CN210313379U - Explosion-proof AGV car - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an explosion-proof AGV car, include automobile body mechanism and move and carry mechanism. Specifically, the transfer mechanism comprises a fork, a lifting mechanism, a bearing platform and a bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism. The pallet fork is used for stacking the goods. The lifting mechanism is arranged on the vehicle body mechanism, the bearing platform is arranged on the lifting mechanism, the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism is arranged on the bearing platform, the lifting mechanism is used for achieving the up-down lifting of the bearing platform, and the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism is used for achieving the horizontal bidirectional carrying of goods. The explosion-proof AGV car that this scheme provided not only can realize the oscilaltion of goods, can realize the two-way transport of level of goods moreover, for only can realize the mode of folk prescription to stack goods among the prior art, improved the stacking efficiency of the goods of explosion-proof AGV car.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a bunching device technical field, in particular to explosion-proof AGV car.
Background
An explosion-proof AGV (automated Guided vehicle) is an unmanned industrial vehicle which has automatic guiding and stacking functions and is suitable for an explosive gas environment. Explosion-proof AGV piling car is used in long and narrow stereoscopic warehouse.
Explosion-proof AGV car among the prior art only can carry out the goods stack of unilateral, can't realize the two-way stack of goods, leads to explosion-proof AGV car's goods stack inefficiency.
Therefore, how to realize the bidirectional stacking of the explosion-proof AGV vehicle to improve the goods stacking efficiency of the explosion-proof AGV vehicle becomes a technical problem to be solved urgently by technical personnel in the field.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of this, the utility model provides an explosion-proof AGV car to realize the two-way stack of explosion-proof AGV car, improve the goods stack efficiency of explosion-proof AGV car.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
an explosion-proof AGV comprises a vehicle body mechanism and a transfer mechanism,
the transfer mechanism includes:
a pallet fork;
the lifting mechanism is mounted on the vehicle body mechanism;
the bearing platform is connected with the lifting mechanism;
the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism is installed on the bearing platform, and the fork is installed on the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism.
Preferably, in the above-described explosion-proof AGV vehicle, the lifting mechanism includes:
a slider;
the sliding blocks are mounted on the vertical guide rails, and the number of the vertical guide rails is two, and the two vertical guide rails are respectively positioned on two sides of the bearing platform;
the mounting panel, one side of mounting panel be provided with the connecting plate that the slider is connected, the opposite side of mounting panel is provided with the bolt, the bolt with load-bearing platform pegs graft, just be provided with on the mounting panel with the bolt hole that load-bearing platform connects.
Preferably, in above-mentioned explosion-proof AGV car, load-bearing platform's up end sets up two-way horizontal migration mechanism, load-bearing platform's lower terminal surface sets up the strengthening rib.
Preferably, in the above-mentioned explosion-proof AGV vehicle, the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism includes a motor, a connecting shaft, a sprocket wheel assembly and a telescopic guide rail,
the number of the telescopic guide rails is two and the telescopic guide rails are arranged in parallel relatively,
two ends of the connecting shaft are provided with first gears, and one end of the connecting shaft is in transmission connection with the motor through a chain;
the telescopic guide rail comprises:
the pallet fork is arranged on the first guide rail, and a rack is arranged on the first guide rail;
the second guide rail is in sliding fit with the first guide rail, and two ends of the second guide rail are respectively provided with a second gear meshed with the rack;
the third guide rail is connected with the bearing platform, a plurality of third gears which are meshed with each other are arranged on the third guide rail, the third gears are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the third guide rail, and the third gears which are arranged at the end parts of the third guide rail are meshed with the first gears.
Preferably, the explosion-proof AGV further comprises four support wheel assemblies arranged at the lower end of the vehicle body mechanism, the four support wheel assemblies are symmetrically distributed at the front end and the rear end of the vehicle body mechanism,
the support wheel assembly includes:
a roller;
and the cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected with the vehicle body mechanism, and the hydraulic rod of the hydraulic cylinder is connected with the roller.
Preferably, in above-mentioned explosion-proof AGV car, the drive steering mechanism that the body mechanism lower extreme set up includes damper assembly, damper assembly includes:
the upper end of the damping spring is connected with the vehicle body mechanism, and the lower end of the damping spring is connected with the driving steering mechanism;
the upper end of the hydraulic shock absorber is connected with the vehicle body mechanism, and the lower end of the hydraulic shock absorber is connected with the driving steering mechanism.
According to the technical scheme, the utility model provides an explosion-proof AGV car, include automobile body mechanism and move and carry the mechanism. Specifically, the transfer mechanism comprises a fork, a lifting mechanism, a bearing platform and a bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism. The pallet fork is used for stacking the goods. The lifting mechanism is arranged on the vehicle body mechanism, the bearing platform is arranged on the lifting mechanism, the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism is arranged on the bearing platform, the lifting mechanism is used for achieving the up-down lifting of the bearing platform, and the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism is used for achieving the horizontal bidirectional carrying of goods. The explosion-proof AGV car that this scheme provided not only can realize the oscilaltion of goods, can realize the two-way transport of level of goods moreover, for only can realize the mode of folk prescription to stack goods among the prior art, improved the stacking efficiency of the goods of explosion-proof AGV car.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an explosion-proof AGV according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of an explosion-proof AGV provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a top view of an explosion-proof AGV provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a lifting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a support wheel assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a shock-absorbing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a left side view of a shock absorbing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein,
1. the device comprises a vehicle body mechanism, 2, a transfer mechanism, 21, a lifting mechanism, 211, a sliding block, 212, a vertical guide rail, 213, a mounting plate, 22, a bearing platform, 23, a bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism, 231, a motor, 232, a connecting shaft, 233, a telescopic guide rail, 2331, a first guide rail, 2332, a second guide rail, 2333, a supporting wheel assembly, 31, a roller, 32, a hydraulic cylinder, 4, a damping assembly, 41, a damping spring, 42 and a hydraulic damper.
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The utility model discloses an explosion-proof AGV car to realize the two-way stack of explosion-proof AGV car, improve the goods stack efficiency of explosion-proof AGV car.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
The utility model discloses an explosion-proof AGV car, include automobile body mechanism 1, move and carry mechanism 2, drive a steering system, navigation, on-vehicle control system and safety protection system.
The navigation system is arranged at the bottom of the vehicle body mechanism 1 and provides a motion track for the vehicle body mechanism 1;
the vehicle-mounted control system can receive signals and send the signals to a storage management system to which the explosion-proof AGV belongs, and can also control the functions of omnidirectional steering, walking, lifting, transferring, obstacle avoidance and the like of the AGV;
the driving steering system consists of four driving steering units, the driving steering units are distributed at four corners of the vehicle body mechanism 1, the driving steering units have independent steering and driving functions, and the driving steering system is used for realizing the omnidirectional running of the vehicle;
the safety protection system is used for realizing the functions of obstacle avoidance, sensing and the like when the vehicle body mechanism 1 walks.
This scheme mainly relates to the improvement to automobile body mechanism 1 and move and carry mechanism 2.
Specifically, the transfer mechanism 2 includes a fork, a lifting mechanism 21, a carrying platform 22, and a bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism 23.
The pallet fork is used for stacking the goods.
The lifting mechanism 21 is installed on the vehicle body mechanism 1, the bearing platform 22 is installed on the lifting mechanism 21, the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism 23 is installed on the bearing platform 22, the lifting mechanism 21 is used for achieving up-down lifting of the bearing platform 22, and the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism 23 is used for achieving horizontal bidirectional carrying of goods. The explosion-proof AGV car that this scheme provided not only can realize the oscilaltion of goods, can realize the two-way transport of level of goods moreover, for only can realize the mode of folk prescription to stack goods among the prior art, improved the stack efficiency of explosion-proof AGV car to the goods.
In one embodiment of the present solution, the lifting mechanism 21 includes a slider 211, a vertical guide rail 212, and a mounting plate 213.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the two sides of the vertical rail 212 are provided with slide ways, the slide ways of the vertical rail 212 are slidably matched with the sliding blocks 211, and two sliding blocks 211 need to be arranged on a single vertical rail 212.
In a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of the vertical guide rails 212 is two, and correspondingly, the number of the sliding blocks 211 is four.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, two vertical guide rails 212 are respectively located at two sides of the loading platform 22, so as to stably support the two sides of the loading platform 22.
The lifting mechanism 21 further comprises an installation plate 213, one side of the installation plate 213 is provided with a connection plate connected with the sliding block 211, the connection plate is perpendicular to the installation plate 213, and the distance between the two connection plates is equal to the width of the vertical guide rail 212; the other side of mounting plate 213 is provided with the bolt, and the bolt is pegged graft with load-bearing platform 22, and is provided with the bolt hole of being connected with load-bearing platform on the mounting plate 213. Preferably, the bolt holes are elongated bolt holes, and the elongated bolt holes are horizontally arranged elongated bolt holes.
In order to reduce the mass of the explosion-proof AGV, a lightening hole is formed in the mounting plate 213.
In a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, a bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism 23 is disposed on an upper end surface of the bearing platform 22, and a reinforcing rib is disposed on a lower end surface of the bearing platform 22.
The design of the stiffener ribs enhances the strength of the load-bearing platform 22. As shown in fig. 3, the reinforcing bars include a first reinforcing bar disposed along the width direction of the loading platform 22 and a second reinforcing bar disposed along the length direction of the loading platform 22.
As shown in fig. 5, in one embodiment of the present solution, the bidirectional horizontal movement mechanism 23 includes a motor 231, a connection shaft 232, a sprocket assembly, and a telescopic rail 233.
The number of the telescopic rails 233 is two, and the two telescopic rails 233 are arranged in parallel, and as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the telescopic rails 233 are arranged along the width direction of the loading platform 22.
Two ends of the connecting shaft 232 are respectively provided with a first gear, the connecting shaft 232 is in transmission connection with the motor 231 through a chain, and the two first gears of the connecting shaft 232 are respectively meshed with the third gears of the two telescopic guide rails 233.
In particular, the method comprises the following steps of,
a fork is arranged on the first guide rail 2331, and a rack is arranged on the first guide rail 2331;
The motor 231 rotates forward to drive the connecting shaft 232 to rotate, a first gear of the connecting shaft 232 is meshed with a third gear of the third guide rail 2333 to drive the second guide rail 2332 to move in the first direction, a second gear of the second guide rail 2332 is meshed with a rack of the first guide rail 2331 to drive the first guide rail 2331 to move in the first direction, and the goods are conveyed in the first direction;
the motor 231 rotates reversely to drive the connecting shaft 232 to rotate, the first gear of the connecting shaft 232 is meshed with the third gear of the third guide rail 2333 to drive the second guide rail 2332 to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the second gear of the second guide rail 2332 is meshed with the rack of the first guide rail 2331 to drive the first guide rail 2331 to move in the second direction, so that the goods can be conveyed in the second direction.
The scheme realizes bidirectional transportation of goods through positive rotation and reverse rotation of the motor 231, so that the explosion-proof AGV can be used in a long and narrow explosion-proof dangerous place without turning around, and has high working efficiency.
In order to further optimize the technical scheme, the anti-explosion AGV provided by the scheme further comprises supporting wheel assemblies 3 arranged at the lower end of the vehicle body mechanism 1, the number of the supporting wheel assemblies 3 is four, and the supporting wheel assemblies are symmetrically distributed at the front end and the rear end of the vehicle body mechanism 1.
When explosion-proof AGV car carries out the goods stack, supporting wheel subassembly 3 and ground contact, the area of contact on increase automobile body mechanism 1 and ground avoids explosion-proof AGV car to carry out the goods stack and takes place the slope, has improved the security of explosion-proof AGV car operation.
In a particular embodiment of the solution, the support wheel assembly 3 comprises a roller 31 and a hydraulic cylinder 32.
Specifically, the cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder 32 is fixedly connected to the vehicle body mechanism 1, and the hydraulic rod of the hydraulic cylinder 32 is connected to the roller 31. As shown in fig. 6, the hydraulic cylinder 32 is perpendicular to the vehicle body mechanism 1.
In order to further optimize the technical scheme, the driving steering mechanism arranged at the lower end of the body mechanism 1 of the anti-explosion AGV provided by the scheme comprises the shock absorption components 4, and the shock absorption components 4 play a role in protecting the driving steering mechanism.
In a particular embodiment of the solution, the damping assembly 4 comprises a damping spring 41 and a hydraulic damper 42. In particular, the method comprises the following steps of,
the upper end of the damping spring 41 is connected with the vehicle body mechanism 1, and the lower end of the damping spring 41 is connected with the driving steering mechanism;
the upper end of the hydraulic damper 42 is connected to the vehicle body mechanism 1, and the lower end of the hydraulic damper 42 is connected to the drive steering mechanism.
As shown in fig. 7 and 8, the number of the damper springs 41 is two, and the two springs are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the hydraulic damper 42.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
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1. An explosion-proof AGV is characterized by comprising a vehicle body mechanism (1) and a transfer mechanism (2),
the transfer mechanism (2) includes:
a pallet fork;
the lifting mechanism (21), the said lifting mechanism (21) is installed on said car body mechanism (1);
the bearing platform (22), the bearing platform (22) is connected with the lifting mechanism (21);
the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism (23), the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism (23) is installed on the bearing platform (22), and the fork is installed on the bidirectional horizontal moving mechanism (23).
2. Explosion proof AGV vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the lifting mechanism (21) comprises:
a slider (211);
the sliding blocks (211) are mounted on the vertical guide rails (212), and the number of the vertical guide rails (212) is two, and the two vertical guide rails are respectively positioned on two sides of the bearing platform (22);
mounting panel (213), one side of mounting panel (213) be provided with the connecting plate that slider (211) are connected, the opposite side of mounting panel (213) is provided with the bolt, the bolt with load-bearing platform (22) are pegged graft, just be provided with on mounting panel (213) with the bolt hole that load-bearing platform connects.
3. Explosion-proof AGV vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper end face of the load-bearing platform (22) is provided with the bidirectional horizontal movement mechanism (23), and the lower end face of the load-bearing platform (22) is provided with reinforcing ribs.
4. Explosion proof AGV car according to claim 1, characterized in that the bidirectional horizontal movement mechanism (23) comprises a motor (231), a connecting shaft (232), a sprocket assembly and a telescopic rail (233),
the number of the telescopic guide rails (233) is two and the telescopic guide rails are arranged in parallel relatively,
two ends of the connecting shaft (232) are provided with first gears, and one end of the connecting shaft (232) is in transmission connection with the motor (231) through a chain;
the telescopic guide rail (233) includes:
the fork is arranged on the first guide rail (2331), and a rack is arranged on the first guide rail (2331);
the second guide rail (2332) is in sliding fit with the first guide rail (2331), and second gears meshed with the racks are respectively arranged at two ends of the second guide rail (2332);
the third guide rail (2333) is connected with the bearing platform (22), a plurality of third gears which are meshed with each other are arranged on the third guide rail (2333), the third gears are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the third guide rail (2333), and the third gear at the end part of the third guide rail (2333) is meshed with the first gear.
5. Explosion-proof AGV according to claim 1, further comprising four support wheel assemblies (3) provided at the lower end of the vehicle body mechanism (1), wherein the support wheel assemblies (3) are symmetrically distributed at the front and rear ends of the vehicle body mechanism (1),
the support wheel assembly (3) comprises:
a roller (31);
the body of the hydraulic cylinder (32) is fixedly connected with the vehicle body mechanism (1), and a hydraulic rod of the hydraulic cylinder (32) is connected with the roller (31).
6. Explosion-proof AGV vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the drive steering provided at the lower end of the body mechanism (1) comprises a shock-absorbing assembly (4), said shock-absorbing assembly (4) comprising:
the upper end of the damping spring (41) is connected with the vehicle body mechanism (1), and the lower end of the damping spring (41) is connected with the driving steering mechanism;
the upper end of the hydraulic shock absorber (42) is connected with the vehicle body mechanism (1), and the lower end of the hydraulic shock absorber (42) is connected with the driving steering mechanism.
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