CN111469202A

CN111469202A - Plate conveying equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111469202A
Application number: CN202010251588.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卿永洲; 刘铁生; 王兴
Original assignee: Jingwei Systemtechnik Ltd
Current assignee: Jingwei Systemtechnik Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-01
Filing date: 2020-04-01
Publication date: 2020-07-31

Abstract

The invention provides a plate conveying device, which belongs to the technical field of automatic plate conveying devices and comprises a rack, wherein a material port is formed in one side inside the rack; the lifting platform comprises an object stage arranged in the material port and a lifting mechanism for driving the object stage to lift; the translation mechanism is arranged on the other side in the rack; the carrying mechanism comprises a sliding support arranged above the rack in a crossing mode and a grabbing device arranged on the sliding support, and the sliding support can drive the grabbing device to slide left and right between the objective table and the translation mechanism. The invention has the advantage of high automation degree.

Description

Plate conveying equipment

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of automatic plate conveying equipment, and relates to plate conveying equipment.

Background

The plate can be used in different occasions after being cut by the cutting device, in order to reduce the labor cost and improve the production efficiency, the applicant has previously designed a production device for realizing the automatic cutting of the plate, and refers to the Chinese patent with the application number of 201810217694.2, and discloses a full-automatic plate cutting and receiving machine, which comprises a feeding cutting device and a receiving device, the feeding and cutting device comprises a feeding device and a cutting device, the feeding device comprises a mechanical positioning platform, the mechanical positioning platform is provided with a slot, the front end of the slot is provided with a second slot, the second slot is internally provided with an upper conveying wheel and a lower conveying wheel, the cutting device comprises a rack, a material receiving roller shaft and a lead screw material receiving platform are arranged on the rack, the material receiving roller shaft is composed of a roller shaft assembly and a piece of cloth wrapped on the roller shaft assembly, and the roller shaft assembly comprises an upper roller shaft, a lower roller shaft and a front roller shaft.

However, the cutting system still needs manual participation during feeding, and the plates can be placed on the mechanical positioning platform one by one to realize automatic feeding, so that the automation degree is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art and provides a plate conveying device with high automation degree.

The purpose of the invention can be realized by the following technical scheme: a sheet conveying apparatus comprising:

a rack, wherein a material port is arranged on one side inside the rack;

the lifting platform comprises an object stage arranged in the material port and a lifting mechanism for driving the object stage to lift, and the object stage is used for placing a plate;

the translation mechanism is arranged on the other side in the rack and is used for driving the plate to translate left and right;

the carrying mechanism comprises a sliding support arranged above the rack in a crossing mode and a grabbing device arranged on the sliding support, the grabbing device is used for grabbing the plate on the object stage or the translation mechanism, the sliding support is used for driving the grabbing device to slide left and right, and the sliding support carries the plate on the object stage to the translation mechanism or carries the plate on the translation mechanism to the object stage through the grabbing device.

As a further improvement of the invention, the lifting mechanism is arranged outside the material port, and the object stage can descend under the action of the lifting mechanism and is close to the ground.

As a further improvement of the invention, the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting motor connected with the frame, a linkage assembly and at least two lifting modules, two groups of lifting modules are symmetrically arranged at the front side and the rear side of the objective table, the lifting modules are connected with the objective table, the linkage assembly is symmetrically arranged at the front side and the rear side of the objective table relative to the objective table and is arranged at the outer side of the objective table, one end of the linkage assembly extends to the lower part of the translation mechanism and is connected with the lifting motor, and the lifting motor drives the plurality of lifting modules to synchronously lift through the linkage assembly.

As a further improvement of the invention, the lifting module comprises a base fixedly connected with the rack, a lifting screw rod vertically installed on the base, a worm horizontally installed at the lower end of the base along the left and right directions, and a lifting block in threaded connection with the lifting screw rod, wherein one end of the lifting block horizontally extends out of the base to be connected with the objective table, the worm is meshed with the lifting screw rod and is in transmission connection with the linkage assembly, and the worm drives the lifting screw rod to rotate to drive the lifting block to lift when rotating.

As a further improvement of the invention, the linkage assembly comprises a driving wheel and two driven wheels which are arranged at the bottom of the frame, the lifting motor is in transmission connection with the driving wheel, the driving wheel is in transmission connection with the two driven wheels simultaneously, the two driven wheels are in coaxial transmission connection with corresponding worms through a transmission shaft and a coupler respectively, and the lifting motor drives the two worms to synchronously rotate through the linkage assembly.

As a further improvement of the invention, the sliding support comprises a power shaft which is transversely arranged at the other end of the frame opposite to the material port in the front-back direction, a sliding motor which is arranged below the power shaft, two linear modules which are transversely arranged at the front-back sides of the frame in the left-right direction, and a cross beam which is connected with sliding blocks of the two linear modules and stretches across the upper part of the frame, wherein the front end and the back end of the power shaft are respectively in transmission connection with input ends of the two linear modules, and the sliding motor drives the power shaft to rotate and drives the sliding blocks of the.

As a further improvement of the invention, the gripping device comprises a lower air cylinder arranged on the cross beam, a gripping bracket arranged below the lower air cylinder, and a plurality of vacuum chucks arranged below the gripping bracket, and the mounting positions of the vacuum chucks can be adjusted front and back, left and right.

As a further improvement of the invention, a blocking mechanism is arranged at the left side or the right side of the translation mechanism and used for blocking and leveling the plate.

As a further improvement of the invention, the translation mechanism comprises a translation motor and two roll shafts, wherein the translation motor and the two roll shafts are arranged on the frame, an annular conveying belt is sleeved between the two roll shafts, the roll shafts are transversely arranged on the frame in the front-back direction, the translation motor drives one of the roll shafts to rotate so as to drive the conveying belt and the other roll shaft, the frame is also provided with a support flat plate, and the support flat plate penetrates through the conveying belt in the front-back direction and upwards abuts against the conveying belt.

As a further improvement of the invention, a group of detection sensors are oppositely arranged in front and back of the material port of the rack, and the detection sensors are positioned outside the object stage.

Based on the technical scheme, the embodiment of the invention can at least produce the following technical effects:

1. when this panel transmission equipment used with cutting equipment cooperation, translation mechanism and cutting equipment's work platform feed inlet or discharge gate butt joint flush the setting, then through transport mechanism and elevating system mutually support, can carry the panel raw materials on the objective table to translation mechanism one by one to realize the continuous feeding of panel, perhaps carry the panel finished product on the translation mechanism to the objective table one by one, in order to realize the off-the-shelf automatic stack of panel. This panel transmission equipment can once only transmit a large amount of panels, and degree of automation is higher, and panel transmission equipment can not only be applied to the panel pay-off, can also be applied to the panel and receive the material, uses in a flexible way.

2. Set up elevating system in the material mouth outside for ground can be pressed close to after the objective table descends, and then make tray carrier can directly advance out the material mouth, and directly carry the tray that the loading had the sheet material heap on the objective table, need not artifical transport, further reduce intensity of labour. In addition, the object stage is close to the bottom surface after descending, so that a greater number of plates can be stored in the material port at one time.

3. Because the mounting position of the vacuum chuck can be adjusted front, back, left and right, the gripping device can be suitable for plates with different sizes, and the application is more flexible.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of fig. 2 from another angle.

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a partial structure of the elevating platform.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the conveyance mechanism.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the grasping apparatus.

In the figure, 100, a rack; 110. a material port; 120. supporting the flat plate;

200. an object stage;

300. a lifting mechanism; 310. a lifting motor 320 and a linkage assembly; 321. a driving wheel; 322. a driven wheel; 323. a drive shaft; 324. a coupling; 330. a lifting module; 331. a base; 332. a lifting screw rod; 333. a worm; 334. a lifting block;

400. a translation mechanism; 410. a translation motor; 420. a roll shaft; 430. a conveyor belt;

500. a carrying mechanism; 510. a sliding support; 511. a slide motor; 512. a power shaft; 513. a linear module; 514. a cross beam; 520. a gripping device; 521. pressing down the air cylinder; 522. grabbing the bracket; 5221. a first hollow tube; 5222. a second hollow tube; 5223. mounting a bar; 5224. a suction cup holder; 523. a vacuum chuck;

600. a blocking mechanism;

700. and detecting the sensor.

Detailed Description

The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and are further described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the plate material transfer apparatus includes a frame 100, a lifting table composed of a stage 200 and a lifting mechanism 300, a translation mechanism 400, and a carrying mechanism 500.

The frame 100 is vertically provided with three sealing plates which are arranged in a concave shape at the position of the material opening 110, and the sealing plates can be attached to the end faces of the plates to position and shape the plate stack; the object stage 200 is arranged in the material opening 110 and used for placing the plate stack, and the lifting mechanism 300 drives the object stage 200 to lift in the material opening 110 so as to adjust the height of the plate; the translation mechanism 400 is installed at the other side of the inside of the rack 100 opposite to the material port 110 and is used for driving the plate to translate; the carrying mechanism 500 includes a sliding bracket 510 disposed over the rack 100, and a grabbing device 520 mounted on the sliding bracket 510, wherein the sliding bracket 510 can slide left and right to drive the grabbing device 520 to move to above the object stage 200 or the translation mechanism 400, and the grabbing device 520 is used for grabbing the plate on the object stage 200 or the translation mechanism 400.

When this panel transmission equipment uses with cutting equipment cooperation, translation mechanism 400 docks and flushes the setting with the work platform feed inlet or the discharge gate of cutting equipment, then can carry the panel raw materials on the elevating platform to translation mechanism 400 one by one through handling mechanism 500 to realize the continuous material loading of panel, perhaps carry the panel finished product on translation mechanism 400 to the elevating platform one by one through handling mechanism 500, in order to realize the automatic stack of panel off-the-shelf. This panel transmission equipment can once only transmit a large amount of panels, and degree of automation is higher, and panel transmission equipment can not only be applied to the panel pay-off, can also be applied to the panel and receive the material, uses in a flexible way.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the elevating mechanism 300 is disposed outside the material inlet 110, and the carrier 200 can be lowered and close to the ground by the elevating mechanism 300, so that the pallet truck can directly enter the material outlet 110 and directly transport the pallet loaded with the sheet pile on the carrier 200, thereby eliminating the need for manual transportation and further reducing the labor intensity. In addition, as the object stage 200 is close to the ground after descending, a larger number of plates can be stored in the material opening 110 at one time.

To further facilitate the pallet jack to feed the material opening 110, the object table 200 is provided with a slope along the in-out direction of the material opening 110.

The lifting mechanism 300 specifically comprises a lifting motor 310 connected with the rack 100, a linkage assembly 320 and four lifting modules 330, the lifting modules 330 are symmetrically arranged at the front and rear sides of the objective table 200 in two groups, the lifting modules 330 are connected with the objective table 200, the linkage assembly 320 is symmetrically arranged at the outer side of the objective table 200 relative to the front and rear sides of the objective table 200, one end of the linkage assembly 320 extends to the lower part of the translation mechanism 400 and is connected with the lifting motor 310, and the lifting motor 310 drives the four lifting modules 330 to synchronously lift through the linkage assembly 320.

That is to say, elevating system 300 is whole also to be "concave" font and arranges in the objective table 200 outside to make elevating system 300 and frame 100, translation mechanism 400 constitute a rationally distributed, compact structure's whole organically, when guaranteeing that a plurality of lift module 330 go up and down in step, the focus is more balanced about whole transmission equipment, and the tray truck advances out material mouth and elevating table work all more stable, and the reliability is better.

The lifting module 330 comprises a base 331 fixedly connected with the frame 100, a lifting screw 332 vertically installed on the base 331, a worm 333 installed at the lower end of the base 331 along the left-right transverse direction, and a lifting block 334 screwed with the lifting screw 332, wherein one end of the lifting block 334 horizontally extends out of the base 331 to be connected with the objective table 200, and the worm 333 is meshed with the lifting screw 332 and is in transmission connection with the linkage assembly 320.

The linkage assembly 320 comprises a driving wheel 321 and two driven wheels 322 which are arranged at the bottom of the rack 100, the lifting motor 310 is in transmission connection with the driving wheel 321, the driving wheel 321 is in transmission connection with the two driven wheels 322 through two synchronous belts, and the two driven wheels 322 are in coaxial transmission connection with the corresponding worm 333 through a transmission shaft 232 and a coupler 324.

More specifically, three synchronous wheels rotating synchronously are disposed on the driving wheel 321, one of the synchronous wheels is in belt transmission connection with the lifting motor 310, the other two synchronous wheels are in belt transmission connection with the two driven wheels 322 through the synchronous belts, and the two worms 333 in the same group of lifting modules 330 are in coaxial transmission connection through the transmission shaft 232 and the coupling 324.

It should be mentioned that the driving wheel 321 can also be in transmission connection with the two driven wheels 322 through other connection manners, for example, the driving wheel 321 is connected with a driving bevel gear through a rotating shaft, the two driven wheels 322 are respectively connected with a driven bevel gear through a rotating shaft, and the two driven bevel gears are engaged with the driving bevel gear at the same time.

When the lifting mechanism 300 works, the lifting motor 310 sequentially passes through the driving wheel 321, the driven wheel 322, the transmission shaft 232 and the coupler 324 to transmit torque to the worms 333, so that all the worms 333 synchronously rotate, and further all the lifting modules 330 synchronously lift.

The translation mechanism 400 comprises a translation motor 410 and two roller shafts 420 which are installed on the rack 100, an annular conveying belt 430 is sleeved between the two roller shafts 420, the conveying belt 430 can drive a plate to translate through friction force, the roller shafts 420 are transversely installed on the rack 100 in the front-back direction, the translation motor 410 drives one of the roller shafts 420 to rotate so as to drive the conveying belt 430 and the other roller shaft 420, the rack 100 is further provided with a supporting flat plate 120, and the supporting flat plate 120 penetrates through the conveying belt 430 in the front-back direction and upwards supports the conveying belt 430. The support plate 120 is used to ensure that the working surface of the belt 430 is always horizontal, and the belt 430 may be felt to increase friction and avoid slippage when the sheet is translated.

As shown in fig. 6 to 7, the sliding bracket 510 includes a power shaft 512 installed at the other end of the rack 100 opposite to the material opening 110 along the front-back transverse direction, a sliding motor 511 installed below the power shaft 512, two linear modules 513 installed at the front-back sides of the rack 100 along the left-right transverse direction, and a cross beam 514 connected with sliding blocks of the two linear modules 513 and crossing over the rack 100, wherein the front-back ends of the power shaft 512 are respectively connected with input ends of the two linear modules 513 in a transmission manner, and the sliding motor 511 drives the power shaft 512 to rotate through a synchronous pulley and drives the sliding blocks of the two linear modules 513 to slide synchronously, thereby ensuring smooth sliding of the sliding bracket 510. It is worth mentioning that the power shaft 512 is disposed between the two roller shafts 420 and passes through the conveyor belt 430, so that the entire apparatus is compact.

The linear module 513 comprises a shell, a guide rail arranged on the shell, a driving synchronous wheel and a driven synchronous wheel arranged at two ends of the shell, a synchronous belt matched with the driving synchronous wheel and the driven synchronous wheel, and a sliding block in sliding fit with the guide rail, wherein the sliding block is meshed with the synchronous belt, and the driving synchronous wheel drives the sliding block to do linear motion when rotating.

The gripping device 520 comprises a pressing cylinder 521 mounted on the cross beam 514, a gripping bracket 522 mounted below the pressing cylinder 521, and a plurality of vacuum chucks 523 mounted below the gripping bracket 522, and the mounting positions of the vacuum chucks 523 can be adjusted front to back, left to right.

After the pressing cylinder 521 presses the grabbing bracket 522 downwards, the vacuum suckers 523 can be attached to the surface of the plate to adsorb the plate, so that the grabbing action of the plate is realized. And the mounting position of the vacuum chuck 523 is adjusted, so that the gripping device 520 can be suitable for plates with different sizes, and the application is more flexible.

Specifically, the grabbing bracket 522 comprises a first hollow pipe 5221 arranged below the lower pressure cylinder 521, a plurality of second hollow pipes 5222 orthogonally arranged below the first hollow pipe 5221, and a plurality of sucker brackets 5224 arranged below the second hollow pipes 5222, wherein the vacuum sucker 523 is arranged on the sucker brackets 5224, a first strip-shaped groove is formed in the bottom of the first hollow pipe 5221, a mounting bar 5223 is fixedly welded above each second hollow pipe 5222, a first clamping block corresponding to the connecting bar is embedded in the first hollow pipe 5221, the first clamping block can translate along the first hollow pipe, the first hollow pipe 5221 limits the first clamping block to rotate horizontally, a screw upwards penetrates through the mounting bar 5223 and the first strip-shaped groove to be in threaded connection with the first clamping block, a second strip-shaped groove is formed in the bottom of the second hollow pipe 5222, a second clamping block corresponding to the sucker bracket 5224 is embedded in the second hollow pipe 5222, the second clamping block can translate along the second hollow pipe, and the second hollow tube 5222 limits the second fixture block to rotate horizontally, and the screw upwardly passes through the suction cup bracket 5224 and the second strip-shaped groove to be in threaded connection with the second fixture block.

During installation and debugging, the position of the corresponding vacuum chuck 523 can be adjusted along the left-right direction by unscrewing the second fixture block in the second hollow tube 5222, and the positions of all the vacuum chucks 523 on the corresponding second hollow tube 5222 can be adjusted along the front-back direction by unscrewing the first fixture block in the first hollow tube 5221.

The blocking mechanism 600 is installed on the left side or the right side of the translation mechanism 400, the blocking mechanism 600 comprises a barrier strip arranged along the front-back direction, the barrier strip can be set to be a liftable structure through a lifting cylinder to block or release the plate, or the barrier strip always upwards extends out of the conveying belt 430 to always block the plate.

The working principle is as follows: this application is when being used for the pay-off, place the tray that will have the panel to pile on objective table 200 through the tray carrier, then sliding bracket 510 drives grabbing device 520 and slides to objective table 200 top, push down cylinder 521 and push down vacuum chuck 523 to laminating with the panel surface, vacuum chuck 523 utilizes atmospheric pressure to with the panel actuation, then sliding bracket 510 drives grabbing device 520 and slides and release behind conveyer belt 430 top, conveyer belt 430 just can drive the panel translation, stop mechanism 600 raises the blend stop and carries out the plastic to the panel, the blend stop descends the back, panel just can be at conveyer belt 430 effect propelling movement to cutting equipment down, objective table 200 can be under elevating system 300 effect, promote the superiors panel of panel pile to within the working range of grabbing device 520 all the time.

This application is used for when receiving the material, translation mechanism 400 receives the panel after the cutting and drives panel to the translation of material mouth 110, the blend stop that is located between material mouth 110 and translation mechanism 400 upwards stretches out conveyer belt 430 in order to block panel and to carry out the plastic to panel, then sliding bracket 510 drives grabbing device 520 and slides to conveyer belt 430 top, push down cylinder 521 and push down vacuum chuck 523 to laminate with the panel surface, vacuum chuck 523 utilizes atmospheric pressure to with the panel actuation, then sliding bracket 510 drives grabbing device 520 and slides to release behind objective table 200 top, and objective table 200 can slowly descend under elevating system 300 effect, so that the panel finished product is automatic piles up into the panel pile on objective table 200's tray, at last rethread tray carrier will have the tray of panel pile directly to transport out. It is noted that the bars may extend all the way up the conveyor belt 430.

In order to ensure that a worker can safely take and place a plate stack, a set of detection sensors 700 are oppositely installed at the front and rear of the material opening 110 of the rack 100, and the detection sensors 700 are located at the outer side of the object stage 200. When a person enters the material opening 110 of the rack 100, namely, enters the detection range of the detection sensor 700, the detection sensor 700 sends a signal to the control system of the plate conveying equipment, and the control system controls the whole equipment to be closed, so that safety accidents are avoided.

It should be noted that a felt can be further installed at the sealing plate of the material port 110, so that when the vacuum chuck 523 sucks a plurality of plates, the redundant plates can automatically fall off under the friction action after passing through the felt.

The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention. Various modifications or additions may be made to the described embodiments or alternatives may be employed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or ambit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising:

a rack, wherein a material port is arranged on one side inside the rack;

2. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: the lifting mechanism is arranged outside the material port, and the object stage can descend under the action of the lifting mechanism and is close to the ground.

3. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: elevating system includes elevator motor, linkage subassembly and two at least lifting module that link to each other with the frame, and two sets of symmetric arrangement of lifting module component are both sides around the objective table, and lifting module links to each other with the objective table, and the linkage subassembly is symmetrical around for the objective table and arranges in the objective table outside, and linkage subassembly one end extends to translation mechanism below and links to each other with elevator motor, and elevator motor passes through a plurality of lifting module of linkage subassembly drive and goes up and down in step.

4. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the lifting module comprises a base fixedly connected with the frame, a lifting screw rod vertically installed on the base, a worm transversely installed at the lower end of the base along the left and right sides, and a lifting block in threaded connection with the lifting screw rod, wherein one end of the lifting block horizontally extends out of the base to be connected with the objective table, the worm is meshed with the lifting screw rod and is in transmission connection with the linkage assembly, and the worm drives the lifting screw rod to rotate to drive the lifting block to lift when rotating.

5. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the linkage assembly comprises a driving wheel and two driven wheels which are arranged at the bottom of the rack, the lifting motor is in transmission connection with the driving wheel, the driving wheel is in transmission connection with the two driven wheels, the two driven wheels are in coaxial transmission connection with corresponding worms through transmission shafts and couplers respectively, and the lifting motor drives the two worms to synchronously rotate through the linkage assembly.

6. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: the sliding support comprises a power shaft transversely installed at the other end of the opposite material port of the rack along the front and back direction, a sliding motor installed below the power shaft, two linear modules transversely installed at the front and back sides of the rack along the left and right direction, and a cross beam connected with sliding blocks of the two linear modules and stretching over the rack, wherein the front end and the back end of the power shaft are respectively in transmission connection with input ends of the two linear modules, and the sliding motor drives the power shaft to rotate and drives the sliding blocks of the two linear modules to synchronously slide.

7. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the gripping device comprises a pressing cylinder arranged on the cross beam, a gripping support arranged below the pressing cylinder, and a plurality of vacuum suckers arranged below the gripping support, and the mounting positions of the vacuum suckers can be adjusted front to back, left to right.

8. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: and a blocking mechanism is arranged on the left side or the right side of the translation mechanism and used for blocking and leveling the plate.

9. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: translation mechanism is equipped with annular conveyer belt including installing translation motor, two rollers in the frame between two rollers, the roller is transversely installed in the frame along the front and back, and one of them roller of translation motor drive rotates in order to drive conveyer belt and another roller, the frame still is equipped with the support flat board, and the support flat board passes the conveyer belt and goes up to the conveyer belt along the fore-and-aft direction.

10. A sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: a group of detection sensors are oppositely arranged in front of and behind the material opening of the rack, and the detection sensors are positioned on the outer side of the objective table.