CN218808939U - Automatic cup body orientation equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cup body automatic orientation device with simple structure, wide application range and convenient disassembly, assembly and maintenance, which comprises a translation mechanism, a positioning mechanism, an inductor for detecting cup body logo and a clamping jaw mechanism, wherein the translation mechanism, the positioning mechanism, the inductor for detecting cup body logo and the clamping jaw mechanism are arranged on a device platform and are respectively and electrically connected with a controller; the translation mechanism comprises a slide rail and a sliding table arranged on the slide rail in a sliding manner, and the positioning mechanism is arranged on the sliding table; the positioning mechanism comprises a first positioning mechanism and a second positioning mechanism which are used for clamping and rotating the cup body, and the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are symmetrically arranged; clamping jaw mechanism includes clamping jaw and rotor arm, and the terminal of rotor arm is located to the clamping jaw, and the rotor arm other end is rotatory to be located the equipment bench, drives the rotatory 90 degrees of putting the cup of erectting on the clamping jaw, and violently put between first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism, the inductor is located the below of upset back cup.

Description

Automatic cup body orientation equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a thermos cup processing production facility, especially an automatic orientation equipment of automatic adjustment cup angle.

Background

The thermos cup needs a plurality of processes to process during production, along with the development of modern intelligent industry, with each process required device or equipment install the thermos cup production line on, treat that the processing material conveys each production line process department in proper order and process, for example cut pipe production line, logo punching production line, seam welding production line, the production line of polishing, polishing production line, assembly line etc.. When materials are used in production lines such as welding lines, grinding, polishing, labeling and cup cover screwing, the materials need to be oriented first and then subjected to subsequent automatic production.

CN210938738U discloses a loading attachment that can adjust thermos cup welding seam polishing angle, it is including carrying the platform, a workbench, grabbing device and controller, carry the platform to be equipped with the exposed core and carry the subassembly, the workstation is equipped with the bearing seat that bears the thermos cup, a vision aligning device that is used for the clamping rotary vacuum cup of centre gripping and is used for detecting thermos cup welding seam position, grabbing device is the three-jaw manipulator, vision aligning device and grabbing device electricity respectively connect in the signal output part of controller. Although the feeding device can orient materials, the use is limited, after a welding line is ground and polished, a corresponding position is difficult to identify, and subsequent processing cannot identify the position; and the three-axis manipulator is bigger in size, aggravates the complexity of the space structure of the production line after being erected on the production line, has certain requirements on the space of a factory building, and is inconvenient to disassemble, assemble and maintain.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a cup automatic orientation equipment that simple structure, application scope are big, be convenient for dismouting and maintenance.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

an automatic cup orientation device comprises a translation mechanism, a positioning mechanism, an inductor for detecting a cup logo and a clamping jaw mechanism, wherein the translation mechanism, the positioning mechanism, the inductor for detecting the cup logo and the clamping jaw mechanism are arranged on a device table and are respectively and electrically connected with a controller; the translation mechanism comprises a slide rail and a sliding table arranged on the slide rail in a sliding manner, and the positioning mechanism is arranged on the sliding table; the positioning mechanism comprises a first positioning mechanism and a second positioning mechanism which are used for clamping and rotating the cup body, and the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are symmetrically arranged; the clamping jaw mechanism comprises a clamping jaw and a rotating arm, the clamping jaw is arranged at the tail end of the rotating arm, the other end of the rotating arm is arranged on an equipment bench in a rotating mode, a vertically-placed cup body on the clamping jaw is driven to rotate by 90 degrees and is transversely placed between a first positioning mechanism and a second positioning mechanism, and the sensor is arranged below the overturned cup body.

Preferably, the two slide rails are arranged in parallel at intervals, each slide rail is provided with a sliding table, and the sliding tables move synchronously on the slide rails; and the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are respectively arranged on the two sliding tables.

Preferably, the translation mechanism further comprises a connecting rod, two ends of the connecting rod are fixedly connected with the two sliding tables respectively, and the connecting rod is perpendicular to the sliding rail; the connecting rod is pushed by a translation cylinder installed on the equipment table.

Preferably, the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism both comprise a clamp which can clamp the end part of the cup body and can rotate, a positioning seat for fixing the clamp, and an air cylinder which can push the positioning seat to move along the direction vertical to the sliding rail, wherein one positioning seat is provided with a rotating mechanism for controlling the clamp to rotate; the rotating mechanism comprises a motor and a speed reducer, the motor is connected with the speed reducer, and the speed reducer is connected with a rotating shaft of the clamp.

Preferably, the rotating arm is arranged on the side face of the equipment table and is controlled to rotate by a clamping jaw motor installed on the equipment table, and the clamping jaw extends out of the equipment table.

Preferably, the sensor is a CCD vision sensor.

Compared with the prior art the beneficial effects of the utility model: firstly, after a rotor arm of a clamping jaw mechanism rotates to drive a cup body on a clamping jaw to turn, the cup body is transversely placed between a first positioning mechanism and a second positioning mechanism, the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism on a sliding table slide to two ends of the cup body in a translation mode, the cup body is clamped and rotated, the rotation angle is controlled by an inductor below the cup body, the clamping jaw and the rotor arm can realize material taking and turning, the inductor identifies that LOGO on the cup body is clamped and rotated by the positioning mechanisms, the cup body is automatically oriented, automatic production is realized, the structure is simple, the cup body can be directly installed on a production line and also can be placed between adjacent production lines, the space occupancy rate is small, the cup body can adapt to various factory building spaces, and is more convenient to install and overhaul; secondly, all the devices are integrated on one equipment table, so that the device is more convenient to move, disassemble, assemble and maintain; and thirdly, the inductor for identifying the logo is adopted, so that the problem of limited use of the logo in the identification and orientation of the welding line is solved, because the logo can be printed on the side surface of the cup body in the existing cup production, like the screwing installation of the cup cover and the sticking of a label, and the logo is used as a reference for the automatic polishing of the punched logo, the orientation on various production lines can be met, and the application range is wider.

The method has the further beneficial effects that: firstly, two slide rails are adopted, the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are respectively arranged on the sliding table of the slide rails and move synchronously, the translational sliding stability of the positioning mechanism is improved, the pressure of the positioning mechanism on the slide rails is reduced due to the arrangement of the two slide rails, and the service life of the slide rails is prolonged; the connecting rod is fixedly connected with the two sliding tables, the air cylinder pushes the connecting rod to drive the positioning mechanism on the sliding tables to move, the two sliding tables synchronously move through the fixed connection of the connecting rod, the structure is simplified, and the accuracy of the translation amount is improved by the control of the air cylinder; when the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism clamp the cup body, the positioning seats on the sliding table are pushed to move through the air cylinders respectively, the clamps fixed on the positioning seats are close to the cup body until the cup body is clamped, a rotating mechanism is arranged on one of the positioning seats, the rotation of the rotating shaft is controlled by a motor and a speed reducer, the clamps and the cup body are driven to rotate, the clamps are pushed to clamp the cup body from two ends of the cup body respectively, the cup body can adapt to various cup bodies with different sizes, and the application range is further expanded; fourthly, the rotor arm sets up in equipment platform side, and the clamping jaw extends the equipment platform, the linking installation of two production line corners of being more convenient for.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an automatic cup orienting device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the automatic cup orienting device of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the top view of the automatic cup orienting device of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the automatic cup orienting device of the present invention when the cup is turned upside down;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the automatic cup orienting device of the present invention during the rotation of the cup;

wherein, 1, a translation mechanism; 2. a positioning mechanism; 3. an inductor; 4. a jaw mechanism; 5. a cup body; 6. a cup bottom positioning mechanism; 7. a cup rim positioning mechanism; 8. a rotation mechanism; 9. a clamping jaw; 10. a slide rail; 11. a first sliding table; 12. a second sliding table; 13. a translation cylinder; 14. a connecting rod; 15. a fixed seat; 16. an inductor support; 40. a jaw motor; 41. a jaw reducer; 42. a rotating arm; 43. a rotating shaft; 60. a cup bottom positioning seat; 61. a cup bottom positioning cylinder; 62. a cup bottom clamp; 70. a cup mouth positioning seat; 71. a cup opening positioning cylinder; 72. a cup rim clamp; 80. a motor; 81. a speed reducer; 100. an equipment table.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical scheme of the present invention clearer, the present invention is described in detail with reference to the attached drawings 1 to 5. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the scope of the invention, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

An automatic cup orienting device is shown in fig. 1, and comprises a translation mechanism 1, a positioning mechanism 2, a sensor 3 for detecting a cup logo and a clamping jaw mechanism 4 which are all arranged on a device table 100; translation mechanism 1, positioning mechanism 2, inductor 3, gripper mechanism 4 are connected with the controller electricity respectively, and inductor 3 and the controller that detect the cup logo are prior art, and inductor 3 that detects the cup logo can adopt CCD vision inductor (CCD industry camera promptly), and inductor 3 detects the logo on the cup and signal transmission to controller, controls other mechanism actions by the controller domination.

The translation mechanism 1, referring to fig. 3, includes a slide rail 10 and a slide table slidably disposed on the slide rail 10, and the positioning mechanism 2 is disposed on the slide table; the slide rail 10 is fixed on the equipment table 100, the slide rail 10 may be one or more, and this embodiment takes two slide rails symmetrically arranged as an example for illustration; the two slide rails 10 are arranged in parallel at intervals, and each slide rail is provided with a sliding table, namely a first sliding table 11 and a second sliding table 12; the two sliding tables are fixedly connected by a connecting rod 14, namely two ends of the connecting rod 14 are respectively and fixedly connected with the two sliding tables, and the connecting rod 14 is perpendicular to the sliding rail 10; the connecting rod 14 is pushed by a translation cylinder 13 arranged on the equipment table 100 to control the two sliding tables to synchronously move on the sliding rail 10; translation cylinder 13 and controller circuit connection, cylinder and controller circuit connection mode are prior art, and through solenoid valve connection controller and cylinder promptly, the controller control solenoid valve and then control the cylinder action.

The positioning mechanism 2, referring to fig. 2, comprises a first positioning mechanism and a second positioning mechanism for clamping and rotating the cup body 5, and the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are symmetrically arranged; the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are respectively arranged on the two sliding tables; the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism respectively correspond to the cup mouth and the cup bottom of the clamping cup body; in this embodiment, the first positioning mechanism is a cup bottom positioning mechanism 6, the second positioning mechanism is a cup rim positioning mechanism 7, the cup bottom positioning mechanism 6 is arranged on the first sliding table 11, and the cup rim positioning mechanism 7 is arranged on the second sliding table 12; the cup bottom positioning mechanism 6 and the cup opening positioning mechanism 7 respectively comprise a rotatable clamp for clamping the end part of the cup body 5, a positioning seat for fixing the clamp and an air cylinder for pushing the positioning seat to move along the direction vertical to the slide rail 10; specifically, the cup bottom positioning mechanism 6 includes a cup bottom positioning seat 60, a cup bottom positioning cylinder 61 and a cup bottom fixture 62, the cup bottom positioning seat 60 is slidably disposed on the first sliding table 11, the cup bottom fixture 62 is rotatably disposed on the cup bottom positioning seat 60, and the cup bottom positioning seat 60 is pushed by the cup bottom positioning cylinder 61 fixed on the first sliding table 11; the cup opening positioning mechanism 7 comprises a cup opening positioning seat 70, a cup opening positioning cylinder 71 and a cup opening clamp 72, wherein the cup opening positioning seat 70 is arranged on the second sliding table 12 in a sliding manner, the cup opening clamp 72 is rotatably arranged on the cup opening positioning seat 70, and the cup opening positioning seat 70 is pushed by the cup opening positioning cylinder 71 fixed on the second sliding table 12; the cup opening positioning seat 70 is provided with a rotating mechanism 8 for controlling the cup opening clamp 72 to rotate; the rotating mechanism 8 comprises a motor 80 and a speed reducer 81, the motor 80 can be a servo motor, the motor 80 is connected with the speed reducer 81, and the speed reducer 81 is connected with a rotating shaft of the cup opening clamp 72; the cup bottom positioning cylinder 61 and the cup opening positioning cylinder 71 are respectively connected with a controller circuit, and a motor 80 of the rotating mechanism 8 is also connected with the controller circuit; although two sliding tables are taken as an example in this embodiment, but not limited to this structure, the sliding tables may be set as one, that is, the cup bottom positioning mechanism 6 and the cup rim positioning mechanism 7 are arranged on the sliding tables at intervals and symmetrically, and the clamps of the cup bottom positioning mechanism 6 and the cup rim positioning mechanism 7 may extend forward to clamp the rotating cup body.

The clamping jaw mechanism 4 comprises a clamping jaw motor 40, a clamping jaw speed reducer 41, a clamping jaw 9 and a rotating arm 42; the clamping jaw motor 40 can also adopt a servo motor; a fixed seat 15 is arranged on the side face of the equipment table 100, a clamping jaw motor 40 is installed on the fixed seat 15, and the clamping jaw motor 40 is located on the inner side of the fixed seat 15; the rotating arm 42 is arranged on the side surface of the equipment table 100, and one end of the rotating arm 42 is rotatably arranged outside the fixed seat 15 through a rotating shaft 43; the rotating shaft 43 is inserted in the middle of the fixed seat 15, the other end of the rotating shaft 43 is connected with the output end of the clamping jaw speed reducer 41, and the input end of the clamping jaw speed reducer 41 is connected with the clamping jaw motor 40; the rotating arm 42 extends outwards from the equipment table 100, the clamping jaw 9 is arranged at the extending end, namely the tail end, of the rotating arm 42, and the clamping jaw 9 extends out of the equipment table 100; the clamping jaw is in the prior art, and the clamping jaw 9 of the embodiment adopts two clamping piece type structures controlled by a cylinder; when the rotating arm 42 rotates, the vertically placed cup body 5 on the clamping jaw 9 is driven to rotate by 90 degrees and is transversely placed between the cup bottom positioning mechanism 6 and the cup opening positioning mechanism 7, and the inductor 3 is arranged below the overturned cup body to control the rotation of the cup body 5; the inductor 3 is fixed to the equipment table 100 by an inductor support 16.

The automatic orientation step is as follows:

(1) the cup is vertically placed on the assembly line, the clamping jaw mechanism 4 grabs the cup from the assembly line through the clamping jaw 9, the rotating arm 42 drives the clamping jaw 9 to turn over so that the cup is horizontally placed, and at the moment, the sensor 3 is arranged below the cup, and the attached drawing 4 is referred;

(2) the translation mechanism 1 enables the cup bottom positioning mechanism 6 and the cup rim positioning mechanism 7 arranged on the sliding table to slide towards a cup to approach through contraction of the translation cylinder 13, so that the cup bottom clamp 62, the cup rim clamp 72 and the cup are aligned on the same central line, and the cup bottom clamp 62 and the cup rim clamp 72 respectively advance towards the cup under the action of the cup bottom positioning cylinder 61 and the cup rim positioning cylinder 71 until the cup bottom and the cup rim are abutted to clamp the cup;

(3) when the jaws 9 release the cup, the motor 80 of the cup rim positioning mechanism 7 is activated to rotate the cup rim clamp 72 and drive the cup to rotate with the cup bottom clamp 62, as shown in fig. 5;

(4) when the sensor 3 is started, the LOGO on the cup turns to the lower part and is sensed by the sensor 3, a signal of the sensor 3 is sent to the controller, the controller controls the motor 80 to stop rotating, and the cup body stops rotating, so that the orientation is completed;

(5) the clamping jaw 9 clamps the cup, and the positioning mechanism 2 returns to reset;

(6) and the robot of the next process equipment takes the cup on the clamping jaw 9 away for next processing, and the rotating arm 42 drives the clamping jaw 9 to turn over and reset to enter the next cycle.

In the description of the present technical solution, it should be noted that the terms such as "upper", "inner", etc. indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of describing the technical solution and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the technical solution.

Meanwhile, in the description of the present technical solution, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "fixed" and "coupled" should be interpreted broadly, and for example, they may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present technical solution can be understood according to specific situations by a person of ordinary skill in the art.

Although embodiments of the present technical solution have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the technical solution, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (6)

1. An automatic orientation equipment of cup which characterized in that: comprises a translation mechanism (1), a positioning mechanism (2), an inductor (3) for detecting a cup logo and a clamping jaw mechanism (4), which are arranged on an equipment table (100) and are respectively electrically connected with a controller; the translation mechanism (1) comprises a slide rail (10) and a sliding table arranged on the slide rail (10) in a sliding manner, and the positioning mechanism (2) is arranged on the sliding table; the positioning mechanism (2) comprises a first positioning mechanism and a second positioning mechanism which clamp and rotate the cup body, and the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are symmetrically arranged; clamping jaw mechanism (4) are including clamping jaw (9) and rotor arm (42), and the end of rotor arm (42) is located in clamping jaw (9), and on equipment platform (100) was located in the rotation of rotor arm (42) other end, the vertical cup of putting on driving clamping jaw (9) was rotatory 90 degrees, and between horizontal first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism of putting, inductor (3) are established in the below of upset back cup.

2. The cup automatic orientation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the two sliding rails (10) are arranged in parallel at intervals, each sliding rail is provided with a sliding table, and the sliding tables move synchronously on the sliding rails (10); and the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are respectively arranged on the two sliding tables.

3. The cup automatic orientation apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the translation mechanism (1) further comprises a connecting rod (14), two ends of the connecting rod (14) are fixedly connected with the two sliding tables respectively, and the connecting rod (14) is perpendicular to the sliding rail (10); the connecting rod (14) is pushed by a translation cylinder (13) mounted on the equipment table (100).

4. The cup automatic orientation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism respectively comprise a rotatable clamp for clamping the end part of the cup body, a positioning seat for fixing the clamp and an air cylinder for pushing the positioning seat to move along the direction vertical to the slide rail, wherein one positioning seat is provided with a rotating mechanism (8) for controlling the clamp to rotate; the rotating mechanism (8) comprises a motor (80) and a speed reducer (81), the motor (80) is connected with the speed reducer (81), and the speed reducer (81) is connected with a rotating shaft of the clamp.

5. The cup body automatic orientation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the rotating arm (42) is arranged on the side face of the equipment table (100) and is controlled to rotate by a clamping jaw motor (40) arranged on the equipment table (100), and the clamping jaw (9) extends out of the equipment table (100).

6. The cup automatic orientation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the sensor (3) is a CCD visual sensor.

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