CN106944371B - Detection table capable of effectively improving detection efficiency - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a detection table capable of effectively improving detection efficiency, which comprises a feeding mechanism, a circulating mechanism, a finished product conveying mechanism and a defective product conveying mechanism, wherein the feeding mechanism is arranged on the detection table; the feeding mechanism comprises a first mounting frame and a first conveyor belt, and the first conveyor belt is mounted on the first mounting frame; the circulating mechanism comprises a second mounting rack, a second conveyor belt, a third mounting rack, a third conveyor belt, a fourth mounting rack, a fourth conveyor belt, a fifth mounting rack, a fifth conveyor belt and a plurality of grating counters; finished product conveying mechanism includes sixth mounting bracket and sixth conveyer belt, and defective products conveying mechanism includes seventh mounting bracket and seventh conveyer belt. The invention is convenient to use and effectively improves the labor efficiency.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to product detection equipment, in particular to a detection table capable of effectively improving detection efficiency.
Background
Prior art when screening the product, there are two kinds of modes comparatively commonly used, the first mode is, the workman stands in the conveyer belt both sides, and take out the product on the conveyer belt, whether it is qualified to detect, then distinguish qualified product and nonconforming product and place, but hardly guarantee that the product on all conveyer belts is all screened, consequently need send the conveyer belt back again by the product that does not filter, such mode can increase staff's work load, the second mode is that the people stands on the both sides of conveyer belt, only select nonconforming product, can lead to repeated detection and the problem of examining of omission easily like this, and these two kinds of modes are all very inconvenient when counting the volume that the staff detected the product.
Disclosure of Invention
Based on the technical problems in the background art, the invention provides a detection table for effectively improving the detection efficiency.
The invention provides a detection table capable of effectively improving detection efficiency, which comprises a feeding mechanism, a circulating mechanism, a finished product conveying mechanism and a defective product conveying mechanism, wherein the feeding mechanism is arranged on the detection table;
the feeding mechanism comprises a first mounting frame and a first conveyor belt, and the first conveyor belt is mounted on the first mounting frame;
the circulating mechanism comprises a second mounting frame, a second conveyor belt, a third mounting frame, a third conveyor belt, a fourth mounting frame, a fourth conveyor belt, a fifth mounting frame, a fifth conveyor belt and a plurality of grating counters, the second conveyor belt is mounted on the second mounting frame, the first end of the second conveyor belt is positioned below the second end of the first conveyor belt, the third conveyor belt is mounted on the third mounting frame, the first end of the third conveyor belt is positioned below the second end of the second conveyor belt, the fourth conveyor belt is mounted on the fourth mounting frame, the first end of the fourth conveyor belt is positioned below the second end of the third conveyor belt, the fifth conveyor belt is mounted on the fifth mounting frame, the first end of the fifth conveyor belt is positioned below the second end of the fourth conveyor belt, the second end of the fifth conveyor belt is positioned above the first end of the second conveyor belt, and the grating counters are mounted on the third mounting frame and the fifth mounting frame;
the finished product conveying mechanism comprises a sixth mounting frame and a sixth conveying belt, and the sixth conveying belt is mounted on the sixth mounting frame;
the defective product conveying mechanism comprises a seventh mounting frame and a seventh conveyor belt, and the seventh conveyor belt is mounted on the seventh mounting frame;
the second conveyor belt, the third conveyor belt, the fourth conveyor belt and the fifth conveyor belt are all located above the sixth conveyor belt and below the seventh conveyor belt.
Preferably, the feeding mechanism further comprises a plurality of guard plates, and the guard plates are mounted on the first mounting frame and located at the first end of the first conveyor belt.
Preferably, the first and second inspection stations are mounted on the third and fifth mounting frames, respectively.
Preferably, the automatic material collecting device further comprises a first finished product collecting frame and a second finished product collecting frame, the first finished product collecting frame and the second finished product collecting frame are both mounted on the sixth mounting frame, a first material guide groove and a second material guide groove are respectively arranged on the first finished product collecting frame and the second finished product collecting frame, the first end of the first material guide groove is located below the first inspection table, the second end of the first material guide groove is located above the sixth conveying belt, the first end of the second material guide groove is located below the second inspection table, and the second end of the second material guide groove is located above the sixth conveying belt.
Preferably, a plurality of first waste recovery auxiliary mechanisms and a plurality of second waste recovery mechanisms are further included;
the first waste recovery auxiliary mechanism comprises a first mounting rod, a first rotating block, a first rotating shaft and two first storage boxes, the first mounting rod is mounted on a seventh mounting frame, the first rotating block is rotatably mounted on the first mounting rod, the first rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the first rotating block, the rotating direction of the first rotating shaft is around the axis of the first rotating shaft, the two first storage boxes are respectively mounted at two ends of the first rotating shaft, the rotating axis of the first rotating block is perpendicular to the axis of the first rotating shaft, and the two first storage boxes can be respectively positioned above the third conveying belt and above the seventh conveying belt by the rotation of the first rotating block;
the second waste recycling auxiliary mechanism comprises a second mounting rod, a second rotating block, a second rotating shaft and two second storage boxes, the second mounting rod is mounted on a seventh mounting frame, the second rotating block is rotatably mounted on the second mounting rod, the second rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the second rotating block, the rotating direction of the second rotating shaft is around the axis of the second rotating shaft, the two second storage boxes are respectively mounted at two ends of the second rotating shaft, the rotating axis of the second rotating block is perpendicular to the axis of the second rotating shaft, and the second rotating block rotates to enable the two second storage boxes to be located above a fifth conveying belt and above a seventh conveying belt respectively.
Preferably, the first storage box and the second storage box are provided with elastic layers at the periphery.
When the automatic feeding device is used, products are conveyed to the second conveying belt through the first conveying belt, then the products can circularly move on the second conveying belt, the third conveying belt, the fourth conveying belt and the fifth conveying belt, a user only needs to take out the products at the periphery of the circulating mechanism for detection, each detector corresponds to one grating induction counter, the detectors count through the grating induction counters after the products are detected, then the products are placed on the sixth conveying belt or the seventh conveying belt according to whether the products are qualified, and when the number of the products is less than a certain number, the materials are continuously fed through the first conveying belt. The invention is convenient to use and effectively improves the labor efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a detection table for effectively improving detection efficiency according to the present invention.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1, the inspection table for effectively improving inspection efficiency provided by the invention comprises a feeding mechanism, a circulating mechanism, a finished product conveying mechanism, a defective product conveying mechanism, a first finished product recycling rack 5, a second finished product recycling rack 6, a plurality of first waste recycling auxiliary mechanisms and a plurality of second waste recycling mechanisms;
the feeding mechanism comprises a first mounting frame 11 and a first conveyor belt 12, and the first conveyor belt 12 is mounted on the first mounting frame 11;
the circulating mechanism comprises a second mounting frame 21, a second conveyor belt 22, a third mounting frame 23, a third conveyor belt 24, a fourth mounting frame 25, a fourth conveyor belt 26, a fifth mounting frame 27, a fifth conveyor belt 28 and a plurality of grating counters, wherein the second conveyor belt 22 is mounted on the second mounting frame 21, a first end of the second conveyor belt 22 is positioned below a second end of the first conveyor belt 12, the third conveyor belt 24 is mounted on the third mounting frame 23, a first end of the third conveyor belt 24 is positioned below the second end of the second conveyor belt 22, the fourth conveyor belt 26 is mounted on the fourth mounting frame 25, a first end of the fourth conveyor belt 26 is positioned below the second end of the third conveyor belt 24, the fifth conveyor belt 28 is mounted on the fifth mounting frame 27, a first end of the fifth conveyor belt 28 is positioned below the second end of the fourth conveyor belt 26, a second end of the fifth conveyor belt 28 is positioned above the first end of the second conveyor belt 22, and the grating counters are mounted on the third mounting frame 23 and the fifth mounting frame 27;
the finished product conveying mechanism comprises a sixth mounting rack 31 and a sixth conveyor belt 32, and the sixth conveyor belt 32 is mounted on the sixth mounting rack 31;
the defective product conveying mechanism comprises a seventh mounting rack 41 and a seventh conveyor belt 42, and the seventh conveyor belt 42 is mounted on the seventh mounting rack 41;
the second conveyor belt 22, the third conveyor belt 24, the fourth conveyor belt 26 and the fifth conveyor belt 28 are all located above the sixth conveyor belt 32 and are all located below the seventh conveyor belt 42.
When the automatic feeding device is used, products are conveyed to the second conveyor belt 22 through the first conveyor belt 12, then the products can circularly move on the second conveyor belt 22, the third conveyor belt 24, the fourth conveyor belt 26 and the fifth conveyor belt 28, a user only needs to take out the products from the periphery of the circulating mechanism for detection, each detector corresponds to one grating sensing counter, the detectors count through the grating sensing counters after the products are detected, then the products are placed on the sixth conveyor belt 32 or the seventh conveyor belt 42 according to whether the products are qualified or not, and when the number of the products is less than a certain amount, the materials are continuously fed through the first conveyor belt 12.
In this embodiment, feed mechanism still includes a plurality of backplate 13, and backplate 13 is installed on first mounting bracket 11 to be located the first end of first conveyer belt 12, can put the product of preparing to add on first conveyer belt 12 in advance, and backplate 13 effectively reduces the possibility that the product dropped when the product is more.
In the present embodiment, the first and second inspection stages 271 are mounted on the third mount 23 and the fifth mount 27, respectively.
In this embodiment, the first finished product recycling rack 5 and the second finished product recycling rack 6 are both mounted on the sixth mounting rack 31, the first finished product recycling rack 5 and the second finished product recycling rack 6 are respectively provided with a first material guiding groove 51 and a second material guiding groove 61, a first end of the first material guiding groove 51 is located below the first inspection table, a second end of the first material guiding groove 51 is located above the sixth conveyor belt 32, a first end of the second material guiding groove 61 is located below the second inspection table 271, a second end of the second material guiding groove 61 is located above the sixth conveyor belt 32, and a user can conveniently place qualified products on the first material guiding groove 51 or the second material guiding groove 61, so that the products slide down onto the sixth conveyor belt 32 under the action of gravity.
In this embodiment, the first waste recycling auxiliary mechanism includes a first mounting rod, a first rotating block, a first rotating shaft and two first storage boxes 71, the first mounting rod is mounted on the seventh mounting frame 41, the first rotating block is rotatably mounted on the first mounting rod, the first rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the first rotating block, the rotating direction of the first rotating shaft is around the axis of the first rotating shaft, the two first storage boxes 71 are respectively mounted at two ends of the first rotating shaft, the rotating axis of the first rotating block is perpendicular to the axis of the first rotating shaft, and the first rotating block rotates to enable the two first storage boxes 71 to be respectively located above the third conveyor belt 24 and above the seventh conveyor belt 42;
the user can put unqualified product into arbitrary one first storage box 71, then realizes that first rotation piece rotates through removing first axis of rotation, makes this first storage box 71 be located seven conveyer belts 42 tops, rotates first axis of rotation again, can realize remote operation, accomplishes that unqualified product falls to seven conveyer belts 42 on.
The second waste recycling auxiliary mechanism comprises a second mounting rod 81, a second rotating block 82, a second rotating shaft 83 and two second storage boxes 84, the second mounting rod 81 is mounted on the seventh mounting frame 41, the second rotating block 82 is rotatably mounted on the second mounting rod 81, the second rotating shaft 83 is rotatably mounted on the second rotating block 82, the second rotating shaft 83 rotates around the axis of the second rotating shaft 83, the two second storage boxes 84 are respectively mounted at two ends of the second rotating shaft 83, the rotating axis of the second rotating block 82 is perpendicular to the axis of the second rotating shaft 83, and the second rotating block 82 rotates to enable the two second storage boxes 84 to be respectively located above the fifth conveyor belt 28 and above the seventh conveyor belt 42.
The user can put unqualified product into arbitrary one second storage box 84, then realizes that second turning block 82 rotates through removing second axis of rotation 83, makes this second storage box 84 be located seven conveyer belts 42 tops, rotates second axis of rotation 83 again, can realize remote operation, accomplishes that unqualified product falls to seven conveyer belts 42 on.
In this embodiment, the peripheries of the first and second storage cases 71 and 84 are both provided with an elastic layer, so as to improve the comfort level for a user to grasp the first and second storage cases 71 and 84.
In this embodiment, effectively improve detection efficiency's detection platform still includes controlling means, controlling means communication connection first conveyer belt 12 and grating counter, controlling means has preset minimum product quantity value and preset time value, controlling means passes through the grating counter and obtains the product quantity that has been screened to judge the remaining product quantity in the circulation mechanism, when product quantity is less than minimum product quantity value, controlling means control first conveyer belt 12 starts, and close after preset time value, staff's labor efficiency has further been improved. In order to facilitate the calculation of the number of products by the control device, the user may add a fixed number of products to the first conveyor belt 12 each time the feeding of the first conveyor belt 12 onto the second conveyor belt 22 is completed.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art should be considered to be within the technical scope of the present invention, and the technical solutions and the inventive concepts thereof according to the present invention should be equivalent or changed within the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides an effectively improve detection efficiency's detection platform which characterized in that: comprises a feeding mechanism, a circulating mechanism, a finished product conveying mechanism and a defective product conveying mechanism;
the feeding mechanism comprises a first mounting frame (11) and a first conveyor belt (12), and the first conveyor belt (12) is mounted on the first mounting frame (11);
the circulating mechanism comprises a second mounting frame (21), a second conveyor belt (22), a third mounting frame (23), a third conveyor belt (24), a fourth mounting frame (25), a fourth conveyor belt (26), a fifth mounting frame (27), a fifth conveyor belt (28) and a plurality of grating counters, wherein the second conveyor belt (22) is installed on the second mounting frame (21), the first end of the second conveyor belt (22) is located below the second end of the first conveyor belt (12), the third conveyor belt (24) is installed on the third mounting frame (23), the first end of the third conveyor belt (24) is located below the second end of the second conveyor belt (22), the fourth conveyor belt (26) is installed on the fourth mounting frame (25), the first end of the fourth conveyor belt (26) is located below the second end of the third conveyor belt (24), the fifth conveyor belt (28) is installed on the fifth mounting frame (27), the first end of the fifth conveyor belt (28) is located below the second end of the fourth conveyor belt (26), the second end of the fifth conveyor belt (28) is located above the second end of the second conveyor belt (22), and the grating counters (23) and the fifth mounting frame (27);
the finished product conveying mechanism comprises a sixth mounting rack (31) and a sixth conveyor belt (32), and the sixth conveyor belt (32) is mounted on the sixth mounting rack (31);
the defective product conveying mechanism comprises a seventh mounting rack (41) and a seventh conveyor belt (42), wherein the seventh conveyor belt (42) is mounted on the seventh mounting rack (41);
the second conveyor belt (22), the third conveyor belt (24), the fourth conveyor belt (26) and the fifth conveyor belt (28) are all positioned above the sixth conveyor belt (32) and are all positioned below the seventh conveyor belt (42);
a first inspection table and a second inspection table (271) are respectively arranged on the third mounting frame (23) and the fifth mounting frame (27);
the automatic detection device is characterized by further comprising a first finished product recovery frame (5) and a second finished product recovery frame (6), wherein the first finished product recovery frame (5) and the second finished product recovery frame (6) are mounted on a sixth mounting frame (31), a first guide chute (51) and a second guide chute (61) are respectively arranged on the first finished product recovery frame (5) and the second finished product recovery frame (6), the first end of the first guide chute (51) is located below the first detection platform, the second end of the first guide chute (51) is located above the sixth conveyor belt (32), the first end of the second guide chute (61) is located below the second detection platform (271), and the second end of the second guide chute (61) is located above the sixth conveyor belt (32);
the device also comprises a plurality of first waste recovery auxiliary mechanisms and a plurality of second waste recovery mechanisms;
the first waste recovery auxiliary mechanism comprises a first mounting rod, a first rotating block, a first rotating shaft and two first storage boxes (71), the first mounting rod is mounted on a seventh mounting frame (41), the first rotating block is rotatably mounted on the first mounting rod, the first rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the first rotating block, the rotating direction of the first rotating shaft is around the axis of the first rotating shaft, the two first storage boxes (71) are respectively mounted at two ends of the first rotating shaft, the rotating axis of the first rotating block is perpendicular to the axis of the first rotating shaft, and the two first storage boxes (71) can be respectively positioned above the third conveyor belt (24) and above the seventh conveyor belt (42) through the rotation of the first rotating block;
the second waste recycling auxiliary mechanism comprises a second mounting rod (81), a second rotating block (82), a second rotating shaft (83) and two second storage boxes (84), the second mounting rod (81) is mounted on a seventh mounting frame (41), the second rotating block (82) is rotatably mounted on the second mounting rod (81), the second rotating shaft (83) is rotatably mounted on the second rotating block (82), the rotating direction of the second rotating shaft (83) is around the axis of the second rotating shaft, the two second storage boxes (84) are mounted at two ends of the second rotating shaft (83) respectively, the rotating axis of the second rotating block (82) is perpendicular to the axis of the second rotating shaft (83), and the second rotating block (82) rotates to enable the two second storage boxes (84) to be located above the fifth conveyor belt (28) and above the seventh conveyor belt (42) respectively.
2. The testing platform for effectively improving testing efficiency according to claim 1, wherein: the feeding mechanism further comprises a plurality of guard plates (13), and the guard plates (13) are mounted on the first mounting frame (11) and located at the first end of the first conveyor belt (12).
3. The testing platform for effectively improving testing efficiency according to claim 1, wherein: elastic layers are arranged on the peripheries of the first storage box (71) and the second storage box (84).
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