CN214610497U - Printed matter delivery device - Google Patents

Abstract

A printed matter distribution device is characterized by comprising a printed matter taking and placing device and a buffering conveying device; the buffer conveying device comprises a buffer support, a buffer conveying belt, a feeding end detection sensor and a discharging end detection sensor, wherein the buffer conveying belt, the feeding end detection sensor and the discharging end detection sensor are all arranged on the buffer support; the printed matter taking and placing device is arranged at the position corresponding to the feeding end of the buffer conveying belt. The utility model discloses can will treat the printed matter buffer storage, the count that the quality detected and convey to the quality testing machine that corresponds and carry out the quality testing.

Description

Printed matter delivery device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a printing technology field, concretely relates to printed matter distribution device.

Background

At present, the quality detection of printed matters in the printing industry basically adopts a product inspection machine, the quality detection is carried out by a visual identification machine, but the feeding and the blanking are mostly processed manually, and the manual labor intensity is very high because the detection speed of the product inspection machine is high. For printing enterprises with large production scale, because the number of printed matters is huge, the number of product inspection machines required to be equipped is large, and correspondingly, a large amount of manpower is required to be equipped for loading and unloading operations, so that the labor cost of the printing enterprises is increased. In order to reduce the labor cost of printing enterprises, a machine is adopted to replace manpower to realize automatic feeding and discharging, and the method is a trend of the printing industry.

In the printed matter feeding part, if a scheme that one feeding device corresponds to one product inspection machine is adopted for configuration to realize automatic feeding, the cost of equipment is very high, and the investment of enterprises is greatly increased. Therefore, how to design a system which can meet the requirement of automatic feeding of a quality inspection machine and can not greatly increase the investment burden of enterprises is a problem which is always attempted to be solved in the printing industry.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a printed matter distribution device is provided, this kind of printed matter distribution device can carry out the quality detection with the printed matter buffer storage, the count of waiting the quality to detect and conveying to the quality inspection machine that corresponds. The technical scheme is as follows:

a printed matter distribution device is characterized by comprising a printed matter taking and placing device and a buffering conveying device; the buffer conveying device comprises a buffer support, a buffer conveying belt, a feeding end detection sensor and a discharging end detection sensor, wherein the buffer conveying belt, the feeding end detection sensor and the discharging end detection sensor are all arranged on the buffer support; the printed matter taking and placing device is arranged at the position corresponding to the feeding end of the buffer conveying belt.

The utility model discloses a printed matter distribution device is as the printed matter automatic identification, delivery and the component of quality control system that the applicant researched and developed. The automatic printed matter identifying, distributing and quality inspecting system comprises a printed matter conveying device, a machine vision system, a control system and a plurality of quality detecting branch lines; the quality detection branch line comprises a printed matter taking and placing device, a buffer conveying device and a quality inspection machine (wherein the printed matter taking and placing device and the buffer conveying device form the printed matter distribution device of the utility model), the printed matter taking and placing device is arranged at a position corresponding to the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, and the quality inspection machine is arranged at a position corresponding to the discharging end of the buffer conveying device; the machine vision system comprises a camera and an image acquisition card, wherein the camera is electrically connected with the corresponding input end of the image acquisition card and is arranged right above the printed matter conveying device; each of the quality detection branch lines is located behind the camera in a direction in which the printed matter is conveyed by the printed matter conveying device. After the printed matter with the quality detection is conveyed to the printed matter conveying device, the printed matter conveying device conveys the printed matter from front to back; when the printed matter passes below the camera, the camera detects the pictures and texts on the printed matter and the pictures and texts are collected by the image collection card; after the machine vision system collects the image-text information on the printed matter, the machine vision system or the control system compares the collected image-text information of the printed matter with pre-recorded image-text information, and then the control system judges which quality inspection machines the printed matter is matched with according to the comparison result and determines which quality inspection branch line the printed matter is sent to for quality inspection; when the printed matter is conveyed to the position of the corresponding quality detection branch line, under the control of the control system, the printed matter taking and placing device of the quality detection branch line takes the printed matter out of the printed matter conveying device and places the printed matter on the buffer conveying device, and the buffer conveying device conveys the printed matter to the quality detector for quality detection. The automatic printed matter identification, distribution and quality inspection system can identify printed matters to be subjected to quality inspection and then distribute the printed matters to corresponding quality inspection machines for quality inspection, so that automatic feeding of a plurality of quality inspection machines is realized, and the automatic feeding requirement of the plurality of quality inspection machines can be met.

In the printed matter distribution device of the utility model, the feed end detection sensor and the discharge end detection sensor are respectively connected with the corresponding input ends of the control system; the buffer conveyer belt is electrically connected with the corresponding output end of the control system. The feeding end of the buffer conveying belt forms the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, and the discharging end of the buffer conveying belt forms the discharging end of the buffer conveying device. The feed end detection sensor is used for detecting whether printed matters enter the buffer conveyor belt or not, and when the printed matters enter the buffer conveyor belt, the number of the printed matters on the buffer conveyor belt is counted by + 1; the discharge end detection sensor is used for detecting whether printed matters are conveyed to the quality inspection machine from the discharge end of the buffer conveying belt, and when the printed matters are detected to be moved out from the discharge end of the buffer conveying belt, the number of the printed matters on the buffer conveying belt is counted to be-1. The control system can accurately know the number of the printed matters on the buffer conveyer belt according to the counting condition, and can be used as a basis for judging whether the printed matters are distributed and conveyed to the quality detection branch line. For example, if the buffer conveyor can accommodate a maximum of N stacks of printed products, when the count value is smaller than N, new printed products can be continuously distributed and conveyed to the quality detection branch line; when the count value equals N, meaning that the buffer conveyor is full of printed matter, the allocation and conveyance of new printed matter to the quality detection branch is suspended. Therefore, the detected printed matters can be buffered and stored through the buffer conveying belt and are conveyed to the corresponding quality detection machine for quality detection; through the detection and the counting of the feed end detection sensor and the discharge end detection sensor, the control system can know the number of the printed matters on the buffer conveying belt.

Generally, in the buffering conveyor, when discharge end detection sensor can not detect the printed matter (buffer conveyer belt discharge end does not have the printed matter promptly), control system sends the instruction and makes buffer conveyer belt automatic motion, carries the printed matter above it towards the quality control machine to guarantee that the printed matter on the buffer conveyer belt is closest to the quality control machine, vacate the position of buffer conveyer belt feed end simultaneously, make things convenient for the automatic printed matter that supplyes at the back. In actual production, a larger gap sometimes exists between a pile of printed matters on the buffering conveyor belt closest to the quality inspection machine and a next pile of printed matters (at the moment, the buffering conveyor belt is not filled with the printed matters), in this case, after the pile of printed matters closest to the quality inspection machine is conveyed to the quality inspection machine and before the quality inspection machine needs the next pile of printed matters, the control system sends an instruction to the buffering conveyor belt, the buffering conveyor belt runs one step pitch at a time and receives new printed matters at the feeding end of the buffering conveyor belt until the pile of printed matters on the buffering conveyor belt reaches the discharging end of the buffering conveyor belt, and therefore the printed matters on the buffering conveyor belt are fully arranged as much as possible.

In a concrete scheme, above-mentioned buffering conveyer belt is including buffering conveying motor, the drive roll, driven voller and annular belt, buffering conveying motor installs on buffering support, the equal rotatable installation on buffering support of drive roll and driven voller, drive roll and driven voller are annular belt tensioning jointly (annular belt forms preceding section and return section after being tensioned, return section is in preceding section below, the printed matter is placed and is carried on preceding section), buffering conveying motor's power output shaft and drive roll transmission are connected. The buffer conveying motor can adopt a servo motor or a stepping motor. The buffer conveying motor is electrically connected with the corresponding output end of the control system, when the buffer conveying belt is required to convey printed matters on the buffer conveying belt towards the quality inspection machine, the control system sends an instruction to the buffer conveying motor, a power output shaft of the buffer conveying motor rotates by a certain angle, and therefore the forward section of the annular belt moves by a certain distance.

In the preferred scheme, the printed matter taking and placing device comprises a taking and placing device support, a pushing fork translation mechanism capable of driving the pushing fork to translate in a reciprocating mode, a lifting seat and a lifting seat lifting mechanism capable of driving the lifting seat to lift, wherein the lifting seat lifting mechanism is installed on the taking and placing device support, and the pushing fork translation mechanism is installed on the lifting seat. The working surface of the buffer conveying device is higher than that of the printed matter conveying device (the working surface refers to the surface which supports and conveys the printed matters); the pushing fork translation mechanism and the lifting seat lifting mechanism are respectively electrically connected with the corresponding output ends of the control system. Generally, the printed product taking and placing device corresponds to the buffer conveying device in position. In a waiting working state, the pushing fork is positioned at the lower side of the working surface of the printed matter conveying device; when the printed matter distributed to the corresponding quality detection branch line reaches a preset position of the printed matter conveying device, the control system sends a command to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to ascend together, and the printed matter is lifted upwards and separated from the printed matter conveying device (after the printed matter is separated from the printed matter conveying device, the height positions of the printed matter and the pushing fork are higher than the top of the subsequent printed matter, so that the subsequent printed matter on the printed matter conveying device can be continuously conveyed); after the printed matter on the pushing fork rises to the right position (at the moment, the printed matter is aligned with the feeding end of the buffer conveying device), the control system sends out an instruction to enable the pushing fork translation mechanism to drive the pushing fork to translate towards the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, and the printed matter is placed on the feeding end of the buffer conveying device; then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the pushing fork translation mechanism to drive the pushing fork to return to the position right above the printed matter conveying device; and then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to descend together, so that the pushing fork returns to the initial position (to be in a working state).

In a concrete scheme, above-mentioned promotion fork translation mechanism drives actuating cylinder and control promotion fork translation and drives actuating cylinder gas circuit switching's first solenoid valve including the translation of promotion fork, and the cylinder body that promotes fork translation and drives actuating cylinder is installed on the seat that goes up and down, and the piston rod that promotes fork translation and drive actuating cylinder is connected with the promotion fork. The first electromagnetic valve is electrically connected with the corresponding output end of the control system. In addition, the lifting seat can be provided with a horizontal guide rod, the horizontal guide rod is parallel to the driving cylinder for driving the pushing fork to move horizontally, and the pushing fork is provided with a horizontal guide sleeve in sliding fit with the horizontal guide rod.

In a concrete scheme, above-mentioned lift seat elevating system drives actuating cylinder and control lift seat and goes up and down to drive the second solenoid valve that actuating cylinder gas circuit switched including the lift seat, and the lift seat goes up and down to drive actuating cylinder's cylinder body and installs on getting puts the device support, and the lift seat goes up and down to drive actuating cylinder's piston rod and lift seat and be connected. The second electromagnetic valve is electrically connected with the corresponding output end of the control system. In addition, a lifting guide rod can be arranged on the support of the taking and placing device, the lifting guide rod and the lifting seat are parallel to each other, and a lifting guide sleeve in sliding fit with the lifting guide rod is arranged on the lifting seat.

The lifting seat lifting mechanism can also adopt a mechanism consisting of a screw rod and a nut which are meshed with each other, the screw rod can be rotatably arranged on the taking and placing device support and moves up and down, the nut is arranged on the lifting seat, and the taking and placing device support is provided with a servo motor capable of driving the screw rod to rotate. The lifting seat lifting mechanism can control the lifting strokes of the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork more finely, for example: when the printed matter distributed to the corresponding quality detection branch line reaches a preset position of the printed matter conveying device, the control system sends out an instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to ascend together, the printed matter is lifted upwards, and the printed matter is separated from the printed matter conveying device; after the printed matter on the pushing fork rises to the right position (at the moment, the printed matter is aligned with the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, and the height of the printed matter is slightly higher than that of the feeding end of the buffer conveying device), the control system sends out an instruction to enable the pushing fork translation mechanism to drive the pushing fork to translate towards the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, so that the printed matter reaches the position above the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, and at the moment, the printed matter is slightly higher than the feeding end of the buffer conveying device; then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to descend for a short distance together, and the printed matter is placed on the feeding end of the buffer conveying device; then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the pushing fork translation mechanism to drive the pushing fork to return to the position right above the printed matter conveying device; and then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to further descend together, so that the pushing fork returns to the initial position (to be in a working state).

In a more preferable scheme, the reciprocating translation direction of the pushing fork is mutually vertical to the conveying direction of the printed matter conveying device, and the conveying direction of the buffering conveying device is mutually vertical to the conveying direction of the printed matter conveying device; the buffering conveying device and the printed matter taking and placing device are respectively arranged on two sides of the printed matter conveying device, and the feeding end of the buffering conveying device corresponds to the position of the pushing fork translation mechanism.

The utility model discloses can will treat the printed matter buffer storage, the count that the quality detected and convey to the quality testing machine that corresponds and carry out the quality testing. Adopt the utility model discloses with printed matter conveyor, machine vision system, a control system, constitute printed matter automatic identification, delivery and quality control system such as a plurality of quality control machines, the printed matter that can treat the quality detection is carried out the discernment back delivery and is carried out the quality and detect to the quality control machine that corresponds, realize the automatic feeding of a plurality of quality control machines, can satisfy many quality control machine automatic feeding's demand, can not greatly increase enterprise's input burden again (because a plurality of quality control machines share same printed matter delivery system, consequently, be favorable to reducing equipment cost).

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a printed matter taking and placing device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view (in a plan view) of an automatic printed matter identification, distribution and inspection system having a printed matter distribution device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic block circuit diagram of an automatic printed product identification, distribution and inspection system;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the printed matter conveying apparatus in the automatic printed matter identification, distribution, and inspection system (view in direction a of fig. 3).

Detailed Description

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the printed product distribution device of the present embodiment includes a printed product pick-and-place device 41 and a buffer conveyance device 42. The buffer conveying device 42 comprises a buffer support 421, a buffer conveyer belt 422, a feeding end detection sensor 423 and a discharging end detection sensor 424, the buffer conveyer belt 422, the feeding end detection sensor 423 and the discharging end detection sensor 424 are all mounted on the buffer support 421, the feeding end detection sensor 423 is located at a position corresponding to the feeding end of the buffer conveyer belt 422, and the discharging end detection sensor 424 is located at a position corresponding to the discharging end of the buffer conveyer belt 422; the printed matter taking and placing device 41 is arranged at a position corresponding to the feeding end of the buffer conveyer belt 422. The feed end of the buffer conveyor 422 constitutes the feed end of the buffer conveyor 42 and the discharge end of the buffer conveyor 422 constitutes the discharge end of the buffer conveyor 42.

The buffer conveying belt 422 comprises a buffer conveying motor 4221, a driving roller 4222, a driven roller 4223 and an annular belt 4224, the buffer conveying motor 4221 is installed on the buffer support 421, the driving roller 4222 and the driven roller 4223 can be rotatably installed on the buffer support 421, the driving roller 4222 and the driven roller 4223 jointly tension the annular belt 4224 (the annular belt 4224 is tensioned to form a front section and a return section, the return section is located below the front section, printed matters are placed on the front section for conveying), and a power output shaft of the buffer conveying motor 4221 is in transmission connection with the driving roller 4222. The buffer conveying motor 4221 may adopt a servo motor or a stepping motor. In this embodiment, the endless belt 4224 is composed of three endless belt units 4225 arranged side by side, three driving pulleys 4226 arranged side by side are provided on the driving roller 4222, and three driven pulleys 4227 arranged side by side are provided on the driven roller 4223; the three annular belt units 4225, the three driving belt wheels 4226 and the three driven belt wheels 4227 respectively correspond to one another one by one, and the driving belt wheels 4226 and the driven belt wheels 4227 jointly tension the corresponding annular belt units 4225; a gap 4228 is provided between two adjacent endless belt units 4225.

Referring to fig. 2, the printed product taking and placing device 41 includes a taking and placing device support 411, a pushing fork 412, a pushing fork translation mechanism capable of driving the pushing fork 412 to perform reciprocating translation, a lifting base 413 and a lifting base lifting mechanism capable of driving the lifting base 413 to lift, the lifting base lifting mechanism is installed on the taking and placing device support 411, and the pushing fork translation mechanism is installed on the lifting base 413. The printed matter taking and placing device 41 corresponds to the buffer conveying device 42 in position.

In this embodiment, the pushing fork translation mechanism includes a pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414 and a first electromagnetic valve 415 for controlling air path switching of the pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414, a cylinder body of the pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414 is installed on the lifting seat 413, and a piston rod of the pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414 is connected to the pushing fork 412.

In this embodiment, the lifting mechanism includes a lifting cylinder 417 and a second solenoid valve 416 for controlling the air path switching of the lifting cylinder 417, the cylinder body of the lifting cylinder is mounted on the holder 411, and the piston rod of the lifting cylinder 417 is connected to the lifting seat 413. The taking and placing device bracket 411 is provided with a lifting guide rod 418, the lifting guide rod 418 is parallel to a lifting driving cylinder 417 of a lifting seat, and the lifting seat 413 is provided with a lifting guide sleeve 419 which is in sliding fit with the lifting guide rod 418.

The reciprocating translation direction of the pushing fork 412 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the printed matter conveying device 1, and the conveying direction of the buffer conveying device 42 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the printed matter conveying device 1; the buffer conveying device 42 and the printed product taking and placing device 41 are respectively arranged at two sides of the printed product conveying device 1, and the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 42 corresponds to the position of the pushing fork translation mechanism.

The pusher fork 412 has two carrier strips 4121, the carrier strips 4121 being parallel to the cross conveyor rollers 13, the carrier strips 4121 being located in the gap between two adjacent cross conveyor rollers 13.

Photoelectric eyes can be adopted by the feed end detection sensor 423 and the discharge end detection sensor 424.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the automatic identification, distribution and quality inspection system for printed matters comprises a printed matter conveying device 1, a machine vision system 2, a control system 3 and a plurality of quality detection branch lines 4 (in this embodiment, three quality detection branch lines 4 are taken as an example, and are respectively quality detection branch lines 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3); the quality detection branch line 4 comprises a printed matter taking and placing device 41, a buffer conveying device 42 and a quality inspection machine 43, wherein the printed matter taking and placing device 41 is arranged at a position corresponding to the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 42, and the quality inspection machine 43 is arranged at a position corresponding to the discharging end of the buffer conveying device 42; the machine vision system 2 comprises a camera 21, an image acquisition card 22 and an image processor 23, wherein the camera 21 is electrically connected with the corresponding input end of the image acquisition card 22, the output end of the image acquisition card 22 is electrically connected with the corresponding input end of the image processor 23, the output end of the image processor 23 is electrically connected with the corresponding input end of the control system 3, and the camera 21 is arranged right above the printed matter conveying device 1; each of the quality detection branch lines 4 is located behind the camera 21 in the direction in which the printed matter is conveyed by the printed matter conveying device 1.

Wherein, the printed matter taking and placing device 41 and the buffer conveying device 42 form the printed matter delivery device of the utility model. The printed matter taking and placing device 41 and the buffer conveying device 42 are respectively electrically connected with the corresponding output ends of the control system 3, specifically: the first solenoid valve 415 is electrically connected with a corresponding output end of the control system 3; the second electromagnetic valve 416 is electrically connected with a corresponding output end of the control system 3; the buffer conveying motor 4221 is electrically connected with a corresponding output end of the control system 3. The feed end detection sensor 423 and the discharge end detection sensor 424 are respectively connected with corresponding input ends of the control system 3. The working surface of the buffer conveyance device 42 is higher than the working surface of the printed matter conveyance device 1 (the working surface refers to the surface on which the printed matter is supported and conveyed).

In the machine vision system 2, the camera 21 may be a CCD camera.

The quality control machine 43 may employ equipment conventional in the art. The control system 3 can adopt a singlechip or a CPU.

Referring to fig. 5, the printed matter conveying device 1 includes a conveying support 11, a conveying motor 12 and a plurality of transverse conveying rollers 13, the conveying motor 12 is mounted on the conveying support 11, each transverse conveying roller 13 is rotatably mounted on the conveying support 11 and is arranged along a horizontal direction, each transverse conveying roller 13 is sequentially arranged from front to back along a conveying direction of the printed matter conveying device 1 and is parallel to each other, and each transverse conveying roller 13 is in transmission connection with a power output shaft of the conveying motor 12; under the drive of the conveying motor 12, the transverse conveying rollers 13 rotate in the same direction to convey the printed matter on the transverse conveying rollers from front to back. The axial direction of each lateral conveyance roller 13 is perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the printed matter conveyance device 1.

The printed matter conveying device 1 is further provided with an encoder 14, the encoder 14 detects the operation state of the printed matter conveying device 1 and calculates a pulse count value (the pulse count value of the encoder 14 corresponds to the conveying distance of the printed matter on the printed matter conveying device 1), in the embodiment, the number of rotations of the transverse conveying roller 13 corresponds to the conveying distance of the printed matter on the printed matter conveying device 1, and the encoder 14 detects the number of rotations of the power output shaft of the conveying motor 12 or the number of rotations of one transverse conveying roller 13, so that the conveying distance of the printed matter on the printed matter conveying device can be detected. The encoder 14 detects the operating state of the printed matter conveying device 1, calculates a pulse count value, and then conveys the pulse count value to the control system 3; when the pulse count value of the encoder 14 reaches a predetermined value, the control system 3 determines that the printed product reaches the target position, controls the operation of the printed product pick-and-place device 41 of the corresponding quality detection branch line 4, and picks up the printed product from the printed product conveying device 1 and places the printed product on the buffer conveying device 42.

The outer peripheral surface of the transverse conveying roller 13 can be provided with concave-convex lines which are uniformly distributed so as to increase the friction coefficient and enable the transverse conveying roller to convey printed matters more stably.

In this embodiment, a driving synchronous pulley 15 is fixedly mounted on a power output shaft of the conveying motor 12, two coaxial driven synchronous pulleys 16 are respectively mounted on each transverse conveying roller 13, the driving synchronous pulley 15 is in transmission connection with one driven synchronous pulley 15 on the rearmost transverse conveying roller 13 through a synchronous belt 17, and the other driven synchronous pulley 15 on the rearmost transverse conveying roller 13 is in transmission connection with one driven synchronous pulley 15 on the adjacent transverse conveying roller 13 through another synchronous belt 17; and the rest are analogized, and a driven synchronous pulley 15 is respectively arranged on each two adjacent transverse conveying rollers 13 and is in transmission connection through a synchronous belt 17. When the conveying motor 12 is operated, the driving synchronous pulley 15 is driven to rotate, and the driven synchronous pulleys 17 are driven to simultaneously rotate through the synchronous belts 17, so that the transverse conveying rollers 13 synchronously rotate. The outside diameters of the lateral transfer rollers 13 are the same, and the sizes and the numbers of teeth of the driven synchronous pulleys 16 are the same. The conveying bracket 11 is also provided with a tension pulley 18 for tensioning the synchronous belt 17.

Referring to fig. 1, the quality control machine 43 is provided with a paper feeding mechanism 431, and the paper feeding mechanism 431 is located below the discharge end of the corresponding buffer conveyor 422. After the buffer conveyor belt 422 moves one or more steps, the printed product on the buffer conveyor belt 422 closest to the quality inspection machine 43 may fall from the discharge end of the buffer conveyor belt 422 and enter the paper feeding mechanism 431 of the quality inspection machine 43. The feeding mechanism 431 of the inspection machine 43 is provided with a detection sensor 432 (the detection sensor 432 can adopt a photoelectric eye), the detection sensor 432 is electrically connected with a corresponding input end of the control system 3, when the number of the printed products in the feeding mechanism 431 of the inspection machine 43 is less than a preset number, the detection sensor 432 generates a signal to the control system 3, the control system 3 sends an instruction to operate the buffer conveyer belt 422, the printed products on the buffer conveyer belt are conveyed towards the inspection machine 43, and a pile of the printed products closest to the inspection machine is conveyed into the feeding mechanism 431 of the inspection machine 43.

In the automatic printed product identification, distribution and quality inspection system of the embodiment, each independent device (printed product conveying device, machine vision system, each quality detection branch line and the like) can be set into a linkage mode, and the whole set of devices are started by one key; or an off-line mode can be set, and each independent device needs to be started independently.

The working principle of the printed matter distribution device and the printed matter automatic identification, distribution and quality inspection system is as follows:

(1) before production, inputting the type of the printed matter to be detected by each quality inspection machine 43 (different types of printed matter have different image-text information) into the control system 3, and inputting the image-text information of the printed matter to be detected by each quality inspection machine 43 into the image processor 23 of the machine vision system 2 in advance; meanwhile, the position information of each quality detection branch line 4, namely the distance information between the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 41 and the camera 21 is preset in the control system 3;

the method specifically comprises the following steps: setting distances from the detection positions of the cameras 21 to the quality detection branch lines 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 (namely, distances between the feeding ends of the buffer conveying devices 42 of the quality detection branch lines 4 and the cameras 21) to be L1, L2 and L3 respectively in the control system 3, and setting preset counting pulse values of corresponding encoders to be M1, M2 and M3 (in the embodiment, the encoder 14 is adopted to calculate the conveying distance of the printed product 5, and distance information between the feeding ends of the buffer conveying devices 42 of the quality detection branch lines 4 and the cameras 21 is converted into preset counting pulse values of the encoder 14 to be M1, M2 and M3 respectively); before starting work, the type of the printed matter detected by each quality detection branch line 4 is set in the control system 3 (for example, the type of the printed matter detected by the quality detection branch lines 4-1 and 4-3 is A1, and the type of the printed matter detected by the quality detection branch lines 4-2 is A2), and the graphic and text information of the printed matter A1 and A2 is recorded into the image processor 23 of the machine vision system 2;

(2) the printed products 5 to be tested are placed one on top of the other on the printed product conveyor 1;

the method specifically comprises the following steps: a pile of printed matters from the waste cleaning machine or a pile of printed matters which are completely cleaned and discarded is taken onto the printed matter conveying device 1 by a manipulator (usually placed at the front part of the printed matter conveying device 1 and positioned in front of the camera 21) and then conveyed from front to back by the printed matter conveying device 1;

(3) when the printed matter 5 passes below the camera 21, the camera 21 detects the pictures and texts on the printed matter 5 and collects the pictures and texts by the image acquisition card 22 (a sensor (a photoelectric eye can be used) can be arranged in front of the camera 21, when a stack of printed matter 5 is conveyed below the camera 21, the sensor arranged in front of the camera 21 detects the arrival of the printed matter, the sensor sends a trigger signal to the machine vision system 2, and the camera 21 acquires the images of the stack of printed matter 5); the image acquisition card 22 transmits the acquired image-text information to the image processor 23, the image processor 23 compares the image-text information from the image acquisition card 22 with pre-recorded image-text information, and transmits a comparison result to the control system 3; the control system 3 judges which quality inspection machines 43 the printed matter 5 is matched with according to the comparison result, and determines which quality inspection branch line 4 the printed matter 5 is sent to for quality inspection according to the matching result;

the method specifically comprises the following steps: the comparison results of the image processor 23 include three cases of "the acquired image-text information conforms to the image-text information of the printed matter a 1", "the acquired image-text information conforms to the image-text information of the printed matter a 2", and "the acquired image-text information does not conform to the image-text information of the printed matters a1 and a 2"; the control system 3 determines the type of the printed matter (a 1, a2 or other types) based on this, and determines which of the quality inspection machines 43 the bundle of printed matters 5 matches (the matching conditions are "match with the quality inspection machines of the quality inspection branch lines 4-1, 4-3", "match with the quality inspection machine of the quality inspection branch line 4-2", "do not match with the quality inspection machines of the quality inspection branch line inspection 4-1, 4-2, 4-3", respectively), thereby determining which of the quality inspection branch lines 4 the bundle of printed matters 5 can be sent to for inspection;

the control system 3 then determines, on the basis of the matching result, to which quality detection branch 4 the printed product 5 is to be sent for quality detection: when the printed matter 5 is matched with the quality detector 43 of the quality detection branch line detection 4-1 and 4-3, the printed matter can be sent to the quality detection branch line 4-1 or 4-3 for detection, and the control system 3 finally determines whether to send the printed matter 5 to the quality detection branch line 4-1 or send the printed matter 5 to the quality detection branch line 4-3 for detection according to other conditions (such as the detection speed of the quality detector 43 on each quality detection branch line 4-1 and 4-3 and the quantity of the printed matter stored on the buffer conveying device 42 of each quality detection branch line 4-1 and 4-3); when the printed matter 5 is matched with the quality detector 43 of the quality detection branch line 4-2, the printed matter is sent to the quality detection branch line 4-2 for detection; when the printed product 5 is not matched with the quality detection machines 43 of the quality detection branch lines 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3, the quality detection branch line detection 4 can not detect the quality of the printed product 5, and the printed product 5 can be conveyed to the rear end of the printed product conveying device 1 and unloaded;

(4) the control system 3 determines which quality detection branch line 4 the printed matter 5 is sent to for detection according to the comparison result, and simultaneously starts to calculate the conveying distance of the printed matter 5 on the printed matter conveying device 1; when the conveying distance reaches a preset value (meaning that the printed product 5 is conveyed to the position of the corresponding quality detection branch line 4), the control system 3 sends a control signal to enable the printed product taking and placing device 41 of the corresponding quality detection branch line 4 to act, and the printed product taking and placing device 41 of the quality detection branch line 4 takes the printed product 5 out of the printed product conveying device 1 and places the printed product on the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 42;

the method specifically comprises the following steps: after the camera 21 detects the printed product 5 and the control system 3 determines the corresponding quality detection branch 4, the control system 3 reads the preset value of the counting pulse corresponding to the quality detection branch 4, for example, when the control system 3 determines that the corresponding quality detection branch is the quality detection branch 4-1, the preset value M1 of the counting pulse is read; meanwhile, the control system 3 counts the encoder 14 on the printed matter conveying device 1 and compares the pulse count value with a counting pulse preset value M1; when M1 pulses are counted, the control system 3 determines that the printed product 5 reaches the feeding position corresponding to the quality detection branch 4-1 (when the control system 3 determines that the corresponding quality detection branch is the quality detection branch 4-2 or 4-3, the preset value of the counting pulse M2 or M3 is read, and correspondingly, when the encoder 14 counts M2 or M3 pulses, the control system 3 determines that the printed product 5 reaches the feeding position corresponding to the quality detection branch 4-2 or 4-3), at this time, the control system 3 sends a control signal to the printed product pick-and-place device 41 of the quality detection branch 4-1, and the printed product pick-and-place device 41 takes the printed product out of the printed product pick-and-place device 1 and places the printed product at the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 42 of the quality detection branch 4-1;

the working process of the printed matter taking and placing device 41 is as follows: in the standby state, the two carrier bars 4121 of the pushing fork 412 are located at the lower side of the working surface of the printed matter conveying device 1; when the printed product 5 allocated to the corresponding quality detection branch line 4 reaches the preset position of the printed product conveying device 42, the control system 3 sends a command (the command causes the second electromagnetic valve 416 to switch the air path of the lifting seat lifting driving cylinder 417), causes the lifting seat lifting driving cylinder 417 to drive the lifting seat 413, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork 412 to lift together, lifts the printed product 5 upwards (the printed product 5 is positioned on the two material supporting strips 4121), and causes the printed product 5 to leave the printed product conveying device 1 (after the printed product 5 leaves the printed product conveying device 1, the height positions of the printed product 5 and the pushing fork 412 are higher than the top of the subsequent printed product, so that the subsequent printed product 5 on the printed product conveying device 1 can be ensured to be conveyed continuously); after the printed product 5 on the pushing fork 412 rises to a certain position (at the moment, the printed product 5 is aligned with the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 42; two material supporting strips 4121 correspond to the positions of the gaps 4228 between the two adjacent annular belt units 4225), the control system 3 sends a command (the command enables the first electromagnetic valve 415 to switch the air path of the pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414), the pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414 drives the pushing fork 412 to translate towards the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 42, and the printed product 5 is placed on the feeding end of the buffer conveying device 42; then the control system 3 issues a command (which causes the first solenoid valve 415 to switch the air path of the pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414 again), so that the pushing fork translation driving cylinder 414 drives the pushing fork 412 to return to the position right above the printed product conveying device 1; then the control system 3 sends out a command (the command causes the second electromagnetic valve 416 to switch the air path of the lifting seat lifting driving cylinder 417 again), so that the lifting seat lifting driving cylinder 417 drives the lifting seat 413, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork 412 to descend together, and the pushing fork 412 returns to the initial position (to be operated);

when the push fork translation mechanism drives the push fork 412 to return to the position right above the printed product conveying device 1, the control system 3 judges whether a printed matter exists at the initial position of the pushing fork 412 according to the encoder pulse count value corresponding to each pile of printed matters 5 on the printed matter conveying device 1 (taking the quality detection branch line 4-1 as an example, if the difference between the encoder pulse count value corresponding to each pile of printed matters 5 on the printed matter conveying device 1 and the counting pulse preset value M1 of the quality detection branch line 4-1 exceeds a certain value (the value is preset in the control system according to the size of the printed matter), the control system judges that no printed matter exists at the initial position of the pushing fork of the printed matter taking and placing device 41 of the quality detection branch line 4-1, otherwise, the control system judges that a printed matter exists at the initial position of the pushing fork of the printed matter taking and placing device 41 of the quality detection branch line 4-1, and the like by the rest quality detection branch lines); when no printed matter exists at the initial position of the push fork, the control system 3 sends a return instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting driving cylinder 417 to drive the lifting seat 413, the push fork translation mechanism and the push fork 412 to descend to the initial position of the push fork together;

(5) the buffer conveying device 42 sends the printed matter 5 to the quality inspection machine 43 for inspection;

after the printed matter 5 enters the feeding end of the buffer conveying belt (the feeding end of the buffer conveying device), the printed matter 5 is conveyed to the quality inspection machine 43 by the buffer conveying belt 421, and the printed matter 5 reaching the discharging end of the buffer conveying belt 421 is supplied to the quality inspection machine 43 (when the printed matter on the buffer conveying belt 422 needs to be conveyed towards the quality inspection machine 43, the control system 3 sends an instruction to the buffer conveying motor 4221 to enable the power output shaft of the buffer conveying motor 4221 to rotate by a certain angle, so that the forward section of the annular belt 4224 moves by a certain distance);

the feed end detection sensor 423 is used for detecting whether the printed matter 5 enters the buffer conveyer belt 421, and when the printed matter 5 enters the buffer conveyer belt 422, the number of the printed matters on the buffer conveyer belt 422 is counted by + 1; the discharge end detection sensor 424 is used for detecting whether printed matters are conveyed to the quality inspection machine 43 from the discharge end of the buffer conveyor belt 422, and when printed matters 5 are detected to be moved out from the discharge end of the buffer conveyor belt 422, the number of the printed matters on the buffer conveyor belt 422 is counted to be-1. The control system 3 can accurately know the number (number of stacks) of the printed products 5 on the buffer conveyor 422 according to the counting condition, and can be used as a basis for whether to distribute and convey the printed products to the quality detection branch line 4, for example: the buffer conveyor 422 can accommodate a maximum of N stacks of printed products, and when the count value is smaller than N, new printed products can be continuously distributed and conveyed to the quality detection branch line 4; when the count value is equal to N, which means that the buffer conveyer 422 is full of printed matter, the allocation and conveyance of new printed matter to the quality inspection branch 4 is suspended.

In the buffer conveying device 42, when the discharge end detection sensor 424 cannot detect the printed matter 5 (that is, the discharge end of the buffer conveying belt 422 has no printed matter), the control system 3 sends an instruction to make the buffer conveying belt 422 automatically move, and conveys the printed matter 5 on the buffer conveying belt 422 towards the quality inspection machine 43 (ensuring that the printed matter 5 on the buffer conveying belt 422 is closest to the quality inspection machine 43, and simultaneously, freeing the position of the feed end of the buffer conveying belt 422 to facilitate automatic replenishment of the printed matter at the back).

When the count value of the number of the printed matter stacks on the buffer conveyor belt 422 is smaller than N (at this time, the buffer conveyor belt 422 is not full of printed matters), after the stack of printed matters 5 closest to the inspection machine 43 is transferred to the inspection machine 43 and before the inspection machine 43 needs the next stack of printed matters 5, the control system 3 sends an instruction to the buffer conveyor belt 422, the buffer conveyor belt 422 runs one step at a time and receives a new printed matter 5 at the feed end of the buffer conveyor belt 422 until the buffer conveyor belt 422 has a stack of printed matters 5 reaching the discharge end of the buffer conveyor belt 422, so that the buffer conveyor belt 422 is full of printed matters as much as possible.

The distance between each quality detection branch 4 and the camera 21 is preset in the control system 3 and does not need to be changed each time, unless there is a change in its mechanical position.

According to the actual production requirements, the type of the printed matter to be detected by each quality inspection machine 43 can be adjusted, and correspondingly, before production, the type of the printed matter to be detected by each quality inspection machine 43 is modified in the control system 3, and the image and text information of the new printed matter is recorded into the image processor 23 of the machine vision system 2.

When the control system 3 cannot distribute the printed matters according to a normal method (the situation occurs because the supply amount of a certain type of printed matters is too large, so that the quality detection branch line corresponding to the type of printed matters cannot complete the quality inspection work in time, and the specific expression is that the buffer conveying belt of the quality detection branch line corresponding to the type of printed matters is filled with the printed matters, namely the number of the printed matters on the buffer conveying belt reaches a preset number), the control system 3 adjusts the supply amount of the printed matters at the front end of the printed matter conveying device 1, suspends the supply of the type of printed matters, and can be adjusted to supply other types of printed matters at the moment so as to ensure the normal operation of the whole system.

In other embodiments, the lifting mechanism of the lifting seat may also be a mechanism composed of a screw and a nut which are engaged with each other, the screw is rotatably installed on the rack of the taking and placing device and moves up and down, the nut is installed on the lifting seat, and the rack of the taking and placing device is provided with a servo motor which can drive the screw to rotate. The lifting seat lifting mechanism can control the lifting strokes of the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork more finely, for example: when the printed matter distributed to the corresponding quality detection branch line reaches a preset position of the printed matter conveying device, the control system sends out an instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to ascend together, the printed matter is lifted upwards, and the printed matter is separated from the printed matter conveying device; after the printed matter on the pushing fork rises to the right position (at the moment, the printed matter is aligned with the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, and the height of the printed matter is slightly higher than that of the feeding end of the buffer conveying device), the control system sends out an instruction to enable the pushing fork translation mechanism to drive the pushing fork to translate towards the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, so that the printed matter reaches the position above the feeding end of the buffer conveying device, and at the moment, the printed matter is slightly higher than the feeding end of the buffer conveying device; then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to descend for a short distance together, and the printed matter is placed on the feeding end of the buffer conveying device; then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the pushing fork translation mechanism to drive the pushing fork to return to the position right above the printed matter conveying device; and then the control system sends out an instruction to enable the lifting seat lifting mechanism to drive the lifting seat, the pushing fork translation mechanism and the pushing fork to further descend together, so that the pushing fork returns to the initial position (to be in a working state).

Claims (6)

1. A printed matter distribution device is characterized by comprising a printed matter taking and placing device and a buffering conveying device; the buffer conveying device comprises a buffer support, a buffer conveying belt, a feeding end detection sensor and a discharging end detection sensor, wherein the buffer conveying belt, the feeding end detection sensor and the discharging end detection sensor are all arranged on the buffer support; the printed matter taking and placing device is arranged at the position corresponding to the feeding end of the buffer conveying belt.

2. The printed product dispensing apparatus of claim 1 wherein: the buffer conveying belt comprises a buffer conveying motor, a driving roller, a driven roller and an annular belt, the buffer conveying motor is arranged on a buffer support, the driving roller and the driven roller can be rotatably arranged on the buffer support, the annular belt is tensioned by the driving roller and the driven roller together, and a power output shaft of the buffer conveying motor is in transmission connection with the driving roller.

3. A printed product dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein: the printed matter taking and placing device comprises a taking and placing device support, a pushing fork translation mechanism capable of driving the pushing fork to reciprocate and translate, a lifting seat and a lifting seat lifting mechanism capable of driving the lifting seat to lift, wherein the lifting seat lifting mechanism is installed on the taking and placing device support, and the pushing fork translation mechanism is installed on the lifting seat.

4. A printed product dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 3 wherein: promote fork translation mechanism and drive actuating cylinder and control including the translation of promotion fork and promote the first solenoid valve that fork translation drove actuating cylinder gas circuit and switch, promote the fork translation and drive actuating cylinder's cylinder body and install on the seat that goes up and down, promote the fork translation and drive actuating cylinder's piston rod and promote the fork and be connected.

5. A printed product dispensing apparatus as recited in claim 3 wherein: the lifting seat lifting mechanism comprises a lifting seat lifting driving cylinder and a second electromagnetic valve for controlling the lifting seat to lift and drive the air circuit switching of the driving cylinder, the lifting seat lifting driving cylinder is mounted on the taking and placing device support, and the lifting seat lifting driving cylinder is connected with a piston rod of the lifting seat.

6. The printed product dispensing apparatus of claim 5 wherein: the lifting guide rod is arranged on the taking and placing device support, the lifting guide rod and the lifting seat are parallel to each other, and the lifting guide sleeve is in sliding fit with the lifting guide rod and arranged on the lifting seat.

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