CN217396892U - Material loading assembly line - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a material loads assembly line, supply with the station, load the station, reject station, transmission device and the control unit including first supply station, detection station, second. The detection station is used for detecting the appearance quality of the first material and is provided with a detection device capable of shooting the first material; the rejecting station is provided with a rejecting device for rejecting unqualified first materials; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the first material to sequentially pass through the first feeding station, the detection station, the second feeding station, the filling station and the removing station; the control unit is in communication connection with the detection device and the rejection device, and the control unit can judge whether the first material is qualified or not according to the picture shot by the detection device, so that the rejection device is controlled to perform rejection action to reject unqualified materials, quality accidents caused by the fact that the unqualified first material flows into a next procedure are avoided, the packaging quality problem of products is solved, and the high-quality development of enterprises is guaranteed.

Description

Material loading assembly line

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic packing technical field especially relates to a material loads assembly line.

Background

In the cigarette production process, the cigarettes are usually packaged through a packaging production line, and the packaging process specifically comprises small box packaging, transparent paper packaging and carton packaging. The packaging assembly line generally comprises an upstream assembly line and a downstream assembly line, the upstream assembly line and the downstream assembly line are connected through a cigarette packet conveying channel, after the upstream assembly line finishes packaging of small cigarette packets, the cigarette packets are conveyed to the downstream assembly line through the cigarette packet conveying channel, and the packaged small cigarette packets are packaged into cartons by adopting a material filling machine for packaging.

After the barrel is subjected to gluing and forming, a drying agent needs to be put into the barrel to ensure that the barrel cannot be damped and mildewed, so that the barrel is convenient to store for a long time. Before the small cigarette packet is packed into the barrel, the drying agent in the barrel needs to be manually poured out, so that the small cigarette packet is filled into the barrel without the drying agent in subsequent packing. Then an operator stacks the carton boxes on the carton box conveying belt conveyor in a pile, and the pile of cigarette boxes on the belt conveyor are pushed into the cigarette box supply bin by the pushing device; and then, the cartons in the supply bin fall to a carton feeding station on a packaging line under the action of gravity, and the cartons are provided for the material filling machine to be packaged into the cartons. However, the existing material filling machine has no desiccant recognition device, once the cigarette packet is filled into a gift-type carton with desiccant, the appearance of the cigarette packet is deformed, or the desiccant packet is cracked and flows into the next process, so that the quality of the tobacco product of the gift-type carton is unqualified, if the unqualified gift-type carton tobacco product is not found in time and flows into the hands of consumers, the quality accident is serious, and the high-quality development of cigarette production enterprises is seriously influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

On the basis, the material filling production line capable of automatically detecting whether the drying agent in the material to be packaged is poured out and automatically rejecting unqualified materials according to detection signals is provided aiming at the problem that the existing material filling machine does not have a drying agent identification device, so that unqualified cigarette carton products filled with the drying agent possibly flow into the hands of consumers, and quality accidents are easily caused.

According to an aspect of this application, provide a material filling assembly line, include transport mechanism, follow transport mechanism's transmission direction arranges in proper order first supply station, detection station, second supply station, fill the station and reject the station, wherein:

the first feeding station is used for providing a first material;

the detection station is provided with a detection device for detecting the appearance quality of the first material, and the detection device is provided with a camera capable of photographing the first material;

the second feeding station is used for providing a second material;

the filling station is used for filling the second material into the first material;

the rejecting station is provided with a rejecting device for rejecting unqualified first materials;

the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the first material along the conveying direction to sequentially pass through the first feeding station, the detection station, the second feeding station, the filling station and the removing station;

and

and the control unit is in communication connection with the detection device and the removing device and is used for controlling the removing device to remove the unqualified first material.

In one embodiment, the detection device further comprises a bracket, and the camera is movably mounted on the bracket so as to adjust the height and shooting angle of the camera.

In one embodiment, the support comprises a fixed frame and a connecting frame, the connecting frame is movably connected with the fixed frame, and the camera is installed on the connecting frame.

In one embodiment, the inspection station further comprises a dark box and a light fixture, the inspection device and the light fixture are disposed in the dark box, and the light fixture is capable of emitting light for illuminating the interior of the dark box.

In one embodiment, the transport mechanism comprises:

at least two conveying wheels arranged at intervals along the conveying direction;

the first conveying belt is sleeved with the first conveying wheel and the tail conveying wheel respectively at two ends along the conveying direction, and the first conveying belt forms a first sub-conveying belt and a second sub-conveying belt which are arranged at intervals in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

In one embodiment, the conveyor belt has a plurality of nip gaps spaced along the transport direction.

In one embodiment, a plurality of box pushing block groups are arranged on the conveying belt at intervals along the conveying direction, each box pushing block group comprises two box pushing blocks arranged at intervals, two box pushing blocks in each box pushing block group form one clamping gap, and the clamping gap is used for clamping and fixing the first material.

In one embodiment, the control unit includes:

the image recognition device is in communication connection with the detection device and is used for recognizing the picture taken by the detection device;

and the logic controller is in communication connection with the image recognition device and can control the rejection device to carry out rejection according to the recognition result of the image recognition device.

In one embodiment, the control unit further comprises a human-computer interaction component, and the human-computer interaction component is in communication connection with the logic controller.

In one embodiment, the material filling line further comprises:

the box opening station is used for opening the first material and is positioned between the first feeding station and the detection station;

and the box closing station is used for closing the first material and is positioned at the downstream of the removing station.

The material filling production line is respectively provided with a first supply station for providing a first material, a second supply station for providing a second material and a filling station for filling the second material into the first material, a detection station is arranged between the first supply station and the second supply station, and a detection device with a camera is arranged on the detection station, so that the detection device can shoot an internal photo of the first material, and whether the drying agent in the first material is poured before the second material is filled into the first material can be judged. And meanwhile, a rejection station is arranged in the material loading production line, a rejection device used for rejecting unqualified first materials is arranged on the rejection station, and a control unit in communication connection with the detection device and the rejection device is also arranged in the material loading production line, so that the control unit can judge whether the first materials are qualified or not according to internal photos of the first materials shot by the detection device, and the rejection device is controlled to perform rejection action to reject unqualified materials. Therefore, when the first material is a barrel and the second material is a small-box cigarette packet, the small-box cigarette packet is prevented from being filled into the barrel containing the drying agent, quality accidents caused by appearance deformation or cracking of the drying agent packet in a packaged gift-type barrel product and flowing into a next process due to extrusion of the drying agent on the small-box cigarette packet are avoided, the packaging quality problem of the gift-type cigarette barrel product is solved, and high-quality development of cigarette production enterprises is guaranteed.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a material loading line according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a material loading line provided by the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a desiccant placed in a cartridge;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a detection device provided by the present invention;

fig. 5 is a working schematic diagram of the control unit provided by the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of the operation of the control unit provided by the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

10. a material filling assembly line; 100. a transport mechanism; 110. a transfer wheel; 120. a first conveyor belt; 121. a first sub-conveyor belt; 122. a second sub-conveyor; 123. pushing the box block; 200. a control unit; 210. an image recognition device; 220. a logic controller; 230. a human-computer interaction component; 300. a first supply station; 400. a box opening station; 410. a box opening device; 500. detecting a station; 510. a detection device; 511. a support; 5111. a fixed mount; 5112. a connecting frame; 512. a camera; 600. a second feeding station; 610. a second conveyor belt; 700. a filling station; 710. a filling device; 800. removing stations; 801. a rejection port; 810. a rejecting device; 811. a push block; 900. a box closing station; 910. a closing means; 1000. a ticket pasting station; 20. a barrel; 201. sealing the cover; 30. small cigarette packets; 40. a desiccant; 50. and (5) obtaining a finished barrel product.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The utility model provides a material loading assembly line, which is used for packaging materials of small boxes into a barrel to form a barrel finished product; whether the drying agent in the barrel is poured or not can be detected before the material of the small barrel is filled into the barrel, and unqualified barrels with the drying agent not poured can be automatically removed according to the detection result, so that the aim of preventing unqualified barrel products from flowing into the market is fulfilled.

The structure of the material loading line in the present application will be described below by taking the example of loading and packing a gift-type carton tobacco product. The present embodiment is described as an example, and the technical scope of the present application is not limited thereto. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the material filling line of the present application is not limited to use in a rod tobacco product filling and packaging process, but may be used in any other material filling and packaging process, and is not limited thereto.

A preferred embodiment of the structure of the material filling line is further described below with reference to fig. 1 to 6.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a material filling line 10 is provided, in which the material filling line 10 includes a plurality of stations arranged in sequence, a conveying mechanism 100 passing through the plurality of stations arranged in sequence, and a control unit 200 for controlling to remove unqualified materials. The plurality of stations arranged in sequence are a first feeding station 300, a box opening station 400, a detection station 500, a second feeding station 600, a filling station 700, a removing station 800, a box closing station 900 and a ticket pasting station 1000 respectively. The first feeding station 300 is for providing a first material and the second feeding station 600 is for providing a second material. In the embodiment described herein, and as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the first material is a carton 20 having a folded cover 201 and the second material is a packet 30 of cigarettes. The opening station 400 is used for opening the cover 201 of the barrel 20; the testing station 500 is used to test the quality of the appearance of the cartridge 20, i.e., to test whether the desiccant 40 in the cartridge 20 has been poured; the filling station 700 is used to fill packets of cigarettes 30 into the carton 20; the rejecting station 800 is used for rejecting unqualified carton finished products 50; the closing station 900 is used for closing the cover 201 of the carton 20, and the affixing station 1000 is used for affixing tax stamps, trademark labels, etc. on the finished carton product 50 packed with the small cigarette packets 30 to form a gift-type carton product. The conveying mechanism 100 is used for conveying the cartridges 20 sequentially through the stations along a conveying direction (the direction indicated by the arrow in the figure is the conveying direction), and then conveying the qualified cartridge finished products 50 to subsequent equipment. The control unit 200 is used for controlling the rejection of the unqualified barrel finished product 50.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the conveying mechanism 100 includes two conveying wheels 110 and a first conveying belt 120, where there are two or more conveying wheels 110, all the conveying wheels 110 are arranged at intervals along the conveying direction, opposite ends of the first conveying belt 120 along the conveying direction are respectively sleeved on the first and last conveying wheels 110, and in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, the first conveying belt 120 forms a first sub-conveying belt 121 and a second sub-conveying belt 122 arranged at intervals.

Thus, when the transmission wheel 110 rotates along its axis direction, the first sub-transmission belt 121 can be driven to transmit the barrel 20 along the transmission direction to sequentially pass through each station, so that the first sub-transmission belt 121 forms a transmission channel for transmitting the barrel 20, and the second sub-transmission belt 122 moves along a direction opposite to the transmission direction, thereby enabling the first transmission belt 120 to continuously transmit the barrel 20.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, a plurality of sets of box pushing blocks arranged at intervals along the conveying direction are disposed on each of the first sub-conveyor belt 121 and the second sub-conveyor belt 122, each set of box pushing blocks includes two box pushing blocks 123 arranged at intervals, two box pushing blocks 123 in each set of box pushing blocks form a clamping gap, and a plurality of sets of box pushing blocks form a plurality of clamping gaps arranged at intervals along the conveying direction on the conveyor belt. When each barrel 20 is conveyed on the first conveyor belt 120, the barrel 20 can be limited and clamped and fixed in a clamping gap formed by the two barrel pushing blocks 123, so that the barrel 20 can be prevented from deviating in the conveying process, and the condition that the detection result is wrong due to position deviation cannot occur when the barrel 20 is conveyed to the detection station 500.

In some embodiments, first feeding station 300 is provided with a conveying device (not shown) comprising a belt conveyor for storing strip 20 and pushing strip 20 by a pushing mechanism to a supply bin for supplying strip 20 to transfer mechanism 100. Specifically, an operator puts the cans 20 on the belt conveyor in a pile, and after the pushing mechanism pushes the cans 20 on the belt conveyor in the pile to the feeding bin, the cans 20 fall to the conveying mechanism 100 under the action of gravity and are conveyed to the subsequent stations by the conveying mechanism 100.

In some embodiments, inspection station 500 is provided with an inspection device 510. As shown in fig. 4, the detecting device 510 includes a bracket 511 and a camera 512 mounted on the bracket 511, the bracket 511 includes a fixed frame 5111 and a connecting frame 5112, wherein one end of the connecting frame 5112 is movably mounted on the fixed frame 5111, and the other end of the connecting frame 5112 is connected to the camera 512. The height and the shooting angle of the camera 512 can be adjusted by adjusting the height and the inclination of the connecting frame 5112 relative to the fixing frame 5111, so that the photos inside the barrel 20 with different specifications can be completely shot, and the situation that the drying agent 40 is not shot by the camera 512 when being placed in a certain corner in the barrel 20 is avoided.

Preferably, the detecting station 500 further includes a dark box and a light tool (not shown), the detecting device and the light tool are disposed in the dark box, the light tool can emit light for illuminating the inside of the dark box, when the barrel 20 enters the dark box through the detecting station 500, the light tool emits light, so that the light collecting degree is good, and the photo taken by the camera 512 of the detecting device has a clearer shooting effect.

In some embodiments, the box opening station 400 is provided with a box opening device 410, and the box opening device 410 comprises a fixed portion, a movable portion and a driving mechanism (not shown). Wherein, the fixed part is provided with a guide rail, the movable part is movably arranged on the fixed part and can reciprocate along the guide rail of the fixed part, and the movable part is provided with one or more suckers which can suck the folding seal cover 201 of the barrel 20; the driving mechanism is connected to the movable portion, and may be a motor, an air cylinder, or a hydraulic cylinder, and the driving mechanism is configured to drive the movable portion to reciprocate relative to the fixed portion, so as to automatically suck the cover 201 of the barrel 20 and open the cover 201 of the barrel 20 without using human labor.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the second feeding station 600 is provided with a second conveyor belt 610 for conveying the cigarette packets 30, and the second conveyor belt 610 may be arranged in an S-shape, a U-shape, an L-shape, etc., so that the conveyor belt may not occupy a large space, and the cigarette packets 30 may be conveyed in a long distance, so that a plurality of continuously conveyed cigarette packets 30 may have enough time to turn, stand, and be continuously arranged in groups on the conveyor belt, thereby facilitating the cigarette packets 30 to be loaded into the carton 20 at the subsequent loading station 700.

In some embodiments, the filling station 700 is provided with a filling device 710 for filling the group of packets 30 into the carton 20, and the filling device 710 may be a robot that grabs the group of packets 30 into the carton 20, or a pushing mechanism that pushes the group of packets 30 into the carton 20 by an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder.

In some embodiments, the removing station 800 is provided with a removing device 810, and the removing station 800 is correspondingly provided with a removing port 801 communicated with the transmission channel formed by the first sub-conveyor 121, when the unqualified barrel finished product 50 passes through the removing station 800, the control unit 200 can send a control command according to the result shot by the middle camera 512 of the detection device 510, and the removing device 810 receives the control command to generate a removing action to remove the unqualified barrel 20 out of the first conveyor 120. Alternatively, the removing device 810 may be a push rod structure driven by a driving structure such as a cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder or a servo motor, the removing device 810 has a pushing block 811 for pushing the unqualified barrel 20 out of the removing opening 801, and the pushing block 811 can ensure the accuracy and stability of the removing action under the driving of the driving structure; the rejecting device 810 may also be a movable shutter, which closes the conveying path when the unqualified barrel 20 passes through the rejecting station 800, so that the barrel 20 is automatically rejected from the rejecting opening 801 out of the conveying path formed by the first sub-conveyor belt 121.

In some embodiments, the carton closing station 900 is provided with a carton closing device 910, and the structure of the carton closing device 910 may be completely the same as that of the carton opening device 410, and the structure thereof is not described herein again, and the carton 20 filled with the small cigarette packets 30 can be closed by driving the folding cover 201, which has the movable portion sucking the carton 20, to move in the direction opposite to the direction when the carton is opened by the driving mechanism.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the control unit 200 includes an image recognition device 210, a logic controller 220, and a human-computer interaction component 230. The image recognition device 210 is communicatively connected to the camera 512 of the detection device, and can recognize the picture taken by the camera 512, and further compare the picture with the prestored picture of the drying agent 40 in the image recognition device 210, so as to determine whether the drying agent 40 exists in the barrel 20. The logic controller 220 is communicatively connected to the image recognition device 210, and can control the rejection device 810 to perform a rejection operation according to the recognition result of the image recognition device 210. The human-computer interaction component 230 is communicatively connected to the logic controller 220, and preferably, the human-computer interaction component 230 may be a display having a human-computer interface design. The image recognition device 210 can send the photo information and the comparison result shot by the camera 512 to the logic controller 220, and then the photo information and the comparison result are sent to the human-computer interaction component 230 by the logic controller 220, so that the interactivity between an operator and the human-computer interaction component 230 can be enhanced, the history of unqualified barrel finished products 50 can be detected and stored in real time, and the operator can conveniently process and trace the source of the unqualified barrel finished products 50.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, the material filling line 10 has the following operation flow:

first, the barrel 20 is transported from the transport device of the first supply station 300 to the first conveyor belt 120 of the transport mechanism 100, the barrel 20 is transported to the box opening station 400, and the box opening device 410 opens the folded cover 201 of the barrel 20 to a desired box opening angle.

Subsequently, the barrel 20 is transported to the detection station 500, the camera 512 of the detection station 500 takes a picture of the inside of the barrel 20, so as to obtain a picture of the inside of the barrel 20, the picture is transmitted to the image recognition device 210 of the control unit 200, the image recognition device 210 compares the picture of the inside of the barrel 20 in the open state with the pre-stored picture of the desiccant 40, and determines whether there is a difference, if there is no difference, it indicates that the desiccant 40 in the barrel 20 is not poured, the desiccant 40 exists in the barrel 20, and the image recognition device 210 sends the recognition result to the logic controller 220.

The carton 20 is then transferred to the filling station 700, and the packets 30 of cigarettes from the second feeding station 600 are filled into the carton 20, forming the finished carton 50. Meanwhile, the logic controller 220 receives the recognition result of the image recognition device 210 and then sends out a rejection instruction, which instructs the rejection device 810 of the rejection station 800 to reject the unqualified barrel 20 from the first conveyor belt 120. If the internal picture of the barrel 20 taken at the previous detection station 500 shows that the drying agent 40 is not present in the barrel 20, the logic controller 220 does not send a removing instruction, the removing device 810 does not perform removing operation, and the qualified barrel 20 is normally transmitted to the next station.

The finished barrel 50 is then transported to the closing station 900 where the closing device 910 closes the lid 201 of the barrel 20. And then passes through a labeling station 1000 where the finished barrel 50 is labeled with a tax label or trademark label, etc.

Finally, the qualified finished barrel 50 is conveyed from the conveying mechanism to subsequent equipment, thereby completing the whole filling production process.

So, through above-mentioned design, the material filling assembly line 10 that this application provided has avoided capsule tobacco bale 30 to be filled to the barrel 20 that contains drier 40, has stopped because capsule tobacco bale 30 receives the extrusion of drier 40 to lead to the outward appearance to warp or drier 40 package to split in the gift formula barrel 20 product that has been packed and flow into the quality accident that next process produced, has solved the packing quality problem of gift formula cigarette barrel 20 product, has ensured the high quality development of cigarette manufacturing enterprise.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, the technical features should be considered as the scope of the present description.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the concept of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which all fall within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a material loads assembly line, its characterized in that includes transport mechanism, follows transport mechanism's direction of transmission arranges in proper order first supply station, detection station, second supply station, loads the station and rejects the station, wherein:

the first feeding station is used for providing a first material;

the detection station is provided with a detection device for detecting the appearance quality of the first material, and the detection device is provided with a camera capable of photographing the first material;

the second feeding station is used for providing a second material;

the filling station is used for filling the second material into the first material;

the rejecting station is provided with a rejecting device for rejecting unqualified first materials;

the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the first material along the conveying direction to sequentially pass through the first feeding station, the detection station, the second feeding station, the filling station and the removing station; and

and the control unit is in communication connection with the detection device and the removing device and is used for controlling the removing device to remove the unqualified first material.

2. The material loading line of claim 1, wherein the detection device further comprises a bracket, and the camera is movably mounted on the bracket to enable adjustment of a height and a shooting angle of the camera.

3. The material loading assembly line of claim 2, wherein the support includes a mounting bracket and a connecting bracket, the connecting bracket is movably connected to the mounting bracket, and the camera is mounted on the connecting bracket.

4. The material filling line according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the inspection station further has a dark box and a light fixture, the inspection device and the light fixture being disposed within the dark box, the light fixture being capable of emitting light for illuminating an interior of the dark box.

5. The material filling line of claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism comprises:

at least two conveying wheels arranged at intervals along the conveying direction;

the first conveying belt is sleeved with the first conveying wheel and the tail conveying wheel respectively at two ends along the conveying direction, and the first conveying belt forms a first sub-conveying belt and a second sub-conveying belt which are arranged at intervals in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

6. The material filling line of claim 5, wherein the conveyor belt has a plurality of gripping gaps spaced along the conveying direction for gripping and holding the first material.

7. The material filling line according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of sets of box pushing blocks are arranged on the conveyor belt at intervals along the conveying direction, each set of box pushing blocks comprises two box pushing blocks arranged at intervals, and two box pushing blocks in each set of box pushing blocks form one clamping gap.

8. The material filling line of claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises:

the image recognition device is in communication connection with the detection device and is used for recognizing the picture shot by the detection device;

and the logic controller is in communication connection with the image recognition device and can control the rejection device to carry out rejection according to the recognition result of the image recognition device.

9. The material filling line of claim 8, wherein the control unit further comprises a human-machine interaction component communicatively coupled to the logic controller.

10. The material filling line of claim 1, further comprising:

the box opening station is used for opening the first material and is positioned between the first feeding station and the detection station;

and the box closing station is used for closing the first material and is positioned at the downstream of the removing station.

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