CN214682952U

CN214682952U - Feeding platform and sorting system

Info

Publication number: CN214682952U
Application number: CN202023231774.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林新达; 孙帅
Original assignee: Guangdong Topstrong Living Innovation and Integration Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Topstrong Living Innovation and Integration Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-28
Filing date: 2020-12-28
Publication date: 2021-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-28

Abstract

The utility model provides a sorting system and feeding platform thereof, wherein feeding platform includes base, clamping module and feeds the module, clamping module is used for pressing from both sides tightly to treat the letter sorting product, and it can be followed base length direction and slided above locating the base, it is connected with clamping module and is used for driving clamping module and slides, clamping module is equipped with a plurality of centre gripping positions along feed direction, and every centre gripping position corresponds one and treats the letter sorting product, a plurality of centre gripping position equidistance intervals set up.

Description

Feeding platform and sorting system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a product letter sorting equipment technical field particularly, the utility model relates to a letter sorting system and feeding platform thereof.

Background

At present, in the product detection and sorting equipment, a feeding device is usually only fed in a single station, all detection procedures of one product are completed, and then the next product is conveyed, so that the conveying efficiency is lower, and the production line capacity is smaller.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses a first purpose aims at providing a can improve product transmission efficiency's feeding platform.

Another object of the utility model is to provide a sorting system of using above-mentioned feeding platform.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:

as a first aspect, the utility model provides a feeding platform, include base, clamping module and feed the module, clamping module is used for pressing from both sides tightly to treat the letter sorting product, and it locates the base top and can follow base length direction and slide, it is connected with clamping module and is used for driving clamping module and slides to feed the module, clamping module is equipped with a plurality of centre gripping positions along feed direction, and every centre gripping position corresponds one and treats the letter sorting product, a plurality of centre gripping position equidistance intervals set up.

Optionally, the clamping module includes a pair of clamping plates disposed side by side, the clamping plates are provided with a plurality of U-shaped clamping openings, the pair of clamping plates are disposed opposite to each other with the U-shaped clamping openings and can be driven to approach or move away from each other, wherein one of the U-shaped clamping openings on the two clamping plates located at the same position of the clamping plates along the length direction defines one clamping position.

Optionally, the clamping module further comprises a clamping cylinder and a clamping guide rail, the clamping plate is connected with the output end of the clamping cylinder and mounted on the clamping guide rail, and the clamping guide rail is connected with the feeding module.

Optionally, the feeding module includes a feeding cylinder and a feeding guide rail, the feeding guide rail is connected to the base and extends along the length direction of the base, one end of the feeding cylinder is connected to an external device, the other end of the feeding cylinder is connected to the base, and the clamping guide rail is installed on the feeding guide rail.

Further, the feeding platform further comprises a rotating module, wherein the rotating module is arranged below the clamping module and can abut against the product to be sorted to enable the product to be sorted to rotate.

Optionally, the rotating module includes a rotating mechanism and a lifting mechanism, the rotating mechanism is used for positioning the product to be sorted and rotating the product, and the lifting mechanism is connected with the rotating mechanism and is used for driving the rotating mechanism to lift.

Optionally, the lifting mechanism includes a lifting cylinder, a mounting plate connected to an output end of the lifting cylinder, and a guide rod for guiding the mounting plate; the rotating mechanism comprises a motor and a turntable fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor, and a positioning column used for positioning a product to be sorted is arranged on the turntable.

Optionally, the number of the motors and the number of the rotating discs are two, the two motors are arranged on the mounting plate at intervals, and the interval between the two motors and the interval between the two clamping positions are correspondingly arranged.

Optionally, the clamping module further comprises a clamping block, one end of the clamping block forms the U-shaped clamping opening, and the other end of the clamping block is provided with a mounting hole; the clamping plate is provided with a mounting groove which can be embedded into one end of the clamping block provided with the mounting hole, and the mounting groove is provided with a threaded hole corresponding to the mounting hole so as to realize the fastening of the clamping block and the clamping plate by means of screws.

As a second aspect, the invention also relates to a sorting system comprising: the feeding platform is used for placing a product to be sorted and conveying the product to be sorted along a preset direction; the visual detection device is arranged above the feeding platform and used for acquiring images of products to be sorted so as to judge whether the bearings to be sorted belong to good products or defective products; the sorting device is close to the tail end of the feeding platform and used for respectively transmitting the good products and the defective products according to the detection result of the visual detection device.

Further, the sorting system further comprises a feeding device, the feeding device is used for transferring the bearing to be sorted to the feeding platform from the welding machine, and the feeding device comprises a feeding clamping jaw used for grabbing and placing a bearing product and a three-axis adjusting mechanism used for driving the feeding clamping jaw to move in the front-back direction, the left-right direction and the up-down direction.

Optionally, the visual detection device includes an outer ring weld detection device and an inner ring weld detection device, and is correspondingly used for detecting an outer ring weld and an inner ring weld.

Optionally, the outer ring weld joint detection device and the inner ring weld joint detection device both have an image pickup component and a focusing mechanism, the image pickup component is used for acquiring an image of the bearing to be detected, and the focusing mechanism is used for realizing focusing and focusing functions of the image pickup component.

Optionally, the sorting device comprises a sorting mechanism and a sorting transmission line, the sorting mechanism comprises a guide plate and a swing driving piece, the guide plate is arranged above the sorting transmission line, and the swing driving piece is connected with the guide plate and used for driving the guide plate to rotationally limit a good product transmission channel or a defective product transmission channel on the sorting transmission line.

Optionally, the sorting device further comprises a product output port, the sorting transmission line is a belt transmission line, one end of the belt transmission line is in butt joint with the tail end of the feeding platform, and the product output port is hinged to the other end of the belt transmission line.

Optionally, the product delivery outlet includes layer board, baffle and limiting plate, the baffle erects in the relative both sides of layer board, the baffle extends to on the belt transmission line and falls into two parts with the belt transmission line of baffle position along width direction, the limiting plate is the V-arrangement, and it is located the layer board end and be in layer board width direction middle part position, the non-defective products delivery outlet and substandard product delivery outlet are injectd jointly to limiting plate and layer board and baffle.

The utility model provides a beneficial effect that technical scheme brought is:

1. the utility model discloses an among the feeding platform, through set up a plurality of centre gripping positions along direction of feed on the centre gripping module, can reduce the latency of different stations at a plurality of station synchronous processing (or detection) products, improved production efficiency.

2. The utility model discloses an among the feeding platform, through set up in the clamping module below and can drive the rotatory rotation module of the product of the centre gripping of clamping module, can rotate the product automatically, improve degree of automation.

3. The utility model discloses an among the letter sorting system, come the centre gripping through feeding the platform, carry and wait to detect the product, acquire the bearing image through the vision detection device to supply to judge bearing weld quality, and come according to vision detection device's testing result to the bearing according to yields and substandard product automatic sorting through the sorting device, degree of automation is high, can to a great extent improve and detect and letter sorting efficiency, improves the degree of accuracy of letter sorting.

4. The utility model discloses an among the letter sorting system, still through triaxial adjustable loading attachment (triaxial adjustable manipulator) to feeding platform automatic feeding, further improved degree of automation.

5. The utility model discloses an among the letter sorting system, the product delivery outlet is articulated with belt transmission line to can adjust the height of product delivery outlet, collect the finished product that the letter sorting was accomplished better. In addition, the product delivery outlet passes through baffle, limiting plate and forms two different exports to can correspond and collect yields and substandard product, the simple structure of product delivery outlet, divide the worker clearly and definitely, can further guarantee the letter sorting effect.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are required to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding platform according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a rotating module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a product delivery outlet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While certain embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but rather are provided for a more thorough and complete understanding of the present invention. It should be understood that the drawings and examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

It should be understood that the various steps recited in the method embodiments of the present invention may be performed in a different order and/or performed in parallel. Moreover, method embodiments may include additional steps and/or omit performing the illustrated steps. The scope of the present invention is not limited in this respect.

The term "include" and variations thereof as used herein are open-ended, i.e., "including but not limited to". The term "coupled" may refer to direct coupling or indirect coupling via intermediate members (elements). The term "one embodiment" means "at least one embodiment"; the term "another embodiment" means "at least one additional embodiment"; the term "some embodiments" means "at least some embodiments". Relevant definitions for other terms will be given in the following description.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like in the present invention are only used for distinguishing the devices, modules or units, and are not used for limiting the devices, modules or units to be different devices, modules or units, and also for limiting the sequence or interdependence of the functions performed by the devices, modules or units.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the utility model relates to a sorting system is applicable to medical bed caster bearing's automated inspection and letter sorting, improves the efficiency and the degree of accuracy that detect and sort the process. In the detection link, the utility model discloses a visual detection device shoots the image to bearing inner race welding seam and outer lane welding seam to contrast with predetermineeing qualified image, thereby judge yields and substandard product.

The sorting system comprises a feeding platform 100, a visual detection device 200, a sorting device 300 and a supporting base 400, wherein the feeding platform 100, the visual detection device 200 and the sorting device 300 are all arranged on the supporting base 400.

The feeding platform 100 is used for placing a bearing 1000 to be sorted and conveying the bearing forward to the sorting device 300, the visual detection device 200 is arranged above the feeding platform 100 and is used for shooting images of bearing products in a controlled manner so as to identify whether the products belong to good products or defective products, the sorting device 300 is in butt joint with the tail end of the feeding platform 100, and can sort the bearing products into good products or defective products according to detection results of the visual detection device 200 and output the bearing products respectively. The supporting base 400 is provided with a control box (not shown) therein, and the control box is electrically connected to the feeding platform 100, the vision inspection device 200 and the sorting device 300 to control the working states of the feeding platform, the vision inspection device and the sorting device.

Therefore, the automatic bearing product sorting system which can reduce manual participation and is high in detection efficiency and sorting accuracy is provided.

For convenience of expression, the direction in which the product is fed on the feeding platform 100 is defined as a front-back direction, the direction perpendicular to the feeding direction is a left-right direction, and the vertical direction is an up-down direction.

Optionally, the feeding platform 100 includes a base 1020, a clamping module 101, a feeding module 102, and a rotating module 103.

The base 1022 is substantially rectangular, and may be formed by splicing plates.

The clamping module 101 is used for clamping and positioning a bearing to be detected, is located above the base and can move relative to the base. The clamping module 101 comprises a pair of clamping plates 1011 arranged oppositely, the clamping plates 1011 are provided with U-shaped clamping openings (not shown, the same applies below), and the clamping plates 1011 can be driven to mutually approach to enable the U-shaped clamping openings to clamp the bearing or mutually separate to loosen the clamped bearing. It will be appreciated that the clamp module 101 also has a clamp cylinder 1012 that drives the clamp plates 1011 to advance toward or away from each other and a clamp rail that guides the direction of movement of the clamp plates 1011 to enhance smoothness.

The feeding module 102 is used for driving the clamping module 101 to move back and forth linearly along the feeding direction, so that feeding is realized. The feeding module comprises a feeding cylinder 1022 and a feeding guide rail 1021, the feeding guide rail is connected with the base and extends along the length direction of the base, one end of the feeding cylinder is connected with an external device, the other end of the feeding cylinder is connected with the base, and the clamping guide rail is installed on the feeding guide rail.

Preferably, a plurality of U-shaped clamping openings are formed in the clamping plate 1011, so that the clamping module 101 can form a plurality of clamping positions, a plurality of bearing products can be clamped synchronously, the bearings can move along the feeding direction, two visual detection devices arranged at intervals can work simultaneously, outer ring welding seams and inner ring welding seams of the two bearings are detected synchronously and respectively, and the detection efficiency is further improved.

The plurality of U-shaped clamping openings are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the clamping plate 1011, and the distance between every two adjacent U-shaped clamping openings is matched with the distance between the two visual detection devices for respective camera shooting components.

The clamping module further comprises a clamping block 1013, one end of the clamping block forms the U-shaped clamping opening, and the other end of the clamping block is provided with a mounting hole; the clamping plate 1011 is provided with a mounting groove which can be embedded into one end of the clamping block 1013 provided with a mounting hole, and the mounting groove is provided with a threaded hole at a position corresponding to the mounting hole so as to realize the fastening of the clamping block and the clamping plate 1011 by means of a screw.

Further, please refer to fig. 3, the feeding platform 100 further includes a rotating module 103 disposed right below the visual inspection device 200, and the rotating module 103 is configured to rotate the bearing after the bearing is transferred to the proper position, so that the visual inspection device 200 can obtain images of bearing products at various azimuth angles, and the accuracy of the inspection result is further improved.

Alternatively, the rotation module 103 includes a rotation mechanism that can be connected to the bearing and rotate it by a predetermined angle, and a lifting cylinder 1033 for driving the rotation mechanism to ascend or descend, so that the rotation mechanism can ascend to be in contact with the bearing and descend to be separated from the bearing.

The rotating mechanism comprises a motor and a rotating disc 1031 fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor, and a positioning column 10310 capable of being inserted into a preset hole on the bearing is arranged on the rotating disc 1031. In being applied to other types of bearing and detecting, carousel 1031 can be according to the product structure setting that detects, for example set up slot position or clamping structure that can and bearing inner race tight fit.

The lifting mechanism includes a lifting cylinder 1033, a mounting plate 1032 that is driven to be lifted or lowered by the lifting cylinder, and a guide bar 1034 for guiding the mounting plate 1032, and the motor is fixed to the mounting plate 1032.

Correspondingly, the rotating mechanism comprises two motors, the two motors correspond to the positions of the outer ring weld seam detection device 201 and the inner ring weld seam detection device 202, and the two motors are both installed on one installation plate 1032. Wherein, two motors can realize respective independent rotation.

Further, please refer to fig. 4, the sorting system further includes a feeding device 500, which is a three-axis manipulator, including a feeding jaw 501 for picking and placing the bearing to be sorted and a three-axis adjusting mechanism 502 capable of driving the feeding jaw 501 to move along the front-back direction, the left-right direction and the up-down direction.

Preferably, the contact part of the feeding clamping jaw 501 and the bearing to be clamped is adapted to the contour of the bearing, for example, is set to be arc-shaped, so as to better clamp the bearing and avoid damaging the appearance of the bearing.

In this embodiment, the automation of the sorting system is further enhanced by providing the loading device 500 such that the loading device 500 can automatically and controllably grasp the bearing product from the welder and then place it on the feeding platform 100.

Optionally, the visual inspection apparatus 200 includes an outer ring weld detection apparatus 201 and an inner ring weld detection apparatus 202, which are disposed at intervals along the feeding direction, and both have an image capturing component for capturing an image and a focusing mechanism (not labeled, the same applies below), the image capturing component is configured to obtain an image of the bearing to be inspected, and the focusing mechanism is configured to implement focusing and focusing functions of the image capturing component.

Preferably, the image pickup means is preferably a CCD industrial camera. The focusing mechanism comprises an up-down adjusting mechanism, a left-right adjusting mechanism and an angle adjusting mechanism, wherein the up-down adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the shooting component along the vertical direction, the left-right adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the shooting component along the direction perpendicular to the feeding direction, and the angle adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the inclination angle of the shooting component.

The focusing and focusing of the camera shooting component are realized by arranging the three-dimensional focusing mechanism, so that the image of the bearing to be detected can be acquired in an all-dimensional manner, and the accuracy of a detection result is improved.

In the above embodiment, the rotating module 103 is disposed right below the visual inspection device, and the distance between the two motors is set in cooperation with the distance between the outer-ring weld inspection device and the inner-ring weld inspection device.

Optionally, the sorting device 300 includes a sorting mechanism 301 and a sorting transmission line 302, the sorting transmission line 302 is a belt transmission line and is butted with the feeding platform 100 at the end of the feeding platform 100, the sorting mechanism 301 is disposed above the belt transmission line and rotatably limits the belt transmission line into a good product transmission channel or a defective product transmission channel, and then the belt transmission line correspondingly delivers the good product or the defective product.

Sorting mechanism 301 includes guide plate, swing driving piece and letter sorting adjustment mechanism. The guide plate is L-shaped, one end of the guide plate is connected with the swing driving piece, and the other end of the guide plate can be driven by the swing driving piece to swing on the belt transmission line, so that the guide effect of the products to be sorted can be realized. The swing driving piece is installed on the sorting adjusting mechanism and can be adjusted along the feeding direction, the left and right directions and the height direction, so that the position and the angle of the guide plate on the belt transmission line can be adjusted, and the sorting of products with different sizes is adapted.

Further, referring to fig. 5, the sorting apparatus 300 further includes a product output port 303, and the product output port 303 is hinged to an end of the belt transmission line away from the feeding platform 100.

Optionally, the product output port 303 includes a supporting plate 3031, a baffle 3032, a partition plate 3033, and a limiting plate 3034, the baffle is erected on two opposite sides of the supporting plate, the partition plate extends onto the belt transmission line and divides the belt transmission line at the position of the baffle into two parts in the width direction, the limiting plate is V-shaped and located at the tail end of the supporting plate and at the middle position of the supporting plate in the width direction, and the limiting plate, the supporting plate and the baffle together define a good product output port and a defective product output port.

The product outlet 303 is hinged to a belt conveyor line so that the height of the product outlet 303 can be adjusted to better collect finished products after sorting. In addition, the product delivery outlet 303 forms two different exports through baffle, limiting plate to can correspond and collect yields and substandard product, the simple structure of product delivery outlet 303, divide the worker clearly and definitely, can further guarantee the letter sorting effect.

The sorting system of the above example is suitable for the detection and sorting of bearings, but can not be regarded as constituting the limitation to its use, the utility model discloses a sorting system still can carry out visual inspection and then realize the sorting to other products according to the profile of product.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the invention and is intended to illustrate the technical principles applied. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific combination of the above-mentioned features, but also covers other embodiments formed by any combination of the above-mentioned features or their equivalents without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the above features are mutually replaced with (but not limited to) technical features having similar functions of the present invention.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a feeding platform, includes base, clamping module and feeds the module, clamping module is used for pressing from both sides tightly treating the letter sorting product, and it locates the base top and can follow base length direction and slide, it is connected with clamping module and is used for driving clamping module and slides to feed the module, its characterized in that, clamping module is equipped with a plurality of centre gripping positions along the direction of feed, and every centre gripping position corresponds one and treats the letter sorting product, a plurality of centre gripping position equidistance intervals set up.

2. The feeding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clamping module comprises a pair of clamping plates arranged side by side, the clamping plates are provided with a plurality of U-shaped clamping openings, the clamping plates are arranged opposite to each other with the U-shaped clamping openings and can be driven to move close to or away from each other, and each U-shaped clamping opening on the two clamping plates at the same position along the length direction of the clamping plates jointly defines one clamping position.

3. The feeding platform as claimed in claim 2, wherein the clamping module further comprises a clamping cylinder and a clamping rail, the clamping plate is connected with the output end of the clamping cylinder and is mounted on the clamping rail, and the clamping rail is connected with the feeding module.

4. The feeding platform as claimed in claim 3, wherein the feeding module comprises a feeding cylinder and a feeding rail, the feeding rail is connected with the base and extends along the length direction of the base, one end of the feeding cylinder is connected with an external device, the other end of the feeding cylinder is connected with the base, and the clamping rail is mounted on the feeding rail.

5. The feeding platform according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation module disposed below the gripping module and adapted to rotate against a product to be sorted.

6. The feeding platform as claimed in claim 5, wherein the rotating module comprises a rotating mechanism for positioning and rotating the products to be sorted and a lifting mechanism connected to the rotating mechanism for driving the rotating mechanism to lift.

7. The feeding platform as claimed in claim 6, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting cylinder, a mounting plate connected with the output end of the lifting cylinder, and a guide rod for guiding the mounting plate;

the rotating mechanism comprises a motor and a turntable fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor, and a positioning column used for positioning a product to be sorted is arranged on the turntable.

8. The feeding platform as claimed in claim 7, wherein there are two motors and two rotating discs, the two motors are spaced apart from each other on the mounting plate, and the spacing between the two motors is corresponding to the spacing between the clamping positions.

9. The feeding platform as claimed in claim 2, wherein the clamping module further comprises a clamping block, one end of the clamping block forms the U-shaped clamping opening, and the other end of the clamping block is provided with a mounting hole;

the clamping plate is provided with a mounting groove which can be embedded into one end of the clamping block provided with the mounting hole, and the mounting groove is provided with a threaded hole corresponding to the mounting hole so as to realize the fastening of the clamping block and the clamping plate by means of screws.

10. A sorting system, comprising: the feeding platform, the visual inspection device and the sorting device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the feeding platform is used for placing the products to be sorted and conveying the products to be sorted along a predetermined direction; the visual detection device is arranged above the feeding platform and used for acquiring images of products to be sorted so as to judge whether the bearings to be sorted belong to good products or defective products; the sorting device is close to the tail end of the feeding platform and used for respectively transmitting the good products and the defective products according to the detection result of the visual detection device.