CN116673748B

CN116673748B - Processing equipment, processing system and processing method for small block-shaped parts

Info

Publication number: CN116673748B
Application number: CN202310952021.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 余乐平; 方伟豪
Original assignee: Langkuai Intelligent Technology Hangzhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Langkuai Intelligent Technology Hangzhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-08-01
Filing date: 2023-08-01
Publication date: 2023-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2043-08-01
Also published as: CN116673748A

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of automatic processing, and particularly discloses processing equipment, a processing system and a processing method for small block parts. The processing equipment comprises a feeding module, a processing module, a deburring module, a cleaning module and a middle transferring module, wherein the feeding module comprises a sorting assembly and a preset positioning assembly, and the preset positioning assembly comprises a preset fixture; the processing module comprises a frame and a loading and unloading mechanism, and the frame is provided with a loading and unloading station and a processing station; the deburring module comprises a deburring device and a first product indexing mechanism; the cleaning module comprises a material arranging assembly and a cleaning device, wherein the material arranging assembly comprises a material arranging disc, a disc arranging mechanism and a material arranging disc indexing mechanism; the intermediate transfer module comprises a transfer die and a conveying assembly. The processing equipment can automatically finish cutting processing, deburring and cleaning operations, and has the advantage of high automation degree.

Description

Processing equipment, processing system and processing method for small block-shaped parts

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of automatic processing, in particular to processing equipment, a processing system and a processing method for small block parts.

Background

With the gradual increase of labor cost, the automation of production and processing is a necessary trend. In the process of realizing automatic processing, the automation technology of processing equipment is mature, and the Chinese patent application with publication number of CN 116079431A filed earlier by the applicant discloses an automatic processing system and a processing method for an air conditioner expansion valve body, which can realize the automatic processing of the air conditioner expansion valve body and the cooperation between two processing cutting equipment. The air conditioner expansion valve body also belongs to a small block part, and therefore, automation of the cutting operation of the small block part has been realized in the prior art.

But the processing of the product not only comprises cutting processing operation, but also needs to carry out subsequent treatments such as deburring and cleaning after the cutting processing is finished, especially parts of the product with higher requirements on precision, and the product can be ensured to work normally and stably only by carrying out the subsequent treatments such as deburring and cleaning impurities on the basis of ensuring the cutting processing precision.

There is no disclosure in the prior art of how to perform subsequent processing operations of a product upon completion of a cutting process automation, whereas in production practice, part of the post-processing operations are typically performed manually. In the prior art, automatic equipment which can perform deburring and cleaning operations partially exists, but the equipment and the cutting processing equipment work relatively independently, and the product is required to be matched and shifted manually.

The application aims at solving the technical problems and provides processing equipment with higher automation degree.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to solve the technical problem of providing processing equipment, processing system and processing method for small block parts, which can automatically finish cutting, deburring and cleaning operations and have the advantage of high automation degree.

In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme provided by the application is as follows: processing equipment for small block parts, comprising at least:

the feeding module comprises a sorting assembly and a pre-positioning assembly, the pre-positioning assembly comprises a pre-positioning clamp, and the sorting assembly is used for transferring blanks to the pre-positioning clamp one by one;

the processing module comprises a frame and a loading and unloading mechanism, wherein the frame is provided with a loading and unloading station and a processing station, and the processing station is provided with a cutting processing unit; the feeding and discharging mechanism is used for clamping blanks from the pre-positioning clamp and transferring the blanks to the feeding and discharging station;

the deburring module comprises a deburring device and a first product indexing mechanism;

the cleaning module comprises a material arranging assembly and a cleaning device, wherein the material arranging assembly comprises a material arranging disc, a disc arranging mechanism and a material arranging disc indexing mechanism;

The middle transfer module comprises a transfer die and a conveying assembly, the transfer die is provided with at least three stations, the first station corresponds to the processing module, the second station corresponds to the deburring module, the third station corresponds to the cleaning module, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the transfer die to transfer among the three stations;

the first product indexing mechanism is used for transferring products between the second station and the deburring device; the tray arranging mechanism is used for clamping products from the third station and orderly discharging the products to the tray arranging mechanism, and the tray arranging indexing mechanism is used for transferring the tray arranging mechanism to the cleaning device.

The feeding module is used for automatic sorting of blanks, the processing module is used for automatically completing cutting processing of blanks, the deburring module automatically completes deburring operation of products, the cleaning module is used for comprehensively cleaning the products, the middle transfer module is used for coordinating in series among the processing module, the deburring module and the cleaning module, automatic middle transfer operation of the products is completed, and the automatic deburring machine has the advantage of high automation degree.

The pre-positioning component is used for pre-positioning the blank, so that the clamping precision of the feeding and discharging mechanism can be improved, and meanwhile, the blank buffering function can be achieved in the sorting component, so that the working beat stability of the processing module, the deburring module and the cleaning module is guaranteed.

Preferably, the sorting assembly comprises an automatic feeding mechanism, a sorting executing mechanism and a material box cleaning mechanism, wherein the automatic feeding mechanism comprises a feeding conveying unit, and a sorting station is arranged on the feeding conveying unit;

the sorting executing mechanism comprises a manipulator, a pre-positioning clamp and a sorting machine, wherein the manipulator is used for clamping blanks one by one from a sorting station and transferring the blanks to the pre-positioning clamp;

the material box cleaning mechanism comprises an upper cross beam, a translation sliding block, a supporting arm and a translation driving unit, wherein the translation sliding block is arranged on the upper cross beam, and the supporting arm is arranged on the translation sliding block; the translation driving unit is used for driving the translation sliding block to move along the upper cross beam in a translation way and driving the support arm to move along the length direction relative to the translation sliding block in a translation way; the lower end of the supporting arm is provided with a waste cleaning clamping unit.

Because of the small volume of the product, the blanks are fed in a form of orderly stacked in the packaging boxes, the feeding and conveying unit is used for conveying the packaging boxes to the sorting station, and the sorting executing mechanism is used for taking out the blanks one by one from the packaging boxes of the sorting station and transferring the blanks to the preset assembly.

And when the blanks in the packaging box are completely sorted, the material box cleaning assembly is used for transferring the empty material boxes. In order to further improve the feeding amount of single blanks, the blanks are stacked in a multi-layer stacking mode in the packaging box, and a partition plate is arranged between every two adjacent layers. After each layer of blanks is sorted, the baffle plate is transferred by the material box cleaning assembly.

Preferably, the pre-positioning assembly is provided with a material receiving station and a pre-positioning station, and the pre-positioning station is provided with a transverse positioning unit and a longitudinal positioning unit;

the pre-positioning clamps at least comprise two groups, and the two groups of pre-positioning clamps are alternately switched between the material receiving station and the pre-positioning station;

the pre-positioning assembly further comprises a transposition driving unit for driving the pre-positioning clamp to switch between the material receiving station and the pre-positioning station.

The sorting assembly transfers the blanks to a receiving station, and the feeding and discharging mechanism takes the blanks from the pre-positioning station. After receiving the blanks at the receiving station, the pre-positioning clamp is switched to the pre-positioning station, and the transverse positioning unit and the longitudinal positioning unit perform horizontal positioning operation on the blanks. The two groups of the pre-positioning clamps can simultaneously carry out material receiving operation and feeding operation, so that the efficiency is improved.

Preferably, the surface cleaning device is positioned between the processing module and the middle transferring module;

the surface cleaning device comprises a cleaning table, a first cleaning feeding assembly and a second product indexing mechanism, wherein the cleaning table sequentially comprises a receiving area, a cleaning area and a discharging area along the feeding direction of the first cleaning feeding assembly; the second product indexing mechanism is used for transferring the product with the surface cleaned from the discharging area to the first station;

The first cleaning and feeding assembly comprises a product limiting unit and a first feeding and conveying unit, and the first feeding and conveying unit is used for driving the product limiting unit to move along the directions of the feeding area, the cleaning area and the discharging area; the product limiting unit comprises a bottom limiting piece and a lateral limiting piece, wherein the bottom limiting piece and the lateral limiting piece are limiting columns which are independently arranged, and the height of the bottom limiting piece is smaller than that of the lateral limiting piece; the lateral limiting piece is annularly arranged around the bottom limiting piece, and the top area of the bottom limiting piece is jointly surrounded to form a product limiting area;

the cleaning area is provided with a spraying assembly and an upper limiting unit, and the upper limiting unit is positioned above the product limiting unit and extends along the feeding direction of the feeding assembly.

After the cutting process is finished, the product is difficult to avoid and has impurities such as chips, and the secondary clamping precision of subsequent operation can be influenced to a certain extent, so that the surface cleaning operation is performed on the product after the cutting process is finished.

The feeding and discharging mechanism places the processed product on a product limiting unit located in the receiving area, the bottom limiting piece is used for receiving the product, the lateral limiting piece is used for laterally limiting the product, and the product is sequentially shifted to the cleaning area and the discharging area under the conveying of the first conveying unit after the limiting is completed. In the process of passing through the cleaning area, the upper limiting unit performs directional limiting on the product, and meanwhile, the spraying assembly sprays cleaning liquid towards the direction of the product to finish surface cleaning of the product.

The bottom limiting piece and the lateral limiting piece are arranged in a column shape, so that the contact area between the bottom limiting piece and a product is small on the basis of reliable limiting, the exposed area of the product is increased, and a better cleaning effect is achieved.

Preferably, the deburring module further comprises a product temporary storage assembly, and a plurality of product temporary storage positions are arranged on the product temporary storage assembly; the number of the temporary storage bits of the product is n, the single treatment number of the deburring device is m, and the method comprises the following steps: n is more than or equal to m-1;

when the number of parts on the product temporary storage assembly is less than n, the first transfer mechanism transfers the product with the deburring operation completed on the deburring device to the product temporary storage assembly;

when the single feeding quantity of the deburring device is less than m and the current second station does not have products with the same specification, the first transfer mechanism transfers the products from the product temporary storage assembly to the deburring device;

when the deburring operation is completed on the products with the same specification and the products are arranged on the product temporary storage assembly, the first transfer mechanism transfers the products from the product temporary storage assembly to the second station.

In view of the special mode of operation of the deburring module, m products must be operated simultaneously at a time. When the blanks with the same specification are about to be processed, the quantity of the final residual products may be less than m; or the current product is judged to have the processing quality problem by the deburring module, and when the subsequent product is not in place in time, the number of products entering the deburring module can not meet the operation number requirement, and certain influence can be caused on deburring operation.

The product temporary storage component pre-stores a certain amount of products, so that the defect of insufficient product quantity caused by the conditions can be overcome, and the normal operation of the deburring device is ensured.

Preferably, the processing module further comprises a clamping and positioning assembly, and the clamping and positioning assembly is positioned at the loading and unloading station; the clamping and positioning assembly comprises a positioning clamp, wherein the positioning clamp comprises a base and two chucks which are oppositely arranged, and a clamping interval is formed between the two chucks; the base is provided with a positioning part, and one side of the clamping interval opposite to the positioning part is a feeding channel;

the clamping and positioning assembly also comprises a positioning driving piece, wherein the positioning driving piece at least has two states: in the working state, the positioning driving piece is used for pushing the clamped piece to move towards the direction of the positioning part; in the standby state, the positioning driving piece and the feeding channel are staggered.

The feeding and discharging mechanism can realize single-side positioning of the product, the chuck can realize positioning of the other side, the positioning driving piece and the positioning part jointly complete positioning in the last direction, and meanwhile, the positioning in the up-down direction, the left-right direction and the front-back direction is met, and the clamping precision of the product is reliable.

Preferably, the cleaning device comprises a cleaning machine, a second cleaning feeding assembly and a cover plate transferring mechanism, wherein the second cleaning feeding assembly comprises a second feeding conveying unit, a capping station and a cleaning station are arranged on the second feeding conveying unit, the capping station corresponds to the cover plate transferring mechanism, and the cleaning station corresponds to the cleaning machine; the second cleaning and feeding assembly is used for conveying the material arranging disc from the capping station to the cleaning station; the material arranging disc indexing mechanism is used for transferring the material arranging disc to the capping station;

The cover plate transfer mechanism comprises a cover plate storage unit and a cover plate transfer mechanism, and the cover plate transfer mechanism is used for transferring the cover plate from the cover plate storage unit to a capping station.

The cleaning device is used for comprehensively cleaning products after cutting processing and deburring operation are finished, and comprises the step of cleaning impurities such as cuttings, greasy dirt and the like.

Because the volume of the product is smaller, and a small-diameter deep hole exists, the product can be overturned in the process of comprehensive cleaning. Therefore, the material arranging disc is adopted to orderly discharge and limit the products, and the cover plate is arranged above the material arranging disc so as to ensure that the positions of the products in the cleaning process are stable and controllable.

Preferably, the system further comprises a product management module, wherein the product management module comprises a vertical warehouse and an operation desk, the vertical warehouse comprises a washed warehouse and an unwashed warehouse, and the operation desk comprises a warehouse outlet;

the tray arranging and indexing mechanism is used for transferring the tray between the tray arranging assembly, the cleaning machine, the vertical warehouse and the operating platform.

The product management module is used for orderly managing the washed products and the unwashed products and simultaneously carrying out warehouse-out operation on the washed products.

A machining system for small block parts, comprising a machining device as described above;

The system also comprises a control module, wherein the control module comprises an execution control unit and a state monitoring unit; the execution control unit is respectively and electrically connected with the feeding module, the processing module, the deburring module, the cleaning module and the intermediate transfer module, and respectively controls the working states of the feeding module, the processing module, the deburring module, the cleaning module and the intermediate transfer module;

the state monitoring unit is used for detecting working states of the feeding module, the processing module, the deburring module, the cleaning module and the intermediate transfer module and feeding back the working states to the execution control unit.

The processing method for the small-sized block-shaped part is characterized by comprising the following steps of: using a processing apparatus as described above;

at least comprises the following steps:

s1, feeding: the sorting assembly transfers the blanks to a pre-positioning clamp one by one, and the pre-positioning clamp adjusts and positions the blanks;

s2, processing: the blank is transferred to the feeding and discharging station from the pre-positioning clamp by the feeding and discharging mechanism, and is cut by the processing module;

s3, deburring: the intermediate transfer module transfers the product subjected to the cutting operation from a first station to a second station, the first product indexing mechanism clamps the product from the second station and transfers the product to a deburring device, and the deburring device performs deburring operation on the product;

S4, cleaning: the middle transfer module transfers the products subjected to deburring operation from the second station to the third station, and the tray arrangement mechanism transfers the products from the third station to the material arranging tray one by one; the material arranging disc indexing mechanism transfers the material arranging disc to the cleaning device for cleaning operation.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction of a processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the processing system for small block parts of the present embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of an intermediate transfer module in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a top view of an intermediate transfer module in the present embodiment for use in a small block part processing system;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the cooperation of the feeding module and the processing module in the processing system for small block-shaped parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the sorting assembly of the present embodiment for use in a small block part processing system;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a structure of a cartridge cleaning mechanism in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing another state of a cartridge cleaning mechanism in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 at A;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the pre-positioning assembly of the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing the structure of the predetermined bit assembly in the processing system for small block parts according to another aspect of the present embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a top view of a pre-positioning assembly for use in the processing system of small block parts of the present embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a bottom view of a predetermined bit assembly in the present embodiment of the processing system for small block parts;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing a structure of a clamping and positioning set in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a front view of a clamping and positioning set in the processing system for small block parts of the present embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a schematic view showing the structure of a surface cleaning apparatus in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of a surface cleaning apparatus in the present embodiment of a machining system for small block parts;

fig. 18 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of a surface cleaning apparatus in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

fig. 19 is a schematic view showing the structure of a product limit unit in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 20 is a schematic view showing the structure of the surface cleaning apparatus in another view in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a schematic view showing the structure of an intermediate positioning assembly in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

fig. 22 is a schematic structural view of the deburring module and the middle transfer module in the processing system for small-sized block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a schematic view showing the configuration of the intermediate transfer module, the cleaning module and the product handling module in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 24 is a top view of the intermediate transfer module, cleaning module and product handling module of the present embodiment in a processing system for small block parts;

FIG. 25 is a schematic view showing the structure of a cleaning module in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 26 is a top view of a cleaning module for use in the small block part processing system of the present embodiment;

fig. 27 is a schematic view showing the structure of a cover plate transfer mechanism in the processing system for small block parts according to the present embodiment;

fig. 28 is a top view of a steering mechanism for the processing system of small block parts of the present embodiment;

fig. 29 is a schematic structural view of a steering mechanism in the processing system for small block parts of the present embodiment.

Description of the embodiments

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Examples

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the machining system for small block parts comprises a feeding module 1, a machining module 2, a deburring module 4, a cleaning module 5, an intermediate transfer module 3 and a control module. The feeding module 1 is used for automatic sorting of blanks, the processing module 2 is used for automatically completing cutting processing of blanks, the deburring module 4 is used for automatically completing deburring operation of products, and the cleaning module 5 is used for comprehensively cleaning the products.

The control module comprises an execution control unit and a state monitoring unit. The execution control unit is respectively and electrically connected with the feeding module 1, the processing module 2, the deburring module 4, the cleaning module 5 and the middle transfer module 3, and respectively controls the working states of the feeding module 1, the processing module 2, the deburring module 4, the cleaning module 5 and the middle transfer module 3. The state monitoring unit is used for detecting the working states of the feeding module 1, the processing module 2, the deburring module 4, the cleaning module 5 and the intermediate transfer module 3 and feeding back the working states to the execution control unit.

As shown in fig. 1-4, the intermediate transfer module 3 includes a transfer mold and a conveying assembly, the transfer mold has at least three stations, a first station 31 corresponds to the processing module 2, a second station 32 corresponds to the deburring module 4, a third station 33 corresponds to the cleaning module 5, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the transfer mold to transfer between the three stations. The middle transfer module 3 is used for series coordination among the processing module 2, the deburring module 4 and the cleaning module 5, and the automatic middle transfer operation of the finished product has the advantage of high automation degree.

As shown in fig. 4, in particular, the conveying assembly includes a mold temporary storage section 35 and a working section, where the first station 31, the second station 32, and the third station 33 are all located. The number of transfer dies is multiple, and in order to ensure normal operation of the device, the number of transfer dies is redundant, and in order to avoid interference to each module, part of transfer dies which are not connected to a transfer task wait in the temporary storage section 35.

As shown in fig. 4, in particular, the conveying assembly is further provided with a mold cleaning station 34, and the mold cleaning station 34 is provided with a high-pressure air blowing unit. The mold cleaning station is located in the mold temporary storage section 35. The high-pressure air blowing unit performs blowing operation on the die in the idle state, removes impurities such as chips which may exist, and prepares for executing a transferring task next time.

The conveying assembly is arranged based on the flexible conveying line, the movement state and the movement speed of each transferring die can be independently controlled, and the product transferring operation is flexible and convenient. Because the flexible conveying line is in the prior art, the specific structure and control logic of the conveying assembly are not repeated.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the feeding module 1 includes a sorting assembly 11 and a pre-positioning assembly 12, the sorting assembly 11 includes an automatic feeding mechanism 111, a sorting executing mechanism and a cartridge cleaning mechanism, the automatic feeding mechanism 111 includes a feeding and conveying unit, and a sorting station is disposed on the feeding and conveying unit.

Due to the small volume of the product, the blanks are fed in the form of orderly stacked packages, the feed conveyor unit being adapted to convey the packages to the sorting station, and the sorting actuator being adapted to take the blanks one by one from the packages of the sorting station and to transfer them to the predetermined station assembly 12.

As shown in fig. 7 to 9, the cartridge cleaning mechanism includes an upper beam 112, a translation slider 113, a support arm 114, and a translation driving unit, wherein the translation slider 113 is disposed on the upper beam 112, and the support arm 114 is disposed on the translation slider 113. The translation driving unit is used for driving the translation sliding block 113 to move along the upper beam 112 in a translation manner, and driving the supporting arm 114 to move along the length direction relative to the translation sliding block 113 in a translation manner.

As shown in fig. 9, the lower end of the supporting arm 114 is provided with a waste disposal holding unit 115. Specifically, the waste removal clamping unit 115 includes a negative pressure clamping member 1132 and a mechanical clamping member 1131, where the negative pressure clamping member 1132 and the mechanical clamping member 1131 are arranged side by side, the mechanical clamping member 1131 is used for clamping the empty material box, and the negative pressure clamping member 1132 is used for adsorbing the partition board.

In order to improve sorting efficiency and accuracy, a visual detection unit is arranged above the sorting station, visual information of the sorting station is collected by the visual detection unit and fed back to a control module, and the control module analyzes and judges the positions, the types and the residual quantity of the blanks and controls a sorting executing mechanism and a material box cleaning mechanism to work.

As shown in fig. 10-12, the pre-positioning assembly 12 includes a pre-positioning jig 122, and the sorting assembly 11 is configured to transfer blanks to the pre-positioning jig 122 one by one. The sort actuator includes a manipulator for gripping blanks one by one from a sorting station and transferring to the pre-positioning clamp 122.

As shown in fig. 13, the pre-positioning assembly 12 is provided with a receiving station 126 and a pre-positioning station 125, the pre-positioning station 125 is provided with a transverse positioning unit 123 and a longitudinal positioning unit 124, the transverse positioning unit 123 and the longitudinal positioning unit 124 respectively comprise push blocks positioned on the side surfaces of the pre-positioning station 125, and the movement directions of the push blocks in the transverse positioning unit 123 and the longitudinal positioning unit 124 are relatively vertical. The pre-positioning clamp 122 comprises at least two groups, and the two groups of pre-positioning clamps 122 are alternately switched between the material receiving station 126 and the pre-positioning station 125.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14, the pre-positioning assembly 12 further includes a transposition driving unit 121 for driving the pre-positioning fixture 122 to switch between the material receiving station 126 and the pre-positioning station 125, the transposition driving unit 121 includes an electric cylinder 1211 and a rack and pinion driving mechanism 1212, wherein a gear is connected with the pre-positioning fixture, the electric cylinder 1211 drives the rack to slide, drives the gear to rotate, and further drives the pre-positioning fixture 122 to index in a rotating manner. The pre-positioning component 12 is used for pre-positioning the blank, so that the clamping precision of the feeding and discharging mechanism 21 can be improved, and meanwhile, the blank buffering function can be achieved in the sorting component 11, so that the working beats of the processing module 2, the deburring module 4 and the cleaning module 5 are stable.

The sorter assembly 11 transfers the blanks to the receiving station 126 and the loading and unloading mechanism 21 takes the blanks from the pre-positioning station 125. After receiving the blanks at the receiving station 126, the pre-positioning jig 122 is switched to a pre-positioning station 125, and the horizontal positioning unit 123 and the longitudinal positioning unit 124 perform horizontal positioning operation on the blanks. The two sets of positioning clamps 122 can simultaneously perform material receiving operation and material feeding operation, so that the efficiency is improved.

As shown in fig. 5, the processing module 2 includes a frame 22 and a loading and unloading mechanism 21, the frame 22 is provided with a loading and unloading station and a processing station, and the processing station is provided with a cutting processing unit. The loading and unloading mechanism 21 is used for clamping blanks from the pre-positioning clamp 122 and transferring the blanks to the loading and unloading station, the processing module 2 drives the blanks to transfer from the loading and unloading station to the processing station, cutting processing is carried out on the blanks, and products are reset to the loading and unloading station after the processing is finished.

As shown in fig. 2, the surface cleaning device 7 is further included, and the surface cleaning device 7 is located between the processing module 2 and the intermediate transfer module 3. As shown in fig. 16-18, the surface cleaning apparatus 7 includes a cleaning stage 711, a first cleaning feed assembly 716, and a second product indexing mechanism, and the cleaning stage 711 includes a receiving area 711, a cleaning area 713, and an discharging area 715 sequentially along the feeding direction of the first cleaning feed assembly. The loading and unloading mechanism 21 is used for transferring the product subjected to cutting processing from the loading and unloading station to the receiving area 711, and the second product indexing mechanism is used for transferring the product subjected to surface cleaning from the discharging area 715 to the first station 31.

As shown in fig. 16-18, the first cleaning feed assembly 716 includes a product stop unit and a first feed conveyor unit for driving the product stop unit in the direction of the feed zone, the cleaning zone 713, and the discharge zone 715. As shown in fig. 19, the product limiting unit includes a bottom limiting member 7171 and a lateral limiting member 7172, wherein the bottom limiting member 7171 and the lateral limiting member 7172 are limiting columns which are independently arranged, and the height of the bottom limiting member 7171 is smaller than that of the lateral limiting member 7172. The lateral limiting member 7172 is annularly arranged around the bottom limiting member 7171, and the top area of the bottom limiting member 7171 is jointly surrounded to form a product limiting area.

As shown in fig. 17 and 18, the cleaning zone 713 is provided with a spray assembly 712 and an upper limit unit 714, and the upper limit unit 714 is located above the product limit unit and extends in the feeding direction of the feeding assembly.

The loading and unloading mechanism 21 places the processed product on a product limiting unit located in the receiving area 711, a bottom limiting piece 7171 is used for receiving the product, a lateral limiting piece 7172 is used for laterally limiting the product, and the product after being limited is sequentially shifted to the cleaning area 713 and the discharging area 715 under the conveying of the first conveying unit. In the process of passing through the cleaning zone 713, the upper limiting unit 714 performs directional limiting on the product, and meanwhile, the spraying component 712 sprays cleaning liquid towards the direction of the product to finish surface cleaning of the product.

The bottom limiting piece 7171 and the lateral limiting piece 7172 are arranged in a column shape, so that the contact area between the bottom limiting piece 7171 and a product can be reduced on the basis of reliable limiting, and the exposed area of the product can be increased, so that a better cleaning effect can be achieved.

As shown in fig. 16 and 20, the second product indexing mechanism includes an indexing jig 721, a driving unit for driving the indexing jig 721 to move and transfer the product between the discharge region 715, the intermediate positioning assembly 722 and the first station 31, and an intermediate positioning assembly 722. As shown in fig. 20 and 21, the intermediate positioning assembly 722 includes a positioning base 7222, on which two positioning blocks 7221 and a driving member for driving the two positioning blocks 7221 to move relatively are disposed, and the moving directions of the two positioning blocks are relatively perpendicular to the clamping direction of the indexing fixture 721.

Because the product limiting unit has lower limiting precision on the product in the surface cleaning process, the product has lower position precision after the surface cleaning is finished. In order to improve the clamping accuracy of the intermediate transfer module 3 and the deburring module 4, an intermediate positioning operation is performed in the intermediate positioning assembly 722 during the transfer of the product to the first station 31 by the second product indexing mechanism. Wherein the indexing fixture 721 clamps and positions the single direction of the product, and the intermediate transfer module 3 positions the other direction of the product, thereby completing the reliable positioning of the product in the horizontal direction.

As shown in fig. 22, the deburring module 4 comprises a deburring device 41 and a first product indexing mechanism 42, the first product indexing mechanism 42 being used to transfer product between the second station 32 and the deburring device 41. The deburring device is a high-pressure water deburring device, and the high-pressure water deburring device is in the prior art, so that the specific structure of the high-pressure water deburring device is not repeated.

As shown in fig. 22, the deburring module 4 further includes a product temporary storage assembly 43, and a plurality of product temporary storage positions are disposed on the product temporary storage assembly 43; the number of temporary product storage bits is n, and the number of single treatments of the deburring device 41 is m, and then: n is more than or equal to m-1.

When the number of parts on the product temporary storage assembly 43 is less than n, the first transfer mechanism transfers the product with the deburring operation completed on the deburring device 41 to the product temporary storage assembly 43;

when the number of single loads of the deburring device 41 is less than m and the current second station 32 does not have products of the same specification, the first transfer mechanism transfers the products from the product temporary storage assembly 43 to the deburring device 41;

when the deburring operation has been completed for the same size product and the product is present on the product staging assembly 43, the first indexing mechanism transfers the product from the product staging assembly 43 to the second station 32.

In view of the special mode of operation of the deburring module 4, m products must be operated simultaneously at a time. When the blanks with the same specification are about to be processed, the quantity of the final residual products may be less than m; or the current product is judged to have the processing quality problem by the deburring module 4, and when the subsequent product is not in place in time, the number of products entering the deburring module 4 can not meet the operation number requirement, and the deburring operation can be influenced to a certain extent.

The product temporary storage assembly 43 pre-stores a certain amount of products, so that the defect of the product caused by the above situation can be overcome, and the normal operation of the deburring device 41 can be ensured.

As shown in fig. 23-27, the cleaning module 5 includes a sorting module 54 and a cleaning device, and the sorting module 54 includes a sorting tray, a tray discharging mechanism 541 and a sorting tray indexing mechanism 62. The tray arranging mechanism 541 is configured to clamp products from the third station 33 and sequentially discharge the products to the tray, and the tray arranging indexing mechanism 62 is configured to transfer the tray to the cleaning device.

As shown in fig. 23-27, the cleaning device includes a cleaning machine 51, a second cleaning feeding assembly 52 and a cover plate transferring mechanism 53, the second cleaning feeding assembly 52 includes a second feeding and conveying unit, a capping station 521 and a cleaning station are disposed on the second feeding and conveying unit, the capping station 521 corresponds to the cover plate transferring mechanism 53, and the cleaning station corresponds to the cleaning machine 51. The second purge feed assembly 52 is used to transport the trays from the capping station 521 to the purge station. The tray indexing mechanism 62 is used to transfer the trays to the capping station 521.

As shown in fig. 23-27, the lid transfer mechanism 53 includes a lid storage unit and a lid transfer mechanism for transferring the lid from the lid storage unit to the capping station 521. The cover plate transfer mechanism comprises a transfer mechanical arm, and a negative pressure adsorption unit is arranged on the transfer mechanical arm.

As shown in fig. 27, the second cleaning and feeding assembly 52 is further provided with a discharging station 524, and the second cleaning and feeding assembly 52 drives the magazine to move along the capping station 521, the cleaning station and the discharging station 524. The cover plate storage unit 525 is located between the cover plate adding station 521 and the cover plate discharging station 524, and the cover plate transferring mechanism 53 is further used for transferring the cover plate from the discharging station 524 to the cover plate storage unit 525.

As shown in fig. 26, 28 and 29, as a specific embodiment, the second wash feed assembly 52 includes a first section 523 and a second section 522, the capping station 521 is located in the first section 523, and the discharge station 524 is located in the second section 522. The second cleaning and feeding assembly 52 further comprises a steering mechanism 22, wherein the steering mechanism 22 comprises a first steering unit 551 and a second steering unit 553, the first steering unit 551 corresponds to the first section 523, and the second steering unit 553 corresponds to the second section 522. The first steering unit 551 and the second steering unit 553 respectively comprise a base 555, a rotating seat 554 and a rotary driving piece, the rotating seat 554 is arranged on the base 555, and the rotating seat 554 is provided with a material arranging tray feeding unit.

As shown in fig. 26, 28 and 29, when the distance between the first section 523 and the second section 522 is large, a transition section 552 may be added, and a tray may be transferred as a transition between the first and second diverting units 551 and 553. Wherein the transition section is provided with a material arranging disc feeding unit.

The first steering unit 551 and the second steering unit 553 have two position states, respectively, and the rotation driving member drives the first steering unit 551 and the second steering unit 553 to switch between the two position states. The first position state of the first steering unit 551 is aligned with the first segment 523, the second position state of the first steering unit 551 is aligned with the first position state of the second steering unit 553, and the second position state of the second steering unit 553 is aligned with the second segment 522.

In order to improve the automation degree of product management, readable signals are arranged on the material arranging disc, wherein the readable signals can be visual signals such as two-dimensional codes and the like or electric signals such as chips and the like. In order to facilitate the reading operation, the posture of the material arranging disc needs to be adjusted. Through setting up steering mechanism, can guarantee that the attitude of reason charging tray at capping station and unloading station is unanimous.

Further, as shown in fig. 14 and 15, the processing module 2 further includes a clamping and positioning assembly, and the clamping and positioning assembly is located at the loading and unloading station. The clamping and positioning assembly comprises a positioning fixture 221, wherein the positioning fixture 221 comprises a base and two chucks which are oppositely arranged, and a clamping interval is formed between the two chucks. The base on be equipped with location portion, the holding interval be the feed channel with the relative one side of location.

The clamping and positioning assembly further comprises a positioning driving member 222, and the positioning driving member 222 has at least two states: in the working state, the positioning driving piece 222 is used for pushing the clamped piece to move towards the positioning part; in the standby state, the positioning driving member 222 is staggered with the feeding channel.

The loading and unloading mechanism 21 can realize the unilateral location of product, and the chuck can realize the location of opposite side, and location driver 222 and location portion accomplish the location of last direction jointly, and the centre gripping precision of product is reliable.

The automatic feeding device is characterized by further comprising a blank detection unit, wherein the blank detection unit comprises a pressurizing device, the pressurizing device is provided with an air outlet, and the air outlet is arranged at the positioning part. The state monitoring unit monitors the pressure value of the pressurizing device in real time, and judges the tightness between the air outlet and the blank according to the change speed and the highest value of the pressure value of the pressurizing device, thereby judging whether the corresponding side surface of the blank is qualified. When the pressure increasing speed of the pressurizing device is too slow or the highest pressure value does not reach the preset value, the blank is judged to be unqualified, and the execution control unit controls the feeding and discharging mechanism 21 to take out the corresponding product.

As shown in fig. 23 and 24, further, the product management module 6 is further included, the product management module 6 includes a vertical warehouse 61 and an operation table 63, the vertical warehouse 61 includes a washed warehouse and an unwashed warehouse, and the operation table 63 includes a warehouse outlet 632. The tray indexing mechanism 62 is used to transfer trays between the tray assembly 54, the washer 51, the vertical warehouse 61 and the console 63. The product management module 6 orderly manages the washed products and the unwashed products, and performs a warehouse-out operation on the washed products.

The vertical warehouse 61 includes a cleaning area 713 and an uncleaned area 713, and the tray indexing mechanism 62 can transfer the tray with the completed tray to the uncleaned area 713 for temporary storage when the cleaning operation is normally performed in the cleaning machine 51. When the cleaning machine 51 has the tray for cleaning, and the delivery port 632 is fully loaded, the tray indexing mechanism 62 can transfer the tray for cleaning to the cleaning area 713 for temporary storage. When the washer 51 completes the current washing operation, it is first determined whether there is a temporary product in the uncleaned area 713, and if so, the product is first transferred from the uncleaned area 713 to the washer 51.

Specifically, because the product management module 6 occupies a larger area, the tray indexing mechanism 62 includes the ground rail robot, and can well complete the tray transfer at each position.

The station 63 also includes an external input port 631, and when a cleaning operation is desired for externally input products, the products are placed into the external input port 631 and the control module pauses the transfer of the trays from the tray assembly 54 to the cleaning machine 51. First, the cleaning operation of the external input product is performed, and in this process, the material sorting tray of the material sorting assembly 54 is transferred to the uncleaned area 713 for temporary storage.

at least comprises the following steps:

s1, feeding: the sorting assembly 11 transfers the blanks one by one to the pre-positioning jig 122, and the pre-positioning jig 122 adjusts and positions the blanks.

S2, processing: the loading and unloading mechanism 21 transfers the blank from the pre-positioning jig 122 to the loading and unloading station, and the machining module 2 performs cutting machining on the blank.

The loading and unloading mechanism 21 transfers the product to the surface cleaning device 7, the surface cleaning device 7 performs surface cleaning operation on the product, and the second product indexing mechanism transfers the cleaned product to the first station 31.

S3, deburring: the intermediate transfer module 3 transfers the product, on which the cutting operation is completed, from the first station 31 to the second station 32, and the first product indexing mechanism 42 grips the product from the second station 32 and transfers it to the deburring device 41, and the deburring device 41 performs the deburring operation on the product.

S4, cleaning: the intermediate transfer module 3 transfers the products subjected to the deburring operation from the second station 32 to the third station 33, and the tray arrangement mechanism 541 transfers the products from the third station 33 to the tray one by one; the tray indexing mechanism 62 transfers the tray to the cleaning device for cleaning operations.

In summary, the foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. Machining device for small block parts, characterized in that it comprises at least:

the deburring module comprises a deburring device and a first product indexing mechanism; the deburring module further comprises a product temporary storage assembly, and a plurality of product temporary storage positions are arranged on the product temporary storage assembly; the number of the temporary storage bits of the product is n, the single treatment number of the deburring device is m, and the method comprises the following steps: n is more than or equal to m-1;

when the deburring operation is completed on the products with the same specification and the products are arranged on the product temporary storage assembly, the first transfer mechanism transfers the products from the product temporary storage assembly to the second station;

2. The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the sorting assembly comprises an automatic feeding mechanism, a sorting executing mechanism and a material box cleaning mechanism, wherein the automatic feeding mechanism comprises a feeding conveying unit, and a sorting station is arranged on the feeding conveying unit;

3. The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the pre-positioning assembly is provided with a material receiving station and a pre-positioning station, and the pre-positioning station is provided with a transverse positioning unit and a longitudinal positioning unit;

4. The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the surface cleaning device is positioned between the processing module and the middle transfer module;

5. The processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the processing module further comprises a clamping and positioning assembly, and the clamping and positioning assembly is positioned at the feeding and discharging station;

the clamping and positioning assembly comprises a positioning clamp, wherein the positioning clamp comprises a base and two chucks which are oppositely arranged, and a clamping interval is formed between the two chucks; the base is provided with a positioning part, and one side of the clamping interval opposite to the positioning part is a feeding channel;

6. The processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the cleaning device comprises a cleaning machine, a second cleaning feeding assembly and a cover plate transferring mechanism, wherein the second cleaning feeding assembly comprises a second feeding conveying unit, a capping station and a cleaning station are arranged on the second feeding conveying unit, the capping station corresponds to the cover plate transferring mechanism, and the cleaning station corresponds to the cleaning machine; the second cleaning and feeding assembly is used for conveying the material arranging disc from the capping station to the cleaning station; the material arranging disc indexing mechanism is used for transferring the material arranging disc to the capping station;

7. The processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the system comprises a product management module, a storage module and a control module, wherein the product management module comprises a vertical warehouse and an operation desk, the vertical warehouse comprises a washed warehouse and an unwashed warehouse, and the operation desk comprises a warehouse outlet;

8. A processing system for small-size cubic part, its characterized in that: comprising a processing device according to any one of claims 1-7;

9. The processing method for the small-sized block-shaped part is characterized by comprising the following steps of: use of a processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1-7;

at least comprises the following steps: