CN110654609A - Automatic packing material arranging and single-row outputting system - Google Patents

Automatic packing material arranging and single-row outputting system Download PDF

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CN110654609A
CN110654609A CN201910999367.1A CN201910999367A CN110654609A CN 110654609 A CN110654609 A CN 110654609A CN 201910999367 A CN201910999367 A CN 201910999367A CN 110654609 A CN110654609 A CN 110654609A
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胡建法
方锦明
闵定勇
张志英
高思宝
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蔺应晓
刘强
王浩旭
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The invention discloses an automatic packing material arranging single-row output system, which is sequentially provided with the following components in the material conveying direction: the device comprises a transverse separation conveying device, a longitudinal separation conveying device and a centering conveying device; and a material detection device is arranged at the outlet of the transverse separation conveying device. The transverse separating and conveying device consists of a central narrow-band conveyor, side roller conveyors, side vertical belt conveyors and guard plates, wherein the side roller conveyors are positioned at two sides of the central narrow-band conveyor and are symmetrically arranged; the longitudinal separating and conveying device is positioned at the downstream of the transverse separating and conveying device and is formed by transversely combining a plurality of narrow-band conveyors with independent power; the centering conveying device is positioned at the downstream of the longitudinal separation conveying device and is formed by combining two groups of oblique roller way conveying machines which are symmetrically arranged relative to the center line of the centering conveying device and respectively have independent power. The transverse separation link of the invention adopts symmetrical arrangement, two sides close to the edge, one-time material passing, no need of recycling, and can practically realize automatic arrangement and single-row output of the packaged objects.

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Automatic packing material arranging and single-row outputting system
Technical Field
The invention relates to an automatic packing material arranging and single-row outputting system, in particular to an automatic sorting system which automatically arranges and outputs materials in a side-by-side, staggered and overlapped state in batches in an online single-row manner, and belongs to the technical field of logistics sorting.
Background
With the vigorous development of the e-commerce industry, the package sorting amount is increasing day by day, and the transportation center is under the pressure of bin explosion in the peak period. The packages are usually delivered to a transfer center in the form of a cage car or a gunny bag, and enter a downstream sorting link after being manually unfolded and separated. The manual processing efficiency of the package unfolding and separating link is low, and the labor intensity is high.
Patent CN 109335611 a provides an automatic arrangement device for mixed parcels, which is characterized in that a differential central conveyor, a differential narrow-band conveyor and an edge-approaching oblique roller conveyor are sequentially arranged behind a feeding conveyor, and shunt oblique roller conveyors are arranged on two sides of the differential central conveyor.
The patent can not effectively separate two closely-attached parallel materials (as shown in figure 3) with similar sizes, the materials in the condition enter a longitudinal separation conveying device along a protective plate (104) after being abutted by an inclined roller, and a material detection device can not effectively identify the materials as a plurality of materials and often treats the materials as one material.
The patent can not effectively realize single-row output of materials. The materials processed by the transverse separation link approximately reach the differential narrow-band conveyer according to a left path, a middle path and a right path, and the materials on the left path and the right path are usually close to each other in series, so that the differential narrow-band conveyer cannot alternately output the materials according to the three paths.
This patent the differential narrowband conveyer is formed along transversely combining by the narrowband conveying unit that is no less than two different speeds, wherein: the speed of the middle two narrow band conveying units is equal to that of the differential central conveyor, and the speed of the narrow band conveying units on the two sides of the middle two narrow band conveying units is reduced by 10 percent from inside to outside. This control does not allow longitudinal separation of the materials. The materials on two sides can collide with each other at the inlet of the differential narrow-band conveyer and abut against each other, the materials on the middle side can usually collide with the materials on the side which firstly reach the differential narrow-band conveyer, and the materials on the side can simultaneously output the differential narrow-band conveyer side by side.
This patent adopts oblique roller to lean on the limit mode to handle through vertical separation, pulls open the material of interval, appears the material and knocks into back even the parallel condition again easily.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art, and provides an automatic packing single-row output system which can automatically arrange the staggered, overlapped and side-by-side batch materials including cartons, sacks, small pieces (bags), small pieces (files) and the like into a single row for online output.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
the utility model provides an automatic arrangement list output system of packing material, has set gradually along material direction of delivery: the device comprises a transverse separation conveying device, a longitudinal separation conveying device and a centering conveying device; and a material detection device is arranged at the outlet of the transverse separation conveying device. The transverse separating and conveying device consists of a central narrow-band conveyor, side roller conveyors, side vertical belt conveyors and guard plates, wherein the side roller conveyors, the side vertical belt conveyors and the guard plates are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the central narrow-band conveyor; the longitudinal separation conveying device is positioned at the downstream of the transverse separation conveying device and is formed by transversely combining a plurality of narrow-band conveyors with independent power; the centering conveying device is positioned at the downstream of the longitudinal separation conveying device and is formed by combining two groups of oblique roller way conveying machines which are symmetrically arranged relative to the center line of the centering conveying device and respectively have independent power.
The side roller conveyor consists of a plurality of sections driven by power and has multi-section speed. Preferably, the side roller conveyor has three-stage speeds, the speed of each stage is sequentially increased along the material conveying direction, V1 is more than V2 and less than V3, and V3 is more than or equal to 2V 1.
Preferably, the side roller conveyor adopts flat belt friction transmission.
The conveying surface of the central belt conveyor is higher than the conveying surfaces of the oblique roller table conveyors on the two sides, an arch back structure is arranged at an inlet, and preferably, the arch back is formed by processing a nylon material.
The conveying speed of the central belt conveyor is more than or equal to the conveying speed of the output sections of the roller conveyor close to the sides at the two sides.
The transverse separation conveying device is provided with a plurality of sections of side vertical belt conveyors, and the conveying speed of each side vertical belt conveyor is higher than the conveying speed of the next side roller conveyor at the corresponding position and lower than the conveying speed of the next side roller conveyor. Preferably, the lateral separation conveying device is provided with a section of lateral vertical belt conveyor at one side, the lateral vertical belt conveyor is arranged at the corresponding position of the second section of side roller conveyor, the lateral vertical belt conveyor is embedded at the notch of the guard plate of the side roller conveyor and is fixedly installed, the lateral separation conveying device has the function of the guard plate of the side roller conveyor, and the conveying speed of the lateral separation conveying device is between V2 and V3.
The multiple narrow-band conveyors of the longitudinal separating and conveying device have a common reference speed which is more than or equal to the conveying speed of the outlet section of the transverse separating and conveying device.
The control system dynamically adjusts the conveying speed of each narrow-band conveyor according to the position and the size of the material obtained by real-time detection of the material detection device, and the adjusting speed is smaller than the reference speed; when the speed of one or more narrow-band conveyors is reduced, the control system automatically reduces the conveying speed of the transverse separating and conveying device according to the same proportion. The control system distributes corresponding positions and corresponding quantity of narrow-band conveyors to run at the same speed in real time according to the positions and sizes of the materials, and the narrow-band conveyors are jointly used as a material conveying channel.
The centering conveying device is closed along the material conveying direction. Preferably, the two groups of inclined roller way conveyors of the centering conveying device adopt flat belt friction transmission.
Preferably, the material detection device adopts light curtain and photographic recognition technology.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
compared with a patent CN 109607129A, the device has completely different process layouts, more compact equipment structure and small occupied area. The transverse separation link of this patent adopts symmetrical arrangement, and both sides lean on the limit, once the punishment in advance need not recirculation.
Compared with the patent CN 109335611A, the patent provides a feasible automatic packing arranging single-row output system. a) In the transverse separation link, the materials are separated at intervals by adopting multiple stages of speeds; b) an arch back structure is arranged at an inlet of a transverse separation link to process overlapped materials; c) the lateral separation link is provided with a lateral vertical belt conveyor to process closely-attached parallel materials with similar sizes; d) this patent provides a practical dynamic control system; e) this patent list output arrangement adopts the mode of carrying in returning to the middle, and equipment length is about half by the limit mode of carrying, and stops the material of vertical separation and end up the condition that runs into the back at the list arrangement link even paralleling.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an embodiment of the automated package collating single file output system of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an exemplary material delivery state of an embodiment of the automated package collating single file output system of the present invention;
FIG. 3 illustrates two closely-spaced parallel materials to be collated in a similar size;
FIG. 4 is a diagram of a cross-feed conveyor arrangement in one embodiment of the automated package collating single file output system of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a view of a cross-feed conveyor A-A in one embodiment of the automated package collating single file output system of the present invention;
figure 6 is a view of a cross-feed conveyor B-B in one embodiment of the automated package collating single file output system of the present invention.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1, an automatic packing arrangement single-row output system sequentially comprises, in the material conveying direction: the device comprises a transverse separation conveying device 1, a longitudinal separation conveying device 2 and a centering conveying device 3; and a material detection device 4 is arranged at the outlet of the transverse separation conveying device 1.
The transverse separation conveying device 1 consists of a central narrow-band conveyor 101, and edge-approaching roller conveyors 102, side-standing belt conveyors 103 and guard plates 104 which are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the central narrow-band conveyor 101; the longitudinal separating and conveying device 2 is positioned at the downstream of the transverse separating and conveying device 1 and is formed by transversely combining a plurality of narrow-band conveyors 201 with independent power; the centering conveying device 3 is positioned at the downstream of the longitudinal separating conveying device 2 and is formed by combining two groups of oblique roller bed conveyors 301 which are symmetrically arranged relative to the center line of the centering conveying device 3 and respectively have independent power.
The run-on roller conveyor 102 is comprised of a plurality of power-driven segments and has a multi-segment speed. Preferably, the side roller conveyor 102 has three-stage speeds, the speed of each stage increases gradually along the material conveying direction, V1 is more than V2 and less than V3, and V3 is more than or equal to 2V 1. Preferably, the side roller conveyor adopts flat belt friction transmission.
The conveying surface of the central belt conveyor 101 is higher than the conveying surfaces of the oblique roller conveyor 102 at the two sides, an arch back structure 101-1 is arranged at an inlet, and preferably, the arch back is made of nylon materials. The conveying speed of the central belt conveyor 101 is more than or equal to the conveying speed of the output sections of the two side-by-side roller conveyors 102.
The lateral separation conveying device 1 is provided with a multi-section lateral vertical belt conveyor 103, the conveying speed of the lateral vertical belt conveyor 103 is higher than the conveying speed of an edge-approaching roller conveyor at a corresponding position and lower than the conveying speed of a next edge-approaching roller conveyor, preferably, the lateral separation conveying device 1 is provided with one section of lateral vertical belt conveyor 103 on one side, the one section of lateral vertical belt conveyor 103 is arranged at the corresponding position of a second section of edge-approaching roller conveyor and embedded at a notch of an edge-approaching roller conveyor guard plate 104 and is fixedly installed, the lateral separation conveying device has the function of an edge-approaching roller conveyor guard plate 104, and the conveying speed of the lateral separation conveying device is between V2 and V3.
The centering conveying device 3 is closed along the material conveying direction. Preferably, the two groups of oblique roller table conveyors 301 of the centering conveyor 3 adopt flat belt friction transmission.
The material detection device 4 generally adopts technologies such as light curtain, photographic recognition and the like.
As shown in FIG. 2, after the materials in the staggered state enter the transverse separating and conveying device 1, the materials just falling on the central belt conveyor 101 are quickly conveyed to the downstream by the central belt conveyor 101, and the rest materials flow to the two side guard plates 104 under the action of the side-leaning oblique rollers.
In the process of material edge approaching, a part of materials reach the protective plate 104 first and are conveyed forwards along the protective plate 104, the speed of the part of materials is slowed down by resistance, the speed of non-edge-attaching materials is higher than that of edge-attaching materials, and the materials are obliquely inserted into longitudinal gaps generated by the multi-section pulling speed of the edge-approaching roller machine.
The closely-attached parallel materials with similar sizes can continuously and closely attach and advance side by side after the side attachment is finished. When the material contacts the side-standing belt conveyor 103, the welt material is accelerated to be stirred forward, and the non-welt material is thrown away and then continues to move forward.
The material passing through the transverse separation conveying device 1 enters the longitudinal separation conveying device 2 in three paths, one path is along the center of the equipment, and the other path is along the two side guard plates 104. The material detection device detects the positions and sizes of the three paths of materials. The control system controls the speed of the narrow-band conveyors 201 of the longitudinal separation conveying device 2 according to the position and the size of the materials, so that the longitudinal separation of the materials is realized.
The plurality of narrow belt conveyors 201 of the longitudinal separating conveyor 2 have a common reference speed equal to the conveying speed V3 of the outlet section of the lateral separating conveyor 1. The control system dynamically adjusts the conveying speed of each narrow-band conveyor 201 according to the position and the size of the material detected by the material detection device 4, wherein the adjusting speed is smaller than the reference speed; when the speed of one or more narrow belt conveyors 201 is reduced, the control system automatically reduces the conveying speed of the transverse separating and conveying device 1 according to the same proportion. The control system distributes corresponding positions and corresponding quantity of narrow-band conveyors 201 to run at the same speed in real time according to the positions and sizes of the materials, and the narrow-band conveyors are used as a material conveying channel together.
The longitudinally separated materials are processed by the centering conveying device 3 to be arranged in a single row and then are output in a single row along the center of the equipment. The time for the materials on the two sides to pass through the centering conveying device 3 is equal, so that the longitudinal separation distance of the materials is kept.
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions.

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1. The utility model provides an automatic arrangement list output system of packing material which characterized in that has set gradually along material direction of delivery: a transverse separation conveying device (1), a longitudinal separation conveying device (2) and a centering conveying device (3); a material detection device (4) is arranged at the outlet of the transverse separation conveying device (1); the transverse separation conveying device (1) consists of a central narrow-band conveyor (101), side roller conveyors (102), side vertical belt conveyors (103) and guard plates (104), wherein the side roller conveyors (102), the side vertical belt conveyors (103) and the guard plates are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the central narrow-band conveyor (101); the longitudinal separation conveying device (2) is positioned at the downstream of the transverse separation conveying device (1) and is formed by transversely combining a plurality of narrow-band conveyors (201) with independent power; the centering conveying device (3) is positioned at the downstream of the longitudinal separating conveying device (2) and is formed by combining two groups of oblique roller bed conveyors (301) which are symmetrically arranged relative to the central line of the centering conveying device (3) and respectively have independent power.
2. The automated package collating singulator output system of claim 1, wherein said edge roller conveyor (102) is comprised of a plurality of power-driven segments having a plurality of speeds, each of which progressively increases in the direction of material transport.
3. The automated package finishing single-row output system according to claim 1, wherein the conveying surface of the central belt conveyor (101) is higher than the conveying surfaces of the two oblique roller table conveyors (102), an arch back structure (101-1) is arranged at the inlet, and the arch back structure (101-1) is made of nylon materials.
4. An automatic packing material arranging single-row output system according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveying speed of the central belt conveyor (101) is more than or equal to the conveying speed of the output section of the two side-by-side roller conveyor (102).
5. The single-row output system for automatically arranging the packages according to claim 2, wherein the transverse separating and conveying device (1) is symmetrically provided with a plurality of segments of side-standing belt conveyors (103), which are embedded in the notches of the protecting plates (104) of the side-roller conveyors and fixedly installed, and have the functions of the protecting plates (104) of the side-roller conveyors, the conveying speed of the side-standing belt conveyors (103) is higher than the conveying speed of the side-roller conveyors at the corresponding positions and lower than the conveying speed of the next section of side-roller conveyors, and the speed of each segment of side-standing belt conveyors (103) is sequentially increased along the material conveying direction.
6. A package finishing singulator output system as in claim 1, wherein the plurality of narrow belt conveyors (201) of the longitudinal separating conveyor (2) have a common reference speed which is greater than or equal to the conveying speed of the outlet section of the transverse separating conveyor.
7. An automatic package arranging single-row output system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a control system, wherein the control system dynamically adjusts the conveying speed of each narrow-belt conveyor (201) according to the position and the size of the material detected by the material detection device (4) in real time, and the adjustment speed is less than the reference speed; when the speed of one or more narrow-band conveyors is reduced, the control system automatically reduces the conveying speed of the transverse separating and conveying device (1) according to the same proportion; the control system distributes corresponding positions and corresponding quantity of narrow-band conveyors to run at the same speed in real time according to the positions and sizes of the materials, and the narrow-band conveyors are jointly used as a material conveying channel.
8. An automated package finishing single-file outfeed system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said sidetracking roller conveyor (102) uses a flat belt friction drive.
9. An automatic package arranging single-row output system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the centering conveyor (3) closes up along the material conveying direction, and two groups of oblique roller way conveyors (301) of the centering conveyor (3) adopt a flat belt friction transmission.
10. An automatic package arranging single-row output system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the material detection device (4) adopts light curtain and photographic recognition technology.
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