Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an uninterrupted intelligent transfer feeder in order to avoid the defects of the prior art.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows: an uninterrupted intelligent transfer feeder has a pick-and-place robot, and:
a main frame part;
storage portion sets up on the main frame portion, has:
the turret assembly comprises at least two material racks which are arranged oppositely, the material racks are used for storing materials, and the taking and conveying robot is used for taking and conveying the materials in one material rack into the packaging object; and
the rotating assembly is used for driving the turret assembly to rotate; and
the lifting transmission assembly is arranged on a rotating path of the turret assembly and is used for driving the contacted single material rack to be lifted; and
the return transmission assembly is arranged on a rotating path of the turret assembly and is used for driving the contacted single material rack to descend;
and the electric control part is arranged on the main frame body and used for controlling the movement of the taking and delivering robot and the material storage part.
In several embodiments, the rack includes a sliding structure, a transmission structure and a material storage structure, the transmission structure rotates along with a lifting transmission component or a return transmission component which is in contact with the transmission structure, the sliding component makes a lifting or lowering movement along with the transmission structure in the material storage structure, and the materials are stored in a space formed by the sliding component and the material storage structure.
And storing materials through the material rack.
In several embodiments, the rotating assembly comprises a rotating drive body and a rotating transmission body, the rotating transmission body is vertically arranged and driven by the rotating drive body to rotate, the material rest is arranged on the rotating transmission body, and the rotating transmission body drives the material rest to rotate.
The rotating assembly drives the material rack to rotate, so that the material supplementing operation is conveniently carried out on the spare material rack.
In some embodiments, the lifting transmission assembly includes a lifting driving body and a lifting transmission body, the lifting transmission body is vertically disposed and driven by the lifting driving body to rotate, and the lifting transmission body drives the transmission structure to rotate in a state of contacting with the transmission structure.
Through the lifting transmission assembly, when the material taking and conveying robot takes materials from the material rack, the material rack is automatically lifted, and the material can be sucked in the stroke of the material taking and conveying robot.
In some embodiments, the return transmission assembly includes a return driving body and a return transmission body, the return transmission body is vertically arranged and driven by the return driving body to rotate, the return transmission body drives the transmission structure to rotate in a state of being in contact with the transmission structure, and the rotation direction of the return transmission body is opposite to the rotation direction of the lifting transmission body.
And through the return transmission assembly, the material taking is completed, and the rotated material rack is descended, so that material supplementing is performed.
In several embodiments, the lifting transmission assembly and the return transmission assembly each further include a screw transmission mechanism, the screw transmission mechanism is connected to the main frame body, the screw transmission mechanism is used for driving the sliding sleeve to perform translational motion, and the lifting transmission assembly and the return transmission assembly are disposed on the corresponding sliding sleeve and perform translational motion approaching to or away from the transmission structure along with the sliding sleeve.
The lifting transmission assembly and the return transmission assembly are translated by the screw rod transmission mechanism, and then the lifting transmission assembly and the return transmission assembly are contacted and separated from the transmission structure, so that corresponding lifting and descending actions are realized.
In several embodiments, the rotation transmission body is connected with the material rack through an adapter plate, a buffer part is arranged between the adapter plate and the main frame part, the buffer part comprises a base, a buffer frame and a friction plate, the base is arranged on the main frame part, the buffer frame is movably inserted into the base, resistance exists when the buffer frame moves on the base, the friction plate is arranged on the buffer frame, and the friction plate is in contact with the adapter plate.
Through the structure of buffer, provide frictional force, reduce the swing that the capstan head subassembly produced when rotating, offset the inertia that produces when its rotation, guarantee the precision of snatching of robot.
In several embodiments, the transmission structure comprises a screw rod body and a transmission roller body sleeved on the screw rod body, and the transmission roller body is positioned below the switching disc; the lifting transmission assembly and the return transmission assembly comprise driving roller bodies, and the driving roller bodies are driven to rotate by the driving roller bodies when the driving roller bodies are contacted with the side surfaces of the transmission roller bodies.
In several embodiments, the storage structure comprises a storage rack and N partition plates arranged in the storage rack, the partition plates divide the internal space of the storage rack into N +1 storage spaces, the storage rack is vertically arranged on the adapter plate, the storage rack is provided with a plurality of openings, and the openings are positioned on two sides of the partition plates; above-mentioned sliding construction includes the sliding block and sets up a plurality of layer boards on the sliding block, and above-mentioned sliding block sets up on the silk pole body, and above-mentioned layer board passes the trompil and is located the storage frame, and above-mentioned layer board is located the both sides of baffle body.
By storage structure and sliding construction, realize a plurality of storage areas on single work or material rest, can realize single a plurality of materials's delivery, raise the efficiency.
In several embodiments, the pick-and-place robot has an adsorption portion, the number of the adsorption portions is equal to the number of the storage spaces on a single storage structure, and the adsorption portion is used for adsorbing materials.
According to the invention, through a rotary turret structure, the robot is matched to carry out an automatic material taking and delivering process, the delivering precision is high, the material supplementing action can be kept, and uninterrupted material feeding is realized; the quantity of feeder carries out the ration according to the kind of material, can carry out the joining and shifting out of feeder according to the change of material kind at any time, reduces the time of dismouting, improves work efficiency.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention.
Therefore, the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention provided below in connection with the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed invention, but merely represents selected embodiments of the present invention, and all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without inventive efforts shall fall within the scope of the present invention.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, the uninterrupted intelligent transfer feeder provided by the present invention mainly includes a main frame portion 10, a material storage portion 20, an electric control portion 30 and a pick-and-place robot 40, wherein the electric control portion 30 is used for controlling the pick-and-place robot 40 and the movement of the material storage portion 20, the electric control portion 30 adopts a conventional electric cabinet control structure, the pick-and-place robot 40 adopts a three-axis robot, such as an STW060 industrial robot manufactured by shanghai dynasty, which realizes the actions of sucking and transferring materials, and is used in cooperation with an automatic conveying line of a packing box located on one side of the main frame portion 10, that is, the pick-and-place robot 40 sucks and transfers the materials in the material storage portion 20 into the packing box continuously conveyed in the conveying line.
Specifically, the magazine 20 includes a turret assembly 200, a rotating assembly 300, a lift transmission assembly 400 and a return rotating assembly 500, the turret assembly 200 is driven to rotate by the rotating assembly 300, and the lift transmission assembly 400 and the return rotating assembly 500 cooperate with the turret assembly 200 to perform lifting and lowering operations of the internal structure thereof.
As shown in fig. 1-4, the turret assembly 200 includes four material racks arranged in pairs, the four material racks enclose a rectangular structure, the material racks are used to store materials, the picking and delivering robot 40 is used to pick and deliver the materials in one of the material racks into a packaging object, under the condition of the four material racks, the four directions corresponding to the material racks are sequentially used as a feeding area 3, a buffer area 4, a working area 1 and a feeding area 2, the feeding area 3 performs manual feeding of the material racks, the buffer area 4 serves as a buffer for the material racks after feeding, the working area 1 is the working area 1 of the picking and delivering robot after the material racks in the buffer area 4 rotate and then the feeding area 2 serves as a return of the material racks in the working area 1 after rotating, so that manual feeding is facilitated when the material racks rotate to the feeding area 3.
As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the rotation assembly 300 includes a rotation driving body 310 and a rotation transmission body 320, the rotation transmission body 320 is vertically disposed and is driven by the rotation driving body 310 to rotate, the rack is disposed on the rotation transmission body 320, the rotation transmission body 320 drives the rack to rotate, the rotation driving body 310 is configured by combining a servo motor with a speed reducer, and the rotation transmission body 320 may be a disk structure connected to an output shaft of the speed reducer.
The rotating transmission body 320 is connected with the material rack through the adapter plate 201, the cover plate 202 is arranged at the other end of the material rack opposite to the material rack, and the material rack is fixed in the cover plate 202 and the adapter plate 201.
The lifting transmission assembly 400 includes a lifting driving body 410 and a lifting transmission body 420, the lifting transmission body 420 is vertically disposed and driven by the lifting driving body 410 to rotate, the lifting transmission body 420 and the lifting driving body 410 are connected by a rotating shaft, and the lifting transmission body 420 drives the transmission structure 220 to rotate in a state of contacting with the transmission structure 220. The lifting driving body 410 is also of a structure that a servo motor is combined with a speed reducer, and the lifting driving body 420 is of a driving roller body and is vertically arranged, namely the driving roller body is connected with an output shaft of the speed reducer and rotates along with the output shaft.
Here, the lifting transmission assembly 400 is located at the position of the working area 1, and cooperates with the material rack in the working area 1 to automatically lift the material, and cooperates with the robot to suck the material.
The return transmission assembly 500 includes a return driving body 510 and a return transmission body 520, the return transmission body 520 is vertically disposed and is driven by the return driving body 510 to rotate, the return transmission body 520 is connected by a rotating shaft, the return transmission body 520 drives the transmission structure 220 to rotate in a state of contacting with the transmission structure 220, the rotation direction of the return transmission body 520 is opposite to the rotation direction of the lifting transmission body 420, the return driving body 510 adopts a speed regulating motor, and the return transmission body 520 and the lifting transmission body 420 adopt a driving roller structure.
Here, the return transmission assembly 500 is located at the position of the feeding area 2, that is, the working area 1 rotates 90 degrees, so that the material rack lifted to the highest point and rotated from the working area 1 is internally lowered to leave a material storage space.
Moreover, the lifting transmission assembly 400 and the return transmission assembly 500 each further include a screw transmission mechanism 600, the screw transmission mechanism 600 is connected to the main frame, the screw transmission mechanism 600 is used for driving the sliding sleeve 601 to move in a translational manner, the lifting transmission assembly 400 and the return transmission assembly 500 are disposed on the corresponding sliding sleeve 601 and move in a translational manner approaching or departing from the transmission structure 220 along with the sliding sleeve 601, the screw transmission mechanisms are horizontally arranged, and the directions of the screw transmission mechanisms are both towards the rotating assembly 300.
For convenience of layout and fixation, a fixing plate 101 is disposed in the main frame 10, the rotation driving body 310, the lifting driving body 410, the return driving body 510, and the screw driving mechanism 600 are all located below the fixing plate 101, the turret assembly 200 is located above the fixing plate 101, and the rotation driving body 320, the lifting driving body 420, and the return driving body 520 penetrate through the fixing plate 101 and are connected to the turret assembly 200, specifically, the adaptor plate 201, above.
And the working area 1 and the feeding area 2 on the fixing plate 101 are respectively provided with a first through hole and a second through hole, the lifting transmission assembly 400 and the rotating shaft on the return transmission assembly 500 are correspondingly positioned in the first through hole and the second through hole, the corresponding lifting transmission assembly 400 and the corresponding return transmission assembly 500 are driven to perform translational motion through the screw rod transmission mechanism 600, the motion range is controlled by the lengths of the first through hole and the second through hole, namely the moving range of the rotating shaft in the through hole is controlled, the rotating assembly 300 moves towards the direction and is in contact with and matched with the turret assembly 200, otherwise, the rotating assembly is separated.
As shown in fig. 4, in detail, the stack includes a sliding mechanism 210, a transmission mechanism 220 and a storage mechanism 230, the transmission mechanism 220 rotates with the lifting transmission assembly 400 or the return transmission assembly 500 in contact with each other, the sliding mechanism moves with the transmission mechanism 220 and moves up or down in the storage mechanism 230, and the materials are stored in the space formed by the sliding mechanism and the storage mechanism 230.
Meanwhile, the pick-and-place robot 40 is provided with the adsorption parts 410, the number of the adsorption parts 410 is equal to that of the storage spaces on the single storage structure 230, the adsorption parts 410 are used for adsorbing materials, and the adsorption parts 410 are only required to be provided with conventional vacuum chucks.
The transmission structure 220 includes a screw rod body 221 and a transmission roller body 222 sleeved on the screw rod body 221, and the transmission roller body 222 is located below the adapter plate 201; when the driving roller body contacts with the side surface of the transmission roller body 222, the driving roller body drives the transmission roller body 222 to rotate, and then drives the screw rod to rotate, and then drives the sliding structure 210 to move up and down.
Meanwhile, the storage structure 230 includes a storage rack 231 and a partition 232 disposed in the storage rack 231, the partition 232 divides the internal space of the storage rack 231 into two storage spaces, the storage rack 231 is vertically disposed on the adaptor plate 201, the storage rack 231 is provided with two openings 233, the openings 233 are disposed on two sides of the partition 232, the storage rack 231 adopts a semi-surrounding structure, that is, a main plate and two side plates disposed on two sides of the main plate, the partition 232 is disposed in the middle of the main plate and parallel to the side plates, thereby forming two equal storage spaces, and the corresponding openings 233 are disposed in the main plate and extend along the length direction thereof.
Meanwhile, the sliding structure 210 comprises a sliding block 211 and two support plates 212 arranged on the sliding block 211, the sliding block 211 is arranged on a wire rod body 221, the support plates 212 penetrate through the open holes 233 and are positioned in the material storage rack 231, the support plates 212 are positioned on two sides of the partition body 232, the support plates 212 vertically move along the open holes 233 to realize the upward lifting action of the materials in the support plates and the descending action of the support plates 212, the support plates 212 descend to the lowest position in the feeding area 2, and enter the feeding area 3 after the integral rotation to supplement the materials.
Of course, the partition bodies 232 may be two or more, so that there are storage spaces with the number of the partition bodies 232 being +1, and the corresponding number of the supporting plates 212 and the opening holes 233 may be +1, which is the number of the partition bodies 232.
Furthermore, a buffer part 700 is arranged between the adapter 201 and the main frame part 10, the buffer part 700 comprises a base 710, a buffer frame 720 and a friction plate 730, the base 710 is installed on the main frame 10, the buffer frame 720 is movably inserted into the base 710, and resistance exists when the buffer frame 720 moves on the base 710, the friction plate 730 is arranged on the buffer frame 720, the friction plate 730 is in contact with the adapter plate 201, here, the base 710 and the buffer frame 720 both adopt a structure of combining a plate body with two columns, the columns on the buffer frame are inserted into the columns on the base, the resistance between the two columns is realized by the sleeved spring 740, of course, can directly adopt the attenuator to realize base and buffer frame, friction disc 720 laminating is at buffer frame 720 plate body up end, adopts rubber to make, is contact friction with switching dish 201, reduces the inertia when wholly rotating from this.
Meanwhile, a plurality of rollers 102 may be provided at the bottom of the main frame 10 for easy movement.
This move and carry feeder can the multiple specification material of adaptation, installs corresponding quantity's feeder additional according to the demand in the transfer line side of box body, every feeder be responsible for the delivery of a material can.
All the modes described herein may be performed in any suitable order. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., "such as") provided herein, is intended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention unless otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element as essential to the practice of the invention.
The present invention describes preferred embodiments, including the best mode known to the inventors for carrying out the invention. Of course, variations of these preferred embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The inventors expect skilled artisans to employ such variations as appropriate, and the inventors intend for the invention to be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein. Accordingly, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claims. Moreover, any and all possible variations of the above-described elements are encompassed by the present invention unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context.