CN109608027A - A kind of tempered glass production annealing furnace - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of tempered glass of annealing furnace technical field to produce annealing furnace, including tempering furnace body, heat release hole is uniformly provided at the top of tempering furnace body, the side wall of tempering furnace body is evenly arranged with the cover to match with heat release hole, water inlet is offered at the top of cabinet left side wall, the centre of cabinets cavity is provided with partition, the bottom of cabinets cavity is provided with air distribution plate, the centre of partition is provided with discharge pipe, the bottom of cabinet front wall is provided with drainpipe, and valve body is provided on drainpipe, the presence of block spreads the hot-air risen around in the device, increase the contact area of hot-air and water, water is set quickly to absorb the heat in hot-air, cool down to hot-air, to ensure that the personal safety of neighbouring staff, it avoids being burned, the temperature of reduced ambient enviroment, for staff Comfortable working environment is provided, to improve the working efficiency of staff.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to annealing furnace technical field, specially a kind of tempered glass produces annealing furnace.
Background technique
A large amount of heat can be generated in annealing furnace work, and existing annealing furnace is directly to lead to extra heat mostly
Cross heat release hole row outwardly, these not processed heats are easy the staff near scald, and greatly improve ring around
The temperature in border influences staff's normal work, for this purpose, it is proposed that a kind of tempered glass produces annealing furnace.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of tempered glass to produce annealing furnace, mentioned above in the background art to solve
Problem.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a kind of tempered glass produces annealing furnace, including tempering
Furnace body is uniformly provided with heat release hole at the top of tempering furnace body, and the side wall of tempering furnace body is evenly arranged with and heat release hole
The cover to match is provided with cabinet on the right side of tempering furnace body side wall, and the bottom of cabinet left side wall offers air inlet,
And air inlet is connected to cover by ventilation duct, and water inlet, the intermediate setting of cabinets cavity are offered at the top of cabinet left side wall
There is partition, and the inner cavity of cabinet is divided into cooling chamber and reservoir chamber by partition from top to bottom, the bottom of cabinets cavity is provided with
Air distribution plate, and air distribution plate is located at the top of air inlet, the centre of partition is provided with discharge pipe, the bottom of inner wall at left and right sides of discharge pipe
Portion is evenly arranged with baffle, and the side wall of cabinet is run through on the top of discharge pipe, and the bottom of cabinet front wall is provided with drainpipe,
And valve body is provided on drainpipe.
Preferably, air distribution plate includes plate body, and the lateral wall of plate body is fixedly connected with the internal chamber wall of cabinet, uniformly opens on plate body
Equipped with ventilation hole, the side wall of plate body is evenly arranged with the block to match with ventilation hole, and block be located at ventilation hole just on
Side, block are conical block.
Preferably, the right side activity of partition is plugged with intubation, and the junction of partition and intubation is provided with sealing ring, intubation
The bottom of left side wall is provided with floating block.
Preferably, the top movable of outlet air tube cavity is provided with drying layer, and the right end of drying layer runs through the right side of discharge pipe
Side wall, and the internal chamber wall of discharge pipe offers the placing groove to match with drying layer, and the internal chamber wall of placing groove is evenly arranged with
Fixture block offers the card slot to match with fixture block on drying layer.
Preferably, uniformly run through on partition and be plugged with baffle ring, and baffle ring is distributed in concentric circles, the vertical section of partition is in funnel
Shape.
Preferably, baffle mutual dislocation in the left and right sides is arranged, and baffle one being sloped downwardly far from discharge pipe, and baffle
On be uniformly provided with through-hole, and neighbouring two groups of through-holes are mutually to be arranged.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: hot-air is sent into cabinets cavity by ventilation duct in the device
Bottom, hot-air risen by ventilation hole, play the role of diffusion to hot-air, the presence of block make the hot-air risen to
Surrounding diffusion, increase the contact area of hot-air and water, water allow quickly to absorb the heat in hot-air, to hot-air into
Row cooling, to ensure that the personal safety of neighbouring staff, avoids being burned, the temperature of reduced ambient enviroment, is work
Comfortable working environment is provided as personnel, to improve the working efficiency of staff.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is schematic structural view of the invention；
Fig. 2 is structure of the invention cabinet schematic diagram.
In figure: 1, tempering furnace body；2, heat release hole；3, cover；4, cabinet；5, partition；6, air distribution plate；61, plate body；62,
Ventilation hole；63, block；7, reservoir chamber；8, air inlet；9, ventilation duct；10, cooling chamber；11, water inlet；12, discharge pipe；13, it does
Dry layer；14, baffle；15, baffle ring；16, it is intubated；17, floating block；18, placing groove.
Specific embodiment
Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete
Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on
Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other
Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The present invention provides a kind of technical solution referring to FIG. 1-2: a kind of tempered glass production annealing furnace, including annealing furnace
Ontology 1, the top of tempering furnace body 1 are uniformly provided with heat release hole 2, and the side wall of tempering furnace body 1 is evenly arranged with and radiates
The cover 3 that hole 2 matches is provided with cabinet 4 on the right side of 1 side wall of tempering furnace body, and the bottom of 4 left side wall of cabinet offers
Air inlet 8, and air inlet 8 is connected to cover 3 by ventilation duct 9, and water inlet 11 is offered at the top of 4 left side wall of cabinet, is intake
Mouth 11 is connect by water pipe with extraneous tap, is facilitated and is added cold water into cooling chamber 10 in time, the centre of 4 inner cavity of cabinet is set
It is equipped with partition 5, and the inner cavity of cabinet 4 is divided into cooling chamber 10 and reservoir chamber 7, the bottom of 4 inner cavity of cabinet by partition 5 from top to bottom
Portion is provided with air distribution plate 6, and air distribution plate 6 is located at the top of air inlet 8, and the centre of partition 5 is provided with discharge pipe 12, discharge pipe 12
The bottom of left and right sides inner wall is evenly arranged with baffle 14, and the top of discharge pipe 12 is before the side wall of cabinet 4, cabinet 4
The bottom of side wall is provided with drainpipe, and valve body is provided on drainpipe.
Wherein, air distribution plate 6 includes plate body 61, and the lateral wall of plate body 61 is fixedly connected with the internal chamber wall of cabinet 4, on plate body 61
It is uniformly provided with ventilation hole 62, the side wall of plate body 61 is evenly arranged with the block 63 to match with ventilation hole 62, and block 63
Positioned at the surface of ventilation hole 62, block 63 is conical block, and plate body 61 plays obstruction wind action, and then wind passes through ventilation
Hole 62 rises, and plays the role of diffusion to wind, and the presence of block 63 makes the wind direction surrounding risen diffusion, increases connecing for wind and water
Contacting surface product, facilitates the cooling of wind；
The right side activity of partition 5 is plugged with intubation 16, and the junction of partition 5 and intubation 16 is provided with sealing ring, is intubated
The bottom of 16 left side walls is provided with floating block 17, and floating block 17 swims in the top of the water of 7 inner cavity of reservoir chamber, the water in reservoir chamber 7
After reduction, intubation 16 is moved down, and is intubated the top of 16 top lower than water in cooling chamber 10, and the water in cooling chamber 10 passes through intubation 16
It flows into reservoir chamber 7, plays the role of adding water；
The top movable of 12 inner cavity of discharge pipe is provided with drying layer 13, and the right end of drying layer 13 runs through the right side of discharge pipe 12
Side wall is facilitated and is taken out from right side by drying layer 13, cleared up and replaced, and the internal chamber wall of discharge pipe 12 offers and drying
13 placing groove 18 that matches of layer, and the internal chamber wall of placing groove 18 is evenly arranged with fixture block, offer and fixture block on drying layer 13
The card slot to match, fixture block and card slot match the fixation for facilitating drying layer 13, and drying layer 13 is nonwoven layer, is played
The effect of moisture in air filtering；
Uniformly run through on partition 5 and be plugged with baffle ring 15, and baffle ring 15 is distributed in concentric circles, can be very good to play in obstruction
The moisture carried in lift-off gas, the vertical section of partition 5 are in infundibulate, the rising of the air after facilitating cooling；
The setting of 14 mutual dislocation of left and right sides baffle, and one being sloped downwardly far from discharge pipe 12 of baffle 14, make left and right
Two side baffles 14 form S type channel, facilitate removal moisture in air, reduce scattering and disappearing for moisture, and be uniformly provided on baffle 14
Through-hole, and neighbouring two groups of through-holes are mutually to being arranged, the presence of through-hole facilitate the circulation of air, baffle 14, baffle ring 15,
Discharge pipe 12 and partition 5 are that aluminum alloy material is made.
Working principle: cold water being added into cooling chamber 10 and reservoir chamber 7, and the water submerged air distribution plate 6 in reservoir chamber 7, steel
The hot gas changed in furnace body 1 is discharged by heat release hole 2, and is collected by cover 3, and the bottom of 4 inner cavity of cabinet is sent by ventilation duct 9
Portion, plate body 61 play the role of stopping hot-air, and then hot-air is risen by ventilation hole 62, and the work of diffusion is played to hot-air
With the presence of block 63 spreads the hot-air risen around, increases the contact area of hot-air and water, keeps water fast
Speed absorbs the heat in hot-air, cools down to hot-air, and the air after cooling carries steam and rises, the water in cooling chamber 10
Play the role of cooling to baffle ring 15 and partition 5, condensation drippage is quickly cooled down after moisture to baffle ring 15 and partition 5, is reduced
Steam scatters and disappears, and has saved water resource, filtered air by discharge pipe 12 row outwardly.
It although an embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described, for the ordinary skill in the art, can be with
A variety of variations, modification, replacement can be carried out to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention by understanding
And modification, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended.
Claims (6)
1. a kind of tempered glass produces annealing furnace, including tempering furnace body, it is uniformly provided with heat release hole at the top of tempering furnace body,
It is characterized by: and the side wall of tempering furnace body be evenly arranged with the cover to match with heat release hole, tempering furnace body top side
Cabinet is provided on the right side of wall, and the bottom of cabinet left side wall offers air inlet, and air inlet and cover are connected by ventilation duct
It is logical, offer water inlet at the top of cabinet left side wall, the centre of cabinets cavity is provided with partition, and partition by the inner cavity of cabinet from
Top to bottm is divided into cooling chamber and reservoir chamber, and the bottom of cabinets cavity is provided with air distribution plate, and air distribution plate is located at air inlet
Top, the centre of partition are provided with discharge pipe, and the bottom of inner wall is evenly arranged with baffle at left and right sides of discharge pipe, and discharge pipe
The side wall of cabinet is run through on top, and the bottom of cabinet front wall is provided with drainpipe, and valve body is provided on drainpipe.
2. a kind of tempered glass according to claim 1 produces annealing furnace, it is characterised in that: air distribution plate includes plate body, plate
The lateral wall of body is fixedly connected with the internal chamber wall of cabinet, and ventilation hole is uniformly provided on plate body, and the side wall of plate body is uniformly arranged
There is the block to match with ventilation hole, and block is located at the surface of ventilation hole, block is conical block.
3. a kind of tempered glass according to claim 1 produces annealing furnace, it is characterised in that: the right side activity grafting of partition
There is intubation, and the junction of partition and intubation is provided with sealing ring, the bottom for being intubated left side wall is provided with floating block.
4. a kind of tempered glass according to claim 1 produces annealing furnace, it is characterised in that: the top of outlet air tube cavity is living
It is dynamic to be provided with drying layer, and the right end of drying layer runs through the right side wall of discharge pipe, and the internal chamber wall of discharge pipe offers and drying
The placing groove that matches of layer, and the internal chamber wall of placing groove is evenly arranged with fixture block offers on drying layer and matches with fixture block
Card slot.
5. a kind of tempered glass according to claim 1 produces annealing furnace, it is characterised in that: uniformly run through grafting on partition
There is baffle ring, and baffle ring is distributed in concentric circles, the vertical section of partition is in infundibulate.
6. a kind of tempered glass according to claim 1 produces annealing furnace, it is characterised in that: left and right sides baffle is mutually wrong
Position setting, and baffle one being sloped downwardly far from discharge pipe, and through-hole is uniformly provided on baffle, and neighbouring two groups are logical
Hole is mutually to be arranged.
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