The present application is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210505691.5, filed on May 10, 2022 and entitled “ULTRASONIC GENERATION DEVICE AND CONCRETE FORMING SYSTEM”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Embodiments of the present application relate to, but are not limited to, the field of material processing, and in particular, to an ultrasonic generation device and a concrete forming system.
Vibrators are often configured for material processing such as concrete mixing and are usually driven by electricity or air flows. The working part of a vibrator is a rod-shaped hollow cylinder with an eccentric weight inside. The vibrator is driven by a motor to rotate at high speed and produce high-frequency and micro-amplitude vibrations.
Vibrators of eccentric, centrifugal, and reciprocating types are commonly used. These vibration modes will cause large cyclic loads on components, resulting in failure of bearings, breakage of screws, or damage to the components. For example, in a roller-type pneumatic vibrator, when compressed air of a certain pressure is injected via an inlet connector, the strong compressed air blows a roller on tracks and the roller rotates at high speed on the tracks to produce a vibration force. A pneumatic turbine vibrator is taken as another example, the structure of the vibrator includes an aluminum alloy housing molded by extrusion, an eccentric rotor is provided via a bearing inside the housing, and an air inlet and an exhaust hole are provided on the top of the housing. The pneumatic turbine vibrator can produce vibrations with periodically changing directions and constant excitation forces.
In the above solutions, due to the high-speed centrifugal rotation of the roller, the roller and the seat are greatly worn and need to be replaced periodically, resulting in complicated maintenance and limited use. As for the pneumatic turbine vibrator, the bearing receives huge cyclic vibrations and needs to be replaced periodically. Therefore, how to reduce equipment wear and increase service life has become a problem in urgent need of solutions.
The ultrasonic generation device and the concrete forming system provided by the embodiments of the present application have the advantages of good wear resistance and a long service life.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an ultrasonic generation device, which includes a housing, a rotary vibration member, and a shaft body, wherein the housing is provided with an air inlet, the rotary vibration member is disposed in the housing and is configured for vibrating during rotation to generate ultrasonic waves, and the shaft body is relatively fixed to the housing; the rotary vibration member is sleeved on the shaft body, the rotary vibration member and the shaft body are rotatable relative to each other, the shaft body is provided with a main air passage and a jet hole, a first end of the main air passage is in communication with the air inlet and a second end of the main air passage is in communication with the jet hole, the jet hole is provided in the shaft body at a position corresponding to the rotary vibration member, and the jet hole is configured for ejecting an air flow to form an air film between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body.
In the ultrasonic generation device provided by the embodiment of the present application, the air inlet on the housing is connected to an air supply device and is configured for introducing a high-pressure air flow into the housing. The shaft body is relatively fixed in the housing, the rotary vibration member is sleeved on the shaft body, and the shaft body positions the rotary vibration member. The rotary vibration member is forced to rotate by the air flow and vibrates during rotation to generate ultrasonic waves. The shaft body is provided with the main air passage and the jet hole and the first end of the main air passage is in communication with the air inlet, so that a part of the air flow introduced by the air inlet enters the main air passage. The second end of the main air passage is in communication with the jet hole, the jet hole is provided in the shaft body at a position corresponding to the rotary vibration member, and the jet hole is configured for ejecting an air flow to form an air film between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body. The air film separates the rotary vibration member from the shaft body by air suspension. Hence, the rotary vibration member is suspended about the shaft body, so that the friction between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body is greatly reduced, the wear of the rotary vibration member is reduced accordingly, and the service life of the device is increased. Compared with the solutions in the related art in which components are prone to wear under heavy loads, the ultrasonic generation device in the present application is provided with the jet hole to form an air film between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body, so that the friction between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body is reduced, the wear of the components is reduced, and the service life of the device is increased.
In a possible implementation of the present application, a plurality of jet holes are provided and are evenly distributed along a circumference of the shaft body.
In a possible implementation of the present application, an axis of each of the jet holes is along a radial direction of the shaft body.
In a possible implementation of the present application, an air inlet assembly is provided at a first end of the shaft body, the air inlet assembly includes an air inlet end cover, the first end of the shaft body is inserted into the air inlet end cover, a first air guide hole is provided in the air inlet end cover, and the first air guide hole communicates the main air passage with the air inlet of the housing.
In a possible implementation of the present application, a guide ring is disposed on a side of the air inlet end cover close to the rotary vibration member, a second air guide hole is provided in the guide ring, and the second air guide hole guides the air flow from the air inlet to the rotary vibration member, to push the rotary vibration member to rotate.
In a possible implementation of the present application, an annular first airflow passage is formed between the air inlet end cover and an inner wall of the housing, and the first air guide hole and the second air guide hole are in communication with the air inlet via the first airflow passage.
In a possible implementation of the present application, a plurality of second air guide holes are provided and are arranged in a circular array about a central axis of the guide ring.
In a possible implementation of the present application, two ends of each of the second air guide holes are respectively provided on two side surfaces of the guide ring, and each of the second air guide holes extends helically along an axial direction of the guide ring.
In a possible implementation of the present application, a plurality of first air guide holes are provided and are evenly distributed along a circumference of the air inlet end cover.
In a possible implementation of the present application, a pressure-retaining assembly is provided at a second end of the shaft body, and the pressure-retaining assembly is configured for balancing air pressure on two sides of the rotary vibration member to realize axial positioning of the rotary vibration member.
In a possible implementation of the present application, the pressure-retaining assembly includes a pressure-retaining exhaust ring, a periphery of the pressure-retaining exhaust ring is connected to the inner wall of the housing, the pressure-retaining exhaust ring is sleeved on the shaft body, and a second airflow passage is formed between the pressure-retaining exhaust ring and the shaft body.
In a possible implementation of the present application, an elastic pressure-retaining plate is disposed on a side of the pressure-retaining exhaust ring away from the rotary vibration member, the elastic pressure-retaining plate is sleeved on the shaft body and is fixedly connected to the shaft body, the elastic pressure-retaining plate is provided with elastic air outlets, and a size of each of the elastic air outlets changes with the air pressure in the housing.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a concrete forming system, which includes a concrete mixer, an air supply device, and the ultrasonic generation device as described in the first aspect, wherein the ultrasonic generation device is disposed on the concrete mixer and configured for vibration forming of concrete in the concrete mixer; and the air supply device is configured for providing the ultrasonic generation device with purified air.
The concrete forming system provided by the embodiment of the present application includes the ultrasonic generation device as described in the first aspect and thus achieves the same technical effect. That is, the jet hole in communication with the air inlet on the housing is provided to form an air film between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body, so that the friction between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body is reduced, the wear of the components is reduced, and the service life of the device is increased.
1. ultrasonic generation device: 11. housing: 111. air inlet; 112. fixing portion; 12. rotary vibration member; 121. mounting sleeve; 122. elastic blade: 13. shaft body; 131. main air passage; 132. jet hole; 14. air inlet assembly; 141. air inlet end cover; 1411. sealing portion; 1412. air guide portion: 1413. first air guide hole: 142. guide ring: 1421. second air guide hole; 15. first airflow passage: 16. pressure-retaining assembly: 161. pressure-retaining exhaust ring: 1611. second airflow passage; 162. connector; 163. elastic pressure-retaining plate; 1631. pressure-retaining plate body: 1632. elastic portion; 1633. elastic air outlet; 17. silencer end cover; 171. third air guide hole; 18. elastic stop ring: 19. mounting base; 191. fixed bottom plate; 192. movable hoop; 1921. fixed block; 1922. movable block; 2. concrete mixer; 3. air supply device.
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions of the present application are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present application. The following embodiments are for illustration, instead of limiting the scope of the present application.
In the embodiments of the present application, terms “first” and “second” are merely used for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of denoted technical features. Therefore, a feature defined by “first” or “second” explicitly or implicitly includes one or more such features. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, “a plurality of” means two or above two, unless otherwise stated.
In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, terms of directions such as “upper”. “lower”, “left”, and “right” are defined in accordance with the arrangement of the components in the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that these terms of directions as relative concepts are used for relative description and clarification and can change accordingly with the arrangement of the components in the accompanying drawings.
In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise expressly specified and defined, the term “connection” should be understood in a broad sense. For example, “connection” can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection and can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediary.
In the embodiments of the present application, the terms “include”, “contain”, or any other variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article, or apparatus including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed or elements inherent to this process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the statement “includes a . . . ” does not preclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus including the element.
In the embodiments of the present application, words such as “exemplary” or “for example” are used to present examples, illustrations, or explanations. Any embodiment or design preceded by “exemplary” or “for example” in the embodiments of the present application shall not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the words such as “exemplary” or “for example” are intended to present related concepts in a specific way.
An embodiment of the present application provides a concrete forming system, which mainly adopts a vibrating machine to process concrete materials, so that the fluidity of the materials is increased to facilitate concrete forming and the compactness of the concrete is also increased. Specifically, the vibrating machine transfers vibration energy of a certain frequency, amplitude, and excitation force to the concrete materials, which greatly reduces the adhesion and internal friction in the materials and makes the materials appear in a heavy liquid state. As the aggregates settle and are arranged under gravity, air in the concrete mixture is expelled and voids are eliminated, so that the aggregates are densely arranged and the cement paste is effectively filled.
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On this basis, an embodiment of the present application provides the ultrasonic generation device 1. Referring to
In the ultrasonic generation device 1 provided by the embodiment of the present application, the air inlet 111 on the housing 11 is connected to the air supply device 3 and is configured for introducing a high-pressure air flow into the housing 11. The shaft body 13 is relatively fixed in the housing 11, the rotary vibration member 12 is sleeved on the shaft body 13, and the shaft body 13 positions the rotary vibration member 12. The rotary vibration member 12 is forced to rotate by the air flow and vibrates during rotation to generate ultrasonic waves. The shaft body 13 is provided with the main air passage 131 and the jet hole 132 and the first end of the main air passage 131 is in communication with the air inlet 111, so that a part of the air flow introduced by the air inlet 111 enters the main air passage 131. The second end of the main air passage 131 is in communication with the jet hole 132, the jet hole 132 is provided in the shaft body 13 at a position corresponding to the rotary vibration member 12, and the jet hole 132 is configured for ejecting an air flow to form an air film between the rotary vibration member 12 and the shaft body 13. The air film separates the rotary vibration member 12 from the shaft body 13 by air suspension. Hence, the rotary vibration member 12 is suspended about the shaft body 13, so that the friction between the rotary vibration member 12 and the shaft body 13 is greatly reduced, the wear of the rotary vibration member 12 is reduced accordingly, and the service life of the device is increased. Compared with the solutions in the related art in which components are prone to wear under heavy loads, the ultrasonic generation device 1 in the present application is provided with the jet hole 132 to form an air film between the rotary vibration member 12 and the shaft body 13, so that the friction between the rotary vibration member 12 and the shaft body 13 is reduced, the wear of the components is reduced, and the service life of the device is increased.
The shape of the housing 11 is, for example, prismatic, square, or cylindrical and is not limited in the present application. Referring to
The position of the air inlet 111 is not limited in the present application. For example, the air inlet 111 is provided at one end of the housing 11 or the air inlet 111 is provided at the periphery of one end of the housing 11. Referring to
It should be noted that the structure of the rotary vibration member 12 is not limited in the present application, and any structure capable of vibrating while rotating about the shaft body 13 falls within the protection scope of the present application. Referring to
It should be noted that the shape of the jet hole 132 is not limited in the present application, and the jet hole 132 can be a square or round hole and can be a constant-diameter or variable-diameter hole. Referring to
To make the rotary vibration member 12 receive more balanced forces, referring to
The axial direction, that is, the opening direction of each of the jet holes 132 is not limited in the present application. For example, the axis of each of the jet holes 132 forms an acute angle with the axis of the shaft body 13. The jet holes 132 are divided into two groups, the jet holes 132 in each of the groups are distributed annularly along the shaft body 13, and the two jet hole groups are symmetrically arranged. That is, when the openings of the jet holes 132 in one of the jet hole groups are inclined toward the first end of the shaft body 13, the openings of the jet holes 132 in the other of the jet hole groups are inclined at the same angle toward the second end of the shaft body 13. Force acting surfaces each corresponding to one of the two jet hole groups are provided on the mounting sleeve 121, and the force acting surfaces are each perpendicular to the axes of the jet holes 132 on the corresponding side. The air flows ejected by the two jet hole groups act on the mounting sleeve 121 to produce two forces, and the components of the two forces along the axial direction of the mounting sleeve 121 are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, so that the air flows ejected by the jet holes 132 not only realize the radial positioning of the rotary vibration member 12, but also realize the axial positioning of the rotary vibration member 12.
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To form air flows conducive to the rotation of the rotary vibration member 12 in the housing 11, referring to
It should be noted that the ends of the housing 11 can be closed or open to facilitate the assembly of various components in the housing 11. Referring to
The shape of the air inlet end cover 141 is not limited in the present application. Referring to
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To facilitate guiding the air flow from the air inlet 111 into the first air guide hole 1413 and the second air guide hole 1421, referring to
To make the guide ring 142 generate more air flows, referring to
To make air flows from the second air guide holes 1421 blow vertically to the elastic blades 122, referring to
Since the air inlet 111 is provided on a side of the first airflow passage 15, the airflow speeds in the first airflow passage 15 are not even. To obtain even airflow speeds in the first airflow passage 15, referring to
For example, four first air guide holes 1413 are provided and are in cross-shaped distribution along the radial directions of the air guide portion 1412. The air inlet 111 is aligned with one of the first air guide holes 1413, so that the first air guide hole 1413 is in communication with the main air passage 131 and air flows everywhere in the first airflow passage 15 to obtain even airflow speeds.
To realize the axial positioning of the shaft body 13, referring to
Specifically, the pressure-retaining assembly 16 includes a pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161, the periphery of the pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161 is connected to the inner wall of the housing 11, the pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161 is sleeved on the shaft body 13, and a second airflow passage 1611 is formed between the pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161 and the shaft body 13. The air flows passing through the elastic blades 122 will be hindered from flowing toward the pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161, and reverse air flows are produced to balance the air flows on two sides of the rotary vibration member 12. Meanwhile, the second airflow passage 1611 is provided to enable air outflow, which not only ensures that the air flows in a certain direction, but also creates back pressure for axial positioning of the rotary vibration member 12.
It should be noted that the method of fixing the pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161 to the housing 11 is not limited in the present application. For example, the pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161 can be fixed in the housing 11 by clamping, bonding, or welding. Referring to
The pressure-retaining assembly 16 further includes an elastic pressure-retaining plate 163. The elastic pressure-retaining plate 163 is disposed on a side of the pressure-retaining exhaust ring 161 away from the rotary vibration member 12. The elastic pressure-retaining plate 163 is sleeved on the shaft body 13 and is fixedly connected to the shaft body 13. The elastic pressure-retaining plate 163 is provided with elastic air outlets 1633, and the size of each of the elastic air outlets 1633 changes with the air pressure in the housing 11.
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To reduce the noise caused by vibration of the ultrasonic generation device 1, referring to
It should be noted that the method of fixing the silencer end cover 17 to the housing 11 is not limited in the present application. Referring to
The shape of the shaft body 13 is not limited in the present application. Referring to
On this basis, to facilitate the installation of the ultrasonic generation device 1 on the concrete mixer 2, referring to
In the ultrasonic generation device 1 and the concrete forming system of the present application, since the shaft body 13 on which the rotary vibration member 12 is sleeved is provided with the jet hole 132 in communication with the air inlet 111 and the jet hole 132 eject an air flow to form an air film between the rotary vibration member 12 and the shaft body 13, the friction between the rotary vibration member 12 and the shaft body 13 is reduced, the wear of the components is reduced, and the service life of the device is increased.
The sequence numbers of the above embodiments of the present application are merely for the convenience of description and do not imply the preference among the embodiments. The above descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Any equivalent changes in structure or process that are made based on the content of the specification and the accompanying drawings of the present application and are directly or indirectly used in other related technical fields shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
In the ultrasonic generation device and the concrete forming system according to the embodiments of the present application, the jet hole in communication with the air inlet on the housing is provided to form an air film between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body, so that the friction between the rotary vibration member and the shaft body is reduced, the wear of the components is reduced, and the service life of the device is increased.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202210505691.5 | May 2022 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2023/071614 | 1/10/2023 | WO |