CN106915499B - Rail type blanking device of aluminum-plastic packaging machine - Google Patents
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The utility model provides an aluminum-plastic packaging machine rail mounted unloader, the device includes: the device comprises a feeding hopper, a vibration groove, a discharging mechanism and a filling device; a quantitative ring is also arranged between the vibration groove and the feeding hopper; the upper part of the quantitative ring is communicated with the bottom of the feeding hopper, and the lower part of the quantitative ring is communicated with the upper part of the vibration groove; a feeding pipe connecting structure is also arranged between the vibration groove and the blanking mechanism; the packing device comprises: the device comprises a filling plate, an upper retaining needle and a lower retaining needle; the packing plate is also designed in a rail type structure, the size is adjustable, and the specification and size are consistent with the specification of the material distributing plate rail; the upper retaining needle and the lower retaining needle are arranged at the tail end of the filling plate, and above the plate type packaging support, the device adopts the powerful matching of the track and the vibration groove, can conveniently enable the medicine to automatically and accurately feed into the support, and is high in speed, high in production efficiency and good in stability.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to an aluminum-plastic packaging discharging device, in particular to a rail-type discharging device of an aluminum-plastic packaging machine, which has the advantages of simple structure, scientific and reasonable design, high packaging accuracy, high speed and safe and reliable work;
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The existing medicine or food packages are mainly manually packaged, the working efficiency is low, the loss in the using process is relatively high, the primary yield is low, a large amount of resource waste and useless work are caused, the requirements of large-scale flow industrial production operation cannot be met, and the traditional manual packaging cannot meet the requirements of modern management more and more along with the increasing emphasis of the country on environmental protection requirements and safe production;
with the popularization of automatic production equipment, pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly adopt automatic packaging machines for medicament packaging at present, and for tablets and hard capsules in medicaments, the packaging process mainly comprises the steps of forming a medicament plastic support, placing the medicament plastic support in a guide plate, feeding by a motor, packaging the medicament and the like, wherein the specific process of packaging is to transfer the medicament into the plastic support and place the plastic support on a feeding conveyor belt; the existing packaging machine adopts a rolling brush type feeding agent, so that the speed is low, the accuracy is low, and the production efficiency is not high.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a rail type blanking device of an aluminum-plastic packaging machine, which can conveniently and automatically and accurately blank and support a medicament, and has the advantages of high speed, high production efficiency and good stability;
in order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a rail type blanking device of an aluminum-plastic packaging machine, which comprises: the device comprises a feeding hopper, a vibration groove, a discharging mechanism and a filling device;
further, the feeding hopper comprises: filling a funnel and an observation window; the observation window is positioned on the side surface of the filling funnel;
as an illustration, the filling funnel is used for filling the objects to be packed;
as an illustration, the observation window is designed to facilitate observing the material level;
further, the vibration tank includes: the device comprises a shell, an orifice plate and a vibration device; the vibration device is arranged outside the shell and is contacted with the shell; the pore plate is used for enabling the object to be packaged to move forwards in a vibrating mode along the direction of the object loading slideway, and screening out waste products and sundries;
by way of example, the size of the orifice plate can be designed according to the different materials to be packaged;
as an example, the pore plate is movably connected in the shell and fixed by bolts, and when different pore plates are replaced, the bolts are loosened and pulled out for replacement, so that the convenience and the high efficiency are realized;
as an example, the vibration device adopts a novel vibration magnet to generate vibration power, the vibration effect of attraction and repulsion of the magnet is stable, the acting force is adjustable and is kept unchanged after setting;
furthermore, a quantitative ring is arranged between the vibration groove and the feeding hopper; the upper part of the quantitative ring is communicated with the bottom of the feeding hopper, and the lower part of the quantitative ring is communicated with the upper part of the vibration groove;
as an example, the aperture of the quantitative ring can be adjusted, so as to change the blanking speed of the material;
further, unloading mechanism includes: the device comprises a material distributing plate, a filling level sensor and an auxiliary rolling brush;
the material distributing plate is designed in a rail type structure;
the filling level sensor is used for determining the level of the material on the material distributing plate so as to determine the blanking speed of the quantitative ring;
the auxiliary rolling brush is used for preventing materials to be packaged from being stacked and blocked when entering the filling plate, and the auxiliary rolling brush reversely acts on the blanking direction of the materials to be packaged through clockwise or anticlockwise rotation so as to prevent redundant materials from blocking the interface of the material distributing plate and the filling plate;
as an example, the size of the rail of the material distributing plate may be adjusted according to different medicament packaging specifications;
as an example, the bristles of the auxiliary rolling brush are soft and high-friction bristles;
as an illustration, the fill level sensor employs one of infrared, radar, or wireless fill level detector;
furthermore, a feeding pipe connecting structure is arranged between the vibration groove and the blanking mechanism;
further, the packing device includes: the device comprises a filling plate, an upper retaining needle and a lower retaining needle;
the packing plate is also designed in a rail type structure, the size is adjustable, and the specification and size are consistent with the specification of the material distributing plate rail;
the upper retaining needle and the lower retaining needle are arranged at the tail end of the filling plate and are arranged above the plate type packaging support;
in order to accelerate the packaging speed, the upper blocking needle and the lower blocking needle are both controlled by air cylinder power;
as an example, the bottom of the packing plate is symmetrically provided with horizontal adjusting blocks for adjusting the horizontal optimal working state of the packing plate;
to better explain the design principle of the present invention, the working process is briefly introduced as follows:
firstly, a to-be-packaged object enters a vibration groove from a feeding hopper through a quantitative ring, and the vibration groove enters a feeding pipe through vibration screening and position correction;
secondly, after the material to be packaged from the feeding pipe is received by the material distributing plate, the direction of the material to be packaged is calibrated by the pore plate because the material to be packaged passes through the vibration screening, so that the material to be packaged can be easily fixed and slide by the rail on the material distributing plate, and the operation of the material to be packaged entering the filling device is controlled by the auxiliary rolling brush;
finally, after entering corresponding tracks in the packing plates with the same size and the same specification, the object to be packed is enabled to slide downwards under the action of self gravity through the slope generated by the inclined arrangement of the object to be packed, and the stored medicament falls into a PVC (polyvinyl chloride) version under the blocking of two groups of blocking needles which alternately block the operation at the tail end, so as to finish the packing operation;
remarking: when the upper blocking needle executes a blocking command to block the medicament in the track; the lower blocking needle completes the releasing action, a piece of medicament stored in the middle can automatically enter the PVC thermal forming packing material, the lower blocking needle blocks the medicament in normal production, the upper blocking needle is opened, the medicament falls into a gap between the two blocking needles, and the medicament is discharged all the time in cycles.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
through the combination formula collocation setting of double track way unloading, fine solution current packagine machine constructs not enough, for example:
firstly, one kind of medicament to be packaged can be quickly replaced by replacing the sizes of the rails with different specifications; namely, the blanking design of the track structure is suitable for packaging various medicaments and hard capsules;
secondly, at the packing plate lower extreme, have two rows of needle that keep off to be used for keeping off the blowing in turn, make falling into of medicine one grain one and mould in holding in the palm, such advantage can not make the medicine pile up in one department, reduces the condition of putting more moreover to reduce manual operation's work load.
Finally, the air cylinder is controlled by the electromagnetic valve, so that the speed of cutting the plate behind the packaging machine can be completely tracked, and the production efficiency is improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a rail-type blanking device of an aluminum-plastic packaging machine according to the present invention
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a feeding hopper of the rail-type discharging device of the aluminum-plastic packaging machine of the present invention
FIG. 3a is a schematic side view of a vibrating trough of the rail-type blanking device of the aluminum-plastic packaging machine of the present invention
FIG. 3b is a schematic top view of the structure of the vibration trough of the rail-type feeding device of the aluminum-plastic packaging machine of the present invention
FIG. 4 is a rear view of a discharging mechanism of the rail-type discharging device of the aluminum-plastic packaging machine of the present invention
FIG. 5a is a schematic view of a filling device of the rail-type discharging device of the aluminum-plastic packaging machine of the present invention
FIG. 5b is a rear view of the filling device of the rail-type discharging device of the aluminum-plastic packaging machine of the present invention
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Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5b, a rail type blanking device of an aluminum-plastic packing machine, the device includes: a feeding hopper 101, a vibration groove 102, a blanking mechanism 103 and a filling device 104;
further, the feeding hopper 101 includes: a filling funnel 201, an observation window 202; the viewing window 202 is located at the side of the filling funnel 201;
as an illustration, the filling hopper 201 is used for filling the objects to be packed;
as an illustration, the observation window 202 is designed to facilitate observing the material level;
further, the vibration tank 102 includes: a shell 301, an orifice plate 302 and a vibrating device 303; the vibration device 303 is arranged outside the shell 301 and is in contact with the shell; the pore plate 302 is used for enabling the objects to be packaged to move forwards in a vibration mode along the direction of the filling material slide way, and meanwhile, waste products and sundries are screened out;
by way of illustration, the size of the perforated plate 302 may be designed according to the different materials to be packaged;
as an example, the orifice plate 302 is movably connected in the housing 301, and is fixed by bolts, and when different orifice plates 302 are replaced, the bolts are loosened and pulled out for replacement, which is convenient and efficient;
as an example, the vibration device 303 uses a vibration magnet with a novel design to generate vibration power, the vibration effect of attraction and repulsion of the magnet is stable, the acting force is adjustable, and the acting force is kept unchanged after setting;
further, a quantitative ring 105 is arranged between the vibration groove 102 and the feeding hopper 101; the upper part of the quantitative ring 105 is communicated with the bottom of the feeding hopper 101, and the lower part of the quantitative ring 105 is communicated with the upper part of the vibration groove 102;
as an example, the aperture of the quantitative ring 105 can be adjusted to change the material feeding speed;
further, the blanking mechanism 103 includes: a material distribution plate 401, a filling level sensor and an auxiliary rolling brush 402;
the material distributing plate 401 is designed in a rail type structure;
the filling level sensor is used for determining the level of the material on the material distributing plate so as to determine the blanking speed of the quantitative ring;
the auxiliary rolling brush is used for preventing materials to be packaged from being stacked and blocked when entering the filling plate, and the auxiliary rolling brush reversely acts on the blanking direction of the materials to be packaged through clockwise or anticlockwise rotation so as to prevent redundant materials from blocking the interface of the material distributing plate and the filling plate;
as an example, the size of the rail of the material distributing plate may be adjusted according to different medicament packaging specifications;
as an example, the bristles of the auxiliary rolling brush are soft and high-friction bristles;
as an illustration, the fill level sensor employs one of infrared, radar, or wireless fill level detector;
further, a feeding pipe connecting structure 106 is arranged between the vibration groove 102 and the blanking mechanism 103;
further, the packing device 104 includes: the device comprises a filling plate, an upper retaining needle and a lower retaining needle;
the packing plate is also designed in a rail type structure, the size is adjustable, and the specification and size are consistent with the specification of the material distributing plate rail;
the upper retaining needle and the lower retaining needle are arranged at the tail end of the filling plate and are arranged above the plate type packaging support;
in order to accelerate the packaging speed, the upper blocking needle and the lower blocking needle are both controlled by air cylinder power;
as an example, the bottom of the packing plate is symmetrically provided with horizontal adjusting blocks 502 for adjusting the horizontal optimal working state of the packing plate;
to better explain the design principle of the present invention, the working process is briefly introduced as follows:
firstly, objects to be packaged enter a vibration tank 102 from a feeding hopper through a quantitative ring 105, and the vibration tank 102 enters a feeding pipe 106 through vibration screening and position correction;
secondly, after the material to be packaged is received by the material distributing plate 401 from the feeding pipe 106, since the material to be packaged passes through the vibration screening, the hole plate 302 marks the packaging entering direction of the material to be packaged, so that the material to be packaged can be easily fixed and slide through the rail on the material distributing plate, and the operation of entering the filling device 104 is controlled through the auxiliary rolling brush 402;
finally, after entering corresponding tracks in the packing plates 501 with the same size and the same specification, the object to be packed is enabled to slide downwards under the action of self gravity through the slope generated by the inclined arrangement of the object to be packed, and the stored medicament falls into a PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plate type (plate type packing support) under the blocking of two groups of blocking needles which alternately block the operation at the tail end, so as to complete the packing operation;
remarking: when the upper blocking needle executes a blocking command to block the medicament in the track; the lower blocking needle completes the releasing action, a piece of medicament stored in the middle can automatically enter the PVC thermal forming packing material, the lower blocking needle blocks the medicament in normal production, the upper blocking needle is opened, the medicament falls into a gap between the two blocking needles, and the medicament is discharged all the time in cycles.
Through the combination formula collocation setting of double track way unloading, fine solution current packagine machine constructs not enough, for example:
firstly, one kind of medicament to be packaged can be quickly replaced by replacing the sizes of the rails with different specifications; namely, the blanking design of the track structure is suitable for packaging various medicaments and hard capsules;
secondly, at the packing plate lower extreme, have two rows of needle that keep off to be used for keeping off the blowing in turn, make falling into of medicine one grain one and mould in holding in the palm, such advantage can not make the medicine pile up in one department, reduces the condition of putting more moreover to reduce manual operation's work load.
Finally, the air cylinder is controlled by the electromagnetic valve, so that the speed of cutting the plate behind the packaging machine can be completely tracked, and the production efficiency is improved.
The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and it should be understood that the above embodiments are only for assisting understanding of the method and the core idea of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides an aluminum-plastic packaging machine rail mounted unloader which characterized in that, the device includes: the device comprises a feeding hopper, a vibration groove, a discharging mechanism and a filling device;
the feeding hopper comprises: filling a funnel and an observation window; the observation window is positioned on the side surface of the filling funnel;
the vibration tank includes: the device comprises a shell, an orifice plate and a vibration device; the vibration device is arranged outside the shell and is contacted with the shell; the pore plate is used for enabling the object to be packaged to move forwards in a vibrating mode along the direction of the object loading slideway, and screening out waste products and sundries; the pore plate is movably connected in the shell and fixed by bolts, and when different pore plates are replaced, the bolts are loosened and drawn out for replacement, so that the operation is convenient and efficient;
a quantitative ring is also arranged between the vibration groove and the feeding hopper; the upper part of the quantitative ring is communicated with the bottom of the feeding hopper, and the lower part of the quantitative ring is communicated with the upper part of the vibration groove;
the unloading mechanism includes: the device comprises a material distributing plate, a filling level sensor and an auxiliary rolling brush; the material distributing plate is designed in a rail type structure;
a feeding pipe connecting structure is also arranged between the vibration groove and the blanking mechanism;
the packing device comprises: the device comprises a filling plate, an upper retaining needle and a lower retaining needle; the packing plate is also designed in a rail type structure, the size is adjustable, and the specification and size are consistent with the specification of the material distributing plate rail; the upper retaining needle and the lower retaining needle are arranged at the tail end of the filling plate and are arranged above the plate type packaging support; the upper blocking needle and the lower blocking needle are both controlled by air cylinder power; when the upper blocking needle executes a blocking command to block the medicament in the track, the lower blocking needle completes the releasing action, and a piece of medicament stored in the middle automatically enters the PVC thermoforming packaging material; then the lower blocking needle blocks, the upper blocking needle is opened, the medicament falls into a gap between the two blocking needles, and the medicament is discharged all the time in cycles.
2. The rail-type blanking device of the aluminum-plastic packing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the size of the orifice plate can be adjusted according to different objects to be packed.
3. The rail-type blanking device of the aluminum-plastic packaging machine according to claim 1, wherein the vibration device uses a vibration magnet with a novel design to generate vibration power.
4. The rail type blanking device of the aluminum-plastic packing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aperture of the quantitative ring can be adjusted to change the blanking speed of the material.
5. The rail type blanking device of the aluminum-plastic packing machine according to claim 1, wherein the rail size of the material distributing plate can be adjusted according to different medicament packing specifications.
6. The rail type blanking device of the aluminum-plastic packing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bristles of the auxiliary rolling brush are soft bristles with large friction.
7. The rail type blanking device of the aluminum-plastic packing machine according to claim 1, wherein the filling level sensor is one of infrared ray, radar or wireless level detector.
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