Electromechanical-linkage hydraulic control gate valve actuator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10330213-B2
Application number	US-201816133430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2018
Priority date	Mar 30, 2016
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

Provided is an electromechanical-linkage hydraulic control gate valve actuator. The actuator includes a hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox assembly and a bidirectional throttle valve. In the present invention, a motor is driven to rotate through the hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox and thus a hydraulic system is driven to finally open and close a gate valve. An opening and closing speeds of the gate valve can be regulated and controlled through the bidirectional throttle valve. The present invention drives the motor through the hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox under emergency conditions such as repair and power failure, thereby controlling to open and close the gate valve. Meanwhile, a hydraulic system respectively regulates the speeds of two states of opening and closing through a bidirectional throttling technique, so as to effectively eliminate a water hammer phenomenon. The present invention has simple structure, light weight and modular installation, and enhances safety and reliability.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electromechanical-linkage hydraulic control gate valve actuator, comprising an explosion-proof motor, a hydraulic control gate valve and an actuator rack; wherein the electromechanical-linkage hydraulic control gate valve actuator further comprises a hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox assembly ( 4 ); a sun gear ( 17 ) of the hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox assembly ( 4 ) is connected with the explosion-proof motor ( 2 ) through a shaft; the electromechanical-linkage hydraulic control gate valve actuator further comprises a bidirectional throttle valve ( 5 ) installed in a lower part of the actuator rack ( 3 ); and one end of the bidirectional throttle valve ( 5 ) is communicated with a hydraulic oil cylinder, and the other end is communicated with a hydraulic control check valve;
in the hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox assembly ( 4 ), the sun gear ( 17 ) is disposed on a central line at one end of a planet carrier body ( 10 ) and is connected with the shaft of the explosion-proof motor ( 2 ); a central line at the other end of the planet carrier body ( 10 ) is connected with a handle through a bearing ( 9 ); and planetary gears ( 11 ) are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the planet carrier body ( 10 ), and are engaged with an internal gear ( 18 ) fixed to a hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox shell ( 6 ) through two planetary gear shafts ( 12 );
the planetary gears ( 11 ) revolve around the central line of the internal gear ( 18 ), and rotate around the planetary gear shafts ( 12 );
the two planetary gears ( 11 ), the sun gear ( 17 ), the two planetary gear shafts ( 12 ) and the internal gear ( 18 ) respectively have tooth numbers of 29, 10, 8 and 48, and have moduli of 2;
the hand-operated speed-increasing gearbox assembly ( 4 ) has a speed-increasing ratio of 18.5; and
opening and closing speeds of the hydraulic control gate valve are regulated and controlled through the bidirectional throttle valve ( 5 ).

Assignees

• Univ Taiyuan Technology

Inventors

• Kou Ziming
• Gao Guijun
• Kou Yanfei
• Cui Gongjun
• Zhang Jing
• Qin Hao
• Meng Sijia
• Liu Jing
• Zhao Liangji

Classifications

• F16K47/023

  for preventing water-hammer, e.g. damping of the valve movement · CPC title

• F16K31/53

  with toothed gearing · CPC title

• F16K3/0254

  being operated by particular means · CPC title

• F15B13/025

  Pressure reducing valves · CPC title

• F15B15/088

  the motor using combined actuation, e.g. electric and fluid actuation · CPC title