CN215709470U - Split-flow conveying system - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a diversion conveying system, comprising: a main conveying track, which is reserved with an installation space; a shunt conveying rail, a part of which is installed in the installation space; the shunting conveying track comprises at least one liftable chain transmission lifting assembly, the chain transmission lifting assembly is provided with a conveying chain, the conveying chain is connected with a plurality of rollers, the top surfaces of the rollers jointly form a conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly, and the conveying surface of the main conveying track is positioned between the upper limit and the lower limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly; and the limiting device is provided with a liftable limiting column, and the limiting column is used for limiting the materials on the shunting conveying track. The reposition of redundant personnel track of carrying has not only realized the reposition of redundant personnel to main track of carrying, and after the material frame on the reposition of redundant personnel track of carrying is blockked by spacing post, because the conveying chain is connected with a plurality of rollers, consequently the material frame that is blockked stops to carry, and the material frame that is not blockked still can continue to carry through reposition of redundant personnel track of carrying to improve the conveying efficiency to the material frame.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of section bar processing, in particular to a shunting conveying system.
Background
At present, aluminum profiles from blanks to factories generally need to be subjected to the processes of heating, extrusion forming, straightening, surface treatment, cutting, basket filling and the like. When the aluminum profiles are used for loading the baskets, the aluminum profiles are generally placed in the material frame in a layer-by-layer stacking mode, and then the material frame filled with the aluminum profiles is conveyed to a specified stock storage place through the conveying track. Because the existing conveying track is lack of shunt conveying of the material frames, once the material frames on the conveying track are not timely conveyed out, the whole conveying track is paralyzed, and the conveying efficiency of the material frames is seriously influenced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention is directed to a split stream delivery system that solves one or more of the problems set forth in the prior art, and provides at least one useful alternative or creation.
The diversion delivery system according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
a main conveying track, which is reserved with an installation space;
a divided flow conveying rail partially installed in the installation space, the divided flow conveying rail and the main conveying rail having different conveying directions; the shunting conveying track comprises at least one chain transmission lifting assembly capable of lifting up and down, the chain transmission lifting assembly is provided with a conveying chain for conveying materials, the conveying chain is connected with a plurality of rollers, the top surfaces of the rollers jointly form a conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly, the upper limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly is higher than the conveying surface of the main conveying track, and the lower limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly is lower than the conveying surface of the main conveying track;
and the limiting device is provided with a limiting column capable of ascending and descending up and down, and the limiting column is used for limiting the materials on the shunting conveying track.
The shunting and conveying system provided by the embodiment of the utility model at least has the following beneficial effects: the chain transmission lifting assembly can lift up and down, so that when the shunting conveying track rises to a position higher than the main conveying track, the material frames on the main conveying track can be taken over by the shunting conveying track and leave the main conveying track along with the operation of the shunting conveying track, the shunting of the material frames is realized, and the conveying efficiency of the material frames is improved; in addition, when the shunting conveying track is required to suspend discharging, the limiting device drives the limiting column to extend upwards and block the material frame from advancing, and the conveying chain is connected with a plurality of rollers, so that when the material frame is blocked by the limiting column, the rollers can slip with the blocked material frame, and the shunting conveying track can still work at the moment and conveys the unblocked material frame, so that the conveying efficiency of the material frame is further improved.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, in order to avoid the branch conveying track from obstructing the operation of the main conveying track, the number of the chain drive lifting assemblies is two or more, all the chain drive lifting assemblies are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the branch conveying track, and two adjacent chain drive lifting assemblies are butted with each other. When the chain transmission lifting assembly butted with the main conveying track descends to a lower limit position, the main conveying track can continuously convey the material frame, and other chain transmission lifting assemblies can also continuously convey the material frame.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, each chain transmission lifting assembly comprises two chain transmission devices and four lifting devices, wherein the two chain transmission devices are arranged in parallel and at intervals, and each two lifting devices are respectively connected to the head end and the tail end of one chain transmission device. Due to the fact that the length of the material frame is long, each chain transmission lifting assembly comprises two chain transmission devices, and the chain transmission lifting assembly can be driven to lift better due to the arrangement of the four lifting devices.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, each chain transmission comprises a drive sprocket, a driven sprocket and the conveying chain, the drive sprocket and the driven sprocket being in driving connection by the conveying chain such that the conveying chain is movable with rotation of the drive sprocket.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the two drive sprockets of each chain drive lifting assembly are fixedly connected to a transmission shaft, and each transmission shaft is connected to a second driving device so as to realize synchronous movement of the two chain drive devices.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, in order to enable smooth lifting of the chain drive lifting assembly, the four lifting devices of each chain drive lifting assembly are moved synchronously.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the lifting device is an air cylinder or an oil cylinder, and the lifting device can be selected as the oil cylinder because the material frame filled with the aluminum profile has heavier weight and causes larger load of the lifting device; the limiting device is an air cylinder or an oil cylinder, and the load of the limiting device is small, so that the limiting device can be selected as the air cylinder.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, all rollers are connected on top of the conveyor chain; alternatively, all rollers are attached to the side of the conveyor chain. No matter where the roller is connected to the conveying chain, the roller protrudes upwards out of the conveying chain, so that the roller is always in contact with the material frame.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the upper limit of the limiting column is higher than the upper limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly, and the lower limit of the limiting column is not higher than the conveying surface of the main conveying track, so that the limiting column can limit the materials on the diversion conveying track.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the shunt conveying system further comprises a walking platform, the main conveying track, the shunt conveying track and the limiting device are all embedded in the walking platform, the conveying surface of the main conveying track is higher than the upper surface of the walking platform, the lower limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly is lower than the upper surface of the walking platform, and the lower limit of the limiting column is not higher than the upper surface of the walking platform. Due to the arrangement, the chain transmission lifting assembly and the limiting device cannot protrude out of the walking platform when not in use, so that a worker can walk conveniently, and the probability of stumbling feet of the worker during walking is reduced.
Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.
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The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a split stream delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a chain drive lift assembly of an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of an active transport assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the drawings: 10-main conveying track, 20-shunt conveying track, 101-installation space, 100-active conveying assembly, 200-passive conveying assembly, 110-installation frame, 120-first driving device, 130-first roller group, 140-double-row gear, 150-transmission chain, 210-second roller group, 300-chain transmission lifting assembly, 310-chain transmission device, 320-lifting device, 311-installation shell, 3121-roller, 312-conveying chain, 313-transmission shaft, 314-second driving device and 315-extension plate.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.
As shown in fig. 1, the diversion conveying system according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention includes a main conveying track 10, a diversion conveying track 20, and a limiting device (not shown in the drawings), where the diversion conveying track 20 and the main conveying track 10 have different conveying directions, in this embodiment, the conveying directions of the two are orthogonal, an installation space 101 is reserved in the main conveying track 10, and the diversion conveying track 20 is partially installed in the installation space 101 to realize the butt joint of the main conveying track 10 and the diversion conveying track 20. It should be understood that the number of the branch conveying tracks 20 is not limited in the present invention, and the more the number of the branch conveying tracks 20 is, the more branch branches are provided for representing the main conveying track 10.
As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the main conveying track 10 is composed of a plurality of active conveying assemblies 100 and a plurality of passive conveying assemblies 200, all the active conveying assemblies 100 are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the main conveying track 10, wherein at least two of the active conveying assemblies 100 are arranged at intervals and form the installation space 101, the passive conveying assemblies 200 are located in the installation space 101, and two adjacent active conveying assemblies 100 are butted with each other or butted through the passive conveying assemblies 200. Each active conveying assembly 100 includes a mounting frame 110, a first driving device 120 and a plurality of first roller groups 130, the plurality of first roller groups 130 are sequentially installed on the mounting frame 110 at intervals along the length direction of the mounting frame 110, each first roller group 130 is connected with a double-row gear 140, two adjacent double-row gears 140 are driven by a driving chain 150, the double-row gear 140 located at one end is connected with the first driving device 120, the first driving device 120 can be selected as a speed reduction motor, so that each first driving device 120 of the active conveying assembly 100 can drive all corresponding first roller groups 130 to rotate, so as to realize active conveying of material frames, and the top surfaces of all first roller groups 130 form a conveying surface of the active conveying assembly 100. The passive conveying assembly 200 is provided with a plurality of second roller groups 210 which can rotate freely, the passive conveying assembly 200 is used for passively conveying material frames, so a driving device and a chain are not arranged, the top surfaces of all the second roller groups 210 form a conveying surface of the passive conveying assembly 200 together, the conveying surface of the passive conveying assembly 200 is flush with the conveying surface of the active conveying assembly 100, and the conveying surfaces form a conveying surface of the main conveying track 10 together. It should be understood that the structure of the active conveying assembly 100 is not limited by the present invention, and any structure of the active conveying assembly 100 is within the scope of the present invention as long as the active conveying assembly 100 can actively convey the material frame.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the split conveying track 20 includes at least one chain drive lifting assembly 300 capable of lifting up and down, if the length of the split conveying track 20 is short, the number of the chain drive lifting assemblies 300 may be one, otherwise, the number of the chain drive lifting assemblies 300 is preferably two or more, when the number of the chain drive lifting assemblies 300 is two or more, all the chain drive lifting assemblies 300 are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the split conveying track 20, and two adjacent chain drive lifting assemblies 300 are butted against each other. Specifically, each chain drive lifting assembly 300 comprises two chain drives 310 and four lifting devices 320, the two chain drives 310 are arranged in parallel and at intervals to ensure that the passive conveying assembly 200 can be arranged between the two chain drives 310; each chain transmission device 310 comprises a mounting housing 311, a driving sprocket (not shown in the drawing), a driven sprocket (not shown in the drawing) and a conveying chain 312 connected with a plurality of rollers 3121, wherein the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket are respectively and rotationally connected to the head end and the tail end of the mounting housing 311, and the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket are in transmission connection through the conveying chain 312, so that the conveying chain 312 can move along with the rotation of the driving sprocket; the two driving sprockets of each chain transmission lifting assembly 300 are fixedly connected with a transmission shaft 313, each transmission shaft 313 is connected with a second driving device 314, and the second driving device 314 can be a speed reduction motor, so as to realize synchronous movement of the two chain transmission devices 310. It is understood that the conveying chain 312 connected with a plurality of rollers 3121 is generally referred to as a free flow chain in the art, and can connect the rollers 3121 to the top of the conveying chain 312, in this case, the conveying chain 312 is specifically a belt top roller chain, or connect the rollers 3121 to the side of the conveying chain 312, in this case, the conveying chain 312 is specifically a belt side roller chain, in this embodiment, the conveying chain 312 is preferably a belt top roller chain, but no matter where the rollers 3121 are connected to the conveying chain 312, the rollers 3121 protrude upward from the conveying chain 312, that is, the top surfaces of the rollers 3121 jointly form the conveying surface of the chain drive lifting assembly 300, so that a material frame can move along with the movement of the rollers 3121.
In addition, the first end and the last end of each mounting housing 311 are connected with an extension plate 315, the four lifting devices 320 are respectively connected with the four extension plates 315, and the four lifting devices 320 of each chain transmission lifting assembly 300 move synchronously to realize the stable lifting of the chain transmission lifting assembly 300, the upper limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly 300 is higher than the conveying surface of the main conveying track 10, and the lower limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly 300 is lower than the conveying surface of the main conveying track 10. In other embodiments, the number of the lifting devices 320 may also be two, and each lifting device 320 is used for lifting one chain transmission device 310 up and down, respectively, without being limited to the above embodiments.
Furthermore, the limiting device is located on the conveying path of the shunting conveying track 20, in this embodiment, the limiting device is specifically located beside the chain transmission lifting assembly 300, the limiting device is provided with a limiting column capable of lifting up and down, the upper limit of the limiting column is higher than the upper limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly 300, and the lower limit of the limiting column is not higher than the conveying surface of the main conveying track 10, so that the limiting column can limit the material frames on the shunting conveying track 20.
By adopting the structure, when the material frames need to be shunted, the shunting conveying track 20 can be controlled to be lifted to be higher than the main conveying track 10, at the moment, the material frames positioned on the main conveying track 10 can be replaced by the shunting conveying track 20 and leave the main conveying track 10 along with the operation of the shunting conveying track 20, so that the shunting of the material frames is realized, and the conveying efficiency of the material frames is improved; in addition, when the shunting conveying track 20 is required to suspend discharging, the limiting device drives the limiting column to extend upwards and block the material frame from advancing, and the chain transmission lifting assembly 300 is provided with a chain with an overhead roller, so when the material frame is blocked by the limiting column, the roller 3121 can slip with the blocked material frame, and at the moment, the shunting conveying track 20 can still work continuously and convey the unblocked material frame, thereby further improving the conveying efficiency of the material frame. It can be understood that the lifting device 320 is an air cylinder or an oil cylinder, and the lifting device 320 can be selected as the oil cylinder because the material frame with the aluminum profile has a heavy weight, which causes a heavy load on the lifting device 320; the limiting device is an air cylinder or an oil cylinder, and the load of the limiting device is small, so that the limiting device can be selected as the air cylinder.
In some embodiments of the present invention, in order to prevent the branch conveying rail 20 from obstructing the operation of the main conveying rail 10, the number of the chain drive lifting assemblies 300 is two or more, and when the chain drive lifting assembly 300 butted with the main conveying rail 10 descends to a lower limit, the main conveying rail 10 can continue to convey the material frames, and the other chain drive lifting assemblies 300 can also continue to convey the material frames.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the split stream conveying system further includes a walking platform (not shown in the drawings), the main conveying track 10, the split stream conveying track 20, and the limiting device are all embedded in the walking platform, a conveying surface of the main conveying track 10 is higher than an upper surface of the walking platform, a lower limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly 300 is lower than the upper surface of the walking platform, and a lower limit of the limiting column is not higher than the upper surface of the walking platform. Due to the arrangement, the chain transmission lifting assembly 300 and the limiting device cannot protrude out of the walking platform when not in use, so that a worker can walk conveniently, and the probability of stumbling feet of the worker during walking is reduced.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.
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1. Diversion delivery system, characterized in that includes:
a main conveying track (10) which reserves an installation space (101);
a branch conveying track (20) partially installed in the installation space (101), the branch conveying track (20) and the main conveying track (10) having different conveying directions; the split-flow conveying track (20) comprises at least one chain transmission lifting assembly (300) capable of lifting up and down, the chain transmission lifting assembly (300) is provided with a conveying chain (312) for conveying materials, the conveying chain (312) is connected with a plurality of rollers (3121), the top surfaces of the rollers (3121) jointly form a conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly (300), the upper limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly (300) is higher than the conveying surface of the main conveying track (10), and the lower limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly (300) is lower than the conveying surface of the main conveying track (10);
and the limiting device is provided with a limiting column capable of ascending and descending up and down, and the limiting column is used for limiting the material on the shunting conveying track (20).
2. The split stream delivery system of claim 1, wherein: the number of the chain transmission lifting assemblies (300) is two or more, all the chain transmission lifting assemblies (300) are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the flow dividing conveying track (20), and two adjacent chain transmission lifting assemblies (300) are mutually butted.
3. The split stream delivery system of claim 1 or 2, wherein: each chain transmission lifting assembly (300) comprises two chain transmission devices (310) and four lifting devices (320), the two chain transmission devices (310) are arranged in parallel at intervals, and every two lifting devices (320) are respectively connected to the head end and the tail end of one chain transmission device (310).
4. The split stream delivery system of claim 3, wherein: each chain transmission device (310) comprises a driving chain wheel, a driven chain wheel and the conveying chain (312), and the driving chain wheel and the driven chain wheel are in transmission connection through the conveying chain (312).
5. The split stream delivery system of claim 4, wherein: two driving chain wheels of each chain transmission lifting assembly (300) are fixedly connected with a transmission shaft (313) together, and each transmission shaft (313) is connected with a second driving device (314).
6. The split stream delivery system of claim 3, wherein: the four lifting devices (320) of each chain transmission lifting assembly (300) move synchronously.
7. The split stream delivery system of claim 3, wherein: the lifting device (320) is an air cylinder or an oil cylinder; the limiting device is an air cylinder or an oil cylinder.
8. The split stream delivery system of claim 1, wherein: all rollers (3121) are connected at the top of the conveyor chain (312); alternatively, all rollers (3121) are attached to the side of the conveyor chain (312).
9. The split stream delivery system of claim 1, wherein: the upper limit of the limiting column is higher than the upper limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly (300), and the lower limit of the limiting column is not higher than the conveying surface of the main conveying track (10).
10. The split stream delivery system of claim 1, wherein: the chain transmission lifting assembly is characterized by further comprising a walking platform, the main conveying track (10), the shunt conveying track (20) and the limiting device are all embedded in the walking platform, the conveying surface of the main conveying track (10) is higher than the upper surface of the walking platform, the lower limit of the conveying surface of the chain transmission lifting assembly (300) is lower than the upper surface of the walking platform, and the lower limit of the limiting column is not higher than the upper surface of the walking platform.
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