CN115921335A

CN115921335A - Sorting system

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Publication number: CN115921335A
Application number: CN202211455957.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王宇; 程遥; 王彦文; 余庆鑫
Original assignee: Aerospace Cloud Network Data Research Institute Guangdong Co ltd
Current assignee: Aerospace Cloud Network Data Research Institute Guangdong Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-21
Filing date: 2022-11-21
Publication date: 2023-04-07

Abstract

The application belongs to the technical field of machining equipment, and provides a sorting system which comprises a feeding conveyer belt, a discharging conveyer belt, a visual detection mechanism, a sorting mechanism and a turnover mechanism, wherein the visual detection mechanism is arranged on the feeding conveyer belt and is used for shooting the placing posture and surface patterns of a workpiece; the discharging conveyor belt comprises a first discharging rail and a second discharging rail, the first discharging rail is used for receiving the workpiece with the front pattern facing upwards, the second discharging rail is used for receiving the workpiece with the back pattern facing upwards, and the first discharging rail and the second discharging rail are respectively arranged on two sides of the feeding conveyor belt; the sorting mechanism rotates the workpiece to correct the posture, and transfers the workpiece to the first discharging rail or the second discharging rail respectively; the turnover mechanism is arranged on the second discharging rail and is used for turning the workpiece with the reverse side pattern upward to the front side pattern upward. This application is in order to solve prior art in the course of working of food and beverage product, can't realize the letter sorting demand of head and the tail and positive and negative orderly arrangement.

Description

Sorting system

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of machining equipment, and particularly relates to a sorting system.

Background

In the production operation of food and beverage products, the products need to be subjected to a plurality of processes such as canning, bag sealing, air drying, conveying and the like at the front end. In the process of the processing procedures, the products are basically in a disordered arrangement state, such as disordered arrangement at the front and back, and the like. The condition that the head and the tail of the product and the front and the back of the product are required to be orderly arranged in the subsequent processing procedure cannot be met, and code spraying or laser code printing and the like on a fixed position for fixing a certain surface are difficult to implement if needed.

The scheme adopted at present is that secondary finishing is carried out by assistance of hands so as to meet the requirements; alternatively, alignment is performed by visual inspection in combination with a parallel robot or the like. However, the parallel robot can only carry out unordered arrangement on objects in a plane, and cannot carry out surface unified treatment on products with the requirements of turning over the front side and the back side. Therefore, the current production line for food and beverage products cannot meet the requirement of full-automatic production.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a sorting system to solve prior art in the course of working of food and beverage product, can't realize the letter sorting demand of head and the tail and positive and negative orderly arrangement.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: a sorting system is provided for sorting and sequencing bagged workpieces with front and back patterns, the sorting system comprising:

the feeding conveyer belt is used for bearing and conveying workpieces;

the visual detection mechanism is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt and is used for shooting the placing posture and the surface patterns of the workpieces;

the discharging conveying belt comprises a first discharging rail and a second discharging rail, the first discharging rail is used for receiving the workpiece with the front pattern facing upwards, the second discharging rail is used for receiving the workpiece with the back pattern facing upwards, and the first discharging rail and the second discharging rail are respectively arranged on two sides of the feeding conveying belt;

the sorting mechanism rotates the workpieces to correct the postures and transfers the workpieces to the first discharging rail or the second discharging rail respectively;

and the turnover mechanism is arranged on the second discharging rail and is used for turning the workpiece with the reverse side pattern upward to the workpiece with the front side pattern upward.

The utility model provides a letter sorting system's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the sorting system is provided with the visual detection mechanism and the sorting mechanism which are arranged on the feeding conveying belt, the visual detection mechanism shoots the workpieces placed on the feeding conveying belt, and the placing postures and the surface patterns of the workpieces are determined. The sorting mechanism rotates the workpieces to correct the postures, and the head and tail directions of the workpieces are unified; and transferring the workpiece with the front pattern facing upwards to the first discharging rail, and transferring the workpiece with the back pattern facing upwards to the second discharging rail. Compared with a common sorting system combined with a parallel robot through visual detection, the sorting system is provided with the turnover mechanism on the second discharge rail, the turnover mechanism is used for turning over the workpiece, and the workpiece with the reverse side pattern facing upwards is turned over to the front side pattern facing upwards so as to realize the uniformity of the front side and the reverse side of the workpiece. The utility model provides a letter sorting system combines through the function automation of visual detection mechanism, letter sorting mechanism and tilting mechanism to snatch the work piece in following up, and the permutation becomes head and the tail and the consistent orderly arrangement of positive and negative, accomplishes leading preparation for follow-up manufacturing procedure. The utility model provides a letter sorting system uses extensively, the practicality is strong, and the specially adapted needs become same range and orderly transportation after sorting permutation with the mixed and disorderly product of front end on the production line, is favorable to follow-up manufacturing procedure to beat sign indicating number or vanning etc. to the product, needs have order and the process completion leading work of positive and negative unified requirement, improves production efficiency.

The structure of a sorting mechanism is improved, the sorting mechanism comprises a turntable, a movable frame and a sucker, the movable frame is connected between the turntable and the sucker, and the sucker picks up a workpiece; the turntable rotates to drive the movable frame to drive the sucker to rotate by the angle of the workpiece; the movable frame moves telescopically to drive the sucker to transfer the picked workpiece to a position. Therefore, the sorting mechanism can rotate and adjust the posture of the workpiece, so that the head and tail directions of the workpiece are unified, and the workpiece is transferred to the position.

Optionally, the movable frame includes a central shaft and at least three movable shafts extending in different directions, and the central shaft is movably connected between the central portion of the turntable and the suction cup; the turntable is provided with driving parts which are the same as the movable shafts in number, and the driving parts are connected with the movable shafts and drive the movable shafts to swing up and down; each movable shaft is movably connected with a linkage rod, and each linkage rod is connected to the sucker in a centralized manner. The position of the sucking disc can be changed along with the movement of each movable shaft and the linkage rod, so that the picked workpiece is transferred to a specified position. Therefore, the sorting mechanism is simpler in structure than the traditional structure that the position of a picked part is transferred by utilizing a track or the mechanical arm is used for transferring, the sorting mechanism is only used for limited movement of the movable frame with the minimum swing amplitude, two paths of workpieces are sorted, the sorting speed is effectively improved, the occupied space can be saved, and the size of the whole machine is reduced.

Optionally, the sorting mechanism further includes a first support disposed on the feeding and conveying belt, and the turntable is mounted on the first support and located above the feeding and conveying belt; the turntable, the movable frame and the suckers are sequentially connected from top to bottom so as to be suspended on the first support. Therefore, the turntable is arranged on the first support to realize autorotation, and the movable frame and the sucker are driven to rotate the picked workpiece to adjust the posture, so that the head and tail of the workpiece face towards the same direction. Wherein, first support is fixed the carousel, improves fixed effect, prevents that the rotation of carousel and the swing of adjustable shelf from taking place to rock, improves the job stabilization nature of letter sorting mechanism effectively.

The structure of a second discharging rail is improved, the second discharging rail further comprises a discharging table, the discharging table is used for placing the workpieces transferred by the sorting mechanism, and the discharging table and the second discharging rail are arranged side by side; the turnover mechanism is arranged between the second discharging rail and the discharging platform and is used for turning the workpiece on the discharging platform to the second discharging rail. Therefore, the emptying table is used as a temporary placing space for the workpieces, and the workpieces which are sorted and transferred are placed on the emptying table. The turnover mechanism turns the workpiece on the discharging platform to the second discharging rail, so that the front and back sides of the workpiece are turned over.

The improved structure of the turnover mechanism is characterized in that the turnover mechanism comprises a turnover frame and a driver for driving the turnover frame to rotate, the turnover frame comprises a rotating shaft and a plurality of shifting bodies arranged on the periphery of the rotating shaft, the driving end of the driver is connected with the rotating shaft, the driver drives the rotating shaft to rotate and drives the shifting bodies to rotate, so that a loaded workpiece is driven to overturn on the second discharge rail from the discharge table. Therefore, the workpiece is carried by the poking body and is driven by the driver to rotate along with the rotating shaft, so that the carried workpiece is overturned towards the designated direction, and the workpiece is overturned.

Optionally, the dial body is at least two and group the strip that just sets up side by side and interval, the confession has been seted up on the blowing bench dial the first groove of dodging that the strip stretched into, have the confession on the orbital lateral wall of second ejection of compact the second that the strip stretched into dodges the groove, first dodge the groove with the second dodges the trench position and corresponds. Therefore, in the operation process of the turnover mechanism, the poking body on the rotating shaft can be inserted into the first avoidance groove or the second avoidance groove. Let to dial the physical stamina and can rotate to the blowing bench to inside the plug-in blowing platform, along with rotation angle changes, dial the body and can follow the blowing bench and take away the work piece, and overturn toward second ejection of compact track.

Optionally, the second discharging rail is provided with an arc-shaped guide plate on the side wall adjacent to the turnover mechanism, the arc-shaped guide plate is provided with a slot communicated with the second avoiding slot, the arc-shaped guide plate extends to the rotating shaft, so that the overturned workpiece can keep a posture along the arc-shaped guide plate and accurately slide into the second discharging rail, the head and tail postures of the workpiece in the overturning process are prevented from being changed, and the posture accuracy of the workpiece after sorting is effectively ensured.

Optionally, the first discharging rail and the second discharging rail are both provided with a conveyor belt; and the conveyor belt on the second discharge rail is arranged in a snake shape to avoid the position of the second avoiding groove. Therefore, the conveyor belt is distributed in the second discharging track in a snake shape so as to be matched with the arrangement position of the second avoiding groove. The conveying belt can keep conveying effect on the workpiece during operation, and can avoid the poking body extending into the second avoiding groove in the side wall, so that the operation adaptability of the conveying belt and the overturning mechanism is effectively improved.

The structure of the visual detection mechanism is improved, the visual detection mechanism comprises a second support, a fixed frame, a light source and a camera, the second support is arranged on the feeding conveying belt, and light screens are arranged on two sides of the feeding conveying belt; the fixing frame is fixed on the second support, the light source and the camera are arranged on the fixing frame, and the output ends of the light source and the camera are both arranged towards the lower direction. Therefore, the light source and the camera are hung on the second support by the fixing frame, so that the light source and the camera are polished and shot on the feeding conveying belt downwards. Wherein, the both sides of second support are equipped with the light screen, utilize the light screen to shelter from to make the light source can concentrate on the pay-off conveyer belt, improve the shooting effect of camera ware effectively.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic top view of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a sorting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a sorting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a structural view of a sorting mechanism mounted on a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a structural view of the turnover mechanism provided in the embodiment of the present application installed on a second discharging rail;

fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a roll-over stand according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the turning mechanism, the second discharging rail and the conveyor belt according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a side view of a second outfeed track provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a first schematic structural diagram of a visual inspection mechanism provided on a feeding conveyor belt according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a second schematic structural view of a visual inspection mechanism provided on a feeding conveyor belt according to an embodiment of the present application.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

100-a workpiece;

1-feeding conveyer belt;

2-a visual inspection mechanism; 21-a second support; 211-a light screen; 22-a holder; 23-a light source; 24-a camera;

3-a discharge conveyer belt; 31-a first outfeed track; 32-a second outfeed track; 321-a second avoidance slot; 322-arc guide plate; 3221-slotting; 323-a bevel baffle; 33-a discharge table; 331-a first avoidance slot; 34-a conveyor belt;

4-a sorting mechanism; 41-a turntable; 411-a drive section; 42-a movable frame; 421-a central axis; 422-movable shaft; 423-linkage; 43-a suction cup; 44-a first scaffold;

5-turning over mechanism; 51-a roll-over stand; 511-rotation shaft; 512-pulling body; 52-driver.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings that is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be considered as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

The sorting system provided by the embodiment of the application is mainly applied to sorting and sequencing bagged products such as food and beverage products, and can be bagged liquid beverage products, solid jelly products, cookies, nuts and other bagged food products. These bagged products generally have a front and a back surface, and the front and back surfaces have corresponding patterns, which may be a surface pattern of figures or a combination of figures and text.

Referring to fig. 1, the sorting system provided in the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail, and includes a feeding conveyor belt 1, a visual inspection mechanism 2, a discharging conveyor belt 3, a sorting mechanism 4, and a turnover mechanism 5.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the feeding conveyor 1 is used for carrying and transporting the bagged product workpiece 100. Specifically, the workpieces 100 are sequentially placed on the feeding conveyor belt 1 and move from the starting end of the feeding conveyor belt 1 to the ending end thereof under the operation of the feeding conveyor belt 1. At this time, the "posture" of the workpieces 100 is not uniform from head to tail and from front to back.

The visual detection mechanism 2 is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt 1, and the visual detection mechanism 2 is used for shooting the placing posture and the surface patterns of the workpiece 100.

The discharging conveyor belt 3 includes a first discharging rail 31 and a second discharging rail 32, wherein the first discharging rail 31 is used for receiving the workpiece 100 with the right side pattern facing upward, the second discharging rail 32 is used for receiving the workpiece 100 with the reverse side pattern facing upward, and the first discharging rail 31 and the second discharging rail 32 are respectively disposed on two sides of the feeding conveyor belt 1.

The sorting mechanism 4 rotates the workpiece 100 to correct the attitude, so as to unify the head and tail orientations of the workpiece 100; and, the workpiece 100 is transferred to the first discharging rail 31 or the second discharging rail 32, respectively.

It should be noted that, the visual detection mechanism 2 and the sorting mechanism 4 both adopt their own functions, for example, the visual detection mechanism 2 is an image acquisition function, the sorting mechanism 4 may be a parallel robot or a mechanical arm, etc., and can transfer the objects to the sorting function of the designated position, and they can be controlled in a linkage manner, and specifically, the existing common linkage control manner can be adopted to implement corresponding operations, for example, the acquired images are used for identification, and the parallel robot implements corresponding operations according to the identified information, etc. The present application does not relate to improvements in its function and control.

The turnover mechanism 5 of the sorting system of the application is arranged on the second discharging rail 32, and turns the workpiece 100 with the reverse side pattern facing upwards to the front side pattern facing upwards.

Compared with the prior art, the sorting system provided by the embodiment of the application has the advantages that the visual detection mechanism 2 and the sorting mechanism 4 are arranged on the feeding and conveying belt 1, the visual detection mechanism 2 shoots the workpiece 100 placed on the feeding and conveying belt 1, and the placing posture and the surface pattern of the workpiece 100 are determined. The sorting mechanism 4 rotates the workpieces 100 to correct the postures, and the head and tail directions of the workpieces 100 are unified; then, the work 100 with the front side pattern facing upward is transferred to the first discharge rail 31, and the work 100 with the back side pattern facing upward is transferred to the second discharge rail 32. Compared with a common sorting system combining visual detection and a parallel robot, the sorting system is further provided with a turnover mechanism 5 on the second discharging rail 32, the turnover mechanism 5 is used for turning over the workpiece 100, and the workpiece 100 with the reverse side pattern facing upwards is turned over to the front side pattern facing upwards, so that the front side and the reverse side of the workpiece 100 are unified.

The sorting system of this application combines through visual detection mechanism 2, sorting mechanism 4 and tilting mechanism 5's self function automation to follow-up snatchs work piece 100, and the permutation becomes head and the tail and the unanimous orderly arrangement of positive and negative, accomplishes leading the preparation for subsequent handling. The utility model provides a letter sorting system uses extensively, the practicality is strong, and the specially adapted becomes same range and transportation in order after sorting permutation with the product of front end randomly arranged on the production line, is favorable to subsequent processing procedure to beat the sign indicating number or vanning etc. to the product, needs have order and the process that positive and negative unified requirement to accomplish leading work, improves production efficiency.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4, 5 and 6, the sorting mechanism 4 includes a rotating disc 41, a movable frame 42 and a suction cup 43, wherein the movable frame 42 is connected between the rotating disc 41 and the suction cup 43. Wherein the suction cup 43 is used for picking up the workpiece 100, the suction cup 43 can preferably adopt a vacuum suction cup 43 to aim at the plastic package and can suck and extract the plastic package. The turntable 41 can rotate to drive the movable frame 42 to move the suction cup 43 to rotate the workpiece 100. The movable frame 42 can move telescopically to bring the suction cup 43 to transfer the picked-up workpiece 100 to a position. Thus, the sorting mechanism 4 can rotate and adjust the attitude of the workpiece 100, unify the head and tail orientations of the workpiece 100, and simultaneously shift the workpiece 100 to a position.

As shown in fig. 5, the movable frame 42 includes a central shaft 421 and at least three movable shafts 422 extending in different directions, and the central shaft 421 is movably connected between the central portion of the turntable 41 and the suction cup 43. The turntable 41 is provided with the same number of driving parts 411 as the movable shafts 422, and the driving parts 411 may be driving motors mounted on the turntable 41. The driving unit 411 is connected to the movable shaft 422 and can drive the movable shaft 422 to swing up and down. Each movable shaft 422 is movably connected with a linkage rod 423, and each linkage rod 423 is connected with the sucker 43 in a centralized way. So that the suction cup 43 can change its position with the movement of each movable shaft 422 and the linkage 423 to transfer the picked workpiece 100 to a designated position.

The "movable connection" may be a connection of a rotating shaft or a connection of a universal member, and is not limited specifically herein.

On the letter sorting system of this application, foretell letter sorting mechanism 4 adopts the track to realize the position transfer structure of picking up the piece with the tradition, perhaps adopts the arm to do the structure that shifts and compare, and the letter sorting mechanism 4 structure of this application is simpler, only utilizes the limited motion of adjustable shelf 42 with the minimum amplitude of oscillation, realizes improving letter sorting speed effectively to two ways of work piece 100 to can save occupation space, reduce whole quick-witted volume.

In the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 6, the sorting mechanism 4 further includes a first bracket 44 disposed on the feeding conveyor belt 1, and the turntable 41 is mounted on the first bracket 44 and located above the feeding conveyor belt 1. The turntable 41, the movable frame 42 and the suction cup 43 are connected in sequence from top to bottom to hang on the first support 44. Thus, the turntable 41 is mounted on the first support 44 to rotate, and drives the movable frame 42 and the suction cup 43 to rotate the picked-up workpiece 100 to adjust the posture, so that the head and tail directions of the workpiece 100 are uniform. The first bracket 44 fixes the turntable 41, so that the fixing effect is improved, the rotation of the turntable 41 and the swing of the movable frame 42 are prevented from shaking, and the working stability of the sorting mechanism 4 is effectively improved.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 7, the second discharging rail 32 further includes an emptying station 33, the emptying station 33 is used for placing the workpiece 100 transferred by the sorting mechanism 4, and the emptying station 33 is arranged side by side with the second discharging rail 32. The turnover mechanism 5 is disposed between the second discharging rail 32 and the discharging platform 33, and turns the workpiece 100 on the discharging platform 33 onto the second discharging rail 32. Thus, the work 100 sorted and transferred is placed on the discharge table 33 by using the discharge table 33 as a temporary placement space for the work 100. The turnover mechanism 5 turns over the workpiece 100 on the discharging table 33 onto the second discharging rail 32, so that the front and back sides of the workpiece 100 are turned over.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the turnover mechanism 5 includes a turnover frame 51 and a driver 52 for driving the turnover frame 51 to rotate, and the turnover frame 51 includes a rotating shaft 511 and a plurality of pulling bodies 512 disposed on the outer periphery of the rotating shaft 511. The driver 52 can be a driving motor, and the driving end of the driver 52 is connected with the rotating shaft 511 of the roll-over stand 51. The driver 52 can drive the rotating shaft 511 to rotate, and drive the poking body 512 on the periphery of the rotating shaft 511 to turn the loaded workpiece 100 from the material placing table 33 to the second material discharging rail 32. The dial 512 may preferably be a dial or a lever, and is not limited in this regard. Therefore, the workpiece 100 is carried by the pick 512, and the rotating shaft 511 is driven by the driver 52 to rotate, so as to turn the carried workpiece 100 in a specified direction, thereby realizing the turning operation of the workpiece 100.

In an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 7, 8 and 9, the pulling body 512 on the rotating shaft 511 of the turning frame 51 may preferably be at least two pulling strips arranged side by side and at an interval, the material placing table 33 is provided with a first avoiding groove 331 for the pulling strips to extend into, the side wall of the second material discharging rail 32 is also provided with a second avoiding groove 321 for the pulling strips to extend into, and the first avoiding groove 331 corresponds to the second avoiding groove 321. Therefore, during the operation of the turnover mechanism 5, the pulling element 512 of the rotating shaft 511 can be inserted into the first avoiding groove 331 or the second avoiding groove 321. Let dial the body 512 can rotate to the blowing platform 33 on, and insert inside the blowing platform 33, along with the rotation angle changes, dial the body 512 and can take away work piece 100 from the blowing platform 33, and overturn on the second ejection of compact track 32.

With respect to the structure of the turnover mechanism 5, preferably, please refer to fig. 9 and fig. 10 together, the second discharging rail 32 is provided with an arc-shaped guide plate 322 on the side wall adjacent to the turnover mechanism 5, the arc-shaped guide plate 322 is provided with a slot 3221 communicated with the second avoiding slot 321, and the arc-shaped guide plate 322 extends to the rotating shaft 511, so that the turned workpiece 100 can accurately slide into the second discharging rail 32 along the arc-shaped guide plate 322, thereby preventing the head-tail posture of the workpiece 100 from changing during the turning process, and effectively ensuring the posture accuracy of the workpiece 100 after being sorted.

On the basis, please refer to fig. 9 and 10, an inclined baffle 323 is disposed on the second discharging rail 32 and opposite to the arc-shaped guide plate 322, the inclined baffle 323 extends obliquely outward from the second discharging rail 32, so that a gradually enlarged bell mouth is formed at the upper portion of the second discharging rail 32, which is beneficial to guiding the inverted workpiece 100, and the workpiece 100 is accurately dropped onto the second discharging rail 32 while maintaining the posture.

In the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 9, the first discharging rail 31 and the second discharging rail 32 are both provided with a conveyor belt 34.

In practical applications, in the process of the turning operation, the dial body 512 of the turning mechanism 5 needs to extend into the second discharging rail 32 from the side wall of the second discharging rail 32 so as to accurately turn the workpiece 100 onto the second discharging rail 32 on the premise of maintaining the posture, and therefore the conveyor belt 34 arranged on the second discharging rail 32 needs to be avoided from the second discharging rail. To this end, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the conveyor belt 34 on the second discharge rail 32 is disposed in a serpentine shape so as to avoid the position of the second avoiding groove 321. The conveyor belt 34 is disposed in the second discharging track 32 in a serpentine shape, and further matches the position of the second avoiding groove 321. The conveyor belt 34 can keep conveying action on the workpiece 100 during operation, and can avoid the poking body 512 extending from the second avoiding groove 321 of the side wall, so that the operation adaptability of the turnover mechanism 5 is effectively improved.

In other embodiments (not shown), in order to meet the requirements of the production process, the ends of the first discharging track 31 and the second discharging track 32 of the discharging conveyor belt 3 can be communicated with each other to form a single discharging track, so as to converge the workpieces 100 which are uniformly ordered in front-back and head-tail directions and convey the workpieces to the next process.

In an embodiment of the application, please refer to fig. 11 and 12 together, the vision inspection mechanism 2 includes a second bracket 21, a fixing frame 22, a light source 23 and a camera 24, wherein the second bracket 21 is disposed on the feeding and conveying belt 1, the fixing frame 22 is fixed on the second bracket 21, the light source 23 and the camera 24 are disposed on the fixing frame 22, and output ends of the light source 23 and the camera 24 are both disposed in a downward direction. Thus, the light source 23 and the camera 24 are suspended by the fixing frame 22 on the second support 21, so that the light source 23 and the camera 24 are polished and photographed on the feeding and conveying belt 1 facing downward.

As shown in fig. 12, light shielding plates 211 are disposed on two sides of the second support 21, and the light shielding plates 211 are used for shielding, so that the light source 23 can be concentrated on the feeding and conveying belt 1, and the shooting effect of the camera 24 is effectively improved.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A sorting system for sorting and sequencing bagged workpieces having front and back patterns, the sorting system comprising:

the feeding conveyer belt is used for bearing and conveying workpieces;

the visual detection mechanism is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt and is used for shooting the placing posture and the surface patterns of the workpiece;

the sorting mechanism rotates the workpieces to correct postures and transfers the workpieces to the first discharging rail or the second discharging rail respectively;

2. The sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the sorting mechanism comprises a turntable, a movable frame and a sucker, the movable frame is connected between the turntable and the sucker, and the sucker picks up a workpiece; the turntable rotates to drive the movable frame to drive the sucker to rotate by the angle of the workpiece; the movable frame moves telescopically to drive the sucker to transfer the picked workpiece to a position.

3. The sortation system as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the movable frame comprises a central shaft and at least three movable shafts extending to different directions, and the central shaft is movably connected between the central part of the turntable and the sucker; the turntable is provided with driving parts which are the same as the movable shafts in number, and the driving parts are connected with the movable shafts and drive the movable shafts to swing up and down; each movable shaft is movably connected with a linkage rod, and each linkage rod is connected with the sucker in a centralized mode.

4. The sortation system as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the sorting mechanism further comprises a first support arranged on the feeding conveying belt, and the rotary disc is arranged on the first support and is positioned above the feeding conveying belt; the turntable, the movable frame and the suckers are sequentially connected from top to bottom.

5. The sortation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the second discharging rail is provided with a discharging table, the discharging table is used for placing the workpieces transferred by the sorting mechanism, and the discharging table and the second discharging rail are arranged side by side; the turnover mechanism is arranged between the second discharging rail and the discharging platform and is used for turning the workpiece on the discharging platform to the second discharging rail.

6. The sortation system as claimed in claim 5, wherein: tilting mechanism includes roll-over stand and drive the rotatory driver of roll-over stand, the roll-over stand includes the pivot and sets up a plurality of bodies of dialling in the pivot periphery, the drive end of driver with the pivot is connected, the driver orders about the pivot is rotatory, and drives dial the work piece that the body will bear and follow the blowing platform toward upset on the second ejection of compact track.

7. The sortation system as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the poking body is at least two poking strips which are arranged side by side at intervals, the feeding table is provided with a first dodging groove for the poking strips to stretch into, the side wall of the second discharging track is provided with a second dodging groove for the poking strips to stretch into, and the first dodging groove corresponds to the second dodging groove.

8. The sortation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the second discharging rail is provided with an arc-shaped guide plate on the side wall adjacent to the turnover mechanism, the arc-shaped guide plate is provided with a notch communicated with the second avoiding groove, and the arc-shaped guide plate extends to the rotating shaft.

9. The sortation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the first discharging rail and the second discharging rail are provided with conveying belts; wherein the conveyor belt on the second discharging track is arranged in a snake shape to avoid the position of the second avoiding groove.

10. Sorting system according to any of claims 1-9, characterised in that: the visual detection mechanism comprises a second support, a fixing frame, a light source and a camera, wherein the second support is arranged on the feeding conveying belt, and light shielding plates are arranged on two sides of the feeding conveying belt; the fixing frame is fixed on the second support, the light source and the camera are arranged on the fixing frame, and the output ends of the light source and the camera are both arranged towards the lower direction.