CN214827159U

CN214827159U - Vertical feeding mechanism suitable for thin-walled piece

Info

Publication number: CN214827159U
Application number: CN202121143591.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯云龙; 徐成志; 杨永鑫; 朱澎波; 孙宇博
Original assignee: Shanghai GKN Huayu Driveline Systems Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai GKN Huayu Driveline Systems Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-26
Filing date: 2021-05-26
Publication date: 2021-11-23
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-26

Abstract

The utility model provides a vertical feed mechanism suitable for thin wall spare, which comprises a frame, extend from top to bottom and be used for supplying a plurality of thin wall spare to overlap the material loading post of establishing side by side from top to bottom, set up at material loading post periphery side and movably install in the frame take out the board, and install in the clamping jaw mechanism of frame, the upper end of material loading post is installed in the frame, the unsettled top at the material way of lower extreme, clamping jaw mechanism includes a pair of clamping jaw that can set up at material loading post periphery side with opening and shutting, it can support and stop the thin wall spare of its top to take out the board, a pair of clamping jaw is used for pressing from both sides the periphery tight at thin wall spare. The utility model discloses when saying material loading thin wall spare to the material, can realize through taking out mutually supporting of board and a pair of clamping jaw: the last thin-walled part below the drawing plate loses the support of the drawing plate and automatically falls onto the material channel, and the second thin-walled part above the drawing plate is blocked; the repeated action of the pulling plate and the pair of clamping jaws can realize the one-by-one automatic feeding of the thin-wall parts to the material channel, and can also avoid the side-by-side accumulation of the thin-wall parts.

Description

Vertical feeding mechanism suitable for thin-walled piece

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a constant velocity cardan joint transmission shaft assembly field especially relates to a vertical feed mechanism suitable for thin wall spare.

Background

In the process of assembling a constant velocity universal joint transmission shaft, the VL-DISC joint needs to assemble an end joint and an end cover together in a closing-in mode; and the assembly of the VL-DISC joint is an automatic assembly line, so that the problem of automatic feeding of the end cover is involved.

Further, the end cover of the VL-DISC joint is a thin-wall piece. Traditional end cover automatic feeding mode is material way material loading of simple: an operator firstly takes out a group of end covers from the feed box, removes outer packages of the end covers, then flatly lays the end covers on the material channel side by side one by one, and the tail end of the material channel is provided with a group of grading cylinders, so that the purpose that the end covers only pass through one end cover to the next station at each time is realized, and other end covers are blocked in front of the grading cylinders.

However, the end cover is a thin-wall part, so the end cover is light in weight, and the external circle section of the end cover is tapered. Therefore, the above-mentioned conventional automatic end cap feeding method has the following disadvantages: when the material is piled in front of the grading cylinder, the end covers are easy to tilt and stack, and even the end covers are extruded out of the material channel to form a falling part.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above prior art's shortcoming, the to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is to provide a vertical feed mechanism suitable for thin wall spare, can avoid piling up side by side of thin wall spare.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a vertical feed mechanism suitable for thin wall spare for on saying thin wall spare material loading to material, its characterized in that: the vertical feeding mechanism comprises a rack, a feeding column, a drawing plate and a clamping jaw mechanism, wherein the feeding column extends up and down and is used for a plurality of thin-walled pieces to be sleeved side by side up and down, the drawing plate is arranged on the peripheral side of the feeding column and movably arranged on the rack, the clamping jaw mechanism is arranged on the rack, the upper end of the feeding column is arranged on the rack, the lower end of the feeding column is suspended above a material channel, the clamping jaw mechanism comprises a pair of clamping jaws which can be arranged on the peripheral side of the feeding column in an opening and closing mode, the drawing plate can support and block the thin-walled pieces above the drawing plate, and the pair of clamping jaws are used for clamping the periphery of the thin-walled pieces.

Further, vertical feed mechanism still includes the installation component, the upper end of material loading post is through installation component detachable installation in the frame.

Further, the installation component is including the limiting plate that is fixed in the frame, set up in the limiting plate and the mounting groove that link up and fix the mounting panel in the upper end of the material loading post, the cooperation is pegged graft with the mounting groove to the mounting panel.

The mounting assembly further comprises a positioning pin, a first pin hole is formed in the limiting plate, and a second pin hole is formed in the mounting plate; after the mounting plate is inserted in the mounting groove, the positioning pin penetrates through the first pin hole and the second pin hole.

Further, vertical feed mechanism still is including being fixed in the frame drive actuating cylinder, it is scalable along the radial of material loading post to drive actuating cylinder's piston rod, it is fixed continuous with the piston rod that drives actuating cylinder to take out the board.

Further, vertical feed mechanism is still including distributing in the slide rail of taking out board both sides and all being fixed in the frame, the both sides of taking out the board are fixed with the slider with slide rail direction complex.

Further, vertical feed mechanism still includes detecting element, detecting element is used for detecting whether support has the thin wall spare on taking out the board.

Furthermore, the detection unit is an opposite photoelectric sensor which is fixed on the frame and positioned above the drawing plate.

As above, the utility model relates to a vertical feed mechanism suitable for thin wall spare has following beneficial effect:

the utility model discloses when saying material loading thin wall spare to the material, can realize through taking out mutually supporting of board and a pair of clamping jaw: the last thin-walled part below the drawing plate loses the support of the drawing plate and automatically falls onto the material channel, and the second thin-walled part above the drawing plate is blocked; the repeated action of the pulling plate and the pair of clamping jaws can realize the one-by-one automatic feeding of the thin-wall parts to the material channel, and can also avoid the side-by-side accumulation of the thin-wall parts.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the vertical feeding mechanism suitable for thin-walled workpieces in the present invention.

Description of the element reference numerals

10 machine frame

101 base

102 support

20 charging column

30 draw the board

40 clamping jaw mechanism

401 jaw

50 limiting plate

501 mounting groove

60 mounting plate

70 positioning pin

80 driving cylinder

90 slide rail

110 detection unit

120 end cap

130 connecting plate

140 mounting frame

Detailed Description

The following description is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description.

It should be understood that the drawings of the present application are only used to match the contents disclosed in the specification, so as to be known and read by those skilled in the art, and not to limit the practical limitations of the present invention, so that the present application does not have any technical significance, and any modification of the structure, change of the ratio relationship, or adjustment of the size should still fall within the scope of the present application without affecting the function and the achievable purpose of the present application. Meanwhile, the terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "middle", and the like used in the present specification are for convenience of description, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and changes or adjustments of the relative relationship thereof may be considered as the scope of the present invention without substantial changes in the technical content.

As shown in fig. 1, the utility model provides a vertical feeding mechanism suitable for thin-walled pieces, which is used for feeding the thin-walled pieces to a material channel; in this embodiment, the thin-walled member is the end cover 120 of the VL-DISC joint, that is, the vertical feeding mechanism is used for automatic feeding of the end cover 120 when the VL-DISC joint is automatically assembled.

As shown in fig. 1, the utility model relates to a vertical feeding mechanism includes frame 10, extend from top to bottom and be used for supplying a plurality of end covers 120 to overlap the material loading post 20 of establishing side by side from top to bottom, set up at material loading post 20 periphery side and movably install in frame 10 take out the board 30, and install in frame 10's clamping jaw mechanism 40, the upper end of material loading post 20 is installed in frame 10, the unsettled top in the material way of lower extreme, clamping jaw mechanism 40 includes a pair of clamping jaw 401 that can open and shut and set up at material loading post 20 periphery side, a pair of clamping jaw 401 is used for pressing from both sides the periphery at end cover 120. The drawing plate 30 can move back and forth in the direction close to or far away from the feeding column 20, so that the drawing plate 30 has a first working position at the inner side and a second working position at the outer side; when the drawing plate 30 is located at the first working position at the inner side, the drawing plate 30 can support and block the end cover 120 above the drawing plate; when the drawing plate 30 is located at the second working position of the outer side, the drawing plate 30 is located at the outer side of the outer edge of the end cover 120 and can not support and block the end cover 120 above the drawing plate 30.

When the vertical feeding mechanism carries out feeding, the end cover 120 of the VL-DISC joint is sleeved on the periphery of the feeding column 20 through the inner hole of the end cover; then, the pair of clamping jaws 401 are firstly opened, the drawing plate 30 is firstly positioned at the first working position at the inner side, the first end cover 120 at the lowest end on the feeding column 20 falls on the drawing plate 30 under the action of gravity, and the drawing plate 30 supports and blocks the first end cover 120 at the lowest end on the feeding column 20; then, a pair of clamping jaws 401 close and clamp the periphery of the second end cap 120 at the lowermost end of the loading column 20; then, the pulling plate 30 moves outward until the pulling plate 30 is located at the second working position of the outer side, and the pulling plate 30 is located at the outer side of the outer edge of the end cover 120, so that the first end cover 120 at the lowest end automatically falls onto the material channel due to the loss of the support of the pulling plate 30, and the end cover 120 is automatically fed; then, the drawing plate 30 is moved inward to the first working position, the pair of jaws 401 are opened to release the original lowermost second end cap 120 clamped by the jaws, and the lowermost second end cap 120 falls on the drawing plate 30 under the action of gravity to form a new lowermost first end cap 120. Reciprocating above-mentioned action like this, through take out the reciprocating motion between board 30 inboard and the outside and a pair of clamping jaw 401 opens and shuts repeatedly, can realize only downwards at every turn through an end cover 120 to material way on, carry out the automatic feeding one by one of a plurality of end covers 120, and still effectively avoid piling up side by side of a plurality of end covers 120, improve end cover 120 automatic feeding's accuracy and stability.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the frame 10 includes a base 101 for fixing on the ground, and a bracket 102 fixed to an upper end of the base 101 by a plurality of bolts; the clamping jaw mechanism 40 is fixedly mounted on the upper end surface of the base 101 of the frame 10.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the vertical feeding mechanism further includes a mounting assembly, and the upper end of the feeding column 20 is detachably mounted on the bracket 102 of the rack 10 through the mounting assembly; in this way, the loading column 20 can be removed from the bracket 102, and the plurality of end caps 120 can be conveniently sleeved on the periphery of the loading column 20. Preferably, the mounting assembly includes a limiting plate 50 fixed to the bracket 102 by a welding machine, a mounting groove 501 provided in the limiting plate 50 and penetrating through the limiting plate 50, and a mounting plate 60 welded and fixed to the upper end of the feeding column 20, and the mounting plate 60 is in insertion fit with the mounting groove 501, so as to realize detachable connection between the upper end of the feeding column 20 and the bracket 102. Preferably, the limiting plate 50 includes a flat extending plate main body portion and L-shaped bent portions integrally provided at both ends of the plate main body portion, a space between the plate main body portion and the L-shaped bent portions forms the mounting groove 501, and the L-shaped bent portions form a limit to the mounting plate 60. In addition, the mounting assembly further comprises a positioning pin 70, a first pin hole is formed in the limiting plate 50, and a second pin hole is formed in the mounting plate 60; after the mounting plate 60 is inserted into the mounting groove 501, the positioning pin 70 is inserted into the first pin hole and the second pin hole, so that the connection reliability between the upper end of the feeding column 20 and the bracket 102 is improved.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the vertical feeding mechanism further includes a driving cylinder 80 fixed on the base 101 of the rack 10 and a connecting plate 130 fixed at the outer edge of the pulling plate 30, a piston rod of the driving cylinder 80 is telescopic along the radial direction of the feeding column 20, the piston rod of the driving cylinder 80 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 130, connection between the pulling plate 30 and the piston rod of the driving cylinder 80 is achieved, and the driving cylinder 80 drives the pulling plate 30 to reciprocate between the inner side and the outer side. Preferably, the vertical feeding mechanism further comprises mounting frames 140 which are distributed on two sides of the drawing plate 30 and are fixed on the middle support 102 of the rack 10, and sliding rails 90 which are fixed on the mounting frames 140, and sliding blocks which are matched with the sliding rails 90 in a guiding manner are fixed on two sides of the drawing plate 30, so that the stability of the drawing plate 30 during reciprocating movement of the inner side and the outer side of the drawing plate is improved.

Further, the vertical feeding mechanism further includes a detection unit 110, and the detection unit 110 is used for detecting whether the end cover 120 is supported on the drawing plate 30. Preferably, the detecting unit 110 is a correlation type photosensor, which is fixed to the frame 10 and located above the drawer panel 30. The opposite-emitting photoelectric sensor comprises an emitting tube and a receiving tube which are arranged oppositely, and the emitting tube emits light to the receiving tube; when the end cover 120 is supported on the drawing plate 30, the end cover 120 blocks the light emitted by the transmitting tube, and the light signal received by the receiving tube is weaker; when the end cover 120 is not provided on the drawing plate 30, the light emitted by the transmitting tube is not blocked by the end cover 120, and the light signal received by the receiving tube is stronger; thus, whether the end cap 120 is supported on the drawing plate 30 can be determined by receiving the output signal of the tube.

The working process of the utility model comprises the following steps in sequence:

1. in an initial state, the pair of clamping jaws 401 is in an open state, and the drawing plate 30 is in a first working position at the inner side;

2. a worker takes down the loading column 20 and sleeves the plurality of end covers 120 on the loading column 20 through the inner holes thereof;

3. the mounting plate 60 at the upper end of the feeding column 20 is inserted into the mounting groove 501 of the limiting plate 50, so that the feeding column 20 is mounted on the bracket 102, and the first end cover 120 at the lowest end of the feeding column 20 falls on the drawing plate 30 under the action of gravity;

4. after the correlation photoelectric sensor detects that the end cover 120 is supported on the drawing plate 30, the pair of clamping jaws 401 are closed and clamp the periphery of the second end cover 120 at the lowest end on the feeding column 20;

5. the piston rod of the driving cylinder 80 retracts, the pulling plate 30 is driven to move outwards to the second working position at the outer side, and the first end cover 120 at the lowest end automatically falls onto the material channel because the support of the pulling plate 30 is lost;

6. the piston rod of the driving cylinder 80 extends out to drive the drawing plate 30 to move inwards to a first working position at the inner side;

7. the pair of clamping jaws 401 are opened, and the original lowest second end cap 120 clamped by the clamping jaws is released, and the lowest second end cap 120 falls on the drawing plate 30 under the action of gravity to form a new lowest first end cap 120;

8. repeating the steps 4 to 7, the plurality of end covers 120 on the feeding column 20 can be automatically fed to the material channel one by one.

To sum up, the utility model discloses various shortcomings in the prior art have effectively been overcome and high industry value has.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Modifications and variations can be made to the above-described embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a vertical feed mechanism suitable for thin wall spare for with thin wall spare material loading to the material way on, its characterized in that: the vertical feeding mechanism comprises a rack (10), a feeding column (20) which extends up and down and is used for a plurality of thin-walled pieces to be sleeved side by side up and down, a drawing plate (30) which is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the feeding column (20) and movably arranged on the rack (10), and a clamping jaw mechanism (40) which is arranged on the rack (10), wherein the upper end of the feeding column (20) is arranged on the rack (10), and the lower end of the feeding column is suspended above a material channel, the clamping jaw mechanism (40) comprises a pair of clamping jaws (401) which are arranged on the outer peripheral side of the feeding column (20) in an openable and closable manner, the drawing plate (30) can support and block the thin-walled pieces above the drawing plate, and the pair of clamping jaws (401) is used for clamping the periphery of the thin-walled pieces.

2. The vertical feed mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the feeding device is characterized by further comprising a mounting assembly, wherein the upper end of the feeding column (20) is detachably mounted on the rack (10) through the mounting assembly.

3. The vertical feed mechanism of claim 2, wherein: the installation component comprises a limiting plate (50) fixed on the rack (10), a mounting groove (501) arranged in the limiting plate (50) and communicated with the limiting plate, and a mounting plate (60) fixed on the upper end of the feeding column (20), wherein the mounting plate (60) is in splicing fit with the mounting groove (501).

4. The vertical feed mechanism of claim 3, wherein: the mounting assembly further comprises a positioning pin (70), a first pin hole is formed in the limiting plate (50), and a second pin hole is formed in the mounting plate (60); after the mounting plate (60) is inserted into the mounting groove (501), the positioning pin (70) penetrates through the first pin hole and the second pin hole.

5. The vertical feed mechanism of claim 1, wherein: still including being fixed in drive actuating cylinder (80) of frame (10), the piston rod that drives actuating cylinder (80) is scalable along the radial of material loading post (20), it is fixed continuous with the piston rod that drives actuating cylinder (80) to take out board (30).

6. The vertical feed mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the drawing plate is characterized by further comprising sliding rails (90) which are distributed on two sides of the drawing plate (30) and fixed on the rack (10), and sliding blocks which are matched with the sliding rails (90) in a guiding mode are fixed on two sides of the drawing plate (30).

7. The vertical feed mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the drawing plate support device is characterized by further comprising a detection unit (110), wherein the detection unit (110) is used for detecting whether the drawing plate (30) supports a thin-walled part or not.

8. The vertical feed mechanism of claim 7, wherein: the detection unit (110) is an opposite type photoelectric sensor which is fixed on the rack (10) and is positioned on the upper side of the drawing plate (30).