CN111251583B

CN111251583B - Material forming platform mechanism

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Publication number: CN111251583B
Application number: CN202010193090.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孟令城; 李彤
Original assignee: Jiangsu Rongwei Industrial Co ltd
Current assignee: JIANGSU RONGWEI INDUSTRIAL Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2020-03-18
Filing date: 2020-03-18
Publication date: 2020-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-18
Also published as: CN111251583A

Abstract

The invention discloses a material forming platform mechanism, which comprises a material forming device and a material transfer device, wherein materials are formed in the material forming device in a thermal forming mode, the material transfer device can transfer the thermally formed materials to a specified position, the full automation of material forming and material transfer is realized, the material transfer device adopts 3 groups of air cylinder assemblies, the whole system is completely automated, the hot forming materials in the heating die disc can be taken out smoothly, the material transfer device can be matched with the position of the heating die disc, when the heating mould plate rotates to a required position, the material transfer device can automatically take out the hot forming material from the heating mould plate, so that the production rate is improved, the uniformity is ensured, the potential safety hazard is eliminated, the sanitary condition is improved, and the material transfer device has extremely high use value.

Description

Material forming platform mechanism

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of molding and precision machinery, in particular to an efficient and full-automatic material molding platform mechanism.

Background

Thermoforming is a more specific forming process for processing thermoplastic materials into various articles. The material is heated to a softening state in the heating device, and is tightly attached to the molded surface of the mold under the natural state or the external force action, so that the shape similar to the molded surface is obtained. Cooling and shaping, and finishing to obtain the finished product. The thermoformed product is closely related to actual production and life, has a wide application range, and can be prepared by thermoforming methods for plastic products, automobile parts, building components, food, cosmetics and medicines, and the like.

However, articles or products after thermoforming need to be taken out of a heating device or a heating mold, and at present, many material forming platforms have automatic forming, but the process of taking out articles after thermoforming still adopts a manual mode, which brings many problems, such as low productivity, poor uniformity, potential safety hazard, insanitation and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, in view of the disadvantages in the related art, examples of the present invention are provided to substantially solve one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art, to substantially improve safety and reliability, and to effectively protect equipment.

According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the invention discloses a material forming platform mechanism which comprises a material forming device and a material transfer device, wherein the material forming device comprises a plurality of heating die discs, materials are formed in the heating die discs in a heating mode, the material transfer device comprises a tray assembly and a clamp arm, the tray assembly and the clamp arm can clamp and support the materials subjected to thermal forming, and therefore the material transfer device can transfer the materials subjected to thermal forming to a specified position.

Further, the material transfer device comprises a base, a support is arranged on the base, a connecting column is further arranged on the base, one end of the connecting sheet is rotatably assembled on the connecting column, the other end of the connecting sheet is connected with a first air cylinder assembly, a driving telescopic rod of the first air cylinder assembly is connected with a rotating member, the rotating member is connected with a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is assembled on a bearing assembly on the support, a connecting lock catch is arranged at the upper part of the rotating shaft, a connecting bracket is further arranged at the top of the rotating shaft, a second air cylinder assembly is arranged at one side of the connecting lock catch, the driving telescopic rod of the second air cylinder assembly is connected with an upper loading seat, a third air cylinder assembly is arranged on the upper loading seat, a connecting sheet is arranged below the upper loading seat, a driving telescopic rod of the third air cylinder assembly is connected with a tray assembly, an elastic body is arranged at the other side of the connecting lock catch, a clamp, the support is also provided with a control box.

Further, the material forming device comprises a frame, a first driving motor is arranged below the frame, a motor shaft of the first driving motor is matched with a lower transmission assembly, a lower disc driving shaft is assembled on the lower transmission assembly, a lower disc is assembled on the lower disc driving shaft, a second driving motor is arranged below the lower disc, a plurality of heating mould discs are connected above the lower disc through rotating shafts, a motor shaft of the second driving motor is matched with an upper transmission assembly, an upper disc driving shaft is assembled on the upper transmission assembly, an upper disc is assembled on the upper disc driving shaft, the upper disc is positioned in the middle of the plurality of heating mould discs, and the hanging wall can drive the heating mould to rotate, still is equipped with the material bucket on the frame, and the material bucket passes through the transmission hose and links to each other with the material delivery outlet, still is equipped with slider crank device on the frame, and slider crank device is used for controlling the material delivery outlet, and material forming device still is equipped with the control electronic box.

Further, the tray assembly is formed by bending a metal sheet, and the foremost end of the metal sheet is provided with an inclined surface.

Further, material shaping platform mechanism still includes storage device, and storage device still includes accomodates the basket, and material transfer device shifts the material after the thermoforming to accomodate in the basket.

Further, the second cylinder assembly is composed of two single cylinders.

Further, the gripper head can reach a position that is farther than the position that the tray assembly can reach.

Further, the outer surface of the clamp head is coated with a protective soft film.

Furthermore, at least one proximity sensor is arranged on the material transfer device.

The invention provides a material forming platform mechanism, which comprises a material forming device and a material transfer device, wherein materials are formed in the material forming device in a thermal forming mode, the material transfer device can transfer the thermally formed materials to a specified position, the full automation of material forming and material transfer is realized, the material transfer device adopts 3 groups of cylinder assemblies, the whole system is completely automated, the hot forming materials in the heating die disc can be taken out smoothly, the material transfer device can be matched with the positions of 5 heating die discs, when the heating mould plate rotates to a required position, the material transfer device can automatically take out the hot forming material from the heating mould plate, so that the production rate is improved, the uniformity is ensured, the potential safety hazard is eliminated, the sanitary condition is improved, and the material transfer device has extremely high use value.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an overall schematic view of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a material forming apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the material transfer device of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the material transfer device of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be further described with reference to the following specific examples.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention. The application of the principles of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Thermal conduction refers to the transfer of heat generated by the thermal motion of microscopic particle molecules, atoms, free electrons, and the like, without relative displacement between parts of an object. Which macroscopically represents an exchange of energy, microscopically representing the movement of microscopic particles inside a solid. For example, the heat in the solid is transferred from a high temperature to a low temperature portion, and the heat of the solid contacting each other is transferred from a higher temperature side to a lower temperature side.

The plastic deformation of the material includes intragranular deformation and intergranular deformation. The intragranular deformation is realized by shearing motion of one part in the crystal relative to the other part generated by dislocation motion; intergranular distortion includes movement and rotation between grains. The most basic form of shear motion is represented by slippage and twinning at normal temperature, and the diffusion mechanism plays a major role in high-temperature plastic deformation. In the process of plastic deformation of materials, multiple mechanisms are generally acted simultaneously, and the action and the occupation ratio of the various deformation mechanisms to the plastic deformation are different under different conditions.

For the material forming platform mechanism, the material forming platform mechanism comprises a material forming device and a material transfer device, materials are formed in the material forming device in a thermoforming mode, and the material transfer device can transfer the thermoformed materials to a designated position.

For the material forming device, the material forming device comprises a frame, a first driving motor 12 is arranged below the frame, a motor shaft of the first driving motor 12 is matched with a lower transmission assembly, a lower disc driving shaft is assembled on the lower transmission assembly, and a lower disc 13 is assembled on the lower disc driving shaft.

A second driving motor 14 is arranged below the lower disc 13, a plurality of heating mould discs 15 (preferably 5) are connected above the lower disc through rotating shafts, after the lower disc rotates, the plurality of heating mould discs 15 can change stations along with the lower disc, a motor shaft of the second driving motor 14 is matched with the upper transmission assembly, an upper disc driving shaft is assembled on the upper transmission assembly, an upper disc is assembled on the upper disc driving shaft, the upper disc is positioned in the middle of the plurality of heating mould discs 15 and can drive the heating mould discs to rotate, after the second driving motor 14 is started, the upper disc rotates under the driving of the motor shaft of the second driving motor, and because the heating mould discs 15 surround the upper disc and each heating mould disc 15 is in frictional contact with the upper disc, when the upper disc also operates, the heating mould discs 15 rotate under the driving of the upper disc.

Still be equipped with material bucket 16 on the frame, material bucket 16 is used for holding the material that needs carry out the thermoforming, and material bucket 16 links to each other with material delivery outlet 17 through the transmission hose, and material delivery outlet 17 is used for the output of material.

It should be particularly noted that, in the process of conveying materials, in order to prevent the materials from being stacked and ensure the uniformity of the materials, a slider crank device 18 is further arranged on the frame, the slider crank device 18 is used for operating the material output port 17, and the material output port 17 can perform oval operation under the control of the slider crank device 18.

In addition, the material forming device is further provided with a control electronic box 19 for controlling each component, and the specific control process is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein.

Because the material is different, some after the thermoforming can even be stuck on the surface of the heating die disc 15, so that the material transfer device has the function of conveniently supporting the material besides the requirement of automatically transferring the material.

Specifically, the material transfer device comprises a base, a support 1 is arranged on the base, a connecting column is further arranged on the base, one end of the connecting piece is rotatably assembled on the connecting column, requirements of different sizes can be met through rotation, and operation of different stations is met.

The other end of connection piece is connected with first cylinder subassembly 2, the drive telescopic link of first cylinder subassembly 2 is connected with the rotation piece, the last connection of rotation piece is by pivot 3, pivot 3 assembles on bearing assembly 4 on support 1, like this, forward or reverse start first cylinder subassembly 2, under the effect of the drive telescopic link of first cylinder subassembly, the rotation piece drives pivot 3 and takes place clockwise or anticlockwise rotation, thereby make the part follow rotation in the pivot 3 and arrive appointed station.

The upper portion of the rotating shaft 3 is provided with a connecting lock catch, the top of the rotating shaft 3 is further provided with a connecting support seat, one side of the connecting lock catch is provided with a second air cylinder assembly 5, a driving telescopic rod of the second air cylinder assembly 5 is connected with an uploading seat, the second air cylinder assembly 5 is composed of two single air cylinders, a connecting sheet is arranged below the uploading seat, a third air cylinder assembly 6 is arranged on the uploading seat, a driving telescopic rod of the third air cylinder assembly 6 is connected with a tray assembly 7, the tray assembly 7 is formed by bending a metal sheet, the foremost end of the metal sheet is provided with an inclined plane so as to conveniently shovel materials, the other side of the connecting lock catch is provided with an elastic body 8 which is specifically a spring, the elastic body 8 is connected with a clamp arm 9, the head end of the clamp arm 9 is provided with a clamp head 10, and the tail ends of the connecting sheet and. In the working process, the second air cylinder assembly is started in the forward direction or the reverse direction, the loading seat and the clamp arm rotate downwards or upwards under the action of the driving telescopic rod of the second air cylinder assembly, the third air cylinder assembly is started in the forward direction or the reverse direction, and the tray assembly moves forwards or backwards under the action of the driving telescopic rod of the third air cylinder assembly. The position that anchor clamps head 10 can reach will be more far than the position that tray subassembly 7 can reach, has further improved the stability of material at the transfer in-process like this, and the surface cladding of anchor clamps head 10 has the protective layer, and the protective layer can be the mantle, can further protect the formed part, prevents that the formed part is damaged.

The material transfer device adopts 3 groups of air cylinder assemblies, so that the whole system is completely automated, the hot forming materials in the heating die discs 15 can be smoothly taken out, the material transfer device can be matched with the positions of 5 heating die discs 15, and when the heating die discs 15 rotate to the required positions, the material transfer device can automatically take out the hot forming materials from the heating die discs 15.

In addition, material shaping platform mechanism still includes storage device, storage device still including accomodating the basket, material transfer device with the material after the thermoforming shift to accomodate the basket in, made things convenient for subsequent arrangement and transportation.

In order to better match the operation of the material forming device, an operator can increase or decrease the speed of the working process of the material transfer device by adjusting the control valves of the 3 groups of air cylinder assemblies, and more importantly, the position and the rotating speed of 5 heating die plates of the material forming device are required to be synchronous with the moving speed of the material transfer device, so that a proximity sensor is arranged on the material transfer device, the exact position of each heating die plate on the lower plate is detected by using the proximity sensor, when the lower plate moves the heating die plates to the required position detected by the sensor, the material transfer device executes a working step and then waits for the next position of the continuous heating die plates.

In addition, the support 1 is further provided with a control box 11 for controlling each component of the material transfer device, and the specific control process is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein.

In summary, the material forming platform mechanism of the invention comprises the following use steps:

1) pouring the material to be molded into the material barrel, starting the heating die disc and starting the material transfer device;

2) starting a first driving motor, and driving a lower disc driving shaft to rotate by a transmission assembly under the driving of a motor shaft of the first driving motor, so that the lower disc rotates;

3) after the heating die disc on the lower disc reaches the designated position, closing the first driving motor to stop the lower disc from rotating;

4) starting a second driving motor, and rotating the upper disc under the driving of a motor shaft of the second driving motor, so that the heating die disc rotates under the driving of the upper disc;

5) starting a material output port, and starting a slider crank device to enable the material output port to move along with the material, so that the material falls into a heating die disc, and the material starts to be thermoformed in the heating die disc;

6) when the material in one of the heating die discs reaches a specified amount, starting a first driving motor to rotate the lower disc, enabling the next heating die disc to reach a specified position, and forming the material in the heating disc under the matching of the lower disc and the sliding block crank device;

7) when the proximity sensor senses that the heating die plate after the material is molded reaches the position of the material transfer device, the second air cylinder assembly is started in the forward direction, the upper loading seat and the clamp arm rotate downwards under the action of a driving telescopic rod of the second air cylinder assembly, so that the tray assembly reaches the edge of the molded piece, and the clamp head is clamped on the molded piece;

8) forward starting the third air cylinder assembly, and under the action of a driving telescopic rod of the third air cylinder assembly, moving the tray assembly forwards, so that the tray assembly shovels the formed part, and the formed part is clamped between the tray assembly and the clamp head;

9) reversely starting the second driving cylinder assembly to enable the loading seat and the clamp arm to rotate upwards so as to take out the formed part from the heating mold plate;

10) the first cylinder assembly is started in the forward direction, and under the action of a driving telescopic rod of the first cylinder assembly, the rotating member drives the rotating shaft to rotate clockwise, so that the clamped formed part is transferred to the position of the accommodating device;

11) forward actuating the second cylinder assembly to rotate the upper load seat and the clamp arm downwardly to place the molded part in the receiving basket;

12) reverse actuating the third cylinder assembly to move the tray assembly rearwardly to disengage the tray assembly from beneath the forming member;

13) starting the second air cylinder assembly reversely, and enabling the loading seat and the clamp arm to rotate upwards so that the loading seat and the clamp arm move upwards to proper positions;

14) reverse actuating the first cylinder assembly to cause counterclockwise rotation of the pivot shaft to return the loading block and gripper arm to the home position awaiting transfer of the next molded part.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.

Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A material forming platform mechanism comprises a material forming device and a material transfer device, and is characterized in that the material forming device comprises a plurality of heating die discs, materials are formed in the heating die discs in a heating mode, the material transfer device comprises a tray assembly and a clamp arm, the tray assembly and the clamp arm can clamp and support the materials after thermal forming, and therefore the material transfer device can transfer the materials after thermal forming to a designated position; the material transfer device comprises a base, a support (1) is arranged on the base, a connecting column is further arranged on the base, one end of a connecting piece is rotatably assembled on the connecting column, the other end of the connecting piece is connected with a first air cylinder assembly (2), a driving telescopic rod of the first air cylinder assembly (2) is connected with a rotating piece, a rotating shaft (3) is connected onto the rotating piece, the rotating shaft (3) is assembled on a bearing assembly (4) on the support (1), a connecting lock catch is arranged at the upper part of the rotating shaft (3), a connecting bracket is further arranged at the top of the rotating shaft (3), a second air cylinder assembly (5) is arranged on one side of the connecting lock catch, a driving telescopic rod of the second air cylinder assembly (5) is connected with an upper loading seat, and a third air cylinder assembly (6) is arranged on the upper loading seat, a connecting piece is arranged below the loading seat, a driving telescopic rod of the third air cylinder assembly (6) is connected with the tray assembly (7), an elastic body (8) is arranged on the other side of the connecting lock catch, the elastic body (8) is connected with the clamp arm (9), a clamp head (10) is arranged at the head end of the clamp arm (9), the connecting piece and the tail end of the clamp arm (9) are rotatably assembled on the connecting bracket through a connecting pin shaft, and a control box (11) is further arranged on the support (1).

2. The material forming platform mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material forming device comprises a frame, a first driving motor (12) is arranged below the frame, a motor shaft of the first driving motor (12) is matched with a lower transmission assembly, a lower driving shaft is arranged on the lower transmission assembly, a lower disc (13) is arranged on the lower driving shaft, a second driving motor (14) is arranged below the lower disc (13), the plurality of heating mould discs (15) are connected above the lower disc through rotating shafts, a motor shaft of the second driving motor (14) is matched with an upper transmission assembly, an upper driving shaft is arranged on the upper transmission assembly, an upper disc is arranged on the upper driving shaft, and the upper disc is positioned in the middle of the plurality of heating mould discs (15), the upper disc can drive the heating die disc to rotate, the frame is further provided with a material barrel (16), the material barrel (16) is connected with a material output port (17) through a transmission hose, the frame is further provided with a slider crank device (18), the slider crank device (18) is used for controlling the material output port (17), and the material forming device is further provided with a control electric box (19).

3. A material forming platform mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that the tray assembly (7) is formed by bending a metal sheet, and the foremost end of the metal sheet is provided with an inclined surface.

4. The material forming platform mechanism of claim 3, further comprising a receiving device, the receiving device further comprising a receiving basket, and the material transfer device transfers the thermoformed material into the receiving basket.

5. A material forming table arrangement according to claim 4, characterised in that the second cylinder assembly (5) consists of two single cylinders.

6. A material forming table arrangement according to claim 5, characterised in that the gripper head (10) is accessible at a position further than the position accessible by the tray assembly (7).

7. The material forming platform mechanism of claim 6, wherein the material transfer device is provided with at least one proximity sensor.

8. The material forming platform mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the outer surface of the clamp head (10) is coated with a protective soft film.

9. A method of using a material forming platform mechanism according to claim 8, wherein the material forming platform mechanism comprises the following steps:

6) when the material in one of the heating die discs reaches a specified amount, starting a first driving motor to enable the lower disc to rotate, enabling the next heating die disc to reach a specified position, and enabling the material to be molded in the heating die disc under the matching of the lower disc and the sliding block crank device;