CN216297812U - Reinforcing bar straightening machine with cutting function - Google Patents

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CN216297812U
CN216297812U CN202122827985.3U CN202122827985U CN216297812U CN 216297812 U CN216297812 U CN 216297812U CN 202122827985 U CN202122827985 U CN 202122827985U CN 216297812 U CN216297812 U CN 216297812U
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The utility model relates to the field of reinforcing steel bar straightening equipment, in particular to a reinforcing steel bar straightening machine with a cutting function. The steel bar straightening machine with the cutting-off function can cut off the steel bars after the steel bars are straightened, so that the working efficiency of users is effectively improved, and a better use prospect is brought.

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Reinforcing bar straightening machine with cutting function
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of reinforcing steel bar straightening equipment, in particular to a reinforcing steel bar straightening machine with a cutting function.
Background
The steel bar is a general name of steel with the diameter less than phi 20mm, and the surface of the steel bar can be smooth or ribbed. The length of the steel bar when leaving a factory is generally one hundred to several hundred meters long, the steel bar can be wound into a disc shape (a roll shape) for transportation for convenient transportation, and the steel bar is straightened and cut into a proper length (about dozens of meters) before being used.
There is certain drawback in current bar straightener when using, and current bar straightener's simple structure adopts the manual work to operate more when using, and is comparatively hard during the operation, secondly, need cut after the bar straightener, and current straightener does not have shearing structure, influences user of service's work efficiency to it is comparatively inconvenient, at the in-process that uses, has brought certain influence. Accordingly, one skilled in the art has provided a bar straightener with a cut-off function to solve the problems set forth in the background art as described above.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to a steel bar straightening machine with a cutting function to solve the above problems of the background art.
In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:
a reinforcing steel bar straightening machine with a cutting function comprises a device main body, wherein a feeding frame is fixedly mounted on one side of the top end of the device main body, two first straighteners are fixedly mounted on one side, close to the feeding frame, of the top end of the device main body, two second straighteners are fixedly mounted on one side, close to the first straighteners, of the top end of the device main body, a fixing frame is fixedly mounted on one side, close to the second straighteners, of the top end of the device main body, two guide wheels are rotatably connected to one side, corresponding to the second straighteners, of the top end of the fixing frame, two discharging pipes are fixedly mounted on one side, corresponding to the guide wheels, of the top end of the device main body, a shearing frame is arranged on one side of the outer end of the device main body, a fixing seat is arranged on one side of the bottom end of the shearing frame and is fixedly mounted on one side of the outer wall of the device main body, sliding seats are fixedly mounted on two sides of the lower surface of the shearing frame, the sliding grooves are formed in two sides of the top end of the fixing seat, a sliding block is fixedly mounted at one side, corresponding to the sliding groove, of the bottom end of the sliding seat, the sliding seat is connected with the sliding groove in a sliding mode through the sliding block, and through holes are formed in two sides of the interior of the feeding frame in a penetrating mode.
As a further scheme of the utility model: the utility model discloses a straightener, including first straightener, first straightener's top one side is provided with three fixed alignment wheel, one side that the top of first straightener is close to fixed alignment wheel is provided with two and moves the alignment wheel, and just the fixed alignment wheel is the same with the big small structure of moving the alignment wheel, fixed alignment wheel's bottom one side fixed mounting has first axis of rotation, and first axis of rotation runs through inside one side of first straightener.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: move bottom one side fixed mounting of straightener wheel and have the second axis of rotation, and the position department that the inside of first straightener corresponds the second axis of rotation has all seted up the slip opening, the inside of first straightener corresponds one side of second axis of rotation and has seted up the connection spout, and the second axis of rotation is through connecting spout and first straightener sliding connection, outer wall one side fixed mounting of first axis of rotation has first gear, and all is provided with first auxiliary gear between the first gear, and intermeshing between first gear and the first auxiliary gear, bottom one side fixed mounting of first gear has first bevel gear.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: the utility model discloses a straightener, including first straightener, first bevel gear, servo motor, output shaft one end fixed mounting of servo motor, and intermeshing between first bevel gear and the second bevel gear, outer wall one side fixed mounting of second axis of rotation has the second gear, and intermeshing between first gear and the second gear, and first straightener is the same with the structure of second straightener, be provided with the second auxiliary gear between the second gear outer wall, and all be provided with the second auxiliary gear between the first gear, and intermeshing between first gear and the second auxiliary gear.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: one side of the outer wall of the second rotating shaft, which is close to the second gear, is rotatably connected with a thread adjusting rod, the thread adjusting rod penetrates through one side of the inside of the first straightener, a thread adjusting sleeve is embedded and installed on one side, corresponding to the thread adjusting rod, of the inside of the first straightener, and the thread adjusting rod and the thread adjusting sleeve are connected in an engaged mode.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: the utility model discloses a scissors structure, including shearing frame, fan-shaped tooth piece, one side fixed mounting that the inside of shearing frame corresponds first shear blade has first shear blade, one side rotation that the inside of shearing frame corresponds first shear blade is connected with fan-shaped tooth piece, one side fixed mounting that the outer end of fan-shaped tooth piece corresponds first shear blade has the second shear blade.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: one side of the top end of the shearing frame is rotatably connected with a pressing rod, one side of the outer end of the pressing rod, corresponding to the fan-shaped tooth block, is fixedly provided with a driving tooth block, and the driving tooth block and the fan-shaped tooth block are connected in an engaged manner.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. the first straightener and the second straightener are stably fixed through the device main body through the arranged first straightener and the second straightener, a user can put the reinforcing steel bar between the fixed straightening wheel and the movable straightening wheel after the reinforcing steel bar passes through the through hole at the feeding frame, the movable straightening wheel moves towards the fixed straightening wheel to clamp the reinforcing steel bar through the matching of the thread adjusting rod and the thread adjusting sleeve after screwing the thread adjusting rod, the servo motor is electrified through an external power supply, the second bevel gear is driven to rotate through the servo motor, the fixed straightening wheel of the first rotating shaft is driven to rotate through the matching between the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear, the movable straightening wheel at the second rotating shaft is driven to synchronously rotate through the matching between the first gear and the second gear, so that the reinforcing steel bar can be transversely straightened through the fixed straightening wheel and the movable straightening wheel, with the principle, carry out vertical alignment through the second straightener to can stabilize accurate carry out the alignment with the reinforcing bar, carry out the roll-off with the reinforcing bar through the leading wheel of mount department, the reinforcing bar of alignment can follow roll-off to shearing frame and carry out processing on next step in the discharging pipe, and the user of being convenient for uses, and is better for traditional mode.
2. Through the shearing frame that sets up, in order to carry out swift shearing with the reinforcing bar, then can press the pressure of moving shearing frame department and move the pole, cooperation through drive tooth piece and fan-shaped tooth piece, drive the jack-up of second shear blade to first shear blade department, cooperation through first shear blade and second shear blade, then can shear the reinforcing bar, sliding block through sliding seat department slides in the sliding tray, then can drive the shearing frame and carry out the horizontal slip, then can carry out quick shearing to the reinforcing bar in two discharging pipes, effectual improvement user of service's work efficiency, convenient to use personnel use, better for traditional mode.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a bar straightener with a cutting function;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a first straightener in a reinforcing bar straightening machine having a cutting function;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a shearing frame in a bar straightener with a cutting function.
In the figure: 1. a device main body; 2. a feeding frame; 3. a first straightener; 4. a second straightener; 5. a fixed mount; 6. a guide wheel; 7. a discharge pipe; 8. a shearing frame; 9. a fixed seat; 10. a sliding seat; 11. a sliding groove; 12. a through hole; 13. a straightening wheel is fixed; 14. a dynamic straightening wheel; 15. a first rotating shaft; 16. a second rotating shaft; 17. a first gear; 18. a first bevel gear; 19. a servo motor; 20. a second bevel gear; 21. a second gear; 22. a threaded adjusting rod; 23. a thread adjusting sleeve; 24. a first scissor blade; 25. a sector-shaped tooth block; 26. a second scissor blade; 27. pressing the rod; 28. the toothed block is driven.
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Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, a reinforcing bar straightening machine with a cutting function includes a device main body 1, a feeding frame 2 is fixedly installed on one side of the top end of the device main body 1, two first straighteners 3 are fixedly installed on one side of the top end of the device main body 1 close to the feeding frame 2, two second straighteners 4 are fixedly installed on one side of the top end of the device main body 1 close to the first straighteners 3, a fixing frame 5 is fixedly installed on one side of the top end of the device main body 1 close to the second straighteners 4, two guide wheels 6 are rotatably connected to one sides of the top ends of the fixing frame 5 corresponding to the second straighteners 4, two discharging pipes 7 are fixedly installed on one side of the top end of the device main body 1 corresponding to the guide wheels 6, a cutting frame 8 is installed on one side of the outer end of the device main body 1, a fixing seat 9 is installed on one side of the bottom end of the cutting frame 8, and the fixing seat 9 is fixedly installed on one side of the outer wall of the device main body 1, the equal fixed mounting in lower surface both sides of shearing frame 8 has sliding seat 10, sliding tray 11 has all been seted up to the top both sides of fixing base 9, one side fixed mounting that sliding tray 11 was corresponding to the bottom of sliding seat 10 has the sliding block, and sliding seat 10 passes through sliding block and sliding tray 11 sliding connection, the through-hole 12 has all been seted up in the inside both sides of feeding frame 2 through running through, the sliding block through sliding seat 10 department slides in sliding tray 11, then can drive and cut frame 8 and carry out the horizontal slip, then can carry out the quick shearing to the reinforcing bar of alignment in two discharging pipes 7.
In FIGS. 1-2: three fixed straightening wheels 13 are arranged on one side of the top end of the first straightener 3, two movable straightening wheels 14 are arranged on one side, close to the fixed straightening wheels 13, of the top end of the first straightener 3, the fixed straightening wheels 13 and the movable straightening wheels 14 are identical in size and structure, a first rotating shaft 15 is fixedly mounted on one side of the bottom end of the fixed straightening wheels 13, and the first rotating shaft 15 penetrates through one side of the inside of the first straightener 3.
In FIGS. 1-2: move bottom one side fixed mounting of straightener roller 14 and have second axis of rotation 16, and the inside of first straightener 3 corresponds the position department of second axis of rotation 16 and has all seted up the slip opening, the inside of first straightener 3 corresponds one side of second axis of rotation 16 and has seted up the connection spout, and second axis of rotation 16 is through connecting spout and first straightener 3 sliding connection, outer wall one side fixed mounting of first axis of rotation 15 has first gear 17, and all be provided with first auxiliary gear between first gear 17, and intermeshing between first gear 17 and the first auxiliary gear, bottom one side fixed mounting of first gear 17 has first bevel gear 18, drive second bevel gear 20 through servo motor 19 and rotate, cooperation between first bevel gear 18 and second bevel gear 20, the straightener roller 13 that drives first axis of rotation 15 rotates.
In FIGS. 1-2: a servo motor 19 is embedded and installed at one side of the interior of the first straightener 3 corresponding to the first bevel gear 18, a second bevel gear 20 is fixedly installed at one end of an output shaft of the servo motor 19, the first bevel gear 18 and the second bevel gear 20 are engaged with each other, a second gear 21 is fixedly installed at one side of the outer wall of the second rotating shaft 16, the first gear 17 and the second gear 21 are engaged with each other, the first straightener 3 and the second straightener 4 have the same structure, a second auxiliary gear is arranged between the outer walls of the second gears 21, a second auxiliary gear is arranged between the first gears 17, the first gear 17 and the second auxiliary gear are engaged with each other, the dynamic straightening wheel 14 at the second rotating shaft 16 is driven to synchronously rotate by the matching of the first gear 17 and the second gear 21, so that the reinforcing steel bar can be transversely straightened by the fixed straightening wheel 13 and the dynamic straightening wheel 14, with the principle, carry out vertical alignment through second straightener 4 to can stabilize accurate carry out the alignment with the reinforcing bar.
In FIGS. 1-2: one side of the outer wall of the second rotating shaft 16, which is close to the second gear 21, is rotatably connected with a thread adjusting rod 22, the thread adjusting rod 22 penetrates through one side of the inside of the first straightener 3, a thread adjusting sleeve 23 is installed inside the first straightener 3 and is embedded to one side of the thread adjusting rod 22, the thread adjusting rod 22 and the thread adjusting sleeve 23 are connected in a meshed mode, and after the thread adjusting rod 22 is screwed, the movable straightening wheel 14 moves towards the fixed straightening wheel 13 to clamp the reinforcing steel bars through the matching of the thread adjusting rod 22 and the thread adjusting sleeve 23.
In fig. 1 and 3: shear frame 8's inside one side fixed mounting has first shear blade 24, shear frame 8's inside one side that corresponds first shear blade 24 is rotated and is connected with fan-shaped tooth piece 25, one side fixed mounting that the outer end of fan-shaped tooth piece 25 corresponds first shear blade 24 has second shear blade 26, through the cooperation of drive tooth piece 28 with fan-shaped tooth piece 25, drive second shear blade 26 to first shear blade 24 department jack-up, through the cooperation of first shear blade 24 with second shear blade 26, then can shear the reinforcing bar.
In fig. 1 and 3: shear frame 8's top one side is rotated and is connected with pressure and moves pole 27, one side fixed mounting that the outer end of pressure moves pole 27 corresponds fan-shaped tooth piece 25 has drive tooth piece 28, and intermeshing is connected between drive tooth piece 28 and the fan-shaped tooth piece 25, in order to carry out swift shearing with the reinforcing bar, then can press the pressure that moves shear frame 8 department and move pole 27, cooperation through drive tooth piece 28 and fan-shaped tooth piece 25, drive second shear blade 26 to first shear blade 24 punishment, cooperation through first shear blade 24 and second shear blade 26, then can shear the reinforcing bar.
The working principle of the utility model is as follows: the first straightener 3 and the second straightener 4 are stably fixed through the device main body 1, a user can put a steel bar between the fixed straightener wheel 13 and the movable straightener wheel 14 after the steel bar passes through the through hole 12 of the feeding frame 2, the movable straightener wheel 14 moves towards the fixed straightener wheel 13 to clamp the steel bar through the matching of the thread adjusting rod 22 and the thread adjusting sleeve 23 after the thread adjusting rod 22 is screwed, the servo motor 19 is electrified through an external power supply, the servo motor 19 drives the second bevel gear 20 to rotate, the fixed straightener wheel 13 of the first rotating shaft 15 is driven to rotate through the matching between the first bevel gear 18 and the second bevel gear 20, the movable straightener wheel 14 at the second rotating shaft 16 is driven to synchronously rotate through the matching between the first gear 17 and the second gear 21, so that the steel bar can be transversely straightened through the fixed straightener wheel 13 and the movable straightener wheel 14, on the same principle, the steel bar can be stably and precisely aligned through the second straightener 4, the steel bar can be stably and precisely aligned, the steel bar can slide out through the guide wheel 6 at the fixing frame 5, the aligned steel bar can slide out from the discharging pipe 7 to the shearing frame 8 for further processing, in order to rapidly shear the steel bar, the pressing rod 27 at the shearing frame 8 can be pressed, the second shearing blade 26 is driven to jack up the first shearing blade 24 through the matching of the driving toothed block 28 and the fan-shaped toothed block 25, the steel bar can be sheared through the matching of the first shearing blade 24 and the second shearing blade 26, the sliding block at the sliding seat 10 slides in the sliding groove 11, the shearing frame 8 can be driven to horizontally slide, the aligned steel bar in the two discharging pipes 7 can be rapidly sheared, the working efficiency of users can be effectively improved, and the users can conveniently use the steel bar, is relatively practical.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention, and the technical solutions and the utility model concepts of the present invention are equivalent to or changed within the scope of the present invention.

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1. The reinforcing steel bar straightening machine with the cutting function comprises a main body (1) and is characterized in that a feeding frame (2) is fixedly mounted on one side of the top end of the main body (1), two first straighteners (3) are fixedly mounted on one side, close to the feeding frame (2), of the top end of the main body (1), two second straighteners (4) are fixedly mounted on one side, close to the first straighteners (3), of the top end of the main body (1), a fixing frame (5) is fixedly mounted on one side, close to the second straighteners (4), of the top end of the fixing frame (5), two guide wheels (6) are rotatably connected on one side, corresponding to the guide wheels (6), of the top end of the main body (1), two discharging pipes (7) are fixedly mounted on one side, corresponding to the guide wheels (6), of the outer end of the main body (1), and a cutting frame (8) is arranged on one side of the outer end of the main body (1), the utility model discloses a device for cutting and feeding materials, including shearing frame (8), fixing base (9) are provided with bottom one side of shearing frame (8), and fixing base (9) fixed mounting is in outer wall one side of device main part (1), the equal fixed mounting in lower surface both sides of shearing frame (8) has sliding seat (10), sliding tray (11) have all been seted up to the top both sides of fixing base (9), one side fixed mounting that the bottom of sliding seat (10) corresponds sliding tray (11) has the sliding block, and sliding seat (10) pass through sliding block and sliding tray (11) sliding connection, through-hole (12) have all been run through to the inside both sides of feeding frame (2).
2. The steel bar straightening machine with the cutting function according to claim 1, wherein three fixed straightening wheels (13) are arranged on one side of the top end of the first straightener (3), two movable straightening wheels (14) are arranged on one side of the top end of the first straightener (3) close to the fixed straightening wheels (13), the fixed straightening wheels (13) and the movable straightening wheels (14) have the same size and structure, a first rotating shaft (15) is fixedly installed on one side of the bottom end of the fixed straightening wheels (13), and the first rotating shaft (15) penetrates through one side of the inside of the first straightener (3).
3. The reinforcing bar straightening machine with the cutting function according to claim 2, a second rotating shaft (16) is fixedly arranged on one side of the bottom end of the dynamic straightening wheel (14), and sliding through openings are arranged at the positions corresponding to the second rotating shaft (16) in the first straightener (3), a connecting sliding groove is arranged at one side of the inside of the first straightener (3) corresponding to the second rotating shaft (16), and the second rotating shaft (16) is connected with the first straightener (3) in a sliding way through a connecting chute, a first gear (17) is fixedly arranged on one side of the outer wall of the first rotating shaft (15), and a first auxiliary gear is arranged between the first gears (17), and the first gears (17) are meshed with each other, and a first bevel gear (18) is fixedly mounted on one side of the bottom end of the first gear (17).
4. A bar straightener with cutting function according to claim 3, a servo motor (19) is embedded and installed at one side of the inside of the first straightener (3) corresponding to the first bevel gear (18), one end of an output shaft of the servo motor (19) is fixedly provided with a second bevel gear (20), the first bevel gear (18) and the second bevel gear (20) are meshed with each other, one side of the outer wall of the second rotating shaft (16) is fixedly provided with a second gear (21), the first gear (17) and the second gear (21) are meshed with each other, the first straightener (3) and the second straightener (4) have the same structure, a second auxiliary gear is arranged between the outer walls of the second gears (21), and a second auxiliary gear is arranged between the first gears (17), and the first gears (17) and the second auxiliary gears are meshed with each other.
5. The reinforcing bar straightening machine with the cutting-off function according to claim 4, wherein a thread adjusting rod (22) is rotatably connected to one side of the outer wall of the second rotating shaft (16) close to the second gear (21), the thread adjusting rod (22) penetrates through one side of the inside of the first straightening device (3), a thread adjusting sleeve (23) is embedded in the inside of the first straightening device (3) corresponding to one side of the thread adjusting rod (22), and the thread adjusting rod (22) and the thread adjusting sleeve (23) are in meshed connection with each other.
6. The steel bar straightening machine with the cutting function according to claim 1, wherein a first shear blade (24) is fixedly installed at one side of the inside of the shear frame (8), a fan-shaped toothed block (25) is rotatably connected to one side of the inside of the shear frame (8) corresponding to the first shear blade (24), and a second shear blade (26) is fixedly installed at one side of the outer end of the fan-shaped toothed block (25) corresponding to the first shear blade (24).
7. The steel bar straightening machine with the cutting function according to claim 6, wherein a pressing rod (27) is rotatably connected to one side of the top end of the cutting frame (8), a driving gear block (28) is fixedly installed at one side of the outer end of the pressing rod (27) corresponding to the fan-shaped gear block (25), and the driving gear block (28) is meshed with the fan-shaped gear block (25) to be connected.
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