CN112917059A - AGV (automatic guided vehicle) docking system and operation method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of material transportation, in particular to an AGV butt joint system and an operation method, and the AGV butt joint system comprises a welding device and an AGV transport trolley, wherein the bottom of the welding device is provided with a guide mechanism, the AGV transport trolley is provided with a jacking mechanism, the upper surface of the jacking mechanism is provided with a positioning mechanism, and the AGV butt joint system also comprises a butt joint mechanism for butt joint of the AGV transport trolley and the welding device; simple structure to butt joint and transportation process control are also simple and easy, adopt brand-new design thinking and structure, rectify current welding utensil and AGV travelling bogie, have solved the problem that the welding utensil of multiple size and AGV travelling bogie butt joint.

Description

AGV (automatic guided vehicle) docking system and operation method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of material transportation, in particular to an AGV docking system and an operation method.

Background

Compared with the traditional logistics mode, the AGV transportation has the advantages of simple construction, flexible path, good mobility and flexibility and the like, the AGV transportation is used for welding the transportation of the equipment in the welding workshop, the automation level of the welding equipment can be improved, and the requirement for rapid production can be met.

In the transportation process, a forklift is needed to be used for placing the welding device at a fixed point, then the AGV trolley is used for butt joint, the AGV trolley is transported to a specified position, but the size of the welding device is various, and the butt joint is complicated and troublesome.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an AGV docking system and an operation method thereof, so as to solve the problems in the background technology.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a AGV butt joint system, is including welding dress utensil and AGV travelling bogie, the bottom of welding dress utensil is equipped with guiding mechanism, be equipped with climbing mechanism on the AGV travelling bogie, climbing mechanism's upper surface is equipped with positioning mechanism, AGV butt joint system is still including being used for AGV travelling bogie and the butt joint mechanism who welds the butt joint of dress utensil.

Preferably, the guide mechanism is a guide plate; the bottom centrosymmetry of deflector is equipped with four guiding holes, the bottom of deflector and be equipped with four direction balls at the outside centrosymmetry of guiding hole.

Preferably, the positioning mechanism is positioning balls, the number of the positioning balls is 4, and the positioning balls are respectively matched with the four guide holes.

Preferably, the docking mechanism is four guide struts for docking the welding device.

Preferably, the guide strut comprises a guide post; the one end setting of guide post is on the base, and the other end of guide post is equipped with the mounting panel, be equipped with the direction base on the mounting panel, the direction base is equipped with the through-hole with direction ball looks adaptation along the axis direction.

Preferably, four corners of the base are provided with mounting holes.

Preferably, the guide base is fixed on the mounting plate through screws.

An operation method of an AGV docking system comprises the following steps:

s1, a forklift loads a welding device from a workshop cache transfer area;

s2, placing the welding device on the butting mechanism by using a forklift, placing the guide balls in the through holes at the corresponding positions, and enabling the forklift to leave after the forklift is placed;

s3, after the forklift leaves, the AGV transports the trolley to drill into the position below the welding device, the jacking mechanism jacks upwards, the positioning balls are arranged in the guide holes in the corresponding positions, and the jacking mechanism jacks continuously to separate the welding device from the butting mechanism;

and S4, transporting the welding device to an appointed position by the AGV transporting trolley, and taking off the AGV transporting trolley after the welding device is taken down.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: an AGV butt joint system and an operation method are simple in structure, butt joint and transport process control are simple and easy to implement, a brand new design idea and structure are adopted, existing welding tools and AGV transport trolleys are modified, and the problem that the welding tools and the AGV transport trolleys of various sizes are in butt joint is solved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic bottom view of the soldering apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of an AGV transport cart in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of an AGV transport cart in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the docking mechanism of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic top view of the docking mechanism of the present invention.

In the figure: 1-welding equipment, 2-AGV transportation trolley, 3-jacking mechanism, 4-guide plate, 5-guide hole, 6-guide ball, 7-positioning ball, 8-guide column, 9-base, 10-mounting plate, 11-guide base, 12-through hole, 13-mounting hole and 14-screw.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-5, the present invention provides a technical solution: the utility model provides a AGV butt joint system, is including welding dress utensil 1 and AGV travelling bogie 2, the bottom of welding dress utensil 1 is equipped with guiding mechanism, be equipped with climbing mechanism 3 on the AGV travelling bogie 2, climbing mechanism 3's upper surface is equipped with positioning mechanism, AGV butt joint system is still including being used for AGV travelling bogie 2 with weld the butt joint mechanism that dress utensil 1 docked mutually.

The welding device 1 is manufactured by adopting a mode of modifying the original device, a guide plate 4 is added at the bottom of the device during modification, the size of the guide plate 4 is controlled, and the positioning ball 7 can smoothly enter the guide hole 5 when the jacking mechanism 3 jacks;

the guide plates 4 are machined after welding to ensure the precision, the thickness of the guide plates 4 is recommended to be 10mm (the strength of the guide plates 4 is ensured, the guide plates 4 are not deformed after long-term use, and the thickness of the guide plates 4 can be changed), and the positioning balls 7 are prevented from interfering with the appliance section;

the guide holes 5 and the guide balls 6 are symmetrically manufactured along the center line, the error of the distance between the guide holes 5 and the center line is not more than 2mm, reinforcing ribs are required to be added on the guide plate 4 to ensure the strength, and the beam beyond the guide plate 4 is not required to be arranged at the bottom of the welding device 1 except for stacking feet and shovel feet at the frame position of the device;

the sizes of the guide plate 4 and the guide ball 6 are paid attention to and reserved with 3mm allowance with the stacking foot, the tolerance is +/-2 mm, and the ground is prevented from being rubbed;

all parts below the bottom of the appliance, such as wheels and tow hooks, are removed.

Specifically, the guide mechanism is a guide plate 4, and the guide plate 4 is made of common carbon steel (Q235) and welded; four guide holes 5 are symmetrically formed in the center of the bottom of the guide plate 4, four guide balls 6 are symmetrically formed in the center of the outer side of the guide holes 5 in the bottom of the guide plate 4, the guide balls 6 are made of 45 steel, and are subjected to quenching and tempering treatment and hard chrome plating on the surfaces.

Specifically, the positioning mechanism is positioning balls 7, the number of the positioning balls 7 is 4, and the positioning balls are respectively matched with the four guide holes 5.

Specifically, the docking mechanism is four guide pillars for docking the welding tool 1.

Specifically, the guide post includes a guide post 8; the one end setting of guide post 8 is on base 9, and the other end of guide post 8 is equipped with mounting panel 10, be equipped with direction base 11 on the mounting panel 10, direction base 11 is equipped with the through-hole 12 with the 6 looks adaptations of direction ball along the axis direction.

Specifically, the four corners of the base 9 are provided with mounting holes 13.

Specifically, the guide base 11 is fixed to the mounting plate 10 by screws 14

An operation method of an AGV docking system comprises the following steps:

s1, a forklift loads a welding device 1 from a workshop cache transfer area;

s2, placing the welding device 1 on a butting mechanism by a forklift, placing the guide balls 6 in the through holes 12 at corresponding positions, and enabling the forklift to leave after the forklift is placed;

s3, after the forklift leaves, the AGV transporting trolley 2 drills into the position below the welding device 1, the jacking mechanism 3 jacks upwards, the positioning balls 7 are placed in the guide holes 5 at the corresponding positions, and the jacking mechanism 3 continues to jack, so that the welding device 1 is separated from the butting mechanism;

and S4, transporting the welding device 1 to an appointed position by the AGV transporting trolley 2, and taking down the welding device 1 and then leaving the AGV transporting trolley 2.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides a AGV butt joint system, is including welding dress utensil and AGV travelling bogie, a serial communication port, the bottom of welding dress utensil is equipped with guiding mechanism, be equipped with climbing mechanism on the AGV travelling bogie, climbing mechanism's upper surface is equipped with positioning mechanism, AGV butt joint system is still including being used for AGV travelling bogie and the butt joint mechanism who welds the butt joint of dress utensil.

2. The AGV docking system of claim 1, wherein said guide mechanism is a guide plate; the bottom centrosymmetry of deflector is equipped with four guiding holes, the bottom of deflector and be equipped with four direction balls at the outside centrosymmetry of guiding hole.

3. An AGV docking system according to claim 2 wherein said positioning mechanism is a number of 4 positioning balls fitted into four guide holes.

4. An AGV docking system according to claim 1 wherein said docking mechanism includes four guide posts for docking a welding fixture.

5. The AGV docking system of claim 4, wherein said guide posts comprise guide posts; the one end setting of guide post is on the base, and the other end of guide post is equipped with the mounting panel, be equipped with the direction base on the mounting panel, the direction base is equipped with the through-hole with direction ball looks adaptation along the axis direction.

6. The AGV docking system of claim 5, wherein each of said four corners of said base is provided with mounting holes.

7. The AGV docking system of claim 5 wherein said guide base is secured to said mounting plate by screws.

8. An operation method of an AGV docking system is characterized by comprising the following steps:

s1, a forklift loads a welding device from a workshop cache transfer area;

s2, placing the welding device on the butting mechanism by using a forklift, placing the guide balls in the through holes at the corresponding positions, and enabling the forklift to leave after the forklift is placed;

s3, after the forklift leaves, the AGV transports the trolley to drill into the position below the welding device, the jacking mechanism jacks upwards, the positioning balls are arranged in the guide holes in the corresponding positions, and the jacking mechanism jacks continuously to separate the welding device from the butting mechanism;

and S4, transporting the welding device to an appointed position by the AGV transporting trolley, and taking off the AGV transporting trolley after the welding device is taken down.

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