CN116110628A - Full-automatic feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a full-automatic feeding device, wherein a material clamping assembly is arranged at one end of a feeding pipeline assembly, a material pickup assembly is arranged below the clamping assembly, a material pushing assembly is arranged between the clamping assembly and the material pickup assembly, and the material pushing assembly and the material pickup assembly are respectively and fixedly connected to a sample conveying mechanism. According to the full-automatic feeding device, a worker or an external manipulator only needs to put spherical fuel into the feeding pipeline assembly, the material clamping assembly in the feeding pipeline assembly is used for opening and closing the feeding passage of the material pickup mechanism of the feeding pipeline assembly, and then the material clamping assembly is sequentially pushed into the sample conveying mechanism through the material pushing assembly, so that the high-efficiency automatic feeding function of the traditional CT scanning system on the spherical fuel elements is achieved, the automatic feeding of the spherical fuel elements on a large-batch production line can be achieved, the single feeding is multiple, the time and labor cost are saved, and the full-automatic feeding device is flexible and convenient.

Description

Full-automatic feeding device

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of automatic feeding of spherical fuel, and particularly relates to a full-automatic feeding device.

Background

The high temperature gas cooled reactor is divided into a prismatic reactor and a pebble bed reactor. The spherical fuel used by the spherical high-temperature gas cooled reactor can be conveyed in the pipeline by being pushed by high-pressure gas, so that continuous non-shutdown fuel circulation and replacement are easier to realize, and higher flexibility and operability are shown. Therefore, the ball bed type high temperature gas cooled reactor is listed as a national major special project in China. Wherein both the HTR-10 project and the HTR-PM project reach the critical value, and a plurality of machines are built into production. Along with the maturity and popularization of the pebble-bed high-temperature gas cooled reactor in China, the demand for the pebble-bed high-temperature gas cooled reactor is also necessarily increasing. Spherical fuel, which has been put into practical use at present, mainly consists of a fuel zone with a diameter of about 50mm and a fuel-free zone with a wall thickness of about 5 mm. The spherical fuel surface is coated with graphite and other matrixes, CT scanning is required to be applied to irradiate the internal structures of the spherical fuel surface in the production process, the quality of products is determined, the CT scanning irradiation in the prior art is manually operated, the working efficiency is low, and the feeding detection quality is uncontrollable.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the invention aims to provide a full-automatic feeding device, so as to solve the problems that the CT scanning system in the prior art cannot realize high-efficiency automatic feeding of spherical fuel elements, the working efficiency is low, and the feeding time interval is unstable.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

the utility model provides a full-automatic feeding device, automatic feeding mechanism includes feeding pipeline subassembly, material clamping assembly, material propulsion subassembly and material pickup mechanism, and feeding pipeline subassembly's one end installation material clamping assembly, clamping assembly below set up material pickup assembly, and set up material propulsion subassembly between clamping assembly and the material pickup assembly, and material propulsion subassembly and material pickup assembly are fixed connection respectively to sample conveying mechanism on.

Further, the sample conveying mechanism comprises a support, a conveyor belt, a driving wheel and a driven wheel, two ends of the driving wheel and two ends of the driven wheel are respectively and rotatably sleeved in the support, the periphery of the driving wheel and the periphery of the driven wheel form a synchronous rotating structure through the conveyor belt, one end of the driving wheel is fixedly connected to a transmission shaft of a power motor, the periphery of the power motor is fixedly connected to the support, a carrier for holding a to-be-detected product is fixedly installed on the conveyor belt, and a groove matched with the to-be-detected product is formed in the upper end of the carrier.

Further, the feeding pipeline assembly comprises a first steel pipe, a first power assisting device and a feeding detection correlation sensor, wherein the periphery of the first steel pipe is fixedly connected into a front-stage protection box body through a fixing bolt hoop, the first steel pipe is used for limiting the movement track of a product to be detected, the product to be detected rolls inside the first steel pipe, the feeding detection correlation sensor is arranged in the first steel pipe, the feeding detection correlation sensor is used for detecting the existence of the product to be detected in the first steel pipe, the first power assisting device is an air pipe, the first power assisting device accelerates the rolling of the product to be detected in the first steel pipe through air blowing, and one end of the first steel pipe is provided with a material clamping assembly.

Further, the material clamping assembly comprises a cylinder fixing seat, a clamping cylinder, a gas claw finger, a material detecting sensor and a finger cushion block, one side of the clamping cylinder is fixedly connected to the periphery of one end of the first steel pipe through the cylinder fixing seat, one end of the clamping cylinder is provided with the gas claw finger, the other end of the clamping cylinder is provided with the finger cushion block, a gap for preventing materials is arranged between the gas claw finger and the finger cushion block, the material detecting sensor is arranged on the clamping cylinder, and the material detecting sensor is used for detecting the existence of a to-be-detected article in the gap.

Further, the material picking mechanism comprises a vacuum chuck, a T-shaped pipe joint, a jacking cylinder and a vacuum generator, wherein the vacuum chuck is arranged at the upper end of the T-shaped pipe joint and positioned below the material clamping assembly, the periphery of the T-shaped pipe structure is fixedly arranged on a movable plate of the jacking cylinder, the periphery of the jacking cylinder is fixedly connected to one side of the sample conveying mechanism, the vacuum generator is arranged on one side of the jacking cylinder, one end of the vacuum generator is connected to an air pump through a pipeline, and the other end of the vacuum generator is connected to the T-shaped pipe joint through a pipeline.

Further, the material impels the subassembly and includes module base, module lead screw, module motor, module slip table, the peripheral fixed connection of module base is to one side of sample conveying mechanism, the outer rotation of module lead screw cup joints to the upper end of module base, and the one end fixed connection of module lead screw is to the transmission shaft of module motor, the peripheral fixed connection of module motor is to the periphery of module base, module slip table middle part is equipped with the screw hole, the peripheral threaded connection of module lead screw is to threaded hole, the lower extreme sliding connection of module slip table is to the upper end of module base, the module slip table is located between material impels subassembly and the material pickup assembly.

Compared with the prior art, the full-automatic feeding device has the following beneficial effects:

(1) According to the full-automatic feeding device, a worker or an external manipulator only needs to put spherical fuel into the feeding pipeline assembly, the material clamping assembly in the feeding pipeline assembly is used for opening and closing the feeding passage of the material pickup mechanism of the feeding pipeline assembly, and then the material clamping assembly is sequentially pushed into the sample conveying mechanism through the material pushing assembly, so that the high-efficiency automatic feeding function of the traditional CT scanning system on the spherical fuel elements is achieved, the automatic feeding of the spherical fuel elements on a large-batch production line can be achieved, the single feeding is multiple, the time and labor cost are saved, and the full-automatic feeding device is flexible and convenient.

(2) The full-automatic feeding device has the advantages that the clamping cylinder clamps materials, the jacking cylinder drives the vacuum chuck to absorb the materials and the rodless cylinder drives the materials to orderly slide, the working principle and the structure are simple, the installation and the maintenance are easy, the expansion speed is high, the speed blocks of multiple fuel elements can be taken and transported, the device can work normally in high-temperature and low-temperature environments, the dust-proof and waterproof capabilities are realized, and the device can be suitable for various severe environments.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a fully automatic feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a feed conduit assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an assembly of a material picking mechanism and a material pushing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of an assembly of a material picking mechanism and a material pushing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a sample delivery mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. an automatic feeding mechanism; 11. a feed conduit assembly; 111. a first steel pipe; 112. a first booster device; 113. a feed detection correlation sensor; 114. a fixing bolt hoop; 12. a material clamping assembly; 121. a cylinder fixing seat; 122. a clamping cylinder; 123. pneumatic claw fingers; 124. a material detecting sensor; 125. a finger pad; 13. a material pick-up mechanism; 131. a vacuum chuck; 132. t-shaped pipe joint; 133. jacking the air cylinder; 134. a vacuum generator; 14. a material propulsion assembly; 141. a module base; 142. a module screw; 143. a module motor; 144. a module slipway; 145. a chute; 146. a rodless cylinder; 147. a sliding plate; 2. a sample delivery mechanism; 21. a bracket; 22. a conveyor belt; 23. a carrier; 3. and (5) a product to be detected.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present invention and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first", "a second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific case.

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1-5, a full-automatic feeding device, an automatic feeding mechanism 1 includes a feeding pipeline assembly 11, a material clamping assembly 12, a material pushing assembly 14 and a material picking mechanism 13, the material clamping assembly 12 is installed at one end of the feeding pipeline assembly 11, the material picking assembly is arranged below the clamping assembly, the material pushing assembly 14 is arranged between the clamping assembly and the material picking assembly, the material pushing assembly 14 and the material picking assembly are respectively and fixedly connected to a sample conveying mechanism 2, a worker or an external manipulator only needs to put spherical fuel into the feeding pipeline assembly 11, the material clamping assembly 12 in the feeding pipeline assembly 11 is used for opening and closing a feeding passage of the material picking mechanism 13 of the feeding pipeline assembly 11, and then the sample conveying mechanism 2 is orderly pushed into through the material pushing assembly 14, so that the high-efficiency automatic feeding function of the spherical fuel elements by the existing CT scanning system is solved, the automatic feeding of a large batch production line for multiple fuel elements can be realized, the single feeding is multiple, the time and labor cost are solved, and the full-automatic feeding device is flexible and convenient.

The sample conveying mechanism 2 comprises a support 21, a conveyor belt 22, a driving wheel and a driven wheel, two ends of the driving wheel and two ends of the driven wheel are respectively and rotatably sleeved in the support 21, the periphery of the driving wheel and the periphery of the driven wheel form a synchronous rotating structure through the conveyor belt, one end of the driving wheel is fixedly connected to a transmission shaft of a power motor, the periphery of the power motor is fixedly connected to the support 21, a carrier 23 for containing a to-be-detected product 3 is fixedly arranged on the conveyor belt 22, a groove matched with the to-be-detected product 3 is formed in the upper end of the carrier 23, stable conveying of spherical fuel is facilitated, the sample conveying mechanism 2 conveys materials through the conveyor belt 22 made of rubber materials, X-ray penetration is easy, and sample defect observation and analysis under high resolution are facilitated.

The feeding pipeline assembly 11 comprises a first steel pipe 111, a first power assisting device 112 and a feeding detection correlation sensor 113, wherein the periphery of the first steel pipe 111 is fixedly connected into a front-stage protection box body through a fixing bolt hoop 114, the first steel pipe 111 is used for limiting the movement track of a to-be-detected product 3, the to-be-detected product 3 rolls inside the first steel pipe 111, the feeding detection correlation sensor 113 is arranged inside the first steel pipe 111, the feeding detection correlation sensor 113 is used for existence of the to-be-detected product 3 inside the first steel pipe 111, the first power assisting device 112 is arranged inside the first steel pipe 111, the first power assisting device 112 is an air pipe, the to-be-detected product 3 rolls inside the first steel pipe 111 through air blowing, and one end of the first steel pipe 111 is provided with a material clamping assembly 12.

As shown in fig. 2, the cross section of the first steel pipe is in a Z-shaped structure, the Z-shaped structure is used for preventing rays from overflowing from the pipe body passing through, and meanwhile, the first booster 112 is filled at each corner to prevent materials from being blocked.

The material clamping assembly 12 comprises a cylinder fixing seat 121, a clamping cylinder 122, a pneumatic claw finger 123, a material detecting sensor 124 and a finger cushion block 125, one side of the clamping cylinder 122 is fixedly connected to the periphery of one end of the first steel pipe 111 through the cylinder fixing seat 121, the pneumatic claw finger 123 is arranged at one end of the clamping cylinder 122, the finger cushion block 125 is arranged at the other end of the clamping cylinder 122, a gap for preventing materials is formed between the pneumatic claw finger 123 and the finger cushion block 125, a material detecting sensor 124 is arranged on the clamping cylinder 122, the material detecting sensor 124 is used for detecting the existence of a to-be-detected object 3 in the gap, the material detecting sensor 124 is a photoelectric sensor in the prior art, the sensor is sensitive, the position of the detecting carrier 23 can be accurately detected, quick and accurate feeding is achieved, the clamping cylinder 122 is a finger cylinder in the prior art, the pretightening force of the clamping cylinder 122 is large, 10 elements can be stacked above the clamping cylinder when a plurality of fuel elements are clamped, the feeding efficiency of the number of the human is reduced, and the labor cost is saved.

The material picking mechanism 13 comprises a vacuum chuck 131, a T-shaped pipe joint 132, a jacking air cylinder 133 and a vacuum generator 134, wherein the vacuum chuck 131 is arranged at the upper end of the T-shaped pipe joint 132, the vacuum chuck 131 is positioned below the material clamping assembly 12, the periphery of the T-shaped pipe structure is fixedly arranged on a movable plate of the jacking air cylinder 133, the periphery of the jacking air cylinder 133 is fixedly connected to one side of the sample conveying mechanism 2, the vacuum generator 134 is arranged on one side of the jacking air cylinder 133, one end of the vacuum generator 134 is connected to an air pump through a pipeline, and the other end of the vacuum generator 134 is connected to the T-shaped pipe joint 132 through a pipeline.

The material propulsion assembly 14 comprises a module base 141, a module lead screw 142, a module motor 143 and a module sliding table 144, wherein the periphery of the module base 141 is fixedly connected to one side of the sample conveying mechanism 2, the outer rotation of the module lead screw 142 is sleeved to the upper end of the module base 141, one end of the module lead screw 142 is fixedly connected to a transmission shaft of the module motor 143, the periphery of the module motor 143 is fixedly connected to the periphery of the module base 141, a threaded hole is formed in the middle of the module sliding table 144, the periphery of the module lead screw 142 is connected to the threaded hole, the lower end of the module sliding table 144 is slidably connected to the upper end of the module base 141, the module sliding table 144 is positioned between the material propulsion assembly 14 and the material pickup assembly, the linear lead screw module has small friction loss, high transmission efficiency and high precision, high-speed feeding and micro-feeding can be realized, and a driver of the linear lead screw module has reversibility in the driving process.

The clamping cylinder 122 clamps materials, the jacking cylinder 133 drives the vacuum chuck 131 to absorb the materials and the rodless cylinder 146 drives the working principle and the structure of orderly sliding of the materials, the device is easy to install and maintain, the telescopic speed is high, the speed blocks of multiple fuel elements are taken and transported, the device can work normally in high-temperature and low-temperature environments, and the device has dustproof and waterproof capabilities and can adapt to various severe environments.

The working process of the automatic feeding mechanism 1 comprises the following steps:

the working personnel or external automation equipment puts the article 3 to be detected into the first steel pipe 111, and the article 3 to be detected is spherical fuel, the article 3 to be detected is rolled into the first steel pipe 111 by gravity, the built-in feeding detection correlation sensor 113 of the first steel pipe 111 detects the existence of the article 3 to be detected and transmits signals to the controller, the controller is connected with compressed air to the first power assisting device 112 through the air pump, the compressed air generates thrust to the spherical fuel in the first steel pipe 111, the travelling of the article 3 to be detected is pushed or accelerated, when the article 3 to be detected moves to the discharge end of the first steel pipe 111, the periphery of the article 3 to be detected is clamped by the limit of the air claw finger 123 and the finger cushion block 125, meanwhile, the material existence in the gap is detected by the material detection sensor 124 and the signals are transmitted to the controller, the controller is controlled by the air pump to the jacking cylinder 133, the jacking cylinder 133 drives the vacuum chuck 131 to ascend, the air pump blows in the clamping cylinder 122, the air claw finger 123 and the finger cushion block relatively move, the article 3 to slide from the gap to the chute and the article 3 to the discharge end, the article 3 to the chute 146 is axially slide to the air suction cylinder 146, and then the article 3 to the vacuum chuck is axially slide to the vacuum chuck 146, and the article to be detected is not slid to the vacuum chuck 146, and the air suction cylinder is axially slides to the air cylinder 146, and the air suction cylinder is moved to the vacuum generator is moved by the vacuum plate, the vacuum pump 3, and the vacuum 3 is moved.

The working process of the sample conveying mechanism 2 comprises the following steps:

the transmission shaft of the power motor drives the driving wheel to rotate, the driving wheel, the driven wheel and the conveyor belt 22 form synchronous transmission, namely the conveyor belt drives the carrier 23 to reciprocate, two photoelectric sensors are arranged on the support 21, the No. 1 photoelectric sensor is used for detecting in-place information of the carrier 23, the No. 2 photoelectric sensor is used for detecting the existence information of the to-be-detected article 3 on the carrier 23, and signals are transmitted to the controller, when the No. 1 photoelectric sensor detects that the carrier 23 is in place, the clamping cylinder 122 drives the air claw finger 123 and the finger cushion block 125 to move relatively, the to-be-detected article 3 slides into the chute 145 and the material groove from a gap and is displaced to the upper side of the carrier 23 through the sliding plate 147, and when the No. 2 photoelectric sensor detects that the to-be-detected article 3 information exists on the carrier 23, the power motor drives the conveyor belt 22 to carry step by step.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (7)

1. A full-automatic feeding device is characterized in that: including feeding pipeline subassembly (11), material clamp assembly (12), material propulsion unit (14) and material pickup mechanism (13), material clamp assembly (12) are installed to the one end of feeding pipeline subassembly (11), and the clamp assembly below sets up material pickup assembly, and sets up material propulsion unit (14) between clamp assembly and the material pickup assembly, and material propulsion unit (14) and material pickup assembly are fixed connection respectively to on sample conveying mechanism (2).

2. The fully automatic loading device of claim 1, wherein: the sample conveying mechanism (2) comprises a support (21), a conveyor belt (22), a driving wheel and a driven wheel, wherein two ends of the driving wheel and two ends of the driven wheel are respectively and rotatably sleeved in the support (21), the periphery of the driving wheel and the periphery of the driven wheel form a synchronous rotating structure through the conveyor belt, one end of the driving wheel is fixedly connected to a transmission shaft of a power motor, the periphery of the power motor is fixedly connected to the support (21), and a carrier (23) for containing a to-be-detected product (3) is fixedly installed on the conveyor belt (22).

3. A fully automatic loading apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein: the upper end of the carrier (23) is provided with a groove matched with the to-be-detected article (3).

4. The fully automatic loading device of claim 1, wherein: the feeding pipeline assembly (11) comprises a first steel pipe (111), a first power assisting device (112) and a feeding detection correlation sensor (113), wherein the periphery of the first steel pipe (111) is fixedly connected into a front-stage protection box body through a fixed bolt hoop (114), the first steel pipe (111) is used for limiting the movement track of a to-be-detected product (3), the to-be-detected product (3) rolls inside the first steel pipe (111), the feeding detection correlation sensor (113) is arranged in the first steel pipe (111), the feeding detection correlation sensor (113) is used for detecting the existence of the to-be-detected product (3) in the first steel pipe (111), the first power assisting device (112) is arranged in the first steel pipe (111), the first power assisting device (112) is an air pipe, the to-be-detected product (3) rolls inside the first steel pipe (111) through air blowing, and one end of the first steel pipe (111) is provided with a material clamping assembly (12).

5. The fully automatic feeding device of claim 4, wherein: the material clamping assembly (12) comprises an air cylinder fixing seat (121), a clamping air cylinder (122), an air claw finger (123), a material detecting sensor (124) and a finger cushion block (125), one side of the clamping air cylinder (122) is fixedly connected to the periphery of one end of the first steel pipe (111) through the air cylinder fixing seat (121), one end of the clamping air cylinder (122) is provided with the air claw finger (123), the other end of the clamping air cylinder (122) is provided with the finger cushion block (125), a gap for preventing materials is arranged between the air claw finger (123) and the finger cushion block (125), the clamping air cylinder (122) is provided with the material detecting sensor (124), and the material detecting sensor (124) is used for detecting the existence of a product (3) to be detected in the gap.

6. The fully automatic loading device of claim 1, wherein: the material picking mechanism (13) comprises a vacuum chuck (131), a T-shaped pipe joint (132), a jacking cylinder (133) and a vacuum generator (134), wherein the vacuum chuck (131) is arranged at the upper end of the T-shaped pipe joint (132), the vacuum chuck (131) is located below the material clamping assembly (12), the periphery of the T-shaped pipe structure is fixedly arranged on a movable plate of the jacking cylinder (133), the periphery of the jacking cylinder (133) is fixedly connected to one side of the sample conveying mechanism (2), the vacuum generator (134) is arranged on one side of the jacking cylinder (133), one end of the vacuum generator (134) is connected to an air pump through a pipeline, and the other end of the vacuum generator (134) is connected to the T-shaped pipe joint (132) through a pipeline.

7. The fully automatic loading device of claim 1, wherein: the material propulsion assembly (14) comprises a module base (141), a module lead screw (142), a module motor (143) and a module sliding table (144), wherein the periphery of the module base (141) is fixedly connected to one side of the sample conveying mechanism (2), the outer rotation of the module lead screw (142) is sleeved to the upper end of the module base (141), one end of the module lead screw (142) is fixedly connected to a transmission shaft of the module motor (143), the periphery of the module motor (143) is fixedly connected to the periphery of the module base (141), a threaded hole is formed in the middle of the module sliding table (144), the periphery of the module lead screw (142) is connected to the threaded hole, the lower end of the module sliding table (144) is connected to the upper end of the module base (141) in a sliding mode, and the module sliding table (144) is located between the material propulsion assembly (14) and the material pickup assembly.

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