CN112191540A

CN112191540A - Efficient automatic sorting machine

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Publication number: CN112191540A
Application number: CN202011113485.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韦健健; 曹玉洋; 周洲
Original assignee: Nantong Beiyuan Machinery Manufacturing Co ltd
Current assignee: Nantong Beiyuan Machinery Manufacturing Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-17
Filing date: 2020-10-17
Publication date: 2021-01-08

Abstract

The application relates to an efficient automatic sorting machine, relating to the technical field of logistics sorting; the conveying device comprises a main conveying belt, a plurality of output conveying belts and a control module for opening and closing the main conveying belt and the output conveying belts; the main conveyor belt is provided with a drainage plate near each output conveyor belt, a first driving piece for driving the drainage plate to lift along the vertical direction is arranged below the drainage plate, a second driving piece for driving the drainage plate to incline towards the direction near the output conveyor belt is also arranged below the drainage plate, and the first driving piece and the second driving piece are electrically connected to the control module; the method and the device have the effects of improving the overall sorting efficiency and reducing the sorting error rate.

Description

Efficient automatic sorting machine

Technical Field

The application relates to a commodity circulation letter sorting technical field especially relates to an efficient automatic sorting machine.

Background

An automatic sorting machine is an apparatus for sorting a large number of goods according to their kinds, delivery places, and the like.

The related Chinese patent with the publication number of CN105363680B discloses an automatic logistics sorting machine, which comprises a main conveyor belt, an input conveyor belt, a mechanical arm, a correction plate, a drainage device, a code scanning machine and a control system, wherein the output end of the input conveyor belt is close to the main conveyor belt, and the input end of the input conveyor belt and the input end of the output conveyor belt are respectively provided with a mechanical arm; the correcting plate is positioned at the position behind the contact position of the main transmission belt and each input transmission belt, and the code scanner is positioned at the position of the output transmission belt; the control system comprises a transmission belt controller, a mechanical arm controller, a main controller and a drainage device controller; when the logistics goods conveying device works, logistics goods are placed on the input conveying belt through the mechanical arm, are conveyed to the main conveying belt through the input conveying belt, are placed in a unified direction through the correcting plate, and are convenient to sweep codes.

In view of the above-mentioned related art, the inventor believes that the automatic sorting machine described above controls the flow guide device to rise above the overall conveyor belt by the flow guide device controller to restrict the forward movement of the material flow articles to guide the material flow articles into the designated output conveyor belt, and the above operation efficiency is low, resulting in a low efficiency of the entire sorting operation.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to improve the problem that the drainage process efficiency to the commodity circulation article that exists among the automatic commodity circulation sorting machine of correlation technique is lower, this application provides an efficient automatic sorting machine.

The application provides a high-efficient automatic sorting machine adopts following technical scheme:

an efficient automatic sorting machine comprises a main conveyor belt and a plurality of output conveyor belts, and further comprises a control module for opening and closing the main conveyor belt and the output conveyor belts; the main conveyor belt is close to each output conveyor belt and is provided with a drainage plate, a first driving piece used for driving the drainage plate to lift along the vertical direction is arranged below the drainage plate, a second driving piece used for driving the drainage plate to incline towards the direction close to the output conveyor belt is further arranged below the drainage plate, and the first driving piece and the second driving piece are electrically connected to the control module.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the article removed to appointed output conveyer belt department on the drainage plate, start first driving piece with lifting drainage plate and second driving piece through control module, rethread control module starts the second driving piece to one side downward sloping that the drive drainage plate is close to output conveyer belt department, thereby make the article that is located on the drainage plate remove to output conveyer belt output under the guide effect and the dead weight effect of the drainage plate of slope, improve letter sorting efficiency.

Optionally, the drainage plate includes the fixed plate to and two rotate and connect the first drainage area on the fixed plate, the direction of transfer of first drainage area is unanimous with the direction of transfer of total conveyer belt.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the direction of transfer in first drainage area is unanimous with the direction of transfer of total conveyer belt, therefore first drainage area is used for cooperating total conveyer belt with article fast movement to appointed output conveyer belt department, realizes the stable transmission to the article.

Optionally, each first drainage belt comprises a first driving roller and a first driven roller which are rotatably connected to the fixing plate, and a butt-joint roller is fixedly connected between the two first driving rollers; and a third driving piece for driving the two first driving rollers to synchronously rotate is arranged on the fixing plate.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, rotate in step through two first drive rolls of third driving piece drive to drive two first drainage areas and rotate in step, thereby realize the synchronous rotation in two first drainage areas.

Optionally, the drainage plate further comprises a second drainage belt rotatably connected to the fixing plate, the second drainage belt is located between the two first drainage belts, and the conveying direction of the second drainage belt is consistent with the conveying direction of the output conveying belt.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the direction of delivery of second drainage area is unanimous with the direction of delivery of output conveyer belt, therefore the second drainage area is used for cooperating the drainage plate of slope to convey the article to the output conveyer belt on to further improve letter sorting efficiency.

Optionally, the fixed plate is close to the equal fixedly connected with backup pad of lateral wall in first drainage area and the second drainage area department, one of them the backup pad is located first drainage in-band portion and laminates mutually with first drainage area lateral wall, another the backup pad is located inside the second drainage area and laminates mutually with the second drainage area lateral wall.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the effect of supporting the article can be played in the setting of backup pad to realize that the drainage plate carries the stability of the heavier article of quality.

Optionally, each the embedding groove has all been seted up to the backup pad surface, the embedding inslot internal rotation is connected with the water conservancy diversion roller, the surface that the embedding groove department was kept away from to the water conservancy diversion roller flushes with the backup pad surface that corresponds the position mutually.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the setting of water conservancy diversion roller can be under the circumstances of guaranteeing the steady support to the article, has reduced the resistance of backup pad to the transmission in-process of first conveyer belt and second conveyer belt to realize the stable and quick conveying of first drainage area and second drainage area to the article.

Optionally, a secondary identification module for identifying information of the object is arranged on one side of each output conveyor belt, which is far away from the main conveyor belt, and the secondary identification module is electrically connected to the control module, and the control module is electrically connected to the alarm module.

By adopting the technical scheme, the secondary identification module is arranged for carrying out secondary scanning on information of objects conveyed to the output conveyor belt, so that the objects with smaller volumes are prevented from being conveyed to one of the output conveyor belts by the drainage plate along with adjacent objects, the sorting error condition is avoided, the control module receives and compares the object information identified by the secondary identification module, and when the objects enter the appointed output conveyor belt by mistake, the control module starts the alarm module to alarm to remind an operator of timely processing the objects with the sorting error.

Optionally, a storage box and a recycling box are arranged at one end, away from the main conveyor belt, of each output conveyor belt, a supporting rod is rotatably connected at the position, away from the main conveyor belt, of each output conveyor belt, a turning plate is fixedly connected to the supporting rod, a fifth driving piece used for driving the supporting rod to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise is arranged on the output conveyor belt, and the fifth driving piece is electrically connected to the control module.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the correctly sorted objects move onto the turning plate, the control module rotates the support rod through the fifth driving piece to enable the objects on the turning plate to be dumped into the storage box, and then the turning plate is rotated again to be parallel to the output conveyor belt through the fifth driving piece; for the objects with wrong sorting, the control module drives the supporting rod to rotate through the fifth driving piece so as to dump the objects on the turning plate into the recycling box, and finally, the turning plate is rotated again to be parallel to the output conveying belt.

Optionally, the storage box and the inner side wall of the recycling box are provided with cushion pads.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the setting of blotter can prevent that some fragile article from getting into the in-process of storage box or collection box, and the striking appears and damaged phenomenon with storage box or collection box inner wall in fragile article.

Optionally, the control module is further electrically connected with a wireless transmission module for remotely transmitting the alarm information of the alarm module to an operator mobile terminal.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, wireless transmission module's setting can be convenient for operating personnel know the wrong information of letter sorting in real time to in time sort the article in the collection box again.

In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

1. when the articles move onto the drainage plate at the appointed output conveyor belt, the control module starts the first driving piece to lift the drainage plate and the second driving piece, and then the control module starts the second driving piece to drive one side, close to the output conveyor belt, of the drainage plate to incline downwards, so that the articles on the drainage plate move to the output conveyor belt to be output under the guiding action and the self-weight action of the inclined drainage plate, and the sorting efficiency is improved;

2. the arrangement of the first drainage belt is beneficial to matching with a main conveying belt to convey the objects, and the arrangement of the second drainage belt can match with an inclined guide plate to convey the objects to an output conveying belt, so that the sorting efficiency is further improved;

3. the secondary recognition module is arranged for carrying out secondary scanning on information of objects conveyed to the output conveyor belt, so that the condition of wrong sorting is avoided, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an efficient automatic sorting machine according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a block flow diagram of an embodiment for embodying an efficient automated sorting machine;

FIG. 3 is a partial exploded view of the embodiment for embodying the internal structure of the flow guide plate;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram for showing the positional relationship between the drainage plates and the overall conveying belt in the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the structure of FIG. 4 for embodying portion A;

fig. 6 is a partial schematic view for showing the position relationship between the turning plate and the extending frame in the embodiment.

Description of reference numerals: 1. a frame; 11. a main conveyor belt; 12. an output conveyor belt; 13. a drainage plate; 131. a fixing plate; 1311. a chute; 132. a first drainage band; 1321. a first drive roll; 1322. a first driven roller; 1323. a first conveyor belt; 133. a second drainage band; 1331. a second drive roll; 1332. a second driven roller; 1333. a second conveyor belt; 134. a butt joint roller; 135. a support plate; 1351. an embedding groove; 1352. a guide roller; 14. an extension frame; 141. a support bar; 142. turning over a plate; 15. a storage box; 16. a recycling bin; 161. a cushion pad; 17. a bearing plate; 2. a control module; 21. a primary identification module; 22. a secondary identification module; 23. a first driving member; 24. a second driving member; 241. a cylinder; 2411. a sliding block; 242. a telescoping member; 25. a third driving member; 26. a fourth drive; 27. a fifth driving member; 28. an alarm module; 29. and a wireless transmission module.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below with reference to figures 1-5.

The embodiment of the application discloses efficient automatic sorting machine. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the automatic sorting machine includes a frame 1, a general conveyor belt 11 for conveying the logistic articles and a plurality of output conveyor belts 12 for outputting the articles on one side of the general conveyor belt 11 are provided on the frame 1; still include control module 2, control module 2 is the PLC controller, and control module 2 is connected with total conveyer belt 11 and output conveyer belt 12's drive end electricity respectively to be used for controlling total conveyer belt 11 and output conveyer belt 12 conveying article.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, each output conveyor belt 12 corresponds to a number, a label for displaying information of an article is attached to an outer surface of each article, the label may be an RFID label, and the number of the output conveyor belt 12 corresponding to the article is stored in the label; the side of the frame 1 close to each output conveyor belt 12 is provided with a primary identification module 21 for identifying article information, the primary identification module 21 can be an RFID reader-writer, the primary identification module 21 is electrically connected to the control module 2, and the control module 2 drives the main conveyor belt 1 to move the articles to the output conveyor belt 12 with the specified number by receiving the article information from the primary identification module 21.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, a flow guide plate 13 is disposed between adjacent overall conveyor belts 11, and the flow guide plate 13 includes a fixed plate 131, two first flow guide belts 132, and one second flow guide belt 133; the first diversion belt 132 and the second diversion belt 133 are both conveyor belts, and the conveying direction of the first diversion belt 132 coincides with the conveying direction of the overall conveyor belt 11, and the conveying direction of the second diversion belt 133 coincides with the conveying direction of the output conveyor belt 12.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the first flow-guiding plate 13 includes a first driving roller 1321 and a first driven roller 1322 rotatably coupled to the fixing plate 131, and a first conveyor belt 1323 sleeved on the first driving roller 1321 and the first driven roller 1322; the docking roller 134 is fixedly connected between the two first driving rollers 1321, a third driving member 25 for driving the docking roller 134 to rotate circumferentially is arranged inside the fixing plate 131, the third driving member 25 may be a motor, and the third driving member 25 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the fixing plate 131.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the second drainage belt 133 is positioned between the two first drainage belts 132, and the second drainage plate 13 includes a second driving roller 1331 and a second driven roller 1332 rotatably coupled to the fixing plate 131, and a second transfer belt 1333 coupled to the second driving roller 1331 and the second driven roller 1332; the fixed plate 131 is internally provided with a fourth driving member 26 for driving the first driving roller 1321 to rotate circumferentially, the fourth driving member 26 may be a motor, and the control module 2 is electrically connected to the third driving member 25 and the fourth driving member 26.

Referring to fig. 3, the fixing plate 131 is fixedly welded with the support plates 135 at positions close to the first drainage strip 132 and the second drainage strip 133, an embedding groove 1351 is formed in the outer side wall of each support plate 135, a guide roller 1352 is rotatably connected in the embedding groove 1351, and the side walls of the first conveyor belt 1323 and the second conveyor belt 1333 are attached to the guide roller 1352 at corresponding positions.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the control module 2 is further electrically connected with a first driving member 23 for driving the drainage plate 13 to ascend and descend in the vertical direction, and the first driving member 23 may be an oil cylinder; the control module 2 is also electrically connected with a second driving piece 24 for driving the drainage plate 13 to incline, and the driving end of the first driving piece 23 is welded with a bearing plate 17; first driving piece 23 includes cylinder 241 and extensible member 242, and cylinder 241 and extensible member 242 are fixed to be welded on accepting board 17, and the one end that board 17 department was accepted to keeping away from to extensible member 242 articulates in fixed plate 131, and cylinder 241 drive end articulates there is sliding block 2411, and the spout 1311 that supplies sliding block 2411 to slide is seted up to the fixed plate 131 lateral wall.

Referring to fig. 2 and 6, the end wall of the rack 1 near each output conveyor belt 12 is fixedly welded with an extension frame 14, the extension frame 14 is rotatably connected with a support rod 141, and the outer side wall of the support plate 135 is fixedly welded with a turning plate 142; one end of the extension frame 14 far away from the rack 1 is fixedly connected with a fifth driving member 27 for driving the support rod 141 to rotate in the circumferential direction, the fifth driving member 27 is a motor, the storage box 15 with an opening in the upper part is placed on one side of the output conveyor belt 12 near the turning plate 142, the control module 2 is electrically connected to the fifth driving member 27 to control the support rod 141 to rotate, so that the object moving to the turning plate 142 is poured into the storage box 15, and then the support rod 141 is driven to rotate in the reverse direction again through the control module 2 so that the turning plate 142 is restored to a state parallel to the output conveyor belt 12.

Referring to fig. 2 and 6, a secondary identification module 22 is arranged on one side of the rack 1 close to each output conveyor belt 12, each output conveyor belt 12 corresponds to one secondary identification module 22, the secondary identification module 22 is an RFID reader-writer, and the secondary identification module 22 is electrically connected to the control module 2; the recycling box 16 is arranged on the position, close to the turning plate 142, of the output conveyor belt 12, the recycling box 16 is located on one side, away from the storage box 15, of the turning plate 142, and rubber cushion pads 161 are fixedly bonded on the inner walls of the storage box 15 and the recycling box 16; when the control module 2 receives the article information of the secondary identification module 22, the control module 2 compares whether the output conveyor belt number corresponding to the article is consistent with the current output conveyor belt 12 number, that is, whether the article is conveyed to the wrong output conveyor belt 12, and if the above-mentioned wrong condition occurs, the control module 2 controls the support rod 141 to rotate through the fifth driving member 27 so as to pour the article on the turning plate 142 into the recycling bin 16.

Referring to fig. 2 and 6, the control module 2 is further electrically connected with an alarm module 28 for sending out alarm information when the articles are sorted incorrectly, and the alarm module 28 may be a buzzer; the control module 2 is also electrically connected with a wireless transmission module 29 for remotely transmitting the information of the sorting error to an operator transfer terminal, so that the operator can know the sorting condition in real time, and the articles in the recovery box 16 can be sorted again in time when the sorting error occurs.

The implementation principle of the efficient automatic sorting machine in the embodiment of the application is as follows: before the articles are sorted, an RFID label is attached to the outer surface of each article, article information is written into the RFID label through an RFID reader-writer, each output conveyor belt 12 is numbered, the number of the output conveyor belt 12 corresponding to each article is written into the RFID label, and the number of the output conveyor belt 12 is stored in the control module 2.

When sorting, the primary identification module 21 identifies the objects and transmits the identification information to the control module 2, the control module 2 drives the main conveyor belt 11 and the first drainage belt 132 according to the conveying conveyor belt number in the object information to move the objects to the specified drainage plate 13, and then closes the first drainage belt 132; the flow-guide plate 13 is then raised by the first drive 23, the flow-guide plate 13 is then tilted by the second drive 24 so that the angle of inclination of the flow-guide plate 13 corresponds to the angle of inclination of the output conveyor 12, and the second flow-guide belt 133 is then activated to transport articles from the flow-guide plate 13 onto the output conveyor 12.

When the object is moved to the output conveyor belt 12, the secondary identification module 22 performs secondary identification on the object information, at this time, the control module 2 compares the number of the output conveyor belt 12 corresponding to the object information with the number of the current output conveyor belt 12, and if the numbers are consistent, the control module 2 controls the fifth driving member 27 to rotate the supporting rod 141, so that the object is tilted into the storage box 15 under the driving of the turning plate 142.

If the comparison result is inconsistent, that is, the sorting is wrong, the control module 2 controls the fifth driving member 27 to rotate the supporting rod 141 at this time, so as to dump the object into the recycling bin 16 under the driving of the turning plate 142; meanwhile, the control module 2 starts the alarm module 28 to remind the operator and transmits the warning information of the sorting error to the mobile terminal of the operator through the wireless transmission module 29.

The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, so: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An efficient automatic sorting machine comprises a main conveyor belt (11) and a plurality of output conveyor belts (12), and further comprises a control module (2) for opening and closing the main conveyor belt (11) and the output conveyor belts (12); the method is characterized in that: the total conveyor belt (11) are close to each output conveyor belt (12) and all are provided with drainage plate (13), the drainage plate (13) below is provided with first driving piece (23) that are used for driving drainage plate (13) to go up and down along vertical direction, drainage plate (13) below still is provided with second driving piece (24) that are used for driving drainage plate (13) to incline towards the direction that is close to output conveyor belt (12), first driving piece (23) and second driving piece (24) electricity are connected in control module (2).

2. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 1 wherein: the drainage plate (13) comprises a fixed plate (131) and two first drainage belts (132) rotatably connected to the fixed plate (131), and the conveying direction of the first drainage belts (132) is consistent with the conveying direction of the total conveying belt (11).

3. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 2 wherein: each first diversion belt (132) comprises a first driving roller (1321) and a first driven roller (1322) which are rotatably connected to the fixing plate (131), and a butt joint roller (134) is fixedly connected between the two first driving rollers (1321); and a third driving piece (25) for driving the two first driving rollers (1321) to synchronously rotate is arranged on the fixing plate (131).

4. A high efficiency sorter as claimed in claim 3 wherein: the drainage plate (13) further comprises a second drainage belt (133) rotatably connected to the fixed plate (131), the second drainage belt (133) is located between the two first drainage belts (132), and the conveying direction of the second drainage belt (133) is consistent with the conveying direction of the output conveying belt (12).

5. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 4 wherein: the side walls of the fixing plate (131) close to the first drainage belt (132) and the second drainage belt (133) are fixedly connected with supporting plates (135), one of the supporting plates (135) is located inside the first drainage belt (132) and attached to the side wall of the first drainage belt (132), and the other supporting plate (135) is located inside the second drainage belt (133) and attached to the side wall of the second drainage belt (133).

6. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 5 wherein: an embedding groove (1351) is formed in the outer surface of each supporting plate (135), a flow guide roller (1352) is rotationally connected in the embedding groove (1351), and the outer surface of the flow guide roller (1352) far away from the embedding groove (1351) is flush with the outer surface of the supporting plate (135) at the corresponding position.

7. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 1 wherein: one side of each output conveyor belt (12) far away from the main conveyor belt (11) is provided with a secondary identification module (22) used for identifying object information, the secondary identification module (22) is electrically connected to the control module (2), and the control module (2) is electrically connected to the alarm module (28).

8. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 7 wherein: each one end that total conveyer belt (11) department was kept away from in output conveyer belt (12) is provided with storage box (15) and collection box (16), each output conveyer belt (12) are kept away from total conveyer belt (11) department and all are rotated and are connected with bracing piece (141), fixedly connected with turns over board (142) on bracing piece (141), be provided with on output conveyer belt (12) and be used for driving bracing piece (141) clockwise or anticlockwise pivoted fifth driving piece (27), fifth driving piece (27) electricity is connected in control module (2).

9. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 8 wherein: the inner side walls of the storage box (15) and the recovery box (16) are provided with buffer pads (161).

10. An efficient automated sorter as in claim 9 wherein: the control module (2) is also electrically connected with a wireless transmission module (29) for remotely transmitting the alarm information of the alarm module (28) to an operator mobile terminal.