CN111957606A

CN111957606A - Correlation setting system for appliance information, appliance sorting method and system

Info

Publication number: CN111957606A
Application number: CN202010930623.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姚峻峰
Original assignee: Zhejiang Yinchili Medical Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Yinchili Medical Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-29
Filing date: 2020-09-07
Publication date: 2020-11-20

Abstract

The invention discloses an associated setting system of appliance information, which comprises: the first identification device is used for identifying an identity mark arranged on the shell-shaped tooth appliance; an appliance carrier for carrying and transporting the shell-shaped tooth appliance; the orthodontic appliance loading device loads the dental orthodontic appliance on the orthodontic appliance carrier; the second identification device is used for reading an induction mark arranged on the appliance carrier; and the control device is in communication connection with the first recognition device, the second recognition device and the orthodontic appliance loading device respectively, the control device controls the first recognition device to recognize the identity of the orthodontic appliance to obtain identity information, the orthodontic appliance loading device is controlled to load the orthodontic appliance onto the orthodontic appliance carrier after recognition is finished, the second recognition device is further controlled to read the induction mark on the orthodontic appliance carrier to obtain carrier information of the orthodontic appliance carrier, and the identity information and the carrier information are set in a correlated mode.

Description

Correlation setting system for appliance information, appliance sorting method and system

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of tooth correction, and particularly relates to a shell-shaped tooth corrector manufacturing technology, in particular to a corrector information correlation setting system, a corrector sorting method and a corrector sorting system.

Background

In recent years, the more people have gained a favor in the invisible orthodontic technology for performing orthodontic treatment by wearing shell-shaped orthodontic appliances, and shell-shaped orthodontic appliances are more and more comfortable to wear, detachable, and aesthetically pleasing, and are selected by more and more people. In the technology for preparing the shell-shaped tooth appliance, a preparation method comprises the steps of firstly preparing an entity tooth jaw model, obtaining the shell-shaped tooth appliance containing teeth by adopting a hot-press forming mode on the entity tooth jaw model, then obtaining the shell-shaped tooth appliance capable of containing the teeth by cutting, and then carrying out the processes of cleaning, disinfecting, packaging, distributing and the like on the shell-shaped tooth appliance, so that a patient can directly wear the shell-shaped tooth appliance for use.

The existing shell-shaped tooth appliance preparation method comprises artificial production, semi-automatic production and the like, and no matter which production and processing is adopted, sorting and distribution are the final link, and as the shell-shaped tooth appliance belongs to an individualized high-definition product, shell-shaped tooth appliances configured for different orthodontic patients or different orthodontic periods of the same orthodontic patient are completely different, so that the shell-shaped tooth appliances are required to be distinguished according to the same case and the same time in the sorting process; because the increase of case, artifical and semi-automatic sorting in-process error rate is higher, and artifical contact shell form tooth is rescued the ware and can be caused secondary shell form tooth and rescue the ware pollution, realizes accurate letter sorting in order to satisfy large-scale intelligent production, and this application provides the technical scheme who solves technical problem.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to overcome the defects of the prior art, provides a correlation setting system of appliance information, a sorting method and a sorting system of appliances, solves the problem of high error rate in the existing manual and semi-automatic sorting process, and completes sorting by binding and identifying shell-shaped tooth appliances and appliance carriers, thereby reducing the error rate and reducing the pollution to the shell-shaped tooth appliances.

The technical scheme provided by the invention is as follows:

an appliance information association setting system comprising: the orthodontic appliance comprises a control device, a first identification device, a second identification device, an orthodontic appliance loading device and an orthodontic appliance carrier, wherein the first identification device, the second identification device and the orthodontic appliance loading device are respectively in communication connection with the control device; the first identification device is used for identifying an identity mark arranged on the shell-shaped tooth appliance; the appliance carrier is used for bearing and transporting the shell-shaped tooth appliance, and an induction mark is arranged on the appliance carrier; the appliance loading device is used for loading the dental appliance on the appliance carrier; the second identification device is used for reading the induction mark arranged on the appliance carrier; the control device controls the first recognition device to recognize the identity of the tooth appliance to obtain identity information, after recognition is completed, the control device controls the appliance loading device to load the tooth appliance onto the appliance carrier, further, the control device controls the second recognition device to read the induction mark on the appliance carrier to obtain carrier information of the appliance carrier, and the identity information recognized by the first recognition device and the carrier information read by the second recognition device are set in an associated mode.

Further preferably, the device further comprises a blanking conveying line, the blanking conveying line comprises a flow channel, a first retaining edge and a second retaining edge, the first retaining edge and the second retaining edge are arranged on two sides of the flow channel, and the appliance carriers are circulated on the flow channel.

Further preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: an induction reading station is arranged on the blanking conveying line, the second identification device is correspondingly arranged at the induction reading station, and the second identification device reads the induction mark on the appliance carrier at the induction reading station.

Preferably, a first blocking and stopping assembly is arranged on the blanking conveying line corresponding to the induction reading station and is in communication connection with the control device, the appliance carrier flows to the induction reading station, the control device controls the first blocking and stopping assembly to block and stop the appliance carrier at the induction reading station, and the second recognition device is further controlled to read the induction mark on the appliance carrier.

Further preferably, the first stopping component comprises a first stopping mechanism for stopping the appliance carrier and a first sensor for detecting the flowing position information of the appliance carrier.

Preferably, the first stopping mechanism is arranged on the first blocking edge, the first sensor is arranged on the second blocking edge and at a position corresponding to the first stopping mechanism, when the first sensor detects that the appliance carrier is close to the induction reading station, the control device controls the first stopping mechanism to extend out of the flow channel and tend to the second blocking edge, and when the second recognition device finishes reading the induction mark on the appliance carrier, the control device controls the first stopping mechanism to move and recover to the home position on the first blocking edge.

Further preferably, the dental appliance further comprises a third identification device, which is in communication connection with the control device and is used for identifying the identification mark carried on the shell-shaped dental appliance in the appliance carrier;

the control device controls the third identification device to identify the identity mark to obtain authentication identification information, compares the authentication identification information with the identity mark information obtained through the first identification device to authenticate, sets the appliance carrier carrying the shelllike tooth appliance which is inconsistent in comparison as an associated abnormal appliance component, and transfers the associated abnormal appliance component out of the flow channel.

Preferably, the third identification device is arranged at an authentication identification station behind the induction reading station and close to the discharge end of the blanking conveying line.

Preferably, a second stopping assembly is arranged at the authentication and identification station on the blanking conveying line, and the second stopping assembly is in communication connection with the control device; the appliance carrier on the flow channel is transferred to the authentication reading station from the induction reading station, the control device controls the second stopping component to stop the appliance carrier at the authentication identification station, and further controls the third identification device to identify the identity of the shell-shaped dental appliance in the appliance carrier.

Further preferably, the second stopping component comprises a second stopping mechanism for stopping the appliance carrier and a second sensor for detecting the flowing position of the appliance carrier.

Preferably, the second stopping mechanism is arranged on the first retaining edge, the second sensor is arranged at a position, corresponding to the second stopping mechanism, on the second retaining edge, when the second sensor detects that the appliance carrier is close to the identification station, the control device controls the second stopping mechanism to extend out of the flow channel and tend to the second retaining edge, and after the second identification device reads the induction mark on the appliance carrier, the control device controls the second stopping mechanism to move and recover to the home position on the first retaining edge.

Further preferably, the system further comprises a first abnormal transferring conveyor line for transferring the associated abnormal appliance component out, wherein the first abnormal transferring conveyor line is arranged corresponding to the authentication identification station and is arranged on one side of the second retaining edge.

Further preferably, the system further comprises a first abnormal transportation component which is in communication connection with the control device, and the control device controls the first abnormal transportation component to transfer the associated abnormal appliance component to the first abnormal transportation conveying line.

Preferably, the first abnormal transferring assembly comprises a first pushing rod, a first pushing driving mechanism and a first lifting mechanism, and the first pushing rod is arranged on the first flange and in front of the authentication identification station and is matched with the first abnormal transferring conveyor line; a first movable block is arranged at the position, opposite to the first material pushing rod, of the second blocking edge;

when the related abnormal appliance component is transported, the first pushing driving mechanism drives the first pushing rod to move towards the second retaining side, the first lifting mechanism lifts the first movable block, a first abnormal conveying channel is formed between the flow channel and the first abnormal transporting conveying line, and the first pushing rod pushes the related abnormal appliance component to be transported to the first abnormal transporting conveying line through the abnormal conveying channel.

Preferably, a carrying station is arranged on the blanking conveying line before the induction reading station, a third stopping component is correspondingly arranged on the carrying station and is in communication connection with the control device, when the appliance carrier on the blanking conveying line flows to the carrying station, the control device controls the third stopping component to stop the appliance carrier at the carrying station, and the appliance loading device carries the shell-shaped tooth appliance to the appliance carrier.

Further preferably, the third stopping component comprises a third stopping mechanism for stopping the appliance carrier and a third sensor for detecting the flowing position of the appliance carrier.

Preferably, the third stopping mechanism is arranged on the first rib, the third sensor is arranged on the second rib at a position corresponding to the third stopping mechanism, when the third sensor detects that the appliance carrier is close to the carrying station, the third stopping mechanism extends out of the flow channel and tends to the second rib, and when the second recognition device reads the induction mark on the appliance carrier, the third stopping mechanism moves and recovers to the home position on the first rib.

Preferably, the control device identifies the identification mark acquired by the first identification device, and when the identification is abnormal, the shell-shaped tooth appliance with abnormal identification is placed in the appliance carrier to form an abnormal identification appliance component.

Further preferably, the transportation system further comprises a second abnormal transportation conveying line for transferring the abnormal appliance identification component out, wherein the second abnormal transportation conveying line corresponds to the carrying station and is arranged on one side of the second retaining edge.

Further preferably, the system further comprises a second abnormal transportation component which is in communication connection with the control device, and the control device controls the second abnormal transportation component to transfer the abnormal appliance component to the second abnormal transportation conveying line.

Preferably, the second abnormal transferring assembly comprises a second pushing rod, a second pushing driving mechanism and a second lifting mechanism, and the second pushing rod is arranged on the first flange and in front of the second stopping mechanism and opposite to the second abnormal transferring conveyor line; a second movable block is arranged at the position, opposite to the second material pushing rod, on the second blocking edge;

when the abnormal recognition appliance component is transported, the second pushing driving mechanism drives the second pushing rod to move towards the second retaining side, the second lifting mechanism lifts the second movable block, a second abnormal conveying channel is formed between the flow channel and the second abnormal transportation conveying line, and the second pushing rod pushes the abnormal recognition appliance component to be transported to the second abnormal transportation conveying line through the second abnormal conveying channel.

Further preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: and a fourth stop station is further arranged before the carrying station of the blanking conveying line, and a fourth stop component is correspondingly arranged at the fourth stop station.

Further preferably, the dental appliance further comprises a transfer device for transferring the shell-shaped dental appliance and being in communication connection with the control device; the control device controls the transfer device to transfer the shell-shaped tooth appliance to the flow channel of the blanking conveying line from the conveying line of the shell-shaped tooth appliance.

Further preferably, the transfer device includes a transfer dish, follows the transfer dish sets gradually material loading station, state identification station, upset station, identification station and unloading station, the transfer device transports and makes the load-bearing part is in proper order reciprocating motion between material loading station, state identification station, upset station, identification station and the unloading station.

Further preferably, the identity recognition station is arranged on the transfer device, a state recognition station is further arranged before the identity recognition station, a fourth recognition device is correspondingly arranged on the state recognition station, and the fourth recognition device is in communication connection with the control device.

Further preferably, the control device controls the transfer device to move so as to feed the shell-shaped dental appliance to the state recognition station, and controls the fourth recognition device to recognize the current placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance.

Further preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: the overturning station is arranged between the state recognition station and the identity recognition station, and an overturning device is correspondingly arranged on the overturning station and is in communication connection with the control device; when the fourth identification device identifies that the current placement state of the shell-shaped tooth appliance is inconsistent with the preset placement state, the control device controls the turnover device to turn over the shell-shaped tooth appliance at the turnover station, so that the placement state of the turned shell-shaped tooth appliance is consistent with the preset placement state.

Further preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: the turnover device comprises a turnover arm and a turnover picking part connected with the turnover arm, and the turnover picking part is arranged on one side of the turnover arm, which is adjacent to the transfer device; after the control device controls the turnover picking part to pick up the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the turnover arm adjusts the placement state of the shell-shaped tooth appliance to a preset placement state.

Preferably, the turnover picking part is pivoted with the turnover arm, when the turnover picking part is not picked, the turnover arm is folded relative to the turnover picking part, and when the turnover picking part is picked, the turnover arm is unfolded relative to the turnover picking part.

Further preferably, when the turnover arm is folded up relative to the turnover arm, the turnover arm and the turnover arm are arranged at an included angle of 90 degrees, and when the turnover arm is unfolded relative to the turnover arm, the turnover arm and the turnover arm are arranged at an included angle of 0 or 180 degrees.

Further preferably, the tooth appliance further comprises a feeding device, the feeding device is in communication connection with the control device, the feeding device comprises a feeding conveying line and a feeding picking mechanism, the feeding picking mechanism picks up the shell-shaped tooth appliance from the feeding conveying line and places the shell-shaped tooth appliance on a feeding station of the transfer device, and the feeding station is arranged before the state recognition station.

Preferably, the feeding device further comprises a fifth recognition device for reading position information of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance at the position recognition station on the feeding conveyor line, and the fifth recognition device is in communication connection with the control device, and the control device controls and adjusts the picking posture of the feeding picking mechanism according to the position information recognized by the fifth recognition device, so that the feeding picking mechanism picks the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance according to a preset picking posture relative to the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance.

Further preferably, the transfer device comprises a plurality of bearing parts for bearing the shell-shaped dental appliance, which are arranged at intervals along the periphery of the transfer disc, and the transfer device can operate to enable the bearing parts to reciprocate between the preset stations.

Further preferably, the transfer disc comprises a transfer base disc and a transfer auxiliary disc stacked on the transfer base disc; the periphery of the transfer auxiliary disc is provided with a plurality of openings extending from the periphery of the transfer auxiliary disc to the center of the transfer disc, and the openings of the transfer auxiliary disc and the surface of the transfer base disc exposed from the openings of the transfer auxiliary disc enclose the bearing part for bearing the shell-shaped dental appliance.

Further preferably, the bearing part comprises a bearing platform for bearing the shell-shaped tooth appliance, a positioning structure for enabling the shell-shaped tooth appliance to be placed according to a preset direction, and a picking auxiliary part for assisting the overturning picking part to pick up the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the positioning structure and the picking auxiliary part are arranged on the bearing platform, and the open end of the dental arch of the shell-shaped tooth appliance is placed towards the central position of the transfer plate.

Preferably, the positioning structure includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion disposed on the carrier, the first protrusion is disposed on the carrier adjacent to the periphery of the carrier, the second protrusion is disposed on a side of the first protrusion opposite to the periphery of the carrier, and the shell-shaped dental appliance on the carrier is removably clamped between the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

Preferably, the closed end of the dental arch of the shell-shaped dental appliance abuts against the first projection, one side of the second projection, which faces the first projection, is provided with a positioning groove, the shell-shaped dental appliance is provided with a positioning part extending from the tongue side to the open end of the dental arch, and the outer end of the positioning part of the shell-shaped dental appliance is accommodated in the positioning groove of the second projection.

Further preferably, the auxiliary pickup unit is a pickup path extending from the periphery of the carrier table to the center of the transfer tray and penetrating both upper and lower surfaces of the carrier table.

Further preferably, the shell-shaped dental appliance partially covers the pick-up channel after being placed on the carrier, and the inverted pick-up portion picks up the shell-shaped dental appliance through the pick-up channel.

Further preferably, the whole of the bearing part is substantially M-shaped.

Further preferably, the blanking station is arranged behind the identity recognition station and is correspondingly arranged with the orthodontic appliance loading device, the shell-shaped tooth orthodontic appliance is transferred from the identity recognition station to the blanking station, and the control device controls the orthodontic appliance loading device to load the tooth orthodontic appliance onto the orthodontic appliance carrier from the blanking station.

Preferably, the fourth identification device, the identity information identification device and the third identification device are all CCD digital image acquisition devices.

Further preferably, the predetermined placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance is a placement state in which a crown of the shell-shaped dental appliance is directed upward.

The sorting method of the orthodontic appliances sorts shell-shaped tooth orthodontic appliances in carriers to be sorted by utilizing the carrier information in the correlation setting system of the orthodontic appliance information.

The sorting system for the orthodontic appliances utilizes the correlation setting system for the orthodontic appliance information and utilizes the carrier information to sort the shell-shaped tooth orthodontic appliances in the carriers.

The association setting system of the appliance information, the sorting method of the appliances and the system provided by the invention can bring at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

in the appliance information correlation setting system, the problems that in the prior art, a manual sorting mode is adopted, the manual sorting efficiency is low, and meanwhile, the shell-shaped tooth appliance belongs to the oral cavity worn by a human body, bacteria can be bred and secondary pollution is caused in the manual sorting mode are solved; in order to realize the requirement of automatic sorting, the automatic association setting is carried out on the identity identification information and the carrier information, so that an information basis is provided for subsequent sorting, the labor cost is reduced, and the manual error rate is reduced.

Drawings

The foregoing features, technical features, advantages and embodiments are further described in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an appliance information association setting system of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an appliance information association setting system according to the present invention;

fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion S1 in fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a transfer plate;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the turning device of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a first identification device according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second identification device of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth identification device according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth recognition device according to the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a loading manipulator of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of an appliance loading device of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of the feeding conveyor line and the discharging conveyor line of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a flowchart of the work of the association setting system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some examples of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings and embodiments can be derived from them without inventive effort.

In the application, in order to realize automatic customized production of the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the required procedures comprise the production procedures of printing, cleaning, curing, film pressing, cutting, packaging and the like of a dental jaw model, particularly, each produced shell-shaped tooth appliance needs to be classified according to users (namely, orthodontic patients) before packaging and delivery, and the shell-shaped tooth appliance of the orthodontic patient is classified and sorted, the prior art adopts an artificial sorting mode, the artificial sorting efficiency is low, meanwhile, the shell-shaped tooth appliance belongs to the oral cavity of a person wearing the human body, bacteria can be bred and secondary pollution can be caused in the artificial sorting mode, and based on the information, in order to realize the requirement of automatic sorting, the produced shell-shaped tooth appliance is associated with a special carrier in information, so that the identification information of the shell-shaped tooth appliance is bound with the special carrier, therefore, automatic sorting can be realized, the application provides an associated setting system for the identification information of the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the labor cost can be reduced, and the artificial error rate can be reduced. Specific embodiments are described below:

referring to fig. 1 to 13, the present application provides a system for setting identification information of a shell-shaped dental appliance, including: the orthodontic appliance loading device comprises a control device 100, a first identification device 510, a second identification device 520, an orthodontic appliance loading device 300 and an orthodontic appliance carrier 800, wherein the first identification device 510, the second identification device 520 and the orthodontic appliance loading device 300 are respectively in communication connection with the control device 100; a first recognition device 510 for recognizing an identification mark provided on the shell-shaped dental appliance; the appliance carrier 800 is used for carrying and transporting the shell-shaped tooth appliance, and an induction mark is arranged on the appliance carrier 800; an appliance loading device 300 for loading a shell-shaped dental appliance onto the appliance carrier 800; a second recognition device 520 for reading the induction mark set on the appliance carrier 800; the control device 100 controls the first recognition device 510 to recognize the identification mark of the shell-shaped tooth appliance to obtain identification mark information, after the recognition is completed, the control device 100 controls the appliance loading device 300 to load the shell-shaped tooth appliance onto the appliance carrier 800, further, the control device 100 controls the second recognition device 520 to read the induction mark on the appliance carrier 800 to obtain the carrier information of the appliance carrier 800, and the identification mark information recognized by the first recognition device 510 and the carrier information read by the second recognition device 520 are set in a correlation manner.

The control device 100 may be any suitable computing device, such as a personal computer, a server, a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), a single chip, a combination of a PLC and a server, or an integration of a computer device, the control device 100 has functions of receiving information and sending a control command, the control device 100 may control the first recognition device 510, the second recognition device 520, and the appliance loading device 300 to perform corresponding actions in a wired or wireless communication manner, so as to bind the identification information of the identification identifier of the shell-shaped orthodontic device with the carrier information of the induction tag on the orthodontic device carrier 800, and in the current production line, the carrier information of the corresponding orthodontic device carrier 800 may be retrieved through the identification information of the identification identifier of the shell-shaped orthodontic device, and the current station; the identification information is unique identification information and is matched with the basic information of the patient one by one, the raw material information, the processing technology information and the station flow information which are used in the processing process of the shell-shaped tooth appliance are included, and the basic information (including case types, ages, addresses and the like) of the corrected patient is bound with the identification information and the carrier information, so that reliable guarantee is provided for the follow-up work of efficient sorting, delivery and the like.

As shown with reference to FIG. 2; the blanking conveying line 200 further included in the binding system of the application avoids dropping off of the appliance carrier 800 due to external factors and other related factors in the operation process in order to enable the appliance carrier 800 to stably operate on the blanking conveying line 200, therefore, the blanking conveying line 200 is set to include the flow channel 203 and the first retaining edge 201 and the second retaining edge 202 arranged along two sides of the flow channel 203, and the appliance carrier 800 is circulated on the flow channel 203.

In some embodiments, an induction reading station is disposed on the blanking conveying line 200, a second recognition device 520 is disposed at the corresponding induction reading station, and the second recognition device 520 reads the induction mark on the appliance carrier 800 at the induction reading station. The second identification device 520 is an RFID reader, and includes a receiving end of a signal and a transmitting end of the signal, the receiving end receives the RFID tag set on the appliance carrier 800, and is an induction mark, and transmits an rf induction signal, and transmits the received induction signal to the control device 100 through the transmitting end, the control device 100 analyzes the rf induction signal into carrier information, and associates the carrier information with the identification information of the shell-shaped tooth appliance loaded in the appliance carrier 800, thereby completing information association.

As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, in some embodiments, in order to prevent the second identification device 520 from delaying the processing of the sensing information due to the excessively fast operation of the runner 203 on the blanking conveyor line 200, so as to ensure more accurate reading of the sensing information and achieve efficient binding, the first stopping component 210 is disposed on the blanking conveyor line 200 corresponding to the sensing reading station, in the process of reading the sensing information, the first stopping component 210 is used to suspend the sensing reading station for a limited time, the first stopping component 210 is in communication connection with the control device 100 and is controlled by the control device 100, the appliance carrier 800 is transferred to the sensing reading station, the control device 100 controls the first stopping component 210 to stop the appliance carrier 800 at the sensing reading station, and further controls the second identification device 520 to read the sensing identifier on the appliance carrier 800. The first stop assembly 210 includes a first stop mechanism 211 for stopping the appliance carrier 800 and a first sensor 212 for detecting rotational position information of the appliance carrier 800. The first stopping mechanism 211 is arranged on the first retaining edge 201, the first sensor 212 is arranged on the second retaining edge 202 at a position corresponding to the first stopping mechanism 211, when the first sensor 212 detects that the appliance carrier 800 is close to the induction reading station, the control device 100 controls the first stopping mechanism 211 to extend out of the flow channel 203 and tend to the second retaining edge 202, and after the second recognition device 520 reads the induction mark on the appliance carrier 800, the control device 100 controls the first stopping mechanism 211 to move and recover to the home position on the first retaining edge 201.

In the application, the first recognition device 510 obtains the identification mark on the shell-shaped dental appliance, and sends the identification mark to the control device 100 and analyzes the identification mark to obtain the identification mark information after the identification mark is analyzed, the second recognition device 520 reads the RFID tag on the appliance carrier 800 loaded with the shell-shaped dental appliance, which is the sensing mark, the control device 100 analyzes the sensing mark to obtain the unique carrier information corresponding to the appliance carrier 800, and associates the two pieces of information in the system, and only one of the two pieces of information can track the other piece of information. Therefore, in some embodiments of the present application, a third identification device 530 is further provided, which is in communication with the control device 100 and is used for identifying the identification mark carried on the inner shell-shaped dental appliance of the appliance carrier 800; the control device 100 controls the third identification device 530 to identify the identification mark to obtain identification information, and further compares the identification information with the identification information obtained by the first identification device 510 according to the identification information to identify, and sets the shelllike tooth appliance with inconsistent comparison identification and the appliance carrier 800 carrying the shelllike tooth appliance as the associated abnormal appliance component, and transfers the associated abnormal appliance component out of the flow channel 203. It is further preferred that the third identification device 530 is disposed at the authentication identification station after the sensing reading station, and is close to the discharging end of the blanking conveying line 200. It will be explained that the first identification device 510 and the third identification device 530 are both identification marks on the shell-shaped dental appliance to be identified.

The specific comparison process is as follows: for example, the identification mark on the shell-shaped tooth appliance is a single form of a two-dimensional code, a hollow-out code, a number, a letter and a figure, or a figure formed by combining the hollow-out code, the number, the letter and the like is taken as the identification mark, the identification mark is shot by the first recognition device 510, the identification mark information obtained by analyzing the identification mark is ZY20200420 which is unique, and the radio frequency information sensed by the second recognition device 520 is ZYZJ 202001; in the correlation system of the application, the identification is correlated, in order to verify whether the binding correlation is successful, the authentication is realized by setting the authentication identification station and correspondingly setting the third identification device 530 after the induction reading station, the identity mark on the shell-shaped tooth appliance in the appliance carrier 800 reaching the authentication identification station is read by the third identification device 530, the identity mark is analyzed by the control device 100, and when the identity mark is ZY20200420, the binding is successful; if it is not the ZY20200420, the binding is unsuccessful, and it is necessary to transfer the appliance carrier 800 with the carrier information of ZYZJ202001 and the shell-shaped dental appliance carried therein out of the blanking conveyor line 200, and mark the identification information by the control device 100.

Referring to fig. 2, in order to accurately read the identification information and perform the association authentication, a second stopping assembly 220 is disposed at an authentication and identification station on the discharging conveyor line 200, and the second stopping assembly 220 is in communication connection with the control device 100; the orthodontic appliance carrier 800 on the flow channel 203 is transferred from the induction reading station to the authentication reading station, the control device 100 controls the second stopping component 220 to stop the orthodontic appliance carrier 800 at the authentication identification station, and further controls the third identification device 530 to identify the identity of the shell-shaped tooth orthodontic appliance in the orthodontic appliance carrier 800. The second stop assembly 220 includes a second stop mechanism 221 for stopping the appliance tray 800 and a second sensor 222 for detecting the position of the appliance tray 800 in the flow direction. The installation mode is as follows: the second stopping mechanism 221 is disposed on the first rib 201, and a through hole is correspondingly disposed on the first rib 201, the second stopping mechanism 221 can extend and contract in the through hole, the second sensor 222 is disposed on the second rib 202 at a position corresponding to the second stopping mechanism 221, when the second sensor 222 detects that the appliance carrier 800 is close to the authentication identification station, if the second sensor 222 can be a photoelectric sensor, the appliance carrier 800 blocks the return of the photoelectric signal, so that the transmitted signal and the return signal of the appliance carrier are deformed and fluctuated, thus, when detecting that the appliance carrier 800 has reached the identification station, the control device 100 controls the second stopping mechanism 221 to extend to the flow channel 203 and approach the second rib 202, after the second identification device 520 reads the induction mark on the appliance carrier 800, the control device 100 controls the second stopping mechanism 221 to move and return to the home position on the first rib 201.

In an embodiment, if during the association authentication process, it is detected that the association is unsuccessful, in order not to affect subsequent process work and affect the operation of the current production line, and a first NG transfer line is set, that is, a first abnormal transfer line 204 for transferring out the associated abnormal appliance component is provided, the first abnormal transfer line 204 is set corresponding to the authentication identification station and is set on one side of the second rib 202. The method is a flow process, so that the first abnormal transferring conveyor line 204 is arranged at one side of the second rib 202 of the blanking conveyor line 200, and the associated abnormal correcting device component is conveniently processed; when the associated abnormal appliance module is processed with the aid of the first abnormal diverting module 2040, the first abnormal diverting module 2040 is in communication with the control device 100, and the control device 100 controls the first abnormal diverting module 2040 to divert the associated abnormal appliance module onto the first abnormal diverting conveyor line 204. The first abnormal transferring assembly 2040 includes a first pushing rod 2041 (not shown), a first pushing driving mechanism 2042 (not shown), and a first lifting mechanism 2043, where the first pushing rod 2041 is disposed on the first rib 201 and before the identification station, and is configured to cooperate with the first abnormal transferring conveyor line 204; a first movable block 2044 (not shown) is arranged on the second rib 202 at a position opposite to the first material pushing rod 2041; the control device 100 controls the first lifting mechanism 2043 and the first pushing driving mechanism 2042 (not shown) in the first abnormal transfer component 2040 to transfer the associated abnormal shell-shaped dental appliance, the control device 100 controls the first pushing driving mechanism 2042 to drive the first pushing rod 2041 to move towards the second retaining edge 202, the first lifting mechanism 2043 lifts the first movable block 2044 (not shown), a first abnormal conveying channel is formed between the flow channel 203 and the first abnormal transfer conveyor line 204, and the first pushing rod 2041 (not shown) pushes the associated abnormal appliance component to transfer the associated abnormal appliance component to the first abnormal transfer conveyor line 204 through the abnormal conveying channel. The associated orthodontic component delivered by the first abnormal transit conveyor line 204 is inspected, including, of course, manually, to find the factors of the association failure to ensure that the problem is recurring.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, a carrying station is disposed on the blanking line 200 before the sensing reading station, the carrying station is correspondingly provided with a third stopping component 230 (not shown), the third stopping component 230 is in communication connection with the control device 100, when the appliance carrier 800 on the blanking line 200 flows to the carrying station, the control device 100 controls the third stopping component 230 to stop the appliance carrier 800 at the carrying station, and the appliance loading device 300 carries the shell-shaped dental appliance onto the appliance carrier 800. The third stopping component 230 is arranged at the carrying station so as to accurately and stably transfer the shell-shaped tooth appliance to be associated and bound to the appliance carrier 800 on the runner 203; the third stopping assembly 230 includes a third stopping mechanism 231 for stopping the appliance carrier 800 and a third sensor 232 (not shown) for detecting the flowing position of the appliance carrier 800, the third stopping mechanism 231 is disposed on the first rib 201, the third sensor 232 is disposed on the second rib 202 at a position corresponding to the third stopping mechanism 231, when the third sensor 232 detects that the appliance carrier 800 is close to the carrying station, the third stopping mechanism 231 extends to the flow channel 203 and tends to the second rib 202, and when the appliance loading device 300 carries the shell-shaped dental appliance into the appliance carrier 800 on the carrying station of the flow channel 203 at the unloading station, the third stopping mechanism 231 moves and is recovered to the home position on the first rib 201. The position relation that this application third fender stopped subassembly 230 installation and set up stops subassembly 210 and second fender and stops subassembly 220 unanimously with last first fender, and the installation station changes only, and it is no longer repeated here.

In some embodiments of the present application, a second abnormal transportation line 205 is further provided, and the second abnormal transportation line 205 is disposed at the corresponding handling station and on one side of the second rib 202. A second abnormal transfer conveyor line 205 for transferring out the identified abnormal appliance component; as already explained in the above embodiments, before the shell-shaped tooth appliance is associated with the appliance carrier 800, the identification information of the shell-shaped tooth appliance needs to be acquired, which is acquired by the first recognition device 510, and the unsuccessful association factor also includes that the identification on the shell-shaped tooth appliance is not clear, which causes errors in two readings, so as to reduce the problem, the identification acquired by the first recognition device 510 is first screened out, because the identification has clear two-dimensional code imprinting in the marking process, no ghost image, missing print and few print, and the same combination code is also true, which results in that the system cannot analyze and read the character information of the identification, therefore, the shell-shaped tooth appliance identified as abnormal is placed in the appliance carrier 800 blocked and stopped on the carrying station by the appliance loading device 300 at the carrying station, and is set as an identification anomaly appliance component and is diverted out of the second anomaly transfer conveyor line 205 to another NG conveyor line, i.e., the second anomaly transfer conveyor line 205; the transfer to the second abnormal transfer line 205 is completed by means of the second abnormal transfer module 2050. Of course, if the identification information obtained by the first identification device 510 is normal, the appliance carrier 800 is released at the second stopping assembly 220 and the flow is routed to the induction mark station.

Specifically, the second abnormal transfer assembly 2050 includes a second pushing rod 2051 (not shown), a second pushing driving mechanism 2052, and a second lifting mechanism 2053, where the second pushing rod 2051 is disposed on the first flange 201 and before the second stopping mechanism 221, and is disposed opposite to the second abnormal transfer conveyor line 205; a second movable block 2054 (not shown) is arranged on the second flange 202 at a position opposite to the second pushing rod 2051; when the second abnormal transferring assembly 2050 is transferred, the second pushing driving mechanism 2052 (not shown) and the second lifting mechanism 2053 are in communication connection with the control device 100, the control device 100 controls the second pushing driving mechanism 2052 to drive the second pushing rod 2051 to move towards the second flange 202 and controls the second lifting mechanism 2053 to lift the second movable block 2054, a second abnormal transferring channel is formed between the flow channel 203 and the second abnormal transferring conveyor line 205, and the second pushing rod 2051 pushes the abnormal recognition correcting assembly to be transferred to the second abnormal transferring conveyor line 205 through the second abnormal transferring channel.

In some embodiments of the present application, the running speed of the flow channel 203 on the blanking conveying line 200 is inconsistent with the speed of transferring the shell-shaped tooth appliance, and generally, the appliance carrier 800 on the flow channel 203 has a high relative speed, and for the stable and normal running of the production line, a fourth stop station is further provided before the carrying station of the blanking conveying line 200, and the fourth stop module 240 is correspondingly provided with the fourth stop station. For buffering the operating speed of the appliance carrier 800 on the runner 203.

Further preferably, referring to fig. 3 and 10, in one embodiment, a transfer device 400 is further provided for transferring the shell-shaped dental appliances from the loading conveyor line 710 to the unloading conveyor line of the production line, and is in communication with the control device 100; the control device 100 controls the transfer device 400 to transfer the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance from the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance transport line to the flow passage 203 of the blanking transfer line 200. Transfer device 400 includes a transportation dish 410, sets gradually material loading station, state recognition station, upset station, identification station and unloading station along transporting dish 410, and transfer device 400 transports and makes carrier 420 reciprocate cyclic motion between material loading station, state recognition station, upset station, identification station and the unloading station in proper order.

Specifically, transfer device 400 is used for transferring shell tooth appliance according to predetermined station, place on transfer device 400's material loading station after shell tooth appliance picks up at the material loading station, and transport to state recognition station and discern shell tooth appliance's the state of placing, can overturn shell tooth appliance that the state of placing is inconsistent with predetermined state of placing through turning device 600 at the upset station, so that the state of placing of shell tooth appliance after the upset is unanimous with predetermined state of placing, the predetermined state of placing of shell tooth appliance is for example the state of placing when the dental crown of shell tooth appliance was up, can discern the identification information of shell tooth appliance in order to confirm the identification information that shell tooth appliance identity was rescued at the identification station, pick up shell tooth appliance from transfer device 400 through correcting device loading device 300 at the unloading station and place unloading 200 transfer station to transfer line The shell-like dental appliance is in a carrier.

Referring to fig. 6 and 3, the arrangement between the transfer device 400 and the predetermined station includes the following: the identification station corresponds to the first recognition device 510 and is arranged on the transfer device 400, a state recognition station is further arranged before the identification station, a fourth recognition device 540 is correspondingly arranged at the state recognition station, and the fourth recognition device 540 is in communication connection with the control device 100. The control device 100 controls the transfer device 400 to move to feed the shell-shaped dental appliance to the state recognition station, and controls the fourth recognition device 540 to recognize the current placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance. The shell-shaped tooth appliance which does not meet the preset placing state is turned over by arranging the turning device 600 to meet the preset placing state, so that a turning station is arranged between the state recognition station and the identity recognition station, the turning device 600 is correspondingly arranged at the turning station, and the turning device 600 is in communication connection with the control device 100; when the fourth identification device 540 identifies that the current placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance is inconsistent with the preset placement state, the control device 100 controls the turnover device 600 to turn over the shell-shaped dental appliance at the turnover station, so that the placement state of the turned shell-shaped dental appliance is consistent with the preset placement state. Fourth recognition device 540 is state identification camera promptly, can be the camera, perhaps the CCD camera, state on the material loading station through shooting shell form tooth correction ware, the judgement is the dental crown up, still the dental crown is down, thereby confirm its shell form tooth correction ware current placement state (openly place or reverse side is placed), when the system of this application requires the predetermined placement state to be dental crown up (openly place), controlling means 100 receives the placement state and when the dental crown is down (reverse side is placed), control turning device 600 carries out the state upset to it, it is up to overturn into the dental crown.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 8, a first backlight source is further provided so that the state recognition camera can obtain a clear picture, the fourth recognition device 540 can be arranged above the shell-shaped tooth appliance at the state recognition station through the bracket, the first backlight source is arranged below the shell-shaped tooth appliance at the state recognition station, the shell-shaped tooth appliance is illuminated, and the shell-shaped tooth appliance is photographed to recognize whether the shell-shaped tooth appliance is placed on the front side or the back side. Specifically, taking a mark point with a hole mark arranged on a shell-shaped dental appliance as an example, when the shell-shaped dental appliance is placed on the front side, the mark point is located at the lower right corner of the shell-shaped dental appliance, when the shell-shaped dental appliance is placed on the back side, the mark point is located at the lower left corner of the shell-shaped dental appliance, a state recognition camera photographs the shell-shaped dental appliance at a state recognition station and sends the photographs to a control device 100, the control device 100 receives a shell-shaped dental appliance photograph photographed at the state recognition station, performs feature recognition on the shell-shaped dental appliance photograph, extracts a mark feature point, analyzes the extracted feature point after performing feature comparison analysis, analyzes a mark feature point, calculates the similarity between the mark feature point and a preset feature point, further judges whether the feature point is in a preset range or not, and sets a lower limit of the similarity (e.g., the lower limit of the similarity is 80), when the mark feature point greater than the lower limit of the similarity is located at the lower right corner of the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the shell-shaped tooth appliance is judged to be placed in the front side, and when the mark point greater than the lower limit of the similarity is located at the lower left corner of the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the shell-shaped tooth appliance is judged to be placed in the back side, so that the placing state recognition result of the shell-shaped tooth appliance is obtained.

Or, using a contour searching tool to search the contour of the hole on the photo, and setting a lower similarity limit (e.g., a lower similarity limit of 80), when the searched mark point larger than the lower similarity limit is located at the lower right corner of the shell-shaped dental appliance, determining that the shell-shaped dental appliance is placed in the front side, and when the searched mark point larger than the lower similarity limit is located at the lower left corner of the shell-shaped dental appliance, determining that the shell-shaped dental appliance is placed in the back side, thereby obtaining a placement state recognition result of the shell-shaped dental appliance.

Referring to fig. 5, the turning device 600 of the present application includes a turning arm 610 and a turning pick-up portion 620 connected thereto, wherein the turning pick-up portion 620 is disposed on a side of the turning arm 610 adjacent to the transferring device 400; after the control device 100 controls the inverting pickup portion 620 to pick up the shell-shaped dental appliance, the inverting arm 610 adjusts the placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance to a predetermined placement state. The flip pick up portion 620 is pivotally connected to the flip arm 610, and when the flip pick up portion 620 is not picked up, the flip pick up portion 620 is folded relative to the flip arm 610, and when the flip pick up portion 620 is unfolded relative to the flip arm 610. When the turning and picking part 620 is folded relative to the turning arm 610, the turning arm 610 and the turning and picking part 620 are arranged at an included angle of 90 degrees, and when the turning and picking part 620 is unfolded relative to the turning arm 610, the turning arm 610 and the turning and picking part 620 are arranged at an included angle of 0 degree or 180 degrees.

The specific overturning implementation process comprises the following steps: the flipping unit 600 includes a flipping arm 610 and a flipping pick-up unit 620 connected thereto, and may further include a rotating arm 630 and a flipping driving mechanism 640, wherein the flipping driving mechanism 640 may be controlled by the control unit 100. The turning arm 610 can be turned or rotated to adjust the placement state of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance, for example, the turning pick-up portion 620 is disposed on one side of the turning arm 610 adjacent to the transfer device 400, so that the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance can be conveniently picked up from the bearing portion 420, and when the placement state of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance on the bearing portion 420 is inconsistent with the preset placement state, the turning arm 610 adjusts the placement state of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance to the preset placement state after the turning pick-up portion 620 picks up the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance. For example, the flipping driving mechanism 640 may drive the flipping arm 610 to rotate under the control of the control device 100, so that the flipping pick-up portion 620 can move to the bearing portion 420, and drive the flipping pick-up portion 620 to pick up the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance placed on the bearing portion 420, and after the flipping pick-up portion 620 picks up the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance, the flipping arm 610 adjusts the placement state of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance to a predetermined placement state.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the turning and picking part 620 is pivotally connected to the turning arm 610, and when the turning and picking part 620 is not picking, the turning and picking part 620 is retracted relative to the turning arm 610, so that the unfolded turning and picking part 620 can be prevented from affecting the normal operation of the transfer tray 410, and as an optimal mode, when the turning and picking part 620 is retracted relative to the turning arm 610, the turning arm 610 and the turning and picking part 620 are disposed at an included angle of 90 degrees; during picking, the overturning picking part 620 is unfolded relative to the overturning arm 610, the overturning picking part 620 extends out to pick up the shell-shaped orthodontic device, and as an optimal mode, when the overturning picking part 620 is unfolded relative to the overturning arm 610, the overturning arm 610 and the overturning picking part 620 are arranged at an included angle of 0 degree or 180 degrees. Preferably, the turnover picking part 620 includes two clamping jaws pivotally connected to the turnover arm 610, and when the tooth appliance is not picked up, the clamping jaws are retracted relative to the turnover arm 610 and away from the transfer device 400, and when the tooth appliance is picked up, the two clamping jaws are unfolded relative to the turnover arm 610 and toward the transfer device 400 and respectively clamp two sides of the shell-shaped tooth appliance.

The rotating arm 630 is substantially a rectangular parallelepiped thin plate structure, the turning arm 610 and the turning and picking part 620 connected thereto are respectively disposed at two ends of the rotating arm 630, which are adjacent to the transfer device 400, and an output shaft of the turning driving mechanism 640 may be connected to the rotating arm 630, and may drive the rotating arm 630 to rotate around a midpoint of the rotating arm 630, and may also drive the turning and picking part 620 to perform a picking or grabbing action. When the placing state of the shellliform dental appliance on the bearing part 420 is inconsistent with the preset placing state, the overturning driving mechanism 640 drives the rotating arm 630 to rotate and the overturning arm 610 to rotate, so that the overturning picking part 620 can move to the bearing part 420, the overturning picking part 620 is driven to pick up the shellliform dental appliance placed on the bearing part 420, after the shellliform dental appliance is picked up by the overturning picking part 620, and after the overturning driving mechanism 640 drives the rotating arm 630 to rotate 180 degrees, the rotating arm 630 drives the overturning arm 610 to overturn to adjust the placing state of the shellliform dental appliance to the preset placing state.

Through above, transfer device 400, fourth recognition device 540, turning device 600 and controlling means 100's cooperation, the upset operation of shell form tooth correction ware does not need manual operation, when using manpower sparingly, has improved work efficiency, and shell form tooth correction ware is pollution-free in the upset operation, has reduced the degree of error and the follow-up degree of difficulty and the cost of cleaning the operation.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2, 7 and 10, a feeding device 700 for conveying shell-shaped orthodontic appliances produced from a previous processing procedure is further provided, the feeding device 700 comprises a feeding line 710 and a feeding pick-up mechanism 720, the feeding pick-up mechanism 720 is used for transferring the shell-shaped orthodontic appliances of the feeding line 710 to the transfer device 400, the feeding device 700 is in communication connection with the control device 100, the feeding pick-up mechanism 720 picks up the shell-shaped orthodontic appliances from the feeding line 710 and places the shell-shaped orthodontic appliances at a feeding station of the transfer device 400, and the feeding station is arranged before the state identification station.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the feeding device 700 further includes a fifth recognition device 550 for reading position information of the shell-shaped dental appliance at the position recognition station on the feeding conveyor line 710, that is, the fifth recognition device is a position recognition device and is in communication connection with the control device 100, and the control device 100 controls and adjusts the picking posture of the feeding picking mechanism 720 according to the position information recognized by the fifth recognition device 550, so that the feeding picking mechanism 720 picks up the shell-shaped dental appliance according to a predetermined picking posture relative to the shell-shaped dental appliance.

Specifically, referring to fig. 9, the fifth recognition device 550 may include a position reading camera, which may be disposed above the feeding conveyor line 710 by a bracket, when the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance passes below the position reading camera, the position reading camera takes a picture of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance on the feeding conveyor line 710 and sends the picture to the control device 100, the control device 100 acquires the position information of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance on the feeding conveyor line 710 by identifying the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance, and when the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance reaches the feeding pick-up mechanism 720, according to the position information of the shell-shaped dental appliance, the control device 100 controls and adjusts the picking posture of the feeding picking mechanism 720 and picks up the shell-shaped dental appliance from the feeding conveyor line 710, and then placed on the carrier 420 of the transfer device 400 to complete the loading operation of the shell-shaped dental appliance. The fifth recognition device of this application passes through the installing support setting at material loading transfer chain 710 to the corresponding lighting system that is provided with for correct the ware to the shell tooth and polish, can more clearly discern the position of placing, can change the luminance of light source through the installing support through adjusting fifth recognition device. Clear position state information is convenient for the feeding pick-up mechanism 720 to adjust the grabbing pose thereof and accurately place the same to the corresponding feeding station of the transfer tray.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 2-5, a plurality of carriers 420 for carrying shell-shaped dental appliances are provided on the rotatable plate of the transfer device 400, the carriers 420 are spaced apart along the periphery of the transfer plate 410, and the transfer device 400 is operated to reciprocate the carriers 420 between predetermined stations. A plurality of openings extending from the periphery of the transfer auxiliary plate 412 to the center of the transfer plate 410 are provided on the periphery of the transfer auxiliary plate 412, and a bearing portion 420 for bearing a shell-shaped dental appliance is formed by the openings of the transfer auxiliary plate 412 and the surface of the transfer base plate 411 exposed from the openings of the transfer auxiliary plate 412. The bearing part 420 comprises a bearing table 421 for bearing the shell-shaped dental appliance, a positioning structure for enabling the shell-shaped dental appliance to be placed according to a preset direction, and a picking auxiliary part 423 for assisting the overturning picking part 620 to pick up the shell-shaped dental appliance, wherein the positioning structure 422 and the picking auxiliary part 423 are both arranged on the bearing table 421, and the open end of the dental arch of the shell-shaped dental appliance is placed towards the center of the transfer tray 410.

Specifically, in the related binding process of the application, operations such as feeding, overturning, picking and blanking need to be performed on the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the shell-shaped tooth appliance needs to enter and exit the bearing part 420 for multiple times, once the control of the moving position is inaccurate, the shell-shaped tooth appliance may touch or collide with a hard edge of the bearing part 420, and then the shell-shaped tooth appliance is damaged, and due to the problem of subsequent operations, the manufactured shell-shaped tooth appliance cannot achieve an expected correction effect, in the embodiment, the transfer tray 410 is set to include the transfer base tray 411 and the transfer auxiliary tray 412 stacked on the transfer base tray 411; the transfer auxiliary plate 412 is made of resin, so that the transfer auxiliary plate has a buffering effect and avoids damaging the shell-shaped tooth appliance.

In some embodiments, in order to prevent the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance from falling off, falling off or shifting, and facilitate picking or grabbing of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance during the subsequent turning and blanking of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance, the structure of the carrier part 420 is specifically configured, so that the positioning structure 422 of the carrier part 420 includes a first projection 4221 and a second projection 4222 disposed on the carrier 421, the first projection 4221 is disposed on the carrier surface of the carrier 421, the second projection 4222 is disposed on a side of the first projection 4221 facing away from the periphery of the carrier 421, and the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance of the carrier part 420 is removably clamped between the first projection 4221 and the second projection 4222. The closed end of the dental arch of the shell-shaped dental appliance is abutted against the first projection 4221, one side of the second projection 4222, which faces the first projection 4221, is provided with a positioning groove 4223, the shell-shaped dental appliance is provided with a positioning part which extends from the tongue side to the open end of the dental arch, and the outer end of the positioning part of the shell-shaped dental appliance is accommodated in the positioning groove 4223 of the second projection 4222. The pickup auxiliary units 423 are

pickup passages

4211 and 4212 provided in the upper and lower surfaces of the carrier table 421 and extending from the peripheral edge of the carrier table 421 to the center of the transfer tray 410. After the shell-shaped appliance is placed on the carrier 420, it partially covers the pick-up channel, and the inverted pick-up 620 picks up the shell-shaped appliance through the pick-up channel. Preferably, the carrier portion 420 is substantially M-shaped as a whole.

The positioning structure comprises a first projection 4221 and a second projection 4222 which are arranged on the bearing table 421, the first projection 4221 is arranged on the bearing surface of the bearing table 421, the bearing surface is adjacent to the periphery, the second projection 4222 is arranged on the side of the first projection 4221, which faces away from the periphery of the bearing table 421, the shell-shaped dental appliance on the bearing part 420 can be removably clamped between the first projection 4221 and the second projection 4222, and the shell-shaped dental appliance cannot fall off, fall off or shift from the bearing part 420 when the transfer device 400 transfers the shell-shaped dental appliance. Preferably, one closed end of the arch of the shell-shaped dental appliance abuts against the first projection 4221, one side of the second projection 4222 facing the first projection 4221 is provided with a positioning groove 4223, the shell-shaped dental appliance is provided with a positioning part (not shown) extending from the lingual side to the open end of the arch, and the outer end of the positioning part of the shell-shaped dental appliance is accommodated in the positioning groove 4223 of the second projection 4222, so that the shell-shaped dental appliance can be removably clamped between the first projection 4221 and the second projection 4222.

Referring to fig. 4, the auxiliary picking portion 423 is a picking passage 421 extending from the periphery of the supporting table 421 to the center of the transfer tray 410 and penetrating through the upper and lower surfaces of the supporting table 421, and when the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance is placed on the supporting portion 420 and partially covers the picking passage 421, the inverted picking portion 620 passes through the picking passage 421 to pick up the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance. The picking channel 421 of this embodiment includes two slits, each slit respectively extends from the periphery of the supporting platform 421 to the center of the transferring tray 410 and penetrates through the upper and lower surfaces of the supporting platform 421, two slits 4211 and 4212 are respectively located at two sides of the first protrusion 4221 of the positioning structure 422, the process of picking up the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance is, for example, before picking up the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance, two jaws of the flip picking portion 620 are retracted and arranged at an angle of 90 degrees with the flipping arm 610, when the flip picking portion 620 moves to the supporting portion 420 for picking up, two jaws 621 of the flip picking portion 620 are unfolded relative to the flipping arm 610 and arranged at an angle of 180 degrees with the flipping arm 610, a jaw 621 above the flip picking portion 620 clamps a part of the upper surface of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance, a jaw 621 below the flip picking portion 620 clamps a part of the surface of the shell-shaped orthodontic appliance through the slits at two sides of the first protrusion 4221, after the flip driving mechanism 640 drives the rotating arm 630 to rotate by, the placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance is adjusted to a predetermined placement state.

Preferably, the blanking station is arranged after the identification station and corresponds to the orthodontic device loading device 300, and after the shell-shaped tooth appliance is transferred from the identification station to the blanking station, the control device 100 controls the orthodontic device loading device 300 to load the shell-shaped tooth appliance onto the orthodontic device carrier 800 from the blanking station.

Preferably, the first recognition device 510, the third recognition device 530, the fourth recognition device 540 and the fifth recognition device 550 are CCD digital image capture devices, and the second recognition device is an RFID sensor.

In order to realize the production and manufacturing of full-automatic shell-shaped tooth appliance, not only rely on production and processing equipment, the operation that the production line is stable and quick can only be guaranteed in accurate information transmission communication, especially use in the stealthy orthodontic field of tooth based on this application, each shell-shaped tooth appliance all belongs to individualized product, can not go on according to the standard completely, this has just decided to guarantee that data information is reliable, cooperation between each equipment will be on the work beat of unified setting, this application carries out the transmission between the data information based on MES system and controlling means, thereby realize the information association of this application.

Referring to fig. 13, in conjunction with fig. 1-12, the specific workflow is as follows:

【1】 When the supplied materials of the orthodontic appliance reach the position identification component 550 through the orthodontic appliance feeding conveying line 710, the control device 100 sequentially controls the position identification component 510 to shoot and identify position information, and the control device adjusts the pose of the feeding manipulator (the feeding component 710) according to the position information of the orthodontic appliance, so that the orthodontic appliance is grabbed and placed on the feeding station of the turntable 410 of the transfer device 400.

【2】 The control device 100 controls the transfer plate 410 to rotate one station, and the appliance rotates to a position below the fourth recognition device 540. The control device 100 controls the fourth recognition device 540 to shoot and recognize the positive and negative information by pattern search, for example, by searching the two-dimensional code pattern, setting a lower limit value of the similarity, and searching a lower limit value of the number: when the two-dimensional code is placed on the front side, 1 two-dimensional code figure is searched; when the two-dimensional code is placed on the reverse side, the number of the two-dimensional code patterns is 0.

【3】 If the discernment is the reverse side, controlling means 100 control transfer dish 410 rotates a station, it overturns 180 degrees to rescue the ware, it turns to the upset station to rescue the ware, controlling means 100 controls the closed clamp of gas claw finger 621 in two clamping jaw tilting mechanism 620 in proper order and corrects the ware, servo motor system 422 drive rather than the gas claw finger 421 that is connected around speed reducer axle center rotation 180 degrees, it also follows the upset 180 degrees to rescue the ware, gas claw finger 621 opens, it snatchs places on the upset station of transfer dish to rescue the ware, it becomes openly (dental crown up) through the upset this moment to correct the ware. The control device 100 controls the transfer plate 410 to rotate to the identification station.

If the front face is recognized, the control device 100 directly controls the transfer plate 410 to rotate to the identification station.

【4】 The transfer device 400 is controlled to rotate the appliance under the first identification device 510. The control device 100 controls the first recognition device 510 to take a picture of the transparent appliance and transmit the picture to the parsing system. The parsing system may be an MES system (manufacturing execution system), and parses the character information included in the information identifier in the photo through an algorithm. In order to ensure stable reading, the information mark is required to be clearly engraved, and double images, missing prints and few prints are avoided. If the system can not analyze the character information in the read information identifier, the system marks the character information as an NG product. Whether the reading is successful or not, the control device 100 controls the transfer disc 410 to rotate to the blanking station.

【5】 At this moment, after the sensor on flexible conveying chain (runner) 203 detects tray (correcting ware carrier 800) and puts in place, controlling means 100 controls in proper order that the fender that the transport station corresponds stops subassembly 231 cylinder and stretches out to keep off and stop tray (correcting ware carrier 800), the fender that this station set up stops the subassembly and can set up a plurality ofly, according to producing the line and work moving beat difference, it stops the subassembly to set up the fender that corresponds quantity, above realize the efficiency maximize, in this embodiment, two trays have been configured on the runner to the configuration, therefore the sucking disc of manipulator has also set up 2.

【6】 The control device 100 sequentially controls the blanking manipulator 310 of the appliance loading device 300 to be above the blanking station of the transfer tray 410, the two suction cups 321 and 322 suck the two appliances, the blanking manipulator 310 moves to be above the first and second trays (appliance carriers 800), and the suction cups 321 and 322 release the appliances. The appliance is dropped onto the first and second tray (appliance carrier 800).

If there is an NG product, which means that the identification information of the appliance identified at the identification station is abnormal, the control device 100 sequentially controls the second lifting mechanism 2053 to lift the second movable block 2054 (not shown) of the second rib 202 on the conveying line, and the second pushing rod 2051 (not shown) corresponding to the tray (appliance carrier 800) where the NG product is located to push the corresponding tray (appliance carrier 800) outward onto the NG conveying line 205, and the NG conveying line 205 conveys the NG product to the frame of the manual sorting table or the corresponding abnormal processing area.

【7】 The control device 100 controls the stop component 211 corresponding to the OK product appliance to retract, the appliance moves forward on the tray (appliance carrier 800) for a distance until the sensor detects the tray (appliance carrier 800), and the control device 100 controls the stop component 211 to stop the tray (appliance carrier 800). The control device 100 controls the RFID reading component 520 to read the RFID and bind with the appliance information.

【8】 The control device 100 controls the stopping component 211 to retract, the appliance moves forward on the tray (appliance carrier 800) for a distance until the sensor detects the tray (appliance carrier 800), and the control device 100 controls the stopping component 221 to extend out of the stopping tray (appliance carrier 800). The control device 100 controls the two-dimensional code reading component 530 to shoot the two-dimensional code of the appliance in the reading tray (appliance carrier 800). The character information contained in the two-dimensional code analyzed by the system is defined as successful reading, otherwise, the character information is defined as failed reading.

If the reading is successful, the control device 100 controls the stop assembly 221 to retract, and the appliance flows to the next station on the tray (appliance carrier 800). If the reading fails, the control device 100 sequentially controls the jacking assembly 2043 to jack the outer side of the flexible chain 201 for conveying, and the pushing assembly 2040 of the tray (appliance carrier 800) where the NG product is located to push the tray (appliance carrier 800) where the NG product is located outward to the NG conveying line 204, and convey the tray to a material frame of the manual sorting table or a corresponding abnormal processing area.

Because one shell-shaped tooth appliance corresponds to the shell-shaped tooth appliance of a patient in a certain period, in the application, the production information from the correction case information of the patient to the corresponding appliance can be acquired by an MES (data processing server), the MES can send the data information to a control device (in the embodiment of the application, the control device comprises a PLC controller), and the control device controls each device in the transfer system to operate according to the received data information; when the shell-shaped tooth appliance is turned to a preset state, the shell-shaped tooth appliance is transferred to an identity information reading station, identification information printed on the shell-shaped tooth appliance can be obtained through a camera or a CCD (charge coupled device), the identification information is a unique identification code, the identification code can be a printed concave-convex code or a hollow code, the identification code and the shell-shaped tooth appliance are integrally printed and formed, and the identification code comprises at least one or more combined codes such as letters, numbers, Chinese characters and the like; the controller sends the received image information to an MES system, identifies the identification code, communicates with an upper database ERP system through the identification code MES system, calls information such as processing parameters corresponding to the identification code, and distributes a transfer flow channel for the shell-shaped tooth appliance corresponding to the identification code, in the embodiment, corresponding identity identification information is distributed to each appliance patient and the appliance to which the patient belongs in the MES system, so that the patient can carry out unique tracking according to the identity identification information in the production and exchange process of the appliance and send the information to the hands of the patient, and raw material information, appliance processing process information and process information of the patient during the appliance period can be tracked in the identity identification information; in the sorting and packaging process after processing, due to the particularity of the appliances, customized production is required, each appliance is individualized, more accurate matching, personal information matching and matching of correction steps are required, therefore, in order to realize quick and accurate matching and packaging, the appliances are bound by means of the appliances carriers and the trays, the appliances can be recycled in the appliances carriers, the damage of the appliances is avoided by transferring by means of the appliances carriers in the processing and circulating process of the appliances, meanwhile, RFID induction tags are arranged on the appliances carriers in the application, corresponding numbers are written in each tag, namely, carrier information is recorded in the MES system, the control device sends the acquired related information to the MES system, and the MES system can perform quick association for the tags, certainly, if the control device has the information processing capacity, the control device can also be used for associating, forwarding all associated records to the MES system, and uniformly managing by the MES system, so that the unified management of the information can be realized in the application, a control command is issued to the control device through the MES system, the control device controls each device in the association system of the application, the associated binding of the identity identification information of the appliance and the carrier information is completed, and the subsequent automatic unified sorting and packaging are realized; the labor cost is greatly reduced, and meanwhile, the error rate is reduced through a plurality of times of identity verification, so that a plurality of problems in the prior art are solved.

It should be noted that the above embodiments can be freely combined as necessary. The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and improvements should also be considered as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An appliance information association setting system, comprising: the orthodontic appliance comprises a control device, a first identification device, a second identification device, an orthodontic appliance loading device and an orthodontic appliance carrier, wherein the first identification device, the second identification device and the orthodontic appliance loading device are respectively in communication connection with the control device; the first identification device is used for identifying an identity mark arranged on the shell-shaped tooth appliance; the appliance carrier is used for bearing and transporting the shell-shaped tooth appliance, and an induction mark is arranged on the appliance carrier; the appliance loading device is used for loading the dental appliance on the appliance carrier; the second identification device is used for reading the induction mark arranged on the appliance carrier;

the control device controls the first recognition device to recognize the identity of the tooth appliance to obtain identity information, after recognition is completed, the control device controls the appliance loading device to load the tooth appliance onto the appliance carrier, further, the control device controls the second recognition device to read the induction mark on the appliance carrier to obtain carrier information of the appliance carrier, and the identity information recognized by the first recognition device and the carrier information read by the second recognition device are set in an associated mode.

2. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 1, further comprising a blanking conveyor line, wherein the blanking conveyor line comprises a flow channel and a first rib and a second rib arranged along two sides of the flow channel, and the appliance carriers are circulated on the flow channel.

3. The appliance information association setting system of claim 2, further comprising: an induction reading station is arranged on the blanking conveying line, the second identification device is correspondingly arranged at the induction reading station, and an induction mark on the appliance carrier is read at the induction reading station.

4. The correlation setting system for orthosis information according to claim 3, wherein a first stopping assembly is disposed on the blanking conveying line corresponding to the sensing reading station, the first stopping assembly is in communication connection with the control device, the orthosis carrier flows to the sensing reading station, the control device controls the first stopping assembly to stop the orthosis carrier at the sensing reading station, and further controls the second recognition device to read the sensing mark on the orthosis carrier.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the first stop component comprises a first stop mechanism for stopping the appliance tray and a first sensor for detecting a flow position of the appliance tray.

6. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 5, wherein the first blocking mechanism is disposed on the first blocking edge, the first sensor is disposed on a second blocking edge at a position corresponding to the first blocking mechanism, when the first sensor detects that the appliance carrier is close to the induction reading station, the control device controls the first blocking mechanism to extend out of the flow channel and approach the second blocking edge, and when the second recognition device finishes reading the induction mark on the appliance carrier, the control device controls the first blocking mechanism to move and recover to a home position on the first blocking edge.

7. The system of claim 3, further comprising a third identification device in communication with the control device for identifying the identification carried on the shell-shaped dental appliance in the appliance carrier;

the control device controls the third identification device to identify the identity mark to obtain authentication identification information, compares the authentication identification information with the identity mark information obtained through the first identification device to authenticate, sets the shell-shaped tooth appliance and the corresponding appliance carrier which are not in accordance with the authentication identification information as an associated abnormal appliance component, and transfers the associated abnormal appliance component out of the flow channel.

8. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 7, wherein the third identification device is disposed at an authentication identification station after the induction reading station, near a discharge end of the blanking conveyor line.

9. The appliance information association setting system of claim 8, further comprising a second stopping assembly disposed at the identification station of the blanking conveying line, wherein the second stopping assembly is in communication connection with the control device; the appliance carrier on the flow channel is transferred to the authentication reading station from the induction reading station, the control device controls the second stopping component to stop the appliance carrier at the authentication identification station, and further controls the third identification device to identify the identity of the shell-shaped dental appliance in the appliance carrier.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the second blocking component comprises a second blocking mechanism for blocking the appliance tray and a second sensor for detecting a rotational position of the appliance tray.

11. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 10, wherein the second stopping mechanism is disposed on the first stopping edge, the second sensor is disposed on the second stopping edge at a position corresponding to the second stopping mechanism, when the second sensor detects that the appliance carrier is close to the identification station, the control device controls the second stopping mechanism to extend out of the flow channel and approach the second stopping edge, and when the second identification device finishes reading the sensing mark on the appliance carrier, the control device controls the second stopping mechanism to move and recover to a home position on the first stopping edge.

12. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 9, further comprising a first abnormal transfer conveyor line for transferring out the correlated abnormal appliance component, wherein the first abnormal transfer conveyor line is arranged corresponding to the authentication recognition station and is arranged on one side of the second flange.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising a first anomaly transfer component in communication with the control device, wherein the control device controls the first anomaly transfer component to transfer the associated anomaly appliance component onto the first anomaly transfer conveyor line.

14. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 13, wherein the first abnormal transportation component comprises a first pushing rod, a first pushing driving mechanism and a first lifting mechanism, and the first pushing rod is arranged on the first flange and in front of the certification recognition station and is matched with the first abnormal transportation line; a first movable block is arranged at the position, opposite to the first material pushing rod, of the second blocking edge;

15. The appliance information association setting system of claim 3, wherein a carrying station is provided on the blanking conveyor line before the induction reading station, a third stopping component is correspondingly provided on the carrying station, the third stopping component is in communication connection with the control device, when the appliance carriers on the blanking conveyor line are transferred to the carrying station, the control device controls the third stopping component to stop the appliance carriers at the carrying station, and the appliance loading device carries the shell-shaped tooth appliances onto the appliance carriers.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the third stop component comprises a third stop mechanism for stopping the appliance tray and a third sensor for detecting a position of the appliance tray in circulation.

17. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 16, wherein the third stopping mechanism is disposed on the first stopping edge, the third sensor is disposed on the second stopping edge at a position corresponding to the third stopping mechanism, when the third sensor detects that the appliance carrier is close to the carrying station, the third stopping mechanism extends to the flow channel and tends to the second stopping edge, and when the second identification device finishes reading the induction mark on the appliance carrier, the third stopping mechanism moves and returns to the home position on the first stopping edge.

18. The association setting system for appliance information of claim 15, wherein the control device identifies the identification obtained by the first identification device, places the shellliform dental appliance identified as abnormal into the appliance carrier when the abnormality is identified, and sets the shellliform dental appliance identified as abnormal and the appliance carrier correspondingly supported as an abnormal appliance identification component.

19. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 18, further comprising a second abnormal transfer conveyor line for transferring the identified abnormal appliance component out, wherein the second abnormal transfer conveyor line is arranged corresponding to the carrying station and is arranged on one side of the second flange.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a second anomaly transfer component in communication with the control device, wherein the control device controls the second anomaly transfer component to transfer the identified anomaly appliance component onto the second anomaly transfer conveyor line.

21. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 20, wherein the second abnormal transportation component comprises a second pushing rod, a second pushing driving mechanism and a second lifting mechanism, wherein the second pushing rod is arranged on the first flange and in front of the second stopping mechanism, and is arranged opposite to the second abnormal transportation line; a second movable block is arranged at the position, opposite to the second material pushing rod, on the second blocking edge;

when the abnormal appliance component is transferred, the second pushing driving mechanism drives the second pushing rod to move towards the second retaining side, the second lifting mechanism lifts the second movable block, a second abnormal conveying channel is formed between the flow channel and the second abnormal transferring conveying line, and the second pushing rod pushes the abnormal appliance component to be transferred to the second abnormal transferring conveying line through the second abnormal conveying channel.

22. The appliance information association setting system of claim 15, further comprising: and a fourth stop station is further arranged before the carrying station of the blanking conveying line, and a fourth stop component is correspondingly arranged at the fourth stop station.

23. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 1, further comprising a transfer device for transferring the shell-shaped dental appliance and communicatively connected to the control device; and the control device controls the transfer device to transfer the shell-shaped tooth appliance to a flow channel of the blanking transfer line from the feeding transfer line of the shell-shaped tooth appliance according to a preset station.

24. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 23, wherein the transfer device comprises a transfer tray, a loading station, a status recognition station, a turning station, an identification station and a blanking station are sequentially arranged along the transfer tray, and the transfer device transfers the carrying part to sequentially reciprocate among the loading station, the status recognition station, the turning station, the identification station and the blanking station.

25. The appliance information association setting system of claim 24, wherein the identification station is disposed on the transfer device, a status identification station is further disposed before the identification station, a fourth identification device is correspondingly disposed at the status identification station, and the fourth identification device is in communication connection with the control device.

26. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 25, wherein the control device controls the transfer device to move to feed the shell-shaped dental appliance to the state identification station and controls the fourth identification device to identify the current placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance.

27. The appliance information association setting system of claim 26, further comprising: the overturning station is arranged between the state recognition station and the identity recognition station, and an overturning device is correspondingly arranged on the overturning station and is in communication connection with the control device; when the fourth identification device identifies that the current placement state of the shell-shaped tooth appliance is inconsistent with the preset placement state, the control device controls the turnover device to turn over the shell-shaped tooth appliance at the turnover station, so that the placement state of the turned shell-shaped tooth appliance is consistent with the preset placement state.

28. The appliance information association setting system of claim 27, further comprising: the turnover device comprises a turnover arm and a turnover picking part connected with the turnover arm, and the turnover picking part is arranged on one side of the turnover arm, which is adjacent to the transfer device; after the control device controls the turnover picking part to pick up the shell-shaped tooth appliance, the turnover arm adjusts the placement state of the shell-shaped tooth appliance to a preset placement state.

29. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 28, wherein the flip pick-up portion is pivotally connected to the flip arm, and wherein the flip pick-up portion is retracted relative to the flip arm when not picking up the appliance information, and wherein the flip pick-up portion is extended relative to the flip arm when picking up the appliance information.

30. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 29, wherein the flip arm and the flip pick-up portion are disposed at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to each other when the flip pick-up portion is folded up with respect to the flip arm, and the flip arm and the flip pick-up portion are disposed at an angle of 0 or 180 degrees with respect to each other when the flip pick-up portion is unfolded with respect to the flip arm.

31. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 24, further comprising a loading device in communication with the control device, the loading device including a loading conveyor line and a loading pick-up mechanism, the loading pick-up mechanism picking up the shell-shaped dental appliance from the loading conveyor line and placing the shell-shaped dental appliance at a loading station of the transfer device, the loading station being disposed before the status identification station.

32. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 31, wherein the feeding device further comprises a fifth recognition device for reading the position information of the shell-shaped dental appliance at the position recognition station on the feeding conveyor line, and is in communication connection with the control device, and the control device controls and adjusts the picking posture of the feeding picking mechanism according to the position information recognized by the fifth recognition device, so that the feeding picking mechanism picks the shell-shaped dental appliance according to a predetermined picking posture relative to the shell-shaped dental appliance.

33. The system of claim 24, comprising a plurality of carriers spaced around the periphery of the tray for carrying the shell-shaped dental appliances, wherein the transfer device is operable to reciprocate the carriers between predetermined stations.

34. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 33, wherein the transfer tray comprises a transfer base tray and a transfer auxiliary tray stacked on the transfer base tray; the periphery of the transfer auxiliary disc is provided with a plurality of openings extending from the periphery of the transfer auxiliary disc to the center of the transfer disc, and the openings of the transfer auxiliary disc and the surface of the transfer base disc exposed from the openings of the transfer auxiliary disc enclose the bearing part for bearing the shell-shaped dental appliance.

35. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 34, wherein the bearing portion comprises a bearing platform for bearing the shell-shaped dental appliance, a positioning structure for placing the shell-shaped dental appliance in a predetermined direction, and a picking auxiliary portion for assisting the inverted picking portion in picking up the shell-shaped dental appliance, wherein the positioning structure and the picking auxiliary portion are both arranged on the bearing platform, and an open end of a dental arch of the shell-shaped dental appliance is placed toward a center position of the transfer tray.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the positioning structure comprises a first tab and a second tab disposed on the platform, the first tab disposed on the bearing surface adjacent to the perimeter of the platform, the second tab disposed on a side of the first tab facing away from the perimeter of the platform, and the shell-shaped dental appliance on the bearing portion removably captured between the first tab and the second tab.

37. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 36, wherein a closed end of the dental arch of the shell-shaped dental appliance abuts against the first projection, a positioning groove is formed in a side of the second projection facing the first projection, a positioning portion extending from the lingual side to an open end of the dental arch is formed in the shell-shaped dental appliance, and an outer end of the positioning portion of the shell-shaped dental appliance is accommodated in the positioning groove of the second projection.

38. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 37, wherein the pick-up aid is a pick-up channel extending from the periphery of the carrier to the center of the transfer tray and passing through the upper and lower surfaces of the carrier.

39. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 38, wherein the shell dental appliance partially covers the pick-up channel after being placed on the carrier, and the inverted pick-up portion picks up the shell dental appliance through the pick-up channel.

40. The appliance information association system of claim 39, wherein the carrier is substantially M-shaped throughout.

41. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 24, wherein the blanking station is disposed after the identification station and corresponds to the appliance loading device, and after the shell-shaped dental appliance is transferred from the identification station to the blanking station, the control device controls the appliance loading device to load the dental appliance onto the appliance carrier from the blanking station.

42. The appliance information correlation setting system of claim 7 or 25, wherein the fourth identification device, the identity information identification device and the third identification device are CCD digital image capture devices.

43. The appliance information correlation setting system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined placement state of the shell-shaped dental appliance is a placement state in which a crown of the shell-shaped dental appliance is directed upward.

44. A method for sorting orthodontic appliances, wherein shell-shaped dental appliances in orthodontic appliance information to be sorted are sorted by using the appliance information in the appliance information correlation setting system according to any one of claims 1 to 43.

45. A sorting system for appliances, comprising the appliance information correlation setting system of any one of claims 1-43, and sorting shell-shaped dental appliances within a carrier using the carrier information.