CN114412930B - Automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainer - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an automatic feeding device of a tapered roller bearing retainer, which comprises a discharging module, a detecting module, a turnover module, a posture adjusting module, a conveying module and a carrying module, wherein the discharging module comprises a discharging groove; the detection module comprises a detection sensor; the turnover module comprises turnover claws; the posture adjusting module comprises a frame plate, a limiting sleeve, a position driving mechanism and a positioning mechanism; the position driving mechanism comprises a supporting plate, a rotary driving mechanism and a lifting driving mechanism; the positioning mechanism comprises a positioning block, a positioning block mounting rod and a reset spring for resetting the positioning block, wherein the positioning block mounting rod is slidably mounted on the frame plate and is arranged along the radial direction of the limiting sleeve; the detection module is electrically connected with the turnover module. The feeding device can automatically and orderly convey the retainer in a chaotic state to the workbench, and can ensure that the retainer conveyed to the workbench has a certain position in the circumferential direction.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to bearing production equipment, in particular to an automatic feeding device for a tapered roller bearing retainer.
Background
A bearing is a mechanical element that limits relative movement to a desired range of movement and reduces friction between moving parts, and is of various types, such as tapered roller bearings, a typical tapered roller bearing having an outer race with an inner race and a set of tapered rollers enclosed by a basket-shaped cage into an inner race assembly. The retainer of the tapered roller bearing is of a tapered structure and comprises a large end and a small end, the side wall of the retainer is hollowed with containing positions of a rectangular structure for containing tapered rollers, the containing positions are uniformly distributed on the side wall of the retainer along the circumferential direction, and the adjacent containing positions are connected with side plates; when the conical roller is installed, the retainer needs to be installed on the workbench, and the small end of the retainer faces downwards, so that the conical roller is conveniently put into the accommodating position from the large end of the retainer. Most of the existing tapered roller bearings rely on workers to install tapered rollers in a retainer manually or by means of semi-automatic equipment, then install an inner ring in the retainer, and finally install an outer ring. However, the manual assembly of tapered rollers is low in efficiency and long in time consumption, and cannot meet the requirements of mass processing and assembly.
In order to solve the above problems, the invention patent application with application publication number CN 111927891A discloses a method for installing a bearing retainer, which comprises a bearing conveying device, a bearing retainer upper frame conveying device, a finished product conveying device, a press machine and a bearing retainer lower frame conveying device, wherein the bearing retainer upper frame conveying device comprises a flat belt, the bearing retainer is orderly placed on the flat belt in sequence after being placed by manpower, and a motor drives the flat belt to move so as to convey the retainer to a pressure head position of the press machine, so that the upper frame function of the retainer is completed. Although the above-described bearing cage installation method solves the problem of automatically transporting the cage, the following problems still remain:
1. the bearing cage loading and conveying device can only convey the orderly-state cage, but for conveying the disordered-state cage, the direction is not uniform, so that the press head of the press is not matched.
2. Before the retainer is loaded on the conveyor belt, a special process is needed to put the chaotic retainer in order, so that the workload is increased, and the working efficiency is poor.
3. The manual operation has errors when loading the retainer, and each time feeding is difficult to ensure that the retainer has the same position and posture in the circumferential direction, so that the tapered roller cannot accurately reach the correct position when blanking.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide an automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers, which can automatically and orderly convey the retainers in a disordered state to a workbench and can ensure that the retainers conveyed to the workbench have definite positions in the circumferential direction.
The technical scheme for solving the technical problems is as follows:
the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer comprises a discharging module, a detecting module, a overturning module, an attitude adjusting module, a conveying module and a conveying module, wherein the discharging module is used for orderly discharging the retainer, the detecting module is used for detecting the orientation of the retainer, the overturning module is used for overturning the retainer, the attitude adjusting module is used for enabling the retainer to have uniform attitudes in the circumferential direction, the conveying module is used for conveying the retainer from the detecting module to the overturning module and the attitude adjusting module, and the conveying module is used for conveying the retainer from the attitude adjusting module to a workbench, wherein the discharging module comprises a discharging groove connected with the detecting module; the detection module comprises a detection sensor; the turnover module comprises turnover claws; the gesture adjusting module comprises a frame plate, a limit sleeve matched with the outer wall of the retainer, a position driving mechanism for lifting and rotating the retainer and a positioning mechanism for positioning the retainer in the circumferential direction; the position driving mechanism comprises a supporting plate arranged in the limiting sleeve, a rotary driving mechanism used for driving the supporting plate to rotate and a lifting driving mechanism used for driving the supporting plate to ascend or descend; the positioning mechanism comprises a positioning block matched with the roller accommodation phase on the retainer, a positioning block mounting rod and a reset spring for resetting the positioning block, wherein the positioning block mounting rod is slidably mounted on the frame plate and is arranged along the radial direction of the limiting sleeve; the detection module is electrically connected with the turnover module.
The working principle of the automatic feeding device of the tapered roller bearing retainer is as follows:
firstly, starting a discharging module, discharging the retainer from the discharging grooves in sequence, and reaching a detecting module; then, the detection module acts, the detection sensor detects whether the large end of the retainer faces downwards, and the retainer information with the large end facing downwards is transmitted to the overturning module to act; then, the conveying module acts to convey the retainer from the detection module to the overturning module, the overturning module receives the information conveyed by the detection module, the retainer with the big end facing downwards is overturned, the overturning claw clamps the retainer, the overturning action is carried out, and the retainer is overturned, so that the retainer which comes out from the overturning module is ensured to be in a state with the small end facing downwards; then, the conveying module continues to act, the retainer in the detection module is conveyed to the overturning module, and meanwhile, the retainer in the overturning module is conveyed to the posture adjusting module, so that the retainer is positioned on the supporting plate; the method comprises the steps that a positioning block is arranged on a supporting plate, a positioning block is arranged on the positioning block, a rotary driving mechanism and a lifting driving mechanism act simultaneously, and a supporting plate is arranged on the positioning block, and is connected with the positioning block; through the combined action of the rotary driving mechanism and the lifting driving mechanism, the retainer descends while rotating, and the limiting block is beneficial to being clamped and embedded into the accommodating position. Finally, the carrying module acts to carry the retainer from the posture adjustment module to the workbench, and the retainer carried to the workbench has the same and determined posture in the circumferential direction due to the adjustment of the posture adjustment module, so that the tapered roller can accurately enter the accommodating position of the retainer.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at the upper end of the positioning block, both sides of the positioning block are inclined toward the middle, thereby forming a tip structure.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the discharging module further includes a vibration plate, and an outlet of the vibration plate is connected to the discharging groove.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the detection module further includes a detection slot and a detection driving mechanism disposed at a rear end of the detection slot, and the detection sensor is disposed at a rear end of the detection slot; the middle part of the detection groove is vertically connected with the front end of the discharge groove; the detection driving mechanism comprises a detection driving cylinder, and a piston rod of the detection driving cylinder is parallel to the length direction of the detection groove.
Preferably, the detection sensor is a metal inductor, and the metal inductor is vertically installed in the detection groove.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the turnover module further includes a turnover cylinder, and the turnover claw is mounted on the turnover cylinder; the turnover claw comprises an upper claw plate, a lower claw plate and a connecting plate arranged between the upper claw plate and the lower claw plate, and the connecting plate is connected with the turnover cylinder; a claw groove for accommodating the retainer is formed between the upper claw plate and the lower claw plate.
According to a preferred scheme of the invention, the conveying module comprises a conveying shifting fork matched with the retainer and a shifting fork driving mechanism for driving the conveying shifting fork to move, wherein the shifting fork driving mechanism comprises a transverse driving mechanism for driving the conveying shifting fork to transversely move and a vertical driving mechanism for driving the conveying shifting fork to vertically move.
Preferably, the transverse driving mechanism comprises a transverse driving cylinder, a sliding plate and a sliding mechanism, wherein the sliding mechanism comprises a transversely arranged sliding rail and a sliding block matched with the sliding rail, and the sliding plate is arranged on the sliding block; the vertical driving mechanism comprises a vertical driving cylinder arranged on the sliding plate, and the conveying shifting fork is arranged on a sliding table of the vertical driving cylinder.
Preferably, the conveying shifting fork comprises a left shifting fork body and a right shifting fork body, and the left shifting fork body and the right shifting fork body are matched with the retainer in size.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the posture adjustment module further includes a support frame disposed below the frame plate, the support frame including a lower frame for mounting the lifting driving mechanism and a middle frame for mounting the rotation driving mechanism; the lifting driving mechanism is a lifting driving cylinder, and the middle layer frame is arranged on a sliding table of the lifting driving cylinder; the rotary driving mechanism is a rotary driving motor, and the supporting plate is arranged on a rotating shaft of the rotary driving motor.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the carrying module includes a jaw mechanism, a vertical driving mechanism for driving the jaw mechanism to move in a vertical direction, and a carrying driving mechanism for driving the jaw mechanism to move from the posture adjustment module onto the table; the jaw mechanism includes a jaw and a jaw driving mechanism for driving the jaw to open or close.
Preferably, the vertical driving mechanism comprises a vertical driving cylinder, and the claw mechanism is mounted on a piston rod of the vertical driving cylinder; the carrying driving mechanism comprises a linear module, and the vertical driving cylinder is arranged on a sliding table of the linear module.
Preferably, the jaw mechanism is a three-jaw cylinder, a cylinder jaw of the three-jaw cylinder constitutes the jaw, and the cylinder block constitutes the jaw driving mechanism.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer, the retainer can be automatically conveyed to the workbench through the coordination of the discharging module, the detecting module, the overturning module, the conveying module and the conveying module, so that the degree of automation is high, and the production efficiency is improved.
2. According to the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer, the discharging module, the overturning module and the conveying module are arranged, so that the retainer in a chaotic state can orderly reach the posture adjusting module, and the position state of the retainer does not need to be manually adjusted.
3. According to the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer, disclosed by the invention, the posture adjustment module is arranged, so that the retainer has a determined position posture in the circumferential direction, and the tapered roller can conveniently enter the retainer.
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Fig. 1 is a front view of an automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a right side view of the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one direction of the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another direction of the automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of the cage within the attitude adjustment module.
Fig. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the cage within the attitude adjustment module.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to examples and drawings, but embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, an automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers comprises a discharging module 1 for orderly discharging the retainers, a detecting module 2 for detecting the orientations of the retainers, a turning module 3 for turning the retainers, an attitude adjusting module 4 for making the retainers have uniform attitudes in the circumferential direction, a conveying module 23 for conveying the retainers from the detecting module 2 to the turning module 3 and the attitude adjusting module 4, and a carrying module 5 for carrying the retainers from the attitude adjusting module 4 to a workbench, wherein the discharging module 1 comprises a discharging groove 1-1 connected with the detecting module 2; the detection module 2 comprises a detection sensor 6; the turnover module 3 comprises turnover claws 7; the posture adjustment module 4 comprises a frame plate 22, a limit sleeve 8 matched with the outer wall of the retainer, a position driving mechanism for lifting and rotating the retainer and a positioning mechanism for positioning the retainer in the circumferential direction; the position driving mechanism comprises a supporting plate 9 arranged in the limiting sleeve 8, a rotary driving mechanism for driving the supporting plate 9 to rotate and a lifting driving mechanism for driving the supporting plate 9 to ascend or descend; the positioning mechanism comprises a positioning block 10 matched with the roller accommodation phase on the retainer, a positioning block mounting rod 11 and a reset spring for resetting the positioning block 10, wherein the positioning block mounting rod 11 is slidably mounted on the frame plate 22 and is arranged along the radial direction of the limiting sleeve 8; the detection module 2 is electrically connected with the overturning module 3.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, at the upper end of the positioning block 10, both sides of the positioning block 10 are inclined toward the middle, thereby forming a pointed structure. The positioning block 10 with the structure is arranged, the tip of the positioning block 10 positioned above enters the accommodating position of the retainer at first in the process of rotating the retainer while descending, and the inclined side edge of the upper end of the positioning block 10 plays a guiding role for the whole positioning block 10 to enter the accommodating position in the process of continuously descending and rotating the retainer, so that the positioning block 10 can quickly enter the accommodating position to position the retainer.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the discharge module 1 further includes a vibration plate, and an outlet of the vibration plate is connected to the discharge chute 1-1. The discharging module 1 is arranged, the retainer is placed in the vibrating disc, and after the discharging module 1 is started, the retainer is discharged from the outlet of the vibrating disc under the action of the vibrating disc and sequentially enters the detecting module 2 through the discharging groove 1-1.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the detection module 2 further includes a detection groove 2-1 and a detection driving mechanism disposed at the rear end of the detection groove 2-1, and the detection sensor 6 is disposed at the rear end of the detection groove 2-1; the middle part of the detection groove 2-1 is vertically connected with the front end of the discharge groove 1-1; the detection driving mechanism comprises a detection driving cylinder, and a piston rod of the detection driving cylinder is parallel to the length direction of the detection groove 2-1. The detection module 2 is arranged, the retainer enters the middle part of the detection groove 2-1 after coming out of the discharge module 1, and at the moment, a detection driving mechanism at the rear end of the detection groove 2-1 acts, namely a detection driving cylinder acts, and the retainer is pushed forwards, so that the retainer moves towards the direction of the detection sensor 6; the principle of the detection sensor 6 detecting the orientation of the cage is: if the retainer is large end down in the detection groove 2-1, the lower end of the retainer can reach the detection range of the detection sensor 6 under the condition that the detection driving cylinder pushes the same stroke, so as to be identified by the detection sensor 6; if the holder is oriented with its small end downward in the detection groove 2-1, the lower end of the holder cannot reach the detection range of the detection sensor 6 in the case where the detection driving cylinder pushes the same stroke, and cannot be recognized by the sensor, and the orientation of the holder can be detected by this detection principle.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the detection sensor 6 is a metal sensor vertically installed in the detection tank 2-1.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the flipping module 3 further includes a flipping cylinder 3-1, and the flipping claw 7 is mounted on the flipping cylinder 3-1; the turnover claw 7 comprises an upper claw plate, a lower claw plate and a connecting plate arranged between the upper claw plate and the lower claw plate, and the connecting plate is connected with the turnover cylinder 3-1; a claw groove for accommodating the retainer is formed between the upper claw plate and the lower claw plate. After the turnover module 3 is arranged and the conveying module 23 conveys the retainer from the detection module 2 to the turnover module 3, the turnover module 3 receives the information that the current retainer is in a state that the big end faces downwards, the turnover module 3 is started, the turnover cylinder 3-1 acts to enable the turnover claw 7 to rotate, the retainer clamped in the turnover claw 7 follows the turnover, the retainer is enabled to turn over, and the retainer coming out of the turnover module 3 is guaranteed to keep a state that the small end faces downwards.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the transport module 23 includes a transport fork 12 matched with a holder and a fork driving mechanism for driving the transport fork 12 to move, wherein the fork driving mechanism includes a lateral driving mechanism for driving the transport fork 12 to move laterally and a vertical driving mechanism for driving the transport fork 12 to move vertically. After the detection module 2 finishes detection, the vertical driving mechanism acts to drive the conveying shifting fork 12 to move towards the detection module 2, and the conveying shifting fork 12 contacts with the retainer and is clamped; then, the transverse driving mechanism acts to drive the conveying fork 12 to convey towards the direction of the turnover module 3, and at the moment, the conveying fork 12 clamps the retainer, so that the retainer can be conveyed from the detection module 2 to the turnover module 3; based on the same principle, the transport module 23 transports the holder from the flipping module 3 to the posture adjustment module 4.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the transverse driving mechanism comprises a transverse driving cylinder 13, a sliding plate 14 and a sliding mechanism, wherein the sliding mechanism comprises a transversely arranged sliding rail and a sliding block matched with the sliding rail, and the sliding plate 14 is mounted on the sliding block; the vertical driving mechanism comprises a vertical driving cylinder 15 arranged on the sliding plate 14, and the conveying shifting fork 12 is arranged on a sliding table of the vertical driving cylinder 15. When the retainer is conveyed, the vertical driving cylinder 15 acts to push the conveying shifting fork 12 to move towards the direction of the retainer, the conveying shifting fork 12 contacts with the retainer and is clamped, at the moment, the transverse driving cylinder 13 acts to push the sliding plate 14 to move, so that the vertical cylinder arranged on the sliding plate 14 moves along, and the conveying shifting fork 12 arranged on the vertical cylinder moves forwards, thereby realizing the transverse conveying action of the retainer; in addition, a sliding mechanism is added, and the sliding plate 14 is installed on the sliding rail through the sliding block, so that on one hand, the sliding plate 14 can slide smoothly in the transverse direction, and on the other hand, the sliding plate 14 is arranged on the sliding mechanism, so that the sliding stability of the sliding plate 14 is improved, and the conveying stability is ensured.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the shipping fork 12 includes a left fork body and a right fork body, both of which are sized to match the size of the holder. The conveying shifting fork 12 is arranged, firstly, the vertical driving cylinder 15 acts to drive the conveying shifting fork 12 to move towards the direction of the retainer, at the moment, the left shifting fork body contacts and clamps the retainer in the detection module 2, and the right shifting fork body contacts and clamps the retainer in the turnover module 3; then, the transverse driving cylinder 13 acts to drive the conveying shifting fork 12 to move by one station distance, so that the left shifting fork body conveys the retainer from the detection module 2 to the turnover module 3, and the right shifting fork body conveys the retainer from the turnover module 3 to the posture adjustment module 4; the conveying shifting fork 12 is arranged to be a left shifting fork body and a right shifting fork body, and one driving action can simultaneously realize that the retainer moves two stations, so that the working efficiency is greatly improved.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the posture adjustment module 4 further includes a support frame disposed below the frame plate 22, the support frame including a lower frame 16 for mounting the lift driving mechanism and a middle frame 17 for mounting the rotation driving mechanism; the lifting driving mechanism is a lifting driving cylinder, and the middle layer frame 17 is arranged on a sliding table of the lifting driving cylinder; the rotary driving mechanism is a rotary driving motor, and the supporting plate 9 is arranged on a rotating shaft of the rotary driving motor. The gesture adjusting module 4 is arranged, when the lifting driving cylinder contracts, the middle layer frame 17 arranged on the lifting driving cylinder descends along with the lifting driving cylinder, so that the rotary driving motor arranged on the middle layer frame 17 descends, the supporting plate 9 arranged on the motor rotating shaft descends along with the lifting driving motor, and the rotary driving motor rotates at the moment, so that the supporting plate 9 can descend and rotate at the same time, the positioning block 10 can conveniently enter the accommodating position of the retainer, the retainer has a certain position in the circumferential direction, and the tapered rollers can conveniently enter the retainer; after the retainer is carried on the workbench, the lifting driving cylinder stretches to push the supporting plate 9 upwards for resetting, so that preparation is made for the next retainer positioning.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the carrying module 5 includes a claw mechanism, a vertical driving mechanism for driving the claw mechanism to carry in a vertical direction, and a carrying driving mechanism for driving the claw mechanism to move from the posture adjustment module 4 onto a table; the jaw mechanism includes a jaw 19 and a jaw drive mechanism 18 for driving the jaw 19 to open or close. After the carrying module 5 is arranged and the position of the retainer is adjusted by the gesture adjusting module 4, the vertical driving mechanism drives the jaw mechanism to descend so that the jaws 19 are positioned in the retainer; the jaw driving mechanism 18 acts to drive the jaws 19 to open and abut against the inner wall of the retainer; the vertical driving mechanism continues to act, so that the claw mechanism drives the retainer to ascend; then, the transport driving mechanism operates to drive the claw mechanism to move, and transport the cage to the table, the vertical driving mechanism drives the claw mechanism to descend, the claw driving mechanism 18 operates to drive the claw 19 to close to release the abutment against the inner wall of the cage, and the claw 19 is separated from the cage to transport the cage to the table.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the vertical drive mechanism includes a vertical drive cylinder 20, and the jaw mechanism is mounted on a piston rod of the vertical drive cylinder 20; the carrying driving mechanism comprises a linear module 21, and the vertical driving cylinder 20 is arranged on a sliding table of the linear module 21.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the jaw mechanism is a three-jaw cylinder, the cylinder jaw of which constitutes the jaw 19, and the cylinder block constitutes the jaw driving mechanism 18.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the working principle of the automatic feeding device of the tapered roller bearing retainer is as follows: firstly, starting a discharging module 1, discharging the retainer from a discharging groove 1-1 in sequence, and reaching a detecting module 2; then, the detection module 2 acts, the detection sensor 6 detects whether the big end of the retainer faces downwards, and the retainer information with the big end facing downwards is transmitted to the overturning module 3 to act; then, the conveying module 23 acts to convey the retainer from the detection module 2 to the overturning module 3, the overturning module 3 receives the information conveyed by the detection module 2, the retainer with the large end facing downwards is overturned, the overturning claw 7 clamps the retainer, the overturning action is carried out, and the retainer is overturned, so that the retainer which comes out from the overturning module 3 is ensured to be in a state with the small end facing downwards; then, the conveying module 23 continues to act to convey the retainer in the detecting module 2 to the turning module 3, and convey the retainer in the turning module 3 to the posture adjusting module 4, so that the retainer is positioned on the supporting plate 9, and the supporting plate 9 can be a supporting plate made of common materials or a supporting plate made of magnetic materials (such as a magnet); next, the posture adjustment module 4 is started, specifically, the rotation driving mechanism and the lifting driving mechanism act simultaneously, so that the supporting plate 9 descends while rotating, and the retainer placed on the supporting plate 9 descends while rotating under the action of friction force, in the process, when the connecting side plate of the retainer contacts with the positioning block 10, the connecting side plate can form extrusion action on the positioning block 10, the positioning block 10 slides along the direction away from the center of the limit sleeve 8, after the retainer continues to rotate to the accommodating position to contact with the positioning block 10, the accommodating position loses extrusion action on the positioning block 10, the positioning block 10 moves towards the center of the limit sleeve 8 under the action of a reset spring and is clamped into the accommodating position, at the moment, the blocking action of the positioning block 10 on the retainer is larger than the friction force between the retainer and the supporting plate 9 (when the supporting plate 9 is made of magnetic material, the blocking force of the positioning block 10 on the retainer is larger than the suction force between the retainer and the supporting plate 9), and the supporting plate 9 slides relative to the retainer and is static relative to the limit sleeve 8 in the circumferential direction, namely the retainer has a certain position in the circumferential direction; through the combined action of the rotary driving mechanism and the lifting driving mechanism, the retainer descends while rotating, and the limiting block is beneficial to being clamped and embedded into the accommodating position. Finally, the carrying module 5 operates to carry the cage from the posture adjustment module 4 to the table, and the cage carried to the table has the same and defined posture in the circumferential direction due to the adjustment by the posture adjustment module 4, so that the tapered rollers can accurately enter the accommodation position of the cage.
The foregoing is illustrative of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting thereof, but rather as various changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications which may be made therein without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.
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1. The automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer is characterized by comprising a discharging module, a detecting module, a turning module, an attitude adjusting module, a conveying module and a conveying module, wherein the discharging module is used for orderly discharging the retainer, the detecting module is used for detecting the orientation of the retainer, the turning module is used for turning the retainer, the attitude adjusting module is used for enabling the retainer to have uniform attitudes in the circumferential direction, the conveying module is used for conveying the retainer from the detecting module to the turning module and the attitude adjusting module, and the conveying module is used for conveying the retainer from the attitude adjusting module to a workbench, and the discharging module comprises a discharging groove connected with the detecting module; the detection module comprises a detection sensor; the turnover module comprises turnover claws; the gesture adjusting module comprises a frame plate, a limit sleeve matched with the outer wall of the retainer, a position driving mechanism for lifting and rotating the retainer and a positioning mechanism for positioning the retainer in the circumferential direction; the position driving mechanism comprises a supporting plate arranged in the limiting sleeve, a rotary driving mechanism used for driving the supporting plate to rotate and a lifting driving mechanism used for driving the supporting plate to ascend or descend; the positioning mechanism comprises a positioning block matched with the roller accommodation phase on the retainer, a positioning block mounting rod and a reset spring for resetting the positioning block, wherein the positioning block mounting rod is slidably mounted on the frame plate and is arranged along the radial direction of the limiting sleeve; the detection module is electrically connected with the overturning module;
the detection module is used for detecting whether the large end of the retainer faces downwards or not and transmitting retainer information of the large end of the retainer facing downwards to the overturning module; the overturning module is used for overturning the retainer with the big end facing downwards, so that the retainer coming out of the overturning module is in a state with the small end facing downwards;
when the gesture adjusting module works, the rotary driving mechanism and the lifting driving mechanism act simultaneously, so that the supporting plate descends while rotating, and the retainer placed on the supporting plate descends while rotating under the action of friction force;
at the upper end of the positioning block, two sides of the positioning block incline towards the middle, so that a sharp end structure is formed.
2. The automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer according to claim 1, wherein the detection module further comprises a detection groove and a detection driving mechanism arranged at the rear end of the detection groove, and the detection sensor is arranged at the rear end of the detection groove; the middle part of the detection groove is vertically connected with the front end of the discharge groove; the detection driving mechanism comprises a detection driving cylinder, and a piston rod of the detection driving cylinder is parallel to the length direction of the detection groove.
3. The automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers according to claim 2, wherein the turnover module further comprises a turnover cylinder, and the turnover claw is mounted on the turnover cylinder; the turnover claw comprises an upper claw plate, a lower claw plate and a connecting plate arranged between the upper claw plate and the lower claw plate, and the connecting plate is connected with the turnover cylinder; a claw groove for accommodating the retainer is formed between the upper claw plate and the lower claw plate.
4. The automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers according to claim 1, wherein the conveying module comprises a conveying fork matched with the retainer and a fork driving mechanism for driving the conveying fork to move, and the fork driving mechanism comprises a transverse driving mechanism for driving the conveying fork to transversely move and a vertical driving mechanism for driving the conveying fork to vertically move.
5. The automatic feeding device for the tapered roller bearing retainer according to claim 4, wherein the transverse driving mechanism comprises a transverse driving cylinder, a sliding plate and a sliding mechanism, the sliding mechanism comprises a sliding rail arranged transversely and a sliding block matched with the sliding rail, and the sliding plate is arranged on the sliding block; the vertical driving mechanism comprises a vertical driving cylinder arranged on the sliding plate, and the conveying shifting fork is arranged on a sliding table of the vertical driving cylinder.
6. The automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers according to claim 5, wherein the conveying fork comprises a left fork body and a right fork body, and the left fork body and the right fork body are matched with the retainer in size.
7. The automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers according to claim 1, wherein the attitude adjustment module further comprises a support frame arranged below the frame plate, the support frame comprising a lower layer frame for mounting the lifting drive mechanism and a middle layer frame for mounting the rotation drive mechanism; the lifting driving mechanism is a lifting driving cylinder, and the middle layer frame is arranged on a sliding table of the lifting driving cylinder; the rotary driving mechanism is a rotary driving motor, and the supporting plate is arranged on a rotating shaft of the rotary driving motor.
8. The automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers according to claim 1, wherein the carrying module comprises a claw mechanism, a vertical driving mechanism for driving the claw mechanism to carry in a vertical direction, and a carrying driving mechanism for driving the claw mechanism to move from the posture adjustment module onto the table; the jaw mechanism includes a jaw and a jaw driving mechanism for driving the jaw to open or close.
9. The automatic feeding device for tapered roller bearing retainers according to claim 8, wherein the vertical driving mechanism comprises a vertical driving cylinder, and the claw mechanism is mounted on a piston rod of the vertical driving cylinder; the carrying driving mechanism comprises a linear module, and the vertical driving cylinder is arranged on a sliding table of the linear module.
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