CN110665825A - Straight line cross letter sorting system - Google Patents
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The invention relates to the technical field of logistics sorting and provides a linear cross sorting system. The linear cross sorting system comprises a support rail, a conveying device, a plurality of sorting trolley fixing seats, a plurality of sorting trolleys, a driving device and a controller, wherein the support rail comprises an upper linear rail and a lower linear rail, a plurality of vertical rails are arranged between the upper linear rail and the lower linear rail, sliding chutes are formed in the vertical rails, the sorting trolley fixing seats are fixed on the conveying device, and the driving device is used for driving the conveying device, the sorting trolleys and the sorting trolley fixing seats, so that when the sorting trolleys and the sorting trolley fixing seats are fixed, the sorting trolleys move along with the conveying device, and when the sorting trolleys and the sorting trolley fixing seats on the upper linear rail are separated, the sorting trolleys descend along the sliding chutes and are combined with the free sorting trolley fixing seats on the lower linear rail to continue to move along with the conveying. The invention improves the utilization rate of the sorting trolley, thereby improving the sorting efficiency of the system.
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[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
The invention relates to the technical field of logistics sorting, in particular to a linear cross sorting system.
[ background of the invention ]
The linear cross belt sorting system is an article conveyor capable of automatically sorting articles, and generally comprises a sorting trolley, a support rail and a conveying device moving on the support rail, wherein the support rail comprises two sub rails arranged in parallel in the vertical direction, each sub rail is of a closed loop structure and comprises an upper linear rail, a lower linear rail and two annular rails connected with the upper linear rail and the lower linear rail, the sorting trolley is arranged on the conveying device, the sorting trolley further comprises a belt conveyor and a conveyor support, and the moving direction of the belt conveyor and the moving direction of the conveying device on the support rail are crossed. When the sorting trolley moves to the specified sorting position, the belt conveyor of the sorting trolley starts to rotate, so that the articles on the sorting trolley move towards two sides of the upper linear track, and the task of sorting and sending out the articles is completed.
In the process of implementing the invention, the inventor finds that the following problems exist in the related art: at present, the two most common linear cross belt sorting systems are an annular linear cross belt sorting system and a vertical annular linear cross belt sorting system, after the sorting trolleys carrying articles of the two linear cross belt sorting systems complete the task of sorting and sending out the articles, the idle sorting trolleys sequentially pass through an upper linear rail and a lower linear rail and continue to move along the movement direction of a transmission device until the sorting trolleys return to an upper article area again. Therefore, the sorting trolley carrying the articles is not utilized within a period of time after completing the task of sorting and sending out the articles until returning to the article loading area again, the utilization rate of the sorting trolley is reduced, and the sorting efficiency of the linear cross belt sorting system is further reduced.
[ summary of the invention ]
In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiment of the invention provides a linear cross sorting system which can improve the utilization rate of a sorting trolley and further improve the sorting efficiency of the system.
In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a linear intersection sorting system, including:
the support track comprises two sub-tracks which are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction, each sub-track is of a closed-loop structure, and each sub-track comprises an upper linear track, a lower linear track and two annular tracks which are connected with the upper linear track and the lower linear track; a plurality of vertical rails are arranged between the upper linear rail and the lower linear rail of each sub-rail, and each vertical rail is provided with a sliding chute;
a conveyor moving on the two sub-tracks;
the sorting trolley fixing seats are fixed on the conveying device;
the sorting trolleys are positioned in the sorting trolley fixing seats or in the sliding chutes, each sorting trolley comprises a support sliding block, and the support sliding blocks are matched with the sliding chutes;
the driving device is used for driving the conveying device, the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat, so that the sorting trolley moves along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat are fixed, and the sorting trolley descends along the sliding chute and is combined with the sorting trolley fixing seat which is idle on the lower linear rail to continuously move along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat which are positioned on the upper linear rail are separated;
a controller connected with the drive device.
Further, the driving device comprises a linear motor, the linear motor comprises a primary motor and a secondary motor, the primary motor is installed on the sorting trolley, the secondary motor is embedded in the sliding groove, and the linear motor is used for enabling the sorting trolley to descend in the sliding groove.
Further, the sorting trolley comprises a belt conveyor and a conveyor bracket;
the conveyor support comprises a support sliding block, a support frame body and a guide sliding block, and the guide sliding block is positioned on the outer side of the support frame body in the width direction;
the bracket sliding blocks are positioned in the middle of the bracket frame body in the width direction, and the guide sliding blocks are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the bracket sliding blocks;
at least one group of symmetrical circular through holes are formed in the length direction of the support frame body.
Further, the belt conveyor comprises a belt conveyor main body and at least one group of belt conveyor connecting bodies;
the moving direction of the belt conveyor main body is intersected with the moving direction of the conveying device;
the belt conveyor connecting bodies are positioned on two sides of the belt conveyor main body in the length direction and correspond to the circular through holes one by one.
Furthermore, the sorting trolley fixing seat comprises a fixing seat frame body, a telescopic mechanism is arranged in the length direction of the fixing seat frame body, and the telescopic mechanism corresponds to the circular through holes one by one;
the sorting trolley is characterized in that a first connecting block is arranged in the middle of the fixing seat frame body in the width direction, one end of the first connecting block is provided with a connecting block through hole, the connecting block through hole is matched with the slave conveying device, the other end of the first connecting block is located on the inner side of the fixing seat frame body and connected with the support sliding block, and the first connecting block is used for enabling the sorting trolley fixing seat to move along with the conveying device, is fixedly connected with the support sliding block in the conveying process of the sorting trolley and is disconnected with the support sliding block in the descending process of the sorting trolley.
Furthermore, the driving device further comprises a fixed seat motor, wherein the fixed seat motor is arranged on the outer side of the fixed seat frame body in the length direction and is used for driving the telescopic mechanism.
Further, the conveying device comprises a main conveying device and a slave conveying device connected with the main conveying device, and the main conveying device is used for driving the slave conveying device;
the main transmission device is connected with the auxiliary transmission device through second connecting blocks, and the second connecting blocks are respectively connected with the first connecting blocks;
and the main conveying device is connected with the lower linear track through a third connecting block.
Further, the straight-line cross sorting system further comprises:
the gantry is linearly provided with at least one code scanning device;
an upper part area located forward of the linear belt gantry in a direction of motion of the slave conveyor.
Furthermore, the linear cross sorting system further comprises a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors are arranged on the lower linear track, and at least one sensor is arranged between every two vertical tracks.
Furthermore, the linear cross sorting system further comprises a plurality of sorting ports, and the sorting ports are intersected with the upper linear track and used for sorting goods according to the scanning result of the code scanning device and the movement of the belt conveyor main body.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides a linear crossing sorting system, which comprises a support rail, wherein the support rail comprises two sub-rails which are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction, each sub-rail is of a closed-loop structure, and each sub-rail comprises an upper linear rail, a lower linear rail and two annular rails which are connected with the upper linear rail and the lower linear rail; a plurality of vertical tracks with equal intervals are arranged between the upper linear track and the lower linear track of each sub-track, and each vertical track is provided with a sliding chute; a conveyor moving on the two sub-tracks; the sorting trolley fixing seats are fixed on the conveying device; the sorting trolleys are positioned in the sorting trolley fixing seats or in the sliding chutes, each sorting trolley comprises a support sliding block, and the support sliding blocks are matched with the sliding chutes; the driving device is used for driving the conveying device, the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat, so that the sorting trolley moves along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat are fixed, and the sorting trolley descends along the sliding chute and is combined with the sorting trolley fixing seat which is idle on the lower linear rail to continuously move along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat which are positioned on the upper linear rail are separated; a controller connected with the drive device. Therefore, the invention can improve the utilization rate of the sorting trolley, thereby improving the sorting efficiency of the system.
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One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a straight-line cross sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a cross-line sortation system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of a straight-line cross sorter system according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 4 is a partial exploded view of a straight cross sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of a straight cross sorting system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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To facilitate an understanding of the present application, the present application is described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may be present. As used in this specification, the terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," "up," "down," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated based on the drawings for convenience in describing the application and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
In addition, the technical features mentioned in the different embodiments of the present application described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a straight-line cross sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the linear cross sorting system 100 includes a rack rail 10, a conveyor 20, a plurality of sorting cart holders 30, a plurality of sorting carts 40, a driving device 50, a controller 60, a linear belt gantry 70, a code scanning device 80, a plurality of sensors 90, a workpiece loading area (not shown), and a plurality of sorting ports (not shown).
The support rail 10 includes two sub-rails 101 disposed in parallel in a vertical direction, each sub-rail 101 is a closed loop structure, and the sub-rail 101 includes an upper straight rail 1011, a lower straight rail 1012, and two annular rails 1013 connecting the upper straight rail 1011 and the lower straight rail 1012. A plurality of vertical rails 102 are arranged between the upper straight rail 1011 and the lower straight rail 1012 of each sub-rail 101, and the vertical rails 102 are provided with sliding grooves 1021.
The two sub-tracks 101 are symmetrically disposed, each sub-track 101 is a closed loop structure, it can be seen that the lengths of the upper straight track 1011 and the lower straight track 1012 are equal, the diameters of the two annular tracks 1013 of each sub-track 101 are equal, and preferably, the two annular tracks 1013 are semi-circles with equal sizes and identical shapes. It will be appreciated that to reduce the footprint of the linear cross sorting system 100, increase the effective operating range of the linear cross sorting system 100, and increase the utilization rate, the lengths of the upper and lower linear rails 1011, 1012 should be as long as the conditions permit (including floor size limitations, power levels of the drive mechanism, type of items being sorted, etc.).
In the embodiment of the present invention, the vertical rails 102 are arranged at equal intervals, and because the mold opening and molding process of the vertical rails 102 arranged at equal intervals is difficult, and the linear cross sorting system 100 keeps running at a constant speed during normal sorting, the structures of the vertical rails 102 arranged at equal intervals are adaptive. The sliding grooves 1021 are arranged in the middle of the vertical rail 102, the number of the sliding grooves 1021 is the same as that of the vertical rail 102, and the sliding grooves 1021 are communicated with the upper linear rail 1011 and the lower linear rail 1012 of each sub-rail 101. Furthermore, chamfers are arranged at the inlet and the outlet of the chute 1021, so that the sorting trolley 40 can be conveniently guided to enter the track of the chute 1021. In some embodiments, the vertical rails 102 may be disposed arbitrarily, and the sliding groove 1021 may be opened at the rest position of the vertical rails 102.
Referring to fig. 3 and fig. 5, the transfer device 20 includes a master transfer device 201 and a slave transfer device 202 connected to the master transfer device 201, where the master transfer device 201 is used to drive the slave transfer device 201. The main conveyer 201 is connected to the slave conveyer 202 through a second connecting block 11, the second connecting blocks 11 are respectively connected to the first connecting blocks 303, and the main conveyer 201 is connected to the lower linear rail 1012 through a third connecting block 12.
It will be appreciated that the main conveyor 201 comprises a timing wheel and a drive chain, but of course, the main conveyor 201 may also comprise a roller, a tensioning mechanism, a conveyor belt or the like, the conveyor belt may be a belt or the like, which may pull or carry goods, and the tensioning mechanism may function to ensure that there is no slip between the conveyor belt and the roller.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the second connecting block 11 and the third connecting block 12 are rectangular solids, and the primary purpose of the rectangular solids is to enable the slave conveyor 202 to move along with the master conveyor 201, wherein the number of the second connecting block 11 and the number of the first connecting block 303 are the same, and the second connecting block 11 and the first connecting block 303 can be connected by welding, riveting, bolt structure, elastic buckle, integral molding, and the like, and similarly, the third connecting block 12 and the lower linear rail 1012 can also be connected by welding, riveting, bolt structure, elastic buckle, integral molding, and the like.
The sorting trolley fixing seats 30 are provided with a plurality of sorting trolley fixing seats 30, the sorting trolley fixing seats 30 are fixed on the conveying device 20, in the embodiment of the invention, the sorting trolley fixing seats 30 are arranged on the conveying device 20 at equal intervals, namely, a gap is formed between every two adjacent sorting trolley fixing seats 30.
The sorting trolley fixing seat 30 includes a fixing seat frame 301, and as shown in fig. 3, an X1 axis direction is a length direction of the fixing seat frame 301, a Y1 axis direction is a width direction of the fixing seat frame 301, and a moving direction of the conveying device 20 is a direction indicated by a Y1 axis.
The fixing seat frame 301 is provided with a telescopic mechanism 302 in the length direction, and the telescopic mechanism 303 corresponds to circular through holes (not shown) formed in the conveyor support 4012 one to one. In the embodiment of the present invention, the telescoping mechanism 302 includes 2 groups of cylinders, which are matched with the circular through hole, and the telescoping mechanism 302 is connected to the holder motor 502, so as to be matched with the circular through hole to fix the sorting trolley 40 when the telescoping mechanism 302 is extended, and to perform the first step separation of the sorting trolley 40 from the sorting trolley holder 30 when the telescoping mechanism 302 is retracted.
The intermediate position on the width direction of fixing base framework 301 is provided with first connecting block 303, the one end of first connecting block 303 is provided with the connecting block through-hole (not shown), the connecting block through-hole with from conveyer 202 cooperation, the other end of first connecting block 303 is located the inboard of fixing base framework 301, with support slider 4011 is connected. The first connecting block 303 is used for enabling the sorting trolley fixing seat 30 to move along with the conveying device 20, and is connected and fixed with the support sliding block 4021 in the transportation process of the sorting trolley 40, and is disconnected with the support sliding block 4011 in the descending process of the sorting trolley 40.
Specifically, the shape of the connecting block through hole is adapted to the shape of the slave conveyor 202, the fixing base frame 301 and the first connecting block 303 are integrally formed, the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011 are made of a magnetic material, when the sorting trolley 40 moves on the upper linear track 1011 or the lower linear track 1012, the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011 are powered off, and the two are attracted, so that the sorting trolley 40 is fixed on the sorting trolley fixing base 30; when the sorting trolley 40 is about to enter the sliding groove 1021, the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011 are powered on, and the magnetic force is lost, so that the sorting trolley 40 and the sorting trolley fixing seat 30 are separated in the second step.
It should be noted that the present invention does not limit the separation sequence between the sorting cart 40 and the sorting cart fixing seat 30, that is, the sorting cart 40 and the sorting cart fixing seat 30 may also perform the second separation step first, and then perform the first separation step, or perform the first separation step and the second separation step simultaneously.
The sorting trolley 40 is provided with a plurality of sorting trolleys, the sorting trolleys 40 are located in the sorting trolley fixing seats 30 or in the sliding grooves 1021, each sorting trolley 40 comprises a support sliding block 4011, and the support sliding blocks 4011 are matched with the sliding grooves 1021. The sorting trolley 40 is used for conveying goods 41, the goods 41 comprise products of various industries such as household appliances, electronics, electrical appliances, machinery, tobacco, injection molding, post and telecommunications, printing, food and the like, and each of the goods 41 or the outer package of the goods 41 is provided with a bar code or a two-dimensional code for identifying the goods 41.
The sorting cart 40 includes a conveyor support 401 and a belt conveyor 402, and it should be noted that, as shown in fig. 5, an X2 axis direction is a length direction of the sorting cart 40 (including the conveyor support 401 and the belt conveyor 402), an Y2 axis direction is a width direction of the sorting cart 40 (including the conveyor support 401 and the belt conveyor 402), and a moving direction of the sorting cart 40 is a direction shown by an X2 axis.
The outer contour of the support sliding block 4011 is U-shaped, and a frame of the support frame 4012 in the width direction passes through the support sliding block 4011 or is combined with the support sliding block 401 in other manners. The length of the support sliding block 4011 is greater than the frame width in the width direction of the support frame 4012 plus the depth of the groove of the support sliding block 4011, and the outer diameter of the support sliding block 4011 (i.e., the width of the support sliding block 4011) is equal to the length of the inner diameter of the sliding groove 1021. In this embodiment, the height of the frame in the longitudinal direction of the rack housing 4012 is greater than the height of the frame in the width direction of the rack housing 4012. The guide sliding block 4013 includes a cylinder connected to the frame in the width direction of the support frame 4012 and a circular flange on the side of the cylinder away from the support frame 4012, the cylinder and the circular flange may be fixed structures or may be slidably connected structures (such as rollers, etc.), the shortest distance between the two circular flanges of the guide sliding block 4013 is equal to the length of the outer diameter of the vertical rail 102, so that friction and jitter between the sorting trolley 40 and the vertical rail 102 can be reduced, and the descending process of the sorting trolley 40 is further stabilized.
The belt conveyor 402 comprises a belt conveyor main body 4021 and at least one set of belt conveyor connectors 4022, the moving direction of the belt conveyor main body 4021 is intersected with the moving direction of the conveying device 20, and the belt conveyor connectors 4022 are located on two sides of the belt conveyor main body 4021 in the length direction and are in one-to-one correspondence with the circular through holes 13.
Each group of circular through holes 13 are respectively symmetrical, according to the force balance principle, two groups of circular through holes 13 are respectively arranged on one side close to the support sliding block 4011, and the belt conveyor connector 4022 is a cylinder matched with the circular through holes 13. It will be appreciated that the circular through holes 13 that engage the belt conveyor connectors 4022 are offset from the circular through holes that engage the telescoping mechanisms 302.
The driving device 50 includes a linear motor 501, the linear motor 501 includes a primary motor and a secondary motor, the primary motor (not shown) is mounted on the sorting trolley 40, the secondary motor is embedded in the sliding slot 1021, and the linear motor 501 is used for making the sorting trolley 40 descend in the sliding slot. In the embodiment of the present invention, the primary motor is installed inside the groove of the support slider 4011, the secondary motor is installed in the middle of the sliding groove 1021 and is adapted to the groove of the support slider 4011, the height of the secondary motor is equal to the length of the sliding groove 1021, and the secondary motor is communicated with the upper linear track 1011 and the lower linear track 1012, so that the sorting trolley 40 can stop at any position of the sliding groove 1021, and the descending speed and the descending acceleration of the sorting trolley 40 can also be adjusted.
The linear motor is a transmission device which converts electric energy into linear motion without any intermediate conversion mechanism, and can be regarded as a rotary motor which is formed by cutting open in the radial direction and unfolding the rotary motor into a plane, and the most common types of the linear motor are a flat plate type, a U-shaped groove type and a tubular type, and it can be known that the linear motor 501 adopts a U-shaped groove type linear motor in combination with the linear cross sorting system 100 provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
The driving device 50 further includes a fixing base motor 502, and the fixing base motor 502 is disposed outside the fixing base frame 301 in the length direction and is used for driving the telescopic mechanism 302. It is understood that the driving device 50 further includes a conveying motor for driving the conveying device 20 and a conveying motor for driving the belt conveyor 402, and the types of the motors can be selected from brushless dc motors, permanent magnet synchronous motors, three-phase asynchronous motors, induction motors, etc., and can be used for driving or controlling different component structures.
The driving device 50 is used for driving the conveying device 20, the sorting trolley 40 and the sorting trolley fixing seat 30, so that when the sorting trolley 40 and the sorting trolley fixing seat 30 are fixed, the sorting trolley 40 moves along with the conveying device 20, and when the sorting trolley 40 on the upper linear track 1011 is separated from the sorting trolley fixing seat 30, the sorting trolley 40 descends along the sliding groove 1021, is combined with the sorting trolley fixing seat 30 which is idle on the lower linear track 1012, and continues to move along with the conveying device 20.
Referring to fig. 2, the controller 60 is connected to the driving device 50, and the driving device 50 is connected to the conveying device 20, the sorting cart fixing base 30 and the sorting cart 40.
The linear belt gantry 70 is fixed to the ground at one end, the linear belt gantry 70 is movable, and in some embodiments, the linear belt gantry 70 may be connected to the support rail 10 by means of screws or welding.
The code scanning device 80 is mounted on the linear belt portal frame 70 and used for identifying information of the goods 41, including production date, commodity type, destination and the like, and the number of the code scanning devices 80 is at least one. In some embodiments, the straight-line cross sorting system 100 further comprises an image capturing device mounted to the straight-line belt gantry 70, a display device, etc., wherein the display device can be used to display scanning results, image capturing results, etc.
The sensors 90 are provided in a plurality, the sensors 90 are disposed on the lower linear rail 1012, and at least one sensor 90 is disposed between every two vertical rails 102. The sensors 90 may be used to detect the distance from the nearest vacant sorting cart fixing base 30 to the target chute 1021 and the distance from the target sorting cart 40 being lowered in the target chute 1021 to the lower linear track 1012 along the moving direction of the conveyor 20, and in conjunction with the conveying speed of the conveyor 20, adjust the lowering speed of the linear motor 501 and calculate the time point at which the lowered target sorting cart 40 is combined with the target sorting cart fixing base 30.
The upper part area is located in front of the linear belt gantry 70 in the direction of movement of the slave conveyor 20. The sorting ports are provided with a plurality of sorting ports, and the sorting ports intersect with the upper linear track 1011 and are used for sorting the goods according to the scanning result of the code scanning device 80 and the movement of the belt conveyor main body 4021. It is understood that the sorting opening may be a downwardly inclined track for transporting the sorted goods 41 to a designated location; it may also be a belt conveyor for transporting the sorted goods 41 to a designated location.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the operation of the linear cross sorting system 100 is as follows:
(1) when the linear cross sorting system 100 is started, the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011 are powered off, and the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011 are attracted to each other, so that the sorting trolley 40 is fixed on the sorting trolley fixing seat 30, the cargos 41 are placed in the upper part area, and each cargo 41 is sequentially placed on the adjacent sorting trolley 40 from the upper part area by using different manners such as mechanical arms, rotary blocking arms or strip plate inclination and the like, and moves on the conveying device 20 along with the sorting trolley 40.
(2) When the goods 41 pass through the linear belt portal frame 70, the code scanning device 80 scans the bar code or the two-dimensional code of the goods 41 to identify the information of the goods 41, and the controller 60 analyzes the information to obtain a target sorting opening corresponding to the goods 41 and moves to a corresponding position on the upper linear track 1011.
(3) The controller 60 determines that the goods reach the target sorting port, controls the driving device 50 to drive the belt conveyor main body 4021, and the goods 41 move along with the belt conveyor main body 4021 to enter the target sorting port.
(4) The controller 60 determines that the next closest chute 1021 in the moving direction of the conveyor 20 of the sorting cart 40 (i.e., the target sorting cart 40) that completes the sorting task is the next closest chute 1021, and if the next closest chute 1021 is idle, the next closest chute 1021 is the target chute of the sorting cart 40; if the next closest chute 1021 includes at least one sorting cart 40 that is stopping or descending, the controller 60 determines whether to use the next closest chute 1021 as the target chute, or to continue to search the next chute 1021 as the target chute.
(5) When the target sorting trolley 40 reaches the entrance of the target sliding chute 1021, the controller 60 controls the telescopic mechanism 302 to retract, so that the target sorting trolley 40 and the sorting trolley fixing seat 30 are separated in a first step, the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011 are electrified, the magnetic force is lost, the target sorting trolley 40 and the sorting trolley fixing seat 30 are separated in a second step, the first step separation and the second step separation can be performed almost simultaneously, under the guidance of the guide sliding block 4013, the support sliding block 4011 is matched with the sliding chute 1021, and the target sorting trolley 40 descends along the target sliding chute 1021.
(6) The linear motor 50 controls the descending speed of the sorting trolley 40 in the target sliding chute 1021 or stops the sorting trolley 40 at any position in the target sliding chute 1021 to wait for the arrival of the idle sorting trolley fixing seat 30 according to the instruction of the controller 60, the sensor 90 around the target sliding chute detects the distance between the target sorting trolley 40 and the lower linear track 1012, detects the distance between the nearest idle target sorting trolley fixing seat 30 and the target sliding chute 1021 along the moving direction of the conveying device 20, the controller 60 controls the sorting cart 40 to move along the lower linear track 1012 according to the conveying speed of the conveyor 20 and the distance between the target sorting cart and the lower linear track 1012, and controlling the speed of the linear motor 501 and calculating the time point of the combination of the target sorting trolley 40 and the target sorting trolley fixing seat 30 along the moving direction of the conveying device 20 and the distance from the nearest idle target sorting trolley fixing seat 30 to the target sliding chute 1021.
(7) When the target sorting trolley 40 is combined with the target sorting trolley fixing seat 30, the controller 60 controls the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011 to be powered off and attracted to combine the first connecting block 303 and the support sliding block 4011, so that the target sorting trolley 40 is combined with the target sorting trolley fixing seat 30 in the first step, and the controller 60 controls the telescopic mechanism 302 to extend out, so that the target sorting trolley 40 is combined with the target sorting trolley fixing seat 30 in the second step.
(8) The combined target sorting cart 40 and the target sorting cart fixing base 30 continue to move along the conveying direction of the conveying device 20 until the conveying device returns to the upper workpiece area again, and the steps (1) to (8) are repeated.
The embodiment of the invention provides a linear crossing sorting system, which comprises a support track, wherein the support track comprises two sub-tracks which are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction, each sub-track is in a closed loop structure, and each sub-track comprises an upper linear track, a lower linear track and two annular tracks which are connected with the upper linear track and the lower linear track; a plurality of vertical tracks with equal intervals are arranged between the upper linear track and the lower linear track of each sub-track, and each vertical track is provided with a sliding chute; a conveyor moving on the two sub-tracks; the sorting trolley fixing seats are fixed on the conveying device; the sorting trolleys are positioned in the sorting trolley fixing seats or in the sliding chutes, each sorting trolley comprises a support sliding block, and the support sliding blocks are matched with the sliding chutes; the driving device is used for driving the conveying device, the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat, so that the sorting trolley moves along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat are fixed, and the sorting trolley descends along the sliding chute and is combined with the sorting trolley fixing seat which is idle on the lower linear rail to continuously move along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat which are positioned on the upper linear rail are separated; a controller connected with the drive device. Therefore, the invention can improve the utilization rate of the sorting trolley, thereby improving the sorting efficiency of the system.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; within the idea of the invention, also technical features in the above embodiments or in different embodiments may be combined, steps may be implemented in any order, and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the invention as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. A straight-line cross sorting system, comprising:
the support track comprises two sub-tracks which are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction, each sub-track is of a closed-loop structure, and each sub-track comprises an upper linear track, a lower linear track and two annular tracks which are connected with the upper linear track and the lower linear track; a plurality of vertical rails are arranged between the upper linear rail and the lower linear rail of each sub-rail, and each vertical rail is provided with a sliding chute;
a conveyor moving on the two sub-tracks;
the sorting trolley fixing seats are fixed on the conveying device;
the sorting trolleys are positioned in the sorting trolley fixing seats or in the sliding chutes, each sorting trolley comprises a support sliding block, and the support sliding blocks are matched with the sliding chutes;
the driving device is used for driving the conveying device, the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat, so that the sorting trolley moves along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat are fixed, and the sorting trolley descends along the sliding chute and is combined with the sorting trolley fixing seat which is idle on the lower linear rail to continuously move along with the conveying device when the sorting trolley and the sorting trolley fixing seat which are positioned on the upper linear rail are separated;
a controller connected with the drive device.
2. The linear cross sorter system of claim 1 wherein the drive includes a linear motor, the linear motor including a primary motor and a secondary motor, the primary motor being mounted on the sorter carriages, the secondary motor being embedded within the chute, the linear motor being adapted to lower the sorter carriages within the chute.
3. The straight cross sorter system of claim 1 wherein the sorting carts include belt conveyors and conveyor frames;
the conveyor support comprises a support sliding block, a support frame body and a guide sliding block, and the guide sliding block is positioned on the outer side of the support frame body in the width direction;
the bracket sliding blocks are positioned in the middle of the bracket frame body in the width direction, and the guide sliding blocks are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the bracket sliding blocks;
at least one group of symmetrical circular through holes are formed in the length direction of the support frame body.
4. The straight cross sorter system of claim 3 wherein the belt conveyor comprises a belt conveyor body and at least one set of belt conveyor connectors;
the moving direction of the belt conveyor main body is intersected with the moving direction of the conveying device;
the belt conveyor connecting bodies are positioned on two sides of the belt conveyor main body in the length direction and correspond to the circular through holes one by one.
5. The linear intersection sorting system of claim 4, wherein the sorting trolley fixing seat comprises a fixing seat frame body, a telescopic mechanism is arranged in the length direction of the fixing seat frame body, and the telescopic mechanism corresponds to the circular through holes one by one;
the sorting trolley is characterized in that a first connecting block is arranged in the middle of the fixing seat frame body in the width direction, one end of the first connecting block is provided with a connecting block through hole, the connecting block through hole is matched with the slave conveying device, the other end of the first connecting block is located on the inner side of the fixing seat frame body and connected with the support sliding block, and the first connecting block is used for enabling the sorting trolley fixing seat to move along with the conveying device, is fixedly connected with the support sliding block in the conveying process of the sorting trolley and is disconnected with the support sliding block in the descending process of the sorting trolley.
6. The linear intersection sorting system of claim 5, wherein the driving device further comprises a fixed seat motor, and the fixed seat motor is disposed outside the fixed seat frame in the length direction and used for driving the telescopic mechanism.
7. The linear cross sorter system of claim 5 wherein the conveyors include a master conveyor and a slave conveyor connected to the master conveyor, the master conveyor being configured to carry the slave conveyor;
the main transmission device is connected with the auxiliary transmission device through second connecting blocks, and the second connecting blocks are respectively connected with the first connecting blocks;
and the main conveying device is connected with the lower linear track through a third connecting block.
8. The linear cross sorting system of claim 7, further comprising:
the gantry is linearly provided with at least one code scanning device;
an upper part area located forward of the linear belt gantry in a direction of motion of the slave conveyor.
9. The linear cross sorting system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of sensors disposed on the lower linear rail, at least one sensor disposed between each two of the vertical rails.
10. The linear cross sorting system of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of sorting gates crossing the upper linear rail for sorting the goods according to the scanning result of the code scanning device and the movement of the belt conveyor body.
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