CN212402530U - Automatic sorting and carrying device for shafts - Google Patents
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The utility model provides an axle is with automatic sorting handling device, it can realize automatic sorting, transport to axle type work piece, and degree of automation is high, efficient, makes things convenient for next process assembly to use. It is including carrying the material platform, the discharge gate department that carries the material platform is equipped with letter sorting mechanism and transport mechanism, its characterized in that respectively: the automatic material conveying device is characterized in that a sensing opening and closing mechanism is arranged on a conveying channel of the material conveying table, the sorting mechanism comprises a rotating platform carrier arranged at the discharge end of the material conveying table, a pushing cylinder and a discharge table are arranged on two sides of the rotating platform carrier respectively, the carrying mechanism comprises a mounting plate movably connected with a cross beam of the conveying support, the mounting plate is driven to move left and right relative to the cross beam through a horizontal driving mechanism arranged on the conveying support, a lifting mechanism capable of moving the cross beam up and down relative to the mounting plate is arranged on the mounting plate, the lower end of the lifting mechanism is connected with a carrying cylinder, and output ends of the carrying cylinder are connected.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to an axle type parts machining equipment technical field specifically is axle is with automatic sorting handling device.
Background
The shaft workpiece is a cylindrical shaft assembly with two different sectional areas. In the production and processing process, after the shaft workpiece is processed, the shaft workpiece can be assembled into the material groove on the material table and is well arranged, however, the shaft workpiece on the material table has different large and small heads in different directions, and the shaft workpiece needs to be taken out by manual sorting and is placed in the same direction to be transferred into another material discharging groove, so that the shaft workpiece can be conveniently assembled and used in the next procedure. Because adopt manual sorting then need dispose a manpower more on this station, however the cost of labor has can't satisfy current price of goods cost demand yet, therefore needs a replacement manual work automation and sorts the haulage equipment, not only can improve the degree of automation of production line, has also improved work efficiency simultaneously.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the problem that current axle type work piece needs artifical relay to transport again in the production and processing process, the utility model provides an axle is with automatic sorting handling device, it can realize automatic sorting and carry to the ejection of compact bench to the axle type work piece of different orientations, degree of automation is high, efficient, makes things convenient for next process assembly to use.
The technical scheme is as follows: automatic sorting handling device is used to axle, it is including carrying the material platform, the discharge gate department that carries the material platform is equipped with letter sorting mechanism and transport mechanism, its characterized in that respectively: an induction opening and closing mechanism is arranged on a conveying channel of the conveying material platform, the sorting mechanism comprises a rotating platform deck arranged at the discharge end of the conveying material platform, and the lower end of the rotating platform deck is connected with the output end of a rotating cylinder; a push cylinder and a discharge table are respectively arranged on two sides of the rotary carrying platform, and the telescopic direction of a piston rod of the push cylinder is the same as the discharge direction of the discharge table; a conveying support vertical to the length direction of the conveying material table is arranged on one side close to the discharging table, and a discharging table is arranged below the conveying support; the conveying mechanism comprises a mounting plate movably connected with a cross beam of the conveying support, the mounting plate is driven to move left and right relative to the cross beam through a horizontal driving mechanism arranged on the conveying support, a lifting mechanism capable of moving up and down relative to the cross beam is mounted on the mounting plate, the lower end of the lifting mechanism is connected with a conveying cylinder, and the output end of the conveying cylinder is respectively connected with opposite clamping jaws;
it is further characterized in that:
the induction opening and closing mechanism comprises a first gate and a second gate which are respectively rotatably connected with one side of the conveying platform, the lower ends of the first gate and the second gate are respectively driven by a driving mechanism arranged on the other side of the conveying platform to open or close a feeding channel of the conveying platform, a first sensor and a second sensor which are fixedly connected with the two sides of the conveying platform through positioning plates are respectively arranged between the first gate and the second gate, and the detection ends of the first sensor and the second sensor respectively correspond to the end part and the middle part of the conveying channel of the conveying platform;
the first gate and the second gate are respectively L-shaped, the corner parts of the first gate and the second gate are respectively rotatably connected with one side surface of the conveying material platform, the lower ends of the first gate and the second gate are respectively connected with piston rods of a first driving cylinder and a second driving cylinder, and the first driving cylinder and the second driving cylinder are respectively arranged on the other side of the conveying material platform;
the horizontal driving mechanism comprises a screw rod motor arranged at one end of the cross beam, a screw rod of the screw rod motor extends to the other end of the cross beam and is rotatably connected with the conveying support, a threaded hole matched with the screw rod of the screw rod motor is formed in the back surface of the mounting plate, a first sliding rod parallel to the screw rod is further arranged on the conveying support, and a corresponding first through hole in sliding connection with the first sliding rod is formed in the back surface of the mounting plate;
the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting cylinder, the lifting cylinder is mounted at the top end of the Contraband template, a piston rod of the lifting cylinder is connected with a connecting block on the front surface of the mounting plate, a convex block is further arranged on the front surface of the mounting plate, a second through hole is formed in the convex block, and a second sliding rod which penetrates through the second through hole and is movably connected with the second through hole is arranged between two transverse plates of the Contraband template;
the opposite surface of the clamping jaw is V-shaped, and the V-shaped opposite surface is coated with an elastic layer;
a through placing groove is formed in the upper surface of the rotating carrier, the height of the bottom of the placing groove is the same as that of the discharging table, guide blocks are arranged on two sides of the discharging table, and one guide block extends to the position above the rotating carrier;
the feeding channel of the conveying material platform is obliquely arranged with the upper end high and the lower end low, and the inclination angle of the conveying material platform is 10-45 degrees;
the discharging platform comprises a vertical placing plate, a material placing groove is formed in the side face of the placing plate, a discharging hole is formed in the placing plate, one end, close to the discharging hole, of the material placing groove is higher than the other end of the material placing groove, and the inclination angle of the material placing groove is 10-30 degrees.
After the structure is adopted, the shaft workpiece of the material conveying table is conveyed to the rotary carrying table, the shaft workpiece is sequentially and downwards conveyed and the direction of the shaft workpiece is detected simultaneously through the induction opening and closing mechanism arranged on the material conveying table, if the direction is not opposite, the rotary carrying table is driven by the rotary air cylinder to rotate and change the direction, and the shaft workpiece is pushed to the discharge opening of the discharge table through the piston rod of the push air cylinder due to the fact that the push air cylinder is arranged opposite to the discharge table;
and because the side surface of the conveying platform is provided with the conveying support vertical to the conveying platform, the conveying support is provided with the movably connected mounting plate, the mounting plate is provided with the connected conveying cylinder through the lifting mechanism, the shaft workpiece is clamped tightly through the clamping jaw of the conveying cylinder, and then the shaft workpiece is conveyed to a proper position of the discharging platform through the lifting mechanism arranged on the mounting plate and the horizontal driving mechanism driving the mounting plate to move left and right along the conveying support, so that the automatic sorting and conveying of the shaft workpiece are completed, the efficiency is high, and meanwhile, the assembly and the use of the next process are facilitated.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a top view of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the material placing table of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the mounting plate of the present invention;
1. a material conveying table; 2. a first gate; 21. a first driving cylinder; 22. a first sensor; 23. a second sensor; 3. a second gate; 31. a second driving cylinder; 4. a push cylinder; 5. rotating the carrying platform; 51. a placement groove; 52. a rotating cylinder; 6. a discharging table; 61. a guide block; 7. mounting a plate; 71. a lifting cylinder; 72. contraband a template; 73. a second slide bar; 74. a threaded hole; 75. a first through hole; 76. a bump; 77. a second through hole; 8. a carrying cylinder; 81. a clamping jaw; 9. a delivery stent; 91. a cross beam; 92. a first slide bar; 10. a screw motor; 11. a discharge table; 111. placing the plate; 112. a material placing groove; 113. a discharge hole; 12. a shaft workpiece.
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As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the automatic shaft sorting and carrying device comprises a conveying platform 1, wherein the height of a feeding port of the conveying platform 1 is higher than that of a discharging port, the conveying platform is arranged in an inclined mode, and the inclination angle is 10-45 degrees. Carry and be equipped with the response mechanism that opens and shuts on the material platform 1, this response mechanism that opens and shuts is equipped with first gate 2 and the second gate 3 of rotation connection in the side interval of one side of being close to the discharge gate of carrying the material platform 1, and first gate 2 and second gate 3 drive the pay-off passageway of opening or closing the material platform 1 through the actuating mechanism who locates the material platform 1 opposite side respectively. Specifically, the first gate 2 and the second gate 3 are respectively L-shaped, the corner portions of the first gate 2 and the second gate 3 are respectively rotatably connected with one side surface of the conveying material table 1, the lower ends of the first gate 2 and the second gate 3 are respectively connected with piston rods of the first driving cylinder 21 and the second driving cylinder 31, and the first driving cylinder 21 and the second driving cylinder 31 are respectively installed on the other side of the conveying material table 1. The shaft workpieces 12 roll towards the direction of the discharge port under the action of gravity through the inclined conveying material platform 1, and the shaft workpieces 12 are isolated from the shaft workpiece 12 group on the conveying material platform 1 through the first gate 2 and the second gate 3 which are opened and closed successively, so that the conveying material platform 1 can continuously feed multiple workpieces orderly one by one, and the efficiency is improved.
A first sensor 22 and a second sensor 23 which are fixedly connected with the two sides of the material conveying platform 1 through positioning plates are respectively arranged between the first gate 2 and the second gate 3, and the downward detection ends of the first sensor 22 and the second sensor 23 respectively correspond to the end part and the middle part of a conveying channel of the material conveying platform 1. The discharge gate department of carrying material platform 1 is equipped with rotatory microscope carrier 5, and rotatory microscope carrier 5 is equipped with the standing groove 51 that runs through on the surface, and the output of revolving cylinder 52 is connected to the below of rotatory microscope carrier 5 to drive the rotation through this revolving cylinder 52. One side of the rotating carrier 5 is provided with a discharging table 6, two sides of the discharging table 6 are provided with guide blocks 61, one of the guide blocks 61 extends to the upper side of the rotating carrier 5, and the tail end of a discharging port of the discharging table 6 is provided with a stop block. The other side of the rotary carrying platform 5 and the opposite end of the discharging platform 6 are provided with a pushing cylinder 4, and the telescopic direction of a piston rod of the pushing cylinder 4 is the same as the discharging direction of the discharging platform 6. The single shaft workpiece 12 is separated from other shaft workpieces 12 by using the first gate 2 and the second gate 3, whether the direction of the shaft workpiece 12 is correct or not is judged by detecting the size of the shaft workpiece 12 through the first sensor 22, whether materials exist between the first gate 2 and the second gate 3 or not is detected through the second sensor 23, if the materials exist, the second gate 3 is started to discharge the shaft workpiece 12, the shaft workpiece 12 rolls down into the placing groove 52 on the rotating carrying platform 5, if the direction is incorrect, the rotating cylinder 52 drives the rotating carrying platform 51 to rotate 180 degrees to adjust the direction of the shaft workpiece 12, and then the shaft workpiece is pushed to the discharge port of the discharge platform 6 through the piston rod of the pushing cylinder 4.
One side close to the discharging table 6 is provided with a conveying support 9 vertical to the length direction of the conveying table 1, and a plurality of discharging tables 11 are arranged below the conveying support 9. As shown in fig. 4, specifically, the discharge table 11 includes a vertical placement plate 111, a material placement groove 112 is provided on a side surface of the placement plate 111 close to the discharge table 6, a discharge hole 113 allowing the shaft workpiece 12 to pass through is provided on the placement plate 111, one end of the material placement groove 112 close to the discharge hole 113 is higher than the other end, and an inclination angle of the material placement groove 13 is 10 ° to 30 °.
As shown in fig. 5, a movably connected mounting plate 7 is arranged on a cross beam 91 of a conveying support 9, the mounting plate 7 is driven to move left and right relative to the cross beam 91 by a horizontal driving mechanism arranged on the conveying support 9, the horizontal driving mechanism comprises a screw rod motor 10 arranged at one end of the cross beam 91, a screw rod of the screw rod motor 10 extends to the other end of the cross beam 91 and is rotatably connected with the conveying support 9, a threaded hole 74 matched with the screw rod of the screw rod motor 10 is arranged on the back surface of the mounting plate 7, a first through hole 75 parallel to the threaded hole 74 is further arranged on the back surface of the mounting plate 7, a first slide bar 92 parallel to the screw rod of the screw rod motor 10 is arranged on the conveying support 9, and the first.
The front of the mounting plate 7 is also provided with a lifting mechanism which moves up and down relative to the cross beam 91, the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting cylinder 71, the lifting cylinder 71 is fixedly mounted at the top end of the Contraband template 72, a piston rod of the lifting cylinder 71 is connected with a connecting block on the front of the mounting plate 7, the front of the mounting plate 7 is also provided with two groups of vertically opposite convex blocks 76, the convex blocks 76 are provided with second through holes 77, and a second sliding rod 73 which penetrates through the second through holes 77 and is in sliding connection with the second through holes is arranged between two transverse plates of the Contraband.
The utility model discloses a theory of operation does: the shaft workpiece 12 is placed on the conveying platform 1 in sequence, the shaft workpiece 12 rolls towards the discharge port along a feeding channel of the conveying platform 1 under the action of gravity, the first gate 2 and the second gate 3 arranged on the conveying platform 1 are opened and closed alternately, the shaft workpiece 12 is conveyed to the placing groove 51 of the rotary platform deck 5 one by one, the direction of the shaft workpiece 12 is detected through the first sensor 22 arranged on the conveying platform 1, if the direction is not opposite, the rotary platform deck 5 is driven by the rotary cylinder 52 to rotate for 180 degrees to change the direction, and the shaft workpiece 12 is pushed to the discharge port of the discharge platform 6 through the piston rod of the push cylinder 8 due to the arrangement of the push cylinder 8 and the discharge platform 5 which rotates relative to the discharge platform 6.
Because the side surface of the conveying material platform 1 is provided with the conveying bracket 9 which is vertical to the conveying bracket 9, the conveying bracket 9 is provided with the movably connected mounting plate 7, the mounting plate 7 is connected with the conveying cylinder 8 through the lifting mechanism, the shaft workpiece 12 is clamped through the clamping jaw 81 of the conveying cylinder 8, the height of the conveying cylinder 8 is adjusted to be in a rising state through the lifting cylinder 71 arranged on the mounting plate 7, the mounting plate 7 is driven to horizontally move to the side of the placing plate 111 of the discharging platform 11 through the lead screw motor 10 arranged at the end part of the cross beam 91, the height of the conveying cylinder 8 is adjusted to be in a falling state through the lifting cylinder 71 and corresponds to the discharging hole 113 of the discharging platform 11, finally the shaft workpiece 12 clamped by the conveying cylinder 8 is pushed into the discharging hole of the discharging platform 11 by the adjusting lead screw motor 10, the clamping jaw 81 of the conveying cylinder 8 is loosened, thereby completing the sorting and conveying of one shaft workpiece 12, the, the next shaft workpiece 12 will push the shaft workpiece 12 in the discharge hole of the discharge table 11 to the material placing groove 112, and the shaft workpieces 12 are sequentially arranged along the material placing groove 112 under the action of gravity. Therefore, the automatic sorting and carrying of the shaft workpieces 12 are completed, the efficiency is high, and meanwhile, the assembly and the use of the next process are facilitated.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. Automatic sorting handling device is used to axle, it is including carrying the material platform, the discharge gate department that carries the material platform is equipped with letter sorting mechanism and transport mechanism, its characterized in that respectively: an induction opening and closing mechanism is arranged on a conveying channel of the conveying material platform, the sorting mechanism comprises a rotating platform deck arranged at the discharge end of the conveying material platform, and the lower end of the rotating platform deck is connected with the output end of a rotating cylinder; a push cylinder and a discharge table are respectively arranged on two sides of the rotary carrying platform, and the telescopic direction of a piston rod of the push cylinder is the same as the discharge direction of the discharge table; a conveying support vertical to the length direction of the conveying material table is arranged on one side close to the discharging table, and a discharging table is arranged below the conveying support; transport mechanism include with carriage's crossbeam swing joint's mounting panel, the mounting panel is through locating horizontal drive mechanism drive on the carriage is relative the crossbeam is removed from moving, it can be relative to install on the mounting panel the elevating system that the crossbeam reciprocated, the transport cylinder is connected to the elevating system lower extreme, the output of transport cylinder is connected clamping jaw in opposite directions respectively.
2. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 1, characterized in that: the induction opening and closing mechanism comprises a first gate and a second gate which are respectively connected with one side of the conveying platform in a rotating mode, the lower ends of the first gate and the second gate are respectively driven by a driving mechanism arranged on the other side of the conveying platform to open or close a feeding channel of the conveying platform, a first sensor and a second sensor which are fixedly connected with the two sides of the conveying platform through positioning plates are respectively arranged between the first gate and the second gate, and the detection ends of the first sensor and the second sensor are respectively corresponding to the end part and the middle part of the conveying channel of the conveying platform.
3. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 2, characterized in that: the first gate and the second gate are L-shaped respectively, the corner of the first gate and the corner of the second gate are rotatably connected with one side face of the conveying material platform respectively, the lower ends of the first gate and the second gate are connected with piston rods of a first driving air cylinder and a second driving air cylinder respectively, and the first driving air cylinder and the second driving air cylinder are installed on the other side of the conveying material platform respectively.
4. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 3, characterized in that: horizontal drive mechanism is including locating the lead screw motor of crossbeam one end, the lead screw of lead screw motor extends to the crossbeam other end and with the carriage rotates to be connected, the mounting panel back be equipped with the lead screw matched with screw hole of lead screw motor, still be equipped with on the carriage with the parallel first slide bar of lead screw, the mounting panel back be equipped with corresponding with first slide bar sliding connection's first through-hole.
5. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 4, wherein: elevating system includes the lift cylinder, the lift cylinder is installed on the top of Contraband templates, the piston rod of lift cylinder is connected the positive connecting block of mounting panel, the mounting panel openly still is equipped with the lug, be equipped with the second through-hole on the lug, be equipped with between two diaphragms of Contraband templates and run through the second through-hole and rather than swing joint's second slide bar.
6. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 5, characterized in that: the opposite surface of the clamping jaw is V-shaped, and the V-shaped opposite surface is coated with an elastic layer.
7. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 6, wherein: the upper surface of the rotary carrying platform is provided with a through placing groove, the height of the bottom of the placing groove is the same as that of the discharging platform, guide blocks are arranged on two sides of the discharging platform, and one guide block extends to the position above the rotary carrying platform.
8. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 7, characterized in that: the feeding channel of the conveying platform is obliquely arranged with the upper end high and the lower end low, and the inclination angle of the conveying platform is 10-45 degrees.
9. The automatic sorting and handling device for shafts according to claim 8, wherein: the discharging platform comprises a vertical placing plate, a material placing groove is formed in the side face of the placing plate, a discharging hole is formed in the placing plate, one end, close to the discharging hole, of the material placing groove is higher than the other end of the material placing groove, and the inclination angle of the material placing groove is 10-30 degrees.
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Effective date of registration: 20211123 Address after: F10, China Sensor Network International Innovation Park, 200 Linghu Avenue, New District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, 214000 Patentee after: Jiangsu Hao Hua transmission control Limited by Share Ltd. Address before: New District Wuxi city Jiangsu province 214028 Xi Road No. 8 Patentee before: WUXI PROFESSIONAL College OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |