CN208334081U - A kind of PVC pipe pressure device - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of PVC pipe pressure devices, including workbench, pressure pump, supporting plate, hydraulic pump, cabinet is provided with above the workbench, the box house is provided with controller, the controller is internally provided with timing chip, the timing chip is electrically connected with the controller, the timing chip is provided with the hydraulic pump far from the side of the controller, the hydraulic pump is electrically connected with the controller, and the hydraulic pump is provided with fuel tank far from the side of the timing chip.Beneficial effect is: using the locking devices such as locking tube, plug, locking nut, sealing effect when test can be made more preferable, also improve the working efficiency of detection, use exhaust valve and pressure detecting meter, the air water detection effect that can be emptied in testing tube is more acurrate, it using thermostats such as water tank, heating tube, temperature sensors, can repeatedly test, improve the accuracy of test result.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to tubing to suppress field, more particularly to a kind of PVC pipe pressure device.
Background technique
PVC material is one of maximum plastic product of yield in the world, has good heat resistance, toughness and ductility etc.
Advantage not available for other materials, while being also a kind of ep-type material, and deep by quarry U.S. valence with cheap price
Honest and clean consumer has deep love for.PVC pipe is needed before factory and when using as a kind of materials in the tube building materials widely loved by the majority of consumers
Bulge test is carried out to product, the no satisfaction of the physical characteristic of testing product install and use requirements, and in the market common beats
, often there is drainage when in use in pressure device, detection pipe one end blocking device, and leakproofness is not strong, while meeting in testing tube
There is air to be not clean, influence test result, while some is using one end of hot melting way jam detection pipe, so that operating process
Extremely troublesome, detection efficiency is low, and can not test different temperatures influences tubing, keeps test result inaccurate.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is that solve the above-mentioned problems and provides a kind of PVC pipe pressure device, this reality
Make the better tightness of PVC pipe pressure device using devices such as clamping device, thermostat and exhaust valves with novel, imitates
Faster, test effect is accurate for rate.
The utility model achieves the above object through the following technical schemes:
A kind of PVC pipe pressure device, including workbench, pressure pump, supporting plate, hydraulic pump, the workbench top are set
It is equipped with cabinet, the box house is provided with controller, the model CLIMATIXDH of the controller, inside the controller
It is provided with timing chip, the model DS1672 of the timing chip, the timing chip is electrically connected with the controller, described
Timing chip is provided with the hydraulic pump far from the side of the controller, and the hydraulic pump is electrically connected with the controller, institute
It states hydraulic pump and the side of the timing chip is provided with fuel tank, the fuel tank is provided with water far from the side of the hydraulic pump
Case, the water tank are internally provided with temperature sensor, the model PT100 of the temperature sensor, the temperature sensor with
The controller electrical connection, the temperature sensor side are provided with heating tube, and the heating tube is electrically connected with the controller,
The water tank is provided with the pressure pump far from the side of the fuel tank, and the pressure pump is electrically connected with the controller,
The pressure pump is provided with pressurizing adaptor far from the side of the water tank, and display screen, the display are provided on the cabinet
Screen is electrically connected with the controller, is provided with key below the display screen, the key is electrically connected with the controller, described
Key side is provided with button, and the button is electrically connected with the controller, and the cabinet front is provided with the supporting plate, described
Supporting plate front is provided with compression hydraulic cylinder, and rubber block is provided in the compression hydraulic cylinder, is provided with pressure on the rubber block
The type of sensor, the pressure sensor is ZNHM, and the pressure sensor is electrically connected with the controller, the clamping hydraulic
Cylinder side is provided with sliding rail, and the compression hydraulic cylinder other side is provided with the first locking tube, setting on the inside of first locking tube
There is a testing tube, the testing tube is internally provided with plug, is provided with the first locking nut on the outside of first locking tube, and described the
One locking tube is provided with fixed block far from the side of the compression hydraulic cylinder, is provided with the second support arm below the fixed block,
The fixed block is provided with pressure detecting meter, the model of the pressure detecting meter far from the side of first locking tube
Y100 is provided with exhaust valve on the pressure detecting meter, and movable plate, setting above the movable plate are provided with above the sliding rail
There is the first support arm, the second locking tube is provided with above first support arm, is provided with second on the outside of second locking tube
Locking nut, the movable plate side are provided with promotion hydraulic cylinder, are provided with supporting leg below the workbench.
In above structure, when using pressure device, external power supply is connected, pressing the button starts device, first
One end of the testing tube is inserted into second locking tube, and by second locking nut screwing, the then promotion
Hydraulic cylinder works make the movable plate to the first locking in-pipe, match the testing tube other end with the plug
It closes, then by first locking nut screwing, the promotion hydraulic cylinder stopping at this time being acted, and the compression hydraulic cylinder starts work
Make to clamp the testing tube, and detects the size of clamping force at this time by the pressure sensor, and be maintained at the range of setting
It is interior, the exhaust valve and the pressure pump are opened, test water is entered in the testing tube by the pressurizing adaptor, by air
Discharge closes the exhaust valve when the exhaust valve has test water outflow, is worked by described by controller described in key control,
The pressure detecting meter detects water pressure in the testing tube, interval time is set using the timing chip, in setting
The size that hydraulic pressure is kept in ladder interval time, increases then as the time and is continuously increased water pressure, until the testing tube
Explosion records test pressure at this time, completes pvc pipe bulge test, then removes the testing tube, reset device, then
Making the heating tube heating test water, the temperature sensor detects the temperature in the water tank, and records the temperature of test water,
Pvc pipe bulge test is carried out again, until the test of multiple temperature steps is completed.
In order to further increase the detection accuracy of PVC pipe pressure device, first support arm and the movable plate are welded
It connects, first support arm is H font, and setting in this way helps to fix second locking tube, improves detection accuracy.
In order to further increase the detection accuracy of PVC pipe pressure device, first locking tube and first locking
Nut is connected through a screw thread, and setting in this way helps further to step up the testing tube, improves detection accuracy, the rubber block
Nian Jie with the compression hydraulic cylinder, setting in this way helps that the testing tube is protected not to be damaged.
In order to further increase the detection accuracy of PVC pipe pressure device, the sliding rail is slidably connected with the movable plate,
Setting helps further to clamp the testing tube in this way, improves detection accuracy, and the key is embedded on the cabinet, this
Sample setting helps to fix the key position.
In order to further increase the detection accuracy of PVC pipe pressure device, second locking tube and the testing tube mistake
It is full of connection, setting in this way helps further to clamp the testing tube, improves detection accuracy, the material of second locking tube
For copper, copper has good toughness, and setting in this way helps to protect the testing tube.
In order to further increase the detection accuracy of PVC pipe pressure device, the promotion hydraulic cylinder and the movable plate are welded
It connects, setting in this way helps further to clamp the testing tube, improves detection accuracy, the pressurizing adaptor and second lock
The leakproofness that tight pipe interference connection, in this way setting help to improve the pressurizing adaptor Yu second locking tube.
In order to further increase the detection accuracy of PVC pipe pressure device, second support arm and the fixed block are welded
It connects, second support arm is Y-shaped, and setting in this way helps further to clamp the testing tube, improves detection accuracy.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
1, using locking devices such as locking tube, plug, locking nuts, sealing effect when test can be made more preferable, also mentioned
The high working efficiency of detection;
2, using exhaust valve and pressure detecting meter, the air water detection effect that can be emptied in testing tube is more acurrate;
3, it using thermostats such as water tank, heating tube, temperature sensors, can repeatedly test, improve the standard of test result
True property.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to illustrate the embodiment of the utility model or the technical proposal in the existing technology more clearly, lower section will be to embodiment
Or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art is briefly described, it should be apparent that, the attached drawing in the description of lower section is only
Some embodiments of the utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, in the premise of not making the creative labor property
Under, it is also possible to obtain other drawings based on these drawings.
Fig. 1 is a kind of vertical view schematic diagram of internal structure of PVC pipe pressure device described in the utility model;
Fig. 2 is a kind of main view of PVC pipe pressure device described in the utility model;
Fig. 3 is a kind of top perspective view of the compression hydraulic cylinder of PVC pipe pressure device described in the utility model;
Fig. 4 is a kind of circuit structure flow diagram of PVC pipe pressure device described in the utility model.
The reference numerals are as follows:
1, cabinet;2, controller;3, timing chip;4, workbench;5, pressure detecting meter;6, exhaust valve;7, fixed block;8,
First locking tube;9, plug;10, the first locking nut;11, supporting plate;12, rubber block;13, compression hydraulic cylinder;14, pressure sensing
Device;15, sliding rail;16, movable plate;17, the first support arm;18, the second locking tube;19, the second locking nut;20, it pushes hydraulic
Cylinder;21, pressurizing adaptor;22, pressure pump;23, heating tube;24, water tank;25, temperature sensor;26, fuel tank;27, hydraulic pump;
28, display screen;29, key;30, button;31, the second support arm;32, supporting leg;33, testing tube.
Specific embodiment
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that term " center ", " longitudinal direction ", " transverse direction ", "upper", "lower",
The orientation or positional relationship of the instructions such as "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outside" is
It is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, is merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicate
Or imply that signified device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, therefore cannot understand
For limitations of the present invention.In addition, term " first ", " second " etc. are used for description purposes only, and should not be understood as indicating
Or it implies relative importance or implicitly indicates the quantity of indicated technical characteristic." first ", " second " etc. are defined as a result,
Feature can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features.It is in the description of the present invention, unless another
It is described, the meaning of " plurality " is two or more.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " is pacified
Dress ", " connected ", " connection " shall be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be being fixedly connected, may be a detachable connection, or integrally
Connection;It can be mechanical connection, be also possible to be electrically connected;Can be directly connected, can also indirectly connected through an intermediary,
It can be the connection inside two elements.For the ordinary skill in the art, on being understood by concrete condition
State the concrete meaning of term in the present invention.
The utility model is described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Embodiment:
As Figure 1-Figure 4, a kind of PVC pipe pressure device, including it is workbench 4, pressure pump 22, supporting plate 11, hydraulic
Pump 27, is provided with cabinet 1 above workbench 4, and cabinet 1 is internally provided with controller 2, the model CLIMATIXDH of controller 2,
It is run to control device, controller 2 is internally provided with timing chip 3, the model DS1672 of timing chip 3, to set
Interval time, timing chip 3 are electrically connected with controller 2, and timing chip 3 is provided with hydraulic pump 27, liquid far from the side of controller 2
Press pump 27 is electrically connected to provide power, hydraulic pump 27 with controller 2, and hydraulic pump 27 is provided with far from the side of timing chip 3
Fuel tank 26, fuel tank 26 are provided with water tank 24 far from the side of hydraulic pump 27 to store hydraulic oil, fuel tank 26, and water tank 24 is to store up
Test water is deposited, water tank 24 is internally provided with temperature sensor 25, the model PT100 of temperature sensor 25, to detect test
The temperature of water, temperature sensor 25 are electrically connected with controller 2, and 25 side of temperature sensor is provided with heating tube 23, heating tube 23
To heat test water, heating tube 23 is electrically connected with controller 2, and water tank 24 is provided with pressure pump far from the side of fuel tank 26
22, size of the pressure pump 22 to change test water pressure, pressure pump 22 is electrically connected with controller 2, and pressure pump 22 is remote
Side from water tank 24 is provided with pressurizing adaptor 21, and pressurizing adaptor 21 is to connect pressure pump 22 and the second locking tube 18, case
Display screen 28 is provided on body 1, display screen 28 is to show that running parameter, display screen 28 are electrically connected with controller 2, display screen 28
Lower section is provided with key 29, and key 29 is electrically connected to set running parameter, key 29 with controller 2, the setting of 29 side of key
There is button 30, button 30 is electrically connected with controller 2, and 1 front of cabinet is provided with supporting plate 11, and 11 front of supporting plate is provided with clamping hydraulic
Cylinder 13, compression hydraulic cylinder 13 are provided with rubber block 12 in compression hydraulic cylinder 13, rubber block 12 is to protect to fix testing tube 33
Testing tube 33 is protected, pressure sensor 14 is provided on rubber block 12, the type of pressure sensor 14 is ZNHM, to detect clamping force
Size, pressure sensor 14 is electrically connected with controller 2, and 13 side of compression hydraulic cylinder is provided with sliding rail 15, and sliding rail 15 is to move
Movable plate 16 slides, and 13 other side of compression hydraulic cylinder is provided with the first locking tube 8, and the first locking tube 8 is to lock testing tube 33, and the
Testing tube 33 is provided on the inside of one locking tube 8, testing tube 33 is internally provided with plug 9, is provided with first on the outside of the first locking tube 8
Locking nut 10, the first locking tube 8 is provided with fixed block 7 far from the side of compression hydraulic cylinder 13, to fix the first locking tube
8, the second support arm 31 is provided with below fixed block 7, and the second support arm 31 is to support the first fixed block 7, and fixed block 7 is far from
The side of one locking tube 8 is provided with pressure detecting meter 5, the model Y100 of pressure detecting meter 5, to detect the pressure of test water
Power is provided with exhaust valve 6 on pressure detecting meter 5, and exhaust valve 6 is to be discharged air in testing tube 33 and seal, 15 top of sliding rail
It is provided with movable plate 16, the first support arm 17 is provided with above movable plate 16, the first support arm 17 is to support the second locking tube
18, it supports and is provided with the second locking tube 18 above the first support arm 17, the second locking tube 18 is to lock testing tube 33, the second lock
It is provided with the second locking nut 19 on the outside of tight pipe 18, the second locking nut 19 is further to lock testing tube 33, movable plate 16
Side, which is provided with, pushes hydraulic cylinder 20, pushes hydraulic cylinder 20 to drive movable plate 16 to slide, is provided with support below workbench 4
Leg 32.
In above structure, when using pressure device, external power supply is connected, starts device by lower button 30, first will
One end of testing tube 33 is inserted into the second locking tube 18, and the second locking nut 19 is tightened, and then hydraulic cylinder 20 is pushed to work,
It moves movable plate 16 into the first locking tube 8, cooperates 33 other end of testing tube and plug 9, then by the first locking nut
10 tighten, and push the stopping at this time of hydraulic cylinder 20 movement, and compression hydraulic cylinder 13, which is started to work, clamps testing tube 33, and is passed by pressure
Sensor 14 detects the size of clamping force at this time, and is maintained in the range of setting, opens exhaust valve 6 and pressure pump 22, test
Water is entered in testing tube 33 by pressurizing adaptor 21, and air is discharged, and closes exhaust valve 6 when exhaust valve 6 has test water outflow,
It controls controller 2 by key 29 to work, pressure detecting meter 5 detects water pressure in testing tube 33, sets using timing chip 3
Interval time keeps the size of hydraulic pressure within the ladder interval time of setting, and it is big to be continuously increased hydraulic pressure then as time increase
It is small, until testing tube 33 bursts, test pressure at this time is recorded, pvc pipe bulge test is completed, then removes testing tube 33, make
Device resets, and then makes the heating test water of heating tube 23, temperature sensor 25 detects the temperature in water tank 24, and records test water
Temperature, again carry out pvc pipe bulge test, until multiple temperature steps test complete.
In order to further increase the detection accuracy of PVC pipe pressure device, the first support arm 17 is welded with movable plate 16, the
One support arm 17 is H font, and the first locking tube 8 is connected through a screw thread with the first locking nut 10, rubber block 12 and clamping hydraulic
Cylinder 13 is bonded, and sliding rail 15 is slidably connected with movable plate 16, and key 29 is embedded on cabinet 1, the second locking tube 18 and testing tube 33
Interference connection, the material of the second locking tube 18 are copper, and hydraulic cylinder 20 and movable plate 16 is pushed to weld, pressurizing adaptor 21 and the second lock
Tight 18 interference of pipe connection, the second support arm 31 are welded with fixed block 7, and the second support arm 31 is Y-shaped.
The basic principles and main features and advantage of the utility model have been shown and described above.The technical staff of the industry
It should be appreciated that the present utility model is not limited to the above embodiments, the above embodiments and description only describe this
The principle of utility model, on the premise of not departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, the utility model also has various change
And improvement, these various changes and improvements fall within the scope of the claimed invention.
Claims (7)
1. a kind of PVC pipe pressure device, it is characterised in that: including workbench, pressure pump, supporting plate, hydraulic pump, the work
It is provided with cabinet above platform, the box house is provided with controller, and the controller is internally provided with timing chip, the meter
When chip be electrically connected with the controller, the timing chip is provided with the hydraulic pump, institute far from the side of the controller
It states hydraulic pump to be electrically connected with the controller, the hydraulic pump is provided with fuel tank, the oil far from the side of the timing chip
Case is provided with water tank far from the side of the hydraulic pump, and the water tank is internally provided with temperature sensor, the temperature sensor
It is electrically connected with the controller, the temperature sensor side is provided with heating tube, and the heating tube is electrically connected with the controller
It connects, the water tank is provided with the pressure pump far from the side of the fuel tank, and the pressure pump is electrically connected with the controller
It connects, the pressure pump is provided with pressurizing adaptor far from the side of the water tank, and display screen is provided on the cabinet, described aobvious
Display screen is electrically connected with the controller, is provided with key below the display screen, the key is electrically connected with the controller, institute
It states key side and is provided with button, the button is electrically connected with the controller, and the cabinet front is provided with the supporting plate, institute
It states supporting plate front and is provided with compression hydraulic cylinder, rubber block is provided in the compression hydraulic cylinder, pressure is provided on the rubber block
Force snesor, the pressure sensor are electrically connected with the controller, and the compression hydraulic cylinder side is provided with sliding rail, the folder
The tight hydraulic cylinder other side is provided with the first locking tube, is provided with testing tube on the inside of first locking tube, inside the testing tube
It is provided with plug, is provided with the first locking nut on the outside of first locking tube, first locking tube is far from the clamping liquid
The side of cylinder pressure is provided with fixed block, is provided with the second support arm below the fixed block, the fixed block is far from described first
The side of locking tube is provided with pressure detecting meter, and exhaust valve is provided on the pressure detecting meter, is provided with above the sliding rail
Movable plate, the movable plate top is provided with the first support arm, is provided with the second locking tube above first support arm, described
It is provided with the second locking nut on the outside of second locking tube, the movable plate side is provided with promotion hydraulic cylinder, under the workbench
Side is provided with supporting leg.
2. a kind of PVC pipe pressure device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: first support arm with it is described
Movable plate welding, first support arm are H font.
3. a kind of PVC pipe pressure device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: first locking tube with it is described
First locking nut is connected through a screw thread, and the rubber block is Nian Jie with the compression hydraulic cylinder.
4. a kind of PVC pipe pressure device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the sliding rail and the movable plate
It is slidably connected, the key is embedded on the cabinet.
5. a kind of PVC pipe pressure device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: second locking tube with it is described
Testing tube interference connection, the material of second locking tube are copper.
6. a kind of PVC pipe pressure device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the promotion hydraulic cylinder with it is described
Movable plate welding, the pressurizing adaptor are connect with the second locking tube interference.
7. a kind of PVC pipe pressure device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: second support arm with it is described
Fixed block welding, second support arm are Y-shaped.
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