automatic production equipment and method for water-air alternate quenching of steel balls

The invention provides automatic production equipment and method for water-air alternate quenching of steel balls. The equipment comprises a quenching water pool, wherein a quenching device which vertically ascends and descends is arranged above the quenching water pool, the quenching device comprises a quenching workpiece frame, the discharging end of the quenching workpiece frame is provided with an openable discharging gate, a steel ball feeding device is arranged at the feeding end of the quenching workpiece frame, a steel ball discharging device is arranged at the discharging end of the quenching workpiece frame, a lower water pool is arranged below the quenching water pool, an upper water pool is arranged above the quenching water pool, a first drainage system is arranged between thequenching water pool and the upper water pool, a second drainage system and a first overflow pipeline are arranged between the quenching water pool and the lower water pool, and a water pumping system and a second overflow p