CN216500853U

CN216500853U - Material sorting equipment

Info

Publication number: CN216500853U
Application number: CN202122113703.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贾晓东; 闫以勋; 陈兆芃; 黎田; 王海荣
Original assignee: Beijing Shunyi Siling Robot Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Shunyi Siling Robot Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-02
Filing date: 2021-09-02
Publication date: 2022-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-02

Abstract

The utility model provides material sorting equipment, relates to the technical field of material sorting, and is designed for solving the problem of high sorting labor intensity of the existing specification. The material sorting equipment comprises a rack, a mechanical arm, a code reader and a controller, wherein the rack is provided with a bearing table, the bearing table is provided with a material placing station, the material placing station is configured to stack materials to be sorted, and the surface of the materials is provided with a label area; the manipulator is arranged on the frame and is configured to grab the materials at the material station and release the materials at a set position; the code reader is arranged on the mechanical arm and is configured to read the label area of the material at the material placing station; the manipulator and the code reader are electrically connected with the controller. The material sorting equipment provided by the utility model can reduce the labor intensity of the specification sorting process.

Description

Material sorting equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of material sorting, in particular to material sorting equipment.

Background

At present, no matter what product is produced, corresponding instructions are almost needed to explain the product. Different products and specifications are different, and a company often produces a plurality of products, so that the different specifications are required to correspond to the products respectively. Generally, each specification is provided with a tag code, and by reading the tag code, information related to the specification can be reflected to determine whether the specification is correct or not.

However, in the prior art, the correctness of the specification is mainly checked manually, which not only has high labor intensity and low efficiency, but also has high error rate, is easy to cause the confusion of the specification, and even leads to the situation that blank specifications without label codes are introduced into the market.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide material sorting equipment to solve the technical problem that the existing specification is high in sorting labor intensity.

The utility model provides material sorting equipment which comprises a rack, a mechanical arm, a code reader and a controller. The machine frame is provided with a bearing table, the bearing table is provided with a material placing station, the material placing station is configured to stack materials to be sorted, and the surface of each material is provided with a label area; the manipulator is arranged on the rack and is configured to grab the material of the feeding station and release the material at a set position; the code reader is arranged on the mechanical arm and is configured to read a label area of the material placing station; the manipulator and the code reader are both electrically connected with the controller.

Further, the material sorting apparatus further comprises a separating mechanism mounted to the carrier, the separating mechanism configured to separate an uppermost material from adjacent materials when the manipulator grabs the uppermost material.

Further, the separating mechanism comprises a brush, and the brush head of the brush extends into the discharging station.

Further, the emptying station is provided with a jacking mechanism, the jacking mechanism is provided with a bearing part, the bearing part is configured to bear the material to be sorted, and the jacking mechanism is configured to drive the material to be sorted to ascend.

Further, a first photoelectric switch is mounted on the rack, the first photoelectric switch is located above the bearing table, the first photoelectric switch and the jacking mechanism are both electrically connected with the controller, and the first photoelectric switch is configured to enable the jacking mechanism to drive the material to be sorted to ascend to a set height position; and/or the rack is provided with a second photoelectric switch, the second photoelectric switch is positioned below the first photoelectric switch and is electrically connected with the controller, and the second photoelectric switch is configured to send a material supplementing signal to the controller when the bearing part is free of materials.

Further, plummer fixed mounting has stock stop, stock stop includes many stock stop, many the stock stop encloses establishes the formation the blowing station, many the stock stop with plummer magnetic adsorption ground is connected.

Furthermore, the plummer is provided with a plurality of blowing stations, and is a plurality of blowing station interval sets up.

Further, the manipulator comprises an X-direction module, a Y-direction module, a Z-direction module and an end effector, wherein the Y-direction module is installed on the rack, the X-direction module is installed on a power output part of the Y-direction module, the Z-direction module is installed on a power output part of the X-direction module, and the end effector is installed on a power output part of the Z-direction module.

Furthermore, a waste hopper is fixedly arranged on the bearing table and used for collecting wrong materials, the cross section of the waste hopper is rectangular, and the long edge of the rectangle is parallel to the X axis; the manipulator further comprises a rotary cylinder, the end effector is mounted on the power output portion of the Z-direction module through the rotary cylinder, and the rotation axis of the rotary cylinder is along the X-axis direction.

Furthermore, the rack comprises a frame structure, the plummer is fixedly connected with the frame structure and divides the frame structure into an upper space and a lower space, and the manipulator is arranged in the upper space; the side direction in upper portion space is provided with the side door, the side door is provided with the observation window.

Further, the material sorting apparatus further comprises a sensing element disposed to the frame structure, the sensing element configured to detect whether the side door is closed in place; and/or, the material sorting apparatus further comprises a locking element configured to lock the side door when the side door is in a closed position; and/or the side door is provided with a handle.

Further, the bottom of the rack is provided with a travelling wheel; and/or the bottom of the frame is provided with supporting legs; and/or, the material sorting equipment further comprises an operation screen, the operation screen is installed on the rack, and the operation screen is electrically connected with the controller.

The material sorting equipment has the beneficial effects that:

the material sorting equipment mainly comprises a rack, a mechanical arm, a code reader and a controller, wherein a bearing table of the rack is provided with a material placing station for stacking materials to be sorted; the manipulator is arranged on the rack and used for grabbing the materials at the feeding station and releasing the materials at a set position; the code reader is arranged on the mechanical arm and used for reading the label area of the material at the material placing station; the controller is electrically connected with the manipulator and the code reader and is used for judging the information read by the code reader and controlling the action of the manipulator.

The operation principle of the material sorting equipment is described by taking the sorting operation of the material sorting equipment to the specification as an example. When the specification is required to be sorted, a plurality of specifications are stacked on a material placing station; the controller controls the manipulator to move to the position of the specification, a code reader mounted on the manipulator is used for reading a code in a label area of the specification, the reading result is sent to the controller, and the controller judges the reading result. If the controller judges that the reading result is correct, the manipulator is used for grabbing the instruction book and placing the instruction book at a position where the correct instruction book needs to be placed; if the controller judges that the reading result is wrong, the manipulator is used for grabbing the instruction book and placing the instruction book at the position where the wrong instruction book needs to be placed.

This material letter sorting equipment can realize the automatic reading to description label region to, can carry out automatic sorting to the description according to the reading result, not only reduced intensity of labour, improved letter sorting efficiency, moreover, still reduced the letter sorting error rate, avoided the blank description that does not have the label code to flow into the situation in market.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional structure diagram of a material sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic front view of a material sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic side view of a material sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic top view of a material sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic partial structure diagram of a material sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the reference numerals:

100-a frame; 200-a manipulator; 300-a code reader; 400-a separation mechanism; 410-a brush; 500-a jacking mechanism; 700-operation screen; 710-knob lock; 800-instruction manual;

110-a frame structure; 120-a carrier stage; 130-a stock stop; 140-a waste hopper; 150-side opening of the door; 160-observation window; 170-a sensing element; 180-a locking element; 190-handle;

111-upper fixed support; 112-lower fixed support; 113-a guide rail; 114-a front baffle; 115-side baffle; 116-a fan; 131-a material blocking rod; 132-a magnetic mount;

210-X direction module; 211-a slider; a 220-Y direction module; a 230-Z direction module; 240-end effector; 250-a rotary cylinder;

510-a first opto-electronic switch; 520-a second opto-electronic switch; 530-mounting a bracket; 540-a first scaffold; 550-a second scaffold;

610-road wheels; 620-supporting the feet.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model.

Fig. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional structure diagram of the material sorting apparatus provided in this embodiment, fig. 2 is a schematic front-view structure diagram of the material sorting apparatus provided in this embodiment, fig. 3 is a schematic side-view structure diagram of the material sorting apparatus provided in this embodiment, and fig. 4 is a schematic top-view structure diagram of the material sorting apparatus provided in this embodiment. As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present embodiment provides a material sorting apparatus, including a rack 100, a manipulator 200, a code reader 300, and a controller (not shown in the figures), specifically, the rack 100 has a carrier table 120, the carrier table 120 is provided with a discharge station, the discharge station is configured to stack materials to be sorted, and the surfaces of the materials are provided with label areas; the manipulator 200 is arranged on the rack 100, and the manipulator 200 is configured to grab the materials in the feeding station and release the materials at a set position; the code reader 300 is mounted to the robot arm 200, the code reader 300 being configured to read a label area of the material at the drop station. Wherein, the manipulator 200 and the code reader 300 are both electrically connected with the controller.

The operation of the material sorting apparatus described above with respect to the specification 800 is described as an example. When the specifications 800 need to be sorted, a plurality of specifications 800 are stacked at a material placing station; the controller controls the robot 200 to move to the position of the manual 800, reads the tag area of the manual 800 by the code reader 300 attached to the robot 200, and transmits the read result to the controller, and the controller determines the read result. If the controller judges that the reading result is correct, the manipulator 200 is used for grabbing the instruction book 800 and placing the instruction book 800 at the position where the correct instruction book 800 needs to be placed; if the controller judges that the reading result is wrong, the manipulator 200 is used to grab the instruction book 800 and place the instruction book 800 at the position where the wrong instruction book 800 needs to be placed.

This material letter sorting equipment can realize reading the automation in description 800 label region to, can carry out automatic sorting to description 800 according to the reading result, not only reduced intensity of labour, improved letter sorting efficiency, moreover, still reduced the letter sorting error rate, avoided the situation that the blank description 800 that does not have the label code flows into market.

In this embodiment, when the code reader 300 reads the code in the label area of the manual 800, if the read information is the same as the released manual 800, the manual 800 is the correct manual 800; if the read information is not of the same type as the delivered instruction book 800, or if no information is read (the tag area is empty), the instruction book 800 is an erroneous instruction book 800. The label information provided in the label area may be a barcode or a two-dimensional code.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the operation principle of the material sorting apparatus is described by taking the sorting operation of the specification 800 as an example. It is understood that the material sorting device can also sort other similar products, and this embodiment is not illustrated.

Referring to fig. 1, in the embodiment, the manipulator 200 is located above the emptying station, and the label area of the instruction book 800 faces upward, so that the manipulator 200 can conveniently perform code reading operation on the label area of the instruction book 800, and can conveniently grab the instruction book 800 which completes the code reading operation to a corresponding position.

Fig. 5 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the material sorting apparatus provided in this embodiment. With continuing reference to fig. 1 and with reference to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the material sorting apparatus may further include a separating mechanism 400, specifically, the separating mechanism 400 is mounted on the carrier 120, and the separating mechanism 400 is configured to separate the instruction book 800 from the instruction book 800 adjacent to the instruction book 800 when the manipulator 200 grabs the uppermost instruction book 800.

Through setting up separating mechanism 400, can block the description 800 adjacent with this description 800 when manipulator 200 snatchs the description 800 of the topmost, prevent the condition that manipulator 200 once snatched multilayer description 800 because of reasons such as static, further reduced the error rate, guaranteed the operational reliability of this embodiment material sorting equipment.

Referring to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the separating mechanism 400 includes a brush 410, wherein a brush head of the brush 410 extends into the emptying station.

When the manipulator 200 grabs the top instruction book 800, the brush head of the brush 410 extends into the emptying station, so that after the top instruction book 800 is grabbed, the brush head can block the next instruction book 800, and the situation that the manipulator 200 grabs multiple layers of instruction books 800 at one time due to electrostatic adhesion of the next instruction book 800 is avoided.

In this embodiment, in each set of separating mechanism 400, the number of the brushes 410 is two, and the two brushes 410 are arranged at intervals. With the arrangement, the next specification 800 can be blocked at two positions, so that the two adjacent specifications 800 can be effectively separated, and the separation effect is ensured.

In other embodiments, the separating mechanism 400 may separate the plurality of layers of the specification 800 by blowing air or shaking air at the side of the specification 800.

Referring to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the emptying station is provided with a lifting mechanism 500, specifically, the lifting mechanism 500 is provided with a bearing portion, the bearing portion is configured to bear the instruction book 800 to be sorted, and the lifting mechanism 500 is configured to drive the instruction book 800 to be sorted to ascend.

The stacked instructions 800 are located on a load-bearing portion of the lift mechanism 500 prior to sorting the instructions 800. When the manual 800 needs to be sorted, the jacking mechanism 500 acts to drive the manual 800 to move upwards for a set distance, so that the manipulator 200 can conveniently grab the manual 800.

Referring to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the rack 100 is installed with a first photoelectric switch 510, the first photoelectric switch 510 is located above the carrier 120, the first photoelectric switch 510 and the lifting mechanism 500 are both electrically connected to the controller, and the first photoelectric switch 510 is configured to enable the lifting mechanism 500 to drive the specification 800 to be sorted to be lifted to a set height position.

In the working process of the material sorting equipment, the first photoelectric switch 510 detects whether the specification 800 at the height position is in the situation or not. When the first photoelectric switch 510 detects that no instruction book 800 exists at the height position, a corresponding signal is sent to the controller, and the controller sends an action signal to the jacking mechanism 500 after receiving the signal, so that the jacking mechanism 500 drives the instruction book 800 to ascend, and the instruction book 800 at the top layer can be located at the same height position in the sorting process every time, and therefore the manipulator 200 can accurately grab the instruction book 800.

Referring to fig. 5, in the embodiment, the rack 100 is further provided with a second photoelectric switch 520, the second photoelectric switch 520 is located below the first photoelectric switch 510, the second photoelectric switch 520 is electrically connected to the controller, and the second photoelectric switch 520 is configured to send a material supplementing signal to the controller when the carrier does not have the instruction 800. The height position of the second photoelectric switch 520 may be the height position of the supporting portion of the jacking mechanism 500 before the jacking operation.

In the working process of the material sorting equipment, the second photoelectric switch 520 detects whether the specification 800 at the height position is in the situation or not. When the second photoelectric switch 520 detects that the instruction book 800 does not exist at the height position, a feeding signal is sent to the controller, and the controller prompts a worker after receiving the feeding signal to prompt the worker to perform feeding operation in time.

Referring to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the bearing table 120 is fixedly provided with a mounting bracket 530, and the mounting bracket 530 is vertically arranged; the mounting bracket 530 is fixedly provided with a first bracket 540 and a second bracket 550 at an interval in the vertical direction, wherein the first photoelectric switch 510 is mounted on the first bracket 540, and the second photoelectric switch 520 is mounted on the second bracket 550.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the material blocking mechanism 130 is fixedly installed on the bearing table 120, specifically, the material blocking mechanism 130 includes a plurality of material blocking rods 131, the plurality of material blocking rods 131 surround to form a material placing station, and the plurality of material blocking rods 131 are magnetically and attachingly connected to the bearing table 120.

Through set up many striker rods 131 around the blowing station, not only can realize keeping a limit to the specification 800 all around, prevent the scattered situation that leads to because of specification 800 surpasss the blowing station, moreover, can also drive the in-process that the specification 800 rises at climbing mechanism 500, play certain guide effect to specification 800 for specification 800 can rise smoothly to the position of can snatching of manipulator 200, thereby guarantees manipulator 200 and snatchs the operation smoothly to specification 800.

In addition, the material blocking rod 131 is connected with the bearing platform 120 in a magnetic adsorption mode, so that when the specifications 800 with different dimensions are sorted, the material blocking rod 131 can be quickly taken down from the bearing platform 120, the position of the material blocking rod 131 is adaptively adjusted according to the specification 800 with a new specification, the requirements of the material sorting equipment of the embodiment on sorting of the specifications 800 with different dimensions are met, and the universality is high.

In this embodiment, the material blocking mechanism 130 further includes a magnetic seat 132, the material blocking rod 131 is fixedly connected to the magnetic seat 132, and the material blocking rod 131 is magnetically adsorbed on the susceptor 120 through the magnetic seat 132.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the carrier 120 is provided with two material placing stations, and the two material placing stations are arranged at intervals.

Through setting up two blowing stations at plummer 120 for this material letter sorting equipment can place two specifications 800 simultaneously, perhaps, the same specification 800 is put two in order to increase the interval time of material loading.

In other embodiments, the emptying stations may also be in other number forms, such as: three, etc.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 4, in the present embodiment, the robot 200 includes an X-direction module 210, a Y-direction module 220, a Z-direction module 230 and an end effector 240, wherein the Y-direction module 220 is mounted on the rack 100, the X-direction module 210 is mounted on a power output portion of the Y-direction module 220, the Z-direction module 230 is mounted on a power output portion of the X-direction module 210, and the end effector 240 is mounted on a power output portion of the Z-direction module 230.

In the working process of the material sorting equipment, when the instruction book 800 needs to be grabbed, under the action of the X-direction module 210, the Y-direction module 220 and the Z-direction module 230, the end effector 240 moves along the X-direction, the Y-direction and the Z-direction, so that the end effector 240 moves above the instruction book 800 at the uppermost layer, and the grabbing operation of the instruction book 800 at the uppermost layer is realized.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, only the above-described arrangement manner of the X-direction module 210, the Y-direction module 220, and the Z-direction module 230 is taken as an example for description, and in actual use, the stroke and the installation manner of the X-direction module 210, the Y-direction module 220, and the Z-direction module 230 may be designed as needed. In other embodiments, movement of the end effector 240 may also be accomplished by a multi-degree of freedom robotic arm.

In this embodiment, the end effector 240 is a suction cup, and the instructions 800 are sucked by a vacuum source. In other embodiments, the end effector 240 may also be configured to grip with a gripper, suction with an electrostatic chuck, or clamp with an air cylinder.

Referring to fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the upper fixing bracket 111 is fixedly provided with a guide rail 113, wherein a length direction of the guide rail 113 extends along the Y-axis direction; the X-direction module 210 is fixedly connected with a slider 211, and the slider 211 is slidably connected with the guide rail 113, and is used for supporting and guiding the movement of the X-direction module 210.

Referring to fig. 4, in the embodiment, the loading platform 120 is fixedly provided with the waste material hopper 140, the waste material hopper 140 is used for collecting the wrong instruction 800, specifically, the cross section of the waste material hopper 140 is rectangular, and the long side of the rectangle is parallel to the X axis; the robot 200 further includes a rotary cylinder 250, and the end effector 240 is attached to the power output portion of the Z-direction module 230 via the rotary cylinder 250. Wherein the rotation axis of the rotary cylinder 250 is along the X-axis direction.

After the code reader 300 sends the read information to the controller, when the controller determines that the current specification 800 is an error specification, the end effector 240 performs a grabbing operation on the specification 800; as the end effector 240 picks up the manual 800 into the waste bin 140, the rotary cylinder 250 is actuated to rotate the end effector 240 about the X-axis direction, thereby placing the wrong manual 800 into the waste bin 140.

Collection of wrong instructions is achieved by providing a waste bin 140. By providing the rotary cylinder 250, the rotation of the end effector 240 is achieved, so that the different postures of the specification 800 can be adapted to meet the grasping requirements of the specification 800 in the different postures.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, the rack 100 includes a frame structure 110, a susceptor 120 is fixedly connected to the frame structure 110 and divides the frame structure 110 into an upper space and a lower space, and the robot 200 is disposed in the upper space; the upper space is laterally provided with a side opening door 150, and the side opening door 150 is provided with an observation window 160.

By providing the frame structure 110 in the rack 100, the structural strength of the rack 100 is effectively increased; the manipulator 200 is arranged in the upper space, so that the installation and debugging of the manipulator 200 and the connection of the material sorting equipment with other stations in a production line are facilitated; maintenance of the robot arm 200 is facilitated by providing the side opening door 150 in a lateral direction of the upper space, and the worker can observe the sorting condition of the specification 800 conveniently by providing the observation window 160 in the side opening door 150.

In this embodiment, the frame structure 110 includes an upper fixing bracket 111 and a lower fixing bracket 112, wherein the upper fixing bracket 111 encloses an upper space, and the lower fixing bracket 112 encloses a lower space; the lower fixing bracket 112 is provided at the front thereof with a front barrier 114 and at the side thereof with a side barrier 115 for ensuring the closure of the lower space. Specifically, the side dams 115 are equipped with fans 116 for cooling the components within the apparatus.

Referring to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the material sorting apparatus may further include a sensing element 170, specifically, the sensing element 170 is disposed on the frame structure 110, and the sensing element 170 is configured to detect whether the side door 150 is closed in place.

By providing the sensing element 170, the situation that the side door 150 starts to operate without completely closing the material sorting apparatus can be avoided. The sensing element 170 may be a structure that senses whether the side door 150 is closed in place by a touch sensing method. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the sensing element 170 is a proximity switch.

With continued reference to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the material sorting apparatus may further include a locking member 180, and in particular, the locking member 180 is configured to lock the side door 150 when the side door 150 is in the closed position.

By the arrangement of the locking element 180, the side door 150 can be stably kept at the closed position, and the side door 150 is prevented from being accidentally opened in the working process of the material sorting equipment. The locking member 180 may be a pin and a socket, wherein one of the pin and the socket is disposed on the side door 150, and the other of the pin and the socket is disposed on the frame structure 110.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the side door 150 is provided with a handle 190. By providing the pull handle 190 on the side-opening door 150, a point of application is provided for the side-opening door 150, which facilitates the operation of the side-opening door 150 by the worker.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in the embodiment, the material sorting apparatus further includes an operation panel 700, specifically, the operation panel 700 is mounted on the rack 100, and the operation panel 700 is electrically connected to the controller. Through setting up above-mentioned operation screen 700 for the staff can send control command to material sorting equipment through operation screen 700, the manual operation of being convenient for, and human-computer interaction is good.

In this embodiment, the operation panel 700 is hinged to the chassis 100, and a knob lock 710 is disposed at the hinged position of the operation panel 700 and the chassis 100. Through this setting for the angular position of operation screen 700 is convenient for adjust, does not influence manual operation.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the bottom of the rack 100 is provided with a traveling wheel 610. Through set up the walking wheel 610 that is used for equipment moving as a whole in the bottom of frame 100 for this material sorting equipment can remove to relevant position according to the in-service use demand, has improved the flexibility of this embodiment material sorting equipment. Wherein, the road wheel 610 can be a Frequus horse wheel.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, in this embodiment, the bottom of the frame 100 is further provided with a supporting leg 620. Through set up supporting legs 620 in the bottom of frame 100, can realize the stable support to frame 100 to guarantee the stability of this embodiment material sorting equipment in the use. Wherein the supporting leg 620 may be a cup.

The working process of the material sorting equipment is as follows.

With continuing reference to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 5, firstly, a specification 800 is placed on a bearing part of the jacking mechanism 500, and the specification 800 is positioned by the material blocking rod 131; then, the side door 150 is closed, the manipulator 200 drives the code reader 300 to move to the upper end of the specification 800, the label area of the specification 800 at the top layer is read, the reading result is sent to the controller, and the controller judges the reading result; according to the judgment result of the controller, the end effector 240 of the manipulator 200 reaches a designated position to capture the instruction book 800, wherein the correct instruction book 800 is placed at the corresponding position, and the wrong instruction book 800 is placed in the waste bin 140; thereafter, the lifting mechanism 500 drives the manual 800 to move upward to the position of the first photoelectric switch 510, and continues to wait for the next sorting operation of the manual 800.

In conclusion, the material sorting equipment provided by the embodiment can realize automatic sorting of the specification 800, replace manpower, reduce labor force and reduce error rate. In addition, the sorting efficiency can be improved, 24-hour uninterrupted operation can be realized, and the yield is improved.

Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model as defined in the appended claims.

Finally, it should also be noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the orientations such as "upper", "lower", "side", and the like are based on the drawings.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A material sorting apparatus, comprising:

the sorting machine comprises a rack (100), wherein the rack (100) is provided with a bearing table (120), the bearing table (120) is provided with a discharging station, the discharging station is configured to stack materials to be sorted, and the surfaces of the materials are provided with label areas;

a manipulator (200), the manipulator (200) being mounted to the rack (100), the manipulator (200) being configured to grasp the material of the drop station and release it in a set position;

a code reader (300), the code reader (300) being mounted to the robot (200), the code reader (300) being configured to read a label area of material of the drop station; and

and the manipulator (200) and the code reader (300) are electrically connected with the controller.

2. The material sorting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a separating mechanism (400), the separating mechanism (400) being mounted to the carrier (120), the separating mechanism (400) being configured to separate an uppermost material from adjacent materials when the manipulator (200) grips it.

3. The material sorting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the separating mechanism (400) comprises a brush (410), a head of the brush (410) extending into the emptying station.

4. The material sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the emptying station is provided with a jacking mechanism (500), the jacking mechanism (500) having a carrying portion configured to carry the material to be sorted, the jacking mechanism (500) being configured to drive the material to be sorted up.

5. The material sorting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the rack (100) is mounted with a first photoelectric switch (510), the first photoelectric switch (510) is located above the bearing table (120), the first photoelectric switch (510) and the jacking mechanism (500) are both electrically connected with the controller, the first photoelectric switch (510) is configured to enable the jacking mechanism (500) to drive the material to be sorted to rise to a set height position; and/or the rack (100) is provided with a second photoelectric switch (520), the second photoelectric switch (520) is positioned below the first photoelectric switch (510), the second photoelectric switch (520) is electrically connected with the controller, and the second photoelectric switch (520) is configured to send a feeding signal to the controller when the carrying part is empty of materials.

6. The material sorting equipment according to claim 1, wherein a material blocking mechanism (130) is fixedly mounted on the bearing table (120), the material blocking mechanism (130) comprises a plurality of material blocking rods (131), the material blocking rods (131) are arranged in a surrounding mode to form the emptying station, and the material blocking rods (131) are connected with the bearing table (120) in a magnetic adsorption mode.

7. The material sorting equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the carrying platform (120) is provided with a plurality of emptying stations, and the emptying stations are arranged at intervals.

8. The material sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the robot (200) comprises an X-direction module (210), a Y-direction module (220), a Z-direction module (230), and an end effector (240), the Y-direction module (220) being mounted to the rack (100), the X-direction module (210) being mounted to a power take-off of the Y-direction module (220), the Z-direction module (230) being mounted to a power take-off of the X-direction module (210), and the end effector (240) being mounted to a power take-off of the Z-direction module (230).

9. The material sorting equipment according to claim 8, wherein the bearing platform (120) is fixedly provided with a waste hopper (140), the waste hopper (140) is used for collecting wrong materials, the cross section of the waste hopper (140) is rectangular, and the long side of the rectangle is arranged in parallel with the X axis; the manipulator (200) further comprises a rotary cylinder (250), the end effector (240) is mounted on the power output part of the Z-direction module (230) through the rotary cylinder (250), and the rotary axis of the rotary cylinder (250) is along the X-axis direction.

10. The material sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the rack (100) comprises a frame structure (110), the load carrier (120) being fixedly connected to the frame structure (110) and dividing the frame structure (110) into an upper space and a lower space, the robot (200) being arranged in the upper space; a side opening door (150) is arranged on the lateral side of the upper space, and an observation window (160) is arranged on the side opening door (150).

11. The material sorting apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a sensing element (170), the sensing element (170) being provided to the frame structure (110), the sensing element (170) being configured to detect whether the side door (150) is closed in place; and/or, the material sorting apparatus further comprises a locking element (180), the locking element (180) being configured to lock the side door (150) when the side door (150) is in a closed position; and/or the side door (150) is provided with a handle (190).

12. The material sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein a bottom of the rack (100) is provided with a travelling wheel (610); and/or the bottom of the frame (100) is provided with a supporting leg (620); and/or the material sorting equipment further comprises an operation screen (700), the operation screen (700) is installed on the rack (100), and the operation screen (700) is electrically connected with the controller.