CN113548430A

CN113548430A - Feeding equipment and production line

Info

Publication number: CN113548430A
Application number: CN202110902420.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付光启; 杨林锋; 赵龙波
Original assignee: Dongfeng Honda Engine Co Ltd
Current assignee: Dongfeng Honda Engine Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-06
Filing date: 2021-08-06
Publication date: 2021-10-26

Abstract

The invention relates to a feeding device and a production line. The feeding device comprises a blank conveying mechanism, a circumferential positioning mechanism, a feeding device and a transfer mechanism. The circumferential positioning mechanism is provided with a first positioning part matched with the workpiece in a positioning mode, and the first positioning part is used for positioning the circumferential angle of the workpiece. The feeding device comprises a feeding tray and a feeding conveying mechanism, and the feeding conveying mechanism is used for driving the feeding tray to move along a first direction. The feeding tray is provided with a second positioning part used for being matched with the workpiece in a positioning mode, and the second positioning part is used for positioning the circumferential angle of the workpiece. The transfer mechanism is used for transferring the workpiece on the blank conveying mechanism to the circumferential positioning mechanism and transferring the workpiece on the circumferential positioning mechanism to the feeding tray. Therefore, the workpiece keeps a fixed circumferential angle in the feeding process, the circumferential angle of the workpiece before entering the processing equipment is consistent, the angle required by the processing equipment is met, the workpiece is conveniently processed, and the efficiency is improved.

Description

Feeding equipment and production line

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of drive shaft production, in particular to feeding equipment and a production line.

Background

The drive shaft nipple is one of important parts of an engine, and mainly includes a shaft portion, a cup portion, and a bearing race provided on an inner surface of the cup portion. During production, a blank conveying mechanism is generally adopted to convey a blank workpiece into a processing device for processing. However, this is not favorable for the production and processing of the blank workpiece, and reduces the processing efficiency of the blank workpiece.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, a feeding device and a production line are needed, which are convenient for processing workpieces and improve efficiency.

A feeder apparatus comprising:

the blank conveying mechanism is used for conveying workpieces;

the circumferential positioning mechanism is provided with a first positioning part matched with the workpiece in a positioning way, and the first positioning part is used for positioning the circumferential angle of the workpiece;

the feeding device comprises a feeding tray and a feeding conveying mechanism, wherein the feeding conveying mechanism is used for driving the feeding tray to move along a first direction, the feeding tray is provided with a second positioning part which is used for positioning and matching with the workpiece, and the second positioning part is used for positioning the circumferential angle of the workpiece;

and the transferring mechanism is used for transferring the workpiece positioned on the blank conveying mechanism to the circumferential positioning mechanism and transferring the workpiece positioned on the circumferential positioning mechanism to the feeding tray.

In one embodiment, the circumferential positioning mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a rotary driving member movably mounted on the mounting frame, and a lifting driving member fixed on the mounting frame, wherein the lifting driving member is used for lifting the rotary driving member; an output shaft of the rotary driving piece is connected with a rotating shaft, a bearing part for placing the workpiece is arranged at the free end of the rotating shaft, and the first positioning part is fixedly arranged below the bearing part; when the lifting driving piece drives the rotary driving piece to move to an upper limit, the lifting driving piece is controlled to descend and the rotary driving piece stops rotating.

In one embodiment, the circumferential positioning mechanism further comprises a first positioning detection part fixed on the mounting frame, and the first positioning detection part controls the lifting driving part and the rotating driving part to act when detecting that the workpiece is not in positioning fit with the first positioning part.

In one embodiment, the circumferential positioning mechanism further comprises a second positioning detection piece fixed on the mounting frame, and the second positioning detection piece controls the lifting driving piece and the rotating driving piece to act when detecting that the workpiece is on the supporting part.

In one embodiment, the feeding tray comprises a tray body and at least one supporting body, the at least one supporting body is fixed on the tray body, and the side part of the supporting body is provided with the second positioning part used for being matched with the workpiece in a positioning mode.

In one embodiment, the feeding conveying mechanism comprises a feeding driving part, a transmission belt, a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the driving wheel is in driving connection with an output shaft of the feeding driving part and is in transmission connection with the driven wheel through the transmission belt, and the feeding tray is connected with the transmission belt.

In one embodiment, the feeding device further comprises a first feeding detection piece, and the first feeding detection piece is used for detecting whether the workpiece is in positioning fit with the second positioning part; the feeding device further comprises a second feeding detection piece, and the second feeding detection piece is used for detecting whether the feeding tray is provided with the workpiece or not.

In one embodiment, the blank conveying mechanism comprises a conveying raceway and a material distributing assembly arranged corresponding to the conveying raceway, the material distributing assembly at least comprises a first stopping driving piece and a second stopping driving piece positioned on the downstream side of the first stopping driving piece, an output shaft of the first stopping driving piece is connected with a first stopping rod, and the first stopping rod can transversely block the conveying raceway under the driving of the first stopping driving piece; the output shaft of the second stop rod is connected with a second stop rod, the second stop rod can transversely block the conveying roller path under the driving of the second stop driving piece, and at least one workpiece can be accommodated between the first stop rod and the second stop rod.

In one embodiment, the blank conveying mechanism further comprises a centering positioning assembly, the centering positioning assembly is arranged on the downstream side of the material distributing assembly, the centering positioning assembly comprises a clamping driving piece and at least two positioning clamping pieces which are oppositely arranged, and the clamping driving piece can drive the at least two positioning clamping pieces to move in the direction close to or away from each other.

In one embodiment, the transfer mechanism includes an adjusting assembly and a material taking assembly connected to the adjusting assembly, and the material taking assembly is driven by the adjusting assembly to move along at least one of a first horizontal direction, a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and a height direction.

In one embodiment, the material taking assembly comprises a variable-pitch driving member and at least two claws, the at least two claws are connected to the variable-pitch driving member, and the variable-pitch driving member can adjust the distance between the at least two claws.

In one embodiment, the feeding device further comprises a blanking conveying mechanism, and the blanking conveying mechanism is arranged on at least one side of the processing device.

A production line comprises at least one processing device and the feeding device, wherein the side part of the feeding device is provided with the at least one processing device.

When the feeding device and the production line are used, the workpiece is placed on the blank conveying mechanism, and the blank conveying mechanism conveys the workpiece along the direction close to the circumferential positioning mechanism. After the workpiece is conveyed to the designated position, the transferring mechanism conveys the workpiece on the blank conveying mechanism to the circumferential positioning mechanism, and the workpiece is in positioning fit with the first positioning part of the circumferential positioning mechanism to position the circumferential angle of the workpiece. After the positioning is finished, the moving and carrying mechanism carries the workpiece positioned on the circumferential positioning mechanism to the feeding tray, and the workpiece is matched with the second positioning part of the feeding tray in a positioning mode to position the circumferential angle of the workpiece. Then, the feeding conveying mechanism drives the feeding tray to move along the first direction. So, under the cooperation of the first location portion of circumference positioning mechanism and the second location portion of pay-off tray, the work piece keeps fixed circumference angle at the in-process of feed, ensures that the circumference angle of work piece before getting into the processing equipment is unanimous, accords with the angle that processing equipment required, conveniently processes the work piece, raises the efficiency.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention.

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of the feed apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the circumferential positioning mechanism of the feeding apparatus shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial schematic view of a loading device of the feeder apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the blank conveying mechanism and the circumferential positioning mechanism of the feeding device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the feed assembly of the feeder apparatus of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the centering assembly of the feeding apparatus shown in FIG. 5.

Reference numerals: 10. a blank conveying mechanism; 11. a conveying raceway; 12. a material distributing component; 121. a first stop driving member; 122. a first stop bar; 123. a second stop driving member; 124. a second stop bar; 13. an in-place detection member; 14. a centering and positioning component; 141. clamping the driving member; 142. positioning the clamping piece; 20. a circumferential positioning mechanism; 21. positioning blocks; 211. a first positioning portion; 22. a mounting frame; 23. lifting the drive member; 24. a rotary drive member; 25. a rotating shaft; 26. a bearing part; 27. a first positioning detection member; 271. a second positioning detection member; 272. a third positioning detection member; 273. a fourth positioning detection member; 28. a first guide rail; 30. a feeding device; 31. a feeding tray; 311. a tray body; 312. a support body; 3121. a second positioning portion; 32. a feeding conveyor mechanism; 321. a transmission belt; 33. a second guide rail; 34. a first feeding detection member; 35. a second feeding detection member; 40. a transfer mechanism; 41. an adjustment assembly; 42. a material taking assembly; 421. a variable pitch drive; 422. a paw; 50. and (5) a workpiece.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 3 and fig. 4, a feeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a blank conveying mechanism 10, a circumferential positioning mechanism 20, a feeding device 30 and a transferring mechanism 40. The circumferential positioning mechanism 20 is provided with a first positioning portion 211 that is positioned in cooperation with the workpiece 50, and the first positioning portion 211 is used for positioning the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50. The feeding device 30 includes a feeding tray 31 and a feeding conveyor mechanism 32, and the feeding conveyor mechanism 32 is configured to drive the feeding tray 31 to move along a first direction. The feeding tray 31 is provided with a second positioning portion 3121 for positioning engagement with the workpiece 50, and the second positioning portion 3121 is used for positioning the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50. The transfer mechanism 40 is used for transferring the workpiece 50 on the blank conveying mechanism 10 to the circumferential positioning mechanism 20, and transferring the workpiece 50 on the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 to the feeding tray 31.

It should be noted that at least one side of the feeding device 30 is provided with a processing device, and the processing device is arranged along the first direction.

When the feeding device is used, the workpiece 50 is placed on the blank conveying mechanism 10, and the blank conveying mechanism 10 conveys the workpiece 50 along the direction close to the circumferential positioning mechanism 20. After the workpiece 50 is conveyed to the designated position, the transfer mechanism 40 conveys the workpiece 50 located on the blank conveying mechanism 10 to the circumferential positioning mechanism 20, and the workpiece 50 is in positioning fit with the first positioning portion 211 of the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 to position the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50. After the positioning is finished, the transfer mechanism 40 conveys the workpiece 50 located in the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 to the feeding tray 31, and the workpiece 50 is positioned and matched with the second positioning portion 3121 of the feeding tray 31 to position the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50. Then, the feeding conveyor mechanism 32 moves the feeding tray 31 in the first direction. Thus, under the cooperation of the first positioning portion 211 of the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 and the second positioning portion 3121 of the feeding tray 31, the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50 is kept fixed in the feeding process, so that the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50 before entering the processing equipment is consistent, the angle meeting the requirements of the processing equipment is ensured, the workpiece 50 is conveniently processed, and the efficiency is improved.

In the present embodiment, the workpiece 50 is an inner joint of a driving shaft, and the bearing ways are respectively in positioning fit with the first positioning portion 211 and the second positioning portion 3121. Of course, in other embodiments, the workpiece 50 may be other workpieces 50, and is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, after the transferring mechanism 40 places the workpieces 50 located on the blank conveying mechanism 10 on the supporting portion 26, the circumferential angles of the workpieces 50 may not be consistent and may not meet the angle required by the processing equipment. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 includes a mounting frame 22, a lifting driving member 23 and a rotating driving member 24, and the rotating driving member 24 is movably mounted on the mounting frame 22; a lifting drive 23 is secured to the mounting frame 22 for lifting a rotary drive 24. The output shaft of the rotary driving member 24 is connected with a rotary shaft 25, a bearing part 26 for placing the workpiece 50 is arranged at the free end of the rotary shaft 25, and the first positioning part 211 is fixedly arranged below the bearing part 26. When the lifting driving member 23 drives the rotary driving member 24 to move to the upper limit, the lifting driving member 23 is controlled to descend and the rotary driving member 24 stops rotating. When the transfer mechanism 40 is in use, the workpiece 50 is placed on the support portion 26, and if the workpiece 50 is not in positioning engagement with the first positioning portion 211, the rotary driving member 24 rotates the rotary shaft 25 and the workpiece 50, and the lifting driving member 23 rotates the rotary driving member 24 and the workpiece 50 to move upward to the upper limit. Then, the rotation of the rotary driving member 24 is stopped, the lifting driving member 23 is lowered, and the workpiece 50 is lowered and positioned and engaged with the first positioning portion 211 in the process of lowering. Thus, under the cooperation of the lifting driving element 23 and the rotating driving element 24, the workpiece 50 can be in positioning fit with the first positioning portion 211, so that the workpiece 50 keeps a fixed circumferential angle to meet the angle required by the machining equipment, and the workpiece 50 can be conveniently machined.

The free end of the rotary shaft 25 refers to an end of the rotary shaft 25 away from the rotary actuator 24. Specifically, a lifting pallet is fixed to a free end of the rotating shaft 25, and the lifting pallet is provided with a bearing portion 26.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 3, a supporting plate is fixed on the top of the mounting frame 22, a sleeve is fixed on the supporting plate, and a positioning block 21 is disposed on the side of the sleeve and is in positioning fit with the workpiece 50. The rotating shaft 25 penetrates through the supporting plate and the suite and can do lifting motion in the suite; the support portion 26 is provided on the top of the rotary shaft 25.

Further, referring to fig. 3, the mounting frame 22 is fixed with a first guide rail 28 vertically disposed, the rotary driving member 24 is connected with a first slider, and the rotary driving member 24 can perform lifting movement under the cooperation of the first guide rail 28 and the first slider. Thus, the lifting movement of the rotary driving element 24 and the workpiece 50 has guidance, the rotary driving element 24 and the workpiece 50 are prevented from shaking in the lifting movement process, and the workpiece 50 can be stably positioned and matched with the first positioning part 211.

Further, referring to fig. 3, the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 further includes a first positioning detecting member 27 fixed to the mounting frame 22, and the first positioning detecting member 27 is used for detecting whether the workpiece 50 is in positioning fit with the first positioning portion 211. When the workpiece 50 is not in positioning engagement with the first positioning portion 211, the lifting drive 23 and the rotating drive 24 are controlled to operate. Specifically, the first positioning detection element 27 is disposed corresponding to the bottom of the workpiece 50, and if the first positioning detection element 27 detects the bottom of the workpiece 50, it indicates that the positioning is completed; otherwise, it indicates that the positioning is not completed. Therefore, automatic detection of circumferential positioning can be realized, the precision of positioning matching is improved, and each workpiece 50 can be ensured to keep a fixed circumferential angle. Moreover, the working efficiency can be improved.

It can be understood that if the workpiece 50 is not positioned and matched with the first positioning portion 211, indicating that the workpiece 50 is positioned and failed, the first positioning detection member 27 is not turned on, and the lifting driving member 23 and the rotating driving member 24 are controlled to repeat the above operations until the workpiece 50 is positioned. If the workpiece 50 is positioned and matched with the first positioning portion 211, indicating that the workpiece 50 is positioned, the first positioning detection member 27 is turned on, and controls the transfer mechanism 40 to transfer the workpiece 50 to the feeding tray 31.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 further includes a second positioning detector 271, and the second positioning detector 271 is used for detecting whether the workpiece 50 exists on the supporting portion 26. When the transfer mechanism 40 transfers the workpiece 50 to the receiving portion 26, the second positioning detector 271 detects the workpiece 50 and controls the lifting driver 23 and the rotating driver 24 to operate. Therefore, automation can be realized, and efficiency is improved.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 further includes a third positioning detecting element 272 for detecting the upper limit and a fourth positioning detecting element 273 for detecting the lower limit. When the lifting driving member 23 is detected to move to the upper limit by the third positioning detecting member 272, the rotation of the rotation driving member 24 is controlled to stop, and the lifting driving member 23 descends. The workpiece 50 is then lowered, and the fourth position detector 273 detects whether the rotary drive member 24 is lowered into position. Therefore, automation is realized, and efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the feeding tray 31 includes a tray body 311 and at least one supporting body 312. At least one supporting body 312 is fixed to the tray body 311, and a second positioning portion 3121 for positioning and fitting with the workpiece 50 is provided at a side portion of the supporting body 312. When the workpiece positioning device is used, the transferring mechanism 40 conveys the workpiece 50 on the circumferential positioning mechanism 20, the workpiece 50 is placed on the support 312, and the workpiece 50 and the second positioning portion 3121 are in positioning fit, so that the workpiece 50 keeps a fixed circumferential angle to meet the angle required by the processing equipment, and the workpiece 50 is conveniently processed.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 4, at least two vertically disposed positioning pins are fixed along the side of the supporting body 312, and the interval between two adjacent positioning pins is adapted to the workpiece 50. Of course, in other embodiments, the positioning block 21 adapted to the workpiece 50 may be disposed on the side of the supporting body 312.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 4, two supporting bodies 312 are fixed to each tray body 311, and the two supporting bodies 312 are spaced apart from each other along the first direction. Thus, the feeding efficiency can be improved. Of course, in other embodiments, the number and the arrangement position of the supporting bodies 312 may also be set according to actual requirements, and are not limited thereto.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the feeding conveyor mechanism 32 includes a feeding drive member, a drive belt 321, a drive wheel, and a driven wheel. The driving wheel is in driving connection with an output shaft of the feeding driving part and is in driving connection with the driven wheel through a driving belt 321, and the feeding tray 31 is connected with the driving belt 321. Specifically, the driving wheel and the driven wheel are arranged at intervals along a first direction. During the use, the material loading driving piece drives the action wheel and rotates, under the cooperation from driving wheel and drive belt 321, drives pay-off tray 31 and follows the first direction motion to for the processing equipment feed. So, through control material loading driving piece, can realize that pay-off tray 31 stops in optional position, realize giving the processing equipment feed of different positions, effectively solve the problem that processing equipment requires highly to the material loading position.

Optionally, the driving wheel and the driven wheel are both driving wheels, and the transmission belt 321 is a synchronous belt.

Further, referring to fig. 4, at least one side of the belt 321 along the first direction is fixed with a second guide rail 33, the bottom of the feeding tray 31 is fixed with a second slider, and the feeding tray 31 can move along the first direction under the cooperation of the second guide rail 33 and the second slider. Therefore, the feeding tray 31 has guidance performance in movement, the feeding tray 31 is prevented from shaking in the movement process, and the movement stability is improved.

Further, referring to fig. 4, the feeding device 30 further includes a first feeding detection part 34, and the first feeding detection part 34 is used for detecting whether the workpiece 50 is in positioning fit with the second positioning portion 3121. Optionally, the first feeding detection part 34 is disposed corresponding to the bottom of the workpiece 50, and if the first feeding detection part 34 detects the bottom of the workpiece 50, it indicates that the positioning is completed; otherwise, it indicates that the positioning is not completed. During use, when the feeding conveying mechanism 32 drives the feeding tray 31 to move along the first direction and pass through the first feeding detection part 34, the first feeding detection part 34 detects whether the detection workpiece 50 is in positioning fit with the second positioning part 3121. If the workpiece 50 is abnormally positioned on the feeding tray 31, the feeding tray 31 stops moving. And if the workpiece 50 is successfully positioned on the feeding tray 31, controlling the processing equipment to convey the workpiece 50 on the feeding tray 31 into the processing equipment for processing.

In this embodiment, the first feeding detection part 34 detects the workpiece 50, and when the first feeding detection part 34 is turned on, it indicates that there is no abnormality in positioning the workpiece 50 on the feeding tray 31; if the light is not on, it indicates that the workpiece 50 is positioned abnormally on the feeding tray 31.

Further, referring to fig. 4, the feeding device 30 further includes a second feeding detection member 35, and the second feeding detection member 35 is used for detecting whether the workpiece 50 exists on the feeding tray 31. Specifically, the second feeding detecting member 35 is disposed higher than the top of the supporting body 312. When the feeding device is used, if the processing device grabs the workpiece 50 positioned on one of the supporting bodies 312, when the feeding mechanism 32 drives the feeding tray 31 to pass through the second feeding detection piece 35, the second feeding detection piece 35 detects that no workpiece 50 is on the supporting body 312, and controls the feeding mechanism 32 to drive the feeding tray 31 to move, so that the workpiece 50 positioned on the other supporting body 312 is aligned with the next processing device. So, be convenient for fast to a plurality of processing equipment feeds, improve work efficiency.

In the present embodiment, when the action of gripping the workpiece 50 on the feeding tray 31 is not completed, the second feeding detecting member 35 is turned on; when the gripping of the workpiece 50 on the feeding tray 31 is completed, the second feeding detecting member 35 does not light up.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the blank conveying mechanism 10 includes a conveying roller path 11 and a material separating assembly 12 disposed corresponding to the conveying roller path 11. The material distributing assembly 12 at least comprises a first stopping driving member 121 and a second stopping driving member 123 located at the downstream side of the first stopping driving member 121, an output shaft of the first stopping driving member 121 is connected with a first stopping rod 122, and the first stopping rod 122 can transversely block the conveying roller path 11 under the driving of the first stopping driving member 121. The output shaft of the second stopping rod 124 is connected with the second stopping rod 124, and the second stopping rod 124 can be transversely blocked on the conveying roller path 11 under the driving of the second stopping driving member 123. The first stop bar 122 and the second stop bar 124 can receive at least one workpiece 50 therebetween. In use, when there is no workpiece 50 between the first stop rod 122 and the second stop rod 124, the first stop driving member 121 drives the first stop rod 122 to open, and the workpiece 50 moves in a direction approaching the second stop rod 124 under the action of the conveying roller path 11. When the workpiece 50 moves to a position corresponding to the second stop rod 124, the first stop driving element 121 drives the first stop rod 122 to close, meanwhile, the second stop driving element 123 drives the second stop rod 124 to open, and the workpiece 50 moves in a direction close to the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 under the action of the conveying roller path 11, and the cycle is repeated. Therefore, the conveying roller path 11 drives the workpieces 50 to move to the distributing assembly 12, and the distributing assembly 12 distributes the workpieces 50, so that the single workpiece 50 sequentially moves in the direction close to the circumferential positioning mechanism 20, and the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 in the next process can conveniently circumferentially position the workpiece 50.

In this embodiment, two first stop driving members 121 are disposed on two opposite sides of the conveying roller path 11, and a first stop rod 122 is connected to output shafts of the two first stop driving members 121. The two first stopping driving members 121 respectively drive the two first stopping rods 122 to open synchronously, so as to release the workpiece 50. The second stopping driving member 123 is provided at one side of the conveying roller path 11, and a second stopping rod 124 is connected to an output shaft of the second stopping driving member 123.

Further, referring to fig. 6, the blank conveying mechanism 10 further includes a conveying detection member for detecting whether the workpiece 50 is present between the first stop rod 122 and the second stop rod 124. When there is no workpiece 50 between the first stop rod 122 and the second stop rod 124, the first stop driving member 121 is controlled to drive the first stop rod 122 to open. Specifically, the conveyance detector is provided between the first stopper rod 122 and the second stopper rod 124 in the conveyance direction of the conveyance raceway 11. Therefore, automatic control of material distribution is realized, material distribution accuracy is guaranteed, and material distribution efficiency is improved.

Further, referring to fig. 6, the blank conveying mechanism 10 further includes a position detecting member 13, and the position detecting member 13 is used for detecting whether the workpiece 50 reaches the second stopper rod 124. When the position detecting member 13 detects the workpiece 50, the second stopping driving member 123 is controlled to drive the second stopping rod 124 to open. Therefore, automatic control of material distribution is realized, material distribution accuracy is guaranteed, and material distribution efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5 and 7, the blank conveying mechanism 10 further includes a centering assembly 14, and the centering assembly 14 is disposed on the downstream side of the material distributing assembly 12. The centering and positioning assembly 14 includes a clamping driving member 141 and at least two positioning and clamping members 142 disposed at two sides of the conveying roller path 11, and the clamping driving member 141 can drive the at least two positioning and clamping members 142 to move in a direction approaching or separating from each other. When the conveying roller path 11 drives the workpiece 50 to move between the positioning clamping pieces 142, the clamping driving piece 141 drives at least two positioning clamping pieces 142 to approach each other, so that the workpiece 50 is fixed between the at least two positioning clamping pieces 142, the workpiece 50 is clamped, centering positioning is realized, and the central lines of different machine types are ensured to be at the same position.

Optionally, the positioning clamp 142 is a clamping jaw. Of course, in other embodiments, the positioning clamp 142 may also be a clamp block, which is not limited to this.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and 5, the blank conveying mechanism 10 includes at least two conveying races 11, at least two conveying races 11 being juxtaposed. Each conveying roller path 11 is correspondingly provided with at least one material distributing component 12 and at least one centering and positioning component 14, the centering and positioning component 14 is arranged at the downstream side of the material distributing component 12, and each conveying roller path 11 is correspondingly provided with at least one circumferential positioning mechanism 20. So, two at least conveying roller way 11 can be the material loading simultaneously, and two at least circumference positioning mechanism 20 can carry out circumference location simultaneously, improve work efficiency.

In this embodiment, four conveying roller paths 11 are provided, each of the four conveying roller paths 11 is provided with a material distributing assembly 12 and a centering positioning assembly 14, and the centering positioning assembly 14 is arranged at the downstream side of the material distributing assembly 12. Four circumferential positioning mechanisms 20 are provided, and the four circumferential positioning mechanisms 20 are respectively arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the four conveying raceways 11.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the transferring mechanism 40 includes an adjusting assembly 41 and a material taking assembly 42 connected to the adjusting assembly 41, and the material taking assembly 42 is driven by the adjusting assembly 41 to move along at least one of a first horizontal direction, a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and a height direction. It is understood that the first horizontal direction, the second horizontal direction and the height direction refer to an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction and a Z-axis direction, respectively. So, through setting up adjustment assembly 41, can adjust the position of getting material subassembly 42 in a flexible way, make get material subassembly 42 can adapt to the work piece 50 of snatching different positions, use in a flexible way, the suitability is strong.

In this embodiment, the adjusting assembly 41 can drive the material taking assembly 42 to move along the first horizontal direction, the second horizontal direction and the height direction.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the material taking assembly 42 includes a variable-pitch driving member 421 and at least two claws 422, the at least two claws 422 are connected to the variable-pitch driving member 421, and the variable-pitch driving member 421 can adjust the distance between the at least two claws 422. Alternatively, the pitch drive 421 is a pitch cylinder. So, through setting up displacement driving piece 421, the change of interval can be realized through displacement driving piece 421 to two at least hand claws 422, satisfies the synchronous material of getting of different conveying raceway 11 intervals.

In one embodiment, the feeder device further comprises a blanking conveyor mechanism for being arranged on at least one side of the processing device. After the processing device finishes processing the workpiece 50, the processed workpiece 50 can be put on the blanking conveying mechanism, and the blanking conveying mechanism conveys the workpiece 50 to a blanking position. So, can realize automatic unloading, raise the efficiency, reduce intensity of labour.

Referring to fig. 1, a production line according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one processing device and a feeding device according to any of the embodiments. The side of the loading device 30 is provided with at least one processing device.

When the production line is used, the workpiece 50 is placed on the blank conveying mechanism 10, and the blank conveying mechanism 10 conveys the workpiece 50 along the direction close to the circumferential positioning mechanism 20. After the workpiece 50 is conveyed to the designated position, the transfer mechanism 40 conveys the workpiece 50 located on the blank conveying mechanism 10 to the circumferential positioning mechanism 20, and the workpiece 50 is in positioning fit with the first positioning portion 211 of the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 to position the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50. After the positioning is finished, the transfer mechanism 40 conveys the workpiece 50 located in the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 to the feeding tray 31, and the workpiece 50 is positioned and matched with the second positioning portion 3121 of the feeding tray 31 to position the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50. Then, the feeding conveyor mechanism 32 moves the feeding tray 31 in the first direction. Thus, under the cooperation of the first positioning portion 211 of the circumferential positioning mechanism 20 and the second positioning portion 3121 of the feeding tray 31, the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50 is kept fixed in the feeding process, so that the circumferential angle of the workpiece 50 before entering the processing equipment is consistent, the angle meeting the requirements of the processing equipment is ensured, the workpiece 50 is conveniently processed, and the efficiency is improved.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the 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, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. 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, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A feeder apparatus, characterized by comprising:

the blank conveying mechanism is used for conveying workpieces;

2. The feeder apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circumferential positioning mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a rotary driving member movably mounted on the mounting frame, and a lifting driving member fixed on the mounting frame, the lifting driving member being configured to lift the rotary driving member; an output shaft of the rotary driving piece is connected with a rotating shaft, a bearing part for placing the workpiece is arranged at the free end of the rotating shaft, and the first positioning part is fixedly arranged below the bearing part; when the lifting driving piece drives the rotary driving piece to move to an upper limit, the lifting driving piece is controlled to descend and the rotary driving piece stops rotating.

3. The feeder apparatus of claim 2, wherein the circumferential positioning mechanism further comprises a first positioning detection member fixed to the mounting frame, the first positioning detection member controlling the lifting drive member and the rotary drive member to operate when detecting that the workpiece is not in positioning engagement with the first positioning portion.

4. The feeder apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circumferential positioning mechanism further comprises a second positioning detector fixed to the mounting frame, the second positioning detector controlling the lifting driver and the rotating driver to operate when the workpiece is detected on the supporting portion.

5. The feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feeding tray comprises a tray body and at least one supporting body, at least one supporting body is fixed on the tray body, and the side part of the supporting body is provided with the second positioning part for positioning and matching with the workpiece.

6. The feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feeding conveyor mechanism comprises a feeding driving member, a transmission belt, a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the driving wheel is in driving connection with the output shaft of the feeding driving member and is in transmission connection with the driven wheel through the transmission belt, and the feeding tray is connected with the transmission belt.

7. The feeding equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feeding device further comprises a first feeding detection part for detecting whether the workpiece is in positioning fit with the second positioning part; the feeding device further comprises a second feeding detection piece, and the second feeding detection piece is used for detecting whether the feeding tray is provided with the workpiece or not.

8. The feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blank conveying mechanism comprises a conveying raceway and a material distributing assembly arranged corresponding to the conveying raceway, the material distributing assembly at least comprises a first stopping driving member and a second stopping driving member located at the downstream side of the first stopping driving member, an output shaft of the first stopping driving member is connected with a first stopping rod, and the first stopping rod can transversely block the conveying raceway under the driving of the first stopping driving member; the output shaft of the second stop rod is connected with a second stop rod, the second stop rod can transversely block the conveying roller path under the driving of the second stop driving piece, and at least one workpiece can be accommodated between the first stop rod and the second stop rod.

9. The feeding device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the blank conveying mechanism further comprises a centering positioning assembly, the centering positioning assembly is arranged at the downstream side of the material distributing assembly, the centering positioning assembly comprises a clamping driving member and at least two positioning clamping members which are oppositely arranged, and the clamping driving member can drive the at least two positioning clamping members to move in a direction of approaching or separating from each other.

10. The feeding apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the transferring mechanism comprises an adjusting assembly and a material taking assembly connected to the adjusting assembly, and the material taking assembly is driven by the adjusting assembly to move along at least one of a first horizontal direction, a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and a height direction.

11. The feeder apparatus of claim 10, wherein the take-off assembly includes a variable-pitch drive and at least two grippers, at least two of the grippers being connected to the variable-pitch drive, the variable-pitch drive being capable of adjusting a spacing between at least two of the grippers.

12. The feeder apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising a blanking conveyor mechanism for being provided on at least one side of the processing apparatus.

13. A production line, characterized in that it comprises at least one processing device and a feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, said feeding device being provided laterally with at least one said processing device.