CN214454970U

CN214454970U - Multi-channel feeding machine

Info

Publication number: CN214454970U
Application number: CN202023081511.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任伟平; 石金博; 邬荣飞
Original assignee: QKM Technology Dongguan Co Ltd
Current assignee: QKM Technology Dongguan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-17
Filing date: 2020-12-17
Publication date: 2021-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-17

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the feeding equipment technique and specifically relates to indicate a multichannel feed machine, including frame, the control unit, material loading module and branch material module, the material loading module is including the passageway that is arranged in placing the material, be arranged in promoting the passageway push pedal of material, be arranged in driving push pedal removal push away material driving piece, set up at the sucking disc of passageway discharge end, be used for driving the absorption driving piece that the sucking disc removed and set up in the vacuum detector of sucking disc, the control unit basis vacuum detector's testing result control material loading module push away the material driving piece material loading module the absorption driving piece of material loading module and divide the side pressure driving piece of material module. The utility model discloses an utilize the sucking disc to adsorb the material and detect the vacuum value in the sucking disc in order to confirm whether successfully adsorb the material to through removing the sucking disc with the separation material, thereby realize the branch material to soft material, and reach and utilize automation equipment to carry out the effect of feed to soft material.

Description

Multi-channel feeding machine

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the feeding equipment technique and specifically relates to indicate a multichannel feed machine.

Background

In order to reduce the labor intensity of personnel and improve the production efficiency, many industries utilize automated equipment for feeding. However, some soft materials (such as packaging bags) are difficult to distribute due to easy adhesion, so that the materials are difficult to supply by using automatic equipment.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model discloses problem to prior art provides a can carry out the multichannel feed machine that divides the material to soft material.

The utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a multi-channel feeding machine comprises a machine base, a control unit, a feeding module and a distributing module, wherein the feeding module comprises a channel for placing materials, a push plate for pushing the materials in the channel, a pushing driving piece for driving the push plate to move, a sucker arranged at the discharge end of the channel, an adsorption driving piece for driving the sucker to move and a vacuum detector arranged on the sucker, the material distribution module comprises a side pressure plate arranged on one side of the discharge end of the channel and a side pressure driving piece used for driving the side pressure plate to move so as to press materials in the channel, the pushing driving piece, the channel, the adsorption driving piece and the side pressure driving piece are all arranged on the machine base, and the control unit controls the material pushing driving piece of the feeding module, the adsorption driving piece of the feeding module and the side pressure driving piece of the material distribution module according to the detection result of the vacuum detector.

Preferably, the control unit comprises a controller, and the feeding module and the distributing module are both controlled by the controller.

Preferably, the control unit comprises a plurality of controllers, the feeding module is controlled by one controller, and the distributing module is controlled by the other controller.

Preferably, the material distributing module further comprises a material blocking sensor, a material blocking assembly used for blocking the discharge end of the channel and a blocking driving assembly used for driving the material blocking assembly to move, the material blocking sensor is used for detecting the position of the sucking disc, the control unit controls the blocking driving assembly according to the detection result of the material blocking sensor, and the blocking driving assembly is arranged on the base.

Preferably, the multichannel feeder further comprises a blanking module, the blanking module comprises a mechanical arm movably connected with the base, a mechanical driving piece used for driving the mechanical arm to move and a clamp arranged at the free end of the mechanical arm, the control unit controls the mechanical driving piece according to the detection result of the vacuum detector, and the clamp is used for clamping the materials on the suction disc; the frame is equipped with the workbin down, the arm is used for transporting the material on the sucking disc to the workbin down.

Preferably, the number of the feeding modules is multiple, and the control unit controls the mechanical driving member according to the detection results of the vacuum detectors in the multiple feeding modules.

Preferably, the feeding module further comprises a material shortage sensor arranged at the discharging end of the channel, the material shortage sensor is used for detecting the position of the push plate, and the control unit controls the material pushing driving piece according to the detection result of the material shortage sensor.

Preferably, the side pressure driving element is connected with the base in a sliding mode, and the side pressure driving element moves along the extending direction of the channel.

Preferably, the multi-channel feeder further comprises a vision system, the vision system comprises an image collecting part and an image analyzing module, the image collecting part is used for acquiring images of materials on the channel, the image analyzing module is used for analyzing the images acquired by the image collecting part, and the control unit controls the feeding module and the distributing module according to the detection result of the vacuum detector and the analysis result of the image analyzing module.

Preferably, the multichannel supply machine further comprises a communication module, and the control unit communicates with an external device through the communication module.

The utility model has the advantages that: whether the materials are successfully adsorbed or not is determined by utilizing the sucking discs to adsorb the materials and detecting vacuum values in the sucking discs, and the materials are separated by moving the sucking discs, so that the soft materials are separated, and the effect of feeding the soft materials by utilizing automatic equipment is achieved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional structure diagram of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of some embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of other embodiments of the present invention.

The reference signs are: 1. a machine base; 2. a control unit; 21. a controller; 3. a feeding module; 31. a channel; 32. pushing the plate; 33. a material pushing driving member; 34. a suction cup; 35. adsorbing the driving member; 36. a vacuum detector; 37. a starved sensor; 4. a material distributing module; 41. side pressing plates; 42. a side pressure driving member; 43. a material blocking sensor; 44. the material blocking component; 45. a blocking drive assembly; 5. a blanking module; 51. a mechanical arm; 52. a mechanical drive; 53. a clamp; 6. a blanking box; 7. a vision system; 71. an image collecting member; 72. an image analysis module; 8. and a communication module.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, the present invention will be further described with reference to the following examples and drawings, which are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a multi-channel 31 feeder includes a base 1, a control unit 2, a feeding module 3 and a distributing module 4, where the feeding module 3 includes a channel 31 for placing a material, a push plate 32 for pushing the material in the channel 31, a pushing driving member 33 for driving the push plate 32 to move, a suction cup 34 disposed at a discharge end of the channel 31, an adsorption driving member 35 for driving the suction cup 34 to move, and a vacuum detector 36 disposed at the suction cup 34, the distributing module 4 includes a side platen 41 disposed at one side of the discharge end of the channel 31 and a side platen driving member 42 for driving the side platen 41 to move to press the material in the channel 31, the pushing driving member 33, the channel 31, the adsorption driving member 35, and the side platen driving member 42 are disposed on the base 1, and the control unit 2 controls the pushing driving member 33, the distributing module 3 according to a detection result of the vacuum detector 36, The adsorption driving part 35 of the feeding module 3 and the side pressure driving part 42 of the material distribution module 4.

In use, the stacked materials are first placed on the channel 31. The pushing plate 32 pushes the material on the channel 31 to move the material toward the suction cup 34, and the material closest to the suction cup 34 collides with the suction cup 34. As the push plate 32 pushes, the material closest to the suction cup 34 presses against the suction cup 34, causing the vacuum in the suction cup 34 to gradually increase in value. The vacuum detector 36 continuously detects the vacuum value in the suction cup 34 during the process that the material presses the suction cup 34, when the vacuum value reaches a predetermined vacuum value, which indicates that the suction cup 34 has stably adsorbed the material, at this time, the pushing plate 32 stops pushing and the side pressing plate 41 extends out to press the material next to the suction cup 34, so that the material next to the suction cup 34 is difficult to move. Subsequently, the suction driving member 35 drives the suction cup 34 to move, so that the suction cup 34 drives the material closest to the suction cup 34 to move, and the material closest to the suction cup 34 is separated from the material next to the suction cup 34.

In this embodiment, the predetermined vacuum value is manually input into the control system by a user, so that the supply machine can supply different materials.

In this embodiment, the control unit 2 includes a controller 21, and the feeding module 3 and the distributing module 4 are controlled by the controller 21. Namely, the control unit 2 is an independent module outside the feeding module 3 and the distributing module 4, so that the user can conveniently manage the whole feeder. The controller 21 may communicate with the feeding module 3 and the dispensing module 4 through the prevention of the communication bus, and may also communicate with the feeding module 3 and the dispensing module 4 remotely through the communication module 8.

In order to prevent the material that is next close to sucking disc 34 from toppling over, divide material module 4 still includes and keeps off material sensor 43, is used for keeping off the material subassembly 44 of the discharge end that blocks passageway 31 and is used for driving and keeps off the drive assembly 45 that blocks that material subassembly 44 removed, keep off material sensor 43 and be used for detecting the position of sucking disc 34, the control unit 2 basis keep off the detection result control of material sensor 43 block drive assembly 45, block drive assembly 45 set up in frame 1. After the suction cup 34 moves to separate the material closest to the suction cup 34 from the material next to the suction cup 34, the blocking driving assembly 45 drives the material blocking assembly 44 to block the discharging end of the channel 31, so that the material next to the suction cup 34 cannot fall out of the discharging end of the channel 31 due to dumping, and the anti-dumping effect is achieved.

The multi-channel 31 feeding machine further comprises a blanking module 5, the blanking module 5 comprises a mechanical arm 51 movably connected with the machine base 1, a mechanical driving part 52 used for driving the mechanical arm 51 to move and a clamp 53 arranged at the free end of the mechanical arm 51, the control unit 2 controls the mechanical driving part 52 according to the detection result of the vacuum detector 36, and the clamp 53 is used for clamping materials on the suction cup 34. After the vacuum detector 36 detects that the suction cup 34 stably adsorbs the material, the control unit 2 controls the mechanical driving part 52, the mechanical driving part 52 drives the mechanical arm 51 to move, so that the clamp 53 on the mechanical arm 51 can clamp the material on the suction cup 34, and after clamping, the mechanical arm 51 drives the material to move, so that the material is separated from the suction cup 34, and discharging of the material is realized. The machine base 1 is provided with a blanking box 6, and the mechanical arm 51 is used for transporting materials on the suction cups 34 to the blanking box 6 so as to be used for placing the materials blanked by the mechanical arm 51.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the number of the feeding modules 3 is multiple, and the number of the discharging modules 5 is multiple, and the mechanical arm 51 in one discharging module 5 corresponds to the channel 31 of one feeding module 3, so that the multiple channels 31 can simultaneously feed, and the efficiency of the feeding machine can be improved. In many passageways 31, can the feedrate inconsistent for many passageways 31 can not lack the material simultaneously, and make the user need not to shut down the material loading, also reduced the frequency of material loading.

As shown in fig. 2, the feeding module 3 further includes a starved sensor 37 disposed at the discharging end of the channel 31, the starved sensor 37 is configured to detect a position of the push plate 32, and the control unit 2 controls the pushing material driving member 33 according to a detection result of the starved sensor 37. When the push plate 32 moves to a certain position, it can be determined that the material is short or is about to be short, and at this time, the control unit 2 controls the material pushing driving piece 33 to drive the push plate 32 to reset, so that the user can load the material. The control unit 2 can also prompt the user through the prompting piece, so that the user does not need to continuously observe the material condition in the channel 31, and the manpower is effectively reduced.

As shown in FIG. 1, the side pressure drivers 42 are slidably connected to the machine base 1, and the side pressure drivers 42 move along the extending direction of the channel 31, so that a user can adjust the positions of the side pressure plates 41 by adjusting the positions of the side pressure drivers 42, thereby adapting to materials with different thicknesses.

In this embodiment, the control unit 2 is directly connected to the feeding module 3 and the distributing module 4 through the communication bus, so as to control the feeding module 3 and the powder module.

Example two

As shown in fig. 4, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the control unit 2 includes a plurality of controllers 21, the feeding module 3 is controlled by one controller 21, and the material dividing module 4 is controlled by another controller 21. I.e. the control unit 2 is not a separate module but embedded in the loading module 3 as well as in the dispensing module 4.

EXAMPLE III

The difference between the first embodiment and the second embodiment is that the multi-channel 31 feeder further includes a vision system 7, the vision system 7 includes an image collecting member 71 and an image analyzing module 72, the image collecting member 71 is used for acquiring images of the material on the channel 31, and the image analyzing module 72 is used for analyzing the images acquired by the image collecting member 71, so that the control unit 2 can know what material the material in the channel 31 is. The control unit 2 selects the predetermined vacuum value according to the analysis result of the image analysis module 72, thereby enabling a user to not need to manually input the predetermined vacuum value and enabling the supply machine to be more intelligent. The control unit 2 compares the predetermined vacuum value with the detection result of the vacuum detector 36 to determine the suction condition of the suction cup 34, and controls the feeding module 3 and the material dividing module 4 to operate accordingly.

The image analysis module 72 can identify the thickness of a single material and dynamically calculate the moving distance of the material according to the image characteristics preset by the server program. The soft materials have different thicknesses due to different extrusion degrees, and the push plate 32 in the feeding module 3 needs to move different distances (different time lengths) to realize feeding of different materials. The image analysis module 72 calculates a proper dynamic overtime threshold of the feeding action, when the moving time of the push plate 32 is shorter than the time of the dynamic overtime threshold of the feeding action, the material is only extruded but not moved, and when the moving time of the push plate 32 is longer than the time of the overtime threshold of the feeding action, the material moves. In the process of loading in the loading module 3, the detection result and the timeout setting of the vacuum detector are combined, that is, when the moving time of the push plate 32 exceeds the dynamic timeout threshold of the loading action but the vacuum detector has no signal, the control unit 2 controls the push plate 32 to pause and gives an alarm to remind manual processing. Therefore, the problem of overtime of intelligent identification of different material thicknesses is solved, and manual intervention is reduced; the problem that the intelligent recognition of different deformation degrees of the same material is overtime is solved, and the secondary damage of the product caused by excessive extrusion is avoided.

The image analysis module 72 identifies the quantity of the material through image characteristics preset by a server program, and secondarily confirms whether the material exists or not. In the method, the material shortage is detected through the material shortage sensor 37, the material shortage sensor 37 theoretically causes misjudgment with small probability due to reasons of product reflection, deformation exaggeration and the like, and when the visual detection material result is inconsistent with the sensor detection result, manual intervention is added, and the image condition is stored. Manual intervention avoids loading errors, and image later-stage re-coiling is stored to improve material placement or material pre-packaging design.

Example four

The difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment is that the number of the feeding modules 3 is multiple, so that the multiple channels 31 are fed simultaneously, and the efficiency of the feeder is improved. The control unit 2 controls the mechanical driving member 52 according to the detection results of the vacuum detectors 36 in the feeding modules 3, so as to realize time-sharing multiplexing of the mechanical arms 51 in the discharging module 5, that is, one mechanical arm 51 is used for discharging materials on different channels 31 at different times. In the present embodiment, the idle time of the robot arm 51 is effectively reduced, and the work efficiency of the robot arm 51 is effectively improved. Meanwhile, the number of the mechanical arms 51 adopted in the feeder is small, and the manufacturing cost of the feeder is effectively reduced.

EXAMPLE five

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the multichannel 31 feeder further includes a communication module 8, and the control unit 2 communicates with an external device through the communication module 8. So that the user remotely controls the supply machine or remotely inputs a predetermined value of vacuum to the control unit 2.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above description, and although the present invention is disclosed in the preferred embodiment, it is not limited to the above description, and any person skilled in the art can make some changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention, but all the technical solutions of the present invention are within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A multichannel feed machine which characterized in that: including frame, the control unit, material loading module and branch material module, the material loading module is including the passageway that is arranged in placing the material, the push pedal that is arranged in promoting the passageway material, be arranged in driving the push pedal and remove push away the material driving piece, set up at the sucking disc of passageway discharge end, be used for driving the absorption driving piece that the sucking disc removed and set up in the vacuum detector of sucking disc, divide the material module including setting up the side pressure board in one side of the discharge end of passageway and be arranged in driving the side pressure driving piece that the side pressure board removed in order to support the material in the pressure passageway, it all set up in to push away material driving piece, passageway, absorption driving piece and side pressure driving piece the frame, the control unit basis vacuum detector's testing result control material loading module push away the material driving piece the absorption driving piece of material loading module and divide the side pressure driving piece of material module.

2. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the control unit comprises a controller, and the feeding module and the distributing module are controlled by the controller.

3. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the control unit comprises a plurality of controllers, the feeding module is controlled by one controller, and the distributing module is controlled by the other controller.

4. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: divide material module still including keeping off the material sensor, being used for blockking the fender material subassembly of the discharge end of passageway and being used for the drive to keep off the drive assembly that blocks that material subassembly removed, keep off the position that material sensor is used for detecting the sucking disc, the control unit basis keep off the testing result control of material sensor block drive assembly, block drive assembly set up in the frame.

5. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the multi-channel feeding machine further comprises a blanking module, the blanking module comprises a mechanical arm movably connected with the machine base, a mechanical driving piece used for driving the mechanical arm to move and a clamp arranged at the free end of the mechanical arm, the control unit controls the mechanical driving piece according to the detection result of the vacuum detector, and the clamp is used for clamping materials on the sucking disc; the frame is equipped with the workbin down, the arm is used for transporting the material on the sucking disc to the workbin down.

6. A multichannel feed machine as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that: the number of the feeding modules is multiple, and the control unit controls the mechanical driving piece according to the detection results of the vacuum detectors in the feeding modules.

7. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the feeding module further comprises a material shortage sensor arranged at the discharging end of the channel, the material shortage sensor is used for detecting the position of the push plate, and the control unit controls the material pushing driving piece according to the detection result of the material shortage sensor.

8. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the side pressure driving piece is connected with the base in a sliding mode and moves along the extending direction of the channel.

9. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the multi-channel feeder further comprises a visual system, the visual system comprises an image collecting piece and an image analyzing module, the image collecting piece is used for obtaining images of materials on the channel, the image analyzing module is used for analyzing the images obtained by the image collecting piece, and the control unit controls the feeding module and the distributing module according to the detection result of the vacuum detector and the analysis result of the image analyzing module.

10. A multi-channel feed machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the multichannel feeder also comprises a communication module, and the control unit is communicated with external equipment through the communication module.