CN116160283A

CN116160283A - Automatic change dismouting system

Info

Publication number: CN116160283A
Application number: CN202111533729.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林嘉藤
Original assignee: Victor Taichung Machinery Works Co Ltd
Current assignee: Victor Taichung Machinery Works Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-24
Filing date: 2021-12-15
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Also published as: TW202321846A; TWI790830B

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic disassembly and assembly system, which comprises: the device comprises a bearing unit, a material taking unit, a turnover unit, a disassembly and assembly unit and a control module. The material taking unit is used for moving a jig unit and/or a material to the bearing unit. The overturning unit is connected with the bearing unit and used for overturning the bearing unit. The disassembling and assembling unit is used for assembling the jig unit on the bearing unit or disassembling the jig unit from the bearing unit, and is used for assembling materials on the bearing unit or the jig unit. The control module is in signal connection with the material taking unit, the overturning unit and the dismounting unit. An automated disassembly and assembly system is programmed to perform assembly and/or disassembly of materials.

Description

Automatic change dismouting system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a disassembly and assembly system, and more particularly to an automated disassembly and assembly system for automated processing.

Background

The existing processing machines, warehouse systems and the assembly of materials, workpieces and jigs with the front processing are lack of systematic integration, which causes difficult scheduling in manufacturing and processing. In addition, different materials are usually assembled by different jigs to form the workpiece, and the jigs are arranged on a turnover table, so that the working procedure is required to be arranged in advance, and the jigs are arranged on the turnover table. Therefore, when the fixture arranged on the overturning platform is not corresponding to the materials to be assembled, the fixture is detached from the overturning platform, and then the corresponding fixture is additionally arranged.

However, the existing pre-operation of automatic processing requires frequent manual intervention to replace, disassemble and assemble the jig and the material, which greatly increases personnel cost, processing cost and processing time and severely reduces processing efficiency. And because the degree of human intervention is too high, the automatic disassembly and assembly system which is difficult to systematically integrate is difficult.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an automated disassembly and assembly system for automated processing and systemization to solve the above-described problems.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an automated disassembly and assembly system, which comprises: the device comprises a bearing unit, a material taking unit, a turnover unit, a disassembly and assembly unit and a control module. The material taking unit is used for moving a jig unit and/or a material to the bearing unit. The overturning unit is connected to the bearing unit and used for overturning the bearing unit. The disassembling and assembling unit is used for assembling the jig unit on the bearing unit or disassembling the jig unit from the bearing unit, and the disassembling and assembling unit is used for assembling the materials on the bearing unit or the jig unit. The control module is in signal connection with the material taking unit, the overturning unit and the dismounting unit. Wherein the automated disassembly and assembly system is programmed to perform: the control module receives a disassembly and assembly request, wherein the disassembly and assembly request comprises information for assembling materials into a workpiece or information for disassembling the workpiece; the control module judges whether the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled on the bearing unit or not according to the disassembly and assembly request and judges whether the jig unit is empty or not; when the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled on the bearing unit and the jig unit is empty, the material taking unit conveys the material corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request to the bearing unit, and the disassembly and assembly unit assembles the material on the jig unit to form the workpiece.

In summary, the automatic disassembly and assembly system of the present invention can receive a disassembly and assembly request through the control module, wherein the disassembly and assembly request includes information for assembling materials into a workpiece or information for disassembling the workpiece, the control module judges whether the jig unit corresponding to the materials is assembled on the carrying unit according to the disassembly and assembly request and judges whether the jig unit is empty, and the material taking unit conveys the materials corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request to the carrying unit when the jig unit corresponding to the materials is assembled on the carrying unit and the jig unit is empty, and the disassembly and assembly unit assembles the materials on the jig unit to form the technical characteristics of the workpiece, so as to reduce human intervention, processing cost and processing time, and improve processing efficiency.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an automated disassembly and assembly system according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an automated disassembly and assembly system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of an automated disassembly and assembly system according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of an automated disassembly and assembly system according to another embodiment of the invention.

Reference numerals illustrate: sys-automated disassembly and assembly system; 10-automatic disassembly and assembly modules; 101-a material taking unit; 102-a carrying unit; 102A-a jig unit; 102b,102b' -material; 103-a flipping unit; 104-disassembling and assembling units; 11-a control module; 12-a storage module; 13-a processing module; s, S' -disassembling and assembling request; IN, IN' -feed signal; s101, S103, S104, S105, S106, S107, S107', S109, S109', S199-.

Detailed Description

The following description sets forth the preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the drawings, provides further details of the invention and its intended advantages, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art. It should be noted that the drawings are simplified schematic diagrams, and thus only show elements and combinations related to the present invention, so as to provide a clearer description of the basic architecture or implementation of the present invention, and actual elements and arrangements may be more complex. In addition, for convenience of explanation, the components shown in the drawings of the present invention are not drawn in the same scale as the number, shape, size, etc. of actual implementations, and the detailed proportion thereof may be adjusted according to the design requirements.

The term "signal connection" includes, but is not limited to, a connection between two elements/components in a wired or wireless manner, such that the two elements/components can communicate signals with each other.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of an automated disassembly system Sys according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an automated disassembly and assembly system Sys of the present invention. The invention discloses an automatic disassembly and assembly system Sys, which comprises an automatic disassembly and assembly module 10 and a control module 11, wherein the control module 11 is in signal connection with the automatic disassembly and assembly module 10. The automated disassembling module 10 includes a carrying unit 102, a material taking unit 101, a turning unit 103, and a disassembling unit 104. The material taking unit 101 is used for moving a jig unit 102A and/or a material 102B to the carrying unit 102. The flipping unit 103 is connected to the carrying unit 102, and the flipping unit 103 is used for flipping the carrying unit 102. The disassembling unit 104 may be used to assemble the jig unit 102A to the carrier unit 102 or disassemble the jig unit 102A from the carrier unit 102, or to assemble the material 102B to the carrier unit 102 or the jig unit 102A. That is, the material 102B may be directly assembled on the carrying unit 102 for disassembly and assembly, or assembled on the jig unit 102A, and the jig unit 102A is assembled on the carrying unit 102 for disassembly and assembly, but the invention is not limited thereto. Specifically, the control module 11 is signal-connected to the material taking unit 101, the reversing unit 103, and the attaching/detaching unit 104, and signal-connected to the automated attaching/detaching module 10.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the material taking unit 101 and the disassembling unit 104 may be a mechanical arm, respectively, the material taking unit 101 may grasp or clamp the moving jig unit 102A and/or the material 102B, and the disassembling unit 104 may be a locking or clamping unit to disassemble the jig unit 102A and/or the material 102B, and assemble the material 102B into a workpiece, but the invention is not limited to the material taking unit 101 and the disassembling unit 104 being mechanical arms. In addition, the carrier unit 102 may have a top portion with a mesa shape or a flat shape, or may have a connection structure (not shown) capable of being matched with the jig unit 102A and/or the material 102B, so as to stabilize the carrier jig unit 102A and the material 102B for easy assembly and disassembly, and the jig unit 102A may be a jig, a mold or other elements for fixing or accommodating the material 102B.

Please refer to fig. 3 in conjunction with fig. 2, which is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 2. In one embodiment, the flipping unit 103 may comprise a flipping table. The carrying unit 102 is rotatably disposed on the turning table, two sides of the turning table are respectively connected with a motor to drive and rotate the turning table, and the carrying unit 102 can be connected to the turning table (the turning unit 103) through a motor or a rotating shaft to realize turning or rotation of the carrying unit 102 in the three-dimensional space. In an embodiment, the control module 11 controls the turning or rotating of the turning unit 103 and/or the disassembling unit 104 according to a disassembling request S to make a specific angle (not shown) between the carrying unit 102 and the disassembling unit 104, so as to facilitate the disassembly of the jig unit 102A and/or the material 102B, wherein the specific angle is between 0 degrees and 180 degrees (relative to the horizontal plane). In this embodiment, the specific angle (the adjustment of the dismounting unit 104 and the turning unit 103) can be adjusted according to the actual requirement. In a preferred embodiment, the detachable unit 104 is a locking mechanical arm, so that the detachable unit 104 locks or unloads the jig unit 102A and/or the material 102B, but the invention is not limited to a specific angle and the operation mode of the detachable unit 104.

As shown in fig. 3, the jig unit 102A may include at least one jig unit 102A, the material 102B may include at least one material 102B, and the number and shape of the jig units 102A and the material 102B may be determined according to practical requirements, or may be matched, jogged and/or snapped with each other (e.g. in fig. 3, the protrusions and recesses of the material 102B corresponding to each other, and the jig unit 102A includes two jig units 102A).

As shown in fig. 1, the control module 11 and the automated disassembly module 10 may be further signally connected to a processing module 13 and/or a storage module 12. In one embodiment, the control module 11 may be a programmable logic controller (Programmable Logic Controller; PLC), an industrial computer, or a combination thereof, and the control module 11 is programmed to control the processing module 13 to process the material 102B and/or the workpiece combined with the material 102B, wherein the program is a PLC language or other program that can be run in the control module 11. The warehouse module 12 may be an automated warehouse system that includes a PLC and/or an industrial computer in signal communication with each other, a storage area (not shown) in which the material 102B (and another material 102B') and the tool unit 102A may be stored, and at least one distribution unit through which movement and distribution between the storage area and the processing module 13 may be performed. Specifically, the dispensing unit may be a stacker, a conveyor belt, a robot arm, or a combination thereof, and the storage area may be a warehouse area, a plurality of shelves, a container, or other devices for placing or storing the jig unit 102A and the materials 102b,102b', which are not limited to the above-mentioned dispensing unit or storage area.

The automated disassembly and assembly system Sys of the present invention is programmed to perform the following steps:

step S101: the control module receives a disassembly and assembly request, wherein the disassembly and assembly request comprises information for assembling materials into a workpiece or information for disassembling the workpiece;

step S105: the control module judges whether the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled on the bearing unit according to the disassembly and assembly request; and

step S107: the control module determines whether the jig unit is empty (available).

In step S101, the disassembly request S received by the control module 11 may further include information such as the number, the type, the priority, the disassembly mode, and the storage location of the materials 102B, the workpieces, and/or the jig units 102A corresponding to the materials 102B, in addition to the information for assembling the materials 102B into the workpieces or the information for disassembling the workpieces, which is not limited in the present invention. In addition, the disassembling request S may be input by a user, or formed by the processing module 13 and transmitted to the control module 11, which is not limited to the present invention. In step S105 and step S107, the control module 11 determines whether the jig unit 102A corresponding to the material 102B is assembled to the carrying unit 102 and whether the jig unit 102A is empty according to the disassembly request S. When the control module 11 determines that the jig unit 102A corresponding to the material 102B is assembled to the carrying unit 102 and the jig unit 102A is empty, the automated disassembly and assembly system Sys of the present invention is further programmed to perform:

step S109: the material taking unit conveys materials corresponding to the disassembly and assembly requests to the bearing unit, and the disassembly and assembly unit assembles the materials on the jig unit to form workpieces.

In step S109, when the control module 11 determines that the jig unit 102A corresponding to the material 102B is assembled on the carrier unit 102 and that the jig unit 102A is not assembled with other materials 102B (i.e. the jig unit 102A is empty), the material taking unit 101 conveys the material 102B corresponding to the disassembly request S to the carrier unit 102, and the disassembly unit 104 assembles the material 102B on the jig unit 102A to form a workpiece. In this way, the material 102B assembled into the workpiece may be transported to the processing module 13 for processing.

In step S105 and step S107, the control module 11 may confirm the setting of the material 102B and the jig unit 102A or an operation state of the carrying unit 102 by feedback signals when determining according to the disassembling request S. For example, when the control module 11 transmits a material taking request to the storage module 12 to convey the corresponding material 102B and/or the jig unit 102A to the material taking unit 101, the storage module 12 feeds back a material feeding signal IN to the control module 11; alternatively, the material taking unit 101 may move the material 102B and/or the jig unit 102A to the carrying unit 102, and then feedback the material feeding signal IN to the control module 11. Therefore, the control module 11 can determine whether the jig unit 102A on the carrying unit 102 corresponds to the disassembling request S through the fed-back feeding signal IN, and determine whether the material 102B is assembled or disposed on the jig unit 102A, so as to determine whether the jig unit 102A is empty. In another embodiment, the control module 11 may also determine whether the material 102B and/or the jig unit 102A is assembled or not by a sensor disposed at the carrier unit 102, the material taking unit 101 or elsewhere in the automated disassembly module 10, or by sensing through a positioning point disposed at the carrier unit 102, the material taking unit 101 or elsewhere in the automated disassembly module 10, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In another embodiment, when the jig unit 102A corresponding to the material 102B is assembled on the carrying unit 102 and the jig unit 102A is empty, the disassembling unit 104 disassembles the workpiece from the jig unit 102A. For example, when the material 102B assembled into the workpiece is processed by the processing module 13 and is transferred to the automated disassembly module 10, the disassembly unit 104 assembles the workpiece on the jig unit 102A, and disassembles the material 102B composing the workpiece from the jig unit 102A, and transfers the material to the warehouse module 12 for storage. The processing module 13 may transmit another feeding signal IN 'to the control module 11, and the control module 11 controls the material taking unit 101 to move the workpiece to the jig unit 102A according to the other feeding signal IN'.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the control module 11 determines that the current operation state of the automatic disassembling module 10 is abnormal, the control module 11 sends an abnormal signal. For example, the abnormal signal may be sent by a physical alarm and/or displayed on a display interface, which may be disposed on a machine (processing module 13) or an industrial computer (control module 11), but the invention is not limited thereto. Thus, the user or operator can find and interpret the abnormal signal in real time.

In step S105, when the control module 11 determines that the jig unit 102A corresponding to the material 102B is not assembled to the carrying unit 102 according to the disassembly request S, the automated disassembly and assembly system Sys of the present invention is further programmed to execute:

step S106: and the material taking unit conveys the jig unit corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request to the bearing unit.

In step S106, when the control module 11 determines that the corresponding jig unit 102A is not assembled on the carrying unit 102, the control module 11 may control the material taking unit 101 to convey the corresponding jig unit 102A to the carrying unit 102, and then step S109 is performed. For example, the control module 11 may transmit a material taking request to the warehouse module 12, where the warehouse module 12 transfers the corresponding jig unit 102A to the material taking unit 101 from the storage area through the distribution unit according to the material taking request, and the material taking unit 101 moves the material 102B and/or the jig unit 102A from the distribution unit to the carrying unit 102.

In addition, in step S105, when the control module 11 determines that the jig unit 102A assembled to the carrier unit 102 does not correspond to the disassembling request S, the automated disassembling system Sys of the present invention is further programmed to execute:

step S199: the material taking unit does not convey the materials to the bearing unit; and

step S107': the control module judges whether the jig unit corresponds to another disassembly and assembly request.

In step S199, when the jig unit 102A is not corresponding to the disassembling request, the material taking unit 101 does not convey the material 102B to the carrier unit 102, and the control module 11 further determines whether the jig unit 102A corresponds to another disassembling request S '(step S107').

When the control module 11 determines that the jig unit 102A corresponds to another disassembling request S' of the material taking unit 101, the automated disassembling system Sys of the present invention is further programmed to execute:

step S109': and the material taking unit conveys another material corresponding to another disassembly and assembly request to the bearing unit.

In step S109', the material taking unit 101 conveys another material 102B ' corresponding to another disassembly request S ' to the carrying unit 102. It should be noted that the other material 102B 'is different from the material 102B, and the other material 102B' is suitable for being assembled to the jig unit 102A already disposed on the carrier unit 102. For example, in practical application, the control module 11 may receive a plurality of disassembly requests S, S 'at the same time, and further determine whether the jig unit 102A corresponds to another disassembly request S' other than the one disassembly request S when the jig unit 102A does not correspond to the one disassembly request S. Therefore, the automatic disassembly and assembly system Sys can reduce the disassembly and assembly time consumption of different jig units 102A, improve the disassembly and assembly speed and reduce the processing cost. Otherwise, when the control module 11 determines that the jig unit 102A does not correspond to the other disassembling request S 'and the material taking unit 101, step S199 is continuously performed, and the material taking unit 101 does not convey the other material 102B' to the carrying unit 102.

In one embodiment, before step S105, the automated disassembly and assembly system Sys of the present invention may be further programmed to perform:

step S103: the control module judges whether the materials corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request are disassembled and assembled by the automatic disassembly and assembly module.

In step S103, when the control module 11 determines that the material 102B corresponding to the disassembly request S should be disassembled by the automated disassembly module 10, step S105 is continuously performed. On the contrary, when the control module 11 determines that the material 102B corresponding to the disassembly request S should not be disassembled by the automated disassembly module 10, the automated disassembly system Sys of the present invention is further programmed to execute:

step S104: and conveying the materials corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request to an artificial disassembly and assembly station for manual disassembly and assembly.

In steps S103 and S104, the material 102B is stored in the storage module 12 in a predetermined disassembly and assembly mode. For example, the specific materials 102B and/or the jig units 102A are not suitable for the automated disassembly module 10 (e.g., the assembly surface or the locking position is located at a specific angle that cannot be formed by the disassembly unit 104 and the carrier unit 102), and the manual disassembly station may be operated to disassemble the materials 102B and/or the jig units 102A and then be transferred to the processing module 13 for processing or to the warehouse module 12 for storage. Therefore, the automatic disassembly and assembly system Sys of the invention can disassemble and assemble the materials 102B applicable to different disassembly and assembly modes manually or automatically respectively, so as to solve the problem that the specific materials 102B and/or the jig units 102A are not applicable to automatic disassembly and assembly.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of an automated disassembly and assembly system Sys according to another embodiment of the invention. The difference between this embodiment and the automated attaching/detaching system Sys in fig. 4 is that the sequence of steps S105 and S107 is executed. That is, the control module 11 may determine whether the jig unit 102A is empty, and then determine whether the jig unit 102A corresponding to the material 102B is assembled to the carrying unit 102 according to the disassembling request S. Other implementations and sequences of the present embodiment are described in the foregoing embodiments, and thus are not repeated here.

Compared with the prior art, the automatic disassembly and assembly system can receive a disassembly and assembly request through the control module, wherein the disassembly and assembly request comprises information for assembling materials into a workpiece or information for disassembling the workpiece, the control module judges whether a jig unit corresponding to the materials is assembled on the bearing unit and judges whether the jig unit is empty according to the disassembly and assembly request, and the material taking unit conveys the materials corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request to the bearing unit when the jig unit corresponding to the materials is assembled on the bearing unit and the jig unit is empty, and the disassembly and assembly unit assembles the materials on the jig unit to form the technical characteristics of workpieces so as to reduce human intervention, processing cost and processing time and improve processing efficiency.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

Claims

1. An automated disassembly and assembly system, comprising:

a bearing unit;

a material taking unit for moving a jig unit and/or a material to the carrying unit;

the overturning unit is connected with the bearing unit and used for overturning the bearing unit;

the disassembly and assembly unit is used for assembling the jig unit on the bearing unit or disassembling the jig unit from the bearing unit, and the disassembly and assembly unit is used for assembling the material on the bearing unit or the jig unit; a kind of electronic device with high-pressure air-conditioning system

The control module is in signal connection with the material taking unit, the overturning unit and the dismounting unit;

wherein the automated disassembly and assembly system is programmed to perform:

the control module receives a disassembly and assembly request, wherein the disassembly and assembly request comprises information for assembling the materials into a workpiece or information for disassembling the workpiece;

the control module judges whether the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled on the bearing unit or not according to the disassembly and assembly request and judges whether the jig unit is empty or not;

when the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled on the bearing unit and the jig unit is empty, the material taking unit conveys the material corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request to the bearing unit, and the disassembly and assembly unit assembles the material on the jig unit to form the workpiece.

2. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 1, wherein the disassembly unit disassembles the workpiece from the jig unit when the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled on the carrier unit and the jig unit is empty.

3. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 1, further programmed to perform:

when the control module judges that the jig unit corresponding to the material is not assembled in the bearing unit according to the disassembly and assembly request, the material taking unit conveys the jig unit corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request to the bearing unit.

4. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 1, further programmed to perform:

the control module further judges whether the jig unit assembled on the bearing unit corresponds to the disassembly and assembly request;

when the control module judges that the jig unit assembled on the bearing unit does not correspond to the disassembly and assembly request, the material taking unit does not convey the material to the bearing unit, and the control module further judges whether the jig unit corresponds to another disassembly and assembly request.

5. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 4, wherein when the control module determines that the jig unit corresponds to the another disassembly and assembly request, the automated disassembly and assembly system is further programmed to perform:

the material taking unit conveys another material corresponding to the another disassembly and assembly request to the bearing unit.

6. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 1, wherein the control module controls the turnover unit and/or the disassembly and assembly unit according to the disassembly and assembly request to make a specific angle between the bearing unit and the disassembly and assembly unit.

7. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 1, adapted for signal connection with a warehouse module for storing the materials and the jig unit, wherein the automated disassembly and assembly system is further programmed to perform:

receiving a discharging signal transmitted by the storage module; a kind of electronic device with high-pressure air-conditioning system

The control module judges whether the jig unit corresponds to the material according to the discharging signal.

8. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 1, wherein when the control module determines whether the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled to the carrier unit and whether the jig unit is empty according to the disassembly and assembly request, the automated disassembly and assembly system is further programmed to perform:

the control module judges whether the material corresponding to the disassembly and assembly request is disassembled and assembled by the disassembly and assembly unit;

when the material is to be disassembled by the disassembly and assembly unit, judging whether the jig unit corresponding to the material is assembled on the bearing unit or not according to the disassembly and assembly request and judging whether the jig unit is empty or not; a kind of electronic device with high-pressure air-conditioning system

When the material is not disassembled by the disassembling unit, the material corresponding to the disassembling request is conveyed to an artificial disassembling station for manual disassembly.

9. The automated disassembly and assembly system of claim 1, further programmed to perform:

when the control module judges that the current actuating state is abnormal, an abnormal signal is sent out.