CN218950419U

CN218950419U - Sorting and carrying mechanism based on flexible feeder

Info

Publication number: CN218950419U
Application number: CN202223572423.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱晓罗; 程帆; 余帅; 张位年; 林万焕
Original assignee: Zhejiang Fuda Alloy Materials Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Fuda Alloy Materials Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-27
Filing date: 2022-12-27
Publication date: 2023-05-02
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-27

Abstract

The utility model relates to a sorting and carrying mechanism based on a flexible feeder, which comprises a frame, the flexible feeder, a material placing table and a material sucking mechanism, wherein the upper end of the frame is fixedly connected with a horizontal driving mechanism, the horizontal driving mechanism is connected with a movable transverse plate, and the horizontal driving mechanism can drive the movable transverse plate to move along a horizontal linear direction; the movable transverse plate is provided with a rotating mechanism, the lower end of the rotating mechanism is connected with a material sucking mechanism through a connecting plate, the material sucking mechanism and the rotating shaft center of the rotating mechanism form a distance D, the rotating mechanism can drive the material sucking mechanism to perform circular rotation movement by taking the rotating shaft center of the rotating mechanism as a circle center and taking D as a radius, the connecting plate I is connected with the material sucking mechanism through an up-and-down driving mechanism, and the up-and-down driving mechanism can drive the material sucking mechanism to perform up-and-down movement relative to the connecting plate I. Compared with the traditional three-axis screw rod sorting mechanism, the utility model improves the beat, replaces the traditional three-axis screw rod sorting mechanism with low cost, improves the working efficiency, and can well match the flexible feeder.

Description

Sorting and carrying mechanism based on flexible feeder

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automatic sorting and carrying equipment, and particularly relates to a sorting and carrying mechanism based on a flexible feeder.

Background

The flexible feeder is part automatic auxiliary feeding equipment, and can complete a series of automatic operations such as feeding, arrangement, identification, positioning and the like of irregular materials with multiple sizes under the condition of less manual intervention. The multi-purpose and mixed line production is supported, so that flexible production is realized.

The utility model patent with publication number of CN206066436U discloses a three-axis stamping robot and three-axis parts thereof, which comprises: the device comprises a triaxial frame, a first triaxial guide rail, a second triaxial guide rail, two synchronous belts, a rack, a supporting seat, a gear set and a supporting rod, wherein the first triaxial guide rail and the second triaxial guide rail are fixed on the triaxial frame and are oppositely arranged; wherein, the supporting rod is connected with a plurality of suckers; the supporting seat is connected to the synchronous belt in a sliding manner. The triaxial component moves left and right, the supporting seat is driven by the synchronizing mechanism in the triaxial frame to move in the same direction with the triaxial frame, and the grabbing, moving, placing and resetting actions of the workpiece and the grippers are completed.

The triaxial mechanism is unstable in structure, slow in production beat, high in manipulator application cost and unfavorable for the requirement of mass production of small parts. Meanwhile, a novel low-cost mechanism capable of rapidly achieving material grabbing is also urgently needed for the production of the flexible feeding platform.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to overcome the defects and the shortcomings of the prior art and provides a flexible feeder-based sorting and conveying mechanism with low cost and high efficiency.

The technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows: the automatic feeding device comprises a frame, a flexible feeder, a material placing table and a material sucking mechanism, wherein the upper end of the frame is fixedly connected with a horizontal driving mechanism, the horizontal driving mechanism is connected with a movable transverse plate, and the horizontal driving mechanism can drive the movable transverse plate to move along a horizontal linear direction;

the movable transverse plate is provided with a rotating mechanism, the lower end of the rotating mechanism is connected with a material sucking mechanism through a connecting plate, the material sucking mechanism and the rotating shaft center of the rotating mechanism form a distance D, the rotating mechanism can drive the material sucking mechanism to perform circular rotation movement by taking the rotating shaft center of the rotating mechanism as a circle center and taking D as a radius, the connecting plate I is connected with the material sucking mechanism through an up-and-down driving mechanism, and the up-and-down driving mechanism can drive the material sucking mechanism to perform up-and-down movement relative to the connecting plate I.

Preferably, the rotating mechanism comprises a second servo motor and a driving shaft, the first connecting plate comprises a horizontal plate and a vertical plate, the driving shaft is connected to the middle of the horizontal plate, the material sucking mechanism and the upper and lower driving mechanisms are arranged on the vertical plate, the vertical plate is connected to one end of the horizontal plate, and the other end of the horizontal plate is connected with a balancing weight.

Preferably, the up-down driving mechanism comprises a stepping motor, a synchronous wheel and a synchronous belt, the synchronous wheel comprises a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the synchronous belt bypasses the driving wheel and the driven wheel, an output shaft of the stepping motor is connected with the driving wheel to drive the driving wheel to rotate, and the material sucking mechanism is fixed on the synchronous belt through a connecting module.

Preferably, the connection module comprises an L-shaped plate, a second connection plate and a connection sheet, the material sucking mechanism comprises a vacuum generator and a material sucking head, the material sucking head is fixed on the L-shaped plate, a first through hole for the material sucking head to pass through is formed in the L-shaped plate so as to be connected with the vacuum generator, the L-shaped plate is fixedly connected with the second connection plate, the second connection plate and the connection sheet are respectively arranged on two sides of the synchronous belt, and the second connection plate and the connection sheet are connected through bolts so as to be fixed on the synchronous belt.

Preferably, the vertical plate is provided with a vertical sliding rail, the back side of the L-shaped plate is provided with a sliding block, and the sliding block is matched with the vertical sliding rail on the vertical plate.

Preferably, a first in-place detection device is arranged on the upper portion of the vertical plate, a first locating plate is connected to the top end of the L-shaped plate, and the first in-place detection device detects the in-place detection of the suction mechanism by detecting the position of the first locating plate.

Preferably, the second connecting plate is connected with an infrared detector for controlling the on-off of the vacuum generator.

Preferably, the horizontal driving mechanism comprises a first horizontal linear rail and a second horizontal linear rail, the first horizontal linear rail and the second horizontal linear rail are arranged in parallel, two ends of the movable transverse plate are respectively arranged on the first horizontal linear rail and the second horizontal linear rail and are respectively in limit sliding connection with the first horizontal linear rail and the second horizontal linear rail, one end of the first horizontal linear rail is connected with a first servo motor, and the first servo motor is in transmission fit with the movable transverse plate through a screw nut. Preferably, a driving frame is connected below the first horizontal linear rail, the first servo motor is fixed at the outer side of one end of the driving frame, a driving shaft of the first servo motor penetrates through the driving frame to be connected with a screw rod, a driving connecting piece is arranged below the first horizontal linear rail, two ends of the driving connecting piece are positioned at two sides of the first horizontal linear rail, the driving connecting piece extends upwards to be fixedly connected with a movable transverse plate, and nuts sleeved outside the screw rod and connected with the screw rod are fixed on the driving connecting piece;

the second horizontal linear track comprises a supporting plate and a sliding rail piece fixed on the supporting plate, a sliding groove connecting block is connected below the movable transverse plate, and a sliding groove matched with the sliding rail piece in section shape and in plug-in connection with the sliding groove connecting block is formed in the sliding groove connecting block.

Preferably, the driving connecting piece outside is equipped with the second spacer, first horizontal straight line track side is equipped with a plurality of second detection device that targets in place correspondingly, second detection device targets in place the movable cross plate through detecting the position of second spacer and detects.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: realize inhaling the removal on material mechanism level and the vertical direction through lead screw and hold-in range transmission structure, realize inhaling the circumference rotation of head through rotary mechanism to form full coverage to flexible feed platform and inhale, promoted the beat than traditional hold-in range, triaxial lead screw letter sorting mechanism, reduced the round trip movement stroke, improved the operating efficiency when low-cost substitution, flexible feeder cooperation can be fine, wide application in vision letter sorting or irregular small part absorbs the transportation field.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions of the prior art, the drawings which are required in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that it is within the scope of the utility model to one skilled in the art to obtain other drawings from these drawings without inventive faculty.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of a rotary mechanism, a suction mechanism, and an up-down drive mechanism in accordance with an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a rotation mechanism, a suction mechanism, and an up-down driving mechanism in an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the up-down driving mechanism in the embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a connection module according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a top view of an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure a in fig. 7 according to the present utility model.

In the figure, 1, a rack; 2. a flexible feeder; 3. a material placement table; 4. a material sucking mechanism; 5. a horizontal driving mechanism; 6. moving the transverse plate; 7. a rotation mechanism; 8. a first connecting plate; 9. an up-down driving mechanism; 10. a connection module; 11. an L-shaped plate; 12. a second connecting plate; 13. a connecting sheet; 14. a first through hole; 15. a sliding block; 16. a vertical slip rail; 17. a first in-place detection device; 18. a first positioning piece; 19. an infrared detector; 20. a screw rod; 21. a first servo motor; 22. a second positioning piece; 23. a second in-place detection device; 24. a drive connection; 25. a support plate; 26. a slide rail member; 27. a chute connecting block; 28. a driving frame; 41. a vacuum generator; 42. a suction head; 51. a first horizontal linear rail; 52. a second horizontal linear rail; 71. a second servo motor; 72. a drive shaft; 81. a horizontal plate; 82. a vertical plate; 83. balancing weight blocks; 91. a stepping motor; 92. a synchronizing wheel; 93. a synchronous belt.

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, for the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present utility model, all the expressions "first" and "second" are used to distinguish two entities with the same name but different entities or different parameters, and it is noted that the "first" and "second" are only used for convenience of expression, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present utility model, and the following embodiments are not described one by one.

The terms of direction and position in the present utility model, such as "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "inside", "outside", "top", "bottom", "side", etc., refer only to the direction or position of the drawing. Accordingly, directional and positional terms are used to illustrate and understand the utility model and are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the utility model discloses a sorting and carrying mechanism based on a flexible feeder, which comprises a frame 1, the flexible feeder 2, a material placing table 3 and a material sucking mechanism 4, wherein the upper end of the frame 1 is fixedly connected with a horizontal driving mechanism, the horizontal driving mechanism is connected with a movable transverse plate 6, and the horizontal driving mechanism can drive the movable transverse plate 6 to displace along a horizontal linear direction; the movable transverse plate 6 is provided with a rotating mechanism 7, the lower end of the rotating mechanism 7 is connected with the material sucking mechanism 4 through a first connecting plate 8, so that the material sucking mechanism 4 and the rotating shaft center of the rotating mechanism 7 form a distance D, the rotating mechanism 7 can drive the material sucking mechanism 4 to perform circular rotation movement by taking the rotating shaft center of the rotating mechanism 7 as a circle center and taking D as a radius, the first connecting plate 8 is connected with the material sucking mechanism 4 through a first up-and-down driving mechanism 9, and the first up-and-down driving mechanism 9 can drive the material sucking mechanism 4 to move up and down relative to the first connecting plate 8. The movable transverse plate 6 slides along the horizontal linear rail 5 to adjust the material sucking mechanism 4 connected with the movable transverse plate to move back and forth, the rotating mechanism 7 can enable the material sucking mechanism 4 to rotate around the axis, the movement of the two mechanisms can realize the full-area coverage of the material sucking mechanism on the material placing table 3, compared with the traditional screw rod positioning mode through the three-axis direction, the reciprocating movement of the screw rod mechanism back and forth is canceled, the material taking speed is high, the structure is simplified, and the cost is lower.

The rotating mechanism 7 comprises a second servo motor 71 and a driving shaft 72, and the driving of the servo motor is stable and traceable, so that the suction position can be accurately positioned. The first connecting plate 8 comprises a horizontal plate 81 and a vertical plate 82, the driving shaft 72 is connected to the middle part of the horizontal plate 81, the material sucking mechanism 4 and the upper and lower driving mechanisms 9 are arranged on the vertical plate 82, the vertical plate 82 is connected to one end of the horizontal plate 81, and the other end of the horizontal plate 81 is connected with a balancing weight 83, so that the rotating mechanism operates more stably.

The up-down driving mechanism 9 comprises a stepping motor 91, a synchronizing wheel 92 and a synchronous belt 93, wherein the synchronizing wheel 92 comprises a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the synchronous belt 93 bypasses the driving wheel and the driven wheel, an output shaft of the stepping motor 91 is connected with the driving wheel to drive the driving wheel to rotate, and the material sucking mechanism 4 is fixed on the synchronous belt 93 through a connecting module 10.

The connecting module comprises an L-shaped plate 11, a second connecting plate 12 and connecting plates 13, the suction mechanism 4 comprises a vacuum generator 41 and a suction head 42, the suction head 42 is fixed on the L-shaped plate 11, a first through hole 14 for the suction head 42 to pass through for connecting the vacuum generator 41 is formed in the L-shaped plate 11, the L-shaped plate 11 is fixedly connected with the second connecting plate 12, the second connecting plate 12 and the connecting plates 13 are respectively arranged on two sides of a synchronous belt 93, and the second connecting plate 12 and the connecting plates 13 are connected through bolts so as to be fixed on the synchronous belt 93.

The vertical plate 82 is provided with a vertical sliding rail 16, the back side of the L-shaped plate 11 is provided with a sliding block 15, and the sliding block 15 is matched with the vertical sliding rail 16 on the vertical plate 82.

The upper portion of the vertical plate 82 is provided with a first in-place detection device 17, the top end of the L-shaped plate 11 is connected with a first positioning sheet 18, and the first in-place detection device 17 detects the in-place detection of the suction mechanism 4 by detecting the position of the first positioning sheet 18. The first in-place detection device can be specifically set according to the actual application requirement, for example, an infrared ranging sensor can be selected, infrared light emitted by the sensor is utilized to irradiate the positioning sheet to form a reflection process, signals are received after the infrared light is reflected to the sensor, and the position of the positioning sheet is detected to confirm that the material sucking mechanism 4 returns to the initial position.

An infrared detector 19 for controlling the on-off of the vacuum generator 41 is connected to the second connecting plate 12. The infrared detector can select according to practical application's needs, the infrared detector 19 in this embodiment realizes opening and close of vacuum generator 41 mainly through the solenoid valve that control and vacuum generator 41 meet, when suction mechanism 4 reached the suction position, the solenoid valve received infrared detector 19 emission signal, the positive pressure in the vacuum generator 41 turns into negative pressure, suction head 42 absorbs the material, after the material arrived above the material placed table 3 along with suction head 42, infrared detector 19 emission signal once more, the solenoid valve received the signal, vacuum generator 41 resumes the positive pressure, the material falls on the material placed table 3.

The horizontal driving mechanism comprises a first horizontal linear rail 51 and a second horizontal linear rail 52, the first horizontal linear rail 51 and the second horizontal linear rail 52 are arranged in parallel, two ends of the movable transverse plate 6 are respectively arranged on the first horizontal linear rail 51 and the second horizontal linear rail 52 and are respectively in limit sliding connection and fit with the first horizontal linear rail 51 and the second horizontal linear rail 52, one end of the first horizontal linear rail 51 is connected with a first servo motor 21, and the first servo motor 21 is in transmission fit with the movable transverse plate 6 through a screw nut.

The driving frame 28 is connected below the first horizontal linear rail 51, the first servo motor 21 is fixed at the outer side of one end of the driving frame 28, a driving shaft of the first servo motor penetrates through the driving frame 28 to be connected with the screw rod 20, the driving connecting piece 24 is arranged below the first horizontal linear rail 51, two ends of the driving connecting piece 24 are positioned at two sides of the first horizontal linear rail 51 and extend upwards to be fixedly connected with the movable transverse plate 6, nuts sleeved outside the screw rod 20 and matched with the screw rod 20 are fixed on the driving connecting piece 24, and therefore the movable transverse plate 6 is more stable in movement; the second horizontal linear rail 52 comprises a supporting plate 25 and a sliding rail piece 26 fixed on the supporting plate 25, a sliding groove connecting block 27 is connected below the movable transverse plate 6, and a sliding groove matched with the sliding rail piece 26 in section shape is arranged on the sliding groove connecting block 27 and is in plug-in fit with the sliding groove.

The outer side of the driving connecting piece 24 is provided with a second locating piece 22, the side end of the first horizontal linear rail 51 is correspondingly provided with a plurality of second in-place detection devices 23, and the second in-place detection devices 23 detect the in-place detection of the movable transverse plate 6 by detecting the position of the second locating piece 22. The second in-place detection device can be specifically set according to the actual application requirement, for example, an infrared ranging sensor can be selected, and the implementation mode is as described above.

The working principle of the utility model is as follows: the flexible feeder 2 vibrates to enable the visual camera at the upper end of the flexible feeder to conveniently identify the material, the visual camera transmits data to the control end after detecting the position and the body position of the material, the control end generates instructions to control the first servo motor 21 and the second servo motor 71 to move the screw mechanism and the rotating mechanism 7, the upper and lower driving mechanism 9 and the material sucking mechanism 4 are conveyed to the material sucking position, the stepping motor 91 controls the synchronous wheel 92 to rotate, the material sucking machine 4 connected to the synchronous belt 93 moves up and down along with the synchronous belt 93, the vacuum generator 41 is matched to be opened and closed, and the material sucking head 42 sucks the material to the material placing table 3 and then repeatedly operates.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps in implementing the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by a program to instruct related hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc.

The foregoing disclosure is illustrative of the present utility model and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model, which is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a letter sorting transport mechanism based on flexible feeder, includes frame (1), flexible feeder (2), material place platform (3) and inhale material mechanism (4), its characterized in that: the upper end of the frame (1) is fixedly connected with a horizontal driving mechanism (5), the horizontal driving mechanism (5) is connected with a movable transverse plate (6), and the horizontal driving mechanism can drive the movable transverse plate (6) to displace along a horizontal linear direction;

be equipped with rotary mechanism (7) on moving diaphragm (6), rotary mechanism (7) lower extreme is connected through connecting plate one (8) and is inhaled material mechanism (4) and make the distance that inhale material mechanism (4) and rotary mechanism's (7) rotation axis center formed D, rotary mechanism (7) can drive inhale material mechanism (4) use rotary mechanism's (7) rotation axis center as the centre of a circle, D be radial circular rotation motion, connecting plate one (8) are connected with inhale material mechanism (4) through upper and lower actuating mechanism (9), upper and lower actuating mechanism (9) can drive inhale material mechanism (4) relative connecting plate one (8) up-and-down motion.

2. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein: rotary mechanism (7) include second servo motor (71), drive shaft (72), connecting plate one (8) include horizontal plate (81) and vertical board (82), drive shaft (72) are connected to the middle part of horizontal plate (81), inhale material mechanism (4), upper and lower actuating mechanism (9) setting on vertical board (82), vertical board (82) connect the one end at horizontal plate (81), the other end of horizontal plate (81) is connected with balancing weight (83).

3. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the upper and lower driving mechanism (9) comprises a stepping motor (91), a synchronous wheel (92) and a synchronous belt (93), the synchronous wheel (92) comprises a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the synchronous belt (93) bypasses the driving wheel and the driven wheel, an output shaft of the stepping motor (91) is connected with the driving wheel to drive the driving wheel to rotate, and the material sucking mechanism (4) is fixed to the synchronous belt (93) through a connecting module (10).

4. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as set forth in claim 3, wherein: the connecting module comprises an L-shaped plate (11), a second connecting plate (12) and a connecting sheet (13), wherein the suction mechanism (4) comprises a vacuum generator (41) and a suction head (42), the suction head (42) is fixed on the L-shaped plate (11) and is provided with a first through hole (14) for the suction head (42) to pass through to connect the vacuum generator (41), the L-shaped plate (11) is fixedly connected with the second connecting plate (12), the second connecting plate (12) and the connecting sheet (13) are respectively arranged on two sides of a synchronous belt (93), and the second connecting plate and the connecting sheet (13) are connected through bolts so as to be fixed on the synchronous belt (93).

5. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as set forth in claim 4, wherein: the vertical plate (82) is provided with a vertical sliding rail (16), the back side of the L-shaped plate (11) is provided with a sliding block (15), and the sliding block (15) is matched with the vertical sliding rail (16) on the vertical plate (82).

6. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as set forth in claim 4, wherein: the upper portion of the vertical plate (82) is provided with a first in-place detection device (17), the top end of the L-shaped plate (11) is connected with a first locating piece (18), and the first in-place detection device (17) detects the in-place detection of the suction mechanism (4) through detecting the position of the first locating piece (18).

7. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as set forth in claim 4, wherein: an infrared detector (19) for controlling the on-off of the vacuum generator (41) is connected to the second connecting plate (12).

8. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the horizontal driving mechanism comprises a first horizontal linear rail (51) and a second horizontal linear rail (52), the first horizontal linear rail (51) and the second horizontal linear rail (52) are arranged in parallel, two ends of the movable transverse plate (6) are respectively arranged on the first horizontal linear rail (51) and the second horizontal linear rail (52) and are respectively in limit sliding connection with the first horizontal linear rail (51) and the second horizontal linear rail (52), one end of the first horizontal linear rail (51) is connected with a first servo motor (21), and the first servo motor (21) is in transmission fit with the movable transverse plate (6) through a screw nut.

9. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as set forth in claim 8, wherein: the driving mechanism is characterized in that a driving frame (28) is connected below the first horizontal linear rail (51), the first servo motor (21) is fixed on the outer side of one end of the driving frame (28) and a driving shaft of the first servo motor penetrates through the driving frame (28) to be connected with a screw rod (20), a driving connecting piece (24) is arranged below the first horizontal linear rail (51), two ends of the driving connecting piece (24) are positioned on two sides of the first horizontal linear rail (51) and are fixedly connected with a movable transverse plate (6) in an upward extending mode, and nuts matched with the screw rod (20) are sleeved outside the screw rod (20) and fixed on the driving connecting piece (24);

the second horizontal linear track (52) comprises a supporting plate (25) and a sliding rail piece (26) fixed on the supporting plate (25), a sliding groove connecting block (27) is connected below the movable transverse plate (6), and a sliding groove matched with the sliding rail piece (26) in section shape and in plug-in connection with the sliding groove connecting block (27).

10. A flexible feeder-based sort handling mechanism as set forth in claim 9, wherein: the driving connecting piece (24) outside is equipped with second spacer (22), first horizontal straight line track (51) side is equipped with a plurality of second detection device (23) that put in place correspondingly, second detection device (23) put in place detects movable diaphragm (6) through the position that detects second spacer (22).