Width-adjustable rotary transportation equipment and working method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of automatic conveying, in particular to conveying equipment capable of changing the conveying direction of a tray for bearing products and a working method thereof.
Background
The automatic tray conveying device is used for conveying and transferring products in a production line in a special tray. The transportation platform of prior art, the product will be carried out the transportation of switching-over and need use two sets of mechanisms to dock just can realize, and is very inconvenient, not only can't satisfy the demand of high accuracy and high beat, and the debugging butt joint of two sets of mechanisms has also increased the time, has reduced work efficiency for the maintenance cost promotes greatly.
Therefore, the tray rotating transportation in the prior art still needs to be improved.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to a width-adjustable rotary transportation device and a working method thereof, so as to solve the problems mentioned in the background.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the present application provides in a first aspect an adjustable width rotary transporter comprising:
the lifting device comprises a base plate, wherein a first lifting driving piece is arranged below the base plate, a lifting platform is arranged above the base plate, and the first lifting driving piece drives the lifting platform to move up and down in the vertical direction;
the lifting platform comprises a bottom plate, a first side plate and a second side plate, wherein the first side plate and the second side plate are oppositely arranged on the bottom plate, and a temporary storage station is formed between the first side plate and the second side plate; a group of transmission mechanisms are arranged on the opposite sides of the first side plate and the second side plate, a speed regulating motor is arranged between the two groups of transmission mechanisms, a driving shaft is connected to the speed regulating motor in a driving manner, and the driving shaft is connected with each transmission mechanism in a driving manner;
the tray is placed above the two conveying mechanisms and conveyed into the temporary storage station through the conveying mechanisms;
the lifting and rotating mechanism comprises a second jacking driving piece arranged on the bottom plate and a rotating mechanism positioned on the second jacking driving piece, and a driving end of the second jacking driving piece penetrates through the bottom plate from bottom to top and is connected with the rotating mechanism; the rotating mechanism comprises a rotating driving piece connected with the second jacking driving piece, a rotating fixing plate in driving connection with the rotating driving piece, and the tray arranged above the rotating fixing plate, the second jacking driving piece jacks the rotating mechanism, and the rotating driving piece drives the rotating fixing plate and the tray to rotate relative to the bottom plate;
the tray blocking blocks are arranged on two sides of the rotary fixing plate along the transmission direction of the transmission mechanism, the blocking trays are used for blocking the tray from moving forwards when the tray is transmitted to a preset position and lifting the tray after the tray rotates, a third jacking driving piece is arranged at the bottom of each tray blocking block, the third jacking driving piece is arranged on the bottom plate, and the third jacking driving piece drives the tray blocking blocks to vertically extend and retract;
and the width adjusting mechanism is respectively arranged at the outer sides of the first side plate and the second side plate and used for adjusting the distance between the first side plate and the second side plate.
Preferably, the width adjusting mechanism arranged on the outer side of the first side plate is a first adjusting mechanism and comprises a first miniature electric pole which is horizontally arranged, and a telescopic rod of the first miniature electric pole is movably connected with the first side plate through a first floating joint; the width adjustment mechanism that the outside of second curb plate set up is second adjustment mechanism, the miniature pole of second including the level setting, the telescopic link of the miniature pole of second pass through the second float connect with second curb plate swing joint.
More preferably, a first bracket is fixed to a lower surface of the first miniature electric pole, and the first bracket is mounted on the bottom plate; the lower fixed surface of the miniature pole of second has the second support, the second support mounting in on the bottom plate.
Furthermore, at least one first horizontal linear bearing is fixedly mounted on the first support, at least one first horizontal guide shaft is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the first side plate, and the first horizontal guide shaft is connected with the first horizontal linear bearing in a sliding manner; still fixed mounting has at least one second horizontal linear bearing on the second support, the outside of second curb plate still fixed is equipped with at least one second horizontal guiding axle, the second horizontal guiding axle with second horizontal linear bearing sliding connection.
Preferably, each transmission mechanism comprises a driving wheel in driving connection with the driving shaft, the driving wheel is in driving connection with a driven wheel set through a transmission belt, the transmission belt is sleeved on the driving wheel and the driven wheel set to form a transmission loop, and a transmission path is formed at the top edge of the transmission loop.
Preferably, the plane of the tray stop block is parallel to the plane of the tray.
Preferably, when the third jacking driving piece is in an extending state, the tray blocking block is higher than a conveying plane of the conveying mechanism so as to block the tray; when the third jacking driving piece is in a retraction state, the tray blocking block is lower than the conveying plane of the conveying mechanism.
Preferably, the number of the tray stop blocks is two, the tray stop blocks are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the rotary driving piece along the transmission direction of the transmission mechanism, and the bottom of each tray stop block is arranged on the bottom plate through a third jacking driving piece.
Preferably, a plurality of vertical guide shafts are arranged on the base plate, a vertical linear bearing is arranged at the bottom of the lifting platform, and the vertical guide shafts are in sliding connection with the vertical linear bearing.
Preferably, the first side plate and the second side plate are rectangular plates.
Preferably, the first side plate and the second side plate are both provided with a photoelectric sensor, the photoelectric sensor is used for detecting whether a tray moves towards the tray blocking block on the transmission mechanism, and when the tray moves to the preset position on the transmission mechanism, the tray blocking block performs lifting blocking.
Preferably, the width-adjustable rotary transport apparatus further comprises: and the controller is electrically connected with the speed regulating motor, the rotary driving part, the first jacking driving part, the second jacking driving part, the third jacking driving part and the width adjusting mechanism so as to carry out drive control.
In a second aspect, the present application discloses a method for operating a width-adjustable rotary transportation device, comprising:
the tray is horizontally conveyed along the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism, when the tray moves to a preset position, the tray blocking block rises to block, and the conveying mechanism stops conveying;
the second jacking driving piece jacks the rotary driving piece upwards, and the rotary driving piece drives the tray to rotate;
after the tray rotates by 90 degrees, the third jacking driving piece jacks up the tray stop block to support the tray, then the rotating driving piece resets, and the second jacking driving piece descends to the original position;
the tray stop block drives the tray to move downwards under the driving of the third jacking driving piece, and when the tray falls into contact with the transmission mechanism, the tray stop block contracts; meanwhile, the width adjusting mechanism positioned at the outer sides of the first side plate and the second side plate adjusts the distance between the first side plate and the second side plate so as to adapt to the width of the rotated tray;
and the conveying mechanism continues conveying to convey the tray to the next station.
Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the application provides width-adjustable rotary transportation equipment and a working method thereof, which realize that one set of mechanism changes the transportation direction of materials, have adjustable width, can be suitable for various types of trays and scenes of exchanging the width and the length of the trays, and support the use of various types of tray mechanisms. The equipment is simple in structure and convenient to use, meets the requirements of high precision and high beat, saves cost and improves working efficiency.
Drawings
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the application and, together with the description, serve to explain the application and are not intended to limit the application. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a width adjustable rotary transporter;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another angle of a width adjustable rotary transporter;
FIG. 3 is a top view of an adjustable width rotary transporter;
FIG. 4 is a side view of an adjustable width rotary transport apparatus;
FIG. 5 is a view showing an operational state of a tray of the width-adjustable rotary transporting apparatus rotated by 90 °;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a lifting and lowering mechanism and a tray stopper of a width-adjustable rotary transporter;
FIG. 7 is a side view of FIG. 6;
fig. 8 is a perspective view of a width adjustment mechanism of a width-adjustable rotary conveyance device.
Illustration of the drawings:
1. a substrate; 2. a first jacking cylinder; 3. a base plate; 4. a first side plate; 5. a second side plate; 6. a transport mechanism; 7. a speed-regulating motor; 8. a tray; 9. a second jacking cylinder; 10. a rotating cylinder; 11. rotating the fixed plate; 12. a third jacking cylinder; 13. a tray stop; 14. a first miniature electric pole; 15. a first floating joint; 16. a first bracket; 17. a first horizontal linear bearing; 18. a first horizontal guide shaft; 19. a second miniature pole; 20. a second floating joint; 21. a second bracket; 22. a second horizontal linear bearing; 23. a second horizontal guide shaft; 24. a vertical guide shaft; 25. a vertical linear bearing; 26. a photoelectric sensor.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and effects of the present invention clearer and clearer, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, it being understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Example (b):
referring to fig. 1-8, a width adjustable rotary transport apparatus includes: the base plate 1, 1 below of base plate is equipped with first jacking cylinder 2 (being first jacking driving piece), 1 top of base plate is equipped with lift platform, the up-and-down motion is made at vertical direction to first jacking cylinder 2 drive lift platform. The base plate 1 is provided with a plurality of vertical guide shafts 24, the bottom of the lifting platform is provided with a vertical linear bearing 25, and the vertical guide shafts 24 are in sliding connection with the vertical linear bearing 25. The lifting platform comprises a bottom plate 3, a first side plate 4 and a second side plate 5, wherein the first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5 are arranged on the bottom plate 3 in an opposite mode, and a temporary storage station is formed between the first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5. The opposite sides of the first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5 are provided with a group of transmission mechanisms 6, an adjustable speed motor 7 is arranged between the two groups of transmission mechanisms 6, a driving shaft is connected to the adjustable speed motor 7 in a driving mode, and the driving shaft is connected with the transmission mechanisms 6 in a driving mode. And a tray 8 is arranged above the two transmission mechanisms 6, and the tray 8 is conveyed to the temporary storage station through the transmission mechanisms 6. The bottom plate 3 is provided with a second jacking cylinder 9 (namely a second jacking driving part), the second jacking cylinder 9 is provided with a rotating mechanism, and the driving end of the second jacking cylinder 9 penetrates through the bottom plate 3 from bottom to top and is connected with the rotating mechanism. The rotating mechanism comprises a rotating cylinder 10 (namely a rotating driving piece) connected with the second jacking cylinder 9, a rotating fixing plate 11 in driving connection with the rotating cylinder 10, and a tray 8 arranged above the rotating fixing plate 11, the second jacking cylinder 9 jacks the rotating mechanism, and the rotating cylinder 10 drives the rotating fixing plate 11 and the tray 8 to rotate relative to the bottom plate 3. The two sides of the rotating fixing plate 11 along the transmission direction of the transmission mechanism 6 are respectively provided with a tray blocking block 13, and the tray blocking blocks 13 are used for blocking the tray 8 to move forward and lifting the tray 8 after the tray 8 rotates when the tray 8 is transmitted to a preset position. The bottom of tray stopper 13 is equipped with third jacking cylinder 12 (third jacking driving piece promptly), third jacking cylinder 12 sets up on the bottom plate 3, the drive of third jacking cylinder 12 the tray stopper 13 makes perpendicular concertina movement. The outer sides of the first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5 are respectively provided with a width adjusting mechanism, and the two width adjusting mechanisms are used for adjusting the distance between the first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5.
Specifically, the speed regulating motor 7 is installed on the bottom plate 3 of the lifting platform, and the speed regulating motor 7 is a bidirectional driving motor. Each transmission mechanism 6 comprises a driving wheel in driving connection with the driving shaft, the driving wheel is connected with a driven wheel set through a transmission belt in a driving mode, the transmission belt is sleeved on the driving wheel and the driven wheel set to form a transmission loop, and a transmission path is formed on the top edge of the transmission loop. The speed regulating motor 7 is used for controlling the two transmission belts to synchronously rotate.
The first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5 of the lifting platform are rectangular plates. The width adjustment mechanism that the outside of first curb plate 4 set up is first adjustment mechanism, including the first miniature pole 14 of level setting, the telescopic link of first miniature pole 14 through first unsteady joint 15 with 4 swing joint of first curb plate. The lower fixed surface of first miniature pole 14 has first support 16, first support 16 install in on the bottom plate 3, it has at least one first horizontal linear bearing 17 to go back fixed mounting on the first support 16, the outside of first curb plate 4 is still fixed and is equipped with an at least first horizontal guiding axle 18, first horizontal guiding axle 18 with first horizontal linear bearing 17 sliding connection. The first horizontal guide shaft 18, the first horizontal linear bearing 17 and the first miniature electric pole 14 are mounted on a plane to push the first side plate 4 together. Similarly, the width adjusting mechanism disposed on the outer side of the second side plate 5 is a second adjusting mechanism, and includes a second miniature electric pole 19 horizontally disposed, and the telescopic rod of the second miniature electric pole 19 is movably connected to the second side plate 5 through a second floating joint 20. The lower fixed surface of the miniature pole 19 of second has second support 21, second support 21 install in on the bottom plate 3, it has at least one second horizontal linear bearing 22 to go back fixed mounting on the second support 21, the outside of second curb plate 5 is still fixed and is equipped with an at least second horizontal guiding axle 23, second horizontal guiding axle 23 with second horizontal linear bearing 22 sliding connection. The second horizontal guide shaft 23, the second horizontal linear bearing 22 and the second micro-pole 19 are installed on one plane to push the second side plate 5 together.
The plane of the tray stopper 13 is parallel to the plane of the tray 8. When the third jacking cylinder 12 is in an extending state, the tray blocking block 13 is higher than the conveying plane of the conveying mechanism 6 so as to block the tray 8; when the third jacking cylinder 12 is in a retracted state, the tray stopper 13 is lower than the conveying plane of the conveying mechanism 6.
In this embodiment, the number of the tray stoppers 13 is two, the tray stoppers are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the rotating fixing plate 11 along the transmission direction of the transmission mechanism 6, and the bottom of each tray stopper 13 is mounted on the bottom plate 3 through a third jacking cylinder 12.
The first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5 are further provided with photoelectric sensors 26, the photoelectric sensors 26 are used for detecting whether the trays 8 on the transmission mechanism 6 move towards the tray blocking blocks 13, when the trays 8 on the transmission mechanism 6 move to the positions of the photoelectric sensors 26, light of the photoelectric sensors 26 is blocked by the trays 8, and the tray blocking blocks 13 are lifted and blocked.
Furthermore, the width-adjustable rotary transport apparatus further comprises: a controller, the controller with buncher 7 rotatory cylinder 10 first jacking cylinder 2 second jacking cylinder 9 third jacking cylinder 12 width adjustment mechanism's first miniature pole 14 and the miniature pole 19 electricity of second are connected to carry out drive control.
The working method of the width-adjustable rotary transportation equipment comprises the following processes:
step S1: when the tray 8 enters the transmission mechanism 6, the first miniature electric pole 14 and the second miniature electric pole 19 respectively control the first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5 to move to proper positions, the tray 8 horizontally transmits along the transmission direction of the transmission mechanism 6, when the tray 8 moves to the position of the photoelectric sensor 26, the photoelectric sensor 26 obtains a signal, the tray blocking block 13 raises and stops, and the transmission mechanism 6 stops transmission;
step S2: the second jacking cylinder 9 jacks the rotary cylinder 10 upwards, and the rotary cylinder 10 drives the tray 8 to rotate;
step S3: after the tray 8 rotates by 90 degrees, the third jacking cylinder 12 jacks up the tray stop block 13 to support the tray 8, and then the rotating cylinder 10 resets, and the second jacking cylinder 9 descends to the original position;
step S4: the tray stop block 13 is driven by the third jacking cylinder 12 to drive the tray 8 to move downwards, and when the tray 8 falls into contact with the transmission mechanism 6, the tray stop block 13 contracts; meanwhile, the first miniature electric pole 14 positioned outside the first side plate 4 and the second miniature electric pole 19 positioned outside the second side plate 5 adjust the distance between the first side plate 4 and the second side plate 5 to adapt to the width of the rotating tray 8;
step S5: the transfer mechanism 6 continues to transfer, transporting the tray 8 to the next station.
In summary, the application provides width-adjustable rotary transportation equipment and a working method thereof, which realize that one set of mechanism changes the transportation direction of materials, have adjustable width, can be suitable for the scenes of various types of trays and the interchange of the width and the length of the trays, and support the use of various trays and one set of mechanism. The device is simple in structure and convenient to use. Meanwhile, the cost is saved by the technical scheme, and compared with the design of two sets of docking mechanisms in the prior art, the cost of the equipment can be saved by about 40%. This application technical scheme satisfies the demand of high accuracy and high beat for the beat of transportation just can transport a tray to present 3 seconds from original 9 seconds transportation trays, has promoted work efficiency greatly.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but the embodiments are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. Any equivalent modifications and substitutions to those skilled in the art are also within the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, equivalent changes and modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered by the present invention.