Design basis of nest foundation machine

    Nest foundation machine is a machine tool for producing nest foundation. Therefore, on the one hand, the nest foundation rolled by it must have the characteristics of the natural honeycomb floor structure, so as to meet the biological learning of bees; on the other hand, it is a kind of machine, and its mechanical properties must meet the design and manufacturing requirements. Therefore, the design of the nest foundation machine should be based on the requirements of the structure and mechanical design and manufacture of natural honeycomb cells.

1. The structure of the honeybee's natural hive

    A honeycomb is made up of multiple spleens, and each spleen is made up of many cells. The nest is the basic unit that constitutes the nest. Many nests are placed side by side on the same side of the nest, and the nests on the two sides of the nest are close to each other back-to-back to form the nest. Great influence on the nest.

• ⑴The shape of the worker hive: The section of the worker hive is a regular hexagon, which is the result of the long-term evolution and natural selection of bees. The nest is built into a regular hexagonal structure, which not only makes full use of the limited space, but also consumes the least beeswax and provides the greatest strength. Due to the weight of the nest and spleen, the weight of the honey and powder on the spleen and the temperature of the nest, the two sides of the nest that are perpendicular to the upper beam are often slightly longer than the other sides, so strictly speaking, the nest is not a regular hexagon.
• (2) The size of the worker hive: The hive is the place where bees nurture and reproduce their offspring. The entire growth and development period of bees from eggs to adult bee emergence is spent in it. Its size is very important to the reproduction of bee colonies and the individual development of bees. big impact. Studies have shown that worker bees bred in larger worker hives are larger in size and weight, but fewer worker bees are bred per unit area.
• (3) The direction of worker honeycomb cells: the position of a group of parallel opposite sides of the hexagonal cells relative to the attachment line of the spleen is called the direction of the cells. When a set of parallel opposite sides of the hexagonal cells are perpendicular to the attachment line of the spleen, the direction of the cells is vertical; when a set of parallel opposite sides of the hexagonal cells are parallel to the attachment line of the spleen, the cells are direction is parallel
• ⑷The bottom structure of the worker's honeycomb room:The bottom of the worker's honeycomb room is composed of three prismatic wax sheets, which are pyramid-shaped. The obtuse angle of the prismatic wax sheet is 109°28', the acute angle is 70°32', and the intersection angle of the two prismatic wax sheets is 120°. The three prismatic wax sheets at the bottom of the nest are 1/3 of the bottom of the three nests on the other side of the nest.

2. nest foundation

   The base of the cell house is the protruding part of the hexagonal edge of the bottom of the cell house. The height of the base of the cell house is about 0.5 mm, and the bees build the cell wall based on it when they build the hive. The depth of the eyes of the nest foundation is related to the height of the foundation.

3. Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Requirements

    The mechanical design and manufacture of the nest foundation machine mainly depends on the technical strength of the relevant mechanical design and manufacturing departments, but the nest foundation machine itself has the following requirements:

• First, the nest foundation machine embossing roller or the nest foundation embosser's nest room The bottom model should have high precision and finish (to prevent beeswax from sticking to the mold when embossing the nest foundation); 
• Secondly, a proper cooling system and lubrication system should be designed to cool and lubricate the rollers during the nest foundation production process 
• Third, the degree of mechanization should be higher.