CN218225399U

CN218225399U - Feeding mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN218225399U
Application number: CN202222551305.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 骆泽仁; 吴宇坤; 王建坡; 薛涛; 虞鹏; 王凯; 王守鑫; 倪博宇; 姚佳雨; 王佳伟
Original assignee: Jiangsu Zhiyu Automobile Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangsu Zhiyu Automobile Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-26
Filing date: 2022-09-26
Publication date: 2023-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-26

Abstract

The invention provides a feeding mechanism, which comprises: the detection unit is used for detecting whether the feeding direction of the part is correct or not; a mobile seat provided with a gripping member for gripping the part, the gripping member being adapted to rotate about a first axis of rotation; a control part configured to control the gripper to rotate about the first rotation axis to adjust the part to a correct feeding direction when the detection unit detects a feeding direction error of the part. From this, through set up the detecting element in order to detect the material loading direction of part on feed mechanism, and control portion controls when the material loading direction of part is wrong and holds the piece and overturn the part, can make the material loading direction of feed mechanism satisfy the material loading direction requirement of mechanical equipment to the part in the assembling process, compare with prior art, manual material loading step when can reduce mechanical equipment assembly, thereby can improve mechanical equipment's assembly efficiency, and then can reduce mechanical equipment's manufacturing cost.

Description

Feeding mechanism

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of equipment assembly, in particular to a feeding mechanism.

Background

In the related art, a feed mechanism is used to grasp a part of a mechanical device to an assembly position during assembly of the mechanical device so as to facilitate the assembly mechanism to mount the part to the mechanical device. When mechanical equipment has the requirement to the material loading direction of part, current feed mechanism can not discern whether the material loading direction of part is correct, therefore assembly personnel need influence mechanical equipment's assembly efficiency to lead to mechanical equipment's manufacturing cost to rise.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present invention is directed to a feeding mechanism, which can reduce the manual feeding step during the assembly of the mechanical device, so as to improve the assembly efficiency of the mechanical device and reduce the production cost of the mechanical device.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

a feed mechanism includes: the part feeding device comprises a fixed seat, wherein the fixed seat is provided with a detection unit used for detecting whether the part feeding direction is correct or not; the moving seat is suitable for moving relative to the fixed seat along the length direction of the feeding mechanism and is provided with a gripping piece for gripping a part, and the gripping piece is suitable for rotating around a first rotating axis; a control portion in communication with the detection unit, the control portion configured to control the gripper to rotate about the first rotational axis to adjust the part to a correct feeding direction when the detection unit detects a wrong feeding direction of the part.

In some examples of the invention, the mobile seat is provided with a first driving member, the first driving member being connected to the gripping member, the first driving member being adapted to drive the gripping member to rotate about the first rotation axis.

In some examples of the invention, the movable seat is provided with a second driving member adapted to drive the grip member to rotate about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being parallel to the length direction.

In some examples of the present invention, the detection unit is disposed corresponding to the grip member along the length direction.

In some examples of the invention, the detection unit is configured to detect a camera and/or a proximity switch.

In some examples of the invention, the mobile seat is provided with a third drive member, the third drive member being in driving connection with the gripping member, the third drive member being adapted to drive the gripping member to grip the part.

In some examples of the present invention, the feeding mechanism further comprises: and the fourth driving part is suitable for driving the movable seat to move along the length direction relative to the fixed seat.

In some examples of the invention, the fixing base is provided with a first guide portion, the movable base is provided with a second guide portion, the first guide portion is matched with the second guide portion along the length direction in a guiding manner, and the fourth driving piece is connected with the second guide portion in a transmission manner to be suitable for driving the second guide portion is relative to the first guide portion.

In some examples of the invention, one of the first guide portion and the second guide portion is configured as a slide rail, and the other of the first guide portion and the second guide portion is configured as a slider.

In some examples of the invention, the movable seat is provided with a first driving member and a second driving member, the first driving member is adapted to drive the grasping member to rotate around the first rotation axis, the second driving member is adapted to drive the grasping member to rotate around the second rotation axis, and the movable seat is provided with a third driving member for controlling the grasping member to grasp the part, the first driving member, the second driving member and the third driving member are all configured as cylinders.

Compared with the prior art, the feeding mechanism has the following advantages:

according to the utility model discloses a feed mechanism, through set up the feed direction of detecting element in order to detect the part on feed mechanism, and the control part controls when the feed direction of part is wrong and holds the piece and overturn the part, can make feed mechanism's feed direction satisfy the mechanical equipment and require the feed direction of part in the assembling process, compared with the prior art, manual material loading step when can reduce the mechanical equipment assembly, thereby can improve mechanical equipment's assembly efficiency, and then can reduce mechanical equipment's manufacturing cost.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and do not constitute a limitation of the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a loading mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another angle of the loading mechanism according to the embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 is a top view of the feeding mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

a feed mechanism 100;

a fixed seat 10; a first guide portion 101; a detection unit 20;

a movable base 30; a grip 301; a first driver 302; a second driving member 303; a third driver 304; the second guide portion 305;

a fourth driver 40.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other without conflict.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-3, according to the feeding mechanism 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, the feeding mechanism 100 is used for feeding an assembling mechanism during an assembling process of a mechanical device, wherein the mechanical device may be a steering device of a vehicle, etc. According to the utility model discloses embodiment feed mechanism 100 include: a fixed seat 10, a movable seat 30 and a control part. The fixing base 10 may be fixed on a plane such as a wall or a floor, the fixing base 10 may extend along a length direction of the feeding mechanism 100, and the length direction of the feeding mechanism 100 may be an up-down direction in fig. 1. The fixing seat 10 is provided with a detection unit 20, and the detection unit 20 is used for detecting whether the feeding direction of the parts is correct. The movable seat 30 is adapted to move relative to the fixed seat 10 along the length direction of the feeding mechanism 100, the movable seat 30 is provided with a gripping member 301 for gripping a part, the part can be stacked at one end of the fixed seat 10, when the movable seat 30 moves to one end of the fixed seat 10 close to the stacking position of the part, the gripping member 301 can grip the part from the stacking position of the part, and the gripping member 301 can be configured as a gripping claw which can grip a belt wheel, a nut, a bearing and the like. Further, the movable base 30 may be moved to a detection position, and the detection unit 20 may detect the part located at the detection position. The assembling mechanism may be located at an end of the fixed base 10 away from the stacking place of the parts, and the moving base 30 may be moved to an end of the fixed base 10 away from the stacking place of the parts to transport the parts to the assembling position.

And, the holding member 301 is adapted to rotate around a first rotation axis, which may have an included angle with the moving direction of the moving seat 30, so that the holding member 301 may turn over the part when rotating around the first rotation axis, thereby changing the feeding direction of the part. The control portion may be configured as a controller or a control box, etc., the control portion being in communication with the detecting unit 20, the control portion being configured to control the gripper 301 to rotate about the first rotation axis to adjust the part to a correct feeding direction when the detecting unit 20 detects a wrong feeding direction of the part. From this, through set up detecting element 20 on feed mechanism 100 in order to detect the material loading direction of part, and control portion controls when the material loading direction of part is wrong and holds piece 301 and overturn the part, can make the material loading direction of feed mechanism 100 satisfy the material loading direction requirement of mechanical equipment to the part in the assembling process, compare with prior art, the assembler need not have the part material loading of requirement to the assembly position with the material loading direction manually, manual material loading step when can reduce mechanical equipment assembly, thereby can improve mechanical equipment's assembly efficiency, and then can reduce mechanical equipment's manufacturing cost.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1-3, the movable base 30 may be provided with a first driving member 302, the first driving member 302 is connected with the grip 301, and the first driving member 302 is adapted to drive the grip 301 to rotate around a first rotation axis. The rotation axis of the first driving element 302 may be collinear with the first rotation axis, and it is understood that the rotation axis of the first driving element 302 is configured as the first rotation axis. The first driving member 302 may be fixedly connected to the grasping member 301, the first driving member 302 may rotate to drive the grasping member 301 to turn, and then the grasping member 301 may turn the grasped part, the first driving member 302 may be in communication connection with the control portion, and after the control portion determines that the feeding direction of the part is wrong, the control portion may control the first driving member 302 to drive the grasping member 301 to rotate so that the grasping member 301 turns the grasped part to a correct feeding direction, so that the feeding direction of the part may meet the assembly requirement of the mechanical equipment.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the movable base 30 may be provided with a second driving member 303, the second driving member 303 is adapted to drive the gripping member 301 to rotate around a second rotation axis, and the second rotation axis is parallel to the length direction of the feeding mechanism 100. The second driving member 303 may be disposed on a side of the first driving member 302 away from the grasping member 301, the second driving member 303 may be fixedly connected to the first driving member 302, the second driving member 303 may drive the first driving member 302 to rotate, and the first driving member 302 may drive the grasping member 301 to rotate around the second rotation axis. When the feeding mechanism 100 is placed in the direction shown in fig. 1, the length direction of the feeding mechanism 100 is the vertical direction in fig. 1, the second rotation axis may extend along the vertical direction in fig. 1, and when the grasping member 301 rotates around the second rotation axis, the grasping member 301 may rotate in the horizontal plane in fig. 1, so that the grasping member 301 may transport different parts to corresponding assembly positions according to the types of the parts, which may make the feeding mechanism 100 more flexible to feed, and may also make the feeding mechanism 100 transport multiple parts to a designated assembly position in sequence at the same time, which may improve the functionality of the feeding mechanism 100, and may improve the product quality of the feeding mechanism 100.

It should be noted that, in some specific embodiments of the present invention, the movable seat 30 may further be provided with a fifth driving member, the fifth driving member may drive the whole length dimension of the movable seat 30 to extend or shorten, the length direction of the movable seat 30 may refer to the front-back direction in fig. 1, one end of the movable seat 30 is movably connected to the fixed seat 10, the grasping member 301 is disposed at one end of the movable seat 30 away from the fixed seat 10, the whole length dimension of the movable seat 30 is adjustable, the moving range of the grasping member 301 can be further increased, thereby the feeding mechanism 100 can be more flexibly fed, and further the product quality of the feeding mechanism 100 can be further improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the detecting unit 20 is disposed corresponding to the grasping member 301 along the length direction of the feeding mechanism 100. The detecting unit 20 may be disposed at an end of the fixing base 10 away from the stacking position of the parts, so as to prevent the parts from affecting the detecting result of the detecting unit 20. After the gripping member 301 grips the component from the stacking position of the component, the movable seat 30 can be moved to the detection position, and when the gripping member 301 is located at the detection position, the detection unit 20 can be arranged opposite to the gripping member 301, that is, the component gripped by the gripping member 301 can be arranged opposite to the detection unit 20, and the component can be completely located in the detection range of the detection unit 20, so that the detection unit 20 can detect the feeding direction of the component, and the detection precision of the detection unit 20 can be improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the detection unit 20 may be configured to detect a camera and/or a proximity switch. When the movable seat 30 grips the part and the movable seat 30 moves to the detection position, the detection unit 20 can detect the feeding direction of the part. When the detecting unit 20 is configured as a detecting camera, the detecting camera can take a picture of the part after the moving base 30 is moved to the detecting position, the detecting unit 20 can analyze the taken picture to identify the feeding direction of the part, and the detecting unit 20 can determine whether the feeding direction of the part is correct according to the identified feeding direction information of the part, and when the feeding direction of the part is correct, the control part can control the feeding mechanism 100 to directly transport the part to the assembling position of the part. When the feeding direction of the parts is wrong, the control part may control the feeding mechanism 100 to transport the parts to the assembling position of the parts after turning the parts over. It should be understood that the analysis of the picture may also be performed by the control section, i.e. the detection unit 20 only needs to take a picture of the position at which it is located.

When the front and back surfaces of the part are obviously different and the concave-convex position of the part is obvious, the detection unit 20 can be configured as a proximity switch, after the movable seat 30 is moved to the detection position, the proximity switch can detect the concave-convex position of the part, the detection unit 20 can analyze the detected position information to identify the feeding direction of the part, and the detection unit 20 can determine whether the feeding direction of the part is correct according to the identified feeding direction information of the part, and when the feeding direction of the part is correct, the control part can control the feeding mechanism 100 to directly convey the part to the assembly position of the part. When the feeding direction of the parts is wrong, the control part may control the feeding mechanism 100 to transport the parts to the assembling position of the parts after turning the parts over. Preferably, the detecting unit 20 may be configured to detect both the camera and the proximity switch, so as to improve the detecting accuracy of the detecting unit 20, but in other embodiments, the detecting unit 20 may be configured to detect one of the camera and the proximity switch, so as to reduce the production cost of the feeding mechanism 100.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1-3, the movable base 30 may be provided with a third driving member 304, the third driving member 304 may be in transmission connection with the gripping member 301, and the third driving member 304 is adapted to drive the gripping member 301 to grip the part. Wherein the third driver 304 may be disposed between the gripping member 301 and the first driver 302, when the gripping member 301 is configured as a gripping claw, the third driver 304 may drive the gripping member 301 to open and close, specifically, the third driver 304 may drive the gripping member 301 to close at a stacking position of parts to take out the parts from the stacking position of the parts, and the gripping member 301 may open after the parts are moved to an assembling position to facilitate an assembling mechanism to assemble the parts on a mechanical device.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1-3, the feeding mechanism 100 may further include: and the fourth driving part 40, the fourth driving part 40 being adapted to drive the movable base 30 to move relative to the fixed base 10 along the length direction. Preferably, the fourth driving component 40 may be configured as a driving motor, the driving motor may be disposed on the fixed base 10, the driving motor may be connected to the movable base 30 through a transmission component, for example, the driving motor may be structurally connected to the movable base 30 through a screw nut, specifically, the movable base 30 may be provided with a nut, the nut is sleeved on the screw, and the nut and the screw may be in threaded fit, the driving motor may drive the screw to rotate, the screw may drive the nut to move along an extending direction of the screw, and then the nut may drive the movable base 30 to move along the extending direction of the screw, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the extending direction of the screw is consistent with the extending direction of the fixed base 10, that is, the screw may extend in the up-down direction in fig. 1, the nut may move in the up-down direction in fig. 1, and then the nut may drive the movable base 30 to move in the up-down direction in fig. 1, and the movable base 30 may continuously convey the part to the mechanical device through up-down reciprocating movement.

It should be noted that the transmission member between the fourth driving member 40 and the movable base 30 can be in other structures, for example, the transmission member can adopt a rack-and-pinion structure, a transmission belt structure, etc., so as to achieve the technical effect that the movable base 30 is movable relative to the fixed base 10.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the fixed seat 10 may be provided with a first guiding portion 101, the movable seat 30 may be provided with a second guiding portion 305, the first guiding portion 101 and the second guiding portion 305 are guided and matched along a length direction (i.e. an up-down direction in fig. 1) of the feeding mechanism 100, and the fourth driving member 40 is in transmission connection with the second guiding portion 305 to be suitable for driving the second guiding portion 305 to move relative to the first guiding portion 101, that is, the transmission member may be located between the fourth driving member 40 and the second guiding portion 305, and the fourth driving member 40 may drive the second guiding portion 305 to move through the transmission member so that the second guiding portion 305 moves relative to the fixed seat 10, so that the second guiding portion 305 moves relative to the fixed seat 10. The guiding direction of the first guiding portion 101 may be the same as the extending direction of the fixed seat 10, that is, the guiding direction of the first guiding portion 101 may be the vertical direction in fig. 1, and the first guiding portion 101 and the second guiding portion 305 are in guiding engagement, so that the moving direction of the movable seat 30 relative to the fixed seat 10 may be limited, and the position accuracy of the grasping member 301 for taking and placing the component may be improved, and the product quality of the feeding mechanism 100 may be improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, one of the first guiding portion 101 and the second guiding portion 305 may be configured as a sliding rail, and the other of the first guiding portion 101 and the second guiding portion 305 may be configured as a slider, for example, the first guiding portion 101 is configured as a sliding rail and the second guiding portion 305 is configured as a slider, or the second guiding portion 305 is configured as a sliding rail and the first guiding portion 101 is configured as a slider, and the slider can move relative to the sliding rail along the extending direction of the sliding rail. In some preferred embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the first guiding portion 101 is configured as a sliding rail, the sliding rail may be disposed to extend along a length direction of the fixed base 10, the second guiding portion 305 is configured as a sliding block, when the sliding block moves relative to the sliding rail, the sliding block may drive the movable base 30 to move along the length direction of the fixed base 10 relative to the fixed base 10, the movable base 30 may move from one end of the fixed base 10 to the other end of the fixed base 10 after gripping a part, the part on the gripping member 301 may grip the part to an assembly position of the mechanical device after confirming and adjusting a feeding direction at the other end of the fixed base 10, and then the assembly mechanism may assemble the part located at the assembly position of the mechanical device onto the mechanical device.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the first driver 302, the second driver 303, and the third driver 304 may each be configured as a cylinder. The air cylinder can comprise an air cylinder rod and an air cylinder body, the air cylinder rod extends into the air cylinder body, the air cylinder rod can move relative to the air cylinder body, and by controlling the air cylinder rod to move relative to the air cylinder body, the air cylinder can drive the holding part 301 to rotate around the first rotation axis, or the second driving part 303 can drive the holding part 301 to rotate around the second rotation axis, or the holding part 301 can hold a part, compared with the first driving part 302, the second driving part 303 and/or the third driving part 304 which are configured into motors, the first driving part 302, the second driving part 303 and the third driving part 304 which are configured into the air cylinder can effectively reduce the size of the first driving part 302, the second driving part 303 and the third driving part 304 in the feeding mechanism 100, so that the structure of the feeding mechanism 100 can be more compact, and the feeding mechanism 100 can be fed in a narrow space.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

Claims

1. A feed mechanism, comprising:

the part loading device comprises a fixed seat (10), wherein the fixed seat (10) is provided with a detection unit (20), and the detection unit (20) is used for detecting whether the part loading direction is correct or not;

a movable seat (30), wherein the movable seat (30) is suitable for moving relative to the fixed seat (10) along the length direction of the feeding mechanism (100), the movable seat (30) is provided with a gripping piece (301) for gripping a part, and the gripping piece (301) is suitable for rotating around a first rotating axis;

a control portion in communication connection with the detection unit (20), the control portion being configured to control the gripper (301) to rotate about the first rotation axis to adjust the component to a correct feeding direction when the detection unit (20) detects a feeding direction error of the component.

2. A loading mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said mobile seat (30) is provided with a first driving member (302), said first driving member (302) being connected to said gripping member (301), said first driving member (302) being adapted to drive said gripping member (301) in rotation about said first rotation axis.

3. A feeding mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the moving seat (30) is provided with a second driving member (303), the second driving member (303) being adapted to drive the grip member (301) in rotation around a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being parallel to the length direction.

4. A feeding mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said detecting unit (20) is disposed in correspondence with said grip (301) along said length direction.

5. Feeding mechanism according to claim 4, characterized in that the detection unit (20) is configured to detect a camera and/or a proximity switch.

6. Feed mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mobile seat (30) is provided with a third drive member (304), the third drive member (304) being in driving connection with the gripper member (301), the third drive member (304) being adapted to drive the gripper member (301) to grip the part.

7. The feed mechanism of claim 1, further comprising: a fourth driving part (40), wherein the fourth driving part (40) is suitable for driving the movable seat (30) to move relative to the fixed seat (10) along the length direction.

8. The feeding mechanism according to claim 7, wherein the fixed seat (10) is provided with a first guiding portion (101), the movable seat (30) is provided with a second guiding portion (305), the first guiding portion (101) and the second guiding portion (305) are in guiding fit along the length direction, and the fourth driving member (40) is in transmission connection with the second guiding portion (305) so as to be suitable for driving the second guiding portion (305) to move relative to the first guiding portion (101).

9. A feeding mechanism according to claim 8, characterized in that one of the first guide (101) and the second guide (305) is configured as a slide rail and the other of the first guide (101) and the second guide (305) is configured as a slide.

10. A loading mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that the moving seat (30) is provided with a first driving member (302) and a second driving member (303), the first driving member (302) being adapted to drive the gripping member (301) in rotation about the first axis of rotation, the second driving member (303) being adapted to drive the gripping member (301) in rotation about the second axis of rotation, and the moving seat (30) being provided with a third driving member (304) for controlling the gripping member (301) to grip the part, the first driving member (302), the second driving member (303) and the third driving member (304) each being configured as a cylinder.