Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a novel automatic feeding and discharging production line, aiming at the problems that a feeding device of an feeding and discharging device in the prior art is easy to clamp materials, and the efficiency of the whole feeding and discharging operation process is low due to the fact that a material taking part needs manual operation, so that the problem of material clamping of the feeding device is effectively solved, automatic feeding and discharging are realized, and the feeding and discharging efficiency of materials is improved.
In order to realize the purpose of the invention, the invention is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:
an automatic go up unloading production line, including:
the feeding device comprises:
the safety detection device comprises a rack, wherein a safety detection element is arranged at the end part of the rack;
the conveying device is assembled on the rack and comprises a conveying piece which can move along the length direction of the rack;
a hopper slidably connected to the frame and connected to the conveyor, the hopper having an opening;
the blocking component is used for blocking the opening part and is connected with the conveying piece, wherein the blocking piece can be driven by the conveying piece to gradually separate from the opening part so that the opening part of the hopper is gradually opened;
the conveying line is used for conveying materials;
the speed detection element is used for detecting the speed of the conveying line;
the material transferring part is arranged between the feeding device and the conveying line so as to convey the material fed by the feeding device to the conveying line;
the camera is used for acquiring pose information of the material;
the material grabbing device is used for grabbing materials;
and the controller is in communication connection with the camera, the material grabbing device and the speed detection element, and can control the material grabbing device to grab the material according to the pose information acquired by the camera and the speed information of the conveying line.
In some embodiments of the present application, the material transfer component is disposed obliquely from the charging device to the conveyor line side.
In some embodiments of the present application, a vibration device is disposed below the material transfer device.
In some embodiments of the present application, the delivery device further comprises:
a drive device;
the driving part comprises a main driving part and a secondary driving part which are sequentially arranged along the moving direction of the hopper, the main driving part is connected with the driving device, and the conveying part is arranged on the main driving part and the secondary driving part in a winding manner.
In some embodiments of the present application, the primary and secondary drives are each disposed proximate to two ends of the frame, the secondary drive and the ends of the frame having a spacing therebetween, the spacing being at least the length of one of the hoppers.
In some embodiments of the present application, the primary transmission member is a drive sprocket or a drive pulley, and the secondary transmission member is a secondary drive sprocket or a secondary drive wheel.
In some embodiments of the application, the blocking part comprises a plurality of blocking plates, and the plurality of blocking plates are sequentially connected to the conveying member side by side along the length direction of the conveying member.
In some embodiments of the present application, a connecting member is further included, and the connecting member is connected to the hopper and the conveying member, respectively.
In some embodiments of the present application, a mutually cooperating sliding assembly is disposed between the hopper and the frame, the sliding assembly includes a sliding block and a sliding rail, the sliding block is disposed on one of the hopper and the frame, and the sliding rail is disposed on the other component.
In some embodiments of the present application, a limiting member is disposed on the frame.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages and positive effects that:
according to the feeding device of the automatic feeding and discharging production line, the opening part of the hopper is matched with the blocking part, so that the opening part can be gradually opened, and the opening part is gradually enlarged, so that the feeding device not only can be used for feeding small-sized materials, but also can be used for feeding large-sized blocky materials or irregular-shaped materials, the problems of material blocking and the like can not be caused when the materials are fed, and the smooth feeding of the materials is ensured;
meanwhile, the camera is arranged on one side of the conveying line, the camera can photograph the materials conveyed from the conveying line to obtain the pose information of the materials, the pose information of the materials is transmitted to the controller, the controller updates the position information of the materials according to the pose information of the materials provided by the camera and the conveying speed of the conveying line and controls the material grabbing device to act to grab the materials automatically, the automatic grabbing of the materials is achieved, the automation of feeding and discharging is achieved, and the overall production efficiency is improved.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
The invention provides an embodiment of an automatic feeding and discharging production line, wherein a feeding device comprises:
a frame 100; the frame 100 includes: the support device comprises a support base body and a support frame body arranged on the support base body, wherein the support frame body is obliquely or horizontally arranged.
A conveying device 200 mounted on the frame 100 and including a conveying member 210 movable along the length direction of the frame 100;
in some embodiments of the present application, the delivery device 200 further comprises:
a drive device 220;
the transmission member includes a main transmission member 231 and a sub transmission member 232 sequentially arranged along the moving direction of the hopper 300, the main transmission member 231 is connected with the driving device 220, and the conveying member 210 is wound around the main transmission member 231 and the sub transmission member 232.
The driving device 220 may be a driving motor, which may be in transmission connection with the main transmission member 231, and the main transmission member 231 and the sub transmission member 232 are connected through the transmission member 210.
When power is transmitted, the driving device 220 acts to drive the main transmission member 231 to rotate, the main transmission member 231 transmits power to the sub transmission member 232 through the transmission member 210, and the main transmission member 231 and the sub transmission member 232 rotate and drive the transmission member 210 wound above the main transmission member 231 to move between the main transmission member 231 and the sub transmission member 232.
A hopper 300 slidably connected to the frame 100 and connected to the conveyor 210, the hopper 300 having an opening 310;
a blocking member 400 that blocks the opening 310 and is connected to the conveying member 210, wherein the blocking member can be gradually separated from the opening 310 by the conveying member 210 so that the opening 310 of the hopper 300 is gradually opened;
the opening 310 is provided at the bottom of the hopper 300, and the area of the closing member 400 is larger than the area of the opening 310.
The area of the blocking component 400 is larger than that of the opening part 310 so as to ensure that the blocking component 400 can completely block the opening part 310, and the problem of material leakage cannot occur in the moving and transporting process of the hopper 300.
A conveying line 500 for conveying the material;
in some embodiments of the present application, the conveyor line 500 may be an annular conveyor line 500, which may automatically convey materials, and the annular conveyor line 500 may be an annular conveyor line that directly adopts a structure that is already available in the prior art.
A speed detecting element for detecting a speed of the conveyor line 500;
the speed detecting element is disposed on the conveying line 500 to detect the speed of the conveying line 500.
A material transfer part 600 disposed between the feeding device and the conveying line 500 to transfer the material fed by the feeding device onto the conveying line 500;
the camera 700 is used for acquiring pose information of the materials; the pose information includes position information and posture information of the image.
The camera 700 has an image processing module built therein for analyzing and processing the captured image, and the camera 700 directly adopts the existing camera 700 capable of extracting and processing the image and acquiring the image pose information in the prior art, which is not described herein again.
A material gripping device 800 for gripping a material;
in some embodiments of the present application, the material gripping device 800 may be selected from a six-axis robot, which may be used to achieve automatic gripping of the material.
And the controller is in communication connection with the camera 700, the material grabbing device 800 and the speed detection element, and can update the position information of the material to be grabbed according to the pose information acquired by the camera 700 and the speed information of the conveying line 500 and control the material grabbing device 800 to grab the material.
The controller can obtain the three-dimensional position information and the posture information of the material at the photographing time through the camera 700, the material moves along with the conveyor line 500 due to the fact that the conveyor line 500 rotates continuously, the controller needs to consider the speed information of the conveyor line 500, during calculation, the controller updates the position information of the material according to the speed of the conveyor line 500, and controls the material grabbing device 800 to move to grab the material according to the updated position information.
As shown in FIG. 1, is provided for conveyingThe moving direction of the line 500 is the X direction, when the material moves from the point A to the point B, the Z direction and Y direction coordinate values of the material are not changed, only the X direction is changed, at this time, the X value coordinate is changed into XA+VT。
And setting the point A as a photographing point, the point B as a point to be grabbed, moving the point A to the position B, correspondingly setting a straight transportation section of the conveying line instead of a turning section, wherein T is the time corresponding to the position A to the position B, and is also the time for analyzing and processing the image after the camera 700 photographs to obtain the material pose information.
After the camera 700 analyzes and processes the image by the time T, the analysis and processing time and the material pose information are transmitted to the controller, the controller updates the value of X according to the pose information and the time T during photographing, acquires new position information to be captured, namely the position of the B point, and transmits the position information to the material capturing device 800 so as to capture the position information according to the pose.
The controller can be built in the six-axis robot or can be arranged independently.
In particular, the driving unit 220 may be disposed at the bottom of the frame 100, and the main transmission member 231 and the sub transmission member 232 are disposed near both ends of the frame 100.
The primary driving member 231 is disposed at an initial position near the slide rail 120, and the secondary driving member 232 is disposed at a position near the other end of the rack 100.
The blocking member 400 in this embodiment starts to separate from the opening portion 310 when it moves to a position corresponding to the position of the sub-actuator 232.
The conveying member 210 is wound around the main conveying member 231 and the sub-conveying member 232, and the conveying member 210 is extended along the length direction of the rack 100.
For convenience of detailed description, in the present embodiment, the moving stroke of the conveying element 210 is divided into a first conveying stroke section and a second conveying stroke section between the primary conveying element 231 and the secondary conveying element 232, and the conveying element 210 in the first conveying stroke section and the conveying element 210 in the second conveying stroke section move in opposite directions.
After passing through the secondary transmission element 232, the conveying element 210 continuously enters the second conveying stroke section from the first conveying stroke section.
When the material conveying device is used, the hopper 300 is located at the initial position of the first conveying stroke section, materials are filled, the hopper 300 is connected with the conveying piece 210, the driving device 220 can be controlled to act after the hopper 300 is filled with the materials, the conveying piece 210 is driven to move through the action of the driving device 220, the conveying piece 210 drives the hopper 300 to move, meanwhile, the blocking component 400 is connected to the conveying piece 210 and blocks the opening part 310 of the hopper 300, when the conveying piece 210 moves, the blocking component 400 is synchronously driven to move together, and the opening part 310 of the hopper 300 is blocked through the blocking component 400 so as to ensure that the materials cannot fall down in the moving and conveying process along with the conveying piece 210.
When the hopper 300 moves to convey materials, the conveying piece 210 in the first conveying stroke section moves to continuously drive the hopper 300 and the plugging component 400 to move upwards, when the plugging component 400 moves to the position of the secondary transmission piece 232, the plugging component 400 starts reversing after bypassing the secondary transmission piece 232, the plugging component 400 starts to move from the first stroke section to the second stroke section continuously,
at this time, the partial closing member 400 closes the opening 310 and moves in the same direction as the hopper 300; and part of the closing member 400 bypasses the sub-actuator 232 and moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the hopper 300.
At this time, the closing member 400 does not completely close the opening 310, and the unclosed portion of the opening 310 forms a feed port of the hopper 300, and can be continuously fed outward.
With the continuous movement of the whole conveying member 210, the conveying member 210 drives the hopper 300 to continuously move along the slide rail 120, and part of the blocking member 400 starts to move reversely and gradually separates from the opening portion 310, so that the blocked part in the opening portion 310 gradually becomes smaller, and the correspondingly formed material inlet is gradually enlarged to feed the material.
When the closing member 400 is completely separated from the opening 310, the opening 310 is completely exposed, and the material is dispensed.
In the feeding device of the present embodiment, the size of the feeding port formed therein is changed with the movement of the blocking member 400, and the opening is gradually enlarged, so that not only a relatively small material but also a large block material or an irregularly shaped material can be fed.
When smaller materials are put in, the materials can be separated from the plugging part 400 and the opening part 310 at the beginning, and the materials are put in when the smaller material feeding port is exposed until the opening part 310 is gradually opened and kept to be put in;
when a large or irregular material is to be thrown in, the material may not be thrown in the initial state, and the material may be thrown in when the material throwing port formed by the blocking member 400 being separated from the opening 310 is sufficiently large.
And moreover, the problems of material blockage and the like can not be generated when the materials are put in, and the smooth putting of the materials is ensured.
The material transfer component 600 is arranged below the feed opening and used for receiving materials fed from the feed opening, and the materials which are discharged from the feed opening are conveyed to the conveying line 500 under the transfer function of the material transfer component 600 and are driven by the conveying line 500 to move.
When the camera 700 is arranged on one side of the conveying line 500, the camera 700 can photograph materials conveyed from the conveying line 500 to obtain position and posture information of the materials and transmit the position and posture information of the materials to the controller, the controller updates the grabbing position of the material grabbing device 800 according to the position and posture information of the materials provided by the camera 700 and the conveying speed of the conveying line 500, and sends control signals to control the material grabbing device 800 to act to grab the materials, so that the materials are grabbed automatically.
The automatic unloader that goes up of production line in this embodiment, when the material was thrown to transfer chain 500 on, accessible camera 700 and material grabbing device 800 cooperation realized snatching the automation of material, and the effectual artifical unloading time of participating in snatching and leading to of having avoided is slow, and the problem of unloading inefficiency has improved the whole efficiency of going up unloading of material.
In some embodiments of the present application, the material transfer part 600 is disposed obliquely from the feeding device to the conveying line 500 side.
The material transferring component 600 is arranged below the secondary transmission component 232 and is used for receiving the material thrown in the feeding port,
the material transferring component 600 is arranged in an inclined arrangement mode, so that materials can automatically slide to the conveying line 500 under the action of gravity, and the materials can smoothly fall onto the conveying line 500.
In some embodiments of the present application, a vibration device is disposed below the material transfer device.
A material conveying channel is formed in the material transferring part 600, and a baffle is arranged on the material conveying channel, so that the material can be preliminarily blocked through the baffle, and the effect of preliminarily scattering the material is realized;
in some embodiments of the present application, the material transfer component 600 includes a receiving substrate and enclosures disposed on either side thereof.
Vibrating device is vibrating motor, and it arranges to be connected in material transfer part 600 below to the material vibration that will be arranged in material transfer part 600 is broken up, realizes even cloth.
In some embodiments of the present application, the primary transmission member 231 and the secondary transmission member 232 are respectively disposed near two ends of the rack 100, and the secondary transmission member 232 and the end of the rack 100 have a distance therebetween, which is at least the length of one hopper 300, so as to ensure that after the plugging member 400 is turned over along the secondary transmission member 232, the hopper 300 still has enough moving space when it continues to move upwards, so as to ensure that the opening portion 310 on the hopper 300 can be completely opened.
In some embodiments of the present application, main drive spare 231 is driving sprocket, secondary drive spare 232 is secondary sprocket, carry piece 210 for carrying the chain be provided with a plurality of connecting portions of arranging along carrying chain length direction on carrying the chain, shutoff part 400 is including polylith shutoff board 410, polylith shutoff board 410 is adjacent setting in proper order, and polylith shutoff board 410 is respectively through a plurality of connecting portion with carry the chain to connect.
When the chain is connected, the driving chain wheel and the secondary chain wheel are connected through the conveying chain.
The driving chain wheel and the secondary chain wheel are respectively arranged at the positions close to the two ends of the rack 100, the blocking plates 410 are sequentially arranged side by side, threaded holes are formed in the blocking plates 410, the connecting part of the conveying chain is a connecting arm, and the connecting arm is fixedly connected with the blocking plates 410 through screws.
As the conveyor chain rotates about the secondary sprocket, the plurality of blanking plates 410 are driven by the secondary sprocket to rotate and move along the opposite side of the hopper 300.
In some embodiments of the present application, the main transmission element 231 is a main transmission pulley, the sub transmission element 232 is a sub transmission pulley, the conveying element 210 is a conveying belt, the blocking component 400 includes a plurality of blocking long plates, and the blocking long plates are sequentially arranged side by side along the length direction of the conveying belt and fixedly connected to the conveying belt.
Of course, the primary transmission member 231 and the secondary transmission member 232 in this embodiment may also be belt pulleys, and the plugging long plate may be connected to the conveying belt and continuously separated from the opening portion 310 by the conveying belt.
The plugging long plate can be connected and fixed on the belt through a connecting sheet and the like, and is not particularly limited herein.
In some embodiments of the present application, the blocking member 400 includes a plurality of blocking plates 410, and the plurality of blocking plates 410 are connected to the conveying member 210 side by side in sequence along the length direction of the conveying member 210.
In some embodiments of the present application, a connection member 900 is further included, and the connection member 900 is connected to the hopper 300 and the conveying member 210, respectively.
The coupling member 900 is attached to the hopper at an end thereof adjacent the loading end of the frame.
The connecting member 900 comprises a horizontal connecting wall and a vertical connecting arm, the horizontal connecting arm is perpendicular to the vertical connecting arm, and the vertical connecting arm and the side wall of the hopper 300 are locked and fixed by screwing or bolting;
the horizontal connecting arm is attached to the top surface of the conveying member 210 and is connected and fixed with the conveying member 210.
In some embodiments of the present application, a sliding assembly is disposed between the hopper 300 and the rack 100, the sliding assembly includes a sliding block 330 and a sliding rail 120, the sliding block 330 is disposed on one of the hopper 300 and the rack 100, and the sliding rail 120 is disposed on the other component.
The hopper 300 includes a hopper coupling plate 320, and cooperating slide assemblies are provided between the hopper coupling plate 320 and the frame 100.
When the hopper 300 is arranged, the hopper connecting plate 320 is provided with a sliding block 330 connected with the hopper connecting plate and the rack 100 is provided with a sliding rail 120, and the hopper 300 can move along the sliding rail 120 on the rack 100 through the sliding block 330 so as to realize the sliding of the hopper 300 relative to the rack 100.
In some embodiments of the present application, a limiting member 110 is disposed at an end of the frame 100 away from the main transmission member 231.
The limiting part 110 is a limiting plate or a limiting protrusion, and the upward sliding position of the hopper 300 can be limited by the limiting part 110.
The safety detection elements 910 are disposed on two sides of one end, close to the main transmission member 231, of the rack 100, the safety detection elements 910 are safety detection switches, and can be in communication connection with the controller, when a person is detected to approach, signals are transmitted to the controller, and the controller can correspondingly control the feeding device to stop working, so as to prevent damage to the person.
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions.