CN209192454U - A kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machines, including operating platform, the upper surface of the operating platform is provided with bakelite guide plate, and the top of operating platform is provided with two axis robots close to the rear of bakelite guide plate, the upper surface of the operating platform is provided with connecting plate close to the side of two axis robots, and the upper surface of operating platform is provided with close to the rear of two axis robots and takes labels labeller, the rear for taking labels labeller is connected with fixed plate, the upper surface of the bakelite guide plate is provided with packing box, and the side of bakelite guide plate is connected with backgauge cylinder, the other side of the bakelite guide plate is connected with positioning cylinder, vacuum chuck is provided with above the packing box, the top of the vacuum chuck is connected with crawl arm.The utility model drives packing box to be moved on belt, effectively reduces manual operation by setting bakelite guide plate, crawl arm and vacuum chuck, crawl arm by vacuum chuck.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to various square box products to label field, specially a kind of full-automatic box corner Sealing piece
Mark machine.
Background technique
The extensive use of label and the continuous development of label kind have naturally pushed the hair of label print: technology
Exhibition, product require that the dismounting mouth to packing box seals mouth label after it will be packed into packing box after packaging.
But it is all that label is attached on packing box with hand by staff that existing sealing label, which attaches mode, this
The labeling mode of sample increases artificial output, and the accuracy for increasing the cost of manpower and material resources, and manually labelling is not very
Certain variation can also occur for height, the position of labeling, and the effect precisely labelled is not achieved.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machines, to solve above-mentioned background skill
The problem of being proposed in art.
To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling
Machine, including operating platform, the upper surface of the operating platform is provided with bakelite guide plate, and the top of operating platform is close to bakelite
The rear of guide plate is provided with two axis robots, and the upper surface of the operating platform is provided with company close to the side of two axis robots
Fishplate bar, and the upper surface of operating platform is provided with close to the rear of two axis robots and takes labels labeller, the labels labeller that takes
Rear is connected with fixed plate, and the upper surface of the bakelite guide plate is provided with packing box, and the side of bakelite guide plate is connected with
Backgauge cylinder, the other side of the bakelite guide plate are connected with positioning cylinder, are provided with vacuum chuck above the packing box,
The top of the vacuum chuck is connected with crawl arm, and the rear surface of the fixed plate is connected with subscript portion motor, and fixed plate
Rear surface is provided with blanking turnover block below subscript portion motor, and the front surface of the fixed plate is connected with pressure mark roller bearing,
And the front surface of fixed plate is equipped with top cylinder close to the side of pressure mark roller bearing, the front surface of the fixed plate is close to upper end gas
The other side of cylinder is equipped with de- target, and the front surface of fixed plate is connected with rolling mark far from the side of top cylinder close to de- target
Machine, the front surface of the fixed plate smooths plate close to taking the rear of labels labeller to be equipped with pressure mark, after the blanking turnover block
Surface is connected with export plate, and the rear surface of blanking turnover block is equipped with index dial, the connecting plate above export plate
Side be connected with and manually adjust handle, and the side of connecting plate is equipped with left hand cylinder close to the rear for manually adjusting handle,
The other side of the connecting plate is equipped with servo motor, and the other side of connecting plate is equipped with right side close to the rear of servo motor
Cylinder, belt is provided on the inside of the connecting plate, and the rear surface of the connecting plate is connected with positioning gear on the inside of belt
Expect cylinder, the outer surface for manually adjusting handle is connected with fixed disk, and the inner wall of the belt is connected with rotating disc.
Preferably, subscript portion motor and pressure mark roller bearing are rotatablely connected by shaft, and subscript portion motor and fixed plate
It is connected by fixed link.
Preferably, the quantity of the vacuum chuck is two, and two vacuum chucks are connect with connecting plate by rotating disc.
Preferably, the quantity of the belt is two, and two belts are symmetrical along the longitudinal central axis line of connecting plate.
Preferably, the outer surface for manually adjusting handle is provided with external screw thread, and the inner wall of the fixed disk is provided with interior
Screw thread, and fixed disk passes through the internal screw thread of fixed disk inner wall and the external screw thread for manually adjusting handle outer surface with handle is manually adjusted
Connection, bottom end and the operating platform of the fixed disk are bolted.
Preferably, it is 180 degree that the index dial, which drives the angle of blanking turnover block rotation, the servo motor and
Belt is connected by turn disc.
Preferably, the quantity of the connecting plate is two, and the connecting plate being connected with the fixed disk passes through sliding slot and sliding block
It is slidably connected with operating platform.
Preferably, two axis robot is divided into X-axis and Y-axis, and two axis robot is connect with crawl arm by X-axis.
Preferably, the bottom end of the operating platform is provided with rubber pad, and the level angle of operating platform and export plate is
15 degree.
Compared with prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that the utility model is by being arranged bakelite guide plate, grabbing
Arm and vacuum chuck are taken, crawl arm drives packing box to be moved on belt, effectively reduces manual operation by vacuum chuck,
After label-sticking band is sent to the de- mark of de- target by pressure mark roller bearing, labels labeller is taken to pass through control subscript portion motor again label is mobile
It carries out taking mark at cursor position to taking, moves again to the side that the lower half portion of label is attached to packing box by labeling position, then by pressing
Mark smooths plate and smooths label top half in the upper surface of packing box, to carry out corner sealing and labelling, realizes automatic patch
Packing box overturning after the completion of labeling, then by index dial is placed into second operation work station for 180 ° by target process.In whole process
Reduce feeding, take labeling tag, the person works of three workshop sections of blanking, and man efficiency is about 400pcs/H/ people, equipment
To 1200pcs/H, one equipment of COMPREHENSIVE CALCULATING completes the workload for being equivalent to four people, greatly reduces people improved efficiency
Power material resources cost, improves production efficiency, to greatly reduce production cost, while equipment uses servo motor and guide rail
Transmission improves the accurate precision of labeling position and the consistency of labeling.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the utility model；
Fig. 2 is the enlarged drawing at the utility model A；
Fig. 3 is the scheme of installation of the utility model belt；
Fig. 4 is the scheme of installation that the utility model rolls mark machine.
In figure: 1, operating platform；2, packing box；3, vacuum chuck；4, two axis robot；5, connecting plate；6, labeling mark is taken
Machine；7, fixed plate；8, plate is exported；9, blanking turnover block；10, bakelite guide plate；11, backgauge cylinder；12, positioning cylinder；13, hand
Dynamic regulation handle；14, servo motor；15, right cylinder；16, left hand cylinder；17, backgauge cylinder is positioned；18, belt；19, on
Hold cylinder；20, mark machine is rolled；21, target is taken off；22, pressure mark smooths plate；23, subscript portion motor；24, pressure mark roller bearing；25, crawl arm；
26, index dial；27, rotating disc；28, fixed disk.
Specific embodiment
The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, carries out the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model
Clearly and completely describe, it is clear that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than whole
Embodiment.Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are without making creative work
Every other embodiment obtained, fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
Please refer to Fig. 1-4, a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine embodiment provided by the utility model: Yi Zhongquan
Automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine, including operating platform 1, the upper surface of operating platform 1 is provided with bakelite guide plate 10, and grasps
The top for making platform 1 is provided with two axis robots 4 close to the rear of bakelite guide plate 10, and the upper surface of operating platform 1 is close to two
The side of axis robot 4 is provided with connecting plate 5, and the upper surface of operating platform 1 is provided with close to the rear of two axis robots 4 and takes
Labels labeller 6 takes the rear of labels labeller 6 to be connected with fixed plate 7, and the upper surface of bakelite guide plate 10 is provided with packing box 2, and
The side of bakelite guide plate 10 is connected with backgauge cylinder 11, and the other side of bakelite guide plate 10 is connected with positioning cylinder 12, packaging
The top of box 2 is provided with vacuum chuck 3, and the top of vacuum chuck 3 is connected with crawl arm 25, and the rear surface of fixed plate 7 is connected with
Subscript portion motor 28, and the rear surface of fixed plate 7 is provided with blanking turnover block 9, fixed plate 7 close to the lower section of subscript portion motor 28
Front surface be connected with pressure mark roller bearing 24, and fixed plate 7 front surface close to pressure mark roller bearing 24 side top cylinder is installed
19, the front surface of fixed plate 7 is equipped with de- target 21 close to the other side of top cylinder 19, and the front surface of fixed plate 7 is close
De- target 21 is connected with rolling mark machine 20 far from the side of top cylinder 19, and the front surface of fixed plate 7 is after taking labels labeller 6
Side is equipped with pressure mark and smooths plate 22, and the rear surface of blanking turnover block 9 is connected with export plate 8, and the rear surface of blanking turnover block 9 is leaned on
The top of nearly export plate 8 is equipped with index dial 26, and the side of connecting plate 5, which is connected with, manually adjusts handle 13, and the one of connecting plate 5
Side is equipped with left hand cylinder 16 close to the rear for manually adjusting handle 13, and the other side of connecting plate 5 is equipped with servo motor 14, and
The other side of connecting plate 5 is equipped with right cylinder 15 close to the rear of servo motor 14, and the inside of connecting plate 5 is provided with belt
18, the rear surface of connecting plate 5 is connected with positioning backgauge cylinder 17 close to the inside of belt 18, manually adjusts the outer surface of handle 13
It is connected with fixed disk 28, the inner wall of belt 18 is connected with rotating disc 27.
The full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine: when belt 18 transports different size of packing box 2, pass through
Rotary manual regulation handle 13 makes to manually adjust handle 13 in the inner wall rotation of fixed disk 28, manually adjusts 13 band of handle at this time
Dynamic to slide close to the connecting plate 5 for manually adjusting 13 side of handle in the top of operating platform 1, connecting plate 5 passes through 27 band of rotating disc
Dynamic belt 18 is mobile, can change the spacing between two belts 18 with this, belt 18 can be made to drive different size of packaging
Box 2 is transmitted.
Please emphatically refering to fig. 1: the quantity of vacuum chuck 3 be two, and two vacuum chucks 3 are along the longitudinal direction of crawl arm 25
Axisymmetrical is convenient for vacuum chuck 3 side West two packing box 2；Two axis robots 4 are divided for X-axis and Y-axis, two axis robots 4
It is connect with crawl arm 25 by X-axis, drives crawl arm 25 to move in the horizontal direction convenient for the X-axis in two axis robots 4；Operation
The bottom end of platform 1 is provided with rubber pad, convenient for increasing the frictional force between operating platform 1 and ground by rubber pad, and operates
The level angle of platform 1 and export plate 8 is 15 degree, exports the packing box 2 that patch is completed convenient for export plate 8.
Please focus on refering to Fig. 3: the quantity of belt 18 is two, and two belts 18 are connected with connecting plate 5 by rotating disc 27
It connects, the inside of connecting plate 5 is mounted on convenient for belt 18；The outer surface for manually adjusting handle 13 is provided with external screw thread, fixed disk 28
Inner wall be provided with internal screw thread, and fixed disk 28 with manually adjust handle 13 and adjusted by the internal screw thread of 28 inner wall of fixed disk and manually
The external screw thread connection of 13 outer surface of handle is saved, is rotated convenient for manually adjusting handle 13 in the inner wall of fixed disk 28, fixed disk 28
Bottom end is bolted with operating platform 1, and the top of operating platform 1 is fixed on convenient for fixed disk 28；The quantity of connecting plate 5 is
Two, the connecting plate 5 being connected with fixed disk 28 is slidably connected by sliding slot with sliding block and operating platform 1, convenient for by adjusting two
The distance between a connecting plate 5 adjusts the distance between two belts 18 to reach.
Please focus on refering to Fig. 4: subscript portion motor 23 and pressure mark roller bearing 24 are rotatablely connected by shaft, are convenient for subscript portion motor
23 are rotated by shaft band dynamic pressure mark roller bearing 24, and subscript portion motor 23 is connect with fixed plate 7 by fixed link, and subscript portion is convenient for
Motor 23 is mounted on the rear surface of fixed plate 7.
Please emphatically refering to fig. 1 with Fig. 3: index dial 26 drive blanking turnover block 9 rotate angle be 180 degree, be convenient for
Packing box is quickly transferred to subsequent processing by blanking turnover block 9, and servo motor 14 is rotatablely connected with belt 18 by rotating disc 27, just
Belt rotation is driven by belt 18 and rotating disc 27 in servo motor 14.
Working principle: firstly, when being conveyed using the device to packing box 2, bakelite guide plate 10 drives packing box 2
Mobile to the bottom end of vacuum chuck 3, packing box 2 on bakelite guide plate 10 when moving, backgauge cylinder 11 and 12 phase of positioning cylinder
Mutually cooperation, may be implemented the positioning to packing box 2, while stopping influence of the subsequent supplied materials to feeding, is moved to very in packing box 2
Behind 3 bottom end of suction disk, crawl arm 25 drives vacuum chuck 3 mobile to the top of packing box 2, until the bottom end of vacuum chuck 3 with
The top of packing box 2 fits closely, and crawl arm 25 drives packing box 2 to move up by vacuum chuck 3, while two axis robots
X-axis on 4 drives crawl arm 25 to move in the horizontal direction, until crawl arm 25 drives packing box 2 mobile by vacuum chuck 3
To belt 18；Then, after packing box 2 is contacted with the upper surface of belt 18, servo motor 14 passes through shaft and rotating disc 27
Drive belt 18 to rotate, belt 18 drives packing box 2 mobile to the bottom end of top cylinder 19, during this process right cylinder 15,
Left hand cylinder 16 and positioning backgauge cylinder 17 cooperate, and the positioning to packaging box may be implemented, while stopping subsequent supplied materials
Influence to feeding, behind the bottom end that packing box 2 is moved to top cylinder 19, pressure mark roller bearing 24 is compacted label paper, comforts
Translation is made, until label is moved on de- target 21, using the taper and expanding force of de- target 21, label is taken off from base stock
From when de- target 21 is detached from the position of about 1/2-2/3 to label, the de- mark movement of stopping, rolling mark machine 20 is moved to de- target 21
Front side designated position and adsorption plate label is sucked, and move down, label is completely out from base stock, be then moved to
Designated position, left hand cylinder 16 and top cylinder 19 cooperate, and packing box is positioned and is fixed, and is flattened, and it is mobile then to roll mark machine 20
It is flattened on the right side that box need to seal by the 1/2 of the lower section of label, remaining upper section 1/2 is rolled by the pressure mark release of roller bearing 24
Sealing and labelling movement is completed in upper surface；Finally, after the completion of labeling, left hand cylinder 16, positioning backgauge cylinder 17 and top cylinder
19 retract, and packing box is mobile to back segment with assembly line, and when arriving designated position, index dial 26 drives blanking turnover block 9 that will label
At packing box 2 overturn 180 ° be placed into the next step station.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and
And without departing substantially from the spirit or essential attributes of the utility model, it can realize that this is practical new in other specific forms
Type.Therefore, in all respects, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, this is practical new
The range of type is indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, it is intended that containing for the equivalent requirements of the claims will be fallen in
All changes in justice and range are embraced therein.It should not treat any reference in the claims as limiting
Related claim.
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1. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine, including operating platform (1), it is characterised in that: the operating platform (1)
Upper surface be provided with bakelite guide plate (10), and the top of operating platform (1) close to bakelite guide plate (10) rear be arranged
Have two axis robots (4), the upper surface of the operating platform (1) is provided with connecting plate close to the side of two axis robots (4)
(5), and the upper surface of operating platform (1) is provided with close to the rear of two axis robots (4) and takes labels labeller (6), described to take mark
The rear of labelling machine (6) is connected with fixed plate (7), and the upper surface of the bakelite guide plate (10) is provided with packing box (2), and electricity
The side of the wooden guide plate (10) is connected with backgauge cylinder (11), and the other side of the bakelite guide plate (10) is connected with positioning cylinder
(12), it is provided with vacuum chuck (3) above the packing box (2), the top of the vacuum chuck (3) is connected with crawl arm
(25), the rear surface of the fixed plate (7) is connected with subscript portion motor (23), and the rear surface of fixed plate (7) is close to subscript portion
It being provided with below motor (23) blanking turnover block (9), the front surface of the fixed plate (7) is connected with pressure mark roller bearing (24), and
The front surface of fixed plate (7) is equipped with top cylinder (19) close to the side of pressure mark roller bearing (24), the preceding table of the fixed plate (7)
Face is equipped with de- target (21) close to the other side of top cylinder (19), and the front surface of fixed plate (7) is close to de- target (21)
Side far from top cylinder (19) is connected with rolling mark machine (20), and the front surface of the fixed plate (7) is close to take labels labeller (6)
Rear pressure mark be installed smooth plate (22), the rear surface of the blanking turnover block (9) is connected with export plate (8), and blanking is turned over
The rear surface of switch block (9) is equipped with index dial (26) above export plate (8), and the side of the connecting plate (5) is connected with
It manually adjusts handle (13), and the side of connecting plate (5) is equipped with left hand cylinder close to the rear for manually adjusting handle (13)
(16), the other side of the connecting plate (5) is equipped with servo motor (14), and the other side of connecting plate (5) is close to servo motor
(14) rear is equipped with right cylinder (15), is provided with belt (18) on the inside of the connecting plate (5), the connecting plate (5)
Rear surface be connected on the inside of belt (18) positioning backgauge cylinder (17), the outer surface for manually adjusting handle (13)
It is connected with fixed disk (28), the inner wall of the belt (18) is connected with rotating disc (27).
2. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the subscript portion electricity
Machine (23) and pressure mark roller bearing (24) are rotatablely connected by shaft, and subscript portion motor (23) and fixed plate (7) are connected by fixed link
It connects.
3. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the vacuum chuck
(3) quantity is two, and two vacuum chucks (3) are connect with connecting plate (5) by rotating disc (27).
4. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the belt (18)
Quantity be two, and two belts (18) are symmetrical along the longitudinal central axis line of connecting plate (5).
5. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: described to manually adjust
The outer surface of handle (13) is provided with external screw thread, and the inner wall of the fixed disk (28) is provided with internal screw thread, and fixed disk (28) with
Handle (13) are manually adjusted to connect by the internal screw thread of fixed disk (28) inner wall with the external screw thread for manually adjusting handle (13) outer surface
It connects, bottom end and the operating platform (1) of the fixed disk (28) are bolted.
6. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the index dial
(26) angle for driving blanking turnover block (9) rotation is 180 degree, and the servo motor (14) and belt (18) are by turning
Moving plate (27) rotation connection.
7. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the connecting plate
(5) quantity is two, and the connecting plate (5) being connected with the fixed disk (28) is sliding by sliding slot and sliding block and operating platform (1)
Dynamic connection.
8. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: two shaft mechanical
Hand (4) is divided into X-axis and Y-axis, and two axis robot (4) is connect with crawl arm (25) by X-axis.
9. a kind of full-automatic box corner sealing and labelling machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the operating platform
(1) bottom end is provided with rubber pad, and operating platform (1) and the level angle of export plate (8) are 15 degree.
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