CN112478744A

CN112478744A - Positioning device and speed-multiplying chain conveying line

Info

Publication number: CN112478744A
Application number: CN202011614258.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陶红保; 吴国维
Original assignee: Jihua Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jihua Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-30
Filing date: 2020-12-30
Publication date: 2021-03-12

Abstract

The invention discloses a positioning device and a speed-multiplying chain conveying line, wherein the positioning device comprises: the top plate is provided with a first positioning piece; the second positioning piece is used for being connected with the tooling plate and matched with the first positioning piece so as to position the tooling plate relative to the top plate; and the driving mechanism is connected with the top plate and is used for driving the top plate to perform lifting motion so as to jack up the tooling plate. The double-speed chain conveying line comprises the positioning device. The invention provides a positioning device and a speed-multiplying chain conveying line, which can stably and accurately position a stopped tooling plate under the condition of not stopping a speed-multiplying chain.

Description

Positioning device and speed-multiplying chain conveying line

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of automobile wire harness production, and particularly relates to a positioning device and a speed-multiplying chain conveying line.

Background

In the automatic production process of realizing the pencil, carry the frock board to corresponding station through automatic conveying line and carry out the production and processing of pencil, at corresponding station, replace the manual work through the robot and operate, for example place the special material box that is used for fixed connector, place the connector, the wire is inserted and is planted etc. operation. The production of automobile wire harnesses needs to follow a specific layout, so that connectors and wires forming the wire harnesses have specific layout and tendency, which reflects that specific positions are needed for steel forks for the connectors and stringing on a tooling plate, and when the operation is carried out by a robot, the tooling plate needs to be positioned relative to the robot, so that the positioning accuracy of all parts in the operation process on the tooling plate can be ensured.

In current automated production process, can preferably use doubly fast chain transfer chain to carry out the transport of objects such as work piece or material, its advantage lies in, when needs stop carrying the object and operate, only need set up in the transport the place ahead and block the structure and block carrying the object, can make and carry the object and stop the forward motion, and need not stop the transfer chain. But applying the double-speed chain conveying line to the automatic production of the wire harness for conveying the tooling plate has the following defects: although the tooling plate can be blocked to stop moving forwards at a corresponding station, the speed-multiplying chain is still in a forward rolling motion state and supports the tooling plate, the speed-multiplying chain can apply vertical acting force to the tooling plate to enable the tooling plate to jump, and then the tooling plate cannot be stably and accurately positioned.

Accordingly, the prior art is in need of improvement and development.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a positioning device and a speed-multiplying chain conveying line, which can stably and accurately position a stopped tooling plate under the condition of not stopping a speed-multiplying chain.

In order to solve the technical problem, in one aspect, the present invention provides a positioning device for positioning a tooling plate by a double-speed chain conveying line, including:

the top plate is provided with a first positioning piece;

the second positioning piece is used for being connected with the tooling plate and matched with the first positioning piece so as to position the tooling plate relative to the top plate;

and the driving mechanism is connected with the top plate and is used for driving the top plate to perform lifting motion so as to jack up the tooling plate.

Furthermore, the first positioning piece is arranged in a protruding mode relative to the top plate, the second positioning piece is provided with a groove body structure, and the first positioning piece is matched with the second positioning piece in an inserting mode.

Further, the first positioning member is provided with a guide portion which is provided at an end portion of the first positioning member and whose horizontal cross-sectional area is gradually reduced toward the end portion.

Furthermore, the first positioning piece and the second positioning piece are correspondingly provided with a plurality of second positioning pieces, and the second positioning pieces are relatively fixedly arranged through the positioning substrate.

Furthermore, the top plate and the positioning substrate are both rectangular plate-shaped structures, four first positioning parts and four second positioning parts are correspondingly arranged, and the four first positioning parts/the four second positioning parts are respectively distributed at the angular positions of the top plate/the positioning substrate by taking the driving mechanism as the center.

Furthermore, the positioning device also comprises a guide pillar and a guide sleeve, wherein the guide pillar is connected with the top plate and extends along the movement direction of the top plate, and the guide sleeve is sleeved with the guide pillar and is fixedly arranged relative to the driving mechanism.

Furthermore, the positioning device further comprises an installation plate, the installation plate is arranged below the top plate, and the driving mechanism and the guide sleeve are respectively connected with the installation plate.

Further, the driving mechanism is an air cylinder, the air cylinder is arranged below the mounting plate and connected with the mounting plate, a through hole is formed in the mounting plate, and a piston rod of the air cylinder penetrates through the through hole and is connected with the top plate.

In another aspect, the invention provides a double-speed chain conveying line, which includes any one of the positioning devices.

According to the positioning device and the speed multiplying chain conveying line, after the stopping structure stops loading the plates, the tooling plates are jacked up through the top plate and leave the speed multiplying chain, so that the speed multiplying chain which continuously rolls forwards cannot jump the tooling plates to influence positioning, the tooling plates are positioned relative to the top plate through the matching of the first positioning piece and the second connecting piece connected to the tooling plates, and further the tooling plates are stably and accurately positioned.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a positioning device according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a reference view of the installation of a second positioning element of the positioning device on a tooling plate.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the positioning device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic plan view of a double-speed chain conveying line according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a double-speed chain conveying line according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the invention. To simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, the present invention provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or uses of other materials.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a positioning device of the present invention includes a top plate 100 provided with a first positioning member 200; a second positioning member 300, wherein the second positioning member 300 is used for connecting with the tooling plate and matching with the first positioning member 200, so as to position the tooling plate relative to the top plate 100; the driving mechanism 400 is connected to the top plate 100, and the driving mechanism 400 is used for driving the top plate 100 to move up and down so as to jack up the tooling plate.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, in a specific application, the positioning device is used in a double-speed chain conveying line, wherein the second positioning element 300 is pre-installed at the bottom of a tooling plate, and the first positioning element 200 and the driving mechanism 400 are fixedly arranged relative to the double-speed chain conveying line or installed on a frame of the double-speed chain conveying line. Specifically, corresponding to the machining station, in the conveying front of the speed-doubling chain conveying line, a blocking structure is arranged for blocking the tooling plate. Move to the processing station along with doubly fast chain when the frock board, the structure action that blocks in the place ahead, it continues to move far forward and relative positioner stops to block the frock board, actuating mechanism 400 drive roof 100 rises to supporting the frock board, make first setting element 200 and second setting element 300 match, make the relative roof location of frock board, roof 100 continues to rise under actuating mechanism 400's drive in this process, leave the support of doubly fast chain to the frock board, thereby the rolling motion of doubly fast chain can not influence the frock board, make the frock board take place to beat, thereby the frock board can be at stable and accurate location of the relative robot that corresponds of processing station. Specifically, the position of the blocking mechanism on the double-speed chain conveying line is specifically set according to the positions where the second positioning piece 300 and the first positioning piece 200 are matched and positioned on the tooling plate.

Specifically, the driving mechanism 400 may adopt an air cylinder, and the lifting movement of the top plate 100 is realized by the extension and contraction of a piston rod of the air cylinder; the driving mechanism 400 may further adopt a push rod motor to realize the lifting motion of the top plate 100 by the linear reciprocating motion of the push rod. Specifically to the present embodiment, the driving mechanism 400 employs an air cylinder.

In some preferred embodiments, the first positioning element 200 is convexly disposed relative to the top plate 100, the second positioning element 300 is provided with a groove structure, and the first positioning element 200 is inserted and matched with the second positioning element 300. The precise positioning of the tooling plate and top plate 100 is formed by a male-female fit. Specifically, the first positioning member 200 may be a boss disposed on the top of the top plate 100, and the second positioning member 300 is provided with a correspondingly shaped groove, and specifically, the second positioning member 300 is a plate-shaped structure, and a groove is concavely formed on the main body of the plate-shaped structure. The first positioning member 200 may also be a pin, the pin is installed through the top plate 100, and the protruding end of the pin is inserted into the second positioning member 300, and accordingly, the second positioning member 300 may be a copper sleeve.

In other embodiments, the first positioning element 200 is a groove structure, the second positioning element 300 is a matched protrusion structure, and the second positioning element 300 is inserted and matched with the first positioning element 200. Specifically, the first positioning member 200 formed in a groove shape is recessed at the top of the top plate 100, and the second positioning member 300 may be a boss structure or a bolt.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the first positioning element 200 is a pin, the top plate 100 is provided with a mounting hole, the pin is connected with the top plate 100 in the mounting hole and extends out of the top plate 100, and the second positioning element 300 is a copper sleeve.

As shown in fig. 3, in some preferred embodiments, the first positioning member 200 is provided with a guide portion 210, the guide portion 210 is provided at an end portion of the first positioning member 200, and the area of the horizontal cross section thereof is gradually reduced toward the end portion. The guide part 210 guides the first positioning member 200 to be inserted into the second positioning member 300, so that the first positioning member 200 and the second positioning member 300 are smoothly matched, and the accurate positioning of the tooling plate is ensured.

In some preferred embodiments, a plurality of first positioning members 200 and a plurality of second positioning members 300 are correspondingly provided, and the plurality of second positioning members 300 are relatively fixedly disposed by positioning the substrate 500. The positioning accuracy is further ensured by providing a plurality of first positioning members 200 and second positioning members 300 that are matched with each other. Because the accurate matching of first setting element 200 and second setting element 300 is the prerequisite of the accurate location of frock board, compare in the position according to first setting element 200 on roof 100, the mode on frock board 900 is accurately installed with second setting element 300 in proper order, through location base plate 500 with a plurality of second setting elements 300 relatively fixed setting, the mode on frock board 900 is installed to the body again, can reduce the factor that influences the precision, when changing different frock boards, once counterpoint just can guarantee that all second setting elements 300 match with respective first setting element 200 accuracy, and the preinstallation process is comparatively simple. In a specific application, the plurality of second positioning members 300 are distributed on the positioning substrate 500, and the positioning substrate 500 is embedded and connected at the bottom of the tooling plate. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the top plate 100 and the positioning substrate 500 are rectangular plate-shaped structures, four first positioning elements 200 and four second positioning elements 300 are correspondingly disposed, and the four first positioning elements 200/second positioning elements 300 are respectively disposed at the corners of the top plate 100/positioning substrate 500 by taking the driving mechanism as the center.

In some preferred embodiments, the positioning device further includes a guide post 610 and a guide sleeve 620, the guide post 610 is connected to the top plate 100 and extends along the moving direction of the top plate 100, and the guide sleeve 620 is sleeved with the guide post 610 and is fixedly disposed relative to the driving mechanism 400. Preferably, four sets of the guide posts 610 and the guide sleeves 620 are provided, and the four sets of the guide posts 610 and the guide sleeves 620 are distributed around the driving mechanism.

Preferably, the positioning apparatus further includes a mounting plate 700, the mounting plate 700 is disposed below the top plate 100, the driving mechanism 400 (specifically, a cylinder in this embodiment) and the guide sleeve 610 are respectively connected to the mounting plate 700, a piston rod of the cylinder and one end of the guide column 610 are connected at the bottom of the top plate 100, and the other end of the guide column 610 passes through the guide sleeve 620. More specifically, the cylinder is disposed below the mounting plate 700 and coupled to the mounting plate 700, and the mounting plate 700 is opened with a through-hole through which a piston rod of the cylinder is coupled to the top plate 100.

In a specific application, the positioning device is installed by using the mounting plate 700, for example, the mounting plate 700 is installed on a mounting frame fixedly arranged relative to the speed-doubling chain conveying line, or is directly installed on a frame of the speed-doubling chain conveying line.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, in another aspect, the present invention provides a double-speed chain conveying line, including any one of the positioning devices 101 described above. Specifically, the positioning device 101 is disposed below the double-speed chain conveyor line body to jack up the tooling plate for stable and accurate positioning.

Specifically, the double-speed chain conveying line further comprises a blocking structure 801 and a check structure 802, wherein the blocking structure 801 is arranged in the conveying front of the tooling plate 900, and the check structure 802 is arranged in the conveying rear of the tooling plate 900. In specific application, when the tooling plate is conveyed to a specific position (namely, a position corresponding to the positioning device), the blocking structure 801 and the check structure 802 are lifted to limit the tooling plate 900, then the top plate 100 is driven by the driving mechanism 400 to be lifted to jack up the tooling plate 900, so that the tooling plate can be stably positioned, and the first positioning piece 200 and the second positioning piece 300 are aligned and matched in the process, so that the stable and accurate positioning of the tooling plate is realized. Specifically, the setting positions of the blocking structure 801 and the non-return structure 802 are specifically set according to the positions of the tooling plate 900 when the tooling plate is positioned relative to the positioning device 101, so that the second positioning element 300 and the first positioning element 200 can be aligned after the tooling plate stops moving. Specifically, the blocking structure 801 and the check structure 802 may adopt the existing technical means, for example, the blocking structure 801 may adopt a blocking cylinder, and the check structure 802 may adopt a check or a check assembly.

Preferably, the double-speed chain conveying line further comprises limiting structures 803, the limiting structures 803 are arranged on two sides of the double-speed chain conveying line, and a positioning area of the tooling plate is formed between the blocking structure 801 and the non-return structure 802 and the limiting structures 803. In the concrete application, the limit structure 803 of both sides guides the frock board to carry the location region, carries on spacingly to the frock board through four directions all around for frock board relative positioning device 101 is tentatively fixed a position, and first setting element 200 and second setting element 300 can counterpoint the matching, and when roof 100 promoted the frock board, the frock board realized stable and accurate location. Specifically, the limiting structure 803 is disposed along the extension of the double-speed chain conveying line.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "certain embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

What has been described above are merely some embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept thereof, and these changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a positioner for double speed chain conveying line fixes a position frock board, its characterized in that includes:

a top plate (100) provided with a first positioning member (200);

the second positioning piece (300) is used for being connected with the tool plate and matched with the first positioning piece (200) so as to position the tool plate relative to the top plate (100);

the driving mechanism (400), the driving mechanism (400) is connected with the top plate (100), and the driving mechanism (400) is used for driving the top plate (100) to perform lifting movement so as to jack up the tooling plate.

2. The positioning device according to claim 1, wherein the first positioning member (200) is convexly arranged relative to the top plate (100), the second positioning member (300) is provided with a groove structure, and the first positioning member (200) is inserted and matched with the second positioning member (300).

3. The positioning device according to claim 2, wherein the first positioning member (200) is provided with a guide portion (210), the guide portion (210) is provided at an end portion of the first positioning member (200), and an area of a horizontal cross section thereof is gradually reduced toward the end portion.

4. The positioning device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of first positioning members (200) and a plurality of second positioning members (300) are correspondingly provided, and the plurality of second positioning members (300) are relatively fixedly arranged through a positioning substrate (500).

5. The positioning device according to claim 4, wherein the top plate (100) and the positioning substrate (500) are both rectangular plate-shaped structures, four first positioning members (200) and four second positioning members (300) are correspondingly disposed, and the four first positioning members (200)/the four second positioning members (300) are respectively disposed at the corners of the top plate (100)/the positioning substrate (500) with the driving mechanism (400) as the center.

6. The positioning device according to claim 1, further comprising a guide post (610) and a guide sleeve (620), wherein the guide post (610) is connected to the top plate (100) and extends along the moving direction of the top plate (100), and the guide sleeve (620) is sleeved with the guide post (610) and is fixedly arranged relative to the driving mechanism (400).

7. The positioning device according to claim 6, further comprising a mounting plate (700), wherein the mounting plate (700) is disposed below the top plate (100), and the driving mechanism (400) and the guide sleeve (620) are respectively connected to the mounting plate (700).

8. The positioning device according to claim 7, wherein the driving mechanism (400) is a cylinder, the cylinder is disposed below the mounting plate (700) and connected to the mounting plate (700), the mounting plate (700) is provided with a through hole, and a piston rod of the cylinder passes through the through hole and is connected to the top plate (100).

9. A double speed chain conveyor line, characterized in that it comprises a positioning device (101) according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The double-speed chain conveying line according to claim 9, further comprising a blocking structure (801), a non-return structure (802) and a limiting structure (803), wherein the blocking structure (801) is arranged in front of conveying of the tooling plate, the non-return structure (802) is arranged behind conveying of the tooling plate, the limiting structure (803) is arranged on two sides of the double-speed chain conveying line, and a positioning area of the tooling plate is formed among the blocking structure (801), the non-return structure (802) and the limiting structure (803).