CN115447931A

CN115447931A - Automatic processing production line

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Publication number: CN115447931A
Application number: CN202210315355.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙兵; 辛洪德; 常远
Original assignee: Suzhou Vega Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Vega Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-28
Filing date: 2022-03-28
Publication date: 2022-12-09

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic processing production line, which comprises: the automatic feeding and discharging system comprises a temporary storage rack, a first transfer trolley, a second transfer trolley and a buffer device, the control system is communicated with the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the buffer device, and the workpieces to be processed stored on the temporary storage rack are suitable for being conveyed to the processing equipment through the feed and discharge ports sequentially by the second transfer trolley, the first transfer trolley and the buffer device; the processed workpiece is suitable for being transferred to the temporary storage rack through the material inlet and outlet and the buffer device, the first transfer trolley and the second transfer trolley in sequence. According to the automatic processing production line, the workpieces can be automatically fed and discharged, the processing operation of the workpieces can be carried out, the labor input cost is low, and the processing efficiency is high.

Description

Automatic processing production line

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of processing equipment, in particular to an automatic processing production line.

Background

When a workpiece is machined by using machining equipment, for example, when a drilling equipment drills a PCB panel, the panel is placed on a machining table of the drilling equipment and then the panel is drilled by a tool. However, in the related art, the workpiece is usually placed into the processing equipment in a manual plate placing mode, and the plate is recovered in a manual plate taking mode after the processing is completed, so that the labor cost required to be input in the workpiece processing process is high, and the efficiency of loading and unloading the workpiece is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an automatic processing production line which can automatically feed and discharge materials and process workpieces and has the advantages of low labor input cost and high processing efficiency.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the automatic processing production line comprises: the processing equipment is used for processing the workpiece and is provided with a material inlet and a material outlet; the automatic loading and unloading system comprises a temporary storage rack, a first transfer trolley, a second transfer trolley and a buffer device, wherein the temporary storage rack is used for storing workpieces, the buffer device is positioned on one side of the processing equipment, which is provided with the feed port and the discharge port, and is in butt joint with the processing equipment, the buffer device is used for buffering and transmitting the workpieces, the first transfer trolley and the second transfer trolley can move on the ground to transfer the workpieces, and the first transfer trolley and the buffer device are in detachable butt joint; the control system is communicated with the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device to acquire the running states of the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device and control the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device; the workpieces to be processed stored on the temporary storage rack are suitable for being sequentially grabbed and transferred to the first transfer trolley by the second transfer trolley, are in butt joint with the cache device by the first transfer trolley and are conveyed to the cache device, and are conveyed to the processing equipment through the cache device and the feed and discharge port; the processed workpieces are suitable for being sequentially output to the caching device through the material inlet and outlet, conveyed to the first transfer trolley butted with the caching device through the caching device, and grabbed and transferred to the temporary storage rack through the second transfer trolley.

According to the automatic processing production line provided by the embodiment of the invention, the automatic loading and unloading system and the control system communicated with the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device are arranged, so that the control system can control the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device according to the processing instruction to realize automatic loading and unloading of the workpiece, the labor intensity of workers in the workpiece processing process is reduced, the production and processing efficiency of the workpiece is improved, the labor cost is reduced, and the production safety can be improved to a certain extent.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the first transfer cart comprises: a first mobile base; storage conveyor, storage conveyor locates first removal base, storage conveyor includes the storage frame and locates the storage conveying mechanism of storage frame, storage conveying mechanism includes the multilayer storage conveying position of arranging in proper order along upper and lower direction, every layer the storage is carried the position and is included storage conveying bottom plate and locates storage conveying bottom plate's conveying subassembly, storage conveying bottom plate with the storage frame links to each other, every layer conveying subassembly independently conveys the work piece or conveys the work piece in step.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the buffer device comprises a plurality of buffer bins sequentially arranged in an up-down direction, each buffer bin comprises a plurality of buffer stations arranged in a horizontal direction, and each buffer station is used for buffering and transmitting workpieces.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the buffer device comprises a support frame, a buffer mechanism and a lifting mechanism, the buffer mechanism comprises a plurality of layers of buffer bins sequentially arranged along the vertical direction, the lifting mechanism is arranged on the support frame, the lifting mechanism is connected with the buffer mechanism to drive the buffer mechanism to lift, any layer of buffer bin is positioned at a feeding and discharging position through the lifting of the buffer mechanism, and workpieces in the buffer bins positioned at the feeding and discharging position are suitable for being conveyed to the processing station of the processing equipment.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, each of the buffer stations includes a buffer bottom plate and a transmission assembly, the transmission assembly is disposed on the buffer bottom plate and is configured to transmit a workpiece, each of the buffer stations further includes an auxiliary support member, the auxiliary support member is disposed on the buffer bottom plate and is located at two opposite sides of the transmission assembly, the auxiliary support member includes a support block extending along a transmission direction of the transmission assembly and a plurality of support wheels, and the plurality of support wheels are disposed on the support block and are arranged at intervals along the extension direction of the support block.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the second transfer cart comprises: a second mobile base; the grabbing and transferring device is arranged on the second moving base and comprises a grabbing and transferring mechanism used for grabbing or releasing the workpiece, and the grabbing and transferring mechanism is provided with a clamping assembly or a sucker assembly used for grabbing or releasing the workpiece.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the grabbing and transferring device comprises a supporting seat, the grabbing and transferring mechanism is arranged on the supporting seat, the grabbing and transferring mechanism comprises a mechanical arm and a grabbing and conveying module, one end of the mechanical arm is connected to the supporting seat, the grabbing and conveying module is arranged at the other end of the mechanical arm, the mechanical arm is used for driving the grabbing and conveying module to move, the grabbing and conveying module comprises a mounting plate and a clamping and conveying assembly arranged on the mounting plate, the clamping and conveying assembly comprises the clamping assembly and a conveying assembly, the clamping assembly is used for grabbing workpieces, and the conveying assembly is used for outputting the workpieces grabbed by the clamping assembly or conveying the workpieces to the clamping assembly.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the clamping assembly and the conveying assembly are adapted to clamp a workpiece together, the clamping assembly comprises a clamping piece and a clamping driving mechanism, the clamping driving mechanism is arranged on the mounting plate, the clamping driving mechanism is connected with the clamping piece to drive the clamping piece to grab the workpiece, the clamping piece comprises a clamping block and a clamping portion arranged on the clamping block, the conveying assembly is opposite to and spaced from the clamping portion, and a clamping space suitable for clamping the workpiece is defined between the conveying assembly and the clamping portion.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the grab transfer device further comprises: the moving mechanism is arranged on the clamping block and connected with the conveying assembly to drive the conveying assembly to move so as to adjust the distance between the conveying assembly and the clamping part; and/or the surface of the clamping part facing the conveying component is provided with a roller for supporting the workpiece, and the workpiece is suitable for rolling contact with the roller.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the automatic loading and unloading system further comprises a third transfer trolley for transferring the workpieces to be processed onto the buffer or for transferring the processed workpieces away from the buffer.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the third transfer trolley is an automatic navigation trolley, a positioning mark is arranged below the temporary storage rack, the third transfer trolley moves to a preset position below the temporary storage rack according to the positioning mark, the third transfer trolley comprises a jacking mechanism, a workpiece is suitable for being stacked on the jacking mechanism, and the workpiece is transferred from the third transfer trolley to the temporary storage rack or from the temporary storage rack to the third transfer trolley by lifting of the jacking mechanism.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the processing tool further comprises a code scanner positioned above the feed/discharge opening.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the processing equipment is a plurality of processing equipment arranged at intervals along a straight line, the material inlets and the material outlets of all the processing equipment arranged along the straight line are located on the same side, and the temporary storage rack, the first transferring cart and the second transferring cart are located on one side of the processing equipment adjacent to the material inlets and the material outlets.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the machining apparatus comprises a table on which a tool placing area is provided, and the automatic machining line further comprises: mobilizable tool changing buffer memory device, tool changing buffer memory device includes: a third mobile base; the placing table is arranged on the third movable base and provided with a first storing area and a second storing area, the first storing area is used for storing the tools to be used, and the second storing area is used for storing the used tools; and the grabbing mechanism is arranged on the placing table and used for transferring the cutter in the first storage area to the cutter placing area and transferring the used cutter in the cutter placing area to the second storage area.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the first storage area is provided with a first transport assembly for supporting and transporting the cutter assembly to a predetermined position of the first storage area; the second storage area is provided with a second conveying assembly, and the second conveying assembly is used for supporting and conveying the cutter assembly to a preset position of the second storage area; the cutter assembly comprises a cutter and a cutter holder for accommodating and supporting the cutter, and the first conveying assembly comprises a belt conveying mechanism or a roller conveying mechanism; the second conveying assembly comprises a belt conveying mechanism or a roller conveying mechanism.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a boss is arranged on the placing table, the grabbing mechanism is arranged on the boss, and the first storage area and the second storage area are located on two opposite sides of the boss along the first direction.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the automated processing line further comprises: the fourth transfer skip car comprises a mobile carrier, a storage rack and a third conveying assembly, the storage rack is arranged on the mobile carrier, the third conveying assembly is arranged on the storage rack, the fourth transfer skip car is suitable for being in butt joint with the tool changing cache device, the third conveying assembly is used for conveying tool assemblies to the first storage area or conveying tool assemblies in the second storage area to the storage rack, and the third conveying assembly comprises a belt conveying mechanism or a roller conveying mechanism.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the processing equipment is a plurality of processing equipment arranged at intervals along a straight line, the material inlet and outlet ports of two adjacent processing equipment are arranged back to back or oppositely, the tool changing buffer device is positioned at one side of the processing equipment, which is far away from the material inlet and outlet ports, and the temporary storage rack, the first material transfer vehicle and the second material transfer vehicle are positioned at one side of the processing equipment, which is near to the material inlet and outlet ports.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automated manufacturing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a side of a processing tool of an automated processing line having material inlet and outlet ports according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a first transfer cart of an automated manufacturing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a magazine feeding mechanism of an automatic processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a cache apparatus of an automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of one of the buffer stations of the buffer apparatus of the automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a second transfer cart of an automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a grasping and conveying module of an automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of area A of FIG. 10;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of another perspective of a grasping and conveying module of an automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of a third transfer side and a staging rack of an automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic layout of an automated processing line according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a side of a processing tool of an automated processing line away from a feed/discharge opening in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the other side of the automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of a tool change buffer device of an automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural view of a fourth transfer cart of the automated processing line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a schematic layout of an automated processing line according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

an automatic processing line 100; a workpiece 200;

a processing device 1; a feed/discharge port 11; a processing station 12; a work table 13; a tool placing area 131; a code scanner 14;

an automatic loading and unloading system 2;

a temporary storage rack 3; positioning marks 31;

a first transfer cart 4; a first moving base 41; a stock conveyor 42; a storage shelf 421;

a storage and delivery mechanism 422; a storage transport position 423; a magazine transport floor 424; a transfer assembly 425;

a guide groove 426; a photosensor 43;

a second transfer trolley 5; a second moving base 51; a gripping and transferring device 52; a gripping and transferring mechanism 53;

a mechanical arm 531; a grabbing and conveying module 532; a mounting plate 533; a pinch assembly 534; a clamp assembly 535;

a clamp 536; a clamping block 5361; a clamping portion 5362; a roller 537; a clamp drive mechanism 538;

a delivery assembly 539; a support base 54; a CCD camera 55; a moving mechanism 56; a clamping space 57;

a buffer device 6; a support frame 61; a buffer mechanism 62; a buffer storage bin 63; a buffer station 64; a cache backplane 641;

a transmission component 642; the auxiliary support 643; a support block 644; a support wheel 645; a lifting mechanism 65;

a third transfer trolley 7; a jacking mechanism 71;

a tool changing buffer device 8; the third mobile base 81; a placement table 82; a first storage area 821; a first transport assembly 822;

a second storage area 823; a second transport assembly 824; a boss 83; a grasping mechanism 84;

a fourth transfer trolley 9; a mobile carrier 91; a storage rack 92; a third conveyance assembly 93;

a belt conveying mechanism 10a; the conveying belt 101a; a drive wheel 102a; the driven pulley 103a; a drive shaft 104a; the motor 105a is driven.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments, or examples, for implementing different features of the invention. To simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples. This repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, the present invention provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize the applicability of other processes and/or the use of other materials.

An automated processing line 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-2, an automated processing line 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a processing device 1, an automatic loading and unloading system 2 and a control system (not shown).

Specifically, the processing device 1 is used for processing the workpiece 200, for example, the processing device 1 may be a drilling device, so that the processing device 1 may be used for drilling the workpiece 200, and the processing device 1 has a material inlet/outlet 11. That is, the workpiece 200 to be processed can enter the processing equipment 1 from the material inlet/outlet 11 of the processing equipment 1 for processing; the workpiece 200 processed by the processing equipment 1 can be output from the processing equipment 1 through the material inlet/outlet 11 of the processing equipment 1.

The automatic loading and unloading system 2 comprises a temporary storage rack 3, a first transfer trolley 4, a second transfer trolley 5 and a buffer device 6, wherein the temporary storage rack 3 is used for storing a workpiece 200, the buffer device 6 is positioned on one side of the processing equipment 1 with a feed and discharge port 11 and is in butt joint with the processing equipment 1, the buffer device 6 is used for buffering and transmitting the workpiece 200, the first transfer trolley 4 and the second transfer trolley 5 can move on the ground to transfer the workpiece 200, the first transfer trolley 4 is in detachable butt joint with the buffer device 6, the workpiece 200 to be processed stored on the temporary storage rack 3 is suitable for being grabbed and transferred to the first transfer trolley 4 through the second transfer trolley 5, is in butt joint with the buffer device 6 through the first transfer trolley 4 and is conveyed to the buffer device 6, and is conveyed to the processing equipment 1 through the feed and discharge port 11 through the buffer device 6; the processed workpieces 200 are suitable for being sequentially output to the caching device 6 through the material inlet and outlet 11, conveyed to the first transfer trolley 4 in butt joint with the caching device 6 through the caching device 6, and grabbed and transferred to the temporary storage rack 3 through the second transfer trolley 5.

That is to say, the second transfer trolley 5 can be used for transferring the workpieces 200 between the temporary storage rack 3 and the first transfer trolley 4, the first transfer trolley 4 can be used for transferring the workpieces 200 between the second transfer trolley 5 and the buffer device 6, and the buffer device 6 can be used for transferring the workpieces 200 between the first transfer trolley 4 and the processing equipment 1, so that automatic loading and unloading of the workpieces 200 can be realized.

Specifically, when the workpiece 200 to be processed is loaded, the second transfer trolley 5 moves to the temporary storage rack 3 for storing the workpiece 200 to be processed, the first transfer trolley 4 moves to a position close to the second transfer trolley 5, the second transfer trolley 5 grabs the workpiece 200 to be processed on the temporary storage rack 3 and transfers and conveys the workpiece 200 to the first transfer trolley 4, the first transfer trolley 4 moves to a position in butt joint with the buffer device 6 and is in butt joint with the buffer device 6 so as to convey the loaded workpiece 200 to be processed to the buffer device 6, and then the buffer device 6 conveys the workpiece 200 to be processed into the processing equipment 1 through the feed/discharge port 11 of the processing equipment 1 for processing, so that automatic loading and processing operation of the workpiece 200 to be processed are realized.

After the processing equipment 1 finishes processing, that is, when the processed workpiece 200 is discharged, the processing equipment 1 conveys the processed workpiece 200 to the buffer device 6 through the material inlet and outlet 11, the first material transferring vehicle 4 moves to a position in butt joint with the buffer device 6 and is in butt joint with the buffer device 6, the buffer device 6 conveys the processed workpiece 200 to the first material transferring vehicle 4, the first material transferring vehicle 4 is separated from the butt joint with the buffer device 6 and then moves to the temporary storage rack 3 for storing the processed workpiece 200, the second material transferring vehicle 5 moves to the temporary storage rack 3 for storing the processed workpiece 200 and then grabs the processed workpiece 200 on the first material transferring vehicle 4 and transfers the workpiece to the temporary storage rack 3, and therefore automatic discharging of the processed workpiece 200 is achieved.

The control system (not shown in the figure) is in communication with the processing equipment 1, the first transfer trolley 4, the second transfer trolley 5 and the cache device 6 to acquire the operation states of the processing equipment 1, the first transfer trolley 4, the second transfer trolley 5 and the cache device 6, and controls the processing equipment 1, the first transfer trolley 4, the second transfer trolley 5 and the cache device 6, so that the automatic operation of the whole automatic processing production line 100 can be realized. Wherein, control system can transfer the work piece 200 of treating processing on the work or material rest 3 of keeping in the work or material rest to this processing equipment 1 according to whether the processing equipment 1 is vacant in order to judge that whether control second transports skip 5, first transport skip 4 and buffer 6, and control system can accomplish processing according to processing equipment 1 and transfer the work piece 200 of having processed to the work or material rest 3 of keeping in with judging whether control second transports skip 5, first transport skip 4 and buffer 6.

The operation of the automated processing line 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention is described below.

After receiving a processing and feeding instruction, the control system can control the first transfer trolley 4 and the second transfer trolley 5 to move to a temporary storage rack 3 for storing a workpiece 200 to be processed, control the second transfer trolley 5 to grab the workpiece 200 to be processed on the temporary storage rack 3 and transfer and convey the workpiece to the first transfer trolley 4, when the first transfer trolley 4 is loaded with a set amount of workpiece 200 to be processed, the control system can control the first transfer trolley 4 to move to a position in butt joint with the cache device 6 and in butt joint with the cache device 6, the first transfer trolley 4 conveys the loaded workpiece 200 to be processed to the cache device 6 for caching, when the processing equipment 1 requests feeding, the cache device 6 conveys the workpiece 200 to be processed into the processing equipment 1 through the feed and discharge port 11 of the processing equipment 1, and control the processing equipment 1 to process the workpiece 200 to be processed, so that automatic feeding and processing operation of the workpiece 200 to be processed can be realized.

After the workpiece 200 to be processed is processed, the control system can control the processing equipment 1 to convey the processed workpiece 200 to the buffer device 6 through the feed/discharge port 11, the processed workpiece 200 is buffered on the buffer device 6, the control system controls the first transfer cart 4 to move to a position where the first transfer cart is butted with the buffer device 6 and is butted with the buffer device 6, the buffer device 6 conveys the processed workpiece 200 to the first transfer cart 4, then the control system can control the first transfer cart 4 and the buffer device 6 to be separated from being butted and go to the temporary storage rack 3 for stacking the processed workpiece 200, and meanwhile, the control system can control the second transfer cart 5 to move to the temporary storage rack 3 for stacking the processed workpiece 200, grab the processed workpiece 200 on the first transfer cart 4 and transfer the processed workpiece 200 onto the temporary storage rack 3, so that automatic blanking of the processed workpiece 200 is realized.

According to the automatic processing production line 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the automatic loading and unloading system 2 and the control system which is communicated with the processing equipment 1, the first transfer skip 4, the second transfer skip 5 and the buffer device 6 are arranged, so that the control system can control the first transfer skip 4, the second transfer skip 5 and the buffer device 6 according to the processing instruction to realize automatic loading and unloading of the workpiece 200, the labor intensity of workers in the processing process of the workpiece 200 is reduced, the production and processing efficiency of the workpiece 200 is improved, the labor cost is favorably reduced, and the production safety can be improved to a certain extent.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the first dumper 4 includes: first removal base 41 and storage conveyor 42, first removal base 41 is portable on ground, and storage conveyor 42 locates first removal base 41 to it moves to drive storage conveyor 42 through first removal base 41, does benefit to the working range who promotes first dumper 4. Alternatively, the first mobile base 41 may employ an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV). Wherein, storage conveyor 42 includes storage frame 421 and the storage conveying mechanism 422 who locates storage frame 421, and storage conveying mechanism 422 includes the multilayer storage conveying position 423 of arranging in proper order along upper and lower direction, and every layer of storage conveying position 423 includes storage conveying bottom plate 424 and locates the conveying assembly 425 of storage conveying bottom plate 424, and storage conveying bottom plate 424 links to each other with storage frame 421.

That is to say, each layer of the storage conveying location 423 can store and convey the workpieces 200, that is, the first transfer trolley 4 can store a plurality of workpieces 200 at the same time, so that the first transfer trolley 4 can transfer a plurality of workpieces 200 at a time, which is beneficial to improving the transfer efficiency of the workpieces 200. Specifically, in the process of loading the workpieces 200 to be processed, the control system may control the second transfer cart 5 to transfer and convey a set number of the workpieces 200 to be processed from the temporary storage rack 3 to the multi-layer storage conveying location 423 according to the processing instruction, the first transfer cart 4 moves to a position where the first transfer cart is in butt joint with the buffer device 6 and is in butt joint with the buffer device 6, and the conveying assembly 425 on the storage conveying location 423 for storing the workpieces 200 to be processed conveys the workpieces 200 to be processed to the buffer device 6, so as to convey batches of the workpieces 200 to be processed to the buffer device 6; in the blanking process of the processed workpieces 200, the control system can control the first transfer trolley 4 to move to a position in butt joint with the buffer device 6 and in butt joint with the buffer device 6, the buffer device 6 conveys the processed workpieces 200 to the multi-layer storage conveying position 423 respectively, the control system can control the second transfer trolley 5 to be separated from the butt joint with the buffer device 6 and move to the temporary storage rack 3 for storing the processed workpieces 200, and can control the second transfer trolley 5 to transfer the processed workpieces 200 on the multi-layer storage conveying position 423 to the temporary storage rack 3, so that the processed workpieces 200 on the buffer device 6 can be removed in batches, and the transfer efficiency of the first transfer trolley 4 is improved.

Wherein each layer of the transfer assembly 425 independently transfers the workpieces 200 or simultaneously transfers the workpieces 200. That is to say, the multiple levels of the storage conveying locations 423 may each convey the workpieces 200 independently in a single level, for example, when only one workpiece 200 needs to be conveyed, the conveying assemblies 425 of one level of the storage conveying locations 423 convey the workpieces 200, and the conveying assemblies 425 of the other levels of the storage conveying locations 423 are all in a standby state, so that energy consumption for operation of the conveying assemblies 425 can be saved, and in addition, interference among the plurality of conveying assemblies 425 can be reduced well, which is beneficial to improving reliability of the first transfer cart 4; or the conveying assembly 425 of the multi-layer magazine conveying position 423 can convey a plurality of workpieces 200 synchronously, so that the conveying time of the workpieces 200 can be reduced, and the conveying efficiency of the workpieces 200 can be improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the conveying assembly 425 is two sets of belt conveying mechanisms 10a arranged at intervals along a conveying direction perpendicular to the conveying assembly 425, each set of belt conveying mechanisms 10a includes a conveying belt 101a, a driving wheel 102a and a driven wheel 103a, the driving wheel 102a and the driven wheel 103a are arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying assembly 425 and are both rotatably disposed on the storage conveying bottom plate 424, the conveying belt 101a is wound on the driving wheel 102a and the driven wheel 103a, a guide groove 426 is disposed on the storage conveying bottom plate 424, the guide groove 426 is disposed between the two sets of belt conveying mechanisms 10a, the extending direction of the guide groove 426 is consistent with the conveying direction of the conveying assembly 425, two pins matched with the guide groove 426 are disposed on the workpiece 200, the driving wheels 102a of the two sets of belt conveying mechanisms 10a are connected through a driving shaft 104a, each layer of conveying assembly 425 is provided with a driving motor 105a corresponding to the driving shaft 104a, and the driving shaft 104a is driven by the driving motor 105a to rotate so as to drive the two conveying mechanisms 10a to rotate synchronously.

In other embodiments of the invention, the drive shafts 104a of the multi-level magazine delivery locations 423 are each drivingly connected to the same drive motor 105a for driving the transfer elements 425 on the multi-level magazine delivery locations 423 through the same drive motor 105a for synchronous rotation to simultaneously deliver the workpieces 200 on the multi-level magazine delivery locations 423.

In addition, each layer of storage conveying position 423 is provided with a photoelectric sensor 43, the photoelectric sensor 43 is used for detecting whether the workpieces 200 are placed on the storage conveying position 423 or not, that is, when the photoelectric sensor 43 on the storage conveying position 423 does not detect the workpieces 200, it indicates that the storage conveying position 423 is vacant at the moment, so that the second transfer trolley 5 directly transfers the workpieces 200 to be processed to the storage conveying position 423 in the vacant position, and the buffer device 6 can directly convey the processed workpieces 200 to the storage conveying position 423 in the vacant position, the time for searching the storage conveying position 423 in the transferring process of the workpieces 200 can be saved, the buffer device 6 or the second transfer trolley 5 can be prevented from conveying the workpieces 200 to the storage conveying position 423 where the workpieces 200 have been placed, and the conveying efficiency and the safety of the workpieces 200 can be improved.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, the buffer device 6 includes a plurality of buffer bins 63 sequentially arranged in the up-down direction, each buffer bin 63 includes a plurality of buffer stations 64 arranged in the horizontal direction, and each buffer station 64 is used for buffering and transferring the workpieces 200. Optionally, the number of layers of the buffer bin 63 is the same as the number of layers of the stock transport bits 423 and corresponds to one another. That is, the buffer device 6 includes a plurality of buffer stations 64 arranged at intervals in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, so that the buffer device 6 can buffer a plurality of workpieces 200 at the same time.

Specifically, in the horizontal direction, the first transfer cart 4 may have a plurality of docking positions with the buffer device 6, each docking position may correspond to a plurality of buffer stations 64 arranged in the up-down direction (as shown in fig. 6 and fig. 7, a row has a plurality of buffer stations 64), when the first transfer cart 4 is located at one of the docking positions and docks with the buffer device 6, the multi-level buffer bins 63 may correspond to the multi-level buffer stations 64 corresponding to the current docking position one by one, the multi-level storage conveying location 423 may convey the workpieces 200 to be processed to the plurality of buffer stations 64 at the same time, and the plurality of buffer stations 64 may also convey the processed workpieces 200 to the plurality of storage conveying locations 423 at the same time, that is, batch conveying of the workpieces 200 is implemented, so as to improve the transfer efficiency of the workpieces 200 between the first transfer cart 4 and the buffer device 6, which is beneficial to improve the production efficiency of the automatic processing production line 100.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the buffer device 6 includes a plurality of buffer bins 63 sequentially arranged in an up-down direction, each buffer bin 63 includes a plurality of buffer stations 64 arranged in a horizontal direction, and each buffer station 64 is used for buffering and transferring the workpieces 200. The processing equipment 1 comprises a plurality of processing stations 12 arranged in a horizontal direction, and optionally, the number of the buffer storage stations 64 of each layer of buffer storage bin 63 is the same as that of the processing stations 12 and corresponds to one another. That is, when the processing equipment 1 requests to load, the buffer device 6 can simultaneously convey the workpieces 200 to be processed on the plurality of buffer stations 64 of the buffer bin 63 of the first layer to the plurality of processing stations 12 of the processing equipment 1 through the material inlet/outlet 11, so that the loading efficiency of the workpieces 200 to be processed can be improved; after the workpieces 200 are processed, the processing apparatus 1 may simultaneously convey the processed workpieces 200 on the multiple processing stations 12 to the multiple buffer bins 63 of the first-layer buffer bin 63 through the material inlet/outlet 11, so as to improve the blanking efficiency of the processed workpieces 200. In addition, the processing equipment 1 can simultaneously process a plurality of workpieces 200 at a plurality of processing stations 12, which is beneficial to improving the processing efficiency of the processing equipment 1.

Optionally, the buffer device 6 includes a supporting frame 61, a buffer mechanism 62 and a lifting mechanism 65, the buffer mechanism 62 includes multiple layers of buffer bins 63 sequentially arranged in the up-down direction, the lifting mechanism 65 is disposed on the supporting frame 61, the lifting mechanism 65 is connected to the buffer mechanism 62 to drive the buffer mechanism 62 to lift, the buffer bins 63 on one layer are located at the feeding and discharging positions through the lifting of the buffer mechanism 62, and the workpieces 200 in the buffer bins 63 at the feeding and discharging positions are suitable for being conveyed to the processing station 12 of the processing apparatus 1. That is, the buffer magazine 63 at the feeding and discharging position is adapted to be aligned with the feeding and discharging port 11 of the processing apparatus 1, and the workpiece 200 can be transferred between the processing station 12 and the buffer magazine 63 at the feeding and discharging position through the feeding and discharging port 11.

Specifically, when the processing equipment 1 requests for loading, the lifting mechanism 65 drives the buffer mechanism 62 to lift, so that a layer of buffer bins 63 for buffering the workpieces 200 to be processed is located at a feeding and discharging position, and the plurality of buffer stations 64 on the layer of buffer bins 63 can transmit the workpieces 200 to be processed to the processing stations 12 through the feeding and discharging ports 11 for processing; after the workpieces 200 are processed, the processed workpieces 200 at the plurality of processing stations 12 can be output to the buffer bins 63 in which the plurality of buffer stations 64 are empty through the material inlet/outlet 11, and the buffer bin 63 in which another layer of workpieces 200 to be processed is buffered is controlled to be at the material inlet/outlet position by driving the buffer bin 62 to be lifted and lowered through the lifting mechanism 65, and the above process is repeated until all the workpieces 200 to be processed at the buffer device 6 are processed.

In a specific example, referring to fig. 3 and 5, the first dumper 4 comprises a first movable base 41 and a storage conveying device 42, the storage conveying device 42 comprises nine levels of storage conveying positions 423, the buffer device 6 comprises nine levels of buffer bins 63, each level of buffer bins 63 comprises six buffer positions 64, that is, the buffer device 6 comprises six rows of buffer positions arranged along the horizontal direction, each row of buffer positions comprises nine buffer positions 64, the first dumper 4 is loaded with eight workpieces 200 and goes to the position butt-joint buffer device 6 butted with the buffer device 6, the first dumper 4 can convey the loaded eight workpieces 200 to be processed to one row of eight buffer positions 64 at the same time, wherein, when processed workpieces 200 exist in the processing equipment 1, an empty one level of buffer positions 64 can be used for receiving the processed workpieces 200 output by the processing equipment 1. The above process is repeated until all the cache stations 64 in the cache device 6 (except the six cache stations 64 on the empty layer of cache bins 63) cache the workpieces 200 to be processed, and then the first material transferring vehicle 4 can go to other cache devices 6 and the processing equipment 1 to transfer the workpieces 200.

When the processing equipment 1 requests to load materials and processed workpieces 200 are located at all processing stations 12 of the processing equipment 1, the lifting mechanism 65 may be controlled to drive the empty layer of buffer storage bin 63 to the material feeding and discharging position, and the processing stations 12 convey the processed workpieces 200 to the empty six buffer storage stations 64 on the buffer storage bin 63. During feeding, for example, the control system may control the lifting mechanism 65 to drive the first-layer buffer storage bin 63 from top to bottom to the feeding and discharging position, the workpieces 200 to be processed cached at the six buffer storage stations 64 of the first-layer buffer storage bin 63 may be conveyed to the six processing stations 12 of the processing equipment 1 through the feeding and discharging ports 11, after the processing is completed, the processed workpieces 200 at the processing stations 12 are returned to the first-layer buffer storage bin 63 through the feeding and discharging ports 11, the lifting mechanism 65 is controlled to drive the buffer storage mechanism 62 to ascend to the second-layer buffer storage bin 63 from top to bottom to the feeding and discharging position, and the above process is repeated until all the workpieces 200 in the buffer storage mechanism 62 are processed workpieces 200, and then the control system controls the first transfer cart 4 to be in butt joint with the buffer device 6, the processed workpieces 200 at a row of nine buffer storage stations 64 on the buffer device 6 are simultaneously conveyed to the first transfer cart 4, and the first transfer cart 4 transfers all the processed workpieces 200 at the device 6 in six times.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 6, each buffer station 64 includes a buffer base plate 641 and a transmission assembly 642, the transmission assembly 642 is disposed on the buffer base plate 641 and is used for transmitting the workpiece 200, each buffer station 64 further includes an auxiliary support 643, the auxiliary support 643 is disposed on the buffer base plate 641 and is located at two opposite sides of the transmission assembly 642, the auxiliary support 643 includes a support block 644 and a plurality of support wheels 645 extending along the transmission direction of the transmission assembly 642, and the plurality of support wheels 645 are disposed on the support block 644 and are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the support block 644. That is, the workpieces 200 buffered at the buffer station 64 are located on the auxiliary supports 643 and the conveying assemblies 642, one side of the workpiece 200 facing the buffer bottom plate 641 is in contact with the conveying assemblies 642, the workpieces 200 are in rotational contact with the supporting wheels 645, the conveying assemblies 642 convey the workpieces 200 along the conveying direction, and the auxiliary supports 643 located on both sides of the conveying assemblies 642 support the workpieces 200 to prevent the workpieces 200 from turning relative to the conveying direction, and at the same time, the workpieces 200 push the supporting wheels 645 to rotate, so that the friction force in conveying the workpieces 200 can be well reduced, which is beneficial to improving the conveying stability of the workpieces 200 and reducing the driving force required for conveying the workpieces 200. Wherein the transmission component can be a belt conveying mechanism 10a.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7-10, the second transfer cart 5 includes: a second movable base 51 and a gripping and transferring device 52, wherein the gripping and transferring device 52 is arranged on the second movable base 51, the gripping and transferring device 52 comprises a gripping and transferring mechanism 53 for gripping or releasing the workpiece 200, and the gripping and transferring mechanism 53 is provided with a clamping component 535 or a suction cup component for gripping or releasing the workpiece 200. That is, the second moving base 51 can drive the grabbing and transferring device 52 to move to different work piece 200 transferring operation points, in some examples of the present invention, a plurality of work piece frames 3 are provided, the second moving base 51 can drive the grabbing and transferring device 52 to a plurality of positions of the work piece frames 3, the first transfer cart 4 synchronously approaches to the first transfer cart 4, so as to grab the work piece 200 to be processed on the work piece frame 3 and transfer it to the first transfer cart 4 by the clamping component 535 or the suction cup component of the grabbing and transferring mechanism 53, and grab the processed work piece 200 on the first transfer cart 4 and transfer it to the work piece frame 3 by the clamping component 535 or the suction cup component of the grabbing and transferring mechanism 53, thereby the operation range of the second transfer cart 5 can be increased. Alternatively, the second mobile base 51 may employ an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV).

The grabbing and transferring device 52 comprises a supporting seat 54, the grabbing and transferring mechanism 53 is arranged on the supporting seat 54, the grabbing and transferring mechanism 53 comprises a mechanical arm 531 and a grabbing and conveying module 532, one end of the mechanical arm 531 is connected to the supporting seat 54, the grabbing and conveying module 532 is arranged at the other end of the mechanical arm 531, the mechanical arm 531 is used for driving the grabbing and conveying module 532 to move, the grabbing and conveying module 532 comprises a mounting plate 533 and a clamping and conveying assembly 534 arranged on the mounting plate 533, the clamping and conveying assembly 534 comprises a clamping assembly 535 and a conveying assembly 539, the clamping assembly 535 is used for grabbing the workpiece 200, and the conveying assembly 539 is used for outputting the workpiece 200 grabbed by the clamping assembly 535 or conveying the workpiece 200 to the clamping assembly 535. That is, pinch unit 534 is connected with arm 531 through mounting panel 533, can reduce the degree of difficulty of being connected of pinch unit 534 and arm 531 betterly, does benefit to and reduces the assembly degree of difficulty that snatchs transfer mechanism 53, can reduce the maintenance degree of difficulty of snatching the transport module 532 later stage. In addition, the position of the grasp transfer module 532 can be flexibly adjusted by the robot arm 531 so that the grasp transfer module 532 can accurately approach the workpiece 200, and thus the workpiece 200 can be stably grasped or set down.

Specifically, when the workpiece 200 needs to be transferred, the second moving base 51 can drive the second transfer trolley 5 to move close to the temporary storage rack 3, the control mechanical arm 531 drives the grabbing and conveying module 532 to move close to the workpiece 200, and the workpiece 200 is conveyed to the clamping assembly 535 through the conveying assembly 539, so that the workpiece 200 is fixedly clamped by the clamping assembly 535, then the second moving base 51 can drive the second transfer trolley 5 to move close to the release position of the workpiece 200, the control mechanical arm 531 drives the grabbing and conveying module 532 to move, after the grabbing and conveying module 532 reaches the release position designated by the workpiece 200, the clamping assembly 535 releases the workpiece 200, and the conveying assembly 539 outputs the workpiece 200. That is, the second transfer cart 5 is made to automatically pick up the workpiece 200, clamp and fix the workpiece 200, and transfer the workpiece 200. Therefore, the automation level of the second transfer trolley 5 can be improved well, and the reduction of the labor input in the transfer process of the workpiece 200 is facilitated.

Here, the second transfer cart 5 may also perform stacking operation of the workpieces 200, that is, stacking the workpieces 200 in a certain order, and the like, which is not particularly limited herein. Further, in some embodiments of the present invention, after the second transferring cart 5 is moved to a position close to the temporary storage stack 3, the first transferring cart 4 is moved to within the working radius of the robot arm 531, so that the number of times and distance that the second transferring cart 5 moves in transferring the workpiece 200 can be reduced.

Further, the clamping assembly 535 and the delivery assembly 539 are adapted to collectively clamp the workpiece 200. That is, upon transport assembly 539 either outputting workpiece 200 from pinch assembly 534 or transporting workpiece 200 to pinch assembly 534, clamp assembly 535 may cooperate with transport assembly 539 to fixedly clamp workpiece 200 to pinch assembly 534. Therefore, the clamping assembly 535 clamps the workpiece 200, and simultaneously, the clamping assembly 535 is matched with the conveying assembly 539 to further clamp and fix the workpiece 200, so that the freedom of movement of the workpiece 200 is further limited, and the smooth transfer of the workpiece 200 is ensured.

Specifically, when the workpiece 200 is picked up by the grabbing and conveying module 532, the workpiece 200 may be firstly conveyed to the pinch assembly 534 by the conveying assembly 539, and the workpiece 200 may be clamped by the clamping assembly 535, and then the clamping assembly 535 and the conveying assembly 539 are controlled to further clamp the workpiece 200, and the position of the second transfer trolley 5 is adjusted by the second moving base 51 and the position of the pinch assembly 534 is adjusted by the robot arm 531, so that after the workpiece 200 reaches the designated release position, the clamping assembly 535 and the conveying assembly 539 are controlled to release the clamping effect on the workpiece 200, so that the workpiece 200 is movable relative to the pinch assembly 534, and the workpiece 200 is output by the conveying assembly 539. Therefore, the functionality of the conveying assembly 539 can be improved well, that is, the conveying assembly 539 has the function of fixing the workpiece 200 and the function of conveying the workpiece 200 at the same time, the structural complexity of the pinch assembly 534 is simplified, and the production cost of the pinch assembly 534 can be reduced.

Further, the clamping assembly 535 includes a clamping member 536 and a clamping driving mechanism 538, the clamping driving mechanism 538 is disposed on the mounting plate 533, the clamping driving mechanism 538 is connected with the clamping member 536 to drive the clamping member 536 to grab the workpiece 200, the clamping member 536 includes a clamping block 5361 and a clamping portion 5362 disposed on the clamping block 5361, a conveying assembly 539 is disposed on the clamping block 5361, the conveying assembly 539 is disposed opposite to and spaced apart from the clamping portion 5362, and a clamping space 57 suitable for clamping the workpiece 200 is defined between the conveying assembly 539 and the clamping portion 5362. That is, the clamp 536 may be first driven by the clamp drive mechanism 538 to grasp the workpiece 200 and clamp and secure the workpiece 200 to the clamp assembly 535, with at least a portion of the workpiece 200 being located within the clamp space 57, i.e., opposite portions of the feed assembly 539 and the clamp portion 5362 being located on opposite sides of the workpiece 200, respectively.

For example, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the clamping portion 5362 is located on a side of the clamping block 5361 away from the mounting plate 533, the conveying assembly 539 is located on an inner side of the clamping block 5361 and located between the mounting plate 533 and the clamping portion 5362, where the inner side refers to a side of the clamping block 5361 clamping the workpiece 200, the conveying assembly 539 and the clamping portion 5362 can be clamped on two sides of the workpiece 200 in the thickness direction, and the clamping blocks 5361 located on two sides of the mounting plate 533 can be clamped on two sides of the workpiece 200, such as two sides of the workpiece 200 in the width direction, so that the clamping assembly 534 can better limit the freedom of movement of the workpiece 200 in both the thickness direction and the width direction of the workpiece 200. In addition, after the clamping component 534 reaches the release position of the workpiece 200, the clamping member 536 can be driven by the clamping driving mechanism 538 to release the workpiece 200, and the clamping action on the workpiece 200 is released by controlling the conveying component 539 and the clamping part 5362, so that the workpiece 200 can move on the clamping component 534, and the workpiece 200 is output by the conveying component 539.

Further, the gripping and transferring device 52 further includes: the moving mechanism 56 is used for driving the conveying assembly 539 to move, the moving mechanism 56 is arranged on the clamping block 5361, and the moving mechanism 56 is connected with the conveying assembly 539 and used for driving the conveying assembly 539 to move so as to adjust the distance between the conveying assembly 539 and the clamping portion 5362. That is, the size of the clamping space 57 is adjustable.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 9, when grabbing the workpiece 200, the moving mechanism 56 may drive the conveying assembly 539 to move toward a direction close to the clamping portion 5362 to reduce the size of the clamping space 57, so that both sides of a portion of the workpiece 200 located in the clamping space 57 may be respectively and sufficiently abutted against the side walls of the conveying assembly 539 and the clamping portion 5362, so as to form limit fixing of the conveying assembly 539 and the clamping portion 5362 to both sides of the workpiece 200 in the thickness direction. When the workpiece 200 on the pinch assembly 534 needs to be output, the moving mechanism 56 can drive the conveying assembly 539 to move in a direction away from the clamping portion 5362, so that the clamping effect of the conveying assembly 539 and the clamping portion 5362 on the workpiece 200 is relieved, and the conveying assembly 539 can output the workpiece 200. Therefore, the stability of the workpiece 200 in the transfer process can be better ensured, the friction force between the workpiece 200 and the clamping part 5362 can be reduced to reduce the conveying difficulty of the workpiece 200, and the transfer efficiency of the workpiece 200 is favorably improved. In addition, the size of the clamping space 57 in the first direction can be flexibly adjusted to adapt to different sizes of the workpiece 200 in the first direction, which is beneficial to the application range of the lifting clamping assembly 535.

Optionally, the surface of the clamp portion 5362 facing the transport assembly 539 is provided with rollers 537 for supporting the workpiece 200, the workpiece 200 being adapted to be in rolling contact with the rollers 537. That is, when the conveying assembly 539 conveys the workpiece 200, the workpiece 200 pushes the roller 537 to rotate so that the workpiece 200 can move relative to the clamp portion 5362. Therefore, contact friction between the workpiece 200 and the clamping portion 5362 can be avoided better, smooth conveying of the workpiece 200 is guaranteed, and conveying efficiency of the workpiece 200 is improved. In one specific example, the clamping portion 5362 is provided with a plurality of rollers 537 arranged at intervals along the conveying direction of the workpiece 200. Thus, the plurality of rollers 537 can support the workpiece 200 well in the conveying direction of the conveying member 539, so that the workpiece 200 can be prevented from contacting the surface of the clamping portion 5362 when conveyed in the conveying direction, to ensure stable conveyance of the workpiece 200.

In a specific example, as shown in fig. 10, the grabbing and transferring device 52 further includes a CCD camera 55 disposed on the mounting plate 533, the workpiece 200 is provided with a two-dimensional code for storing information of the workpiece 200, and the information of the workpiece 200 may include information to be processed, such as the number and position of holes punched in the workpiece 200, and so on, so that in the transferring process of the workpiece 200, the CCD camera 55 may timely acquire the information of the workpiece 200 and upload the information to the processing apparatus 1, so that the processing apparatus 1 may perform a specified processing operation on the workpiece 200 according to the information of the workpiece 200, thereby well saving the difficulty in entering the information of the workpiece 200, and being fast in entering speed, and being beneficial to improving the processing efficiency of the processing apparatus 1. In addition, the human input of information entry can be saved betterly, and the risk of artificially entering information errors can be avoided betterly simultaneously, does benefit to the reliability that promotes second transport skip 5.

In addition, the second transfer trolley 5 further comprises a temporary storage table arranged on the support base 54, wherein during the processing of the workpiece 200 by the processing equipment 1, processing records and the like can be recorded in the information of the workpiece 200, so that when the workpiece 200 is processed in error and the workpiece 200 is transferred by the second transfer trolley 5, the CCD camera 55 can acquire error information, and the second transfer trolley 5 can place the workpiece 200 with the error information on the temporary storage table to distinguish correctly processed workpieces 200 from incorrectly processed workpieces 200, that is, the second transfer trolley 5 can better reject the incorrectly processed workpiece 200.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the robot 531 is a six-axis robot to move the grabbing and conveying module 532 to a predetermined angular position, so as to adjust the workpiece 200 to the predetermined angular position. The preset angular position herein refers to an output angle of the workpiece 200.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11, the automatic loading and unloading system 2 further includes a third transfer cart 7, and the third transfer cart 7 is used for transferring the workpiece 200 to be processed onto the buffer 3 or transferring the processed workpiece 200 off the buffer 3. Specifically, when the processing equipment 1 requests for feeding, the control system can control the third transfer trolley 7 to transfer the workpieces 200 to be processed to the temporary storage rack 3 for temporary storage, and then the control system controls the second transfer trolley 5, the first transfer trolley 4 and the buffer device 6 to transfer the workpieces 200 to be processed into the processing equipment 1 for processing, and in addition, when the number of the workpieces 200 to be processed on the temporary storage rack 3 is insufficient, the third transfer trolley 7 can timely supplement the workpieces 200 to be processed to the temporary storage rack 3; along with the processing operation, after the processed workpieces 200 stored on the temporary storage rack 3 reach a certain number, the control system can control the third transfer trolley 7 to move the processed workpieces 200 away from the temporary storage rack 3 and move the workpieces to the equipment for the next processing procedure.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 11, the third transfer trolley 7 is an automatic navigation trolley, the positioning mark 31 is arranged below the temporary storage rack 3, the third transfer trolley 7 moves to a preset position below the temporary storage rack 3 according to the positioning mark 31, the third transfer trolley 7 comprises a jacking mechanism 71, the workpiece 200 is suitable for being stacked on the jacking mechanism 71, and the workpiece 200 is lifted and lowered by the jacking mechanism 71 to be transferred from the third transfer trolley 7 to the temporary storage rack 3 or from the temporary storage rack 3 to the third transfer trolley 7. The preset position here refers to a position where the lifting mechanism 71 can stably put down or lift up the workpiece 200. Specifically, when the workpiece 200 to be processed is conveyed to the temporary storage rack 3, the third transfer trolley 7 moves to a position close to the temporary storage rack 3, the jacking mechanism 71 ascends to enable the workpiece 200 to be processed to be higher than the temporary storage rack 3 and accurately adjusted to a preset position through the identification positioning mark 31, the jacking mechanism 71 descends, the workpiece 200 to be processed, which is stacked on the jacking mechanism 71, is placed on the temporary storage rack 3 and separated from the jacking mechanism 71, and therefore the workpiece 200 to be processed can be automatically conveyed to the temporary storage rack 3; when the processed workpiece 200 is moved away from the temporary storage rack 3, the third transfer trolley 7 moves to the temporary storage rack 3 where the processed workpiece 200 is stacked, the height of the jacking mechanism 71 is lower than that of the temporary storage rack 3, and the jacking mechanism 71 is accurately adjusted to a preset position through recognition and positioning, at this time, the jacking mechanism 71 is located right below the stacked workpiece 200, the jacking mechanism 71 ascends to lift the processed workpiece 200 to be separated from the temporary storage rack 3, and therefore automatic moving away of the processed workpiece 200 on the temporary storage rack 3 is achieved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 10, the processing equipment 1 further comprises a code scanner 14, and the code scanner 14 is positioned above the material inlet/outlet 11. That is, during the conveyance of the workpiece 200 through the material inlet/outlet port 11, the information on the workpiece 200 can be acquired by the scanner 14. The workpiece 200 has a two-dimensional code for storing information of the workpiece 200, and in the process of producing the workpiece 200, information such as the model number and the processing requirement of the workpiece 200 can be recorded in the two-dimensional code, so when the workpiece 200 to be processed enters the processing equipment 1 through the material inlet/outlet 11, the information of the workpiece 200 is acquired by the code scanner 14, so that the processing equipment 1 performs a specified processing operation on the workpiece 200, for example, the processing equipment 1 is a punching equipment, and information such as a punching position and a punching number can be included in the information of the workpiece 200.

Next, the second transfer cart 5 includes a CCD camera 55, and the CCD camera 55 can acquire the information of the workpiece 200 when the second transfer cart 5 transfers the workpiece 200. The CCD camera 55 may be fixed to the mounting plate 533. In the process of loading the workpiece 200 to be processed, the CCD camera 55 acquires information of the workpiece 200, and determines whether the transferred workpiece 200 is identical to the workpiece 200 required by the processing apparatus 1, so that the second transfer cart 5 transfers only the workpiece 200 satisfying the requirement of the processing apparatus 1, thereby ensuring the accuracy of loading.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 12, the processing devices 1 are arranged in a plurality at intervals along a straight line, the material inlet and outlet ports 11 of all the processing devices 1 arranged along the straight line are located on the same side, and the temporary storage rack 3, the first transfer cart 4 and the second transfer cart 5 are located on the side of the processing devices 1 adjacent to the material inlet and outlet ports 11. That is to say, the first transfer cart 4 and the second transfer cart 5 can move along the arrangement direction of the processing apparatus 1, so as to transfer the workpieces 200 to be processed on the temporary storage rack 3 to the processing apparatus 1, and can transfer the processed workpieces 200 on the processing apparatus 1 to the temporary storage rack 3, so that the traveling routes of the first transfer cart 4 and the second transfer cart 5 are simple, and the first transfer cart 4 and the second transfer cart 5 can provide the workpieces 200 to be processed to the plurality of processing apparatuses 1, and meanwhile, the processed workpieces 200 on the plurality of processing apparatuses 1 can be simultaneously recovered by the first transfer cart 4 and the second transfer cart 5, which is beneficial to reducing the number of the first transfer cart 4 and the second transfer cart 5, so as to save the production cost of the automatic processing production line 100.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13-15, the processing apparatus 1 includes a work table 13, a tool placing area 131 is provided on the work table 13, and the automatic processing line 100 further includes: mobilizable tool changing buffer memory 8, tool changing buffer memory 8 includes: the third moving base 81, the placing table 82 and the grabbing mechanism 84, wherein the placing table 82 is arranged on the third moving base 81, the placing table 82 is provided with a first storing area 821 and a second storing area 823, the first storing area 821 is used for storing a tool to be used, and the second storing area 823 is used for storing a used tool.

That is, the third moving base 81 can drive the tool changer buffer device 8 to move on the ground, so as to improve the moving flexibility and the movable range of the tool changer buffer device 8. In a concrete example, processing equipment 1 is equipped with a plurality ofly, a plurality of processing equipment 1 distribute in the processing place, third removal base 81 adopts automatic navigation dolly (AGV), consequently, can drive tool changing buffer memory device 8 through third removal base 81 and go to the position of a plurality of processing equipment 1, thereby can cooperate with a plurality of processing equipment 1 and carry out the tool changing operation, make tool changing buffer memory device 8's operation wide, can reduce the quantity of tool changing buffer memory device 8 betterly, do benefit to the input cost that reduces automatic processing production line 100.

Here, the tool to be used is a tool that meets the machining requirement, and the used tool is a tool that does not meet the machining requirement due to wear or the like. Therefore, the tool to be used and the used tool are placed in a partitioned mode, the risk that tool changing errors are caused due to confusion of the tool to be used and the used tool can be well avoided, and the reliability of the tool changing caching device 8 is improved.

Further, a gripping mechanism 84 is provided on the placing table 82, and the gripping mechanism 84 is used to transfer the tool in the first storage area 821 to the processing apparatus 1 and to transfer the used tool exchanged from the processing apparatus 1 to the second storage area 823. That is, the gripping mechanism 84 may transfer the tool to be used in the first storage area 821 to the machining apparatus 1, so that the machining apparatus 1 may replace the used tool with the tool to be used in time, thereby ensuring that the machining apparatus 1 can continuously and effectively perform the machining operation. After the used tools are replaced by the processing equipment 1, the grabbing mechanism 84 can transfer the used tools replaced by the processing equipment 1 to the second storage area 823, so that the used tools are collected in a centralized manner, and the operations such as transportation in the later period are facilitated. Therefore, the automation level of the tool changing caching device 8 can be improved well, and the labor input in the tool changing process of the machining equipment 1 can be saved.

Optionally, the first storage area 821 is provided with a first transport assembly 822, the first transport assembly 822 is used for supporting and transporting the cutter assembly to a preset position of the first storage area 821, the second storage area 823 is provided with a second transport assembly 824, and the second transport assembly 824 is used for supporting and transporting the cutter assembly to a preset position of the second storage area 823, wherein the cutter assembly comprises a cutter and a tool seat used for accommodating and supporting the cutter, or the cutter assembly comprises a cutter and a tool box used for storing the cutter.

Alternatively, the preset position of the first storage area 821 refers to a position where the grasping mechanism 84 is convenient to grasp the tool assembly or refers to a position corresponding to a close arrangement of a plurality of tool assemblies, for example, a position on the first storage area 821 close to the grasping mechanism 84, and the preset position of the second storage area 823 refers to a position on the second storage area 823 far from the grasping mechanism 84 or refers to a position corresponding to a close arrangement of a plurality of tool assemblies, and the tool in the tool assembly may be a tool to be used, or a used tool, that is, the tool assembly may be a tool assembly to be used, or a used tool assembly.

That is, the tool assembly to be used may be placed on the first conveying assembly 822, and the first conveying assembly 822 conveys the tool assembly to be used toward a direction close to the gripping mechanism 84, so that the gripping mechanism 84 transfers the tool assembly to be used to the processing apparatus 1, which is beneficial to reducing the difficulty of transferring the tool assembly to be used by the gripping mechanism 84. In addition, the grabbing mechanism 84 can transfer the used tool assemblies on the processing equipment 1 to the second conveying assembly 824 in the second storage area 823, and the second conveying assembly 824 conveys the used tool assemblies away from the grabbing mechanism 84, so that the used tool assemblies can be prevented from being stacked in the area close to the grabbing mechanism 84, the grabbing mechanism 84 can place the used tool assemblies in the area close to the grabbing mechanism 84 on the second storage area 823, and the difficulty of the grabbing mechanism 84 in releasing the used tool assemblies is reduced. In addition, the first and

second transport assemblies

822, 824 may automatically transport the cutter assemblies to the arrangement position such that the plurality of cutter assemblies are arranged in an orderly and close manner within the first storage area 821 or the second storage area 823.

Therefore, the difficulty of transferring the cutter assemblies by the grabbing mechanism 84 can be well reduced, the operation radius of the grabbing mechanism 84 can be well shortened, and the interference risk in the transferring process of the grabbing mechanism 84 can be well reduced. In addition, can hold the cutter betterly through the blade holder, do benefit to the security that promotes the cutter transportation in-process. In a specific example, referring to the drawings, a plurality of tool boxes are sequentially arranged on the tool post, and each tool box is used for placing a specified number and model of tools. Therefore, the cutter assembly can be flexibly customized according to the cutter using requirements of the processing equipment 1, and the application range of the cutter assembly is favorably widened. Secondly, the first and second conveying

assemblies

822 and 824 can simultaneously convey the tool post to simultaneously convey a plurality of tool boxes, and the grabbing mechanism 84 can simultaneously convey a plurality of tool boxes by transferring the tool post, which is beneficial to improving the tool transferring efficiency. Alternatively, the cassettes are placed directly on the first and

second transport assemblies

822, 824, and the cassettes are grasped by the grasping mechanism 84 and placed in the corresponding cartridges.

Wherein, the first conveying component 822 comprises a belt conveying mechanism 10a or a roller conveying mechanism; the second conveyor assembly 824 includes a belt conveyor 10a or a roller conveyor. That is, the first and

second conveyor assemblies

822, 824 may include a belt conveyor mechanism 10a, thereby transporting the cutter assemblies through the belt conveyor mechanism 10a. Of course, the first and

second transport assemblies

822, 824 may also include roller transport mechanisms, whereby the cutter assemblies are transported by the roller transport mechanisms. Therefore, the smoothness of the cutter head conveying can be better ensured.

Optionally, a boss 83 is disposed on the placing table 82, the grabbing mechanism 84 is disposed on the boss 83, and the first storage area 821 and the second storage area 823 are disposed on two opposite sides of the boss 83 along the first direction. That is, the first storage area 821, the boss 83, and the second storage area 823 are arranged along the first direction, the first storage area 821 is located at one side of the boss 83 in the first direction, and the second storage area 823 is located at the other side of the boss 83 away from the first storage area 821 in the first direction. The projection 83 is located between the first storage area 821 and the second storage area 823.

Therefore, interference between the first storage area 821 and the second storage area 823 can be well avoided, tool changing errors caused by confusion between the tools to be used and the used tools are avoided, the grabbing mechanism 84 located on the boss 83 is located between the first storage area 821 and the second storage area 823, the working range of the grabbing mechanism 84 can simultaneously cover the first storage area 821 and the second storage area 823, the number of the grabbing mechanisms 84 is saved, and production cost of the tool changing cache device 8 is reduced. In addition, the grabbing mechanism 84 is located at a higher position than the first storage area 821 and the second storage area 823, so that interference on movement of the grabbing mechanism 84 can be avoided better, and the reliability of the tool changing cache device 8 is improved.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 14 and 16, the automatic processing line 100 further includes: the fourth movable material transferring trolley 9 comprises a movable carrier 9, a storage rack 92 and a third conveying assembly 93, the storage rack 92 is arranged on the movable carrier 9, the third conveying assembly 93 is arranged on the storage rack 92, the fourth material transferring trolley 9 is suitable for being in butt joint with the tool changing cache device 8, the third conveying assembly 93 is used for conveying a tool assembly to the first storage area 821 or conveying the tool assembly in the second storage area 823 to the storage rack 92, and the third conveying assembly 93 comprises a belt conveying mechanism 10a or a roller conveying mechanism.

From this, transport skip 9 through the fourth and carry the cutter that waits to use to tool changing buffer memory device 8 betterly to remove the cutter that has used on the tool changing buffer memory device 8, can promote tool changing buffer memory system's automation level betterly, do benefit to and save the human input of processing equipment 1 tool changing in-process.

Specifically, the moving carrier 9 can drive the fourth transfer trolley 9 to move on the ground, so as to improve the movement flexibility and the movable range of the tool changing buffer device 8, and the tool assembly can be better supported by the storage rack 92 and the third conveying assembly 93, so that the fourth transfer trolley 9 can move to the tool changing buffer device 8 and be in butt joint with the first storage area 821 after being loaded with a tool to be used according to the tool changing requirement of the processing equipment 1, so that the loaded tool to be used can be transferred onto the first storage area 821 under the driving of the third conveying assembly 93, and the tool to be used can be transferred onto the processing equipment 1 by the grabbing mechanism 84 to be replaced by the processing equipment 1. When used tools in the second storage area 823 need to be transported, the empty fourth transfer trolley 9 moves to one side of the second storage area 823 of the tool changing cache device 8 and is in butt joint with the tool changing cache device 8, then used tools in the second storage area 823 are transported to the storage rack 92 through the third transport assembly 93, and the fourth transfer trolley 9 is driven to a tool recovery point through the mobile carrier 9.

Wherein the third conveying assembly 93 comprises a belt conveying mechanism 10a or a roller conveying mechanism. Therefore, the smoothness of the cutter head conveying can be better ensured. In one specific example, the conveying direction of the third conveying assembly 93 is parallel to the first direction, and the third conveying assembly 93 includes a plurality of belt conveying mechanisms 10a arranged at intervals along a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction. Therefore, the conveying capacity of the third conveying assembly 93 can be better increased, namely, the third conveying assembly 93 can simultaneously convey a plurality of cutters, the driving force of the third conveying assembly 93 is stronger, and the conveying efficiency of the cutters is favorably improved. Secondly, a plurality of belt conveying mechanisms 10a may be driven synchronously. Therefore, the stability and efficiency of the third conveying assembly 93 for conveying the workpieces 200 are improved.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 17, the processing apparatuses 1 are a plurality of processing apparatuses 1 arranged at intervals along a straight line, the feed/discharge ports 11 of two adjacent processing apparatuses 1 are arranged back to back or are arranged oppositely, the tool changing buffer device 8 is located on one side of the processing apparatus 1 away from the discharge port, and the temporary storage rack 3, the first transfer cart 4 and the second transfer cart 5 are located on one side of the processing apparatus 1 close to the feed/discharge port 11. That is, the tool placing area 131 and the material inlet/outlet 11 are located on opposite sides of the processing device 1, and the tool changing buffer device 8 is located on a side of the two adjacent processing devices 1 adjacent to the tool placing area 131. Wherein, tool changing buffer device 8 can be as shown in fig. 17 with processing equipment 1 one-to-one, also can be two processing equipment 1 of both sides share same tool changing buffer device 8 for tool changing buffer device 8 can place district 131 to carry the cutter of treating to use to the cutter of processing equipment 1 of both sides simultaneously, and can retrieve the cutter that has used of processing equipment 1 of both sides, thereby can reduce tool changing buffer device 8's quantity betterly, do benefit to the manufacturing cost who reduces automatic processing production line 100. In addition, the interference risk between the tool changing caching device 8 and the automatic feeding and discharging system 2 can be better avoided, and the safety of the tool changing process and the feeding and discharging process is favorably improved.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the specification, reference to the description of "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Moreover, various embodiments or examples and features of various embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without being mutually inconsistent.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An automated processing line, comprising:

the processing equipment is used for processing the workpiece and is provided with a material inlet and a material outlet;

the automatic loading and unloading system comprises a temporary storage rack, a first transfer trolley, a second transfer trolley and a buffer device, wherein the temporary storage rack is used for storing workpieces, the buffer device is positioned on one side of the processing equipment, which is provided with the feeding and discharging port, and is in butt joint with the processing equipment, the buffer device is used for buffering and transmitting the workpieces, the first transfer trolley and the second transfer trolley can both move on the ground to transfer the workpieces, and the first transfer trolley and the buffer device are in detachable butt joint;

the control system is communicated with the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device to acquire the running states of the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device and control the processing equipment, the first transfer trolley, the second transfer trolley and the cache device;

the workpiece to be processed stored on the temporary storage rack is suitable for being sequentially grabbed and transferred to the first transfer trolley through the second transfer trolley, is in butt joint with the cache device through the first transfer trolley, is conveyed to the cache device, and is conveyed to the processing equipment through the feed/discharge port through the cache device; the processed workpieces are suitable for being sequentially output to the caching device through the material inlet and outlet, conveyed to the first transfer trolley butted with the caching device through the caching device, and grabbed and transferred to the temporary storage rack through the second transfer trolley.

2. The automated processing line according to claim 1, wherein the first transfer cart comprises:

a first mobile base;

storage conveyor, storage conveyor locates first removal base, storage conveyor includes the storage frame and locates the storage conveying mechanism of storage frame, storage conveying mechanism includes the multilayer storage conveying position of arranging in proper order along upper and lower direction, every layer the storage is carried the position and is included storage conveying bottom plate and locates storage conveying bottom plate's conveying subassembly, storage conveying bottom plate with the storage frame links to each other, every layer conveying subassembly independently conveys the work piece or conveys the work piece in step.

3. The automatic processing production line of claim 1, wherein the buffer device comprises a plurality of layers of buffer bins sequentially arranged in an up-down direction, each layer of buffer bin comprises a plurality of buffer stations arranged in a horizontal direction, and each buffer station is used for buffering and conveying workpieces.

4. The automatic processing production line of claim 3, wherein the buffer device comprises a support frame, a buffer mechanism and a lifting mechanism, the buffer mechanism comprises a plurality of layers of buffer bins sequentially arranged in the vertical direction, the lifting mechanism is arranged on the support frame, the lifting mechanism is connected with the buffer mechanism to drive the buffer mechanism to lift, the buffer bins on any layer are located at the feeding and discharging positions through the lifting of the buffer mechanism, and workpieces in the buffer bins located at the feeding and discharging positions are suitable for being conveyed to the processing stations of the processing equipment.

5. The automatic processing line according to claim 3, wherein each of the buffer stations includes a buffer bottom plate and a transmission assembly, the transmission assembly is disposed on the buffer bottom plate and is used for transmitting workpieces, each of the buffer stations further includes an auxiliary support member, the auxiliary support member is disposed on the buffer bottom plate and is located at two opposite sides of the transmission assembly, the auxiliary support member includes a support block and a plurality of support wheels extending along a transmission direction of the transmission assembly, and the plurality of support wheels are disposed on the support block and are arranged at intervals along the extension direction of the support block.

6. The automated processing line according to claim 1, wherein the second transfer cart comprises:

a second mobile base;

the grabbing and transferring device is arranged on the second moving base and comprises a grabbing and transferring mechanism used for grabbing or releasing the workpiece, and the grabbing and transferring mechanism is provided with a clamping assembly or a sucker assembly used for grabbing or releasing the workpiece.

7. The automatic processing production line of claim 6, wherein the grabbing and transferring device comprises a supporting seat, the grabbing and transferring mechanism is disposed on the supporting seat, the grabbing and transferring mechanism comprises a mechanical arm and a grabbing and transferring module, one end of the mechanical arm is connected to the supporting seat, the grabbing and transferring module is disposed at the other end of the mechanical arm, the mechanical arm is used for driving the grabbing and transferring module to move, the grabbing and transferring module comprises a mounting plate and a clamping and transferring assembly disposed on the mounting plate, the clamping and transferring assembly comprises the clamping assembly and a transferring assembly, the clamping assembly is used for grabbing a workpiece, and the transferring assembly is used for outputting the workpiece grabbed by the clamping assembly or transferring the workpiece to the clamping assembly.

8. The automatic processing production line of claim 7, wherein the clamping assembly and the conveying assembly are adapted to clamp a workpiece together, the clamping assembly includes a clamping member and a clamping driving mechanism, the clamping driving mechanism is disposed on the mounting plate, the clamping driving mechanism is connected to the clamping member to drive the clamping member to grab the workpiece, the clamping member includes a clamping block and a clamping portion disposed on the clamping block, the conveying assembly is disposed opposite to and spaced from the clamping portion, and a clamping space adapted to clamp the workpiece is defined between the conveying assembly and the clamping portion.

9. The automated processing line according to claim 8, wherein said gripping and transferring device further comprises: the moving mechanism is arranged on the clamping block and connected with the conveying assembly to drive the conveying assembly to move so as to adjust the distance between the conveying assembly and the clamping part; and/or the surface of the clamping part facing the conveying component is provided with a roller for supporting the workpiece, and the workpiece is suitable for rolling contact with the roller.

10. The automated processing line according to claim 1, wherein the automated loading and unloading system further comprises a third transfer trolley for transporting workpieces to be processed onto the staging rack or for transporting processed workpieces away from the staging rack.

11. The automated processing line according to claim 10, wherein the third transfer trolley is an automated navigation trolley, a positioning mark is provided below the buffer, the third transfer trolley moves to a preset position below the buffer according to the positioning mark, the third transfer trolley comprises a jacking mechanism, and a workpiece is suitable for being stacked on the jacking mechanism and is transferred from the third transfer trolley to the buffer or from the buffer to the third transfer trolley by lifting of the jacking mechanism.

12. The automated processing line of claim 1, wherein the processing equipment further comprises a code scanner positioned above the feed and discharge ports.

13. The automated processing line according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the processing equipment is a plurality of processing equipment arranged at intervals along a straight line, the material inlet/outlet ports of all the processing equipment arranged along the straight line are located on the same side, and the temporary storage rack, the first transfer cart and the second transfer cart are located on the side of the processing equipment adjacent to the material inlet/outlet ports.

14. The automated processing line according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein said processing equipment comprises a table on which a tool placement area is provided, said automated processing line further comprising: mobilizable tool changing buffer memory device, tool changing buffer memory device includes:

a third mobile base;

the placing table is arranged on the third movable base and is provided with a first storing area and a second storing area, the first storing area is used for storing the cutters to be used, and the second storing area is used for storing the used cutters;

and the grabbing mechanism is arranged on the placing table and used for transferring the cutter in the first storage area to the cutter placing area and transferring the used cutter in the cutter placing area to the second storage area.

15. The automated manufacturing line according to claim 14, wherein the first storage area is provided with a first conveyor assembly for supporting and conveying the cutter assembly to a predetermined position of the first storage area; the second storage area is provided with a second conveying assembly, and the second conveying assembly is used for supporting and conveying the cutter assembly to a preset position of the second storage area; the cutter assembly comprises a cutter and a cutter seat for accommodating and supporting the cutter, and the first conveying assembly comprises a belt conveying mechanism or a roller conveying mechanism; the second conveying assembly comprises a belt conveying mechanism or a roller conveying mechanism.

16. The automatic processing line according to claim 14, wherein a boss is provided on the placement table, the gripping mechanism is provided on the boss, and the first storage area and the second storage area are located on opposite sides of the boss in the first direction.

17. The automated processing line of claim 14, further comprising: the fourth transfer skip car comprises a mobile carrier, a storage rack and a third conveying assembly, the storage rack is arranged on the mobile carrier, the third conveying assembly is arranged on the storage rack, the fourth transfer skip car is suitable for being in butt joint with the tool changing cache device, the third conveying assembly is used for conveying tool assemblies to the first storage area or conveying tool assemblies in the second storage area to the storage rack, and the third conveying assembly comprises a belt conveying mechanism or a roller conveying mechanism.

18. The automatic processing production line according to claim 14, wherein the processing devices are a plurality of processing devices arranged at intervals along a straight line, the material inlet/outlet ports of two adjacent processing devices are arranged back to back or oppositely, the tool changing buffer device is located on one side of the processing devices, which is far away from the material inlet/outlet ports, and the temporary storage rack, the first transfer cart and the second transfer cart are located on one side of the processing devices, which is near the material inlet/outlet ports.