, the filter screen is provided with circular filter holes, the aperture of each filter hole is 7-8mm, the inner wall of the filter box 3 is further provided with a liquid guide plate 8, the surface of the liquid guide plate 8 is an inclined plane, the bottom of the filter box 3 is provided with a sealing shell 9, a first driving motor 10 is fixedly mounted inside the sealing shell 9, an output shaft of the first driving motor 10 is vertically upward, an output shaft of the first driving motor 10 penetrates out of the sealing shell 9, the first driving motor 10 is rotatably connected with a machine shell of the sealing shell 9 through a bearing, the bearing can also play a sealing role, the upper end of the output shaft of the first driving motor 10 is further fixedly connected with a rotary filter cartridge 11, the top of the rotary filter cartridge 11 is open, filter holes are formed in the periphery of the rotary filter cartridge 11, and the filter holes of the rotary filter cartridge 11 are circular through holes and the aperture of the circular through holes is 5.
The upper end of the supporting plate 2 is provided with a transverse plate 12, the supporting plate 2 is connected with the transverse plate 12 through self-tapping screws, supporting frames 13 are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the transverse plate 12, a sliding frame 14 is welded on the upper side of the supporting frame 13, a sliding frame 15 is slidably arranged on the lower side of the sliding frame 14, the sliding frame 15 can slide left and right, tooth parts are arranged on the upper and lower sides inside the sliding frame 15, a second driving motor 16 is fixedly arranged on the lower side of the sliding frame 14, an output shaft of the second driving motor 16 extends forwards into the sliding frame 15, a special-shaped gear 17 is arranged on the output shaft of the second driving motor 16 in an interference fit manner inside the sliding frame 15, the tooth part is arranged in the upper quarter region of the excircle of the special-shaped gear 17, the tooth part on the special-shaped gear 17 can be meshed with the tooth parts on the upper and lower, the left end and the right end of the special-shaped sliding block 18 are both in threaded connection with a sliding rod 19, the sliding rod 19 is further arranged inside a sliding sleeve 20 in a sliding mode, the lower side of the sliding sleeve 20 is connected with an upper support 22 through a screw, the lower end of the upper support 22 is welded on the transverse plate 12, the top end of the sliding rod 19 is provided with a stop block, a return spring 21 is connected between the stop block and the sliding sleeve 20, when the second driving motor 16 starts to rotate through electrification, the second driving motor 16 drives the special-shaped gear 17 to start to rotate clockwise, when the special-shaped gear 17 rotates, the stop block is meshed with the tooth part on the lower side of the sliding frame 15, the sliding frame 15 is driven to slide leftwards, when the special-shaped gear 17 does not contact with the tooth parts on the upper side and the lower side of the sliding frame 15, under the action of the return spring 21, the sliding frame 15 returns to the original, the sliding frame 15 is driven to slide to the right, and the second driving motor 16 rotates to drive the sliding frame 15 to slide to the left and right.
Still slidable mounting has two sets of connecting rods 23 on the diaphragm 12, and connecting rod 23 upper end rotates installs pulley 24, still connects the spring between connecting rod 23 upper end and the diaphragm 12, connecting rod 23 lower extreme stretches into the inside of rose box 3 and articulates in the outside of swing rose box 7, sliding connection between connecting rod 23 and the rose box 3.
The working principle of the invention is as follows: when industrial wastewater needs to be filtered, the industrial wastewater is added into the filter box 3 through the liquid inlet 4 and then falls into the filter box 3, when the second driving motor 16 is electrified to enable the second driving motor 16 to start rotating, the second driving motor 16 drives the special-shaped gear 17 to start rotating clockwise, when the special-shaped gear 17 is meshed with the tooth part on the lower side of the sliding frame 15 in the rotating process, the sliding frame 15 is driven to slide leftwards, the special-shaped slide block 18 is driven to slide leftwards when the sliding frame 15 slides leftwards, when the special-shaped gear 17 is not in contact with the tooth parts on the upper side and the lower side of the sliding frame 15, the sliding frame 15 returns to the original position under the action of the reset spring 21, then when the special-shaped gear 17 is meshed with the tooth part on the upper side of the sliding frame 15, the sliding frame 15 is driven to slide rightwards, so that the sliding frame 15 is driven to slide leftwards by the rotation, because special-shaped slider 18 lower surface is "V" type down, thereby make the connecting rod 23 of both sides respectively "one on the other" motion, indirectly drive swing rose box 7 horizontal hunting, thereby further improve filterable speed through swing rose box 7 horizontal hunting, and can improve the flow rate of liquid, avoid taking place the condition in liquid shutoff hole, through the filterable medical waste water of preliminary swing in leading liquid board 8 gets into rotatory cartridge filter 11, then rotate through rotatory cartridge filter 11, utilize the effect of centrifugal force to carry out secondary filter with waste water, thereby improve filterable speed and filterable effect greatly through the rotatory filtration of secondary centrifugation, compare simple static filtration, the filter cycle is shorter, do benefit to production.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present patent have been described in detail, the present patent is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present patent within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides an environment-friendly industrial waste water high efficiency filter equipment, includes base (1), rose box (3), swing rose box (7), first driving motor (10), rotation filter section of thick bamboo (11), second driving motor (16), special-shaped gear (17) and liquid outlet (25), its characterized in that: the left side and the right side of the upper surface of the base (1) are symmetrically provided with supporting plates (2), the supporting plates (2) are fixedly installed on the base (1) through screws, the base (1) is provided with a filter box (3), the filter box (3) is fixedly connected with the base (1) through bolts, a lower support (5) is horizontally arranged inside the filter box (3), a swing seat (6) is arranged on the lower support (5), a swing filter box (7) is rotatably installed on the swing seat (6), the inner wall of the filter box (3) is further provided with a liquid guide plate (8), the surface of the liquid guide plate (8) is an inclined plane, the bottom of the filter box (3) is provided with a sealing shell (9), a first driving motor (10) is fixedly installed inside the sealing shell (9), the output shaft of the first driving motor (10) vertically faces upwards, and the output shaft of the first driving motor (10) penetrates out of the sealing shell (9), the upper end of the output shaft of the first driving motor (10) is also fixedly connected with a rotary filter cylinder (11); the automatic transmission mechanism is characterized in that a transverse plate (12) is arranged at the upper end of the supporting plate (2), the supporting plate (2) is connected with the transverse plate (12) through self-tapping screws, supporting frames (13) are symmetrically arranged on the left and right of the upper surface of the transverse plate (12), a sliding frame (14) is welded on the upper side of each supporting frame (13), a sliding frame (15) is slidably arranged on the lower side of the sliding frame (14), the sliding frame (15) can slide left and right on the sliding frame (14), tooth parts are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the inside of the sliding frame (15), a second driving motor (16) is fixedly arranged on the lower side of the sliding frame (14), an output shaft of the second driving motor (16) forwards extends into the inside of the sliding frame (15), a special-shaped gear (17) is arranged on the output shaft of the sliding frame (15) in an interference fit mode, the lower side of the sliding frame (15) is welded with a special-shaped sliding block (18), the left end and the right end of the special-shaped sliding block (18) are both in threaded connection with a sliding rod (19), the sliding rod (19) is also arranged in the sliding sleeve (20) in a sliding way, the lower side of the sliding sleeve (20) is connected with an upper bracket (22) through a screw, the lower end of the upper bracket (22) is welded on the transverse plate (12), a stop block is arranged at the top end of the sliding rod (19), a return spring (21) is connected between the stop block and the sliding sleeve (20), two groups of connecting rods (23) are also slidably arranged on the transverse plate (12), pulleys (24) are rotatably arranged at the upper ends of the connecting rods (23), springs are also connected between the upper ends of the connecting rods (23) and the transverse plate (12), the lower end of the connecting rod (23) extends into the inside of the filter box (3) and is hinged to the outer side of the swinging filter box (7), and the connecting rod (23) is connected with the filter box (3) in a sliding mode.
2. The environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: a liquid inlet (4) is formed in the middle of the upper portion of the filter box (3), and the liquid inlet (4) is connected with an external industrial wastewater conveying device.
3. The environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: a filter screen is arranged at the bottom of the swing filter box (7), a circular filter hole is formed in the filter screen, and the aperture of the filter hole is 7-8 mm.
4. The environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the first driving motor (10) is rotatably connected with the shell of the sealing shell (9) through a bearing.
5. The environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the top of the rotary filter cartridge (11) is open, filter holes are formed in the periphery of the rotary filter cartridge (11), and the filter holes of the rotary filter cartridge (11) are circular through holes with the aperture of 5-6 mm.
6. The environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: a tooth part is arranged in a quarter area on the excircle of the special-shaped gear (17).
7. The environment-friendly industrial wastewater high-efficiency filtering device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: the inclined plane of the lower side of the special-shaped sliding block (18) is in an inverted V shape.
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