Automatic Forming Machine for Paper-Plastic Product and Manufacturing Method Therefor
20240018727 · 2024-01-18
Inventors
- Tzung-Shen Lai (Yilan City, TW)
- Ri-Hua Rao (Guangdong Province, CN)
- Zhen-Jian Li (Guangdong Province, CN)
Cpc classification
D21J5/00
TEXTILES; PAPER
International classification
Abstract
An automatic forming machine for a pulp molding product and a manufacturing method therefor. During manufacturing, a slurry suction mold immersed in a slurry box suctions a slurry to form a slurry layer, and then ascends to leave the slurry box to assemble with an upper hot pressing mold, which moves in from an external space, for extrusion to form a preform; then the slurry suction mold descends into the slurry box for a second round of slurry suction; the upper hot pressing mold suctions the preform and returns in a reverse direction to an original position; then a lower hot pressing mold ascends for assembling to hot press and shape the preform to form a pulp molding product, and the lower hot pressing mold suctions the pulp molding product and descends to the original position; and a material receiving mechanism then suctions the pulp molding product and leaves the lower hot pressing mold for separate collection. The automatic forming machine for a pulp molding product can perform, after slurry suction, rapid cold extrusion for dehydration and rapid hot-press forming, thereby increasing a manufacturing speed, shortening a production cycle, and reducing manufacturing cost.
Claims
1. An automatic forming machine for pulp molding product, comprising: a pulp box, fixedly installed inside a central space, wherein a pulp material is contained inside the pulp box and a top surface of the pulp box is an open shape; a pulp suction mold, supported by a supporting piece passing through the pulp box to be in an upward state, wherein the supporting piece can perform a lifting action to drive the pulp suction mold to lift synchronously and in a zeroing state, the pulp suction molded is driven by the supporting piece to immerse in the pulp box and the pulp suction mold is connected with a first pumping device and capable of receiving a suction action or a blow action of the first pumping device; a hot press upper mold, installed inside a side space and hung on a guide rail, wherein the side space is adjacent to the central space and located at one side of the central space, a mold face of the hot press upper mold faces downwardly and the mold face of the hot press upper mold and a mold face of the pulp suction mold are correspondingly symmetrical in shapes, the hot press upper mold is driven by an external power mechanism to perform a horizontally transverse movement along the guide rail, the hot press upper mold is connected with a second pumping device and capable of receiving the suction action or blow action of the second pumping device; and a hot press lower mold, installed inside a side space and located under the hot press upper mold, a mold face of the hot press lower mold faces upwardly, the mold face of the hot press lower mold and the mold face of the hot press upper mold are correspondingly symmetrical in shapes, a bottom of the hot press lower mold is driven by an external power mechanism to perform vertically up and down movement, and the hot press lower mold is connected with a third pumping device and capable of receiving the suction action or blow action of the third pumping device.
2. The automatic forming machine for pulp molding product of claim 1, wherein the hot press upper mold comprises a first hot press upper mold and a second hot press upper mold, wherein the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold are respectively disposed inside a first side space and a second side space, both of the first side space and the second side space are adjacent to the central space and respectively located at the two sides of the central space, the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold hung on the same guide rail configured to pass through the upper space of the first side space, the central space and the second side space, both the mold faces of the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold face downward, both the mold faces of the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold and the mold face of the pulp suction mold are correspondingly symmetrical in shapes, both the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold are driven by an external power mechanism to perform a horizontally transverse movement along the guide rail, the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold are both connected with a pumping device and able to receive the suction action and blow action of the pumping device; the hot press lower mold comprises a first hot press lower mold and a second hot press lower mold, the first hot press lower mold and the second hot press lower mold are respectively installed inside the first side space and the second side space, the first hot press lower mold and the second hot press lower mold are respectively disposed below the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold, both the mold faces of the first hot press lower mold and the second hot press lower mold face upward, the mold faces of the first hot press lower mold and the second hot press lower mold are respectively symmetrical with the first hot press upper mold and the second hot press upper mold, the bottoms of the first hot press lower mold and the second hot press lower mold are both driven by an external power mechanism to perform a vertically up and down movement, and the first hot press lower mold and the second hot press lower mold are both connected with a pumping device and able to receive the suction and blow action of the pumping device.
3. The automatic forming machine for pulp molding product of claim 1, further comprises a material receiving mechanism configured outside the side space, wherein the material receiving mechanism has a vertical base resting on a fixed position and a straight rail is configured on a side of the vertical base; a horizontal rail is transversely and crossly configured on the straight rail, the horizontal rail extends a large section toward the side space, the horizontal rail can be pushed by an external power mechanism to perform an up and down movement along the straight rail and be controlled to stop moving anytime; a rail block is clamped on the horizontal rail and pushed by an external power mechanism to move transversely along the horizontal rail and can be controlled to stop moving anytime; and, a sliding bar is fixed under the rail block and the sliding bar can move transversely along the horizontal rail accompanying with the rail block and stop anytime accompanying with the rail block, the sliding bar extends a large section toward the side space and a adsorption member is configured below the sliding bar to generate a adsorption effect due to the connection with a vacuum suction mechanism.
4. The automatic forming machine for pulp molding product of claim 3, wherein the material receiving mechanism comprises a first material receiving mechanism and a second material receiving mechanism respectively installed on the exterior of the first lateral space and the second lateral space.
5. The automatic forming machine for pulp molding product of claim 1, wherein the hot press upper mold is provided with a plurality of air extraction holes on each pulp suction part on the mold face of the mold table, the air extraction holes are direct upwardly to the interior of the mold and further to arrive at an air chamber, the air chamber is outward through an air extraction middle section tube and bends downwardly to communicate to an air extraction gathering tube, the air is sucked by the air extraction mechanism connected with the air extraction gathering tube, and when the inner end of the air extraction middle tube is connected to the air chamber, the lower position of the inner end of the air extraction middle tube is lower than the air chamber.
6. The automatic forming machine for pulp molding product of claim 1, wherein the mold faces of the mold tables of the hot press upper mold and the hot press lower mold are configured with a plurality of air blowing holes at each pulp suction part, the blowing holes toward to the interior of the mold tables go upwardly or downwardly to an air inlet tube and the air inlet tube is connected and collected for air intake via a air intake mechanism.
7. A manufacturing method of an automatic forming machine for pulp molding product, utilizing the above-mentioned automatic forming machine for pulp molding product and taking the following steps: (1) in the beginning, the pulp suction mold is immersed inside the pulp box and then the pumping device connected to the pulp suction mold is immediately activated to form a blank material layer on the mold face of the pulp suction mold; (2) upon the pulp suction time ends, the supporting piece stretches to push the pulp suction mold to suck the blank material layer and leave the pulp box to move upward, and during the process, the pumping device connected to the pulp suction mold continues the suction function, thereby enabling the blank material layer to be dehydrated and dehumidified, and meanwhile, the hot press upper mold is driven by the connecting external power mechanism to move horizontally into the central space along the guide rail and is stopped at the position corresponding to the pulp suction mold and then, the upward moving pulp suction mold sucks the blank material layer and closes mold with the hot press upper mold to squeezes the blank material layer to dehydrate, and during the process, the pumping device connected to the hot press upper mold is started to suck, thereby enabling the blank material layer to dehydrate and dehumidify, and upon the mold closing and squeezing time ends, the blank material layer is dehumidified to become a primary blank, and then, the pumping device connected to the pulp suction mold transfers to be the blowing function to release the primary blank from the pulp suction mold and the hot press upper mold sucks the primary blank; (3) then, the hot press upper mold sucks the primary blank and is driven by the connecting external power mechanism to reversely return to the first side space along the guide rail, stop at the position corresponding to the hot press lower mold, and then the hot press lower mold is pushed by the connecting external power mechanism to move upward and close mold with the hot press upper mold, thereby together proceeding with the hot press forming on the primary blank to totally dry the primary blank to be a pulp molding product, and during the process, the pumping devices connected with the hot press upper mold and the hot press lower mold both start the suction action to enable the primary blank to be dried to be the pulp molding product; (4) upon the hot press forming time ends, the pumping device connected to the hot press upper mold stops suction action, transfers to blowing action to release from the pulp molding product, and the hot press lower mold sucks the pulp molding product to move downward back for being collected.
8. The manufacturing method of an automatic forming machine for pulp molding product of claim 7, wherein, after the hot press lower mold sucks the pulp molding product and moves downward to return, the rail block of the material receiving mechanism is pushed by an external power mechanism to move along the horizontal rail and drives the sliding bar to push the suction member to move synchronously, thereby enabling the portion of the sliding bar and the suction member to enter into the side space to enable the suction member facing directly the pulp molding product, and then, the horizontal rail is pushed by the external power mechanism to move downward along the straight rail until the suction member attaches to the pulp molding product, and meanwhile the vacuum suction mechanism connected to the suction member starts the suction action and the pumping device connected to the hot press lower mold stops suction action, thereby enabling the pulp molding product to be transferred to sucked by the suction member, and then, the horizontal rail moves upward along the straight rail to return, and meanwhile the sliding rail block reversely moves along the horizontal rail and drives the sliding bar and the suction member sucking the pulp molding product to move out of the first side space, and then, immediately, the suction member stops suction action and the pulp molding product is collected.
9. The manufacturing method of an automatic forming machine for pulp molding product of claim 7, wherein, the hot press upper mold sucks the primary blank and moves reversely to return and meanwhile, the pulp suction mold stops blowing action and is driven by the supporting piece to move downward into the pulp box to return to the starting position for pulp suction, thereby enabling another blank material layer to be formed on the mold face of the pulp suction mold, and then, while the said hot press upper mold and hot press lower mold are proceeding to hot pressing and forming operation on the primary blank, the pulp suction mold sucks another blank material layer and leaves the pulp box to move upward, and meanwhile another hot press upper mold disposed in another side space moves transversely along the guide rail into the central space to close mold with the pulp suction mold to squeeze the another blank material layer to dehydrate to be another primary blank, and then, the pulp suction mold releases the another primary blank and moves downward into the pulp box and return to the starting position, the another hot press upper mold sucks the another primary blank and moves reversely along the guide rail into the another side space to return, and immediately, another hot press lower mold moves upward to close mode with the another hot press upper mold, thereby proceeding to another hot pressing and forming operation on another primary blank to totally dry the another primary blank to become another pulp molding product, and while another hot press forming time ends, the another hot press upper mold is released from the pulp molding product, and the another hot press lower mold sucks the another pulp molding product and moves downward to return, thereby being collected.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0029] 1 Automatic forming machine for pulp molding product [0030] 10 Pulp box [0031] 11 Central space [0032] 12 Protection cover [0033] 20 Pulp suction mold [0034] 21 Supporting piece [0035] 30 First hot press upper mold [0036] 31 First side space [0037] 32 Guide rail [0038] 33 Mold table [0039] 331 Air suction holes [0040] 332 Air chamber [0041] 333 Air suction middle tube [0042] 334 Air suction gathering tube [0043] 335 Blowing holes [0044] 336 Air inlet tube [0045] 40 First hot press lower mold [0046] 50 Second hot press lower mold [0047] 51 Second side space [0048] 60 Second hot press lower mold [0049] 70 First material receiving mechanism [0050] 71 Vertical base [0051] 72 Straight rail [0052] 73 Horizontal rail [0053] 74 Sliding rail block [0054] 75 Sliding bar [0055] 76 Suction member [0056] 80 Second material receiving mechanism [0057] 81 Vertical base [0058] 82 Straight rail [0059] 83 Horizontal rail [0060] 84 Sliding rail block [0061] 85 Sliding bar [0062] 86 Suction member
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
[0063] To achieve the above-mentioned object, the features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the invention which refers to the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
[0064] The present invention claims an automatic forming machine for pulp molding product, and meanwhile claims a manufacturing method of an automatic forming machine for pulp molding product, as described following.
[0065] The automatic forming machine for pulp molding product disclosed in the present invention is an automatic forming machines, particularly suitable for manufacturing light, small and thin pulp molding products. As shown in
[0068] A first hot press upper mold 30, configured inside a first side space 3 and hung on a guide rail 32, wherein the first side space 31 is adjacent to the central space 11 and located on one side of the central space 11, such as, located on the right side of the central space 11. The mold face of the first hot press upper mold 30 faces downward and the mold face of the first hot press upper mold 30 and the mold face of the pulp suction mold 20 are correspondingly symmetrical in shapes, the first hot press upper mold 30 is driven by an external power mechanism to move horizontally and transversely along the guide rail 32 as needed, and the first hot press upper mold 30 is connected with a second pumping device, capable of receiving the suction (vacuum) or blowing (air blow) action of the second pumping device;
[0069] A first hot press lower mold 40, configured inside the first side space 31 and located below the first hot press upper mold 30, wherein the mold face of the first hot press lower mold 40 is upward and the mold face of the first hot press lower mold 40 and the mold face of the first hot press upper mold 30 are correspondingly symmetrical in shapes. The bottom of the first hot press lower mold 40 is driven by an external power mechanism (such as a power cylinder, with no restriction) to perform an upright up and down movement as needed, and the first hot press lower mold 40 is connected with a third pumping device, capable of receiving the suction (vacuum) or blowing (air blow) action of the third pumping device;
[0070] A second hot press upper mold 50, configured inside a second side space 51 and hung on the same guide rail 32, wherein the second side space 51 is adjacent to the central space 11 and located on the other side of the central space 11, such as, on the left side of the central space 11. The guide rail 32 is passing through and installed inside the upper space of the first side space 31, the central space 11 and the second side space 51 and a protection cover 12 (as shown in
[0071] A second hot press lower mold 60, configured inside the second side space 51 and located below the second hot press upper mold 50, wherein the mold face of the second hot press lower mold 60 is upward and the mold face of the second hot press lower mold 60 and the mold face of the second hot press upper mold 50 are correspondingly symmetrical in shapes. The bottom of the second hot press lower mold 60 is driven by an external power mechanism (such as a power cylinder, with no restriction) to perform an upright up and down movement as needed. The second hot press lower mold 60 is connected with a fifth pumping device, capable of receiving the suction (vacuum) or blowing (air blow) action of the fifth pumping device. As shown in FIGs., the structure of the second hot press lower mold 60 is identical to the aforesaid first hot press lower mold 40 but merely respectively locate inside the first side space 31 and second side space 51 adjacent to two sides of the central space 11;
[0072] A first material receiving mechanism 70, configured outside the first side space 31, wherein the first material receiving mechanism 70 comprises a vertical base 71, resting fixedly on a platform or the ground and a straight rail 72 is configured on one side of the vertical base 71 and a horizontal rail 73 is transversely and crossly configured on the straight rail 72. The horizontal rail 73 extends a large section toward the first side space 31, the horizontal rail 73 can be driven by an external power mechanism to move, performing an up and down movement along the straight rail 72 and stopping action at any time due to be controlled. A sliding rail block 74 is configured on the horizontal rail 73, capable of being pushed by a different external power mechanism to move transversely along the horizontal rail 73 and controlled to stop action at any time. A sliding bar 75, fixedly configured under the rail block 74, thereby accompanying with the sliding rail block 74 to perform a transverse movement along the horizontal rail 73 and to stop action at any time. The sliding bar 75 also extends a large section toward the first side space 31 and a plurality of suction components 76 are configured below the sliding bar 75, capable of having a suction function due to that the rear end connected to a vacuum suction mechanism; and
[0073] A second material receiving mechanism 80, configured outside the second side space 51, wherein the second material receiving mechanism 80 is identical to the aforesaid first material receiving mechanism 70, comprising a vertical base 81 fixedly resting on a platform or the ground and a straight rail 82 is also configured on one side of the vertical base 81 and also a horizontal rail 83 is transversely and crossly configured on the straight rail 82. The horizontal rail 83 extends a large section toward the second side space 51 and the horizontal rail 83 can be driven by an external power mechanism to move, performing an up and down movement along the straight rail 82 and stop action at any time due to be controlled. Similarly, a sliding rail block 84 is set up on the horizontal rail 83, capable of being pushed by a different external power mechanism to move transversely along the horizontal rail 83 and stop moving at any time due to be controlled. Similarly, a sliding bar 85 is fixedly installed under the sliding rail block 84, as well, capable of accompanying with the sliding rail block 84 to move transversely along the horizontal rail 83 and stop moving at any time. The sliding bar 85 also extends a large section toward the second side space 51 and a plurality of suction components 86 are configured below the sliding bar 85, capable of having a suction function due to that the rear end connected to a vacuum suction mechanism.
[0074] The description as above is the basic structural constitution of the automatic forming machine for pulp molding product 1 in the present invention. Specifically, as the above-mentioned external power mechanisms and the first, second, third, fourth and fifth pumping devices at various positions are not the main components of the present invention, and their functions are obvious, they are not depicted to simplify the drawings.
[0075] According to the aforesaid structural constitution of the automatic forming machine for pulp molding product 1, the present invention also claims a manufacturing method of the automatic forming machine for pulp molding product, which uses the aforesaid automatic forming machine for pulp molding product 1 and includes the following steps: [0076] 1. As shown in
[0083] After all the steps described above are completed one by one, the anticipated pulp molding products are manufactured. As the first, second, and third production cycles or the second, third, and fourth production cycles (and so on) can coexist and go on in sequence, the present invention can truly enhance manufacturing speed and shorten production cycle to reduce manufacturing cost invention object.
[0084] As we can see from the aforesaid structural constitution and manufacturing steps of the automatic forming machine for pulp molding product 1, the first hot press upper mold 30 and the second hot press upper mold 50, the first hot press lower mold 40 and the second hot press lower mold 60, and the first material receiving mechanism 70 and the second material receiving mechanism 80 are actually of the same structure and are used in the same manufacturing steps, only differentiated by their locations on either side of the central space 11. Therefore, in actual applications, except that the automatic forming machine for pulp molding product 1 must have the pulp box 10 and pulp suction mold 20, in case only the first hot press upper mold 30, the first hot press lower mold 40 and the first material receiving mechanism 70 exist, or in case only the second hot press upper mold 50, the second hot press lower mold 60, and the second material receiving mechanism 80 exist, after pulp suction, quick cold squeezing (dehydration) and quick hot press shaping can also be realized to enhance manufacturing speed and shorten production cycle to reduce manufacturing cost invention object.
[0085] In the above manufacturing steps of the manufacturing method disclosed in the invention, when the first hot press upper mold 30 (or the second hot press upper mold 50) and the first hot press lower mold 40 (or the second hot press lower mold 60) clamp to carry out hot press shaping, the first hot press upper mold 30 (or second hot press upper mold 50) and the first hot press lower mold 40 (or second hot press lower mold 60) will both carry out the sucking (vacuum) or blowing (wind) process. Specifically, the sucking process is mainly used to suck the vapor from the primary blank, and the blowing process is used to release the pulp molding product.
[0086] In the case of the first hot press upper mold 30 for example, the structure of the first hot press upper mold 30 is as shown in
[0087] As for the first hot press lower mold 40 and the second hot press lower mold 60, they are opposite to the first hot press upper mold 30 and the second hot press upper mold 50 and face downward, their pulp suction holes and air suction holes are located on the top of the mold face, when the vapor is sucked to the air chamber and converted into water, the water will easily enter the air suction intermediate tube due to its gravitation. Therefore, it will be fine as long as the bottom position of the inner end of the air suction intermediate tube is at the same level as the air chamber. It does not have to be deliberately lower.
[0088] Similarly, in the case of the first hot press upper mold 30 for example, as shown in
[0089] To summarize, the present invention truly has novelty and practical inventive step, and therefore an application for invention is hereby submitted. Your examination and earliest approval will be highly appreciated.