CN218555968U - Laser welding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of welding equipment, especially, relate to a laser welding equipment, including the frame with set up in rolling disc in the frame, it is provided with positioning fixture to be the annular on the rolling disc, the rolling disc drives each positioning fixture rotates, still includes: the first part feeding mechanism is used for conveying a first part; the first component feeding mechanism is used for conveying a first component to a positioning fixture; the second part feeding mechanism is used for conveying a second part; the second component taking mechanism is used for placing a second part conveyed by the second component feeding mechanism on the positioning fixture; laser welding mechanism and discharge mechanism. The utility model discloses a to the material loading of needs welded spare part, get material and settle, and then when promoting efficiency, still need not the manual work and place and fixed spare part, further promoted the security performance, still have efficient advantage.

Description

Laser welding apparatus

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of welding equipment, especially, relate to a laser welding equipment.

Background

Laser welding is an efficient and precise welding method using a laser beam with high energy density as a heat source. Laser welding is one of the important aspects of the application of laser material processing techniques.

At present, laser welding equipment on the market once only can weld a spare part, leads to welding inefficiency problem like this, and on the other hand is to some little mills of scale, adopts small-scale welding equipment more, and this type of equipment only possesses a solder joint, specifically as in the utility model patent of application number CN201910748341.X, discloses an automatic laser welding arm, adopts welding oscillation mechanism to connect on the support arm, connects the protective gas shower head adoption swing mechanism on the support arm. Although the welding equipment can perform related welding, when a plurality of accessories are welded, even a plurality of parts need to be manually taken and manually fixed and combined, the welding can be performed, so that the safety problem exists on one hand, and the problem of low welding efficiency is also caused on the other hand.

Therefore, it is necessary to design a laser welding apparatus.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a laser welding equipment aims at solving the welding equipment among the prior art and is welding the technical problem that the efficiency is low.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a laser welding device, including the frame and set up in rolling disc in the frame, it is the annular and is provided with a plurality of positioning fixture that are used for placing spare part on the rolling disc, the rolling disc drives respectively positioning fixture rotates, still includes:

the first part feeding mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for conveying a first part;

the first component feeding mechanism is arranged on the rack, is positioned beside the rotating disc and the first component feeding mechanism, and is used for placing a first component conveyed by the first component feeding mechanism on a positioning fixture;

the second component feeding mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for conveying a second part;

the second part taking mechanism is arranged on the rack, is positioned beside the rotating disc and the second part feeding mechanism, and is used for placing a second part conveyed by the second part feeding mechanism on a positioning fixture;

the laser welding mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for welding the first part and the second part when the rotating disc moves the positioning fixture on which the first part and the second part are placed to a station of the laser welding mechanism;

and the discharging mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for taking out the first part and the second part after welding is finished.

Optionally, the second component feeding mechanism includes a small component feeding mechanism and a small component loading mechanism disposed on the rack, the small component feeding mechanism includes a first support, a vibration plate, a first cylinder, a first vertical plate and a first material conveying channel, the first support is mounted on the rack, the vibration plate is mounted on the first support, the first cylinder is mounted on the first support, the first vertical plate is connected with an output shaft of the first cylinder, and the first material conveying channel is connected with the first vertical plate, so that when the first cylinder drives the first vertical plate to perform telescopic motion, a discharge port of the first material conveying channel is driven to be close to or far away from the small component loading mechanism.

Optionally, widget feeding mechanism includes first year material platform, second cylinder, first intermediate lamella and first striker plate, first year material platform set up in the frame, the second cylinder set up in the frame, first intermediate lamella with the output shaft of second cylinder, the quantity of first striker plate is a plurality of, each first striker plate connects gradually and is the ring and encloses and surround first year material platform, at least one first striker plate with first intermediate lamella is connected, so that the second cylinder drive during first intermediate lamella up-and-down motion, first intermediate lamella drives first striker plate up-and-down motion to enclose during the up-and-down motion first year material platform exposes during the downstream first year material platform.

Optionally, the first component feeding mechanism comprises a large component conveying mechanism and a large component loading mechanism arranged on the rack, the large component conveying mechanism comprises a second support, a feeding motor, a feeding belt, a third cylinder and a telescopic material tray, the second support is arranged on the rack, the feeding motor is mounted on the side edge of the top of the second support, the feeding belt is mounted on the top of the second support and is in driving connection with the feeding motor, the third cylinder is mounted in the middle of the second support, and the telescopic material tray is in driving connection with an output shaft of the third cylinder, so that the third cylinder drives the telescopic material tray to move telescopically and is close to or far away from the large component loading mechanism.

Optionally, the large part loading mechanisms are multiple in number, each large part loading mechanism comprises a large part loading platform, a fourth cylinder, a plurality of second intermediate plates and a plurality of second baffle plates, the large part loading platform is arranged on the rack and located beside the telescopic material tray, the fourth cylinder is arranged on the rack, the second intermediate plates are connected with output shafts of the fourth cylinders, each second baffle plate is sequentially connected and surrounds the large part loading platform in an annular shape, and at least one second baffle plate is connected with the second intermediate plates, so that when the fourth cylinders drive the second intermediate plates to move up and down, the second intermediate plates drive the second baffle plates to move up and down, surround the large part loading platforms when the second intermediate plates move up, and the large part loading platforms are exposed when the fourth cylinders move down.

Optionally, the positioning fixture comprises a bottom plate, a cover plate, a guide pillar and a lifting plate, wherein the cover plate is mounted on the bottom plate, the cover plate is provided with a containing groove, and a first part and a second part are placed in the containing groove; the guide posts are arranged on the bottom plate and positioned in the cover plate; the lifting plate is slidably mounted on the guide post, a positioning needle is arranged on the upper end face of the lifting plate, the positioning needle penetrates through the cover plate and extends into the accommodating groove to fix the first part and the second part, and the side edge of the lifting plate extends out of the cover plate; the clamp driving mechanism is further located on the side of the bottom plate, and the driving end of the clamp driving mechanism pushes the lifting plate to descend along the guide pillar, so that the positioning pin releases the first part and the second part.

Optionally, the fixture driving mechanism includes a stand column, a lifting cylinder and a pushing plate, the stand column is disposed beside the bottom plate, a main body of the lifting cylinder is mounted on the stand column, the pushing plate is connected to a driving shaft of the lifting cylinder, and when the lifting cylinder drives the pushing plate to descend, the pushing plate pushes the moving plate, so that the moving plate and the guide sleeve descend along the guide column, and the positioning pin releases the first component and the second component.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an above-mentioned one or more technical scheme in the laser welding equipment have one of following technological effect at least:

1. the utility model discloses a plurality of positioning fixture that are used for placing spare part make a plurality of positioning fixture can place a plurality of needs welded spare part, promote welding efficiency.

2. In the aspect of feeding and taking, the first part feeding mechanism and the second part feeding mechanism are arranged to respectively feed the first part and the second part, and the first part and the second part are arranged in the positioning fixture through the first part taking mechanism and the second part taking mechanism, so that the parts needing to be welded are fed, taken and arranged, the efficiency is improved, meanwhile, the parts do not need to be manually placed and fixed, and the safety performance is further improved.

3. In the aspect of station structure, through setting up the rolling disc that can rotate, and make first part feed mechanism first part extracting mechanism second part feed mechanism second part extracting mechanism laser welding mechanism and discharge mechanism follow in proper order the side setting of rolling disc has presented and has been annular station, based on the rolling disc drives positioning fixture in proper order when rotating and comes through each station, realizes circulating welding, promotes welding efficiency.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a laser welding control method is still provided, laser welding control method is based on laser welding equipment, welding control method includes following step:

step S100: the first part feeding mechanism conveys a first part, and the first part taking mechanism places the first part conveyed by the first part feeding mechanism on a positioning clamp;

step S200: the second part feeding mechanism conveys a second part, and the second part taking mechanism places the second part conveyed by the second part feeding mechanism on a positioning clamp and enables the first part to be placed beside the second part or enables the first part and the second part to be arranged in a matched mode;

step S300: the laser welding mechanism is used for welding the first part and the second part when the rotating disc moves the positioning fixture with the first part and the second part placed on the positioning fixture to a station of the laser welding mechanism;

step S400: and the discharging mechanism takes out the welded first part and the welded second part.

Optionally, the laser welding apparatus further includes a main control device and an image obtaining device, where the main control device is disposed at a side of the frame, and the step S100: the first part feeding mechanism conveys a first part, and the first part taking mechanism places the first part conveyed by the first part feeding mechanism on a positioning fixture, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:

step S110: the first part feeding mechanism conveys a first part, the main control device controls the first part taking mechanism to place the first part on the image acquisition device, and the image acquisition device acquires first image information of the first part and sends the first image information to the main control device;

step S120: the main control device generates first position information of a first part according to the first image information;

step S130: and the main control device controls the first part taking mechanism to place the first part on the positioning fixture according to the first position information.

Optionally, step S200: the second part feeding mechanism conveys a second part, and the second part taking mechanism places the second part conveyed by the second part feeding mechanism in a positioning fixture, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:

step S210: the second part feeding mechanism conveys a second part, the main control device controls the second part taking mechanism to place the second part on the image acquisition device, and the image acquisition device acquires second image information of the second part and sends the second image information to the main control device;

step S120: the main control device generates second position information of a second part according to the second image information;

step S130: and the main control device controls the second part taking mechanism to place a second part on the positioning fixture according to the second position information.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an above-mentioned one or more technical scheme in the laser welding equipment have one of following technological effect at least:

1. the utility model first conveys the first parts through the first part feeding mechanism, and the first part feeding mechanism places the first parts conveyed by the first part feeding mechanism on the positioning fixture; then, the second part feeding mechanism conveys a second part, the second part taking mechanism places the second part conveyed by the second part feeding mechanism on a positioning fixture, and enables the first part to be placed beside the second part or enables the first part and the second part to be arranged in a matched mode, and then the laser welding mechanism welds the first part and the second part when the positioning fixture with the first part and the second part placed on the rotating disc moves to a station of the laser welding mechanism; finally, the discharging mechanism takes out the welded first part and the welded second part;

2. the utility model discloses a set up master control set with image acquisition device makes image acquisition device acquires the first image information of first spare part to with first image information send to master control set, master control set basis first image information generates the first position information of first spare part, first position information has realized the secondary localization to the spare part, also through this information processing's process, has promoted to settle the spare part accuracy on positioning fixture, also can realize more accurate based on this will first spare part place in the side of second spare part or make first spare part with the cooperation of second spare part is settled, promotes welded accuracy and reliability.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structural diagram of a laser welding apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a laser welding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention after a housing is hidden;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2 from another perspective;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a laser welding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention after hiding a part of a housing and a casing;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of an overall structure of a large component conveying mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of an overall structure of a large component loading mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of an overall structure of a positioning fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the positioning fixture provided in the embodiment of the present invention after the first component and the second component are mounted thereon;

fig. 9 is a schematic overall structure diagram of a clamp driving mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic view of an overall structure of a discharging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic overall structural diagram of a laser welding control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another view angle of a laser welding apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic flow chart of conveying a first component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic flow chart of conveying a second component according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

100. positioning a clamp; 110. a base plate; 120. a cover plate; 121. a containing groove; 130. a guide post; 140. a lifting plate; 141. a guide sleeve; 142. moving the plate; 143. a positioning pin; 144. a first boss portion; 145. a second boss portion; 150. a clamp driving mechanism; 151. a column; 152. a lifting cylinder; 153. a pushing plate; 154. Avoiding a gap;

200. a frame; 210. rotating the disc;

300. a first component feeding mechanism; 310. a large component transfer mechanism; 311. a second bracket; 312. a feeding motor; 313. a feed belt; 314. a third cylinder; 315. a telescopic material tray;

320. a large part loading mechanism; 321. a large part loading table; 322. a fourth cylinder; 323. a second intermediate plate; 324. a second retainer plate;

400. a first component take off mechanism;

500. a second component feeding mechanism; 510. a widget feeding mechanism; 511. a first bracket; 512. a vibrating pan; 513. a first cylinder; 514. a first vertical plate; 515. a first material conveying channel;

520. a small part loading mechanism; 521. a first loading platform; 522. a second cylinder; 523. a first intermediate plate; 524. a first striker plate;

600. a second component take off mechanism;

700. a laser welding mechanism;

800. a discharging mechanism; 810. mounting a column; 820. a material taking motor; 830. a material taking conveyor belt; 840. a material taking cylinder; 850. a fixing plate; 860. a vacuum chuck;

910. a master control device; 920. an image acquisition device.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary intended for explaining the embodiments of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings, which is only for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so indicated must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as fixed or detachable connections or as an integral part; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, a laser welding apparatus is provided, which includes a frame and a rotating disc 210 disposed on the frame 200, wherein a plurality of positioning fixtures 100 for placing parts are disposed on the rotating disc 210 in an annular shape, and the rotating disc 210 drives each of the positioning fixtures 100 to rotate.

As shown in fig. 2, the laser welding apparatus further includes a first part feeding mechanism 300, a first part taking mechanism 400, a second part feeding mechanism 500, a second part taking mechanism 600, a laser welding mechanism 700, and a discharging mechanism 800.

The first component feeding mechanism 300 is disposed on the rack 200 and is used for conveying a first component;

the first component taking mechanism 400 is disposed on the rack 200, is located beside the rotating disc 210 and the first component feeding mechanism 300, and is used for placing a first component conveyed by the first component feeding mechanism 300 on the positioning fixture 100;

the second part feeding mechanism 500 and the second part feeding mechanism 500 are arranged on the rack, are positioned beside the second part taking mechanism 600, and are used for conveying second parts;

the second component taking mechanism 600 is disposed on the rack 200, is located beside the rotating disc 210 and the second component feeding mechanism 500, and is used for placing a second component conveyed by the second component feeding mechanism 500 on the positioning fixture 100;

the laser welding mechanism 700 is disposed on the frame 200, and is configured to weld the first component and the second component when the rotating disc 210 moves the positioning fixture 100, on which the first component and the second component are placed, to a station of the laser welding mechanism 700;

the discharging mechanism 800 is disposed on the frame 200 and is used for taking out the welded first part and the welded second part.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a laser welding equipment has following advantage:

1. the utility model discloses a plurality of positioning fixture 100 that are used for placing spare part make a plurality of positioning fixture 100 can place a plurality of needs welded spare part, promote welding efficiency.

2. In the aspect of feeding and taking, the first part feeding mechanism 300 and the second part feeding mechanism 500 are arranged to respectively feed the first part and the second part, and the first part and the second part are arranged in the positioning fixture 100 through the first part taking mechanism 400 and the second part taking mechanism 600, so that the parts needing to be welded are fed, taken and arranged, the efficiency is improved, meanwhile, the parts do not need to be manually arranged and fixed, and the safety performance is further improved.

3. In the aspect of station structure, through setting up rotatable rolling disc 210, and make first part feed mechanism 300 first part extracting mechanism 400 second part feed mechanism 500 second part extracting mechanism 600 laser welding mechanism 700 and discharge mechanism 800 follow in proper order the side setting of rolling disc 210 has presented and has been annular station, has shown based on rolling disc 210 drives positioning fixture 100 in proper order when rotating and passes through each station, realizes circulating welding, promotes welding efficiency.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the rotating disc 210 is set by a person skilled in the art to set a driving mechanism, so as to drive the rotating disc 210 to rotate, and further drive the positioning fixture 100 to rotate.

It should be noted that the first component and the second component are used to indicate different components, and may be components that are matched with each other or relatively independent components.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the first component taking mechanism 400 and the second component taking mechanism 600 are identical in structure, and preferably adopt a robot, such as YK400XR series.

The laser welding mechanism 700 is a laser welding mechanism 700 including but not limited to a CCD automatic vision positioning type, and the specific type is selected by those skilled in the art, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3-6, the first component feeding mechanism 300 includes a large component conveying mechanism 310 and a large component loading mechanism 320 disposed on the frame 200, the large component conveying mechanism 310 includes a second bracket 311, a feeding motor 312, a feeding belt 313, a third cylinder 314 and a telescopic tray 315, the second bracket 311 is disposed on the frame, the feeding motor 312 is mounted on the top side of the second bracket 311, the feeding belt 313 is mounted on the top of the second bracket 311 and is in driving connection with the feeding motor 312, the third cylinder 314 is mounted in the middle of the second bracket 311, and the telescopic tray 315 is in driving connection with an output shaft of the third cylinder 314, so that the third cylinder 314 is close to or far from the large component loading mechanism 320 when driving the telescopic tray 315 to move telescopically. When the feeding motor 312 drives the feeding belt 313, the feeding belt 313 is enabled to convey the first part, the first part falls to the telescopic tray 315 through the tail end of the feeding belt 313, and when the telescopic tray 315 is close to the large part loading mechanism 320, the first part falls to the large part loading mechanism 320.

When the first part needs to be conveyed, the feeding motor 312 rotates and drives the feeding belt 313 to rotate, and if the first part does not need to be conveyed, the feeding motor 312 stops and does not convey the first part to the telescopic tray 315.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4 to fig. 6, the large part loading mechanisms 320 are plural, each of the large part loading mechanisms 320 includes a large part loading platform 321, a fourth cylinder 322, a second intermediate plate 323, and a second baffle plate 324, the large part loading platform 321 is disposed at the side of the rack and located at the telescopic tray 315, the fourth cylinder 322 is mounted in the rack, the second intermediate plate 323 is connected to the output shaft of the fourth cylinder 322, the second baffle plates 324 are plural, each of the second baffle plates 324 is sequentially connected to and surrounds the large part loading platform 321, and at least one of the second baffle plates 324 is connected to the second intermediate plate 323, so that when the fourth cylinder 322 drives the second intermediate plate 323 to move up and down, the second intermediate plate 323 drives the second baffle plate 324 to move up and down, and surround the large part loading platform 321 when moving down, and the large part loading platform 321 is exposed when moving down.

The large part loading platform 321 is used for receiving a first part from the telescopic tray 315, when the first part needs to be received, the fourth cylinder 322 drives the second intermediate plate 323 to move upwards, the second intermediate plate 323 drives the second baffle plate 324 to move upwards until the large part loading platform 321 is surrounded, and at the moment, the second baffle plate 324 blocks the large part loading platform, so that the first part is not easy to fall off, and the feeding reliability is improved.

When the first component taking mechanism 400 needs to clamp a first component, the fourth cylinder 322 drives the second intermediate plate 323 to move downward, and the second intermediate plate 323 drives the second material blocking plate 324 to move downward until the second material blocking plate 324 no longer surrounds the large component loading platform 321, so that the large component loading platform 321 is exposed, and at this time, the second material blocking plate 324 no longer blocks the large component loading platform 321, so that the first component is completely exposed, and the first component taking mechanism 400 needs to clamp the first component conveniently.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2-4, the second component feeding mechanism 500 includes a small component feeding mechanism 510 and a small component loading mechanism 520 disposed on the rack 200, the small component feeding mechanism 510 includes a first bracket 511, a vibration tray 512, a first cylinder 513, a first vertical plate 514 and a first material conveying channel 515, the first bracket 511 is mounted on the rack, the vibration tray 512 is mounted on the first bracket 511, the first cylinder 513 is mounted on the first bracket 511, the first vertical plate 514 is connected to an output shaft of the first cylinder 513, and the first material conveying channel 515 is connected to the first vertical plate 514, so that when the first cylinder 513 drives the first vertical plate 514 to move in a telescopic manner, a discharge port of the first material conveying channel 515 is driven to be close to or far away from the small component loading mechanism 520. The small part feed mechanism 510 is primarily used to feed smaller parts, such as by using a vibratory pan 512. When the small part feeding mechanism 510 works, the vibration disc 512 vibrates and conveys a second part placed in the vibration disc 512 to the first material conveying channel 515, then, the first cylinder 513 drives the first vertical plate 514 to move forward, and the first vertical plate 514 drives the first material conveying channel 515 to move forward until a discharge port of the first material conveying channel 515 is close to the small part loading mechanism 520.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2-3, the small component feeding mechanism 510 includes a first material loading platform 521, a second cylinder 522, a first middle plate 523 and a first material blocking plate 524, the first material loading platform 521 is disposed in the frame, the second cylinder 522 is disposed in the frame, the first middle plate 523 is connected to an output shaft of the second cylinder 522, the number of the first material blocking plates 524 is plural, each of the first material blocking plates 524 is sequentially connected to and surrounds the first material loading platform 524 in an annular shape, at least one of the first material blocking plates 524 is connected to the first middle plate 523, so that when the second cylinder 522 drives the first middle plate 523 to move up and down, the first middle plate 523 drives the first material blocking plate 524 to move up and down, and when moving up, the first material blocking plate 521 is surrounded by the first material loading platform 521 and is exposed when moving down.

When the discharge port of the first material conveying channel 515 is close to the small part loading mechanism 520, the discharge port is specifically close to the first loading platform 521. The first material loading platform 521 is used for loading a second part output through a discharge port of the first material conveying channel 515.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, when the first material loading platform 521 needs to receive the second part output from the discharge port of the first material conveying channel 515, the output shaft of the second cylinder 522 drives the first middle plate 523 to move upward, and the first middle plate 523 drives the first material blocking plate 524 to move upward until the first material blocking plate 524 surrounds the first material loading platform 521, so that the second part output from the discharge port of the first material conveying channel 515 can be directly output into the ring formed by the first material blocking plate 524, and is stably arranged on the first material loading platform 521, and the second part is prevented from dropping.

When the second component taking mechanism 600 needs to take materials, the output shaft of the second cylinder 522 drives the first intermediate plate 523 to move downward, the first intermediate plate 523 drives the first material blocking plate 524 to move downward until the first material blocking plate 524 no longer blocks the first material loading platform 521 and exposes the first material loading platform 521, and at this time, the second component taking mechanism 600 takes materials without blocking.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the laser welding apparatus further includes a clamp driving mechanism 150, wherein the clamp driving mechanism 150 is disposed beside the rotating disc 210 and beside the discharging mechanism 800.

As shown in fig. 7-9, the positioning fixture 100 includes a bottom plate 110, a cover plate 120, a guide post 130 and a lifting plate 140, wherein the bottom plate 110 is mounted on the rotating disc 210, the cover plate 120 is mounted on the bottom plate 110, a receiving groove 121 is formed in the cover plate 120, and a first component and a second component are placed in the receiving groove 121; the guide posts 130 are mounted on the bottom plate 110 and located in the cover plate 120; the lifting plate 140 is slidably mounted on the guide post 130, a positioning pin 143 is disposed on an upper end surface of the lifting plate 140, the positioning pin 143 penetrates through the cover plate 120 and extends into the accommodating groove 121 to fix the first component and the second component, and a side edge of the lifting plate 140 extends out of the cover plate 120; the clamp driving mechanism 150 is further located beside the bottom plate 110, and the driving end of the clamp driving mechanism 150 pushes the lifting plate 140 to descend along the guide post 130, so that the positioning pin 143 releases the first component and the second component.

The size of the accommodating groove 121 may be set according to the size of the first part and the second part, so that the accommodating groove 121 is matched with the first part and the second part. When the positioning pins 143 pass through the first and second components, the first and second components are fixed, and when the driving end of the clamp driving mechanism 150 pushes the lifting plate 140 to descend along the guide post 130, the positioning pins 143 are separated from the first and second components, so as to release the first and second components.

Referring to fig. 8, reference numerals 161, 162 and 163 in fig. 8 refer to first and second components with different sizes and types, wherein the first and second components 162 and 163 are disposed in one accommodating groove 121, and the first and second components 163 are disposed in the other accommodating groove 121.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, the lifting plate 140 includes a guide sleeve 141 and a moving plate 142, the guide sleeve 141 is slidably sleeved on the guide post 130, the moving plate 142 is connected to the guide sleeve 141, and the positioning pin 143 is disposed on the moving plate 142. Through the arrangement of the guide sleeve 141, the moving plate 142 can move linearly along the guide post 130, and the stability in the motion process is improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, a first protrusion 144 is disposed on a front side of the moving plate 142, and the first protrusion 144 extends to the outside of the cover plate 120. In this embodiment, the driving end of the clamp driving mechanism 150 pushes against the first protrusion 144, so that the moving plate 142 can descend along the guide post 130, and the positioning pin 143 releases the first component and the second component.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, a second protrusion 145 is disposed on the rear side of the moving plate 142, and the second protrusion 145 extends to the outside of the cover plate 120. In this embodiment, the driving end of the clamp driving mechanism 150 pushes against the second protrusion 145, so that the moving plate 142 can descend along the guide post 130, and the positioning pin 143 releases the first component and the second component.

Further, when the moving plate 142 is provided with the first protruding portion 144 and the second protruding portion 145 at the same time, the fixture driving mechanism 150 can push the moving plate 142 no matter the front side is close to the fixture driving mechanism 150 or the rear side is close to the fixture driving mechanism 150 during installation, so that the installation is convenient.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the cap 120 has an inverted "u" shape.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, the fixture driving mechanism includes a vertical column 151, a lifting cylinder 152 and a pushing plate 153, the vertical column 151 is disposed at the side of the bottom plate 110 and installed on the frame 200, the main body of the lifting cylinder 152 is installed on the vertical column 151, the pushing plate 153 is connected to the driving shaft of the lifting cylinder 152, the lifting cylinder 152 drives the pushing plate 153 to descend, the pushing plate 153 pushes the moving plate 142, so that the moving plate 142 and the guide sleeve 141 descend along the guide pillar 130, and the positioning pin 143 releases the first part and the second part.

As shown in fig. 9, the front end of the pushing plate 153 is provided with a clearance gap 154. The clearance gap 154 is disposed to enable the pushing plate 153 to contact with the first protruding portion 144 or the second protruding portion 145 of the moving plate 142 to the maximum extent, so as to improve the pushing stability.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the movable plate 142 and the pushing plate 153 are magnetic members, that is, the movable plate 142 and the pushing plate 153 can attract each other, so that the lifting cylinder 152 drives the pushing plate 153 to move up and down, and the movable plate 142 can be driven to move up and down.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the movable plate 142 and the pushing plate 153 are connected to each other, so that the lifting cylinder 152 can drive the movable plate 142 to ascend and descend when the pushing plate 153 is driven to ascend or descend.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a spring (not shown) is further disposed on the guide post 130, one end of the spring abuts against the upper end surface of the bottom plate 110, and the other end of the spring abuts against the guide sleeve 141. Therefore, after the moving plate 142 is pressed downwards, when the lifting cylinder 152 drives the moving plate 142 to ascend, the moving plate 142 can be reset, and the first component and the second component can be fixed conveniently next time.

Of course, the arrangement mode of resetting the moving plate 142 is not limited to the above example, and according to the requirement in actual production, a person skilled in the art may arrange the corresponding structure as needed, and the application is not limited specifically.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7-9, the number of the accommodating grooves 121 is plural. The more the number of the accommodating grooves 121 is, the more the first parts and the second parts can be arranged, and the efficiency is improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 10, the discharging mechanism 800 includes an installing column 810, a material taking motor 820, a material taking conveyor belt 830, a material taking cylinder 840, a fixing plate 850 and a vacuum chuck 860, the installing column 810 is installed in the frame, the material taking motor 820 is installed in the installing column 810, the material taking conveyor belt 830 is in driving connection with the material taking motor 820, the material taking cylinder 840 is connected with the material taking conveyor belt 830 and moves along with the material taking conveyor belt 830, the fixing plate 850 is in output shaft connection with the material taking cylinder 840, the vacuum chuck 860 is installed on the fixing plate 850, and the vacuum chuck 860 is used for taking out a first part and a second part after welding is completed.

To achieve the above object, as shown in fig. 11, an embodiment of the present invention provides a laser welding control method, which is based on the laser welding apparatus, and includes the following steps:

step S100: the first component feeding mechanism 300 conveys a first component, and the first component taking mechanism 400 places the first component conveyed by the first component feeding mechanism 300 on the positioning fixture 100;

step S200: the second component feeding mechanism 500 conveys a second component, and the second component taking mechanism 600 places the second component conveyed by the second component feeding mechanism 500 on the positioning fixture 100, and places the first component beside the second component or places the first component and the second component in a matching manner;

step S300: the laser welding mechanism 700 welds the first component and the second component when the rotary disk 210 moves the positioning jig 100, on which the first component and the second component are placed, to the station of the laser welding mechanism 700;

step S400: the discharging mechanism 800 takes out the welded first part and the welded second part.

The utility model discloses first through the first part feed mechanism 300 transport first spare part, the first part feeding mechanism 400 will be the first spare part that the first part feed mechanism 300 transported place in positioning fixture 100; then, the second part feeding mechanism 500 conveys a second part, the second part taking mechanism 600 places the second part conveyed by the second part feeding mechanism 500 on the positioning fixture 100, and places the first part beside the second part or places the first part and the second part in a matching manner, and then the laser welding mechanism 700 welds the first part and the second part when the positioning fixture 100 on which the first part and the second part are placed is moved to a station of the laser welding mechanism 700 by the rotating disc 210; finally, the discharging mechanism 800 takes out the welded first part and the welded second part;

in the utility model discloses a further embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 12 and fig. 13, the laser welding equipment still includes master control set 910 and image acquisition device 920, master control set 910 set up in the side of frame, the quantity of image acquisition device 920 is two, one image acquisition device 920 set up in first part feed mechanism 300 side, another image acquisition device 920 set up in second part feeding mechanism 600 side.

Step S100: the first component feeding mechanism 300 conveys a first component, and the first component taking mechanism 400 places the first component conveyed by the first component feeding mechanism 300 on the positioning fixture 100, specifically including the following steps:

step S110: the first part feeding mechanism 300 conveys a first part, the main control device 910 controls the first part taking mechanism 400 to place the first part on the image acquiring device 920, and the image acquiring device 920 acquires first image information of the first part and sends the first image information to the main control device 910;

in this step, the main control device 910 includes an actual number of the first components, current coordinates of each of the first components, and a placement status of each of the first components.

After the first image information is obtained, the main control device 910 processes the first image information, and the specific processing procedure is as follows:

firstly, identifying first parts in the first image information, and acquiring the actual number of the first parts;

then, positioning each first part respectively to obtain the current coordinate of each first part;

then, acquiring the placement state of the identified first part, wherein the placement state includes but is not limited to vertical placement, inclined placement, stacking placement or other placement states;

finally, the actual number, current coordinates and placement status are sent to the master control device 910.

Step S120: the main control device 910 generates first position information of a first part according to the first image information;

in this step, specifically, the main control device 910 picks and places materials according to the current coordinate and placement state of each first component, and then sequentially takes the materials until the actual number of first components are all taken.

Therefore, the material of getting of first spare part is carried out based on actual quantity, current coordinate and placement state, compares the mode that material was got to fixed clamp material among the prior art, has greatly promoted accuracy and reliability.

Step S130: the main control device 910 controls the first component taking mechanism 400 to place the first component on the positioning fixture 100 according to the first position information.

The utility model discloses a set up master control set 910 with image acquisition device 920 makes image acquisition device 920 acquires the first image information of first spare part, and with first image information send to master control set 910, master control set 910 basis first image information generates the first position information of first spare part, first position information has realized the secondary positioning to the spare part, also is through this information processing's process, has promoted and has settled the accuracy of spare part on positioning fixture 100, also can realize more accurate based on this will first spare part place in the side of second spare part or make first spare part with the cooperation of second spare part is settled, promotes welded accuracy and reliability.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14, step S200: the second component feeding mechanism 500 conveys a second component, and the second component taking mechanism 600 places the second component conveyed by the second component feeding mechanism 500 in the positioning fixture 100, specifically including the following steps:

step S210: the second part feeding mechanism 500 conveys a second part, the main control device 910 controls the second part taking mechanism 600 to place the second part on the image acquiring device 920, and the image acquiring device 920 acquires second image information of the second part and sends the second image information to the main control device 910;

in this step, the main control device 910 includes an actual number of the second components, current coordinates of each of the second components, and a placement status of each of the second components.

After the second image information is obtained, the main control device 910 processes the second image information, and the specific processing procedure is as follows:

firstly, identifying second parts in the second image information, and acquiring the actual number of the second parts;

then, respectively positioning each second part to obtain the current coordinate of each second part;

then, acquiring the identified placing state of the second part, wherein the placing state includes but is not limited to vertical placing, inclined placing, stacking placing or other placing states;

finally, the actual number, current coordinates and placement status are sent to the master control device 910.

Step S120: the main control device 910 generates second position information of a second part according to the second image information;

in this step, specifically, the main control device 910 picks and discharges the materials according to the current coordinate and the placing state of each second component, and then sequentially takes the materials until the actual number of second components are all taken.

Therefore, the material of getting of second spare part is carried out based on actual quantity, current coordinate and placement state, compares the mode that material was got to fixed clamp among the prior art, has greatly promoted accuracy and reliability.

Step S130: the main control device 910 controls the second component taking mechanism 600 to place the second component on the positioning fixture 100 according to the second position information.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the image capturing device 920 may further have a third position, specifically, a third image capturing device 920 may be disposed at the top of the housing 220 of the rack 200, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 12, so as to achieve multi-angle image capturing through the three image capturing devices 920, thereby comparing through a plurality of images and capturing more precise information.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. The utility model provides a laser welding equipment, include the frame with set up in rolling disc in the frame, its characterized in that, it is the annular on the rolling disc and is provided with a plurality of positioning fixture that are used for placing spare part, the rolling disc drives each positioning fixture rotates, still includes:

the first component feeding mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for conveying a first component;

the first component feeding mechanism is arranged on the rack, is positioned beside the rotating disc and the first component feeding mechanism, and is used for placing a first part conveyed by the first component feeding mechanism on a positioning fixture;

the second component feeding mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for conveying a second part;

the second component feeding mechanism is arranged on the rack, is positioned beside the rotating disc and the second component feeding mechanism, and is used for placing a second part conveyed by the second component feeding mechanism on a positioning fixture;

the laser welding mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for welding the first part and the second part when the rotating disc moves the positioning fixture on which the first part and the second part are placed to a station of the laser welding mechanism;

and the discharging mechanism is arranged on the rack and used for taking out the first part and the second part after welding is finished.

2. The laser welding device according to claim 1, wherein the second component feeding mechanism comprises a small component feeding mechanism and a small component loading mechanism arranged on the rack, the small component feeding mechanism comprises a first support, a vibration plate, a first cylinder, a first vertical plate and a first material conveying channel, the first support is mounted on the rack, the vibration plate is mounted on the first support, the first cylinder is mounted on the first support, the first vertical plate is connected with an output shaft of the first cylinder, and the first material conveying channel is connected with the first vertical plate, so that when the first cylinder drives the first vertical plate to move in a telescopic manner, a discharge port of the first material conveying channel is driven to be close to or far from the small component loading mechanism.

3. The laser welding device according to claim 2, wherein the small part feeding mechanism comprises a first material loading table, a second cylinder, a first middle plate and a first material blocking plate, the first material loading table is arranged on the rack, the second cylinder is arranged on the rack, the first middle plate is connected with an output shaft of the second cylinder, the number of the first material blocking plates is multiple, the first material blocking plates are sequentially connected and surround the first material loading table, at least one first material blocking plate is connected with the first middle plate, so that when the second cylinder drives the first middle plate to move up and down, the first middle plate drives the first material blocking plate to move up and down, surround the first material loading table when moving up, and expose the first material loading table when moving down.

4. The laser welding device according to claim 1, wherein the first part feeding mechanism comprises a large part conveying mechanism and a large part loading mechanism arranged on the rack, the large part conveying mechanism comprises a second support, a feeding motor, a feeding belt, a third cylinder and a telescopic material tray, the second support is arranged on the rack, the feeding motor is mounted on the side edge of the top of the second support, the feeding belt is mounted on the top of the second support and is in driving connection with the feeding motor, the third cylinder is mounted in the middle of the second support, and the telescopic material tray is in driving connection with an output shaft of the third cylinder, so that the telescopic material tray is close to or far away from the large part loading mechanism when the third cylinder drives the telescopic material tray to do telescopic motion.

5. The laser welding apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the large part loading mechanisms are plural in number, each large part loading mechanism includes a large part loading table, a fourth cylinder, a plurality of second intermediate plates, and a second baffle plate, the large part loading table is disposed on the rack and located beside the retractable tray, the fourth cylinder is mounted on the rack, the second intermediate plate is connected to an output shaft of the fourth cylinder, each second baffle plate is sequentially connected to and surrounds the large part loading table, and at least one second baffle plate is connected to the second intermediate plate, so that when the fourth cylinder drives the second intermediate plate to move up and down, the second intermediate plate drives the second baffle plate to move up and down, surrounds the large part loading table when moving up, and exposes the large part loading table when moving down.

6. The laser welding apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a fixture driving mechanism disposed beside the rotary disk and beside the discharging mechanism, wherein the positioning fixture comprises a bottom plate, a cover plate, a guide post and a lifting plate, the bottom plate is mounted on the rotary disk, the cover plate is mounted on the bottom plate, the cover plate is provided with a receiving groove, and the receiving groove is used for receiving a first component and a second component; the guide posts are arranged on the bottom plate and positioned in the cover plate; the lifting plate is slidably mounted on the guide post, a positioning needle is arranged on the upper end face of the lifting plate, the positioning needle penetrates through the cover plate and extends into the accommodating groove to fix the first part and the second part, and the side edge of the lifting plate extends out of the cover plate; the clamp driving mechanism is further located beside the bottom plate, and the driving end of the clamp driving mechanism pushes the lifting plate to descend along the guide post, so that the positioning pin releases the first part and the second part.

7. The laser welding apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the clamp driving mechanism includes a column, a lift cylinder, and a pushing plate, the lift plate includes a guide sleeve slidably fitted over the guide post, and a moving plate connected to the guide sleeve, the positioning pin is disposed on the moving plate; the upright column is arranged beside the bottom plate, the main body of the lifting cylinder is arranged on the upright column, the pushing and supporting plate is connected with a driving shaft of the lifting cylinder, and when the lifting cylinder drives the pushing and supporting plate to descend, the pushing and supporting plate pushes the moving plate to enable the moving plate and the guide sleeve to descend along the guide pillar, so that the positioning pin releases the first part and the second part.

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