CN219150831U - Sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The application belongs to the technical field of machining equipment, and provides a sorting system which comprises a feeding conveyor belt, a discharging conveyor belt, a visual detection mechanism, a sorting mechanism and a turnover mechanism, wherein the visual detection mechanism is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt and is used for shooting the placing posture and surface patterns of a workpiece; the discharging conveyor belt comprises a first discharging track and a second discharging track, the first discharging track is used for receiving the workpiece with the front pattern upward, the second discharging track is used for receiving the workpiece with the back pattern upward, and the first discharging track and the second discharging track are respectively arranged on two sides of the feeding conveyor belt; the sorting mechanism rotates the workpiece to correct the gesture, and transfers the workpiece to the first discharging track or the second discharging track respectively; the turnover mechanism is arranged on the second discharging track and turns the workpiece with the reverse pattern upward to the front pattern upward. The application solves the problem that the sorting requirement of orderly arrangement of the front side and the back side in the processing process of food and beverage products in the prior art cannot be realized.

Description

Sorting system

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of machining equipment, and particularly relates to a sorting system.

Background

In the production operation of food and beverage products, the products need to be subjected to multiple procedures such as canning, bagging, air drying, conveying and the like at the front end. In the process of the processing procedures, the products are basically in a disordered arrangement state, such as front, back, left and right disordered arrangement or front, back disordered arrangement. This is not satisfied in the subsequent processing steps, where the conditions for orderly arrangement of the front and rear ends and the front and rear sides of the product are required, and it is difficult to perform code spraying or laser code printing on a fixed position where one surface is fixed.

The scheme adopted at present is that the secondary finishing is assisted by hands so as to meet the requirements; alternatively, the alignment is performed by combining visual inspection with a parallel robot or the like. However, the parallel robot can only conduct disorder arrangement on objects in a plane, and cannot conduct surface unified treatment on products with front and back face overturning requirements. It can be seen that the current food and beverage product production line still cannot meet the full-automatic production requirement.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a sorting system to solve prior art in the course of working of food beverage product, can't realize the letter sorting demand of head and tail and positive and negative ordered arrangement.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted in the application is as follows: there is provided a sorting system for sorting bagged work pieces having a front and back side pattern, the sorting system comprising:

the feeding conveyor belt is used for bearing and conveying workpieces;

the visual detection mechanism is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt and is used for shooting the placing posture and the surface pattern of the workpiece;

the discharging conveyor belt comprises a first discharging track and a second discharging track, wherein the first discharging track is used for receiving workpieces with upward front patterns, the second discharging track is used for receiving workpieces with upward reverse patterns, and the first discharging track and the second discharging track are respectively arranged on two sides of the feeding conveyor belt;

the sorting mechanism rotates the workpiece to correct the gesture and transfers the workpiece to the first discharging track or the second discharging track respectively;

and the turnover mechanism is arranged on the second discharging track and turns the workpiece with the reverse pattern upward to the front pattern upward.

The beneficial effect of the letter sorting system that this application provided lies in: compared with the prior art, on the sorting system of the application, the visual detection mechanism and the sorting mechanism are arranged on the feeding conveyor belt, the visual detection mechanism shoots the workpiece placed on the feeding conveyor belt, and the placing posture and the surface pattern of the workpiece are determined. The sorting mechanism rotates the workpiece to correct the gesture, and unifies the head and tail directions of the workpiece; and transferring the workpiece with the front pattern facing upwards to a first discharging track, and transferring the workpiece with the back pattern facing upwards to a second discharging track. Compared with a common sorting system combining visual detection and parallel robots, the sorting system is provided with a turnover mechanism on the second discharging track, and the turnover mechanism performs turnover operation on a workpiece, and turns the workpiece with the reverse pattern upward to the front pattern upward so as to realize unification of the front and the back of the workpiece. The sorting system of the application is combined through the function automation of the visual detection mechanism, the sorting mechanism and the turnover mechanism so as to carry out follow-up grabbing on workpieces, and the workpieces are arranged in an orderly manner with consistent head and tail and front and back, so that the front preparation is finished for the subsequent processing procedure. The sorting system is wide in application and high in practicability, is particularly suitable for sorting and arraying products with disordered front ends on a production line, and is changed into the products with disordered front ends to be orderly transported, so that the sorting system is favorable for coding or boxing the products in subsequent processing procedures, and front-end work is finished by procedures with uniform requirements on sequence and front and back surfaces, and the production efficiency is improved.

The structure of the sorting mechanism is improved, the sorting mechanism comprises a turntable, a movable frame and a sucker, the movable frame is connected between the turntable and the sucker, and the sucker picks up a workpiece; the turntable rotates to drive the movable frame to link the sucker so as to enable the workpiece to rotate by an angle; the movable frame moves in a telescopic mode to drive the sucker to transfer the picked workpiece to the position. Therefore, the sorting mechanism can rotate and adjust the gesture to the workpiece, so that the head and tail directions of the workpiece are unified, and the workpiece transferring position is realized at the same time.

Optionally, the movable frame includes a central shaft and at least three movable shafts extending in different directions, and the central shaft is movably connected between the central part of the turntable and the sucker; the turntable is provided with driving parts, the number of which is the same as that of the movable shafts, and the driving parts are connected with the movable shafts and drive the movable shafts to swing up and down; each movable shaft is movably connected with a linkage rod, and each linkage rod is connected to the sucker in a centralized manner. The sucking disc can change position along with the movement of each movable shaft and the linkage rod so as to transfer the picked workpiece to a designated position. Therefore, compared with the traditional structure that the track is used for realizing the position transfer structure of the pick-up piece or the mechanical arm is used for transferring, the sorting mechanism is simpler in structure, realizes two-way sorting of the workpiece by only utilizing the limited movement of the movable frame to realize the minimum swing, effectively improves the sorting speed, and can save the occupied space and reduce the volume of the whole machine.

Optionally, the sorting mechanism further comprises a first bracket arranged on the feeding conveyer belt, and the turntable is arranged on the first bracket and is positioned above the feeding conveyer belt; the turntable, the movable frame and the sucker are sequentially connected from top to bottom so as to be hung on the first bracket. Therefore, the turntable is arranged on the first bracket to realize autorotation, and the movable frame and the sucker are driven to rotate the picked-up workpiece to adjust the posture, so that the head and tail directions of the workpiece are uniform. Wherein, first support is fixed the carousel, improves fixed effect, prevents that rotation of carousel and swing of movable frame from taking place to rock, improves sorting mechanism's job stabilization nature effectively.

The structure of the second discharging track is improved, the second discharging track further comprises a discharging table, the discharging table is used for placing the workpieces transferred by the sorting mechanism, and the discharging table and the second discharging track are arranged side by side; the turnover mechanism is arranged between the second discharging track and the discharging table, and turns the workpiece on the discharging table to the second discharging track. In this way, the workpiece sorting and transferring device uses the discharging table as a temporary placing space for the workpiece, so that the sorted and transferred workpiece is placed on the discharging table. The turnover mechanism turns the workpiece on the discharging table onto the second discharging track, so that the front and back turnover operation of the workpiece is realized.

The structure of the turnover mechanism is improved, the turnover mechanism comprises a turnover frame and a driver for driving the turnover frame to rotate, the turnover frame comprises a rotating shaft and a plurality of poking bodies arranged on the periphery of the rotating shaft, the driving end of the driver is connected with the rotating shaft, and the driver drives the rotating shaft to rotate and drives the poking bodies to turn over the loaded workpiece from the discharging table to the second discharging track. Therefore, the workpiece is carried by the poking body and is driven to rotate along with the rotating shaft by the driver, so that the carried workpiece is overturned in a designated direction, and the overturning operation of the workpiece is realized.

Optionally, the plectrum is two piece at least dials the strip that just the interval set up side by side, offer on the blowing platform and supply dial the first groove of dodging that the strip stretches into, have on the lateral wall of second ejection of compact track and supply dial the strip stretches into the second and dodge the groove, first dodge the groove with the groove position corresponds is dodged to the second. In this way, in the operation process of the turnover mechanism, the dial body on the rotating shaft can be inserted into the first avoidance groove or the second avoidance groove. Let the dialling body rotate to the blowing bench to insert the blowing bench inside, along with rotation angle changes, the dialling body can take away the work piece from the blowing bench, and overturn on the second ejection of compact track.

Optionally, the second ejection of compact track with be equipped with the arc deflector on the adjacent lateral wall of tilting mechanism, set up on the arc deflector with the fluting of groove intercommunication is dodged to the second, the arc deflector extend to in the pivot to make the work piece that is turned over keep the gesture along the arc deflector, on the accurate slip second ejection of compact track, prevent that the work piece from changing at the head and the tail gesture of upset in-process, ensure the gesture accuracy after the work piece letter sorting effectively.

Optionally, the first discharging track and the second discharging track are both provided with conveyor belts; the conveying belt on the second discharging track is arranged in a serpentine mode so as to avoid the position of the second avoiding groove. Therefore, the conveyor belt is in a serpentine layout in the second discharging track so as to match with the setting position of the second avoiding groove. The conveying belt can not only keep the conveying function on the workpiece during operation, but also avoid the poking body extending into the second avoidance groove from the side wall, thereby effectively improving the operation suitability of the turnover mechanism.

The structure of the visual detection mechanism is improved, the visual detection mechanism comprises a second bracket, a fixing frame, a light source and a camera, the second bracket is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt, and shading plates are arranged on two sides of the feeding conveyor belt; the fixing frame is fixed on the second support, the light source and the camera are arranged on the fixing frame, and the light source and the output end of the camera are downwards arranged. Therefore, the light source and the camera are hung on the second bracket by the fixing frame, so that the light source and the camera can be lighted and shot on the feeding conveyor belt below. Wherein, the both sides of second support are equipped with the light screen, utilize the light screen to shelter from to make the light source concentrate on the pay-off conveyer belt, improve the shooting effect of camera effectively.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required for the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional structure of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic top view of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic three-dimensional structure of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic three-dimensional structure of a sorting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic three-dimensional structure of a sorting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a structural view of a sorting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application mounted on a sorting system;

fig. 7 is a structural view of the turnover mechanism provided in the embodiment of the present application mounted on the second discharging track;

fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a roll-over stand according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an assembly structure of a turnover mechanism, a second discharging track and a conveyor belt provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a side view of a second outfeed rail provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a structure in which a visual detection mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application is disposed on a feeding conveyor belt;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a second structure of the visual detection mechanism provided in the embodiment of the present application, which is disposed on the feeding conveyor belt.

Wherein, each reference sign in the figure:

100-workpiece;

1-a feeding conveyor belt;

2-visual detection means; 21-a second bracket; 211-a light shielding plate; 22-fixing frame; 23-a light source; 24-camera;

3-a discharging conveyer belt; 31-a first discharge track; 32-a second discharge track; 321-a second avoidance groove; 322-arc-shaped guide plates; 3221-slotting; 323-inclined plane baffle; 33-a discharging table; 331-a first avoidance slot; 34-conveyor belt;

4-a sorting mechanism; 41-a turntable; 411-a driving part; 42-a movable frame; 421-central axis; 422-a movable shaft; 423-linkage rod; 43-sucking disc; 44-a first scaffold;

5-a turnover mechanism; 51-a roll-over stand; 511-a spindle; 512-dial; 52-driver.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical schemes and beneficial effects to be solved by the present application more clear, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "mounted" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate or are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present application and simplify description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be configured and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The sorting system provided by the embodiment of the application is mainly applied to sorting and sorting of bagged products of food and beverage, can be beverage products of bagged liquid, and can also be solid bagged foods such as jelly, biscuits and nuts. These bagged products generally have a front side and a back side, and the front side and the back side are provided with corresponding patterns, and the patterns can be patterns or a surface pattern formed by combining patterns and characters.

Referring now to fig. 1, a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present application includes a feeding conveyor 1, a visual inspection mechanism 2, a discharging conveyor 3, a sorting mechanism 4, and a turning mechanism 5.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the feeding conveyor 1 is used for carrying and transporting the bagged product workpiece 100. Specifically, the workpieces 100 are sequentially placed on the feed conveyor 1 and move from the start end of the feed conveyor 1 to the end thereof under operation of the feed conveyor 1. At this time, the "posture" of the work 100 is not uniform from end to end and both front and back sides.

The visual inspection mechanism 2 is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt 1, and the visual inspection mechanism 2 is used for shooting the placing posture and the surface pattern of the workpiece 100.

The discharging conveyor 3 comprises a first discharging track 31 and a second discharging track 32, wherein the first discharging track 31 is used for receiving the workpiece 100 with the front pattern facing upwards, the second discharging track 32 is used for receiving the workpiece 100 with the back pattern facing upwards, and the first discharging track 31 and the second discharging track 32 are respectively arranged at two sides of the feeding conveyor 1.

The sorting mechanism 4 rotates the workpiece 100 to correct the posture so as to unify the head-to-tail directions of the workpiece 100; and, the work 100 is transferred onto the first discharging rail 31 or the second discharging rail 32, respectively.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned visual detection mechanism 2 and the sorting mechanism 4 both adopt the functions of the visual detection mechanism 2 and the sorting mechanism 4, for example, the visual detection mechanism 2 is an image acquisition function, the sorting mechanism 4 may be a parallel robot or a mechanical arm, etc., and the sorting mechanism may be a sorting function capable of transferring objects to designated positions respectively, and the sorting mechanism and the mechanical arm may be controlled by a linkage. The present application is not concerned with improvements in its function and control.

The turnover mechanism 5 on the sorting system is arranged on the second discharging track 32, and the workpiece 100 with the reverse pattern upwards is turned over to the front pattern upwards.

Compared with the prior art, the sorting system provided by the embodiment of the application is provided with the visual detection mechanism 2 and the sorting mechanism 4 which are arranged on the feeding conveyor belt 1, the visual detection mechanism 2 shoots the workpiece 100 placed on the feeding conveyor belt 1, and the placing posture and the surface pattern of the workpiece 100 are determined. The sorting mechanism 4 rotates the workpiece 100 to correct the gesture, and unifies the head-to-tail directions of the workpiece 100; and, the work 100 with the front pattern facing upward is transferred to the first discharging rail 31, and the work 100 with the back pattern facing upward is transferred to the second discharging rail 32. Compared with a common sorting system combining visual detection and parallel robots, the sorting system is further provided with a turnover mechanism 5 on the second discharging track 32, and the turnover mechanism 5 performs turnover operation on the workpiece 100, and turns the workpiece 100 with the reverse pattern upward to the front pattern upward so as to realize unification of the front and the reverse of the workpiece 100.

The sorting system of the application automatically combines the functions of the vision detection mechanism 2, the sorting mechanism 4 and the turnover mechanism 5 to carry out follow-up grabbing on the workpiece 100, and the workpieces are arranged in an orderly manner with the same front and back surfaces and the front and back surfaces, so that the front preparation is finished for the subsequent processing procedure. The sorting system is wide in application and high in practicability, is particularly suitable for sorting and arraying products with disordered front ends on a production line, and is changed into the products with disordered front ends to be orderly transported, so that the sorting system is favorable for coding or boxing the products in subsequent processing procedures, and front-end work is finished by procedures with uniform requirements on sequence and front and back surfaces, and the production efficiency is improved.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4, 5 and 6, the sorting mechanism 4 includes a turntable 41, a movable frame 42 and a suction cup 43, wherein the movable frame 42 is connected between the turntable 41 and the suction cup 43. Wherein the suction cup 43 is used for picking up the workpiece 100, the suction cup 43 may preferably employ a vacuum suction cup 43 to package plastic and be capable of sucking and extracting it. The turntable 41 can rotate to drive the movable frame 42 to link the sucker 43 to rotate the workpiece 100 by an angle. The movable frame 42 can move telescopically to drive the suction cup 43 to transfer the picked-up workpiece 100 to a position. In this way, the sorting mechanism 4 can rotate and adjust the posture of the workpiece 100, unify the head and tail directions of the workpiece 100, and simultaneously realize the transfer of the workpiece 100.

As shown in fig. 5, the movable frame 42 includes a central shaft 421 and at least three movable shafts 422 extending in different directions, and the central shaft 421 is movably connected between the central portion of the turntable 41 and the suction cup 43. The turntable 41 is provided with the same number of driving parts 411 as the movable shafts 422, and the driving parts 411 may be driving motors mounted on the turntable 41. The driving unit 411 is connected to the movable shaft 422, and can drive the movable shaft 422 to swing up and down. Each movable shaft 422 is movably connected with a linkage rod 423, and each linkage rod 423 is connected to the suction cup 43 in a concentrated manner. The suction cup 43 is allowed to change position with the movement of the respective movable shafts 422 and the link 423 to transfer the picked-up work 100 to a designated position.

The "movable connection" may be a rotation shaft connection or a connection provided with a universal member, which is not particularly limited herein.

On the sorting system of the application, the above-mentioned sorting mechanism 4 is compared with the traditional structure that adopts the track to realize the position transfer structure of picking up the piece, or adopts the arm to make the transfer, and the sorting mechanism 4 of the application is simpler in structure, only utilizes the limited motion of movable frame 42 to realize two-way letter sorting to work piece 100 with minimum swing, improves letter sorting speed effectively to can save occupation space, reduce whole machine volume.

In the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 6, the sorting mechanism 4 further includes a first bracket 44 disposed on the feeding conveyor belt 1, and the turntable 41 is mounted on the first bracket 44 and is located above the feeding conveyor belt 1. The turntable 41, the movable frame 42 and the suction cup 43 are sequentially connected from top to bottom to hang on the first bracket 44. In this way, the turntable 41 is mounted on the first bracket 44 to realize autorotation, and drives the movable frame 42 and the sucker 43 to rotate the picked-up workpiece 100 so as to adjust the posture, so that the head and tail directions of the workpiece 100 are uniform. The first bracket 44 fixes the turntable 41, thereby improving the fixing effect, preventing the turntable 41 from rotating and the movable frame 42 from swinging, and effectively improving the working stability of the sorting mechanism 4.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 7, the second discharging track 32 further includes a discharging table 33, where the discharging table 33 is used for placing the workpieces 100 transferred by the sorting mechanism 4, and the discharging table 33 is disposed side by side with the second discharging track 32. The turnover mechanism 5 is disposed between the second discharging track 32 and the discharging table 33, and turns the workpiece 100 on the discharging table 33 onto the second discharging track 32. In this way, the sorted and transferred work 100 is placed on the discharging table 33 by using the discharging table 33 as a temporary placing space for the work 100. The turnover mechanism 5 turns the workpiece 100 on the discharging table 33 onto the second discharging track 32, so that the front and back turnover operation of the workpiece 100 is realized.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the turnover mechanism 5 includes a turnover frame 51 and a driver 52 for driving the turnover frame 51 to rotate, wherein the turnover frame 51 includes a rotation shaft 511 and a plurality of dials 512 disposed on the outer circumference of the rotation shaft 511. The driver 52 may employ a driving motor, and the driving end of the driver 52 is connected to the rotating shaft 511 of the roll-over stand 51. The driver 52 can drive the rotation shaft 511 to rotate and drive the poking body 512 on the periphery of the rotation shaft 511 to turn the carried workpiece 100 from the discharging table 33 to the second discharging track 32. The dial 512 may preferably be a dial or a lever, which is not particularly limited herein. Accordingly, the workpiece 100 is carried by the dial 512 and is rotated along with the rotation of the shaft 511 by the driver 52, so as to turn the carried workpiece 100 in a specified direction, thereby realizing the turning operation of the workpiece 100.

In the embodiment of the application, referring to fig. 7, 8 and 9, the pulling body 512 on the rotating shaft 511 of the roll-over stand 51 may preferably be at least two pulling bars arranged side by side and at intervals, the discharging table 33 is provided with a first avoiding groove 331 into which the pulling bars extend, and the side wall of the second discharging rail 32 is also provided with a second avoiding groove 321 into which the pulling bars extend, and the first avoiding groove 331 corresponds to the second avoiding groove 321 in position. Accordingly, during operation of the tilting mechanism 5, the dial 512 on the rotation shaft 511 can be inserted into the first escape groove 331 or the second escape groove 321. Let the plectrum 512 rotate to the blowing bench 33 to insert the blowing bench 33 inside, along with rotation angle change, the plectrum 512 can take away work piece 100 from the blowing bench 33, and overturn on the second ejection of compact track 32.

For the structure of the turnover mechanism 5, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the second discharging track 32 is provided with an arc-shaped guide plate 322 on a side wall adjacent to the turnover mechanism 5, a slot 3221 communicated with the second avoiding slot 321 is formed in the arc-shaped guide plate 322, and the arc-shaped guide plate 322 extends to the rotating shaft 511, so that the turned workpiece 100 can accurately slide into the second discharging track 32 along the arc-shaped guide plate 322, thereby preventing the head-tail gesture of the workpiece 100 in the turnover process from being changed and effectively ensuring the gesture accuracy of the workpiece 100 after sorting.

On the basis of the above, referring to fig. 9 and 10, a bevel baffle 323 disposed opposite to the arc-shaped guide plate 322 is further disposed on the second discharging rail 32, and the bevel baffle 323 extends obliquely to the outside of the second discharging rail 32, so that a gradually enlarged bell mouth is formed at the upper portion of the second discharging rail 32, which is beneficial to guiding the turned workpiece 100, and the workpiece 100 keeps a posture accurately falling onto the second discharging rail 32.

In the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 9, a conveyor belt 34 is disposed on each of the first discharging track 31 and the second discharging track 32.

In practical application, the poking body 512 of the turnover mechanism 5 needs to extend into the second discharging rail 32 from the side wall of the second discharging rail 32 during the turnover operation, so that the workpiece 100 can be accurately turned over onto the second discharging rail 32 on the premise of maintaining the posture, and therefore, the conveyor 34 arranged on the second discharging rail 32 needs to be avoided. For this reason, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the conveyor 34 on the second discharging track 32 is disposed in a serpentine shape to avoid the position of the second avoidance groove 321. The conveyor belt 34 is arranged in the second discharging track 32 in a serpentine manner so as to match the arrangement position of the second avoiding groove 321. The conveying belt 34 can not only keep the conveying function on the workpiece 100 during operation, but also avoid the poking body 512 extending from the second avoiding groove 321 of the side wall, thereby effectively improving the operation suitability of the turnover mechanism 5.

In other embodiments (not shown), to match the requirements of the production process, the ends of the first discharging track 31 and the second discharging track 32 of the discharging conveyor 3 may be mutually communicated to form a single discharging track, so as to converge the workpieces 100 with the front and back surfaces and the front and back surfaces facing to the unified sequence, and convey to the next process.

In the embodiment of the application, please refer to fig. 11 and 12 together, the visual inspection mechanism 2 includes a second bracket 21, a fixing frame 22, a light source 23 and a camera 24, wherein the second bracket 21 is disposed on the feeding conveyor 1, the fixing frame 22 is fixed on the second bracket 21, the light source 23 and the camera 24 are disposed on the fixing frame 22, and the output ends of the light source 23 and the camera 24 are disposed downward. In this way, the fixing frame 22 hangs the light source 23 and the camera 24 from the second bracket 21, so that the light source 23 and the camera 24 are lighted and shot on the feeding conveyor 1 below.

As shown in fig. 12, the light shielding plates 211 are disposed on two sides of the second bracket 21, and the light sources 23 can be concentrated on the feeding conveyor 1 by using the light shielding plates 211, so as to effectively improve the shooting effect of the camera 24.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present application is not intended to be limiting, but is intended to cover any and all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A sorting system for sorting bagged workpieces having a front and back side pattern, the sorting system comprising:

the feeding conveyor belt is used for bearing and conveying workpieces;

the visual detection mechanism is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt and is used for shooting the placing posture and the surface pattern of the workpiece;

the discharging conveyor belt comprises a first discharging track and a second discharging track, wherein the first discharging track is used for receiving workpieces with upward front patterns, the second discharging track is used for receiving workpieces with upward reverse patterns, and the first discharging track and the second discharging track are respectively arranged on two sides of the feeding conveyor belt;

the sorting mechanism rotates the workpiece to correct the gesture and transfers the workpiece to the first discharging track or the second discharging track respectively;

and the turnover mechanism is arranged on the second discharging track and turns the workpiece with the reverse pattern upward to the front pattern upward.

2. The sortation system as recited in claim 1, wherein: the sorting mechanism comprises a turntable, a movable frame and a sucker, wherein the movable frame is connected between the turntable and the sucker, and the sucker picks up a workpiece; the turntable rotates to drive the movable frame to link the sucker so as to enable the workpiece to rotate by an angle; the movable frame moves in a telescopic mode to drive the sucker to transfer the picked workpiece to the position.

3. The sortation system as recited in claim 2, wherein: the movable frame comprises a central shaft and at least three movable shafts extending in different directions, and the central shaft is movably connected between the central part of the turntable and the sucker; the turntable is provided with driving parts, the number of which is the same as that of the movable shafts, and the driving parts are connected with the movable shafts and drive the movable shafts to swing up and down; each movable shaft is movably connected with a linkage rod, and each linkage rod is connected to the sucker in a centralized manner.

4. The sortation system as recited in claim 2, wherein: the sorting mechanism further comprises a first bracket arranged on the feeding conveyer belt, and the turntable is arranged on the first bracket and is positioned above the feeding conveyer belt; the turntable, the movable frame and the sucker are sequentially connected from top to bottom.

5. The sortation system as recited in claim 1, wherein: the second discharging track is also provided with a discharging table, the discharging table is used for placing the workpieces transferred by the sorting mechanism, and the discharging table and the second discharging track are arranged side by side; the turnover mechanism is arranged between the second discharging track and the discharging table, and turns the workpiece on the discharging table to the second discharging track.

6. The sortation system as recited in claim 5, wherein: the turnover mechanism comprises a turnover frame and a driver for driving the turnover frame to rotate, the turnover frame comprises a rotating shaft and a plurality of poking bodies arranged on the periphery of the rotating shaft, the driving end of the driver is connected with the rotating shaft, the driver drives the rotating shaft to rotate, and the poking bodies are driven to turn over the loaded workpiece from the discharging table to the second discharging track.

7. The sortation system as recited in claim 6, wherein: the stirring body is at least two stirring bars which are arranged side by side and at intervals, a first avoiding groove which is used for the stirring bars to extend in is formed in the discharging table, a second avoiding groove which is used for the stirring bars to extend in is formed in the side wall of the second discharging track, and the first avoiding groove corresponds to the second avoiding groove in position.

8. The sortation system as recited in claim 7, wherein: the second discharging track is provided with an arc-shaped guide plate on the side wall adjacent to the turnover mechanism, a slot communicated with the second avoidance slot is formed in the arc-shaped guide plate, and the arc-shaped guide plate extends to the rotating shaft.

9. The sortation system as recited in claim 7, wherein: the first discharging track and the second discharging track are respectively provided with a conveyor belt; the conveying belt on the second discharging track is arranged in a serpentine mode so as to avoid the position of the second avoiding groove.

10. Sorting system according to any of the claims 1-9, characterized in that: the visual detection mechanism comprises a second bracket, a fixed frame, a light source and a camera, wherein the second bracket is arranged on the feeding conveyor belt, and shading plates are arranged on two sides of the feeding conveyor belt; the fixing frame is fixed on the second support, the light source and the camera are arranged on the fixing frame, and the light source and the output end of the camera are downwards arranged.

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