CN210415222U

CN210415222U - Foaming top compresses tightly positioner and water heater

Info

Publication number: CN210415222U
Application number: CN201921316799.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王李生; 许勇; 汪军求; 刘鹏; 储东明; 袁桂; 查君培; 曹亚男
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Gree Wuhu Electric Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Gree Wuhu Electric Appliances Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-14
Filing date: 2019-08-14
Publication date: 2020-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-14

Abstract

The utility model discloses a foaming top compresses tightly positioner and water heater. The foaming top compressing and positioning device comprises an upper compression die plate and lifting equipment, wherein two guide rails are arranged on the upper surface of the upper compression die plate, a sliding plate matched with the guide rails is arranged on the lifting equipment, the guide rails are matched with the sliding plate to install the upper compression die plate on the lifting equipment, and a plurality of air holes communicated with a pneumatic device are formed in the sliding plate and used for controlling the guide rails to move relative to the sliding block. The utility model discloses an go up die plate and foaming process method is applied to the foaming processing of water heater water tank, and not only easy operation easily controls and adjusts, and foaming water tank product obtains good quality moreover.

Description

Foaming top compresses tightly positioner and water heater

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a foaming process especially relates to an automatic foaming top of water tank compresses tightly positioner and water heater.

Background

An important component of a water heater is a water tank, which comprises an inner container and an outer shell, and the inner cavity of the water tank is filled with foaming materials. The specific foaming process is as follows: the shell and the inner container of the water tank are assembled, then enter a foaming station along with a production line, the robot identifies a foaming filling position, and then automatically fills a foaming material for foaming. The water tank is usually cylindrical, and an inner mold and an outer mold are not needed in the foaming process, and only fixing devices are needed to be added at the top and the bottom of the water tank. The tank foaming pour location is typically located at the top or top of the tank from which the pour is made. The upper pressing plate of the existing foaming tool has the following problems:

1. the frock surface is equipped with barrel complex moulding-die strip, because water tank section of thick bamboo footpath is not of uniform size, when switching the production model in process of production, needs frequent change frock, inefficiency. And, when switching the production model each time, need demolish the change with the moulding-die strip on the mould, compress tightly about 4 meters on the frock mounted position apart from ground, have aerial working's potential safety hazard.

2. Because positioner need constantly adjust in the foaming process, there is accumulative error in frock board and the equipment operation, leads to waiting to foam the barrel location and the deviation appears, in case the deviation appears, causes the accident of crushing the barrel easily, leads to manufacturing cost to improve.

3. Adopt flat foaming to compress tightly the frock, when with the contact of waiting to foam barrel casing edge, there is the gap between the baffle at frock and water tank top, has the quality problem of top unevenness during the foaming.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an automatic top that foams of water tank compresses tightly positioner to solve last die plate location problem and the potential safety hazard that exists among the prior art, and improve product quality.

The utility model discloses a foaming top compresses tightly positioner includes die plate and jacking equipment, wherein, the upper surface of going up the die plate is equipped with two guide rails, jacking equipment be equipped with guide rail complex slide, the guide rail with the die plate is installed with last die plate in the jacking equipment is last, jacking equipment fixes on the die carrier of foaming equipment, be equipped with a plurality of gas pockets that communicate with pneumatic means on the slide for the relative slider of control guide rail removes.

The upper die plate is provided with at least two die strips capable of moving up and down, one end of each die strip is provided with a pressing lug extending out of the upper surface of the upper die plate, the pressing lug is matched with the air hole in the sliding plate, the downward movement of the die strips is controlled through a pneumatic device, and the pressing strips extend out of the upper die plate and are matched with the inner side edge of the cylinder to be foamed.

Preferably, a vision sensor is arranged on one side of the upper die plate, the vision sensor scans the cylinder body to be foamed and sends scanning information to a controller of foaming equipment, and the controller receives the scanning information and controls the positioning of the upper die plate and the selection of the die pressing strips.

Preferably, a circular boss is arranged in the middle of the lower surface of the upper die plate and used for pressing the top of the cylinder to be foamed.

Preferably, the upper pressure template is provided with a pouring port corresponding to the pouring port at the top of the cylinder to be foamed.

The utility model also provides a water heater, the water tank of water heater uses above-mentioned foaming top to compress tightly positioner and fixes a position the foaming.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:

1. a visual system is added, so that the positions of the foaming compression template and the cylinder body can be still adjusted through a pneumatic device when the cylinder body to be foamed reaches a specified position, and the cylinder body scrapping caused by compression position deviation due to displacement is prevented;

2. the cylinder is added to control the die strip lifting equipment, so that the die strips can be automatically switched in the production process, and potential safety hazards caused by high-altitude operation are avoided;

3. the pneumatic control die strip lifting equipment is added, and the corresponding die strips are selected for the foaming cylinders of different models according to the scanning information of the visual system, so that the problems of crushing of the edges of the cylinder shell, curling, uneven top and the like in the foaming process are effectively prevented, and the product quality is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a water tank foaming tool;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of the lifting device of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic top surface view of the upper platen according to the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of the lower surface of the upper die plate of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the pneumatic jacking of the die pressing strip of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flow chart of the water tank foaming process of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the following specific examples are only for illustrating the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a water tank foaming tool. The foaming frock of water tank includes cope match-plate pattern 1, jacking equipment 2 and lower fixed die plate 3. The water tank barrel 4 is formed by assembling a shell and an inner container, is fixed on the lower fixing template 3 and then enters a foaming station along with a production line, an upper compression template is tightly pressed on the barrel to be foamed through a lifting device, a robot identifies a foaming filling position arranged on the upper part (or the top) of the barrel, and then a foaming material is automatically filled into the water tank barrel.

The utility model provides a foaming top compresses tightly positioner includes die block board 1 and jacking equipment 2, and wherein the upper surface of going up the die block board is equipped with the guide rail 11 of two parallels, and jacking equipment is last be equipped with 11 complex slides 21 of guide rail, and the slide is installed and is made the die block board install on jacking equipment in the guide rail. The lifting device is fixed on the mould frame 6 of the foaming device and can move back and forth. The lifting device is moved up and down by pneumatic means, such as a cylinder piston arrangement. The slide plate 21 is further provided with a plurality of air holes 22 communicated with the pneumatic device for controlling the guide rail to move left and right relative to the slide block, as shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 3 and 4 are structural views of the die plate 1. The upper die plate 1 is provided with a plurality of annular die strips 12 which can move up and down, and in the embodiment, three die strips are arranged and respectively correspond to water tank cylinders with three different diameters. In the foaming process, the shell edge of the water tank cylinder body is located on the outer side of the die pressing strip, and the die pressing strip is mainly used for being matched with the inner side of the top edge of the water tank shell to avoid deformation of the top edge of the cylinder body. As shown in fig. 5, one end of the die strip is provided with a plurality of symmetrical pressing protrusions 13 extending out of the upper surface of the upper die plate, the pressing protrusions are matched with the air holes on the sliding plate 21, the downward movement of the die strip is controlled by a pneumatic device, and the pressing protrusions extend out of the lower surface of the upper die plate and are matched with the inner side of the edge of the cylinder 4 to be foamed. The middle part of the lower surface of the upper die plate 1 is provided with a circular boss 14 which is used for compressing the middle position of the top of the water tank in the foaming process of the water tank so as to ensure the smooth effect of the top foaming. The upper pressing template is also provided with a pouring port 15 corresponding to the pouring port at the top of the cylinder to be foamed.

And a vision sensor 5 is arranged on one side of the upper die plate 1 and used for scanning the position of the cylinder to be foamed, and scanning information is sent to a controller of foaming equipment. The controller receives the scanning information and controls the upper die plate 1 to position the cylinder 4 to be foamed. The vision sensor also scans the size and the model of the foaming cylinder body, and the controller selects matched pressing die strips according to the scanning information of the cylinder body.

The utility model discloses a vision sensor, pneumatic means and mechanical transmission combine together production mode, realize that the foaming is automatic to be compressed tightly the location and fill control, have improved the quality of production efficiency and foaming product.

When the foaming machine works, the upper die plate 1 is matched with the slide block 21 of the lifting device through the guide rail 11 and is arranged on the die carrier 6 of the foaming device and is fixed firmly. When a cylinder 4 to be foamed enters a foaming position through a transmission device, after the foaming cylinder arranged on a lower fixed template 3 rises to a certain position through a jacking device, an upper pressure template 1 integrally descends to a specified position, a vision sensor 5 is opposite to the entering direction of the cylinder to scan the cylinder, then scanning information is sent to a control center of the foaming device, the control center firstly determines the position of the cylinder through a controller, then determines the position of the lifting device, and the steps of moving the cylinder back and forth on a mold frame 6 and controlling the sliding rail 11 and the sliding block 21 to move left and right through a pneumatic device are included, so that the upper pressure template 1 and the cylinder to be foamed are accurately positioned. The slider 21 moves within the length of the guide rail 11.

The control center of the foaming equipment stores information of cylinders with various models, and the controller receives scanning information of the diameter, the height and the like of a current cylinder product, compares the scanning information with the stored models, identifies the scanning information and determines the size of the cylinder and the size of a required foaming die strip.

After the position of the cylinder body and the die pressing strips are determined, the controller controls the upper die pressing plate 1 to start to descend to a specified position, and the cylinder body to be foamed is compressed and fixed. The pneumatic means control the press protrusions 13 on selected die bars through the through holes in the slide so that the die bars move downwards in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the upper die plate and engage the inside of the rim of the cylinder. Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of the outermost die strip being pressed down. After the upper pressure membrane plate is fixed with the foaming cylinder, the foaming equipment control robot injects the foaming injection port on the cylinder through the injection port 15 on the upper pressure membrane plate.

Use the utility model provides a step that foaming compresses tightly positioner and foam is shown in figure 6, include:

step 1, placing a cylinder to be foamed on a lower fixed template for fixation, and then conveying the cylinder to a foaming station through a conveying belt;

step 2, scanning the cylinder to be foamed through a vision sensor, and controlling a front and back entering position and a left and right entering position of the cylinder to be foamed through a controller of foaming equipment according to scanning information and determining the size of a pressing strip matched with the cylinder;

step 3, the lifting equipment drives the upper die plate to move downwards, so that the upper die plate is pressed on the cylinder to be foamed, and the die strips are positioned on the edge of the inner side of the cylinder to be foamed;

and 4, controlling the robot to inject the foaming material into the pouring gate on the upper pressing template by the foaming equipment to pour and foam the cylinder body to be foamed.

In the step 2, the controller of the foaming device receives the scanning result of the visual sensor, moves back and forth on the die carrier through the lifting device, controls the upper die plate to move left and right through the guide rail arranged on the upper die plate and the slide block arranged on the lifting device, and stops when reaching the specified position.

In the step 2, the controller of the foaming device receives the scanning result of the vision sensor, and controls the corresponding pressing die strips arranged on the upper pressing die plate to move downwards through the pneumatic device to be matched with the edge of the inner side of the cylinder body to be foamed.

The utility model discloses an go up die plate and foaming process method is applied to the foaming processing of water heater water tank, and not only easy operation easily controls and adjusts, makes the water heater water tank product of producing obtain good quality moreover.

The foregoing is only illustrative of the present invention. It should be understood that any modifications, equivalents and changes made within the spirit and framework of the inventive concept are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a foaming top compresses tightly positioner, includes cope match-plate pattern and jacking equipment, its characterized in that, the upper surface of going up the cope match-plate pattern is equipped with two guide rails, the jacking equipment be equipped with guide rail complex slide, the guide rail with the slide cooperation is installed the cope match-plate pattern on the jacking equipment, be equipped with a plurality of gas pockets with pneumatic means intercommunication on the slide for the relative slider of control guide rail removes.

2. The foam top pressing and positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the upper pressing plate is provided with at least two pressing strips capable of moving up and down, one end of each pressing strip is provided with a pressing lug extending out of the upper surface of the upper pressing plate, and the pressing lug is matched with a pneumatic device to control the pressing strips to move down, extend out of the upper pressing plate and be matched with the inner edge of the cylinder body to be foamed.

3. The apparatus for positioning foam top compression of claim 2, wherein said upper compression plate has three annular compression bars of different diameters.

4. The foam top pressing and positioning device according to claim 2, wherein a vision sensor is arranged on the upper die plate, the vision sensor scans the cylinder to be foamed and sends scanning information to a controller of the foaming equipment, and the controller receives the scanning information and controls the positioning of the upper die plate and the selection of the die strips.

5. The foam top pressing and positioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a circular boss is provided in the middle of the lower surface of the upper die plate for pressing the top of the cylinder to be foamed.

6. The foam top pressing and positioning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper pressing plate is provided with a pouring port corresponding to the pouring port at the top of the cylinder to be foamed.

7. A water heater wherein the water tank of the water heater is positioned for foaming using the foaming top compression positioning device of any one of claims 1 to 6.