30 results about "Snowmaking" patented technology

The present invention discloses a snowing device and a climatic chamber, of which the operating principle is that a heating unit arranged inside a water tank heats water in the water tank, the heated water is output to a water-cooled water cooler, the water-cooled water cooler cools water in the water tank to make water in the water tank reach a predetermined temperature for snowmaking, and the water cooled to a predetermined temperature for snowmaking is jetted from a sprinkler to realize snowing. In the solution, the control of temperature of water in the water tank is realized through the heating unit in the water tank, a cold water circulation pump and the water-cooled water cooler in the water tank, snowing is realized, and the simulation of a snowing environment is realized, so that the inspection of working state of an air-conditioner in an environment of snowing is facilitated.

The invention relates to artificial snowmaking and specifically to the discovery that by introducing an effective amount of organo-modified polysiloxane material to the water being supplied to the snow guns, the quality of the snow thus made is significantly enhanced.

The invention discloses a snowmaker for aircraft testing, and relates to the technical field of aircraft testing, the snowmaker comprises a snowmaking mechanism, a pitching mechanism, a swing mechanism and a control cabinet, automatic adjustment of the pitching angle of the snowmaker is realized through an electric push rod and a first angular displacement sensor, the control precision of the pitching angle is high, the swing angle of the snowmaker is automatically adjusted by installing a motor, a rotary support, an electromagnetic clutch and a second angular displacement sensor, the swing angle control precision is high, and adjustment is convenient; the electrical control system of the snowmaker is integrally designed with all structures and mechanisms so that the integration degree of the snowmaker is higher; the water nozzle is provided with a plurality of mounting holes so that the spraying amount of water drops can be increased, the snowmaking amount is increased, and meanwhile, the snowfall uniformity is improved.

The invention is a snowmaking automation system and snowmaking automation modules for use with snowmaking guns and hydrants. Embodiments of the snowmaking automation modules described herein may be battery powered, and thus do not require fixed electrical infrastructure, but are designed to use such infrastructure if present on the mountain. In some embodiments, various components of the snowmaking automation system may be wireless and thus do not require hard-wired communications, for example between base stations, servers, databases, repeater nodes and remotely controlled snowmaking guns and hydrants with their snowmaking automation modules installed.

Various embodiments of multi-step snowmaking guns are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of a six-step, a four-step and a single step snowmaking gun are disclosed. Embodiments of the multi-step snowmaking guns may generally characterized by having a bottom manifold connected to a main mast, which is connected to a nozzle manifold, which in turn may be connected to a multi-step fluid nozzle. Embodiments of the multi-step snowmaking guns may further be generally characterized as having a nucleator head connected to a nucleator mast which is in turn also connected to the nozzle manifold.

The invention discloses a supersonic snowmaking nozzle and a supersonic indoor snowmaker comprising the same. The supersonic snowmaking nozzle comprises an air flow pass and a water flow pass, a Lavalspray pipe section is arranged on the air flow pass, and the water flow pass communicates with an expansion section of the Laval spray pipe section. The supersonic snowmaking nozzle provided by the invention makes the atomization effect of cold water be better, the snow forming rate is higher, no superfluous water vapor is scattered into air, the humidity is not obviously increased, the cooling capacity in the air is not consumed, the indoor environmental temperature is not increased, thus energy consumption can be overall saved, and continuous snowmaking can be achieved.

The invention discloses a snowfall environment simulation system and method for an aviation aircraft test, and belongs to the technical field of aircraft tests. The simulation system comprises an experiment bin used for containing an aviation aircraft, four sets of snowmakers located at the four corners in the experiment bin, and a flow guide barrier located in front of each set of snowmakers. An opening is formed in the middle of each flow guide barrier corresponding to the front end of a spray pipe, a flow guide cover capable of rotating and sliding along the opening is arranged in the opening, a plurality of sound absorption baffles for absorbing noise are arranged on the inner surface of the flow guide barrier, and two sets of collecting bins for collecting snowflakes are arranged in the middle of the inner surface of the flow guide barrier. The simulation method comprises the following steps: S1, arranging the system; S2, adjusting the temperature; S3, adjusting the snowmaking amount; S4, adjusting the water content; S5, adjusting visibility and snowflake particle size; and S6, evaluating the snowfall strength. According to the snowfall environment simulation method, snowfall environment parameters are stable and controllable, the adjustable range of the environment parameters is wide, simulation can be conducted repeatedly, the method is not affected by natural conditions, and the experiment cost is saved.

The invention discloses spiral cutter ice-cutting snowmaking equipment. The spiral cutter ice-cutting snowmaking equipment comprises a sled plate, a discharging roller, a feeding screw, discharging plates, a rotary disk and spiral cutters. The sled plate is connected with a lower base plate in a fixation mode through a connecting rod. A cutting motor and a gearbox are arranged on the lower base plate. The cutting motor and the gearbox are connected with each other through a main shaft. A transmission shaft is arranged on the gearbox. The rotary disk is arranged on the upper portion of the transmission shaft. The lower base plate is connected with an upper base plate through a support rod. A feeding motor is arranged on the left side of the upper base plate. The feeding screw is installed on the feeding motor. Guard boards are arranged on two sides of the feeding screw. A discharging motor and the discharging roller are arranged on the guard boards. A traction seat is arranged on the right side of the upper base plate. An electric control cabinet is arranged on the guard boards. A knife switch is arranged inside the electric control cabinet. According to the spiral cutter ice-cutting snowmaking equipment, ice blocks are cut into fine ice particles and the ice particles are uniform in size. The spiral cutter ice-cutting snowmaking equipment is low in maintenance cost, high in cutting efficiency at the same time, and little affected by weather.

The invention discloses a machine head of a snow making machine, and relates to the technical field of snow making equipment. The machine head comprises a machine head body, nucleon nozzles, water nozzles, high-pressure water grooves, high-pressure air grooves and heating rings, wherein four lines of screw holes with the total number being 355 for mounting nozzles are arranged on the front face ofthe machine head body, and the front face of the machine head body is provided with 45 nucleon nozzles and 310 water nozzles; the high-pressure water grooves and the high-pressure air grooves are arranged on the back face of the machine head body, the high-pressure water grooves are connected with a high-pressure water valve through a threaded short pipe, the high-pressure air grooves are connected with a high-pressure gas valve through a threaded short pipe, two lines of channels are connected with the high-pressure water valve and the high-pressure air valve respectively, and the water nozzles are directly connected with the high-pressure water valve; and two heating rings are correspondingly arranged between an outermost channel and an outer second channel of the machine head body andbetween an inner second channel and an innermost channel of the machine head body, and the back face of the machine head body is provided with bottom screw holes connected with an air duct. The snowmaking amount is improved, the problem that the nucleon nozzles and the water nozzles are prone to freeze is solved, the snow making is more stable, and a protection function is provided for the machine head.

The invention discloses a steel plate substrate skiing jumping platform slideway snowmaking base layer treatment structure and a method, and belongs to the technical field of infrastructure construction of snowmobile projects. The steel plate substrate skiing jumping platform slideway snowmaking base layer treatment structure comprises a steel plate substrate (1), a non-woven fabric protective layer (2), a concave-convex hydrophobic board (3) and a non-woven fabric filtering protective surface layer (4); the whole surface of the steel plate substrate (1) is coated with an adhesive glue to completely adhere the non-woven fabric protective layer (2) to the steel plate substrate (1); the whole surface of the non-woven fabric protective layer (2) is coated with the adhesive glue to completelyadhere the concave-convex hydrophobic board (3) to the non-woven fabric protective layer (2), and the whole surface of the concave-convex hydrophobic board (3) is coated with the adhesive glue to completely adhere the non-woven fabric filtering protective surface layer (4) to the concave-convex hydrophobic board (3). The steel plate substrate skiing jumping platform slideway snowmaking base layertreatment structure has the advantages that the problems of small friction force between steel plates and snow, difficulty in adhesion, snow melting water drainage, reduction of the influence of highheat conductivity coefficient of the steel plate on a snow layer and the like are solved, and the snow making quality of the all-steel structure on-snow project slideway is guaranteed.

An apparatus for making artificial snow comprises: a) a reservoir for an evaporative snow solution; b) a fluid line with an upper end and a lower end; c) a pump to deliver the evaporative snow solution through the fluid line to a fan at or near the upper end of the fluid line; d) a sock; e) an illuminating means which is configured to illuminate the artificial snow once produced and falling; and f) a ventilated protective membrane around the illuminating means to prevent ingress of fluid; wherein the entire apparatus is contained within the body of a decorative device, and wherein the sock is disposed at or near an upper area of said device, and wherein the fan is capable of blowing the evaporative solution from the upper end of the fluid line through the fabric of the sock so as to create a foam-like snow.

The invention discloses a snow sculpture 3D printer integrating snowmaking equipment. The composition structure comprises a base, an information access port, a speed regulation device, a plurality ofmotors, a base end cover, a plurality of rotary pairs, a connection rod 1, a connection rod 2, a connection rod 3, a connection rod 4, a spray head, a spray head frame, a feed hose, the snowmaking equipment, a micro high-pressure gas pump, a gas inlet pipe, a water inlet pipe, a screw nut, a U-shaped clamping piece, an independent support, a small water pump, a gear 1 and a gear 2. The snowmakingequipment is fixed to the connection rod 2, can also be installed on an independent support installation supporting rod and comprises a cold chamber and a cold chamber rear end cover. The snow sculpture 3D printer integrating the snowmaking equipment is simpler in structure, the spray head can complete printing motion of multiple angles, the problem of printing precision of a suspended part is solved, thus the treatment effect of a hollowed-out part is improved, meanwhile, the snow sculpture 3D printer is not limited to X-Y-plane slice type printing, the step effect of the printed part can belowered, and printing efficiency and precision are improved.

The invention is a snowmaking automation system and snowmaking automation modules for use with snowmaking guns and hydrants. Embodiments of the snowmaking automation modules described herein may be battery powered, and thus do not require fixed electrical infrastructure, but are designed to use such infrastructure if present on the mountain. In some embodiments, various components of the snowmaking automation system may be wireless and thus do not require hard-wired communications, for example between base stations, servers, databases, repeater nodes and remotely controlled snowmaking guns and hydrants with their snowmaking automation modules installed.

The invention discloses a large-stroke air flow air duct and a snowmaker thereof.The air duct comprises an air duct body and a plurality of flow guide plates evenly distributed on the inner wall of the air duct body at intervals in the circumferential direction, the flow guide plates extend in the length direction in a spiral progressive line mode in the axis direction of the air duct body, and the flow guide plates extend from the air duct fan motor end to the air duct nozzle end; the height extension directions of the flow guide plates all face the center of the air duct body, and a central axial air channel is defined by the flow guide plates; air flow axially flowing along the inner wall of the air duct body passes through the flow guide plate and then generates rotational flow, the phenomenon that cold air axially flowing along the inner wall of the air duct is directly and axially ejected and thrown in the environment without passing through the flow guide plate does not exist, the rotational flow changes the flow direction of the air in the duct body, so that the air forms longitudinal vortex along the inner wall of the air duct, and the air flow is more uniform. The flow stroke of cold air is increased, so that the contact time of atomized small water drops and the cold air is long, mixing is more violent, heat exchange is more sufficient, meanwhile, the floating time of ice cores is prolonged, the ice cores grow larger, and the snowmaking amount is increased.

The invention discloses an intelligent combined snowmaker and a control method thereof. The intelligent combined snowmaker comprises a snowmaker box body, a water tank, a low-temperature snowmaking device, a high-temperature snowmaking device and an electric control box, wherein the low-temperature snowmaking device comprises a snowmaking barrel, the snowmaking barrel is arranged at the outer top end of the snowmaking machine box, a motor, a filter screen and a fan are arranged in the snowmaking barrel, a first snow outlet is formed in one end of the snowmaking barrel, the high-temperature snowmaking device comprises an ice making device, an ice crushing device and a refrigerating system, the ice crushing device comprises a centrifugal machine and a centrifugal machine pipeline, the refrigerating system comprises a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator, the evaporator is arranged in the ice making device, and a second snow outlet is formed in one side of the ice making machine box body; and when the refrigerating system starts to refrigerate, flake ice is generated in the ice making device, and the ice crushing device crushes the flake ice and blows the crushed flake ice out of the second snow outlet to form snow. According to the intelligent combined snowmaker, two snow making modes of gun barrel type snow making and ice crushing type snow making are combined, and snow making can be achieved no matter below zero or above zero.

The invention discloses a single cylinder rotation type icebreaking snowmaker, which comprises a frame, a main support, a transverse fixed plate, a breaking cylinder, an end protective ring, a fixed wheel frame, rollers, a track, breaking teeth, a breaking cylinder motor and feeding guide plates, wherein the breaking cylinder is fixedly connected with a main shaft through a support rod, an ice cutting hole is arranged on the breaking cylinder, the breaking teeth are arranged in the breaking cylinder, and of a strip shape, the lengths of the breaking teeth are 20-40mm, the vertical cross sections of the breaking teeth are of a triangle or an isosceles trapezoid, the end protective rings are arranged on the two ends of the breaking cylinder, are of a ring shape, chain wheels are respectively arranged on an ice particle conveyor belt motor and a conveyor shaft, belt wheels are respectively arranged on the breaking cylinder motor and the main shaft, and a power supply switch is arranged in a control box. The single cylinder rotation type icebreaking snowmaker can cut ice blocks into fine ice particles, is suitable for different volumes and shapes of ice blocks, is high in breaking efficiency, is extremely uniform in size of the ice particles, and is simple in structure and flexible to move.

The invention discloses high-temperature combined automatic snowmaking equipment. The high-temperature combined automatic snowmaking equipment comprises a vehicle plate base and an outer-side frame, wherein a front-side support leg composed of a rotary stud, a rotary handle, a long metal block, a limit lug and a metal jaw leg is convenient to use for supporting and placement; during installation for the front-side support leg, the rotary stud, the long metal block and the limit lug of the front-side support leg are connected to the vehicle plate base; during adjustment, personnel carry out circumferential rotation through the rotary handle, and the rotary stud is capable of carrying out thread lifting on the vehicle plate base; the rotary stud is movably connected with the long metal block, and in this way, the long metal block is effectively driven to move; moreover, through the limit of the limit lug, more stable movement is achieved; a lap-joint snow removal block composed of a lap-joint convex column, a transversal metal block, a vertical connection block, a snow shoveling shaft column and a fixing screw is convenient to use for snow removal; and during movement of a rotary front wheel, through the contact sweeping of the lap-joint snow removal block, the adhesion of soil and snow blocks is effectively avoided.

The present invention discloses a snowing device and a climatic chamber, of which the operating principle is that a heating unit arranged inside a water tank heats water in the water tank, the heated water is output to a water-cooled water cooler, the water-cooled water cooler cools water in the water tank to make water in the water tank reach a predetermined temperature for snowmaking, and the water cooled to a predetermined temperature for snowmaking is jetted from a sprinkler to realize snowing. In the solution, the control of temperature of water in the water tank is realized through the heating unit in the water tank, a cold water circulation pump and the water-cooled water cooler in the water tank, snowing is realized, and the simulation of a snowing environment is realized, so that the inspection of working state of an air-conditioner in an environment of snowing is facilitated.

The invention relates to a small movable indoor snowmaker. The small movable indoor snowmaker comprises a rack (1), an air compressor (2) and a high pressure water pump (3), wherein a plurality of travelling wheels (11) are arranged at the lower part of the rack (1); a spraying snowmaking upright post (4) is arranged on the rack (1); a water gas mixed spraying head (41) is mounted at the upper end part of the spraying snowmaking upright post (4); a high pressure water pipe (42) and a high pressure gas pipe (43) are arranged inside the spraying snowmaking upright post (4); the upper end of the high pressure water pipe (42) is connected with the water gas mixed spraying head (41); the lower end of the high pressure water pipe (42) is connected with the high pressure water pump (3); the upper end of the high pressure gas pipe (43) is connected with the water gas mixed spraying head (41); and the lower end of the high pressure gas pipe (43) communicates with the air compressor (2). The small movable indoor snowmaker is compact in structure and small in volume, can be conveniently moved indoors for snowmaking, is low in operation noise, low in power consumption and good in snowmaking effect, has the advantages that the working efficiency is high, the power consumption is low and the snowmaking quantity is large, and can completely meet the requirements of indoor snowmaking.