CN116268510A - Cigarette spice blending system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a cigarette spice blending system which comprises an essence storage library, a picking and transporting device, a first conveying belt, a second conveying belt, a receiving device, a first driving device, a second driving device, a third driving device, a fourth driving device, a fifth driving device, a sixth driving device, a seventh driving device, an eighth driving device, a first quality sensor, a control device and a dumping robot positioned between the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt, wherein the first driving device is connected with the first conveying belt; the pouring robot comprises a stand column which is positioned between the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt and can rotate around the vertical direction, a transverse plate which is arranged on the stand column and can move relative to the stand column along the vertical direction, a disc holding device which is arranged on the transverse plate and can move relative to the transverse plate along the horizontal direction, and a cover opening device which is arranged on the transverse plate.

Description

Cigarette spice blending system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cigarette spice blending, in particular to a cigarette spice blending system.

Background

The sugar and spice preparing center of the cigarette production base generally comprises a spice base production line, a spice liquid production line, a feed liquid production line, a natural tea spice extraction line and other production and processing lines. Wherein the perfume base material base production line mainly prepares the essence raw materials into perfume. For essence materials with higher viscosity or smaller dosage quality, manual dosage is usually adopted to improve the accuracy of material pouring. The manual batching efficiency is lower, and staff's intensity of labour is higher, is difficult to satisfy the demand of technology development.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a cigarette spice blending system capable of accurately and efficiently performing automatic blending during cigarette spice blending.

The invention discloses a cigarette spice blending system which comprises an essence storage library, a picking and transporting device, a first conveying belt, a second conveying belt, a receiving device, a first driving device, a second driving device, a third driving device, a fourth driving device, a fifth driving device, a sixth driving device, a seventh driving device, an eighth driving device, a first quality sensor, a control device in signal connection with the first driving device, the second driving device, the third driving device, the fourth driving device, the fifth driving device, the sixth driving device, the seventh driving device, the eighth driving device and the first quality sensor, and a dumping robot positioned between the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt; the essence storage warehouse is stored with essence barrels, and the fetching and transporting device is used for fetching the essence barrels corresponding to the instructions from the essence storage warehouse according to the instructions when in blending and transporting the essence barrels; the first conveying belt is used for receiving and conveying the essence barrels conveyed by the picking and conveying device to the pouring robot; the material pouring robot comprises a stand column, a transverse plate, a disc holding device and a cover opening device, wherein the stand column is arranged between a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt and can rotate around the vertical direction, the transverse plate is arranged on the stand column and can move relative to the stand column along the vertical direction, the disc holding device is arranged on the transverse plate and can move relative to the transverse plate along the horizontal direction, the cover opening device is arranged on the transverse plate and comprises a first rotating part, a first cross arm, a first vertical plate and a cover opening assembly, the first rotating part is arranged on the transverse plate and can rotate around the vertical direction, the first cross arm is fixedly connected with the first rotating part, the first vertical plate is fixed on the first cross arm and extends along the vertical direction, the cover opening assembly is arranged on the first vertical plate and can move relative to the first vertical plate along the vertical direction, and the cover opening assembly comprises a cover opening part, and the cover opening part is used for connecting and rotating a barrel cover of a essence barrel; the pouring robot is used for taking out the essence barrels conveyed by the first conveying belt, pouring essence in the essence barrels into the receiving device and conveying the essence barrels after being poured into the second conveying belt; the receiving device is used for receiving essence poured by the pouring robot to prepare cigarette flavors; the holding disc device comprises a second rotating part which is rotatably arranged on the transverse plate around the horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate and a barrel clamping assembly fixedly connected with the second rotating part, the barrel clamping assembly is used for clamping the essence barrel during pouring, and the first quality sensor is arranged on the barrel clamping assembly and used for detecting the quality change of the essence barrel clamped on the barrel clamping assembly in real time during pouring; the first driving device is used for driving the transverse plate to move relative to the upright post, the second driving device is used for driving the disc holding device to move relative to the transverse plate, the third driving device is used for driving the first rotating part to rotate around the vertical direction relative to the transverse plate, the fourth driving device is used for driving the cover opening assembly to move relative to the first upright plate, the fifth driving device is used for driving the cover opening part to rotate around the vertical direction, the sixth driving device is used for driving the second rotating part to rotate around the horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate, the seventh driving device is used for driving the barrel clamping assembly to clamp or loosen the essence barrel, and the eighth driving device is used for driving the upright post to rotate around the vertical direction; the control device is used for receiving the detection result of the first mass sensor and controlling the actions of the first driving device, the second driving device, the third driving device, the fourth driving device, the fifth driving device, the sixth driving device, the seventh driving device and the eighth driving device.

In some embodiments, the essence barrel is provided with a feature mark, the pouring robot is provided with an identification device which is connected with the control device in a signal manner and is used for identifying the feature mark, before pouring, after the identification device of the pouring robot identifies the feature mark, the control device obtains identification information and controls the inclination angle of the pouring robot when pouring the essence barrel according to the identification information, and the identification information comprises the structural size of the essence barrel, the quality of the essence barrel, the material, the quality and the target pouring quality of essence in the essence barrel.

In some embodiments, the identifying information further includes a viscosity of the flavor within the flavor barrel.

In some embodiments, the essence barrel pouring device further comprises a second mass sensor which is arranged on the receiving device and is in signal connection with the control device, wherein the second mass sensor is used for detecting the mass change of the receiving device in real time during pouring, and the control device is configured to control the inclination angle of the pouring robot during pouring the essence barrel according to the detection result of the second mass sensor.

In some embodiments, after the pouring is completed, the control device determines whether the quality of the essence barrel is greater than a preset quality; if the judgment result is that the essence barrel is sent to the second conveying belt, the second conveying belt sends the essence barrel to the taking and transporting device, and the taking and transporting device transports the essence barrel back to the essence storage warehouse; if the judgment result is that the essence barrel is not fed into the second conveying belt, the second conveying belt conveys the essence barrel to the taking and conveying device, and the taking and conveying device conveys the essence barrel to the empty barrel storage area.

In some embodiments, the device further comprises a camera which is arranged on the barrel clamping assembly and is in signal connection with the control device, the camera is used for shooting the carrying device, and the control device controls the barrel clamping assembly to move into a set area above the carrying device after clamping the essence barrel according to a shooting result of the camera.

In some embodiments, the barrel clamping assembly comprises a second vertical plate fixedly connected with the second rotating part and a clamping plate assembly arranged on the second vertical plate, the clamping plate assembly comprises a first clamping plate and a second clamping plate which are oppositely arranged and can move along the horizontal direction relative to the second vertical plate, and the seventh driving device is used for driving the first clamping plate and the second clamping plate to move to be close to each other or away from each other.

In some embodiments, the clamping plate assembly is provided with a pressure sensor in signal connection with the control device, the clamping barrel assembly is further provided with a sucker assembly in signal connection with the control device, and the clamping barrel assembly is configured to: in the process that the clamping plate assembly clamps the essence barrel, the pressure sensor detects the clamping force of the clamping plate assembly to the essence barrel, and when the clamping force is greater than a preset threshold value, the control device controls the sucker assembly to generate negative pressure to suck the essence barrel.

In some embodiments, the pick-up device comprises a shuttle.

In some embodiments, the receiving means comprises a flavour modulating canister.

Based on the cigarette spice blending system provided by the invention, the automatic extraction and delivery of the essence barrels from the essence storage warehouse can be realized, the operations such as lifting, traversing, rotating around the vertical direction and the horizontal direction and the like are automatically performed by the barrel clamping component of the pouring robot, and the operations such as automatic lifting and rotating by the uncapping device are performed, so that the operations such as accurate extraction, uncapping and tilting angle control of the essence barrels on the first conveyor belt can be performed, and the essence blending can be automatically and accurately performed.

Other features of the present invention and its advantages will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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 application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and do not constitute a limitation on the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cigarette flavor blending system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a portion of a cigarette flavor blending system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the construction of the cigarette flavor dispensing system of the embodiment of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the construction of the cigarette flavor dispensing system of the embodiment of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the construction of the cigarette flavor dispensing system of the embodiment of fig. 2.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention unless it is specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective parts shown in the drawings are not drawn in actual scale for convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values should be construed as merely illustrative, and not a limitation. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further discussion thereof is necessary in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for defining the components, and are merely for convenience in distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms are not meant to have any special meaning unless otherwise indicated, so that the scope of the present invention is not to be construed as being limited.

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 directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "upper surface at … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial location relative to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "above" or "over" other devices or structures would then be oriented "below" or "beneath" the other devices or structures. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" may include both orientations of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the cigarette flavor blending system of the present embodiment includes a flavor storage library 21, a pick-up and transport device 22, a first conveyor belt 23, a second conveyor belt 24, a receiving device 3, a first driving device, a second driving device, a third driving device, a fourth driving device, a fifth driving device, a sixth driving device, a seventh driving device, a first quality sensor, a control device in signal connection with the first driving device, the second driving device, the third driving device, the fourth driving device, the fifth driving device, the sixth driving device, the seventh driving device, an eighth driving device, and the first quality sensor, and a pouring robot 1 located between the first conveyor belt 23 and the second conveyor belt 24. The essence repository 21 stores the essence barrels 20, the taking and transporting device 22 is in signal connection with the control device, and the taking and transporting device 22 is used for taking out the essence barrels 20 corresponding to the instructions from the essence repository 21 and transporting the taken-out essence barrels 20 to the first conveying belt according to the instructions sent by the control device during blending, and in the embodiment shown in the figure, the taking and transporting device comprises a shuttle vehicle in signal connection with the control device.

The first conveyor belt 23 is used for receiving and conveying the essence barrels 20 conveyed by the taking and conveying device 22 to the pouring robot 1. The pouring robot 1 is used for taking out the essence barrel 20 conveyed by the first conveying belt 23 and pouring essence in the essence barrel 20 into the receiving device 3, and the pouring robot 1 sends the essence barrel 20 after pouring into the second conveying belt 24. In the present embodiment, the first conveyor belt 23 and the second conveyor belt 24 are conveyor devices on which rollers are provided, and in some embodiments not shown in the drawings, the first conveyor belt 23 and the second conveyor belt 24 may also be chain-type, belt-type conveyor devices.

The receiving device 3 is used for receiving essence poured by the pouring robot 1 to prepare the cigarette essence, in the embodiment shown in fig. 4, the receiving device 3 includes an essence modulating tank 31, and the pouring robot 1 directs the essence in the essence barrel into the essence modulating tank 31 for flavoring according to instructions.

As shown in fig. 5, the pouring robot 1 includes a vertical column 11 rotatable about a vertical direction between a first conveyor belt 23 and a second conveyor belt 24, a cross plate 12 provided on the vertical column 11 and movable in the vertical direction with respect to the vertical column 11, a tray holding device 13 provided on the cross plate 12 and movable in the horizontal direction with respect to the cross plate 12, and a cover opening device 14 provided on the cross plate 12. The cover opening device 14 includes a first rotating portion 141 rotatably provided on the transverse plate 12 around a vertical direction with respect to the transverse plate 12, a first cross arm 142 extending in a horizontal direction fixedly connected with the first rotating portion 141, a first vertical plate 143 fixed on the first cross arm 142 and extending in a vertical direction, and a cover opening assembly 144 movably provided on the first vertical plate 143 around a vertical direction with respect to the first vertical plate 143, the cover opening assembly 144 includes a cover opening portion 1441 located below and rotatable around a vertical direction, and the cover opening portion 1441 is used for connecting and rotating a cover lid of the essence barrel 20. In some embodiments, the cap 1441 includes cap opening fingers that grip the lid of the flavor cartridge when it is desired to screw the lid. In some embodiments where the lid of the flavor cartridge is a metal lid, the lid opening 1441 is a magnet that magnetically attracts the metal lid to enable screwing of the lid.

The disc holding device 13 includes a second rotating portion 131 rotatably disposed on the transverse plate 12 around a horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate 12, and a barrel clamping assembly 132 fixedly connected to the second rotating portion 131, where in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the second rotating portion 131 can rotate around the horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate 12, and can also move along the horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate 12. The clamping barrel assembly 132 is used for clamping the essence barrel 20 during pouring, and the first mass sensor is arranged on the clamping barrel assembly 132 and is used for detecting the mass change of the essence barrel 20 clamped on the clamping barrel assembly 132 in real time during pouring. The first quality sensor comprises a load sensor, and can adjust the angle of the essence barrel by detecting the quality change of the essence barrel 20 in the process of pouring the essence barrel by the pouring robot, so that the pouring of the essence barrel 20 is more accurate. Meanwhile, the residual quantity of the essence in the essence barrel after the pouring is finished can be determined according to the detection result of the first quality sensor, and the essence barrel can be determined to be placed in the essence storage warehouse 21 for subsequent use or taken as an empty barrel according to the residual quantity of the essence after the essence barrel is placed on the second conveying belt by the pouring robot.

The relative movement between the above-described components, such as the relative movement in the vertical direction and the relative movement in the horizontal direction, may be achieved by providing a rail assembly, a lead screw nut mechanism, and a relative movement using the cylinder tube and the cylinder rod of the piston cylinder, or the like. The relative rotation between the parts can be achieved by means of a hinge shaft.

The first driving device is used for driving the transverse plate 12 to move relative to the upright post 11, the second driving device is used for driving the disc holding device 13 to move relative to the transverse plate 12, the third driving device is used for driving the first rotating part 141 to rotate around the vertical direction relative to the transverse plate 12, the fourth driving device is used for driving the cover opening assembly 144 to move relative to the first vertical plate 143, the fifth driving device is used for driving the cover opening part 1441 to rotate around the vertical direction, the sixth driving device is used for driving the second rotating part 131 to rotate around the horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate 12, the seventh driving device is used for driving the barrel clamping assembly 132 to clamp or loosen the essence barrel 20, and the eighth driving device is used for driving the upright post to rotate. The control device is used for receiving the detection result of the first mass sensor and controlling the actions of the first driving device, the second driving device, the third driving device, the fourth driving device, the fifth driving device, the sixth driving device, the seventh driving device and the eighth driving device.

The cigarette spice preparing system of the embodiment can automatically take and send the essence barrel 20 from the essence storage warehouse 21, and the pouring robot can automatically lift, transversely move, rotate and the like through the barrel clamping assembly 132, so that the essence barrel at any position on the first conveying belt can be accurately clamped, and the essence barrel after pouring can be smoothly placed on the second conveying belt. The cover opening device 14 performs operations such as automatic lifting and rotating, so that the cover of the essence barrel clamped by the barrel clamping assembly can be accurately opened, and the control device can adjust the inclination angle of the essence barrel in real time in the pouring process according to the detection result of the first quality sensor, so that the pouring process of the essence materials with larger viscosity or smaller batching quality, such as essence materials, with larger pouring difficulty is more accurate and efficient, and the cover opening device is suitable for automatically and accurately batching essence.

In some embodiments, the essence barrel 20 is provided with a feature mark, and the pouring robot 1 is provided with an identification device which is connected with the control device in a signal manner and is used for identifying the feature mark, wherein the feature mark is a two-dimensional code, and the identification device comprises a two-dimensional code identification device. Before pouring, after the identification device of the pouring robot 1 identifies the feature mark, the control device obtains identification information and judges whether the essence of the current essence barrel is the essence which needs to be added according to the identification information, and meanwhile, the inclination angle of the pouring robot 1 when pouring the essence barrel 20 can also be controlled, wherein the identification information comprises the structural size of the essence barrel 20, the quality of the essence barrel 20, the material of the essence in the essence barrel 20, the quality of the essence and the target pouring quality. According to the information, the control device can control the essence barrel to have a proper initial pouring angle.

In some embodiments, the identifying information further includes viscosity of the essence in the essence barrel 20, wall built-up residues exist in the essence pouring process, the viscosity of the essence determines fluidity and wall built-up residual quantity of the essence, and the viscosity of the essence is identified to help to control pouring time more accurately and correct pouring angle of the essence barrel.

In some embodiments, the cigarette flavor blending system further comprises a second mass sensor, which is arranged on the receiving device 3 and is in signal connection with the control device, wherein the second mass sensor is used for detecting the mass change of the receiving device 3 in real time during the pouring, and the control device is configured to control the inclination angle of the pouring robot 1 when the flavor barrel 20 is poured according to the detection result of the second mass sensor. The second quality sensor can detect the quality of essence that the adapting unit accepted in real time, and controlling means can revise the inclination of pouring robot control essence bucket in the pouring in-process according to the testing result of second quality sensor.

In some embodiments, after the pouring is completed, the control device determines whether the mass of the flavor cartridge 20 is greater than a preset mass; if the result is yes, after the essence barrel 20 is sent to the second conveying belt 24, the second conveying belt 24 sends the essence barrel 20 to the taking and transporting device 22, and the taking and transporting device 22 conveys the essence barrel 20 back to the essence storage warehouse 21; if the result of the determination is negative, after the essence barrel 20 is sent to the second conveying belt 24, the second conveying belt 24 sends the essence barrel 20 to the picking and transporting device 22, and the picking and transporting device 22 transports the essence barrel 20 to the empty barrel storage area.

In some embodiments, the cigarette spice blending system further comprises a camera which is arranged on the barrel clamping assembly 132 and is in signal connection with the control device, the camera is used for shooting the receiving device 3, and the control device controls the barrel clamping assembly 132 to move into a set area above the receiving device 3 after clamping the essence barrel 20 according to a shooting result of the camera, for example, in an area with a radius of 5cm of a central axis of the receiving device, so that accurate pouring of the essence barrel is realized.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the cartridge assembly 132 includes a second riser 1321 fixedly connected to the second rotating part 131 and a clamping plate assembly provided on the second riser 1321, the clamping plate assembly includes a first clamping plate 1322 and a second clamping plate 1323 which are disposed opposite to each other and are movable in a horizontal direction with respect to the second riser 1321, and a seventh driving means is used to drive the first clamping plate 1322 and the second clamping plate 1323 to move toward or away from each other, so that clamping and releasing of the essence cartridge can be achieved.

In some embodiments, to improve the stability of the essence barrel during tilting and pouring, the clamping plate assembly is provided with a pressure sensor connected with the control device by a signal, the clamping plate assembly 132 is further provided with a sucker assembly connected with the control device by a signal, and the clamping plate assembly 132 is configured to: in the process that the clamping plate assembly clamps the essence barrel 20, the pressure sensor detects the clamping force of the clamping plate assembly on the essence barrel 20, and when the clamping force is larger than a preset threshold value, the control device controls the sucker assembly to generate negative pressure to suck the essence barrel 20.

In some embodiments, the pick-up device 22 comprises a shuttle.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the cigarette flavor dispensing system further includes a third conveyor 25 for transporting flavor cartridges to the flavor reservoir 21.

The invention is illustrated in one example below:

when the cigarette perfume is dispensed, a control device of an MES system (manufacturing execution system ) sends a dispensing instruction according to the formula, and a pick-up device 22 takes out the essence barrel 20 corresponding to the instruction from the essence storage library 21 according to the instruction sent by the control device and conveys the taken-out essence barrel 20 to a first conveying belt. The RFID (Radio Frequency Identification radio frequency identification) signal identification device of the pouring robot scans the two-dimensional code information of the essence barrel 20 on the first conveyor belt 23, identifies and obtains the brand information of the essence barrel, compares the brand information with the formula buffer area information, and determines whether the essence in the current essence barrel is the essence to be added in the formula; and when the extracted essence is determined to be correct, acquiring the residual weight (net weight) of the essence in the essence barrel from a database according to the identified current essence barrel, and transmitting the residual weight (net weight) of the essence in the essence barrel to a control device. The control device simultaneously obtains the information of the current essence barrel size, the relative density of the essence in the essence barrel, the barrel clear weight, the barrel cover diameter and the like.

Then, the eighth driving device of the pouring robot drives the upright to rotate, so that the holding disc device 13 rotates around the vertical direction by-90 degrees (the rotation angle is detected by the rotary encoder) to reach the upper part of the first conveying belt 23, and the pouring robot controls the barrel clamping assembly 132 to descend to the vertical center position of the essence barrel according to the information such as the structural size of the essence barrel, the diameter of the barrel cover and the like obtained by code scanning in the previous step. Then start and press from both sides bucket subassembly 132 and press from both sides tight control program, seventh drive arrangement drive press from both sides bucket subassembly 132 and press from both sides the essence bucket, press from both sides bucket subassembly 132 and open and shut the size and detect by the encoder real-time, press from both sides and install pressure sensor and negative sucker on the bucket subassembly 132, press from both sides bucket subassembly 132 earlier according to essence bucket size and press from both sides tightly in advance, then continue to press from both sides tight essence bucket and the real-time detection and press from both sides the pressure sensor detected value on the bucket subassembly 132, when pressure sensor detects clamping force and is greater than the default threshold value, start negative sucker negative pressure and hold essence bucket, ensure that essence bucket is embraced tightly and can not take place to drop when the material is poured.

Then the first driving device drives the transverse plate to ascend to enable the barrel clamping assembly 132 to clamp the essence tank to ascend to a certain height, and then the eighth driving device acts to enable the barrel clamping assembly to rotate to a 0-degree position, namely, the position right above the receiving device 3. The first drive means then operates to lower the cartridge assembly 132 to the discharge position. The lid opening device 14 then moves the lid opening part to the lid opening position and completes the lid opening according to the acquired information such as the diameter of the lid, the structural size of the essence barrel, and the like, and always clamps the lid to remove.

The pour control routine is then initiated and the sixth drive means causes the cartridge assembly 132 to begin rotating to tilt the flavor cartridge to begin pouring. The barrel clamping assembly 132 is provided with a high-precision load sensor, so that the quality change of the essence in the essence barrel can be measured in real time. And determining the pouring angle of the essence barrel according to the information such as the essence adding formula amount, the detection value of the load sensor, the detection value of the second mass sensor on the receiving device, the structural size of the essence barrel, the mass of the essence, the viscosity of the essence, the net weight of the barrel and the like. When the essence pouring reaches the formula setting amount, the barrel clamping assembly 132 returns to a state of enabling the essence barrel to be vertical, and the cover opening part 1441 covers the barrel cover back and reversely tightens the barrel cover, and then the cover opening part 1441 is retracted. And calculating the residual mass of the essence in the essence barrel according to the mass of the added essence, and transmitting the residual mass of the essence in the essence barrel to a storage database to update the residual mass information of the essence in the essence barrel.

Then the barrel clamping assembly 132 rises to a certain height, the pouring robot enables the barrel clamping assembly 132 to rotate to a 90-degree position around the vertical direction to reach the upper side of the second conveyor belt, the barrel clamping assembly 132 descends to place the essence barrel on the second conveyor belt, the negative pressure sucker is closed, and the barrel clamping assembly 132 is opened to release the essence barrel.

The cartridge assembly 132 is then raised to a certain height and the pouring robot rotates the cartridge assembly 132 to the-90 degree position back over the first conveyor belt 23 ready to remove the next flavor cartridge. The control device can judge the residual quality of the essence in the essence barrel on the second conveying belt, if the residual essence weight is larger than a certain value, the essence barrel is sent back to the essence barrel storage warehouse, and whether the essence barrel is placed in the essence storage warehouse 21 to wait for subsequent use or taken as an empty barrel is determined according to the residual essence amount, and meanwhile, the essence storage warehouse 21 is updated.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention and not for limiting the same; while the invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate that: modifications may be made to the specific embodiments of the present invention or equivalents may be substituted for part of the technical features thereof; without departing from the spirit of the invention, it is intended to cover the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims (10)

1. The cigarette spice blending system is characterized by comprising an essence storage library, a picking and transporting device, a first conveying belt, a second conveying belt, a receiving device, a first driving device, a second driving device, a third driving device, a fourth driving device, a fifth driving device, a sixth driving device, a seventh driving device, an eighth driving device, a first quality sensor, a control device in signal connection with the first driving device, the second driving device, the third driving device, the fourth driving device, the fifth driving device, the sixth driving device, the seventh driving device, the eighth driving device and the first quality sensor, and a dumping robot positioned between the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt; the essence storage warehouse is stored with essence barrels, and the fetching and transporting device is used for fetching the essence barrels corresponding to the instructions from the essence storage warehouse according to the instructions when in blending and transporting the essence barrels; the first conveying belt is used for receiving and conveying the essence barrels conveyed by the picking and conveying device to the pouring robot; the material pouring robot comprises a stand column, a transverse plate, a disc holding device and a cover opening device, wherein the stand column is arranged between a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt and can rotate around the vertical direction, the transverse plate is arranged on the stand column and can move relative to the stand column along the vertical direction, the disc holding device is arranged on the transverse plate and can move relative to the transverse plate along the horizontal direction, the cover opening device is arranged on the transverse plate and comprises a first rotating part, a first cross arm, a first vertical plate and a cover opening assembly, the first rotating part is arranged on the transverse plate and can rotate around the vertical direction, the first cross arm is fixedly connected with the first rotating part, the first vertical plate is fixed on the first cross arm and extends along the vertical direction, the cover opening assembly is arranged on the first vertical plate and can move relative to the first vertical plate along the vertical direction, and the cover opening assembly comprises a cover opening part, and the cover opening part is used for connecting and rotating a barrel cover of a essence barrel; the pouring robot is used for taking out the essence barrels conveyed by the first conveying belt, pouring essence in the essence barrels into the receiving device and conveying the essence barrels after being poured into the second conveying belt; the receiving device is used for receiving essence poured by the pouring robot to prepare cigarette flavors; the holding disc device comprises a second rotating part which is rotatably arranged on the transverse plate around the horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate and a barrel clamping assembly fixedly connected with the second rotating part, the barrel clamping assembly is used for clamping the essence barrel during pouring, and the first quality sensor is arranged on the barrel clamping assembly and used for detecting the quality change of the essence barrel clamped on the barrel clamping assembly in real time during pouring; the first driving device is used for driving the transverse plate to move relative to the upright post, the second driving device is used for driving the disc holding device to move relative to the transverse plate, the third driving device is used for driving the first rotating part to rotate around the vertical direction relative to the transverse plate, the fourth driving device is used for driving the cover opening assembly to move relative to the first upright plate, the fifth driving device is used for driving the cover opening part to rotate around the vertical direction, the sixth driving device is used for driving the second rotating part to rotate around the horizontal direction relative to the transverse plate, the seventh driving device is used for driving the barrel clamping assembly to clamp or loosen the essence barrel, and the eighth driving device is used for driving the upright post to rotate around the vertical direction; the control device is used for receiving the detection result of the first mass sensor and controlling the actions of the first driving device, the second driving device, the third driving device, the fourth driving device, the fifth driving device, the sixth driving device, the seventh driving device and the eighth driving device.

2. The cigarette flavor blending system according to claim 1, wherein the flavor barrel is provided with a feature mark, the pouring robot is provided with an identification device which is connected with the control device in a signal manner and used for identifying the feature mark, and after the identification device of the pouring robot identifies the feature mark before pouring, the control device obtains identification information and controls the inclination angle of the pouring robot when pouring the flavor barrel according to the identification information, wherein the identification information comprises the structural size of the flavor barrel, the quality of the flavor barrel, the material, the quality and the target pouring quality of the flavor in the flavor barrel.

3. The cigarette flavor dispensing system of claim 2, wherein the identification information further comprises a viscosity of the flavor within the flavor cartridge.

4. The cigarette flavor blending system of claim 2, further comprising a second mass sensor provided on the receiving device in signal connection with the control device, the second mass sensor being configured to detect a mass change of the receiving device in real time during pouring, the control device being configured to control an inclination angle of the pouring robot when pouring the flavor cartridge according to a detection result of the second mass sensor.

5. The cigarette flavor blending system of claim 2, wherein the control device determines whether the quality of the flavor cartridge is greater than a preset quality after the pouring is completed; if the judgment result is that the essence barrel is sent to the second conveying belt, the second conveying belt sends the essence barrel to the taking and transporting device, and the taking and transporting device transports the essence barrel back to the essence storage warehouse; if the judgment result is that the essence barrel is not fed into the second conveying belt, the second conveying belt conveys the essence barrel to the taking and conveying device, and the taking and conveying device conveys the essence barrel to the empty barrel storage area.

6. The cigarette flavor blending system of claim 1, further comprising a camera on the cartridge assembly in signal connection with the control device, the camera being configured to capture the receiving device, the control device controlling the cartridge assembly to move into a set area above the receiving device after clamping the flavor cartridge according to a result of the camera capturing.

7. The cigarette flavor blending system of claim 1, wherein the cartridge assembly comprises a second riser fixedly connected to the second rotating portion and a cleat assembly disposed on the second riser, the cleat assembly comprising first and second cleats disposed opposite and horizontally movable relative to the second riser, the seventh drive means for driving the first and second cleats toward and away from each other.

8. The cigarette flavor dispensing system of claim 7, wherein the clamping plate assembly is provided with a pressure sensor in signal connection with the control device, the clamping barrel assembly is further provided with a suction cup assembly in signal connection with the control device, and the clamping barrel assembly is configured to: in the process that the clamping plate assembly clamps the essence barrel, the pressure sensor detects the clamping force of the clamping plate assembly to the essence barrel, and when the clamping force is greater than a preset threshold value, the control device controls the sucker assembly to generate negative pressure to suck the essence barrel.

9. The cigarette flavor dispensing system of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the pick-up device comprises a shuttle vehicle.

10. A cigarette flavor dispensing system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the receiving means comprises a flavor dispensing canister.

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