CN206677432U - Container door end welds auxiliary positioning equipment and welding system - Google Patents

Container door end welds auxiliary positioning equipment and welding system Download PDF

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CN206677432U
CN206677432U CN201720448518.0U CN201720448518U CN206677432U CN 206677432 U CN206677432 U CN 206677432U CN 201720448518 U CN201720448518 U CN 201720448518U CN 206677432 U CN206677432 U CN 206677432U
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The utility model belongs to Production Container technical field, is related to container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment and welding system.Container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment includes:Inceptive positioning device and horizontal positioning device, inceptive positioning device is used to container door end in the vertical direction being moved to one first specified location, horizontal positioning device is used to container door end being moved to one second specified location from the first specified location in the horizontal direction, welding hinge and lock, horizontal positioning device in the second specified location includes:First lateral retainer and the second lateral retainer being oppositely arranged with the first lateral retainer, the first end of container door end and the second end are clamped by the first lateral retainer and the second lateral retainer respectively, and inceptive positioning device is between the first lateral retainer and the second lateral retainer.Accurate positioning, dry cargo container welding quality good beneficial effect when the utility model has container door end welding.

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Container door end welds auxiliary positioning equipment and welding system
Technical field
Production Container technical field is the utility model is related to, more particularly to a kind of container door end welding auxiliary positioning is set Welding system that is standby and including above-mentioned container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment.
Background technology
In daily cargo transport, container is often used, in general conventional container all uses stationary structure, And there is sizable normalization space, to load huge car loading.Container includes:Men Duan, front end, two side ends, bottom The casing and top cover that frame and four corner fittings being arranged on chassis are formed.Wherein Men Duanyu front ends are relative, also cry rear end.After generally End is provided with flap, lock.
It is generally necessary to welded to flap, lock, due to different shipping companies to flap, lock regulation Difference, and container is divided into the classifications such as high case (2896mm), standard packing box (2438mm), it is more to flap, lock in industry at present Number use human weld's mode, and in progress human weld and when being welded to certain length, welding personnel must move step, with after It is continuous to be welded, however, this stationarity that will have impact in welding process, easily cause uneven weld appearance, leak, light leak with And welding bead joint protrudes the phenomenon of outer rim.Flap, the lock of human weld easily causes door-plate switch to have some setbacks.Therefore, it is right Welded preferably with automatic welding technique rear end.
But it is difficult to carry out for the workpiece of various shapes during welding rear end by automatic welding technique Accurate welding, the workpiece that can not be applied to various shapes weld.
In the prior art, the system for carrying out automatic welding to container door end using robot.But in automatic welding When connecing, because container door end conveys on whole section of double row roller chain, the production line of packaging box back is defeated for synchronous streaming Send, due to packaging box back in course of conveying by external force and displacement inertia effects, cause rear end in specified station off-position Inaccurate (error is larger).
Utility model content
Purpose of the present utility model is to provide a kind of container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment and including above-mentioned Container door end welds the welding system of auxiliary positioning equipment, when being welded to solve container door end present in prior art The problem of positioning is inaccurate, dry cargo container poor welding quality.
The utility model provides a kind of container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment, the hinge for locating container door end With position of the lock in welding, wherein, container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment includes:Inceptive positioning device and horizontal stroke To positioner, the inceptive positioning device is used to container door end in the vertical direction being moved to one first specified location, The horizontal positioning device is used to the container door end being moved to one the from first specified location in the horizontal direction Two specified locations, welding the hinge and lock, the horizontal positioning device in second specified location includes:First laterally Keeper and the second lateral retainer being oppositely arranged with first lateral retainer, the first end of the container door end and Second end is clamped by first lateral retainer and second lateral retainer respectively, and the inceptive positioning device is located at institute State between the first lateral retainer and second lateral retainer.
Preferably, the inceptive positioning device includes:Hydraulicefficiency elevation structure, the door end pass through the hydraulicefficiency elevation structure Realize the lifting moving on the vertical direction.
Preferably, the inceptive positioning device also includes:Door end detent mechanism, for the door end of the container to be positioned Into horizontal positioned state.
Preferably, the inceptive positioning device also includes:First drive cylinder and delivery positioning trolley and straight line circle are led Rail, the delivery positioning trolley that the first drive cylinder driving carries the door end move along the straight line round guide.
Preferably, the inceptive positioning device also includes:First positioning limit deflector roll, located at the one of the straight line round guide End, it is just fixed that the delivery positioning trolley is completed when being moved to first specified location corresponding to the first positioning limit deflector roll Position.
Preferably, the horizontal positioning device includes:First lateral retainer is led to second lateral retainer Cross a connection piece connection.
Preferably, first lateral retainer is provided with one first side guide-localization presser feet and second lateral retainer Provided with one second side guide-localization presser feet, the first side guide-localization presser feet is relative with the second side guide-localization presser feet to be set Put.
Preferably, first lateral retainer is additionally provided with one first vertical positioning presser feet, the described first vertical positioning pressure Pin is mutually perpendicular to the first side guide-localization presser feet;Second lateral retainer is additionally provided with one second vertical positioning pressure Pin, the described second vertical positioning presser feet is mutually perpendicular to the second side guide-localization presser feet, and is vertically positioned with described first Presser feet is oppositely arranged.
Preferably, the horizontal positioning device also includes:
Container box changes locating part, and the container for changing different height, which is realized, changes the line of production.
The utility model also provides a kind of container door end welding system, and the container door end welding system includes:With In the bonding machine of the door end chain of the transmission container door end, the hinge for welding the container door end and lock Device people, gantry stand and container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment, wherein, the container door end welding auxiliary positioning is set It is standby to comprise at least:Inceptive positioning device and horizontal positioning device, the inceptive positioning device are used for container door end vertical Side is moved upward to one first specified location, the horizontal positioning device be used for by the container door end in the horizontal direction from First specified location is moved to one second specified location, and the hinge and lock, institute are welded in second specified location Stating horizontal positioning device includes:First lateral retainer and the second located lateral being oppositely arranged with first lateral retainer Part, the first end of the container door end and the second end are respectively by first lateral retainer and second lateral retainer Clamping, the inceptive positioning device is between first lateral retainer and second lateral retainer.
Container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment of the present utility model and container door end welding system have packaging Accurate positioning, dry cargo container welding quality good beneficial effect when chamber door end is welded.
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Fig. 1 shows the planar structure schematic diagram of the container door end welding system of the preferred embodiment of the utility model;
Fig. 2 shows the dimensional structure diagram of Fig. 1 container door end welding system;
Fig. 3 shows the structural representation of inceptive positioning device in Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 shows the structural representation of horizontal positioning device in Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 shows the structural representation of the first lateral retainer of Fig. 1 horizontal positioning devices;
Fig. 6 shows the structural representation of container box conversion locating part in Fig. 5.
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In order to be more clearly understood that above-mentioned purpose of the present utility model, feature and advantage, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and tool The utility model is further described in detail body embodiment.It should be noted that in the case where not conflicting, this Shen The feature in embodiment and embodiment please can be mutually combined.
Many details are elaborated in the following description in order to fully understand the utility model, still, this practicality New to be different from other modes described here using other to implement, therefore, the scope of protection of the utility model is simultaneously Do not limited by following public embodiment.
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are referred to, container door end welding system of the present utility model mainly includes:For transmitting the collection The welding robot of the door end chain (roller chain) at loading door end 5, the hinge for welding the container door end 5 and lock People 3, gantry stand 2 and container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment.Further, to ensure person works' safety, may be used also To set guardrail 4 in the top of gantry stand 2.Above-mentioned container door end welds auxiliary positioning equipment, for locating container door Position of the hinge and lock at end in welding, further comprises:
Inceptive positioning device 7 and horizontal positioning device 6, the inceptive positioning device 7 are used for container door end 5 vertical Side is moved upward to one first specified location, and the horizontal positioning device 6 is used for the container door end 5 in the horizontal direction One second specified location is moved to from first specified location, the hinge and lock are welded in second specified location, The horizontal positioning device 6 includes:First lateral retainer and the second transverse direction being oppositely arranged with first lateral retainer Keeper.The first end of the container door end 5 and the second end are respectively by first lateral retainer and second transverse direction Keeper clamps, and the inceptive positioning device 7 is between first lateral retainer and second lateral retainer.
Fig. 3 is referred to, in a preferred embodiment, the inceptive positioning device 7 includes:Hydraulicefficiency elevation structure 9, it is described The lifting moving on the vertical direction is realized by the hydraulicefficiency elevation structure 9 in door end.Preferably, the initial alignment dress Putting 7 also includes:Door end detent mechanism 13, for the door end 5 of the container to be positioned into horizontal positioned state.
Further, the inceptive positioning device 7 also includes:First drive cylinder 10 is with delivery positioning trolley 12 and directly Line round guide 11, first drive cylinder 10, which drives, carries the delivery positioning trolley 12 at the door end 5 along described straight Line round guide 11 moves.Delivery positioning trolley 12 is located at the top of straight line round guide 11, and door is set above delivery positioning trolley 12 Hold the drive cylinder 10 of detent mechanism 13 and first.The delivery positioning trolley 12 includes multiple hollow outs, and be integrally square door-sheet.
Further, the inceptive positioning device 7 also includes:First positioning limit deflector roll 14, leads located at straight line circle One end of rail 11, the delivery positioning trolley 12 are moved to just first specified location corresponding to positioning limit deflector roll 14 When complete just position.
Fig. 4, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are referred to, in a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the horizontal positioning device 6 Including:First lateral retainer is connected with second lateral retainer by a connection piece, in I-shaped.First is horizontal Laterally driven cylinder 15 is respectively equipped with to keeper and the second lateral retainer, for driving rear end 5 to make horizontal stroke in the horizontal direction To movement.
In a preferred embodiment, first lateral retainer is provided with one first side guide-localization presser feet 17 and described Second lateral retainer is provided with one second side guide-localization presser feet, and the first side guide-localization presser feet 17 is led with second side It is oppositely arranged to positioning presser feet.
In a preferred embodiment, first lateral retainer is additionally provided with one first vertical positioning presser feet, and described the One vertical positioning presser feet is mutually perpendicular to the first side guide-localization presser feet;Second lateral retainer is additionally provided with one second Vertical positioning presser feet 18, the described second vertical positioning presser feet 18 are mutually perpendicular to the second side guide-localization presser feet, and with institute The first vertical positioning presser feet is stated to be oppositely arranged.
In a preferred embodiment, the horizontal positioning device also includes:Container box changes locating part, for turning The container realization for changing different height is changed the line of production.It is preferred that the container box change locating part into container box change it is spacing Block 19.Container box conversion limited block 19 carries out action switching to high case, standard packing box, is described as follows:
Dry cargo container minute mark case and high case, standard packing box front height size are 2591mm, and high case front height size is 2896mm, it is frequently necessary to be changed the line of production at any time high case/standard packing box according to order situation in Production Container industry, due to container high case Door end (rear end) is different from standard packing box door end (rear end) length, and inceptive positioning device, the horizontal positioning device of container door end need to make Flexibility adjustment, the one side at a typically end 5 is fixed reference in the manufacturing technology of conventional container door end, and integrated regulation switches The detent mechanism of another side, the workload that has the shortcomings that to change the line of production is big, time and effort consuming, the changing the line of production using innovation in the utility model Mode:
With container box conversion limited block 19 on every group of horizontal positioning device 6, on the mounting bracket of horizontal positioning device 6 There are two groups of screwed holes A, B respectively, standard packing box rear end 5 corresponding to screwed hole A produces station-keeping mode and is:Container box is changed spacing Block 19, which moves to location A clamping screw, can complete standard packing box rear end and change the line of production, and high box back 5 produces station-keeping mode corresponding to screwed hole B For:Container box conversion limited block 19 is moved to B location clamping screw and can complete high box back and is changed the line of production, be i.e. high case and standard packing box Rear end, which is changed the line of production, need to only move container box conversion limited block 19 152mm, container box conversion of the present utility model Limited block 19 can be switched fast high case and be changed the line of production with standard packing box rear end, simple in construction, convenient and efficient of changing the line of production.
In the particular embodiment, above-mentioned container door end welding system also includes:Clear rifle wire shearing machine structure 8.Due to packaging It is larger that chamber door end 5 conveys off-position error on whole section of door end chain (roller chain), by inceptive positioning device 7 that door end is overall Men Duan is pushed into just by lifting vertically upward, the delivery positioning trolley 12 that the first drive cylinder 10 is stretched out on driving straight line round guide 11 Positioning limit deflector roll 14, now complete door end and position for the first time, 4 groups of laterally driven cylinders 15, which are stretched out, drives corresponding first side to lead It is to positioning presser feet 17, the second side guide-localization presser feet, the first vertical positioning presser feet, the second vertical positioning presser feet 18 that door end is overall Support is flat, compression is accurately positioned, that is, completes the positioning of door end and has reached welding positioning datum needed for welding robot 3.Bonding machine afterwards Device people 3 performs welding procedure, completes 4 flaps on an end 5 by welding robot 3, the full weld of 4 locks works.Bonding machine After the completion of device people 3 welds, laterally driven cylinder 15 drives above-mentioned first side guide-localization presser feet 17, the second side guide-localization pressure Pin, the first vertical positioning presser feet, the second vertical positioning presser feet 18 are retracted, and it is defeated that door end is integrally dropped back into an end by inceptive positioning device 7 Send on chain (roller chain), door end chain (roller chain) driving gate end is delivered to next station, so far container door end 4 flaps, 4 lock welding jobs have completed.Thus container door end welding auxiliary locator of the present utility model Solve the problems, such as that end off-position on door end chain (roller chain) is forbidden to lead to not be accurately positioned, realize that door end is automatic Change is accurately positioned, and can conveniently and efficiently be carried out an end high case/standard packing box and be switched fast and change the line of production, and ensure that welding robot 3 welds Flap, the lock at door end, the operation of human weld flap, lock is substituted with welding robot 3, improves manual work ring Border, labour is discharged, improve dry cargo container welding quality, reduce human cost.
Because door end corner post is differential pressure stroke 4mm thickness single steel plates, door end corner post is larger in being used on conveying roller chain Power is pushed directly on as rigid friction, can cause end corner post abrasion, a deformation, influences the welding quality of container door end 5.This practicality It is new to efficiently solve above mentioned problem, realize container door end 5 and be accurately positioned and flap, lock automatic welding.Specifically The course of work is as follows:
Rear end 5 is delivered to former hinge, lock welding bench position, into the working range of inceptive positioning device 7, initial alignment dress Hydraulicefficiency elevation structure 9 receives control signal rising in putting 7, by the overall in the vertical direction lifting in rear end 5, rises to located lateral dress Put in 6 orientation range, door end detent mechanism 13 is by the door-plate support of rear end 5 to level in the uphill process of hydraulicefficiency elevation structure 9 State, the first drive cylinder 10 of inceptive positioning device 7 stretch out, and the transfer positioning trolley 12 of driving carrying rear end 5 is justified along straight line Guide rail 11 pushes away forward, and to first positioning limit deflector roll 14, so far rear end 5 completes just to position.
Horizontal positioning device 6 detects whether rear end 5 enters in orientation range, and when entering in orientation range, 4 groups are laterally driven The cylinder 15 of taking offence is synchronous to be stretched out, and now the first side guide-localization presser feet 17 vertically positions presser feet along HGH line slideways slowly with first Four corner fittings of correcting rear end 5, the overall correcting support in rear end 5 is put down and is accurately positioned, four be fixed on gantry stand 2 set welding Robot 3 receives signal and starts to complete the full weld work of four flaps and four sets of locks, and welding robot 3 is completed to weld Work and complete the work such as welding gun wire shearing machine spray welding slag preventing, sling liquid after the clear rifle wire shearing machine structure 8 on the angle of rear end 5 four, Now 4 groups of laterally driven cylinders 15 are synchronous is retracted, and rear end 5 is fallen within the delivery positioning trolley 12 of inceptive positioning device 7, initial fixed Hydraulicefficiency elevation structure 9 receives signal decline in the device 7 of position, and rear end 5 is dropped down onto on an end chain (roller chain), the conveying of door end Chain reception signal starts is delivered to next station by rear end 5, and so far packaging box back hinge, lock automatic welding are all complete Into.
Preferred embodiment of the present utility model is these are only, is not limited to the utility model, for ability For the technical staff in domain, the utility model can have various modifications and variations.It is all the spirit and principles of the utility model it It is interior, any modification, equivalent substitution and improvements made etc., it should be included within the scope of protection of the utility model.

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1. a kind of container door end welds auxiliary positioning equipment, the hinge and lock for locating container door end are in welding Position, it is characterised in that the container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment includes:Inceptive positioning device fills with located lateral Put, the inceptive positioning device is used to container door end in the vertical direction being moved to one first specified location, the transverse direction Positioner is used to the container door end being moved to one second specific bit from first specified location in the horizontal direction Put, welding the hinge and lock, the horizontal positioning device in second specified location includes:First lateral retainer and The second lateral retainer being oppositely arranged with first lateral retainer, the first end of the container door end and the second end point Do not clamped by first lateral retainer and second lateral retainer, the inceptive positioning device is horizontal positioned at described first To between keeper and second lateral retainer.
2. container door end as claimed in claim 1 welds auxiliary positioning equipment, it is characterised in that the inceptive positioning device Including:The lifting moving on the vertical direction is realized in hydraulicefficiency elevation structure, the door end by the hydraulicefficiency elevation structure.
3. container door end as claimed in claim 2 welds auxiliary positioning equipment, it is characterised in that the inceptive positioning device Also include:Door end detent mechanism, for the Men Duan of the container to be positioned into horizontal positioned state.
4. container door end as claimed in claim 3 welds auxiliary positioning equipment, it is characterised in that the inceptive positioning device Also include:First drive cylinder and delivery positioning trolley and straight line round guide, the first drive cylinder driving carrying is A delivery positioning trolley at end is stated to move along the straight line round guide.
5. container door end as claimed in claim 4 welds auxiliary positioning equipment, it is characterised in that the inceptive positioning device Also include:First positioning limit deflector roll, located at one end of the straight line round guide, it is described just fixed that the delivery positioning trolley is moved to Complete just to position during first specified location corresponding to the spacing deflector roll in position.
6. the container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment as described in any one of claim 1 to 5, it is characterised in that the horizontal stroke Include to positioner:First lateral retainer is connected with second lateral retainer by a connection piece.
7. container door end as claimed in claim 6 welds auxiliary positioning equipment, it is characterised in that first located lateral Part is provided with one first side guide-localization presser feet and second lateral retainer and is provided with one second side guide-localization presser feet, and described the Side guide-localization presser feet is oppositely arranged with the second side guide-localization presser feet.
8. container door end as claimed in claim 7 welds auxiliary positioning equipment, it is characterised in that first located lateral Part is additionally provided with one first vertical positioning presser feet, and the described first vertical positioning presser feet mutually hangs down with the first side guide-localization presser feet Directly;Second lateral retainer is additionally provided with one second vertical positioning presser feet, the described second vertical positioning presser feet and described second Side guide-localization presser feet is mutually perpendicular to, and is oppositely arranged with the described first vertical positioning presser feet.
9. container door end as claimed in claim 6 welds auxiliary positioning equipment, it is characterised in that the horizontal positioning device Also include:
Container box changes locating part, and the container for changing different height, which is realized, changes the line of production.
10. a kind of container door end welding system, it is characterised in that the container door end welding system includes:For transmitting The door end chain of the container door end, the welding robot of the hinge for welding the container door end and lock, Gantry stand and container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment, wherein, the container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment is Container door end welding auxiliary positioning equipment described in any one of claim 1 to 9.
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