CN204355752U - Wheel hub five axle transfer robot - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a wheel hub five-axis transport robot. The X-axis driving system is installed on the truss, the Y-axis driving system is installed across the X-axis driving system through the XY-axis connecting plate, and the Z-axis driving system is installed on the X-axis driving system through the YZ-axis connecting plate. Vertically installed on the Y-axis drive system; the X-axis drive system, the Y-axis drive system and the Z-axis drive system are orthogonal to each other to form an XYZ Cartesian coordinate robot; the C-axis drive system and the A-axis drive are arranged in sequence at the bottom of the Z-axis drive system System, the C-axis drive system and the A-axis drive system are connected through the CA-axis connection flange, and the output shaft of the A-axis drive system is connected to the clamping manipulator. The utility model realizes the automatic handling, loading, unloading, flipping, exchanging and other operations of aluminum alloy wheels between different production lines, greatly reduces labor intensity, ensures product quality, improves production efficiency, and can realize different wheel hub production lines. Unmanned automated production of wheel hub processing equipment.

Description

Hub five-axis handling robot

technical field

The utility model relates to the field of automation equipment, in particular to a five-axis handling robot used in the production and manufacture of aluminum alloy wheels.

Background technique

At present, in the production and processing process of the wheel hub, it is generally carried between various processes manually, which is not only time-consuming, labor-intensive, and inefficient, but also easily scratches the wheel hub surface and affects the beauty of the wheel hub. In some wheel production lines, general-purpose six-axis articulated robots are also used to carry out the handling of the wheels. However, due to the heavy weight of the wheels, it is necessary to use a six-axis articulated robot with a heavy load (above 60kg), and install a dedicated robot on the end effector of the robot. Wheel hub clamping tool, this kind of general-purpose six-axis industrial robot equipment is expensive, the programming is complicated, and it is limited to the swing angle of the mechanical arm, so it cannot realize the wheel hub handling operation within a large stroke range.

Utility model content

Aiming at the above-mentioned shortcomings in the loading and unloading of the wheel hub in the existing production, the applicant provides a five-axis handling robot for the aluminum alloy wheel with a reasonable structure, so that the loading, unloading, and loading of the aluminum alloy wheel can be completed conveniently and reliably. Handling, flipping, exchanging and other operating procedures, and can be easily integrated into the automatic production line to meet the needs of upgrading the advanced production line of wheel hubs.

The technical scheme adopted in the utility model is as follows:

A wheel hub five-axis handling robot, including a truss, an X-axis drive system, a Y-axis drive system, a Z-axis drive system, a C-axis drive system, an A-axis drive system, and a clamping manipulator; the X-axis drive system is installed on the truss , the Y-axis driving system is installed across the X-axis driving system through the XY-axis connecting plate, and the Z-axis driving system is vertically installed on the Y-axis driving system through the YZ-axis connecting plate; the X-axis driving system, the Y-axis driving system and the Z-axis The drive systems are orthogonal to each other to form an XYZ Cartesian coordinate robot; the C-axis drive system and the A-axis drive system are arranged in sequence at the bottom of the Z-axis drive system, and the C-axis drive system and the A-axis drive system are connected by a CA-axis connection flange. The output shaft of the A-axis drive system is connected to the clamping manipulator.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution: both the X-axis drive system and the Y-axis drive system adopt a dual-axis synchronous drive mode, the X-axis drive system drives the X-axis active drive module by the X-axis drive motor, and drives the shaft synchronously through the X-axis Drive the X-axis driven drive module to realize the synchronous movement of the X-axis active drive module and the X-axis driven drive module; the Y-axis drive system and the X-axis drive system are connected through the XY-axis connecting plate, and the Y-axis drive system is connected by the Y-axis drive system. The shaft drive motor drives the Y-axis active drive module, drives the Y-axis driven drive module through the YZ-axis connecting plate, and realizes the synchronous movement of the Y-axis active drive module and the Y-axis driven drive module.

The Z-axis drive system is provided with a Z-axis linear guide rail, and the Z-axis drive motor drives the rack and pinion mechanism to realize Z-direction vertical movement.

In the C-axis drive system, the C-axis drive motor drives the C-axis worm gear transmission system to realize the rotation around the Z-axis.

In the A-axis drive system, the A-axis drive motor drives the double-output-shaft right-angle reducer to drive the clamping manipulator to rotate around the A-axis.

The clamping manipulator is provided with two front and rear ones, which are respectively installed on the two output shafts of the A-axis drive system.

The clamping manipulator is composed of an upper fixture seat, a lower fixture seat, a left finger gripper and a right finger gripper, and the finger roots of the left finger gripper and the right finger gripper are pivotally connected to the upper gripper seat through a pivot shaft The outer end of the upper fixture seat is fixed with a finger-shaped cylinder on the central axis of the upper fixture seat. The finger-shaped cylinder is connected to the push rod. The two ends of the push rod are provided with guide sleeves. The guide sleeve and the guide rod are precisely slidable. The guide rod is fixed through the guide rod seat On the lower clamp seat, a pair of connecting rods are symmetrically connected to the front of the push rod. One end of the connecting rod is pivotally connected to the push rod through an inner hinge shaft, and the other end is pivotally connected to the left finger-shaped jaw and the right finger-type gripper through an outer hinge shaft.

Rubber pads are fixed inside the left and right finger jaws.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:

The wheel hub handling robot of the utility model can realize the motion control of the aluminum alloy hub in five directions of X, Y, Z, C, and A by setting a clamping manipulator with front and rear two degrees of freedom of rotational motion at the end of the XYZ rectangular coordinate robot. Among them, the XYZ three-axis Cartesian coordinate robot realizes the handling of the wheel hub between different production lines, the loading and unloading of the wheel hub processing equipment (wheel hub deburring station or grinding and polishing equipment); the C axis is used to complete the processing of the wheel hub and The station exchange between the hubs to be processed; the A-axis is used to realize the 180o turning action of the front and back of the hub. Therefore, the wheel hub five-axis handling robot can flexibly transport aluminum alloy wheels among multiple hub conveying production lines, and can send the clamped hubs to the deburring station or grinding and polishing station to realize the loading and unloading of the hubs. Material, handling, turning, exchange and other operating procedures.

The output shaft of the A-axis of the hub handling robot of the utility model is provided with two clamping manipulators, which realizes the synchronous flipping and rapid station exchange of the deburred or polished hub and the hub to be processed, and reduces the waiting time for loading and unloading of the hub. , improve the work efficiency of loading and unloading of the hub.

The clamping manipulator of the utility model clamps the outer periphery of the wheel hub, which can realize fast, convenient, stable and reliable picking and clamping of the wheel hub, and speed up the production tempo. The clamping manipulator realizes the clamping action of the wheel hub through the linear cylinder driving the four-bar linkage mechanism. By controlling the speed and movement stroke of the linear cylinder to ensure the continuous force of the clamping hub, a rubber protection block is set at the contact point of the hub clamping to avoid The surface of the hub is scratched during the clamping process to ensure the appearance quality of the hub.

The wheel hub handling robot of the utility model is equipped with different sizes and specifications and modular clamping manipulators to adapt to changes in the size of the wheel hub and realize the versatility of the wheel hub fixture. Therefore, the wheel hub handling robot can be applied to cars of different specifications and sizes at the same time The aluminum alloy wheel handling operation realizes automatic handling, loading, unloading, flipping, and exchange of aluminum alloy wheels between different production lines, greatly reducing labor intensity, ensuring product quality, improving wheel production efficiency, and realizing wheel production lines Unmanned automated production of different wheel hub processing equipment on the Internet.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hub five-axis handling robot.

FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1 .

Figure 3 is the clamping manipulator structure and its structure installation diagram with YZ axis.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the A-axis and its clamping manipulator.

Figure 5 is a top view of the clamping manipulator (with the upper cover removed).

In the figure: 1. Truss; 2. X-axis drive system; 3. Y-axis drive system; 4. Z-axis drive system; 5. C-axis drive system; 6. A-axis drive system; 7. Clamping manipulator; 8. X-axis drive motor; 9. X-axis active drive module; 10. X-axis synchronous drive shaft; 11. X-axis driven drive module; 12. XY-axis connecting plate; 13. Y-axis drive motor; 14. Y-axis Active drive module; 15. Y-axis driven drive module; 16. YZ-axis connecting plate; 17. Z-axis linear guide; 18. Z-axis drive motor; 19. C-axis worm gear transmission system; 20. C-axis drive Motor; 21. Double output shaft right-angle reducer; 22. A-axis drive motor; 23. CA shaft connection flange; 24. Upper fixture seat; 25. External hinge shaft; 26. Left finger gripper; ; 28, inner hinge shaft; 29, guide rod; 30, guide rod seat; 31, finger cylinder; 32, connecting flange shaft; 33, push rod; 34, guide sleeve; 35, lower fixture seat; 36, even Rod; 37, right finger type jaw; 38, inner spacer; 39, outer spacer.

Detailed ways

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, illustrate the specific embodiment of the present utility model.

As shown in Figure 1, the wheel hub five-axis handling robot described in the utility model includes a truss 1, an X-axis drive system 2, a Y-axis drive system 3, a Z-axis drive system 4, a C-axis drive system 5, and an A-axis drive system 6 And clamping manipulator 7. The X-axis driving system 2 is installed on the truss 1, and the Y-axis driving system 3 is installed across the X-axis driving system 2 through the XY-axis connecting plate 12. The Z-axis driving system 4 is vertically installed on the Y-axis through the YZ-axis connecting plate 16. Drive system 3, X-axis drive system 2, Y-axis drive system 3, and Z-axis drive system 4 are orthogonal to each other, forming an XYZ Cartesian coordinate robot to realize the transportation of wheels between different production lines, as well as between the handling robot and wheel hub processing equipment The loading, unloading and other processes. The C-axis drive system 5 and the A-axis drive system 6 with two degrees of freedom of rotation are sequentially installed at the bottom of the Z-axis drive system 4, wherein the C-axis drive system 5 is used to realize the station exchange between the finished wheel hub and the wheel hub to be processed; The A-axis drive system 6 is used to realize the 180o turning action of the front and back of the hub. The clamping manipulator 7 is installed on the output end of the A-axis drive system 6 to realize the clamping operation of the hub. Therefore, the wheel hub five-axis handling robot can realize the motion control of aluminum alloy wheels in five directions X, Y, Z, C, and A, flexibly transport aluminum alloy wheels among multiple hub conveying production lines, and send the transported hubs to Into the deburring station or grinding and polishing station to realize the loading, unloading, handling, turning, exchange and other operations of the wheel hub.

Due to the heavy weight of the wheel hub, considering the system stiffness and motion stability of the handling robot, the X-axis drive system 2 and the Y-axis drive system 3 of the five-axis handling robot adopt a dual-axis synchronous drive method. As shown in Figure 2, the X-axis drive system 2 is driven by the X-axis drive motor 8 to drive the X-axis active drive module 9, and the X-axis driven drive module 11 is driven by the X-axis synchronous drive shaft 10 to realize the X-axis active drive module. 9 and the synchronous motion of the X-axis driven drive module 11. The Y-axis driving system 3 and the X-axis driving system 2 are connected through the XY-axis connecting plate 12, the Y-axis driving system 3 drives the Y-axis active driving module 14 by the Y-axis driving motor 13, and drives the Y-axis slave through the YZ-axis connecting plate 16 The driving module 15 realizes the synchronous movement of the Y-axis active driving module 14 and the Y-axis driven driving module 15 .

As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the Z-axis driving system 4 of the five-axis handling robot is vertically connected to the Y-axis driving system 3 through the YZ-axis connecting plate 16, and the Z-axis linear guide rail 17 is arranged on the Z-axis driving system 4. The Z-axis drive motor 18 drives the rack and pinion mechanism to realize Z-direction vertical movement. The C-axis drive system 5 and the A-axis drive system 6 are arranged in turn at the bottom of the Z-axis drive system 4. The two ends of the output shaft of the A-axis drive system 6 are connected to two A clamping manipulator 7, wherein the C-axis drive system 5 and the A-axis drive system 6 are connected through the CA-axis coupling flange 23, and the C-axis drive system 5 is driven by the C-axis drive motor 20 to drive the C-axis worm and gear transmission system 19 to realize The A-axis drive system 6 and the C-axis movement connected to the clamping manipulator 7; the A-axis drive system 6 drives the double output shaft right-angle reducer 21 by the A-axis drive motor 22, and drives the front and rear two clamping manipulators 7 to synchronize around the A-axis Rotational movement, thus, the clamping manipulator 7 and the two hubs it clamps can realize the 180° turning action around the A axis and the 180° station exchange action around the C axis.

As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, the clamping manipulator 7 of the five-axis handling robot is connected to the double output shaft right-angle reducer 21 through the connecting flange shaft 32, and the clamping manipulator 7 is composed of the upper clamp seat 24, the lower clamp seat 35, the left The finger-shaped jaw 26 and the right finger-shaped jaw 37 are composed, and the root of the left finger-shaped jaw 26 is pivotally connected to the outer end of the upper clamp seat 24 through the pivot shaft 27 . A finger-type cylinder 31 is fixed on the central axis of the upper fixture seat 24, and the finger-type cylinder 31 is connected to a push rod 33. A guide sleeve 34 is arranged at both ends of the push rod 33, and the guide sleeve 34 is precisely slidably matched with the guide rod 29 to ensure sliding. The moving movement is smooth and reliable. The guide rod 29 is fixed on the lower fixture seat 35 through the guide rod seat 30, and a pair of connecting rods 36 are symmetrically connected to the front of the push rod 33. One end of the connecting rod 36 is pivotally connected with the push rod 33 through the inner hinge shaft 28, and the other end is connected through the outer hinge shaft. 25 is pivotally connected with the left fingered jaw 26 and the right fingered jaw 37. Left finger type jaw 26 and right finger type jaw 37 front part inboards are fixed with rubber spacer inner spacer 38 and outer spacer 39, to increase the frictional force when the hub is clamped, prevent the wheel hub from slipping off. When the clamping manipulator 7 is working, under the drive of the finger cylinder 31, the push rod 33 slides back and forth, and the left finger gripper 26 and the right finger gripper 37 are driven by a pair of symmetrically connected connecting rods 36, so that the two fingers simultaneously Expand or close around the pivot axis 27, so as to realize the clamping or loosening of the hub.

In actual work, the material conveyor belt that transports the hubs in and out is located under the truss 1, and the hub conveying direction is arranged perpendicular to the X-axis transmission direction. The hub processing equipment is located on one side of the truss 1, and the hub I and hub II are transported to and stopped at the material conveyor. designated location on the belt. The clamping manipulator 7 moves to the top of the wheel hub 1 according to the positioning of the Cartesian coordinates X and Y axes; the finger cylinder 31 drives the push rod 33 to move backward, and the left finger jaw 26 and the right finger jaw 37 are driven by the connecting rod 36, Make the two fingers unfold around the pivot axis 27 at the same time; the end of the Z-axis drive system 4 descends to the height of the hub I, and the finger cylinder 31 drives the two fingers together to clamp the outer circumference of the hub I, and then rises and moves away from the conveyor belt, according to the Cartesian coordinates X, Y The positioning of the shaft is to send the clamped hub I into the processing station of the hub processing equipment to realize the loading operation of the hub I. After the front processing of the wheel hub 1 is completed, the clamping manipulator 7 clamps the wheel hub 1 from the processing station and lifts it to a safe height, and the A-axis drive motor 22 drives the clamping manipulator 7 to rotate 180° around the X axis to realize the front and back flip of the wheel hub 1 And wheel hub 1 is sent into wheel hub processing equipment, carries out the reverse processing of wheel hub 1.

During the processing of the reverse side of the hub I, the clamping manipulator 7 at the rear clamps another hub II to the loading area of the hub processing equipment. After the front and back of the hub I are processed, the clamping manipulator 7 clamps the hub I and lifts it up After reaching the safe height, the C-axis drive motor 20 drives the clamping manipulator 7 to rotate 180o around the C-axis, realizing the position exchange between the processed hub I and the unprocessed hub II clamped by the clamping manipulator 7, and the clamping manipulator 7 will rotate the hub II is sent to the processing station of the processing equipment, and then the wheel hub I is sent to the wheel hub conveying line, and the wheel hub I enters the processing station of the next processing equipment along with the wheel hub conveying line.

The wheel hub five-axis handling robot described in the utility model can automatically complete the operation procedures such as loading, unloading, handling, flipping, and exchanging in the wheel hub processing process, improve the wheel hub processing efficiency and production cycle, and realize the wheel hub processing in different wheel hub equipment. Fully automated processing operations between.

The above description is an explanation of the utility model, not a limitation of the utility model. Without violating the spirit of the utility model, the utility model can be modified in any form. For example, the utility model can not only be used to realize peripheral parts such as wheel hubs The loading and unloading, handling, and turning operations of materials can also be slightly changed to realize the loading, unloading, handling, and turning operations of square or other shaped materials .

Claims (8)

1. a wheel hub five axle transfer robot, is characterized in that: comprise truss (1), X-axis drive system (2), Y-axis drive system (3), Z axis drive system (4), C axle drive system (5), A axle drive system (6) and clamping manipulator (7); Described X-axis drive system (2) is installed on truss (1), Y-axis drive system (3) is by XY axle gusset piece (12) across being arranged in X-axis drive system (2), and Z axis drive system (4) is vertically arranged on Y-axis drive system (3) by YZ axle gusset piece (16); X-axis drive system (2), Y-axis drive system (3) are mutually orthogonal with Z axis drive system (4), form XYZ rectangular robot; C axle drive system (5) and A axle drive system (6) is set gradually in the bottom of Z axis drive system (4), connected by CA axle connecting flange (23) between C axle drive system (5) with A axle drive system (6), the output shaft of A axle drive system (6) connects clamping manipulator (7).

2. according to wheel hub five axle transfer robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described X-axis drive system (2) and Y-axis drive system (3) all adopt Biaxial synchronous type of drive, X-axis drive system (2) drives X-axis active drive module (9) by X-axis drive motor (8), drive X-axis driven driving module (11) by the synchronous axle drive shaft of X-axis (10), realize being synchronized with the movement of X-axis active drive module (9) and X-axis driven driving module (11); Y-axis drive system (3) and X-axis drive system (2) are connected by XY axle gusset piece (12), Y-axis drive system (3) drives Y-axis active drive module (14) by Y-axis drive motor (13), drive Y-axis driven driving module (15) by YZ axle gusset piece (16), realize being synchronized with the movement of Y-axis active drive module (14) and Y-axis driven driving module (15).

3. according to wheel hub five axle transfer robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described Z axis drive system (4) arranges Z axis line slideway (17), and by Z axis drive motor (18) driven wheel tooth bar, mechanism realizes Z-direction perpendicular movement.

4. according to wheel hub five axle transfer robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: in described C axle drive system (5), drive C axle Worm Wheel System system (19) realization around the rotary motion of Z axis by C axis drive motor (20).

5. according to wheel hub five axle transfer robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: in described A axle drive system (6), drive double output shaft right angle reductor (21) by A axis drive motor (22), drive clamping manipulator (7) around the rotary motion of A axle.

6., according to wheel hub five axle transfer robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described clamping manipulator (7) is provided with former and later two, be arranged on two output shafts of A axle drive system (6) respectively.

7. according to wheel hub five axle transfer robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described clamping manipulator is made up of upper clamping fixture seat (24), lower clamp seat (35), left finger-type jaw (26) and right finger-type jaw (37), the finger root of left finger-type jaw (26) and right finger-type jaw (37) is articulated in the outer end of clamping fixture seat (24) by pivotal axis (27), upper clamping fixture seat (24) axis is fixed with finger-type cylinder (31), finger-type cylinder (31) connects push rod (33), the two ends of push rod (33) are provided with orienting sleeve (34), orienting sleeve (34) and pilot bar (29) snug sliding fit, pilot bar (29) is fixed on lower clamp seat (35) by guide rod seat (30), anterior symmetrical connection pair of links (36) of push rod (33), connecting rod (36) one end is by interior jointed shaft (28) and push rod (33) pivot joint, the other end is by outer jointed shaft (25) and left finger-type jaw (26) and right finger-type jaw (37) pivot joint.

8. according to wheel hub five axle transfer robot according to claim 7, it is characterized in that: described left finger-type jaw (26) and right finger-type jaw (37) inner side are fixed with rubber cushion blocks.