CN217832518U - Transfer equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a transfer device, including feed mechanism, transfer mechanism and tilting mechanism, transfer mechanism includes first transport subassembly and first drive assembly, and first drive assembly is used for driving first transport subassembly and removes along the first direction, and tilting mechanism includes second transport subassembly and second drive assembly, and the second drive assembly is used for driving second transport subassembly and removes along the first direction. The utility model discloses accessible transfer mechanism and tilting mechanism's cooperation is according to the supplied materials type of the last product of feed mechanism, selects to overturn or not overturn the product in the transportation. When the product does not need to be turned over, the product is directly grabbed/sucked from the front side by the turning mechanism for transferring; when the product needs to be overturned, the product is grabbed/sucked from the front side by the transfer mechanism, then the product is grabbed/sucked from the back side by the overturning mechanism, and the product is transferred after being overturned, so that the overturning efficiency and the transferring efficiency of the product are effectively improved.

Description

Transfer equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a product transportation technical field, in particular to transfer equipment.

Background

In the field of laser cutting, in the process of producing display panel products, the display panel products sometimes need to be turned over and cut according to different models of the display panel products. When the product is turned over, the related turning equipment is needed, but the turning equipment is used for selectively turning over, the turning efficiency is low, and the efficient production requirement of the display panel is difficult to meet.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above-mentioned prior art's shortcoming, the present application provides a transfer device, can carry out the selectivity upset and improve upset efficiency to the product.

The following technical scheme is adopted in the embodiment:

a transfer device, comprising:

the feeding mechanism is used for feeding products;

the transfer mechanism comprises a first carrying assembly and a first driving assembly, the first driving assembly is arranged on one side of the feeding mechanism along a first direction and is used for driving the first carrying assembly to move along the first direction, and the first carrying assembly can grab/absorb products on the feeding mechanism; and

the turnover mechanism comprises a second carrying assembly and a second driving assembly, the second driving assembly can drive the second carrying assembly to move into or out of the space between the transfer mechanism and the feeding mechanism, and drive the first carrying assembly to move along a first direction, and drive the first carrying assembly to turn over, and the second carrying assembly can grab/absorb products on the feeding mechanism or products on the first carrying assembly.

Further, in the transfer apparatus, the first direction is a vertical direction.

Furthermore, in the transfer device, the second driving assembly comprises a transverse moving driving assembly, a lifting driving assembly and a turning driving assembly, the lifting driving assembly is arranged at the driving end of the transverse moving driving assembly, the turning driving assembly is arranged at the driving end of the lifting driving assembly, and the second carrying assembly is arranged at the driving end of the turning driving assembly.

Further, in the transfer device, the first carrying assembly and/or the second carrying assembly comprise a bracket and one or more suction nozzles, and the one or more suction nozzles are arranged on the bracket in a sliding manner along the second direction.

Further, in the transfer equipment, the first carrying assembly and/or the second carrying assembly further comprise one or more adjusting rods, the one or more adjusting rods are arranged on the support in a sliding mode along a third direction, and the one or more suction nozzles are arranged on the corresponding adjusting rods in a sliding mode along a second direction.

Further, in the transfer device, the feeding mechanism includes a feeding platform and a feeding driving assembly, and the feeding driving assembly is configured to drive the feeding platform to move, so that the feeding platform moves into or out of the material taking position of the transfer mechanism.

Further, among the transfer apparatus, feed mechanism still includes material loading robot and buffering workstation, material loading robot be used for carrying the single product extremely buffering workstation is kept in to and carry two products simultaneously extremely on the material loading microscope carrier.

Furthermore, the transfer equipment further comprises a blanking mechanism, wherein the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking carrying platform and a blanking driving assembly, and the blanking driving assembly is used for driving the blanking carrying platform to move so that the blanking carrying platform moves into or out of the blanking position of the turnover mechanism.

Further, in the transfer apparatus, still include detection mechanism, detection mechanism includes the frame, sweeps a yard subassembly and sweeps a yard drive assembly, it sets up to sweep a yard drive assembly in the frame, it is used for the drive to sweep a yard subassembly and remove, and aim at product on the material loading microscope carrier.

Furthermore, in the transfer device, the detection mechanism further includes a positioning camera and a positioning driving assembly, the positioning driving assembly is disposed on the frame, the positioning driving assembly is used for driving the positioning camera to move and aligning with the product on the blanking carrying platform, the blanking mechanism further includes a deviation rectifying assembly, the blanking carrying platform is disposed at a driving end of the deviation rectifying assembly, and the deviation rectifying assembly is disposed at a driving end of the blanking driving assembly.

Compared with the prior art, the transfer equipment provided by the application can select to turn over or not turn over the product in the transfer process according to the incoming material type of the product on the feeding mechanism through the cooperation of the transfer mechanism and the turning mechanism. When the product does not need to be turned over, the product is directly grabbed/sucked from the front side by the turning mechanism for transferring; when the product needs to be overturned, the product is grabbed/sucked from the front side by the transfer mechanism, then the product is grabbed/sucked from the back side by the overturning mechanism, and the product is transferred after being overturned, so that the overturning efficiency and the transferring efficiency of the product are effectively improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structural diagram of a specific embodiment of the transfer device provided in the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a transfer mechanism in the transfer apparatus shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the turnover mechanism in the transfer apparatus shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an unloading carrier and an unloading driving assembly in the transfer apparatus shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a detection mechanism in the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a blanking mechanism in the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

10, a feeding mechanism; 11. a loading platform; 12. a feeding drive assembly; 13. a feeding robot; 14. a buffer table; 20. a transfer mechanism; 21. a first handling assembly; 211. a support; 212. a suction nozzle; 213. adjusting a rod; 22. a first drive assembly; 30. a turnover mechanism; 31. a second handling assembly; 32. a second drive assembly; 321. a traverse driving assembly; 322. a lift drive assembly; 323. a turnover drive assembly; 40. a detection mechanism; 41. a frame; 42. a code scanning component; 43. a code scanning driving component; 44. positioning a camera; 45. positioning the driving assembly; 50. a blanking mechanism; 51. a blanking carrying platform; 52. a blanking driving component; 53. a deviation rectifying component; 100. and (5) producing the product.

Detailed Description

In order to make the purpose, technical solution and effect of the present application clearer and clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific examples described herein are intended merely to illustrate the application and are not intended to limit the application, as elements, structures and features of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in other embodiments without further recitation.

It should be noted that, when a meta-structure is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" to another meta-structure, it may be directly on the other meta-structure or indirectly on the other meta-structure. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.

The terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like refer to an orientation or positional relationship that is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, merely for convenience in describing the application and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated.

Referring to fig. 1, the transfer apparatus provided in the present application includes a feeding mechanism 10, a transferring mechanism 20, and a turnover mechanism 30. The feeding mechanism 10 is used for feeding the product 100, and the transferring mechanism 20 is used for transferring the product 100, so that the product 100 can be conveniently turned over by the turning mechanism 30.

Referring to fig. 2, the transferring mechanism 20 includes a first carrying assembly 21 and a first driving assembly 22, and the first driving assembly 22 is disposed at one side of the feeding mechanism 10 along a first direction and is used for driving the first carrying assembly 21 to move along the first direction. When the first carrier assembly 21 is moved into position, the product 100 on the feeding mechanism 10 can be grasped/picked up.

Referring to fig. 3, the turnover mechanism 30 includes a second carrying assembly 31 and a second driving assembly 32, the second driving assembly 32 can drive the second carrying assembly 31 to move into or out of the space between the transfer mechanism 20 and the feeding mechanism 10, and drive the first carrying assembly 21 to move along the first direction, and when the second carrying assembly 31 moves to a proper position, the product 100 on the feeding mechanism 10 can be grabbed/sucked, or the product 100 on the feeding mechanism 10 can be grabbed/sucked by the first carrying assembly 21 first, and then the product 100 on the first carrying assembly 21 can be grabbed/sucked by the second carrying assembly 31.

The second driving assembly 32 can also drive the entire first carrying assembly 21 to perform a predetermined angle turnover, such as a 180 degree turnover. The first orientation is a predetermined arbitrary direction, such as a vertical direction. The first carrying assembly 21 and the second carrying assembly 31 can carry the product 100 by adopting a grabbing or sucking mode, and the corresponding structure is selected according to the type of the product 100. For example, when the product 100 is a display panel, the product 100 is preferably transported by suction in order to avoid damage to the product.

When the product 100 does not need to be turned over, taking the first direction as a vertical direction as an example, the feeding mechanism 10 delivers the product 100 to a predetermined material taking position, i.e. below the first carrying assembly 21. The second carrying assembly 31 is driven by the second driving assembly 32 to move between the transfer mechanism 20 and the loading mechanism 10, i.e. above the product 100, and then the second driving assembly 32 drives the second carrying assembly 31 to descend and suck the product 100 from the front. Then, the second driving assembly 32 drives the second carrying assembly 31 to lift a certain height, and moves the second carrying assembly 31 out of the blanking position and releases the product 100, wherein the front of the product 100 faces upwards.

When the product 100 needs to be turned over, the loading mechanism 10 delivers the product 100 to the lower side of the first handling assembly 21. The first carrying assembly 21 is driven by the first driving assembly 22 to descend and suck the product 100 from the front side, and the product 100 is lifted to a certain height. And then the second driving component 32 drives the second carrying component 31 to turn over by 180 degrees, and then the second carrying component moves between the transfer mechanism 20 and the feeding mechanism 10, absorbs the product 100 from the back under the first carrying component 21, then the second driving component 32 drives the second carrying component 31 to move out to a blanking position, and turns over by 180 degrees continuously and releases the product 100, and at this time, the back of the product 100 faces upwards, and the turning process is completed.

Therefore, the transfer device provided by the present application can select to turn or not turn the product 100 during the transfer process according to the type of the incoming material of the product 100 on the feeding mechanism 10 through the cooperation of the transfer mechanism 20 and the turning mechanism 30. When the product 100 does not need to be turned over, the product 100 is directly grabbed/sucked from the front side by the turning mechanism 30 for transferring; when the product 100 needs to be turned over, the transfer mechanism 20 first grabs/absorbs the product 100 from the front side, then the turning mechanism 30 grabs/absorbs the product 100 from the back side, and the product 100 is transferred after being turned over, so that the turning efficiency and the transferring efficiency of the product 100 are effectively improved.

In the present application, a first direction, a second direction and a third direction are provided, which are not parallel to each other, and taking the direction shown in fig. 1 as an example, the three directions may be perpendicular to each other two by two, that is, the first direction is a Z-axis direction, the second direction is an X-axis direction, and the third direction is a Y-axis direction.

The first driving assembly 22 may adopt driving members such as a lifting module and a lifting cylinder, and drives the first carrying assembly 21 to lift along a first direction, i.e. a Z-axis direction, so that the first carrying assembly 21 can absorb and lift the product 100 conveniently.

The second driving assembly 32 includes a traverse driving assembly 321, a lift driving assembly 322, and a flip driving assembly 323, wherein the lift driving assembly 322 is disposed at a driving end of the traverse driving assembly 321, and the traverse driving assembly 321 may adopt driving members such as a linear module, a linear motor, etc., and drives the lift driving assembly 322 to traverse along a second direction, i.e., an X-axis direction.

The turning driving assembly 323 is disposed at a driving end of the lifting driving assembly 322, and the lifting driving assembly 322 may employ driving members such as a lifting module and a lifting cylinder, and drives the turning driving assembly 323 to lift along a first direction, i.e., a Z-axis direction.

The second carrying assembly 31 is disposed at a driving end of the turning driving assembly 323, and the turning driving assembly 323 may adopt driving members such as a turning motor and a turning cylinder, and drives the second carrying assembly 31 to turn along the turning axis. The turnover mechanism 30 can grab/suck the product 100 and move and turn over the product 100 by cooperation of the traverse driving assembly 321, the elevation driving assembly 322 and the turnover driving assembly 323.

In some embodiments, with continued reference to fig. 2, the first carrying assembly 21 includes a frame 211 and a suction nozzle 212, the suction nozzle 212 is connected to the vacuum generator and can suck the product 100 by vacuum suction, and the suction nozzle 212 is slidably disposed on the frame 211 along the second direction.

The number of the suction nozzles 212 may be set to one or more according to the shape and size of the product 100 to be sucked, and the position of each suction nozzle 212 may be adjusted by sliding the suction nozzle 212, so that the first carrying assembly 21 better sucks the product 100 and prevents the product 100 from falling off.

Further, the first carrying assembly 21 further includes an adjusting rod 213, the adjusting rod 213 is slidably disposed on the bracket 211 along the third direction, the number of the adjusting rods 213 can be set to be one or more, and a certain number of the suction nozzles 212 are disposed on each adjusting rod 213, and the suction nozzles 212 can slide along the second direction.

The positions of the adjustment lever 213 and the suction nozzle 212 in the third direction can be adjusted by sliding the adjustment lever 213; and the positions of the suction nozzles 212 in the second direction can be adjusted by sliding the suction nozzles, so that the position distribution of the suction nozzles 212 is adapted to the size and shape of the product 100, and a better suction effect is achieved.

Specifically, sliding grooves along the third direction may be formed on both sides of the bracket 211, and both ends of the adjusting rod 213 are disposed in the sliding grooves, and the adjusting rod 213 is fixed by screws after the position is adjusted. Meanwhile, a sliding groove may be formed in the adjusting lever 213 along the second direction, and an end of the suction nozzle 212 may be placed in the sliding groove, and the suction nozzle 212 may be fixed by a screw after the position is adjusted.

The second carrier assembly 31 may be configured in the same manner as the first carrier assembly 21 to suck the products 100 by vacuum suction. Of course, the first and second handling assemblies 21 and 31 may also adopt other existing manners to carry the product 100, which is not limited by the present invention.

In some embodiments, please refer to fig. 1 and 4, the feeding mechanism 10 includes a feeding stage 11 and a feeding driving assembly 12, and the feeding driving assembly 12 is configured to drive the feeding stage 11 to move, so that the feeding stage 11 moves into or out of the material taking position of the transfer mechanism 20.

The feeding carrying platform 11 is used for placing a product 100 to be transported, the feeding driving assembly 12 can drive the feeding carrying platform 11 to move along a third direction, and drive the feeding carrying platform 11 to move to a feeding position first, so as to receive the product 100 on the production line, and then the feeding driving assembly 12 drives the feeding carrying platform 11 to move to a material taking position, namely below the first driving assembly 22.

The loading carrier 11 may be provided with an adsorption hole for adsorbing the product 100, so as to prevent the product 100 from falling. The feeding driving component 12 may be a linear driving component such as a linear module or a linear motor, and drives the feeding carrier 11 to move along the second direction.

Further, with reference to fig. 1, the transferring apparatus further includes a feeding robot 13 and a buffering table 14, wherein the feeding robot 13 is used for conveying the single product 100 to the buffering table 14 for temporary storage and simultaneously conveying two groups of products 100 to the feeding mechanism 10.

The feeding robot 13 can select a 6-axis robot, can consider the inconsistency of the upstream feeding positions of the assembly line, and can also consider two working positions of the feeding position and the buffer position. And, the terminal of material loading robot 13 sets up the manipulator, and accessible adsorbs/the mode of snatching once only snatchs two products 100, improves conveying efficiency.

The buffer station 14 may temporarily store individual products 100 when the incoming material quantity is insufficient. For example, when only one display panel flows into the loading position upstream of the production line, the loading robot 13 sucks the display panel to the buffer workbench 14 for temporary storage; when the production line continues to flow into a new display panel, the feeding robot 13 sucks the new display panel, and then sucks the display panel on the buffer table 14, and places the two display panels together on the feeding stage 11. Moreover, the first carrying assembly 21 and the second carrying assembly 31 can be set to be two groups, two display panels can be transported at the same time during carrying at each time, and the efficiency of carrying and turning over the display panels is improved.

In some embodiments, please refer to fig. 1 and 5, the transfer apparatus further includes a detection mechanism 40, the detection mechanism 40 includes a frame 41, a code scanning assembly 42, and a code scanning driving assembly 43, the code scanning driving assembly 43 is disposed on the frame 41, and the code scanning driving assembly 43 is configured to drive the code scanning assembly 42 to move and align with the product 100 on the loading stage 11.

The code scanning component 42 may include two code scanners, and scan the two products 100 by the two code scanners, respectively, so as to read the product information of each product 100 and confirm whether each product 100 needs to be flipped. The code scanning driving assembly 43 may adopt a linear driving assembly such as a linear module, a linear motor, etc., and drives the code scanning assembly 42 to move along the second direction, so that the code scanning assembly 42 is aligned with the corresponding product 100.

In some embodiments, please refer to fig. 1 and fig. 6, the transfer apparatus further includes a blanking mechanism 50, the blanking mechanism 50 includes a blanking carrier 51 and a blanking driving component 52, and the blanking driving component 52 is configured to drive the blanking carrier 51 to move, for example, along a third direction, so that the blanking carrier 51 moves into or out of a blanking position of the turnover mechanism 30.

The discharging carrier 51 is used for placing the transported product 100, and the discharging driving component 52 can adopt linear driving components such as a linear module and a linear motor, and drives the discharging carrier 51 to move along the second direction. The blanking drive assembly 52 moves the blanking stage 51 to the blanking position, i.e. below the second conveyor assembly 31, receives the products 100 on the second conveyor assembly 31, and then the blanking drive assembly 52 drives the blanking stage 51 to move to the blanking position again, so that the products 100 flow to the next process.

Further, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the detecting mechanism 40 further includes a positioning camera 44 and a positioning driving assembly 45, the positioning driving assembly 45 is disposed on the frame 41, the positioning driving assembly 45 is used for driving the positioning camera 44 to move and align with the product 100 on the discharging carrier 51, the discharging mechanism 50 further includes a deviation rectifying assembly 53, the discharging carrier 51 is disposed at a driving end of the deviation rectifying assembly 53, and the deviation rectifying assembly 53 is disposed at a driving end of the discharging driving assembly 52.

The number of the positioning cameras 44 may be two, and the two positioning cameras 44 may respectively perform photographing positioning on the two products 100 to confirm the positions of the products 100. When the position of the product 100 deviates from the preset position, the deviation rectifying component 53 can control the blanking carrying platform 51 to move along the second direction or the third direction, so as to adjust the position of the product 100; or the deviation rectifying component 53 can also control the blanking carrying platform 51 to deflect at a certain angle, so as to complete the initial positioning of the product 100, and make the position of the product 100 flowing into the next process accurate.

It should be understood that equivalents and modifications based on the technical solutions of the present application and the application concepts thereof can be made by those skilled in the art, and all such modifications and modifications should be included in the scope of the claims appended to the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A transfer apparatus, comprising:

the feeding mechanism is used for feeding products;

the transfer mechanism comprises a first carrying assembly and a first driving assembly, the first driving assembly is arranged on one side of the feeding mechanism along a first direction and is used for driving the first carrying assembly to move along the first direction, and the first carrying assembly can grab/absorb products on the feeding mechanism; and

the turnover mechanism comprises a second carrying assembly and a second driving assembly, the second driving assembly can drive the second carrying assembly to move into or out of the space between the transfer mechanism and the feeding mechanism, and drive the first carrying assembly to move along a first direction, and drive the first carrying assembly to turn over, and the second carrying assembly can grab/absorb products on the feeding mechanism or products on the first carrying assembly.

2. Transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction.

3. The transfer apparatus of claim 2, wherein the second drive assembly comprises a traverse drive assembly, a lift drive assembly, and a tumble drive assembly, the lift drive assembly being disposed at a drive end of the traverse drive assembly, the tumble drive assembly being disposed at a drive end of the lift drive assembly, and the second carrier assembly being disposed at a drive end of the tumble drive assembly.

4. The transfer apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and/or second transfer assemblies comprise a rack and one or more suction nozzles slidably disposed on the rack in the second direction.

5. The transfer apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first handling assembly and/or the second handling assembly further comprises one or more adjustment bars slidably disposed on the support frame along the third direction, and one or more suction nozzles slidably disposed on the corresponding adjustment bars along the second direction.

6. The transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism includes a feeding stage and a feeding driving assembly, and the feeding driving assembly is configured to drive the feeding stage to move so that the feeding stage moves into or out of the material taking position of the transfer mechanism.

7. The transfer apparatus of claim 6, wherein the feeding mechanism further comprises a feeding robot and a buffer station, the feeding robot being configured to transport a single product to the buffer station for temporary storage and to transport two products simultaneously to the loading station.

8. The transfer device according to claim 6, further comprising a blanking mechanism, wherein the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking stage and a blanking driving assembly, and the blanking driving assembly is used for driving the blanking stage to move so that the blanking stage can move into or out of a blanking position of the turnover mechanism.

9. The transfer device according to claim 8, further comprising a detection mechanism, wherein the detection mechanism comprises a frame, a code scanning assembly and a code scanning driving assembly, the code scanning driving assembly is arranged on the frame, and the code scanning driving assembly is used for driving the code scanning assembly to move and align with the product on the loading platform.

10. The transfer device according to claim 9, wherein the detection mechanism further comprises a positioning camera and a positioning driving assembly, the positioning driving assembly is disposed on the frame, the positioning driving assembly is configured to drive the positioning camera to move and align with the product on the blanking stage, the blanking mechanism further comprises a deviation rectifying assembly, the blanking stage is disposed at a driving end of the deviation rectifying assembly, and the deviation rectifying assembly is disposed at a driving end of the blanking driving assembly.

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