CN115196272B

CN115196272B - Carrier assembly device and product conveying line

Info

Publication number: CN115196272B
Application number: CN202211113800.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 安旭; 凌杰; 孔令光; 邢振振
Original assignee: Suzhou SLAC Precision Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou SLAC Precision Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-14
Filing date: 2022-09-14
Publication date: 2022-12-02
Anticipated expiration: 2042-09-14
Also published as: CN115196272A

Abstract

The invention discloses a carrier assembling device and a product conveying line. The carrier assembling apparatus includes: a first rotating body; the carrier fixing and transferring assembly comprises a carrier seat, wherein the carrier seat can detachably fix a carrier, and the carrier seat can move in a first position and a second position along a first direction; a plurality of product holding and transferring assemblies including a product holder detachably holding a product. The product conveying line provided by the invention runs continuously, the production line speed is high, a single channel needs more than 1000 pieces/minute, and buffer areas with different capacities can be set according to actual requirements, so that the production efficiency of the whole production line is improved.

Description

Carrier assembly device and product conveying line

Technical Field

The invention relates to a product conveying line, in particular to a carrier assembling device and a product conveying line, and belongs to the technical field of machinery.

Background

In the production line of some products, often need increase the transfer chain between different technology host computer equipment, make it satisfy whole production line in the aspect of product variable pitch, product surface protection, production line speed height, production line buffering volume are big etc. the demand. Most of the existing production line conveying equipment can not meet the requirements at the same time, for example, the traditional platform conveying line can not avoid the surface defects of the products in the conveying process; the traditional chain or belt conveying line cannot simultaneously meet the requirements of buffer action with larger capacity, high speed and the like between process equipment main machines.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides a carrier assembling apparatus and a product conveying line, so as to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention comprises the following steps:

the embodiment of the invention provides a carrier assembling device, which comprises,

at least one first rotating body capable of rotating around its axis,

the carrier fixing and transferring assembly comprises a carrier seat, wherein the carrier seat can detachably fix a carrier, and the carrier seat can move in a first position and a second position along the first direction;

the product fixing and transferring assemblies are arranged along the circumferential direction of the first rotating body and can synchronously rotate with the first rotating body, and each product fixing and transferring assembly comprises a product seat capable of detachably fixing a product;

in the first direction, each carrier seat corresponds to a product seat, when the carrier seat is located at the first position, a product fixed on the product seat can be in a combined state with a carrier fixed on the carrier seat, and when the carrier seat is located at the second position, the product fixed on the product seat is in a separated state with the carrier fixed on the carrier seat.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a product conveying line, which is disposed between the first process equipment and the second process equipment, and is configured to convey a product from the first process equipment to the second process equipment, and the product conveying line includes:

the first product conveying unit is at least used for conveying products provided by the first process equipment to the first carrier assembling unit;

the first carrier assembly unit is at least used for assembling the product and the idle tool to form a material carrier;

the first carrier conveying unit is at least used for conveying the material carriers to the second carrier assembling unit;

the second carrier assembly unit is at least used for splitting the loaded carrier to form a product and an empty carrier;

the second carrier conveying unit is at least used for conveying the empty carrier split by the second carrier assembling unit back to the first carrier assembling unit;

the second product conveying unit is at least used for conveying the products formed by the splitting of the second carrier assembling unit to second process equipment;

the first carrier assembling unit and the second carrier assembling unit comprise the carrier assembling device.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:

1) The product conveying line provided by the embodiment of the invention can realize product conveying among process equipment hosts with different pitches;

2) The product conveying line provided by the embodiment of the invention can realize the conveying among different process equipment hosts of each process section in a production line, and can be one-to-many, many-to-one or many-to-many;

3) The product conveying line provided by the embodiment of the invention can avoid surface defects such as scratches, bruises, pits and the like to the maximum extent in the whole conveying process of products;

4) The product conveying line provided by the embodiment of the invention runs continuously, the production line speed is high, and a single channel needs more than 1000 pieces/min;

5) According to the product conveying line provided by the embodiment of the invention, the buffer areas with different capacities can be arranged according to actual requirements, so that the production efficiency of the whole production line is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a product delivery line provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operation of a product delivery line in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an (empty) carrier in a product conveying line according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an (empty) carrier in a product transport line according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a chain attachment and product, chain structure in a product conveying line in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a portion of a chain of a product transport line cooperating with a first process tool or a second process tool in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier mounting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view illustrating two second rotating bodies engaged with each other in a vehicle mounting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier assembling and disassembling unit in a carrier assembling apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a side view of a carrier assembly and disassembly unit of a carrier assembly apparatus provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a top view of a carrier mounting and dismounting unit of a carrier mounting apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of a carrier assembling and disassembling unit of a carrier assembling apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of fig. 12.

Detailed Description

In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the inventors of the present invention have made extensive studies and extensive practices to provide technical solutions of the present invention. The technical solution, its implementation and principles, etc. will be further explained as follows.

The embodiment of the invention provides a carrier assembling device, which is used for assembling a product and a carrier to form a material carrier, or disassembling the material carrier to form an empty carrier and the product, and the embodiment of the invention provides the carrier assembling device, which comprises,

at least one first rotating body capable of rotating around its axis,

the product fixing and transferring assembly comprises a product seat which can detachably fix a product;

In one embodiment, the carrier fixing and transferring assembly further comprises a second fixing mechanism for detachably fixing the carrier on the carrier seat.

In one embodiment, the second fixing mechanism is capable of detachably fixing the carrier on the carrier seat by suction.

In one embodiment, the second fixing mechanism includes a magnetic attraction mechanism or a negative pressure attraction mechanism, and the second fixing mechanism is capable of detachably fixing the carrier on the carrier seat by magnetic attraction or negative pressure attraction.

In a particular embodiment, the magnetic attraction mechanism comprises an electromagnet or a permanent magnet.

In one embodiment, the carrier seat has a first active surface that is adapted to a carrier, and the carrier is detachably fixed to the first active surface.

In a specific embodiment, the first active surface is a concave arc surface formed by being concave inwards along the second direction, and the concave arc surface can also be understood as a groove, the same applies below.

In one embodiment, the first active surface is matched to a sidewall of the carrier.

In an embodiment, the second fixing mechanism is disposed on the first acting surface, or the second fixing mechanism is disposed in an area corresponding to the first acting surface inside the carrier seat.

In one embodiment, the carrier mounting apparatus further comprises: the first driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the carrier seat and is used for driving the carrier seat to move along a first direction.

In a specific embodiment, the product holding and transferring assembly further comprises a first securing mechanism for detachably securing the product to the product holder.

In a specific embodiment, the first securing mechanism is in movable engagement with the product holder, and the first securing mechanism is movable in a second direction between a third position and a fourth position; when the first fixing mechanism is located at the third position, the product can be adsorbed and fixed on the product seat; when the first securing mechanism is in a fourth position, the product can be separated from the product holder.

In one embodiment, and when the product is disposed on the product seat, the product is disposed coaxially with the carrier and the axial direction of the product is parallel to the first direction.

In a specific embodiment, the first fixing mechanism is capable of detachably fixing the product on the product seat by means of adsorption.

In a specific embodiment, the first fixing mechanism comprises a magnetic adsorption mechanism or a negative pressure adsorption mechanism, and the first fixing mechanism can detachably fix the product on the product seat through magnetic adsorption or negative pressure adsorption.

In a specific embodiment, the product holder has a second active surface adapted to the product, and the product is detachably fixed to the second active surface by the first fixing means.

In a specific embodiment, a through hole structure corresponding to the second action surface and extending along the second direction is arranged in the product seat, the through hole structure is located on the motion track of the first fixing mechanism, and the first fixing mechanism can move in the through hole structure to a third position and a fourth position; illustratively, the first securing structure may be movably disposed within the via structure.

In a specific embodiment, the through hole structure is in conduction with the second active surface.

In a specific embodiment, the second active surface is a concave arc surface formed by being concave inwards along the second direction.

In a particular embodiment, the second active surface matches the side wall of the product.

In one embodiment, the carrier mounting apparatus further comprises: and the second driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the first fixing mechanism and is used for driving the first fixing mechanism to move along a second direction.

In a specific embodiment, the first direction is an axial direction of the first rotating body, and the second direction is a radial direction of the first rotating body.

In a specific embodiment, the first rotating body includes a rotating shaft, a first fixing ring, a second fixing ring and a plurality of guide rods, the second fixing ring and the first fixing ring are arranged at an interval in a first direction and are fixedly connected via the plurality of guide rods, the first fixing ring is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft and can rotate synchronously,

the product seat is fixed to be set up on the solid fixed ring of second, the activity of carrier seat sets up just can follow on the guide bar motion.

In one embodiment, the carrier mounting apparatus further comprises: and the third driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the rotating shaft of the first rotating body and is used for driving the first rotating body to rotate by taking the axis of the first rotating body as a shaft.

In a specific embodiment, the carrier assembling device further includes a fifth driving mechanism and a plurality of lift pins, the plurality of lift pins are disposed along a circumferential direction of the first rotating body and movably engaged with the first rotating body, the lift pins are in transmission connection with the fifth driving mechanism and can move along the first direction under the driving of the fifth driving mechanism, wherein the product on the carrier is located on a movement track of the lift pins.

In a specific embodiment, the axial direction of the carrier rod is parallel to the first direction.

In one embodiment, the carrier seat is disposed on a side of the carrier seat away from the product seat in the first direction.

In one embodiment, the carrier may be disposed on one side or inside of the carrier seat, and when the carrier is disposed inside of the carrier seat, an opening exposing the carrier may be disposed on the carrier seat, and the opening is located on a motion track of the ejector rod and allows a part of the ejector rod to pass through, so that the ejector rod contacts with the carrier to eject the carrier.

In one embodiment, the carrier mounting apparatus further comprises: one end of the guide bar is located on a motion track of a carrier fixed on the first rotating body, and when the carrier is in contact with the guide bar, the carrier can be separated from the carrier seat.

In one embodiment, the carrier mounting apparatus further comprises: the second rotating body is used for transferring the carrier to a carrier seat on the first rotating body, wherein a third fixing mechanism capable of detachably fixing the carrier is arranged on a rotating surface of the second rotating body, and the axial direction of the second rotating body is parallel to the axial direction of the first rotating body.

In one embodiment, the carrier mounting apparatus further comprises: and the outlet of the feeding slide way corresponds to the motion trail of the first rotating body or the second rotating body, and a carrier part in an empty carrier or a loaded carrier output from the outlet of the feeding slide way can be detachably fixed by a carrier seat or a third fixing mechanism.

In one embodiment, the third fixing mechanism is capable of detachably fixing the carrier by suction.

In a specific embodiment, the third fixing mechanism comprises a magnetic adsorption mechanism or a negative pressure adsorption mechanism.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a product conveying line, which is disposed between a first process device and a second process device, and is used for conveying a product from the first process device to the second process device, where the product conveying line includes:

the second product conveying unit is at least used for conveying the products formed by the disassembly of the second carrier assembly unit to second process equipment;

In a specific embodiment, each of the first and second product conveying units includes a plurality of sprockets, a chain drivingly connected to the plurality of sprockets, and a chain attachment, wherein a selected sprocket of the first and second product conveying units is coaxially disposed with the first rotating body of the first and second carrier mounting units, respectively, the chain attachment is disposed on the chain and is movable along the chain, and the chain attachment is capable of detachably fixing a product.

In one embodiment, the chain attachment may be configured to detachably secure the product by magnetic attraction.

In one embodiment, at least one selected sprocket is coaxially disposed and fixedly connected with the first rotating body, and the selected sprocket and the first rotating body rotate synchronously;

in a particular embodiment, the chain pitch in the first and second product conveyor units is different.

In an embodiment, the first carrier transporting unit includes at least two segments of first transporting belts and a first buffer transporting platform, the at least two segments of first transporting belts are respectively disposed between the first buffer transporting platform and the first carrier assembling unit and between the first buffer transporting platform and the second carrier assembling unit along the transporting direction, one segment of the first transporting belts is used for receiving and transporting the loaded carrier detached from the first carrier assembling unit, the other segment of the first transporting belts is connected to the feeding channel of the second carrier assembling unit, and the first buffer transporting platform is used for buffering and transporting the loaded carrier.

In an embodiment, the second carrier transporting unit includes at least two segments of second transporting belts and a second buffer transporting platform, the at least two segments of second transporting belts are respectively disposed between the second buffer transporting platform and the second carrier assembling unit and the first carrier assembling unit along the transporting direction, one segment of the second transporting belts is used for receiving and transporting empty carriers detached from the second carrier assembling unit, the other segment of the second transporting belts is connected to the feeding channel of the first carrier assembling unit, and the second buffer transporting platform is used for buffering and transporting empty carriers.

The technical solution, the implementation process and the principle thereof will be further explained with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments, and unless otherwise specified, the driving mechanism, the fixing mechanism, the conveying belt, the chain, etc. used in the embodiments of the present invention may be known to those skilled in the art, and of course, other components similar to their functions and structures may be substituted by those skilled in the art.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a product transfer line is disposed between a first process equipment 1 and a second process equipment 2, and is used to transfer a product 16 from the first process equipment 1 to the second process equipment 2.

It should be noted that the product conveying line may be matched with a set of first process equipment and second process equipment, or a plurality of sets of first process equipment and second process equipment, fig. 2 shows an example of a plurality of first process equipment and second process equipment, and the product input or output pitches in the first process equipment and the second process equipment are different, so that the product cannot be directly transferred from the first process equipment to the second process equipment, and the product also faces the wear problem in the conveying process, and the wear problem of the product needs to be overcome by using a carrier.

Referring to fig. 1 again, in the present embodiment, the product conveying line includes a first product conveying unit, a first carrier assembling unit 3, a first carrier conveying unit, a second carrier assembling unit 4, a second carrier conveying unit, and a second product conveying unit, which are sequentially arranged, where the first product conveying unit is at least used for conveying the products 16 provided by the first process equipment 1 to the first carrier assembling unit 3; the first carrier assembly unit 3 is at least used for assembling the product 16 with an empty carrier to form a material carrier 25; the second carrier conveying unit is at least used for conveying the material carriers 25 to the second carrier assembling unit 4; the second carrier assembly unit 4 is at least used for separating the loaded carrier 25 into the product 16 and the unloaded carrier 26; the second carrier conveying unit is at least used for conveying the empty carrier 26 separated by the second carrier assembling unit 4 back to the first carrier assembling unit 3; the second product conveying unit is at least used for conveying the products 16 formed by splitting the second carrier assembling unit 4 to the second process equipment 2.

It should be noted that, only the first product conveying unit, the first carrier assembling unit, the first carrier conveying unit, the second carrier assembling unit, the second carrier conveying unit and the second product conveying unit in the product conveying line shown in fig. 1 are sequentially arranged and correspond to one another one by one, but in a specific application process, the number of the first product conveying unit, the first carrier assembling unit, the first carrier conveying unit, the second carrier assembling unit, the second carrier conveying unit and the second product conveying unit may be multiple or multiple groups, so as to improve the efficiency of product conveying.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the product 16 is a ferromagnetic member, or the product 16 includes a ferromagnetic member or a magnet member capable of being magnetically attracted, the empty carrier 26 includes a housing 28, a receiving cavity enclosed by the housing 28, and a fourth magnet 27, the fourth magnet 27 is preferably disposed in the receiving cavity, at least one end of the product 16 can be placed in the receiving cavity and can be magnetically attracted by the fourth magnet 27 to be fixed in the receiving cavity, it can be understood that the loaded carrier 25 is a combination of the empty carrier 26 and the product 16, and the carrier portion of the loaded carrier 25 and the empty carrier 26 have the same structure.

In the present embodiment, the housing 28 is a ferromagnetic member that can be attracted by a magnet, so that the empty carrier 26 can be magnetically attracted, and the fourth magnet 27 may be a permanent magnet or the like.

In this embodiment, the first product conveying unit includes a plurality of sprockets, a first chain 7 and a chain accessory 13, the first chain 7 is wound around the plurality of sprockets and is in transmission connection with the sprockets, and the chain accessory 13 is fixedly arranged on the first chain 7 and can move along with the first chain 7; the second product conveying unit comprises a plurality of chain wheels, a second chain 8 and chain accessories 13, the second chain 8 is wound on the plurality of chain wheels and is in transmission connection with the chain wheels, and the chain accessories 13 are fixedly arranged on the second chain 8 and can move along with the first chain 7; the chain wheel is in transmission connection with a rotary driving motor and the like, so as to drive the first chain 7 and the second chain 8 to move, it should be noted that the rotary driving motors driving the first chain 7 and the second chain 8 to move may be the same or different, and the pitches of the first chain 7 and the second chain 8 are different.

It should be noted that the first product conveying unit and the second product conveying unit have substantially the same structure, and the distribution positions, paths and the like of the plurality of sprockets can be adjusted according to specific requirements.

In this embodiment, the chain accessory 13 can fix the product 16 by a magnetic attraction manner, specifically, referring to fig. 3, the chain accessory 13 includes an accessory main body 17, a fifth magnet 18 and a supporting rod 19, the accessory main body 17 is fixedly connected to the supporting rod 19, the supporting rod 19 is fixedly connected to a chain link of the first chain 7/the second chain 8, and the fifth magnet 18 is fixedly disposed on the accessory main body 17 and can magnetically attract the product 16.

In this embodiment, the accessory main body 17 has a groove that matches the contour of the product and can position or limit the product, the fifth magnet 18 can fix the product 16 in the groove by magnetic attraction, and the distance between the axis of the groove of the accessory main body 17 (which coincides with the axis of the product) and the plane formed by the axis of the support rod 19 is referred to as the accessory height.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the first chain 7/the second chain 8 are connected to the first process equipment 1/the second process equipment 2 through a sprocket, and different product pitches of the first process equipment 1 can be adapted by changing parameters such as accessory height, sprocket tooth number and the like of the accessory main body 17.

In the present embodiment, the attachment main body 17 is a non-ferromagnetic member, preferably a non-metallic member, and the fifth magnet 18 may be a permanent magnet, an electromagnet, or the like.

In the present embodiment, the first carrier assembling unit 3 and the second carrier assembling unit 4 have substantially the same structure, and the actions performed by the two units are opposite to each other, and as the structure of the first carrier assembling unit 3 is explained and explained below, those skilled in the art can learn the structure of the second carrier assembling unit 4.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1, fig. 7 to fig. 9, fig. 10 and fig. 11, the first carrier assembling unit 3 includes:

at least one first rotating body 23, able to rotate around its own axis;

the carrier fixing and transferring device comprises a plurality of carrier fixing and transferring components and a first driving mechanism, wherein the carrier fixing and transferring components are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction of the first rotating body 23, each carrier fixing and transferring component comprises a carrier seat 30, each carrier seat 30 can fix a carrier in a magnetic adsorption mode, and the first driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the carrier seat 30 and can drive the carrier seat 30 to move in a first position and a second position along the first direction;

the product fixing and transferring assemblies comprise a product seat 31 and a first fixing mechanism 34, the first fixing mechanism 34 is arranged corresponding to the product seat 31 and can adsorb and fix a product on the product seat 31, and the second driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the first fixing mechanism 34 and can drive the first fixing mechanism 34 to move in a third position and a fourth position along a second direction;

in the first direction, each carrier seat 30 corresponds to a product seat 31 and is sequentially arranged on the first rotating body 23 along the first direction, when the carrier seat 30 is located at the first position, the product 16 and the carrier are in a combined state, and when the carrier seat 30 is located at the second position, the product 16 and the carrier are in a separated state;

when the first fixing mechanism 34 is located at the third position, a first magnetic force is generated between the first fixing mechanism 34 and the product 16, and the product 16 is fixed on the product seat 31 in an absorption manner; when the first fixing mechanism 34 is located at the fourth position, a second magnetic force is provided between the first fixing mechanism 34 and the product 16, the product 16 can be transferred from the product seat 31, wherein the first magnetic force is greater than or equal to a minimum acting force capable of fixing the product 16 on the product seat 31, the second magnetic force is less than the minimum acting force, and when the product 16 is located on the product seat 31, the product 16 is coaxially arranged with the carrier, and the axial direction of the product 16 is parallel to the first direction.

In the present embodiment, the first direction is an axial direction of the first rotating body 23, and the second direction is a radial direction of the first rotating body 23.

In this embodiment, the first rotating body 23 includes a rotating shaft, a first fixing ring, a second fixing ring and a plurality of guide rods 36, the first fixing ring is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft and can rotate synchronously, the second fixing ring and the first fixing ring are arranged at intervals along a first direction and are fixedly connected to the guide rods, the product seat 31 is fixedly arranged on the second fixing ring, the carrier seat 30 is movably arranged on the guide rods 36 and can be driven by the first driving mechanism to move along the guide rods, it can be understood that the guide rods 36 are sequentially arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the first fixing ring/the second fixing ring, and the axial direction of the guide rods 36 is parallel to the first direction.

In this embodiment, the first driving mechanism is a linear driving mechanism, and the first driving mechanism is configured to drive the carrier base 30 to move linearly along the guiding rod, and for example, the first driving mechanism may be a linear driving motor, a linear driving cylinder, a cam driving mechanism, or the like.

In this embodiment, taking a cam driving mechanism as an example, the first driving mechanism includes a first cam 32 and a first cam follower mechanism, the first cam 32 may be disposed coaxially with the rotation axis of the first rotating body 23 but not connected to the rotation axis, that is, the first cam 32 is fixed relative to the rotation axis, a continuous first guide groove is disposed on the wheel surface of the first cam 32, the first guide groove is an annular groove disposed continuously along the circumferential direction of the first cam 32, the first guide groove is an irregular non-annular groove, one end of the first cam follower mechanism is movably disposed in the first guide groove and keeps contact with the groove wall of the first guide groove, and the other end of the first cam follower mechanism is fixedly connected to the carrier seat 30, the carrier seat 30 can move in the first guide groove during the rotation of the first rotating body, and when the first cam follower mechanism moves in the first guide groove, the first cam follower mechanism is not in contact with the first guide groove, so that the acting force between the first cam follower mechanism and the first guide groove is different from the acting force of the first cam follower mechanism 36.

In the present embodiment, the carrier seat 30 has a first action surface matched with a side wall of the carrier, a part of the carrier can be correspondingly arranged in the first action surface, a second fixing mechanism 35 capable of adsorbing and fixing an empty carrier is arranged in the first action surface, and the magnetic force, the number, the distribution condition and the like of the second fixing mechanism 35 are not particularly limited.

In this embodiment, the product seat 31 has a second action surface matched with a product (mainly a side wall of the product), a part of the product 16 can be correspondingly arranged in the second action surface, and the first fixing mechanism 34 corresponds to the second action surface and can correspondingly adsorb and fix the product 16 on the second action surface.

In this embodiment, the first acting surface and the second acting surface may be concave arc surfaces formed by being recessed inwards along the second direction, and the concave arc surfaces may also be understood as grooves.

In this embodiment, the second action surface is provided with a through hole structure, the through hole structure is located on the motion track of the first fixing mechanism 34 and is used for the first fixing mechanism 34 to expose or pass through, so as to realize the adsorption and fixation of the product 16, exemplarily, the through hole structure extends along the second direction, and the first fixing mechanism 34 can be movably arranged in the through hole structure.

In this embodiment, the second driving mechanism is a linear driving mechanism, and the second driving mechanism is used to drive the first fixing mechanism 34 to make a linear motion.

In this embodiment, taking a cam driving mechanism as an example, the second driving mechanism includes a second cam 33 and a second cam follower mechanism, the second cam 33 may be disposed coaxially with the rotation axis of the first rotating body 23 but not connected to the rotation axis, that is, the second cam 33 is fixed relative to the rotation axis, a continuous second guide groove is disposed on a side surface or an end surface of the second cam 33, the second guide groove is an annular groove disposed continuously along the circumferential direction of the second cam 33, the second guide groove is an irregular non-annular groove, one end of the second cam follower mechanism is movably disposed in the second guide groove and keeps contact with a groove wall of the second guide groove, and the other end of the second cam follower mechanism is fixedly connected to the first fixing mechanism 34, the first fixing mechanism 34 is capable of moving in the second guide groove during the rotation of the first rotating body, and when the second cam follower mechanism moves in the second guide groove, the second cam follower mechanism is not in contact with the second guide groove, and the second cam follower mechanism is not in the second guide groove, so that the second cam follower mechanism does not move in the second guide groove, and the second cam follower mechanism does not make the guide groove move in the second guide seat.

In this embodiment, the first carrier assembling unit 3 further includes a guide bar 24, one end of the guide bar 24 is located on a motion track of a carrier fixed on the first rotating body 23, and when the carrier contacts the guide bar 24, the carrier can be separated from the carrier seat 30.

In this embodiment, the first carrier assembling unit 3 further includes at least one second rotating body 21, the second rotating body 21 is used for transferring an empty carrier 26 to the carrier seat 30 of the first rotating body 23, wherein a plurality of grooves are sequentially arranged in the circumferential direction of the second rotating body 21, a third fixing mechanism 29 capable of adsorbing and fixing the empty carrier 26 is arranged in the groove, and the axial direction of the second rotating body 21 is parallel to the axial direction of the first rotating body 23.

In the present embodiment, the groove surface of the groove and the first acting surface of the carrier seat 30 are located in the same working plane, and the distance between the second rotating body 21 and the first rotating body 23 is required to satisfy that the second rotating body 21 and the first rotating body 23 can transfer the empty carrier 26 from the second rotating body 21 to the carrier seat on the first rotating body 23 during the rotation process, which is not specifically limited and described herein.

Of course, a plurality of second rotating bodies 21 may be provided to realize the carrier transfer, and the arrangement of the plurality of second rotating bodies 21 may be set according to the requirement, which is not specifically limited herein.

In this embodiment, the first carrier assembling unit 3 further includes a feeding chute 9, an outlet of the feeding chute 9 corresponds to a movement track of the first rotating body 23 or the second rotating body 21, and a carrier portion of an empty carrier or a loaded carrier 25 output from the outlet of the feeding chute 9 can be magnetically attracted and fixed by the second fixing mechanism 35 in the carrier seat 30 or the third fixing mechanism 29 in the groove.

It should be noted that the material feeding chute 9 is mainly used for conveying empty carriers 26 or loaded carriers 25, and the specific structure thereof is not limited and described herein.

In this embodiment, the first carrier assembling unit 3 further includes a third driving mechanism, and the third driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the first rotating body 23 and the second rotating body 21 and is used for driving the first rotating body 23 and the second rotating body 21 to rotate by taking their axes as axes; the first rotating body 23 and the second rotating body 21 may rotate synchronously or in cooperation with each other at a set rotation speed, the third driving mechanism may be a rotation driving mechanism, and the third driving mechanism may be a rotation driving motor, for example.

In this embodiment, please refer to fig. 12 and 13, in order to enable the second carrier assembling unit 4 to better realize the function of splitting a loaded carrier into empty carriers and products, the carriers are further provided with openings capable of exposing the products located in the carriers, the second carrier assembling unit 4 further includes a fifth driving mechanism and a push rod 37, the push rods 37 are sequentially arranged along the circumferential direction of the first rotating body 23 and are movably matched with the first rotating body, the push rod 37 is in transmission connection with the fifth driving mechanism and can move along the first direction under the driving of the fifth driving mechanism, the openings are located on the movement track of the push rods, and the push rods can enter the carriers from the openings to push out the products in the carriers along the first direction.

In the present embodiment, the lift pins 37 are disposed on a side of the carrier seat 30 away from the product seat 31 in the first direction.

In this embodiment, the push rod 37 may also be movably disposed on the guide rod, and can move along the guide rod under the driving of the fifth driving mechanism, where the fifth driving mechanism is a linear driving mechanism, and for example, the fifth driving mechanism may be a linear driving motor, a linear driving cylinder, a cam driving mechanism, or the like.

In this embodiment, taking a cam driving mechanism as an example, the fifth driving mechanism includes a third cam 38 and a third cam follower mechanism, the third cam 38 may be disposed coaxially with the rotating shaft 40 of the first rotating body but not connected to the rotating shaft 40, i.e. the third cam is fixed relative to the rotating shaft, a continuous third guide groove is disposed on the wheel surface of the third cam, the third guide groove is an annular groove disposed continuously along the circumferential direction of the third cam, the third guide groove is an irregular non-annular groove, one end of the third cam follower mechanism is movably disposed in the first guide groove and keeps contact with the groove wall of the third guide groove, and the other end of the third cam follower mechanism is fixedly connected to the push rod 37, the third cam follower mechanism can move in the third guide groove during the rotation of the first rotating body, and when the third cam follower mechanism moves in the third guide groove, the third cam follower mechanism is in contact with different areas of the third guide groove, so that the third cam follower mechanism further drives the push rod 36 to move separately from the guide groove.

It should be noted that, because the product is adsorbed in the carrier by magnetism, the product can move along the first direction with the carrier under the drive of carrier seat, and thrust is exerted to the product with the ejector pin this moment, can make product and carrier separation, perhaps, increases the distance of product and the interior magnet of carrier, weakens the magnetic force between product and the interior magnet of carrier to realize the separation of product and carrier.

In this embodiment, the first cam, the second cam and the third cam may be fixed to each other, and preferably, the first cam and the third cam may be integrally provided, that is, a first guide groove and a third guide groove are provided on a wheel surface of the same cam, the first cam, the second cam and the third cam are fixedly provided on a fixing sleeve 39, the fixing sleeve 39 is coaxially provided with a rotating shaft 40, and a bearing 41 is provided between the fixing sleeve 39 and the rotating shaft 40 and is rotatably engaged with the fixing sleeve 39 through the bearing 41. In the present embodiment, the first, second, third, and the like fixing mechanisms may be permanent magnets, electromagnets, or the like; of course, the first fixing mechanism, the second fixing mechanism, the third fixing mechanism and the like can also be replaced by a negative pressure adsorption mechanism and the like.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 7 and 9, a selected sprocket 15 of the first product conveying unit and the second product conveying unit is coaxially and fixedly disposed with the first rotating body 23 of the first carrier assembling unit 3 and the second carrier assembling unit 4, respectively, and the selected sprocket may rotate synchronously with the first rotating body 23 coaxially and fixedly disposed therewith, or both of the first product conveying unit and the second product conveying unit further include a fourth driving mechanism, the fourth driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the sprocket, and the fourth driving mechanism may be a rotation driving motor, etc.

In this embodiment, the second carrier conveying unit includes at least two sections of first conveying belts 10 and a first buffer conveying platform 5, the at least two sections of first conveying belts 10 are respectively disposed between the first buffer conveying platform 5 and the first carrier assembling unit 3 and between the first buffer conveying platform 10 and the second carrier assembling unit 4 along the conveying direction, wherein one section of the first conveying belts 10 is used for receiving and conveying the material carriers 25 separated from the first carrier assembling unit 3, the other section of the first conveying belts 10 is connected with the feeding channel of the second carrier assembling unit 4, and the first buffer conveying platform 5 is used for buffering and conveying the material carriers 25.

In this embodiment, the second carrier conveying unit includes at least two sections of second conveying belts 12 and a second buffer conveying platform 6, the at least two sections of second conveying belts 12 are respectively disposed between the second buffer conveying platform 6 and the second carrier assembling unit 4 and between the first carrier assembling unit 3 along the conveying direction, wherein one section of second conveying belt 12 is used for receiving and conveying empty carriers separated from the second carrier assembling unit 4, the other section of second conveying belt 12 is connected with the feeding channel of the first carrier assembling unit 3, and the second buffer conveying platform 6 is used for buffering and conveying empty carriers.

In this embodiment, a work flow of a product conveying line in the embodiment of the present invention at least includes:

the products 16 provided by the first process equipment 1 are conveyed to the first product conveying unit and are fixed on the chain attachments 13 in a magnetic adsorption manner, and the products 16 are conveyed to the first rotating body 23 of the first carrier assembling unit 3 along the first chain 7 together with the chain attachments 13 and are transferred into the product seats of the first rotating body 23;

meanwhile, empty carriers formed by separation from the second carrier assembling unit 4 are buffered on a second buffer conveying platform 6 along a second conveying belt 12, then conveyed to a feeding slide way 9 through a section of the second conveying belt 12, under the action of gravity, empty carriers are conveyed to a second rotating body 21 of the first carrier assembling unit 3 along the feeding slide way 9, then conveyed to carrier seats on a first rotating body 23 through the first rotating body 23, and the empty carriers are fixed in the carrier seats under the magnetic adsorption action of magnets in the carrier seats;

the carrier seat 30 is driven by the first cam 32 and moves along the axial direction of the first rotating body 23, so that the empty carrier 26 is gradually sleeved into the product 16 to form the material carrier 25; the second acting surface of the product seat 31 is provided with a first magnet 34, which can be driven and controlled by a second cam 33 to move along the radial direction of the first rotating body 23, and the position of the first magnet 34 is controlled to satisfy the following conditions: 1) The chain attachment 13 gradually approaches the product seat 31 with the product 16 until the first magnet 34 is at the radially lowest position of the first rotating body 23 before the product 16 is coaxial with the product seat 31; 2) After the first magnet 34 is located at the highest position in the radial direction of the first rotating body 23, the no-load tool 26 can gradually move axially of the first rotating body 23 until the first magnet is completely sleeved in the product 16; 3) Before the chain attachment 13 starts to move away from the product seat 31 following the first chain, the first magnet 34 is located at the lowest position in the radial direction of the first rotating body 23 (the working process of the second carrier assembling unit 4 is opposite to the working process of the first carrier assembling unit 3, and will not be described in detail later);

the formed material carrier 25 continues to rotate along with the first rotating body 23 until contacting with the guide strip 24, and then starts to be separated from the carrier seat of the first rotating body 23 and moves along the guide strip, finally falls onto the first conveying belt 10, is conveyed to the first buffer conveying platform 5 along the first conveying belt 10 for buffer storage, and is conveyed to the second carrier assembling unit 4 along the other section of the first conveying belt 10;

the empty carriers formed by the detachment of the second carrier assembly unit 4 are guided onto the second conveyor belt 12 by the guide bars of the second carrier assembly unit 4, and the formed products are adsorbed and fixed by the chain attachments 13 on the second chain 8 and conveyed to the second process equipment 8 along the second chain 8.

The product conveying line provided by the embodiment of the invention can realize product conveying among the process equipment hosts with different pitches, can realize conveying among different process equipment hosts of each process section in a production line, can be one-to-many, can also be many-to-one, and can also be many-to-many, and can realize furthest avoiding surface defects such as scratches, bruises, pits and the like in the whole conveying process of products.

The product conveying line provided by the embodiment of the invention is in continuous operation, the production line speed is high, a single channel needs more than 1000 pieces/minute, and buffer areas with different capacities can be set according to actual requirements so as to improve the production efficiency of the whole production line.

It should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical concepts and features of the present invention, which are intended to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention, and therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A carrier assembling device is characterized by comprising,

at least one first rotating body (23) capable of rotating around its axis, the first rotating body including a rotating shaft, a first fixing ring, a second fixing ring and a plurality of guide rods, the second fixing ring and the first fixing ring being disposed at an interval in a first direction and fixedly connected via the plurality of guide rods, the first fixing ring being fixedly connected to the rotating shaft and capable of synchronously rotating,

the carrier fixing and transferring assemblies are arranged along the circumferential direction of the first rotating body (23) and can synchronously rotate with the first rotating body, each carrier fixing and transferring assembly comprises a carrier seat (30), the carrier seats (30) are movably arranged on the guide rods and can move along the guide rods, the carrier seats (30) can detachably fix carriers, and the carrier seats (30) can move in a first position and a second position along the first direction;

the product fixing and transferring assemblies are arranged along the circumferential direction of the first rotating body and can rotate synchronously with the first rotating body, each product fixing and transferring assembly comprises a product seat (31), the product seats (31) are fixedly arranged on the second fixing rings, and the product seats (31) can detachably fix products (16);

in the first direction, each carrier seat (30) corresponds to a product seat (31), when the carrier seat (30) is located at the first position, the product (16) fixed on the product seat (31) can be in a combined state with the carrier fixed on the carrier seat (30), and when the carrier seat (30) is located at the second position, the product (16) fixed on the product seat (31) is in a separated state with the carrier fixed on the carrier seat (30).

2. The carrier mounting device according to claim 1, wherein: the carrier fixing and transferring assembly further comprises a second fixing mechanism (35), and the second fixing mechanism (35) is used for detachably fixing the carrier on the carrier seat (30).

3. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: the second fixing mechanism (35) can detachably fix the carrier on the carrier seat (30) in an adsorption mode.

4. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the second fixing mechanism (35) comprises a magnetic adsorption mechanism or a negative pressure adsorption mechanism, and the carrier can be detachably fixed on the carrier seat (30) through the second fixing mechanism (35) in a magnetic adsorption or negative pressure adsorption mode.

5. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the magnetic adsorption mechanism comprises an electromagnet or a permanent magnet.

6. The carrier mounting device according to claim 2, wherein: the carrier seat (30) is provided with a first action surface matched with a carrier, and the carrier can be detachably fixed on the first action surface.

7. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the first acting surface is a concave arc surface formed by inwards sinking along the second direction.

8. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the first acting surface is matched with the side wall of the carrier.

9. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the second fixing mechanism (35) is arranged on the first acting surface, or the second fixing mechanism (35) is arranged in the area corresponding to the first acting surface in the carrier seat (30).

10. The carrier mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: the first driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the carrier seat (30) and is used for driving the carrier seat (30) to move along a first direction.

11. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the product fixing and transferring assembly further comprises a first fixing mechanism (34), and the first fixing mechanism (34) is used for detachably fixing the product (16) on the product seat (31).

12. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 11, wherein: the first fixing mechanism (34) is movably matched with the product seat (31), and the first fixing mechanism (34) can move to a third position and a fourth position along a second direction; when the first fixing mechanism (34) is located at the third position, the product (16) can be adsorbed and fixed on the product seat (31); when the first securing mechanism (34) is in a fourth position, the product (16) is separable from the product holder (31).

13. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 12, wherein: when the product (16) is arranged on the product seat (31), the product (16) is arranged coaxially with the carrier, and the axial direction of the product (16) is parallel to the first direction.

14. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 11, wherein: the first fixing mechanism (34) can detachably fix the product (16) on the product seat (31) in an adsorption mode.

15. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 14, wherein: the first fixing mechanism (34) comprises a magnetic adsorption mechanism or a negative pressure adsorption mechanism, and the first fixing mechanism (34) can detachably fix the product (16) on the product seat (31) in a magnetic adsorption or negative pressure adsorption mode.

16. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 15, wherein: the magnetic adsorption mechanism comprises an electromagnet or a permanent magnet.

17. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 11, wherein: the product holder (31) has a second active surface adapted to the product, on which second active surface the product (16) can be detachably fixed by a first fixing means (34).

18. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 17, wherein: the product seat (31) is internally provided with a through hole structure which corresponds to the second action surface and extends along the second direction, the through hole structure is positioned on the motion trail of the first fixing mechanism (34), and the first fixing mechanism (34) can move in the through hole structure at a third position and a fourth position.

19. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 18, wherein: the through hole structure is communicated with the second action surface.

20. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 17, wherein: the second acting surface is a concave arc surface formed by inwards sinking along the second direction.

21. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 17, wherein: the second active surface is matched with the side wall of the product.

22. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 12 or 17, further comprising: and the second driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the first fixing mechanism (34) and is used for driving the first fixing mechanism (34) to move along a second direction.

23. The carrier mounting device according to claim 12, wherein the first direction is an axial direction of the first rotating body (23), and the second direction is a radial direction of the first rotating body (23).

24. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the carrier assembling device further comprises: and the third driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the rotating shaft of the first rotating body (23) and is used for driving the first rotating body (23) to rotate by taking the axis of the third driving mechanism as an axis.

25. The carrier mounting device according to claim 1, wherein: the carrier assembling device further comprises a fifth driving mechanism and a plurality of ejector rods, the ejector rods are arranged along the circumferential direction of the first rotating body and are movably matched with the first rotating body, the ejector rods are in transmission connection with the fifth driving mechanism and can move along the first direction under the driving of the fifth driving mechanism, and products (16) on the carrier are located on the movement track of the ejector rods.

26. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 25, wherein: the axial direction of the ejector rod is parallel to the first direction.

27. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 25, wherein: in the first direction, the ejector rod is arranged on one side, away from the product seat (31), of the carrier seat (30).

28. The carrier mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: and one end of the guide bar (24) is positioned on the motion track of a carrier fixed on the first rotating body (23), and when the carrier is in contact with the guide bar (24), the carrier can be separated from the carrier seat (30).

29. The carrier mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: at least one second rotating body (21), wherein the second rotating body (21) is used for transferring the carrier to a carrier seat (30) on the first rotating body (23), a third fixing mechanism (29) capable of detachably fixing the carrier is arranged on the rotating surface of the second rotating body (21), and the axial direction of the second rotating body (21) is parallel to the axial direction of the first rotating body (23).

30. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 29, wherein: the carrier assembling device further comprises: the outlet of the feeding slide corresponds to the motion track of the first rotating body (23) or the second rotating body (21), and the carrier part of the empty carrier or the loaded carrier output from the outlet of the feeding slide can be detachably fixed by a carrier seat (30) or a third fixing mechanism (29).

31. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 29, wherein: the third fixing mechanism (29) can detachably fix the carrier in an adsorption mode.

32. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 31, wherein: the third fixing mechanism (29) comprises a magnetic adsorption mechanism or a negative pressure adsorption mechanism.

33. The carrier mounting apparatus according to claim 32, wherein: the magnetic adsorption mechanism comprises an electromagnet or a permanent magnet.

34. A product conveying line arranged between a first process unit (1) and a second process unit (2) and adapted to convey a product (16) from the first process unit (1) to the second process unit (2), characterized in that the product conveying line comprises:

a first product conveying unit for conveying at least products (16) provided by the first process equipment (1) to the first carrier assembly unit;

a first carrier assembly unit (3) at least used for assembling the product (16) and the idle tool to form a material carrier;

a first carrier conveying unit at least used for conveying the material carriers to a second carrier assembling unit (4);

a second carrier assembly unit (4) for at least splitting the loaded carrier into a product (16) and an empty carrier;

the second carrier conveying unit is at least used for conveying the empty carriers split by the second carrier assembling unit (4) back to the first carrier assembling unit (3);

a second product conveying unit at least used for conveying the products (16) formed by splitting the second carrier assembling unit (4) to the second process equipment (2);

wherein the first and second carrier assembly units (3, 4) comprise the carrier assembly device of any one of claims 1-33.

35. The product conveyor line according to claim 34, wherein: the first product conveying unit and the second product conveying unit respectively comprise a plurality of chain wheels, a chain (7) and a chain accessory (13), the chain (7) is in transmission connection with the chain wheels, a selected chain wheel in the first product conveying unit and the second product conveying unit is coaxially arranged with a first rotating body (23) in the first carrier assembling unit (3) and the second carrier assembling unit (4), the chain accessory (13) is arranged on the chain (7) and can move along the chain (7), and the chain accessory (13) can detachably fix a product (16).

36. The product conveying line according to claim 35, wherein: at least one selected chain wheel is coaxially arranged and fixedly connected with the first rotating body (23), and the selected chain wheel and the first rotating body (23) synchronously rotate.

37. The product conveyor line according to claim 34, wherein: the first and second product conveyor units have chains with different pitches.

38. The product conveyor line according to claim 34, wherein: the first carrier conveying unit comprises at least two sections of first conveying belts (10) and a first buffer conveying platform (5), the first conveying belts (10) are arranged between the first buffer conveying platform (5) and the first carrier assembling unit (3) and between the first buffer conveying platform (5) and the second carrier assembling unit (4) along the conveying direction, one section of the first conveying belts (10) is used for receiving and conveying material carriers separated from the first carrier assembling unit (3), the other section of the first conveying belts (10) is connected with a feeding channel of the second carrier assembling unit (4), and the first buffer conveying platform (5) is used for buffering and conveying the material carriers.

39. The product conveyor line according to claim 34, wherein: the second carrier conveying unit comprises at least two sections of second conveying belts (12) and a second buffer conveying platform (6), the at least two sections of second conveying belts (12) are respectively arranged between the second buffer conveying platform (6) and the second carrier assembling unit (4) and the first carrier assembling unit (3) along the conveying direction, one section of second conveying belt (12) is used for receiving and conveying idle tools separated from the second carrier assembling unit (4), the other section of second conveying belt (12) is connected with a feeding channel of the first carrier assembling unit (3), and the second buffer conveying platform (6) is used for buffering and conveying the idle carriers.