CN113765307B - Motor casing riveting center pin and automatic rotor assembling equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses automatic assembling equipment for a riveting central shaft and a rotor of a motor shell, which comprises a power supply box and a rack, wherein a conveying mechanism is arranged in the rack, one end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a shell feeding mechanism, and the other end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a sorting and discharging mechanism; the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism, the central shaft detection mechanism, the triangular spring piece installation mechanism, the triangular spring piece detection mechanism, the central shaft oiling mechanism and the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism are sequentially arranged beside the conveying mechanism from the shell feeding mechanism end to the sorting and discharging mechanism end; the shell feeding mechanism comprises a material vibration disc and a feeding groove; the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism is a motor riveting central shaft, and is then conveyed to the triangular spring plate mounting mechanism, the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism and the like on the conveying mechanism for corresponding processing, so that the assembly of motor components and the full automation of the micro-motor rotor cleaning are realized, manual operation is not needed, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to a machine, in particular to an assembling device.
Background
At present, when the motor reduction gearbox is assembled, the working procedures of assembling a central shaft, oiling the central shaft and mounting the micro-motor rotor on the central shaft after cleaning are all manually carried out, so that the assembly speed of the motor reduction gearbox is restricted; in addition, after the motor reduction gearbox completes the assembly process of the central shaft, a triangular spring plate can be installed on the central shaft so as to facilitate the subsequent installation of the micro motor rotor, and the existing triangular spring plate assembly mechanism mostly adopts a magnetic or air suction mode to suck the triangular spring plate.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides motor shell riveting central shaft and rotor automatic assembly equipment.
The technical scheme adopted for solving the technical problems is as follows:
The motor shell riveting central shaft and rotor automatic assembly equipment comprises a power supply box and a rack, wherein a conveying mechanism is arranged in the rack, one end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a shell feeding mechanism, and the other end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a sorting and blanking mechanism; the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism, the central shaft detection mechanism, the triangular spring plate mounting mechanism, the triangular spring plate detection mechanism, the central shaft oiling mechanism and the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism are sequentially arranged beside the conveying mechanism from the shell feeding mechanism end to the sorting and discharging mechanism end; the shell feeding mechanism comprises a material vibration disc and a feeding groove.
Preferably, the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism comprises an electric control assembly, a central shaft feeding assembly and a riveting substrate, wherein a clamping assembly and a shell conveying assembly are arranged on the upper side surface of the riveting substrate; the shell conveying assembly comprises a shell conveying substrate, a conveying chute is arranged on the upper side surface of the shell conveying substrate, and a jig is connected in a sliding manner in the conveying chute; the rear end of the conveying chute is provided with a jig driving cylinder, and the front end of the conveying chute is opposite to the clamping assembly; the output rod of the jig driving cylinder is connected with the jig; a shaft assembly is arranged above the conveying chute, and a riveting assembly is arranged between the shaft assembly and the clamping assembly; the shaft assembly comprises a shaft assembly base plate, a shaft assembly sliding groove is formed in the upper side face of the shaft assembly base plate, a shaft feeding sliding block is connected in a sliding mode in the shaft assembly sliding groove, and a shaft feeding sliding block driving cylinder is arranged on one side of the shaft assembly sliding groove; the output rod of the shaft feeding slide block driving cylinder is connected with the shaft feeding slide block; the shaft feeding slide block is provided with a shaft hole vertically penetrating through the shaft feeding slide block, and is also provided with a light passing groove which is communicated with the lower end opening of the shaft hole; light-passing holes communicated with the light-passing grooves are symmetrically formed in two sides of the shaft-mounting substrate; a shaft feeding module is arranged above the shaft loading chute, and a shaft falling hole is arranged on the lower side surface of the shaft loading chute; the upper side surface of the shaft feeding module is provided with a shaft feeding tube; the shaft inlet pipe is connected with the central shaft feeding component; the upper side surface of the shaft feeding module is also provided with a through hole, the side surface of the shaft feeding module is provided with an assembly bracket, the upper end of the assembly bracket is provided with an assembly cylinder, and the output rod of the assembly cylinder faces downwards vertically and is provided with a thimble; the axes of the shaft falling hole, the through hole and the thimble are all vertically downward and coincide; the side surface of the shaft-mounting substrate is provided with a pinhole, a temporary storage needle is arranged in the pinhole, the tail end of the temporary storage needle is a hemisphere, and the vertical direction of the hemisphere is found to be coincident with the axle center of the shaft-falling hole; the shaft hole, the shaft falling hole, the shaft inlet pipe, the through hole and the axle center of the thimble are positioned in the same plane; the riveting base plate is also provided with a comprehensive base plate, the clamping component is arranged on the lower side surface of the comprehensive base plate, the riveting assembly is arranged on the upper side surface of the integrated substrate; the clamping assembly comprises a clamping bracket arranged on the lower side surface of the integrated substrate, the clamping bracket is connected with a transverse plate in a sliding manner, the clamping bracket is provided with a lifting cylinder, and an output rod of the lifting cylinder faces downwards vertically and is connected with the upper side of the transverse plate; the transverse plate is provided with a transverse moving air cylinder, the transverse plate is connected with a clamping jaw mounting plate in a sliding manner, and an output rod of the transverse moving air cylinder is transversely arranged and connected with the clamping jaw mounting plate; two casing clamping jaws are arranged at the lower end of the clamping jaw mounting plate; the central shaft feeding assembly comprises a vibration disc, and the vibration disc is connected with the shaft inlet pipe through a pipeline.
Preferably, the central shaft detection mechanism comprises a central shaft detection head, a detection head mounting frame and a detection head translation cylinder; the central shaft detection head is arranged on the detection head mounting frame, and the detection head mounting frame is connected with an output rod of the detection head translation cylinder; the central shaft detection head corresponds to the opening of the motor shell.
Preferably, the triangular spring plate mounting mechanism comprises an electric control component and a triangular spring plate assembly base, and the triangular spring plate assembly base is provided with a triangular spring plate pick-up component, a feeding component and a discharging assembly component; the triangular elastic sheet picking component and the discharging assembly component are both provided with a material taking component, the lower part of the material taking component is provided with an air suction head, the lower end surface of the air suction head is provided with a plurality of air suction holes, and a guide pin is connected in the air suction head in a sliding manner; the upper part of the guide pin is provided with a limiting part, and the lower end of the limiting part passes through the lower end surface of the air suction head and is positioned between the air suction holes; the limiting part is positioned in the cavity of the material taking part, and a spring is arranged between the limiting part and the top of the material taking part; the triangular spring piece picking component comprises a feeding bracket, an angle adjusting shaft, a cylinder mounting plate, a material taking piece mounting plate and an angle adjusting shaft mounting plate; the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate is vertically arranged on the upper side surface of the feeding bracket, and the angle adjusting shaft is rotationally connected with the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate and penetrates through the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate; the feeding bracket is arranged on the triangular spring plate assembly base and is provided with an angle adjusting motor; one end of the angle adjusting shaft is connected with an output shaft of the angle adjusting motor, and the other end of the angle adjusting shaft is connected with the cylinder mounting plate; the feeding cylinder is installed on the cylinder mounting plate, an output rod of the feeding cylinder is connected with the material taking piece mounting plate, and the material taking piece is installed on the material taking piece mounting plate; the feeding part comprises a rotary bracket; the rotary support is arranged on the triangular spring plate assembly base and is provided with a rotary motor, and an output rod of the rotary motor is vertically upwards and is provided with a jig substrate; the jig substrate is provided with a double-station jig, and the double-station jig is provided with two stations; the discharging assembly part comprises a discharging bracket, the discharging bracket is arranged on the triangular spring plate assembly base and is connected with a translation transverse plate in a sliding manner, and the discharging bracket is also provided with a translation cylinder; the output rod of the translation cylinder is connected with the side surface of the translation transverse plate; the upper end of the translation transverse plate is provided with a lifting cylinder, and the lower end of the translation transverse plate is connected with a lifting plate in a sliding manner; the output rod of the lifting cylinder faces downwards vertically and is connected with the lifting plate; the lower end of the lifting plate is provided with a bending part, and the material taking piece is arranged on the bending part; the side wall of the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate is provided with a plurality of photoelectric sensing switches, and the angle adjusting shaft is provided with an angle detecting piece corresponding to the photoelectric sensing switches.
Preferably, the triangular spring plate detection mechanism comprises a triangular spring plate detection frame, a spring plate detection cylinder, a spring plate detector mounting frame and a spring plate detector; the elastic sheet detection cylinder is arranged on the triangular elastic sheet detection frame, and an output rod of the elastic sheet detection cylinder is vertically downward and is connected with the elastic sheet detector mounting frame; the shell fragment detector install in on the shell fragment detector mounting bracket, and right motor casing from the top.
Preferably, the central shaft oil applying mechanism comprises an oil applying base plate, an oil applying head telescopic cylinder is arranged on the oil applying base plate, an oil applying head lifting cylinder is arranged on an output shaft of the oil applying head telescopic cylinder, an output rod of the oil applying head lifting cylinder is vertically upwards arranged on an oil applying head mounting plate, the oil applying head mounting plate is provided with an oil applying head, and an oil outlet of the oil applying head faces downwards.
Preferably, the automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism of the micro-motor rotor comprises an electric control part, a feeding part, a distributing part corresponding to the feeding part and a bottom plate; the material clamp moving assembly and the adhesive tape substrate are connected to the bottom plate, and a rotor temporary storage column is arranged between the material clamp moving assembly and the adhesive tape substrate; the material clamp moving assembly is provided with two clamping jaws capable of moving left and right and lifting up and down; one side of the adhesive tape substrate is provided with a hollowed-out part corresponding to the rotor temporary storage column; the upper side surface of the adhesive tape substrate is provided with a reel mounting rotating shaft, an adhesive tape winding rotating shaft and more than two adhesive tape guide posts, and the lower side surface of the adhesive tape substrate is provided with an adhesive tape winding motor for driving the adhesive tape winding rotating shaft to rotate; the adhesive tape substrate is also provided with a substrate driving cylinder for driving the adhesive tape substrate to move left and right on the bottom plate; the material clamp moving assembly comprises a material clamp bracket, and the material clamp bracket is connected with a horizontal movable plate capable of moving forwards and backwards in a sliding manner; the horizontal movable plate is connected with a vertical movable plate in a sliding manner; the upper end of the vertical movable plate is connected with a clamping jaw lifting cylinder, and the lower end of the vertical movable plate is fixedly connected with the clamping jaw; the material clamp bracket is provided with a clamping jaw horizontal driving assembly; the clamping jaw horizontal driving assembly comprises a horizontal pushing air cylinder, and an output rod of the horizontal pushing air cylinder is connected with the horizontal movable plate; the feeding part comprises a feeding support column, a feeding disc and a feeding clamp; the lower end of the feeding support column is provided with a lifting tray support, and the upper end of the feeding support column is provided with a material taking driving assembly; a material tray recycling assembly is arranged above the material tray; the material taking driving assembly comprises a material taking clamp driving motor, a material taking clamp driving cylinder and a material taking clamp driving cylinder mounting frame, the material taking clamp driving motor drives the material taking clamp driving cylinder mounting frame to translate back and forth through belt transmission, and an downward output rod of the material taking clamp driving cylinder is connected with the material taking clamp; the material distributing component comprises a conveying groove corresponding to the material taking clamp, one end of the conveying groove is connected with a material distributing frame, the upper side surface of the material distributing frame is provided with a material groove to be distributed, the material groove can accommodate more than two micro-motor rotors, and the width of the conveying groove is the same as that of the material groove to be distributed and is communicated with that of the material groove to be distributed; the upper side surface of the material groove to be separated is provided with a material pressing sheet which is not contacted with the rotating shaft of the micro-motor rotor; the distance between the material pressing sheet and the tail end of the material groove to be separated is larger than the diameter of one micro-motor rotor and smaller than the diameters of two micro-motor rotors; an inductive switch is arranged at the tail end of the material tank to be separated; the bottom of the conveying groove is provided with a conveying belt, and the bottom plate is also provided with a conveying motor for driving the conveying belt to run; the lower end of the feeding support column is also provided with a lifting motor, the lifting motor drives the tray support to lift through a lifting belt, and the tray support is fixed on the lifting belt through a fixing piece; and the upper side surface of the adhesive tape substrate is also provided with an adhesive tape detection switch and a detection column corresponding to the adhesive tape detection switch.
Preferably, the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying rail, a shifting clamp mounting plate, a conveying cylinder and a clutch cylinder; the shifting clamp mounting plate is provided with a plurality of shifting clamps, and the shifting clamps are positioned above the conveying track; the output shaft of the clutch cylinder is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the axis of the conveying track, and a conveying cylinder mounting plate is arranged on the output shaft of the clutch cylinder; the conveying cylinder is arranged on the conveying cylinder mounting plate; the output rod of the conveying cylinder is parallel to the axis of the conveying track, and the output rod of the conveying cylinder is connected with the shifting clamp mounting plate.
Preferably, the sorting and blanking mechanism comprises a sorting cylinder, a sorting push piece, a good product slide rail and a defective product slide rail; the sorting pushing plate is arranged on an output shaft of the sorting cylinder, and the output shaft of the sorting cylinder is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the axis of the conveying track; the good product slide rail is located the terminal of delivery track, the defective product slide rail is located the terminal side of delivery track.
Preferably, a dust blowing mechanism is arranged between the central shaft detection mechanism and the triangular spring plate installation mechanism.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: according to the invention, the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism is a motor riveting central shaft, and is then transmitted to the triangular spring plate mounting mechanism, the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism and the like on the transmission mechanism for corresponding processing, so that the full automation of motor component assembly and micro-motor rotor cleaning is realized, manual operation is not needed, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view at A in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a motor housing center shaft staking mechanism;
fig. 5 is an enlarged view at C in fig. 4;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the feed shaft slider;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the mounting substrate;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the feed shaft module;
FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of the center shaft detecting mechanism;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a triangle spring mounting mechanism;
fig. 11 is an enlarged view of D in fig. 10;
fig. 12 is an enlarged view at E in fig. 10;
FIG. 13 is an exploded view of the take-off;
FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a triangle spring detection mechanism;
FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of a central shaft oiling mechanism;
FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a micro-machine rotor self-cleaning and assembly mechanism;
fig. 17 is an enlarged view at F in fig. 16;
fig. 18 is an enlarged view at G in fig. 16;
FIG. 19 is a schematic view of the structure of the feeding member;
FIG. 20 is a schematic view of the structure of the dispensing member;
fig. 21 is a schematic structural view of the conveying mechanism and the sorting and blanking mechanism.
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The positional or positional relationships indicated by "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., are based on the positional or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 21, an automatic assembling device for riveting a central shaft and a rotor of a motor shell comprises a power supply box and a rack, wherein a conveying mechanism is arranged in the rack, one end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a shell feeding mechanism, and the other end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a sorting and discharging mechanism; the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism, the central shaft detection mechanism, the triangular spring plate mounting mechanism, the triangular spring plate detection mechanism, the central shaft oiling mechanism and the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism are sequentially arranged beside the conveying mechanism from the shell feeding mechanism end to the sorting and discharging mechanism end; the shell feeding mechanism comprises a material vibration disc and a feeding groove; the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism is a motor riveting central shaft, and is then conveyed to the central shaft detection mechanism, the triangular spring plate installation mechanism, the triangular spring plate detection mechanism, the central shaft oiling mechanism and the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and detection by the conveying mechanism, so that the assembly of motor components and the full automation of the cleaning of the micro-motor rotor are realized, the manual operation is not needed, the production efficiency is greatly improved, and the labor cost is saved; in addition, the automatic monitoring of the motor shell assembly quality is also realized.
The motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism comprises an electric control assembly, a central shaft feeding assembly and a riveting substrate 1, wherein a clamping assembly and a shell conveying assembly are arranged on the upper side surface of the riveting substrate 1; the machine shell conveying assembly comprises a machine shell conveying substrate 2, a conveying chute 3 is arranged on the upper side surface of the machine shell conveying substrate 2, and a jig 4 is connected in a sliding manner in the conveying chute 3; the rear end of the conveying chute 3 is provided with a jig driving cylinder 5, and the front end of the jig driving cylinder is opposite to the clamping component; the output rod of the jig driving cylinder 5 is connected with the jig 4; a shaft assembly is arranged above the conveying chute 3, and a riveting assembly is arranged between the shaft assembly and the clamping assembly; The shaft assembly comprises a shaft assembly base plate 11, a shaft assembly sliding groove 12 is formed in the upper side surface of the shaft assembly base plate 11, a shaft feeding sliding block 13 is connected in a sliding manner in the shaft assembly sliding groove 12, and a shaft feeding sliding block driving cylinder 14 is arranged on one side of the shaft assembly sliding groove 12; the output rod of the shaft feeding slide block driving cylinder 14 is connected with the shaft feeding slide block 13; the shaft feeding slide block 13 is provided with a shaft hole 15 vertically penetrating through the shaft feeding slide block 13, the shaft feeding slide block 13 is also provided with a light passing groove 16, and the light passing groove 16 is communicated with the lower end opening of the shaft hole 15; light-passing holes 17 communicated with the light-passing grooves 16 are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the shaft-mounting substrate 11; a shaft feeding module 18 is arranged above the shaft loading chute 12, and a shaft falling hole 19 is arranged on the lower side surface of the shaft loading chute; the upper side surface of the shaft feeding module 18 is provided with a shaft feeding pipe 20; the shaft inlet pipe 20 is connected with the central shaft feeding assembly; the upper side surface of the shaft feeding module 18 is also provided with a through hole 21, the side surface of the shaft feeding module 18 is provided with an assembly bracket 22, the upper end of the assembly bracket 22 is provided with an assembly cylinder 23, and the output rod of the assembly cylinder 23 faces downwards vertically and is provided with a thimble 24; the axes of the shaft falling hole 19, the through hole 21 and the thimble 24 are all vertically downward and coincide; a pinhole 25 is arranged on the side surface of the shaft-mounting substrate 11, a temporary storage needle 26 is arranged in the pinhole 25, the tail end of the temporary storage needle 26 is a hemisphere, and the vertical direction of the hemisphere is found to be coincident with the axis of the shaft-falling hole 19; The axes of the shaft hole 15, the shaft falling hole 19, the shaft inlet pipe 20, the through hole 21 and the thimble 24 are positioned in the same plane; the riveting substrate 1 is also provided with a comprehensive substrate 6, the clamping component is arranged on the lower side surface of the comprehensive substrate 6, and the riveting component is arranged on the upper side surface of the comprehensive substrate 6; the clamping assembly comprises a clamping bracket 31 arranged on the lower side surface of the integrated substrate 6, the clamping bracket 31 is connected with a transverse plate 32 in a sliding manner, the clamping bracket 31 is provided with a lifting cylinder 33, and an output rod of the lifting cylinder 33 is vertically downward and connected with the upper side of the transverse plate 32; the transverse plate 32 is provided with a transverse moving air cylinder 34, the transverse plate 32 is connected with a clamping jaw mounting plate 35 in a sliding manner, and an output rod of the transverse moving air cylinder 34 is transversely arranged and connected with the clamping jaw mounting plate 35; Two casing clamping jaws 36 are arranged at the lower end of the clamping jaw mounting plate 35; the central shaft feeding assembly comprises a vibrating disc 7, and the vibrating disc 7 is connected with the shaft inlet pipe 20 through a pipeline; after the central shaft is acquired, the shaft feeding sliding block moves to the upper part of the shaft falling hole, and then the center pin pushes the central shaft to fall, so that the central shaft can smoothly fall and be installed in the shell as the shell loaded by the jig is positioned below the shaft falling hole, and the central shaft can be firmly installed in the shell by the subsequent riveting process; therefore, the full automation of riveting the central shaft of the motor shell is realized, the production efficiency is greatly improved, and the labor cost of manufacturers is reduced; A photoelectric detection switch is arranged beside the shaft mounting substrate 11, and light rays emitted by the photoelectric detection switch are emitted from the light through holes 17 on one side and are emitted from the light through holes 17 on the other side after passing through the light through grooves 16; the central shaft passes through the shaft inlet tube 20 and vertically penetrates into the shaft hole 15, and when the lower end of the central shaft positioned in the shaft hole 15 blocks the light passing groove 16 (namely, shields the light emitted by the photoelectric detection switch), the photoelectric detection switch is triggered and sends an electric signal to the electric control component; then the electronic control assembly sends an instruction to the shaft feeding slide block driving cylinder 14, so that the shaft feeding slide block driving cylinder 14 drives the shaft feeding slide block 13 to slide in the shaft loading chute 12; Because the limiting block 27 is arranged on the shaft loading chute 12, when one side of the shaft feeding sliding block 13 abuts against the limiting block 27, the shaft hole 15 is moved to a position communicated with the shaft falling hole 19, at the moment, a central shaft positioned in the shaft hole 15 starts to fall down and falls into a shell loaded by the jig 4 positioned right below the shaft falling hole 19, and therefore assembly is completed; the electric control mechanism can control the central shaft feeding assembly to convey the central shaft to the shaft inlet pipe 20 according to the working condition of the shaft feeding slide block driving cylinder 14; detection holes can be formed in the shaft feeding slide block 13 and the shaft feeding module 18, and a photoelectric detection switch is utilized to emit light rays to pass through the detection holes, so that whether the shaft holes 15 are positioned right below the shaft feeding tube 20 or not is judged, and whether the central shaft feeding assembly is used for conveying a central shaft to the shaft feeding tube 20 or not is determined; The lower end of the central shaft falls into the falling shaft hole 19, and the lower end of the central shaft abuts against a hemisphere at the tail end of the temporary storage needle 26; when the jig driving cylinder 5 drives the jig 4 loaded with the shell to reach the lower part of the falling shaft hole 19, the assembling cylinder 23 drives the thimble 24 to press down, so that the central shaft pushes up the temporary storage needle 26; thereby avoiding the situation that the central shaft falls out of the falling shaft hole 19 when the jig 4 does not reach the station; two mounting screw holes are formed beside the pin hole 25, a cover plate is mounted on the side surface of the shaft mounting base plate 11 in a screw assembly mode, the pin hole 25 is sealed, and the temporary storage pin 26 is reset by arranging a spring between the temporary storage pin 26 and the cover plate; the lifting cylinder 33 drives the transverse plate 32 to lift and further enables the shell clamping jaw 36 to lift; the transverse moving cylinder 34 drives the clamping jaw mounting plate 35 to translate, so that the housing clamping jaw 36 translates; thereby effecting lifting and translation of the two housing jaws 36; one of the two casing clamping jaws 36 is used for clamping the casing from the casing feeding mechanism and placing the casing on the jig 4, and the other is used for clamping the casing which has completed the central shaft assembling and riveting process from the jig 4 and withdrawing the casing from the motor casing central shaft riveting mechanism or placing the casing on other stations; after the standby shell completes the central shaft assembly process, the jig driving cylinder 5 drives the jig 4 to slide in the conveying chute 3, so that the jig 4 slides to the position right below the riveting die 42; At this time, the electric control part sends an instruction to the pressurizing cylinder 41, so that the riveting die 42 is pressed down to rivet the central shaft on the shell; the central shaft is vibrated into the pipe by the vibration of the vibration plate 7 and then transferred to the feed shaft pipe 20, thereby completing the installation process.
The central shaft detection mechanism comprises a central shaft detection head 51, a detection head mounting frame 52 and a detection head translation cylinder 53; the central shaft detection head 51 is mounted on the detection head mounting frame 52, and the detection head mounting frame 52 is connected with an output rod of the detection head translation cylinder 53; the central shaft detection head 51 corresponds to the opening of the motor shell; when the motor shell reaches the central shaft detection station, the detection head translation air cylinder 53 pushes the central shaft detection head 51 into a notch of the motor shell to detect the central shaft; if the central shaft is installed, an electric signal is sent to the electric control component, and then the subsequent process is carried out under the control of the electric control component; if the unsuccessful installation of the central shaft is detected, the subsequent process is not performed.
The triangular spring piece mounting mechanism comprises an electric control component and a triangular spring piece assembly base 101, wherein the triangular spring piece assembly base 101 is provided with a triangular spring piece pick-up component, a feeding component and a discharging assembly component; the triangular elastic sheet picking component and the discharging assembly component are both provided with a material taking component 102, the lower part of the material taking component 102 is provided with an air suction head 103, the lower end surface of the air suction head 103 is provided with a plurality of air suction holes, and a guide pin 104 is connected in a sliding manner in the air suction head 103; the upper part of the guide pin 104 is provided with a limiting part 105, and the lower end of the limiting part passes through the lower end surface of the air suction head 103 and is positioned between the air suction holes; The limiting part 105 is positioned in the cavity of the material taking part 102, and a spring 106 is arranged between the limiting part 105 and the top of the material taking part 102; the triangular spring piece pickup part comprises a feeding bracket 111, an angle adjusting shaft 112, a cylinder mounting plate 113, a material taking piece mounting plate 114 and an angle adjusting shaft mounting plate 115; the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate 115 is vertically mounted on the upper side surface of the feeding bracket 111, and the angle adjusting shaft 112 is rotatably connected with the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate 115 and penetrates through the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate 115; the feeding bracket 111 is mounted on the triangular spring assembly base 101 and is provided with an angle adjusting motor 116; One end of the angle adjustment shaft 112 is connected to an output shaft of the angle adjustment motor 116, and the other end is connected to the cylinder mounting plate 113; the cylinder mounting plate 113 is provided with a feeding cylinder 117, an output rod of the feeding cylinder 117 is connected with the material taking piece mounting plate 114, and the material taking piece 102 is mounted on the material taking piece mounting plate 114; the feeding part comprises a rotary bracket 121; the rotating bracket 121 is mounted on the triangular spring assembly base 101 and is provided with a rotating motor 122, and an output rod of the rotating motor 122 is vertically upwards and is provided with a jig substrate 123; A double-station jig 124 is mounted on the jig substrate 123, and the double-station jig 124 is provided with two stations; the discharging assembly part comprises a discharging bracket 131, the discharging bracket 131 is arranged on the triangular spring plate assembly base 101 and is connected with a translation transverse plate 132 in a sliding manner, and the discharging bracket 131 is also provided with a translation air cylinder 133; the output rod of the translation cylinder 133 is connected with the side surface of the translation transverse plate 132; the upper end of the translation transverse plate 132 is provided with a lifting cylinder 134, and the lower end of the translation transverse plate is connected with a lifting plate 135 in a sliding manner; the output rod of the lifting cylinder 134 is vertically downward and connected with the lifting plate 135; The lower end of the lifting plate 135 is provided with a bending part, and the material taking part 102 is installed on the bending part; a plurality of photoelectric sensing switches 118 are arranged on the side wall of the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate 115, and an angle detecting piece 119 corresponding to the photoelectric sensing switches 118 is arranged on the angle adjusting shaft 112; the material taking part 102 is connected with the air suction device through an air pipe, so that the air suction head 103 is communicated with the air suction device; when the triangular shrapnel is sucked by the air suction head 103, the triangular shrapnel is sucked by the air suction hole of the air suction head 103, the guide pin 104 passes through the round hole in the center of the triangular shrapnel, so that the triangular shrapnel is sleeved on the guide pin 104, and further, the triangular shrapnel is fixed; Therefore, when the material piece is turned over or moved, the position of the triangular spring plate is fixed, the situation of deviation cannot occur, and the subsequent assembly process is ensured to be carried out smoothly; when the triangular elastic sheet is placed, the material taking part 102 moves to a subsequent station, the guide pin 104 is aligned with the thimble on the station (the guide pin 104 coincides with the axis of the thimble), and then the material taking part 102 descends, and at the moment, the air suction head 103 stops sucking air; when the thimble starts to prop against the guide pin 104, the material taking part 102 continues to descend (the air suction head 103 continues to descend), but the guide pin 104 does not descend, and the lower end of the guide pin 104 gradually retracts into the air suction head 103; Then, the upper end of the ejector pin is also inserted into the air suction head 103, and the triangular spring plate is sleeved on the ejector pin of the station, so that the purpose of placing the triangular spring plate is realized; when the feeding cylinder 117 rotates to a feeding angle, an output rod of the feeding cylinder 117 extends out, so that the air suction head 103 can pick up the triangular elastic sheet; then, the angle adjusting motor 116 drives the cylinder mounting plate 113 to enable the output rod of the feeding cylinder 117 to vertically downwards, so that the triangular elastic sheet is placed on a station of the jig 124; the triangular spring plate picking component picks up the triangular spring plate and then places the triangular spring plate on a station of the jig 124, and then the electric control component drives the rotating motor 122 to rotate, so that the jig 124 loaded with the triangular spring plate rotates to a position where the material taking piece 102 of the material discharging assembly component can take materials; By separating the feeding and taking processes, the feeding part has the function of temporarily storing the triangular elastic pieces besides the triangular elastic pieces; therefore, the assembly efficiency is greatly improved; the translation of the material taking piece 102 (the air suction head 103) is realized by pushing the translation transverse plate 132 to transversely move through the translation air cylinder 133; the lifting plate 135 is driven to lift by the lifting cylinder 134, so that the material taking member 102 (the air suction head 103) is lifted; thereby realizing the lifting and translation of the material taking member 102 (the air suction head 103); when the angle adjusting shaft 112 rotates, the angle detecting piece 119 is driven to rotate, so that the angle detecting piece 119 blocks the light of a certain photoelectric sensing switch 118 and triggers the photoelectric sensing switch 118; The photoelectric sensing switch 118 sends an electrical signal to the electronic control unit, so that the electronic control unit can know the current angle of the feeding cylinder 117, and is convenient for controlling the feeding process.
The triangular spring piece detection mechanism comprises a triangular spring piece detection frame 201, a spring piece detection cylinder 202, a spring piece detector mounting frame 203 and a spring piece detector 204; the spring plate detection cylinder 202 is mounted on the triangular spring plate detection frame 201, and an output rod of the spring plate detection cylinder is vertically downward and is connected with the spring plate detector mounting frame 203; the spring plate detector 204 is mounted on the spring plate detector mounting frame 203, and is aligned to the motor housing from above; when the shell reaches the station, the shell fragment detection cylinder 202 drives the shell fragment detector 204 to descend, and whether the triangular shell fragment is sleeved on the central shaft or not is detected; if the sleeve is sleeved, carrying out subsequent procedures; if not, the subsequent process is not performed.
The central shaft oiling mechanism comprises an oiling substrate 301, an oiling head telescopic cylinder 302 is arranged on the oiling substrate 301, an oiling head lifting cylinder 303 is arranged on an output shaft of the oiling head telescopic cylinder 302, an output rod of the oiling head lifting cylinder 303 is vertically upwards and is arranged on an oiling head mounting plate 304, an oiling head 305 is arranged on the oiling head mounting plate 304, and an oil outlet of the oiling head 305 faces downwards; when the shell sleeved by the triangular elastic sheet arrives at the oiling station, the oiling head telescopic cylinder 302 pushes the oiling head 305 to move to the position right above the central shaft, and then the oiling head lifting cylinder 303 drives the oiling head 305 to descend to a designated position for oiling; after the oiling operation is completed, the oiling head lifting cylinder 303 drives the oiling head 305 to lift, and the oiling head telescopic cylinder 302 drives the oiling head 305 to leave from the position right above the conveying track 501; thereby avoiding the oil drops left at the oil outlet of the oil head 305 from dripping on the conveying track 501; the transfer rail 501 is soiled.
The automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism of the micro-motor rotor comprises an electric control part, a feeding part, a material distributing part corresponding to the feeding part and a bottom plate 401; the base plate 401 is connected with a material clamp moving assembly and an adhesive tape substrate 402, and a rotor temporary storage column 403 is arranged between the material clamp moving assembly and the adhesive tape substrate 402; the material clamp moving assembly is provided with two clamping jaws 404 which can move left and right and lift up and down; a hollowed-out part 405 corresponding to the rotor temporary storage column 403 is arranged on one side of the adhesive tape substrate 402; the upper side surface of the adhesive tape substrate 402 is provided with a reel mounting rotating shaft 406, an adhesive tape winding rotating shaft 407 and more than two adhesive tape guide posts 408, and the lower side surface of the adhesive tape substrate is provided with an adhesive tape winding motor 409 for driving the adhesive tape winding rotating shaft 407 to rotate; The adhesive tape substrate 402 is further provided with a substrate driving cylinder 410 for driving the adhesive tape substrate 402 to move left and right on the base plate 401; the material clamp moving assembly comprises a material clamp bracket 411, and the material clamp bracket 411 is connected with a horizontal movable plate 412 capable of moving back and forth in a sliding manner; the horizontal movable plate 412 is slidably connected with a vertical movable plate 413; the upper end of the vertical movable plate 413 is connected with a clamping jaw lifting cylinder 414, and the lower end of the vertical movable plate is fixedly connected with the clamping jaw 404; the material clamp bracket 411 is provided with a clamping jaw horizontal driving component; the clamping jaw horizontal driving assembly comprises a horizontal pushing air cylinder 415, and an output rod of the horizontal pushing air cylinder 415 is connected with the horizontal movable plate 412; The feeding component comprises a feeding support 421, a feeding disc 422 and a feeding clamp 423; the lower end of the feeding pillar 421 is provided with a lifting tray bracket 424, and the upper end thereof is provided with a material taking driving assembly; a tray recycling assembly is arranged above the tray 422; the material taking driving assembly comprises a material taking clamp driving motor 425, a material taking clamp driving cylinder 426 and a material taking clamp driving cylinder mounting frame 427, the material taking clamp driving motor 425 drives the material taking clamp driving cylinder mounting frame 427 to translate back and forth through belt transmission, and an downward output rod of the material taking clamp driving cylinder 426 is connected with the material taking clamp 423; The material distributing component comprises a conveying groove 431 corresponding to the material taking clamp 423, one end of the conveying groove 431 is connected with a material distributing frame 432, the upper side surface of the material distributing frame 432 is provided with a material to-be-distributed groove 433 capable of containing more than two micro-motor rotors, and the conveying groove 431 is identical in width with the material to-be-distributed groove 433 and is communicated with the material to-be-distributed groove 433; the upper side surface of the material groove 433 to be separated is provided with a material pressing sheet 434 which is not contacted with the rotating shaft of the micro-motor rotor; the distance between the material pressing sheet 434 and the tail end of the material groove 433 to be separated is greater than the diameter of one micro-motor rotor and less than the diameters of two micro-motor rotors; an inductive switch is arranged at the tail end of the material groove 433 to be separated; A conveyor belt 435 is arranged at the bottom of the conveyor groove 431, and a conveyor motor 436 for driving the conveyor belt 435 to run is also arranged on the bottom plate 401; the lower end of the feeding support 421 is further provided with a lifting motor 428, the lifting motor 428 drives the tray support 424 to lift through a lifting belt 429, and the tray support 424 is fixed to the lifting belt 429 through a fixing piece; a tape detection switch 437 and a detection column 438 corresponding to the tape detection switch 437 are also mounted on the upper side surface of the tape substrate 402; placing the reel of the adhesive tape on the reel mounting rotating shaft 6, pulling out the adhesive tape, enabling the adhesive tape to sequentially bypass the detection column 438 and the adhesive tape guide column 408 (the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape is contacted with the detection column 438 or the adhesive tape guide column 408), and then winding the adhesive tape on the adhesive tape winding rotating shaft 407; When the material clamp moving assembly drives the clamping jaw 404 to obtain the micro-motor rotor from the material distributing part and place the micro-motor rotor on the rotor temporary storage column 403, the substrate driving cylinder 410 drives the adhesive tape substrate 402 to move towards the rotor temporary storage column 403; along with the movement of the adhesive tape substrate 402, the rotor temporary storage column 403 is located in the hollowed-out part 405, and at this time, the side surface of the micro-motor rotor placed on the rotor temporary storage column 403 is contacted with the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape, so that the impurities attached to the side surface of the micro-motor rotor are adhered to the adhesive tape; the micro motor rotor arranged on the rotor temporary storage column 403 rotates around the center thereof due to the driving of the adhesive tape, any part of the side surface of the micro motor rotor can be contacted with the adhesive tape, and the side surface of the micro motor rotor is completely cleaned; The rotor temporary storage column 403 is provided with an auxiliary mounting needle, so that the micro-motor rotor can be conveniently placed; the micro-motor rotor after the cleaning process is taken away from the rotor temporary storage column 403 by the clamping jaw 404, and the clamping jaw 404 can smoothly install the micro-motor rotor on the corresponding station of the motor reduction gearbox due to the fact that the position between the clamping jaw 404 and the assembly station is adjusted in advance and the installation guide pin is arranged at the bottom of the micro-motor rotor; therefore, automatic cleaning and assembly of the micro motor rotor are realized, the labor cost is greatly saved, and the production efficiency is improved; one clamping jaw 404 clamps the micro-motor rotor from the material distributing part, and the other clamping jaw 404 clamps the micro-motor rotor placed on the rotor temporary storage column 403; While one clamping jaw 404 is used for placing the micro-motor rotor on the rotor temporary storage column 403, the other clamping jaw 404 is used for installing the micro-motor rotor originally placed on the rotor temporary storage column 403 on the motor reduction gearbox; thereby driving the horizontal moving plate 412 to move back and forth; in addition, a motor can be provided to drive the horizontal movable plate 412 to move back and forth in a belt transmission manner; the electronic control part sends an instruction to the material taking clamp driving motor 425, so that the material taking clamp driving cylinder mounting frame 427 moves to the upper part of the row of micro motor rotors to be cleaned; then the electric control part sends a command to the feeding clamp driving cylinder 426 to enable the feeding clamp 423 to descend to the height of the micro-motor rotor to be cleaned, and then clamps the micro-motor rotor to be cleaned; After the clamping step is completed, the feeding clamp driving cylinder 426 drives the feeding clamp 423 to ascend; after the step of lifting is completed, the feeding clamp driving motor 425 drives the feeding clamp driving cylinder mounting frame 427 to move to the position right above the conveying groove 431; then, the feeding clamp driving cylinder 426 drives the feeding clamp 423 to descend, and when the bottom surface of the held micro-motor rotor is the same as the top surface of the conveyor belt 435 in height, the feeding clamp 423 releases the held micro-motor rotor (i.e., the micro-motor rotor falls into the conveyor groove 431); the tray recycling assembly includes two designs: the device comprises a recovery substrate, a translation motor, a recovery clamp lifting cylinder and a recovery clamp, wherein the recovery substrate is provided with a recovery slide rail, the recovery clamp lifting cylinder is arranged on a recovery clamp lifting cylinder mounting bracket, the mounting bracket is arranged on the recovery slide rail through a slide block, and an output rod of the recovery clamp lifting cylinder faces downwards and is connected with the recovery clamp; Secondly, a recovery pushing cylinder is arranged beside the highest-position material tray 422, and a pushing frame is arranged on an output rod of the recovery pushing cylinder; with the first design, when the micro-motor rotor loaded by the tray 422 is completely removed, the empty tray 422 is removed by the recovery clamp; in the case of the second design, when the micro-motor rotor loaded on the tray 422 is completely removed, the recovery pushing cylinder drives the pushing frame to push the empty tray 422 away; the micro-motor rotor falling into the conveying groove 431 moves to the material groove 433 to be separated; the material separating groove 433 can accommodate three micro-motor rotors, the forefront micro-motor rotor is pushed by the following micro-motor rotor to continuously move forwards, and the rear clamping jaw 404 is used for clamping the forefront micro-motor rotor; during clamping, as the clamping jaw 404 vertically pulls up the forefront micro-motor rotor, the subsequent micro-motor rotor cannot move upwards due to the pressing of the pressing piece 434 despite the magnetic attraction between the subsequent micro-motor rotor and the forefront micro-motor rotor; after the foremost micro-motor rotor is taken out from the material-separating groove 433, the subsequent micro-motor rotor becomes the foremost micro-motor rotor, and then is pushed by the subsequent micro-motor rotor to be moved out from the lower part of the material-pressing sheet 434, thereby realizing the separation between the micro-motor rotors with magnetic attraction effect; the inductive switch can be a touch type key switch or a photoelectric detection switch arranged on the side wall of the material groove 433 to be separated; The purpose of the inductive switch is to sense whether the micro-motor rotor to be cleaned reaches the end of the material slot 433 to be separated or not, and the position can be clamped by the clamping jaw 404; when the inductive switch is triggered, the electronic control component gives an instruction to the material clamp moving assembly, so that the clamping jaw 404 can grasp the micro-motor rotor to be cleaned; because the number of rows of the material tray 422 is fixed, the number of rows N of the material tray 22 is only required to be input into the electric control component in advance, and after the material taking clamp 423 finishes taking actions for N times, the electric control component sends an instruction to the material feeding tray recycling component to enable the material tray recycling component to take out the empty material tray 422; meanwhile, the electric control part sends an instruction to the lifting motor 428, so that the lifting motor 428 drives the tray support 424 to lift by a distance equal to the height of the tray 422 through the lifting belt 429; The adhesive tape bypasses the detection post 438, and in the process of winding the adhesive tape to the adhesive tape winding rotating shaft 407, the adhesive tape drives the detection post 438 to rotate; the detection column 438 is provided with a notch, the adhesive tape detection switch 437 can judge whether the detection column 438 rotates through identifying the notch, if the adhesive tape is used up, the detection column 438 cannot rotate, and the electric control device prompts on-site staff to replace the adhesive tape in time through the prompter.
The conveying mechanism comprises a conveying track 501, a shifting clamp mounting plate 502, a conveying cylinder 503 and a clutch cylinder 504; the displacement clamp mounting plate 502 is provided with a plurality of displacement clamps 505, and the displacement clamps 505 are positioned above the conveying track 501; the output shaft of the clutch cylinder 504 is horizontally arranged and is vertical to the axle center of the transmission track 501, and a transmission cylinder mounting plate 506 is mounted on the output shaft of the clutch cylinder 504; the transfer cylinder 503 is mounted on the transfer cylinder mounting plate 506; an output rod of the conveying cylinder 503 is parallel to the axis of the conveying rail 501, and the output rod of the conveying cylinder 503 is connected with a displacement clamp mounting plate 502; the housing clamp jaws 36 are clamped by the displacement clamp 505 when the housing is placed on the transfer rail 501 (i.e., at the center axis detection station); the transfer cylinder 503 drives the shift clamp mounting plate 502 to move, and then drives the shift clamp 505 to move, so as to achieve the purpose of translating the casing on the transfer track 501; when the transfer cylinder 503 cannot continue to drive the displacement clamp mounting plate 502, the clutch cylinder 504 pushes the displacement clamp mounting plate 502 away, separating the displacement clamp 505 from the housing; during the separation of the displacement clamp 505 from the casing, the output lever of the conveying cylinder 503 is reset (the position of the displacement clamp mounting plate 502 is reset); thereby reciprocally realizing the transmission of the shell; in addition, the conveying track 501 is further provided with a limit bar, and the limit bar is pressed at the notch of the casing, so that the casing cannot rotate on the conveying track 501.
The sorting and blanking mechanism comprises a sorting cylinder 601, a sorting push piece 602, a good product slide rail 603 and a defective product slide rail 604; the sorting pushing plate 602 is mounted on an output shaft of the sorting cylinder 601, and the output shaft of the sorting cylinder 601 is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the axis of the conveying track 501; the good product slide rail 603 is located at the end of the conveying rail 501, and the defective product slide rail 604 is located at the side surface of the end of the conveying rail 501; the electronic control part can drive the sorting pushing plate 602 to push the machine shell to the defective product sliding rail 604 when the machine shell moves to the tail end of the conveying track 501 as long as one mechanism judges that the machine shell is defective according to the detection results of the front central shaft detection mechanism and the triangular spring plate detection mechanism, thereby realizing sorting.
The dust blowing mechanism is arranged between the central shaft detection mechanism and the triangular spring plate installation mechanism, so that dust accumulated on the machine shell can be blown off, and the machine shell is cleaner.
In addition, the triangle spring plate installation mechanism is also provided with a shell positioning clamp assembly, and the assembly provides positioning guide for the installation of the triangle spring plate by clamping the central shaft of the shell.
The above embodiments do not limit the protection scope of the invention, and those skilled in the art can make equivalent modifications and variations without departing from the whole inventive concept, and they still fall within the scope of the invention.
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1. The motor shell riveting central shaft and rotor automatic assembly equipment is characterized by comprising a power supply box and a rack, wherein a conveying mechanism is arranged in the rack, one end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a shell feeding mechanism, and the other end of the conveying mechanism is connected with a sorting and discharging mechanism; the motor shell central shaft riveting mechanism, the central shaft detection mechanism, the triangular spring plate mounting mechanism, the triangular spring plate detection mechanism, the central shaft oiling mechanism and the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism are sequentially arranged beside the conveying mechanism from the shell feeding mechanism end to the sorting and discharging mechanism end; the shell feeding mechanism comprises a material vibration disc and a feeding groove;
The triangular spring piece mounting mechanism comprises an electric control component and a triangular spring piece assembly base (101), wherein the triangular spring piece assembly base (101) is provided with a triangular spring piece pick-up component, a feeding component and a discharging assembly component; the triangular elastic sheet picking component and the discharging assembly component are both provided with a material taking component (102), the lower part of the material taking component (102) is provided with an air suction head (103), the lower end surface of the air suction head (103) is provided with a plurality of air suction holes, and a guide pin (104) is connected in a sliding manner in the air suction head (103); the upper part of the guide pin (104) is provided with a limiting part (105), and the lower end of the limiting part passes through the lower end surface of the air suction head (103) and is positioned between the air suction holes; The limiting part (105) is positioned in the cavity of the material taking part (102), and a spring (106) is arranged between the limiting part (105) and the top of the material taking part (102); the triangular spring piece picking component comprises a feeding bracket (111), an angle adjusting shaft (112), a cylinder mounting plate (113), a material taking piece mounting plate (114) and an angle adjusting shaft mounting plate (115); the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate (115) is vertically arranged on the upper side surface of the feeding bracket (111), and the angle adjusting shaft (112) is rotationally connected with the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate (115) and penetrates through the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate (115); The feeding bracket (111) is arranged on the triangular spring plate assembly base (101) and is provided with an angle adjusting motor (116); one end of the angle adjusting shaft (112) is connected with an output shaft of the angle adjusting motor (116), and the other end of the angle adjusting shaft is connected with the cylinder mounting plate (113); the feeding cylinder (117) is arranged on the cylinder mounting plate (113), an output rod of the feeding cylinder (117) is connected with the material taking piece mounting plate (114), and the material taking piece (102) is arranged on the material taking piece mounting plate (114); the feeding part comprises a rotary bracket (121); The rotary support (121) is arranged on the triangular spring assembly base (101) and is provided with a rotary motor (122), and an output rod of the rotary motor (122) is vertically upwards and is provided with a jig substrate (123); the jig substrate (123) is provided with a double-station jig (124), and the double-station jig (124) is provided with two stations; the discharging assembly part comprises a discharging bracket (131), the discharging bracket (131) is arranged on the triangular spring plate assembly base (101) and is connected with a translation transverse plate (132) in a sliding manner, and the discharging bracket (131) is further provided with a translation air cylinder (133); The output rod of the translation air cylinder (133) is connected with the side surface of the translation transverse plate (132); the upper end of the translation transverse plate (132) is provided with a second lifting cylinder (134), and the lower end of the translation transverse plate is connected with a lifting plate (135) in a sliding manner; the output rod of the second lifting cylinder (134) is vertically downward and is connected with the lifting plate (135); the lower end of the lifting plate (135) is provided with a bending part, and the material taking piece (102) is arranged on the bending part; a plurality of photoelectric sensing switches (118) are arranged on the side wall of the angle adjusting shaft mounting plate (115), and an angle detecting piece (119) corresponding to the photoelectric sensing switches (118) is arranged on the angle adjusting shaft (112);
The triangular spring plate detection mechanism comprises a triangular spring plate detection frame (201), a spring plate detection cylinder (202), a spring plate detector mounting frame (203) and a spring plate detector (204); the elastic sheet detection cylinder (202) is arranged on the triangular elastic sheet detection frame (201), and an output rod of the elastic sheet detection cylinder is vertically downward and is connected with the elastic sheet detector mounting frame (203); the elastic piece detector (204) is arranged on the elastic piece detector mounting frame (203), and the motor shell is aligned from the upper side.
2. The motor casing riveting central shaft and rotor automatic assembly equipment according to claim 1 is characterized in that the motor casing central shaft riveting mechanism comprises an electric control assembly, a central shaft feeding assembly and a riveting substrate (1), wherein a clamping assembly and a casing conveying assembly are arranged on the upper side surface of the riveting substrate (1); the machine shell conveying assembly comprises a machine shell conveying substrate (2), a conveying chute (3) is arranged on the upper side surface of the machine shell conveying substrate (2), and a jig (4) is connected in a sliding manner in the conveying chute (3); the rear end of the conveying chute (3) is provided with a jig driving cylinder (5), and the front end of the jig driving cylinder is opposite to the clamping component; The output rod of the jig driving cylinder (5) is connected with the jig (4); a shaft assembly is arranged above the conveying chute (3), and a riveting assembly is arranged between the shaft assembly and the clamping assembly; the shaft assembly comprises a shaft assembly base plate (11), a shaft assembly sliding groove (12) is formed in the upper side face of the shaft assembly base plate (11), a shaft feeding sliding block (13) is connected in a sliding mode in the shaft assembly sliding groove (12), and a shaft feeding sliding block driving cylinder (14) is arranged on one side of the shaft assembly sliding groove (12); the output rod of the shaft feeding slide block driving cylinder (14) is connected with the shaft feeding slide block (13); the shaft feeding sliding block (13) is provided with a shaft hole (15) vertically penetrating through the shaft feeding sliding block (13), the shaft feeding sliding block (13) is also provided with a light passing groove (16), and the light passing groove (16) is communicated with the lower end opening of the shaft hole (15); Light-passing holes (17) communicated with the light-passing grooves (16) are symmetrically formed in two sides of the shaft-mounting substrate (11); a shaft feeding module (18) is arranged above the shaft loading chute (12), and a shaft falling hole (19) is arranged on the lower side surface of the shaft loading chute; the upper side surface of the shaft feeding module (18) is provided with a shaft feeding tube (20); the shaft inlet pipe (20) is connected with the central shaft feeding assembly; the upper side surface of the shaft conveying module (18) is also provided with a through hole (21), the side surface of the shaft conveying module (18) is provided with an assembly bracket (22), the upper end of the assembly bracket (22) is provided with an assembly cylinder (23), and the output rod of the assembly cylinder (23) faces downwards vertically and is provided with a thimble (24); The axes of the falling shaft hole (19), the through hole (21) and the thimble (24) are all vertically downward and coincide; a pinhole (25) is arranged on the side surface of the shaft-mounting substrate (11), a temporary storage needle (26) is arranged in the pinhole (25), the tail end of the temporary storage needle (26) is a hemisphere, and the vertical direction of the hemisphere is found to be coincident with the axle center of the shaft-falling hole (19); the shaft holes (15), the shaft falling holes (19), the shaft inlet pipe (20), the through holes (21) and the shaft centers of the ejector pins (24) are positioned in the same plane; the riveting substrate (1) is also provided with a comprehensive substrate (6), the clamping component is arranged on the lower side surface of the comprehensive substrate (6), and the riveting component is arranged on the upper side surface of the comprehensive substrate (6); The clamping assembly comprises a clamping bracket (31) arranged on the lower side surface of the integrated substrate (6), the clamping bracket (31) is connected with a transverse plate (32) in a sliding manner, the clamping bracket (31) is provided with a lifting cylinder (33), and an output rod of the lifting cylinder (33) faces downwards vertically and is connected with the upper side of the transverse plate (32); the transverse plate (32) is provided with a transverse moving air cylinder (34), the transverse plate (32) is connected with a clamping jaw mounting plate (35) in a sliding manner, and an output rod of the transverse moving air cylinder (34) is transversely arranged and connected with the clamping jaw mounting plate (35); two casing clamping jaws (36) are arranged at the lower end of the clamping jaw mounting plate (35); The central shaft feeding assembly comprises a vibrating disc (7), and the vibrating disc (7) is connected with the shaft inlet pipe (20) through a pipeline.
3. The motor housing riveting center shaft and rotor automatic assembly apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the center shaft detection mechanism comprises a center shaft detection head (51), a detection head mounting bracket (52) and a detection head translation cylinder (53); the central shaft detection head (51) is arranged on the detection head mounting frame (52), and the detection head mounting frame (52) is connected with an output rod of the detection head translation cylinder (53); the central shaft detection head (51) corresponds to the opening of the motor shell.
4. The motor casing riveting center pin and rotor automatic assembly equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that the center pin oiling mechanism comprises an oiling substrate (301), an oiling head telescopic cylinder (302) is installed on the oiling substrate (301), an oiling head lifting cylinder (303) is installed on an output shaft of the oiling head telescopic cylinder (302), an output rod of the oiling head lifting cylinder (303) is vertically upwards and installed on an oiling head installation plate (304), an oiling head (305) is installed on the oiling head installation plate (304), and an oil outlet of the oiling head (305) is downwards.
5. The motor casing riveting center shaft and rotor automatic assembly equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that the micro-motor rotor automatic cleaning and assembling mechanism comprises an electric control component, a feeding component, a distributing component corresponding to the feeding component and a bottom plate (401); the base plate (401) is connected with a material clamp moving assembly and an adhesive tape substrate (402), and a rotor temporary storage column (403) is arranged between the material clamp moving assembly and the adhesive tape substrate (402); the material clamp moving assembly is provided with two clamping jaws (404) which can move left and right and lift up and down; a hollowed-out part (405) corresponding to the rotor temporary storage column (403) is arranged on one side of the adhesive tape substrate (402); The upper side surface of the adhesive tape substrate (402) is provided with a reel mounting rotating shaft (406), an adhesive tape winding rotating shaft (407) and more than two adhesive tape guide posts (408), and the lower side surface of the adhesive tape substrate is provided with an adhesive tape winding motor (409) for driving the adhesive tape winding rotating shaft (407) to rotate; the adhesive tape substrate (402) is further provided with a substrate driving cylinder (410) for driving the adhesive tape substrate (402) to move left and right on the bottom plate (401); the material clamp moving assembly comprises a material clamp bracket (411), and the material clamp bracket (411) is connected with a horizontal movable plate (412) capable of moving forwards and backwards in a sliding manner; The horizontal movable plate (412) is connected with a vertical movable plate (413) in a sliding manner; the upper end of the vertical movable plate (413) is connected with a clamping jaw lifting cylinder (414), and the lower end of the vertical movable plate is fixedly connected with the clamping jaw (404); the material clamp bracket (411) is provided with a clamping jaw horizontal driving assembly; the clamping jaw horizontal driving assembly comprises a horizontal pushing air cylinder (415), and an output rod of the horizontal pushing air cylinder (415) is connected with the horizontal movable plate (412); the feeding part comprises a feeding support column (421), a feeding disc (422) and a feeding clamp (423); the lower end of the feeding support column (421) is provided with a lifting tray bracket (424), and the upper end of the feeding support column is provided with a material taking driving assembly; A tray recycling assembly is arranged above the tray (422); the material taking driving assembly comprises a material taking clamp driving motor (425), a material taking clamp driving cylinder (426) and a material taking clamp driving cylinder mounting frame (427), the material taking clamp driving motor (425) drives the material taking clamp driving cylinder mounting frame (427) to translate back and forth through belt transmission, and an downward output rod of the material taking clamp driving cylinder (426) is connected with the material taking clamp (423); the material distributing component comprises a conveying groove (431) corresponding to the material taking clamp (423), one end of the conveying groove (431) is connected with a material distributing frame (432), the upper side surface of the material distributing frame (432) is provided with a material to be distributed groove (433) capable of containing more than two micro-motor rotors, and the conveying groove (431) is identical in width and communicated with the material to be distributed groove (433); A pressing sheet (434) which is not contacted with the rotating shaft of the micro-motor rotor is arranged on the upper side surface of the material groove (433) to be separated; the distance between the material pressing sheet (434) and the tail end of the material dividing groove (433) is larger than the diameter of one micro-motor rotor and smaller than the diameters of two micro-motor rotors; an inductive switch is arranged at the tail end of the material groove (433) to be separated; a conveyor belt (435) is arranged at the bottom of the conveyor groove (431), and a conveyor motor (436) for driving the conveyor belt (435) to operate is also arranged on the bottom plate (401); the lower end of the feeding support column (421) is further provided with a lifting motor (428), the lifting motor (428) drives the tray support (424) to lift through a lifting belt (429), and the tray support (424) is fixed on the lifting belt (429) through a fixing piece; A tape detection switch (437) and a detection column (438) corresponding to the tape detection switch (437) are also mounted on the upper side surface of the tape substrate (402).
6. The motor housing riveting center shaft and rotor automatic assembly apparatus as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the transfer mechanism comprises a transfer rail (501), a shift clip mounting plate (502), a transfer cylinder (503) and a clutch cylinder (504); the displacement clamp mounting plate (502) is provided with a plurality of displacement clamps (505), and the displacement clamps (505) are positioned above the conveying track (501); the output shaft of the clutch cylinder (504) is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the axis of the conveying track (501), and a conveying cylinder mounting plate (506) is mounted on the output shaft of the clutch cylinder (504); the conveying cylinder (503) is mounted on the conveying cylinder mounting plate (506); the output rod of the conveying cylinder (503) is parallel to the axis of the conveying track (501), and the output rod of the conveying cylinder (503) is connected with the displacement clamp mounting plate (502).
7. The motor housing riveting center shaft and rotor automatic assembly equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that the sorting and blanking mechanism comprises a sorting cylinder (601), a sorting push plate (602), a good sliding rail (603) and a defective sliding rail (604); the sorting pushing plate (602) is arranged on an output shaft of the sorting cylinder (601), and the output shaft of the sorting cylinder (601) is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the axis of the conveying track (501); the good product slide rail (603) is located at the tail end of the conveying rail (501), and the defective product slide rail (604) is located on the side face of the tail end of the conveying rail (501).
8. The motor housing riveting center shaft and rotor automatic assembly device according to claim 6, wherein a dust blowing mechanism is arranged between the center shaft detection mechanism and the triangular spring plate mounting mechanism.
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