CN219751094U - Connection device and connection equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of connection device and connection apparatus, wherein the connection device is used for transferring the work piece between automatic handling equipment and external processing device, aim at solving the problem that the connection device is limited in the loading and unloading mode, including the conveying mechanism; the conveying driver is used for driving the conveying mechanism to drive the workpiece to be transferred; a transfer mechanism including a stage for carrying the workpiece from the transfer mechanism and a transfer drive for driving the stage to transfer the workpiece between the transfer mechanism and the external processing device; and the communication connector is used for enabling the connection device to be in signal connection with the automatic conveying equipment so as to enable the automatic conveying equipment to be matched with the conveying mechanism for conveying.

Description

Connection device and connection equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of transportation equipment, in particular to a connection device and connection equipment.

Background

In the existing workpiece transfer equipment, the workpiece can be connected and transferred only through a semi-automatic process, and the workpiece can be loaded into the workpiece transfer equipment only in a manual feeding and taking mode. For example, the feeding process of a Roman hard cutter (B222 Rome hard tip) feeding table of model B222 is that a workpiece is manually fed to a feeding station, a six-axis clamping claw of a machining device is started, a six-axis clamping claw of the machining device is used for taking out, and the workpiece is taken out to a discharging station, and is manually discharged. In the prior art, the material can be taken from the feeding station only through six clamping jaws of the processing equipment, the requirement on the processing equipment is high, for example, the manual carrying is required to be increased when the distance between the processing equipment and the feeding equipment is long, and the labor cost is increased. In the prior art, a feeding device is additionally arranged between processing equipment and the feeding device, but the existing feeding device does not have the condition of connecting with an automatic feeding device, and the feeding device still relies on manual feeding simply, so that excessive manpower is relied on, the production efficiency is low, and the modern production is not met.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present utility model aims to provide a connection device, which aims to solve the problem that the loading and unloading modes of the connection device are limited.

The utility model provides a connection device, which is used for transferring workpieces between automatic carrying equipment and an external processing device, and comprises a conveying mechanism; the conveying driver is used for driving the conveying mechanism to drive the workpiece to be transferred; a transfer mechanism including a stage for carrying the workpiece from the transfer mechanism and a transfer drive for driving the stage to transfer the workpiece between the transfer mechanism and the external processing device; and the communication connector is used for enabling the automatic carrying equipment to be in signal connection with an external feeding device so as to enable the automatic carrying equipment to be matched with the conveying mechanism for conveying.

In an embodiment, the device further comprises a main body, wherein the conveying mechanism, the conveying driver, the transferring mechanism and the transferring driver are all arranged on the main body, and the conveying mechanism and the transferring mechanism are arranged at two opposite ends of the main body.

In one embodiment, the transfer mechanism has a detachable portion for carrying the workpiece and a lift controller for driving the detachable portion to move in an up-down direction.

In an embodiment, the transfer mechanism further comprises a displacement driver, the conveying mechanism comprises a feeding conveying line and a discharging conveying line which are arranged in parallel, and the displacement driver is used for driving the objective table to be alternately connected with the feeding conveying line or the discharging conveying line so as to receive the workpieces of the feeding conveying line and convey the workpieces to the discharging conveying line.

In an embodiment, the number of the conveying drivers is two, and the feeding conveying line and the discharging conveying line are respectively controlled by different conveying drivers.

In an embodiment, each of the conveying drivers is disposed on a side of the conveying mechanism facing away from the feeding conveying line or a side of the conveying mechanism facing away from the discharging conveying line.

In an embodiment, the displacement driver includes a guide rail slidably connected with the objective table, and a first linear module, where the first linear module is used to drive the objective table to be alternately connected with the feeding conveying line or the discharging conveying line along the guide rail.

In an embodiment, the lifting controller includes a second linear module extending in an up-down direction and a connection frame for extending a driving distance of the second linear module, and the second linear module is connected with the detachable portion through the connection frame.

The utility model also provides a connecting device which comprises a frame, a control table and the connecting device, wherein the connecting device and the control table are arranged on the frame, the control table is suspended above the connecting device, and the control table is used for starting or closing the connecting device.

In an embodiment, the device further comprises a feeding auxiliary device, wherein the feeding auxiliary device can be unfolded at one side of the connection device or contained at the bottom of the connection device.

The connecting device provided by the utility model is in signal connection with the external automatic carrying equipment through the communication connector, can place workpieces in the conveying mechanism in a feeding mode such as manual feeding or automatic carrying equipment feeding, and the conveying driver drives the conveying mechanism to convey the workpieces to be close to the transferring mechanism, and the transferring mechanism receives the workpieces to be processed under the driving of the transferring driver so as to shorten the distance between the external processing device and the feeding station, compensate the limitation of taking materials of the external processing device and facilitate the external processing device to take materials from the transferring mechanism for processing. The transfer driver drives the transfer mechanism again to convey the machined workpiece back to the conveying mechanism, and after the conveying mechanism is driven by the conveying driver again to convey the machined workpiece to the discharging position, the machined workpiece can be taken by manpower or by automatic conveying equipment such as an AGV. The automatic carrying equipment is connected to carry out feeding and discharging, so that the production line is more intelligent, and the production efficiency is higher. Meanwhile, a manual feeding and discharging mode is reserved, so that the continuous production work task is facilitated when the automatic carrying equipment overhauls or fails.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present utility model and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and other related drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an automatic loading and unloading mode of a docking device according to a first embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the manual loading and unloading mode of the docking device in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view of an automated loading and unloading mode of the docking device.

Fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the transfer mechanism of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a docking apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the docking device of fig. 5.

Detailed Description

Specific embodiments of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the terms described above will be understood to those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific context.

The terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "front," "rear," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used as references to orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, or the orientation or positional relationships in which the inventive product is conventionally disposed in use, merely for convenience of description and simplicity of 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 are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like, are merely used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for indicating or implying a relative importance or order.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of an aspect of the present utility model provides a docking apparatus 100 for transferring workpieces between an automated handling equipment and an external processing apparatus, in order to avoid limitation of limitations of loading and unloading modes, comprising a transfer mechanism 10; a conveying driver 20 for driving the conveying mechanism 10 to drive the workpiece to transfer; a transfer mechanism 30 including a stage 34 for carrying the workpiece from the transfer mechanism 10 and a transfer driver 35 for driving the stage 34 to transfer the workpiece between the transfer mechanism 10 and an external processing device; and the communication connector is used for enabling the connection device to be in signal connection with the automatic conveying equipment so as to enable the automatic conveying equipment to be matched with the conveying mechanism for conveying.

In particular, the conveyor 10 may be in the form of a conveyor belt, the work pieces may be placed on the conveyor belt, or may be two parallel belts, and the work pieces may be placed on both belts after being loaded on a tray. Similarly, the transfer mechanism 30 may be in the form of the transfer mechanism 10, and the transfer driver 20 drives the stage 34 in a direction toward the transfer mechanism 30 to drive the workpiece on the stage 34. The operation speed of the transfer mechanism 30 is identical to the operation speed of the transfer mechanism 10, and when the work is transferred to the transfer mechanism 30 by the transfer mechanism 10, the work can be smoothly docked since the operation speed of the transfer mechanism 30 is identical to the operation speed of the transfer mechanism 10. After the workpiece processed by the external processing device is reloaded into the transfer mechanism 30, the transfer mechanism 30 transfers the workpiece to the conveying mechanism 10, and the conveying mechanism 10 conveys the workpiece to the blanking station. The connection device 100 and the automatic handling equipment are connected by a communication connector to generate a signal, wherein the signal can be connected by a wireless network, bluetooth or induction lines, and the automatic level and the production efficiency of the production line are improved by feeding the automatic handling equipment to the conveying mechanism 10 or discharging the automatic handling equipment from the conveying mechanism 10. The communication connector is not only matched with a certain type of automatic carrying equipment, and the proper type of the communication connector can be replaced according to the actual requirement of the automatic carrying equipment so as to improve the upgrading space of the subsequent equipment. To avoid a communication connector failure or delay in production tasks during maintenance, the location of manual loading is maintained at the conveyor 10.

In other embodiments, in order to prolong the distance between the material taking position of the external processing device and the feeding personnel, and expand the placing space of the workpiece, a conveyor belt connected with the conveying mechanism 10 is additionally arranged at the position of manual feeding, so that the workpiece is manually fed onto the conveyor belt, and the workpiece is fed into the conveying mechanism 10 through the conveyor belt, and the problem that the material taking distance of the external processing device is limited can be avoided.

Further, the feeding and discharging in the manual mode may be performed by only one conveyor belt, as shown in fig. 2, in which the arrow is a path of the feeding and discharging process of the workpiece, and the feeding and discharging directions are opposite.

In this embodiment, the conveying mechanism 10, the conveying driver 20, the transferring mechanism 30 and the transferring driver 35 are all disposed on the main body 50, and the integral arrangement makes the control distance between the conveying mechanism 10 and the transferring mechanism 30 of the conveying driver 20 and the transferring driver 35 shorter, the structure is more compact, and the conveying mechanism 10 and the transferring mechanism 30 are disposed at two opposite ends of the main body 50.

Specifically, the main body 50 may be in a flat plate shape, and the transfer mechanism 30 and the transfer mechanism 10 are aligned with each other at both ends on the plane of the main body 50 in the transfer direction of the transfer mechanism 10. The transfer driver 20 and the transfer driver 35 are provided at one side of the main body 50 in the transfer direction perpendicular to the transfer mechanism 10, avoiding that the transfer driver 20 and the transfer driver 35 affect the loading and unloading or interfere with the movement of the work.

In the present embodiment, the transfer mechanism 30 has a detachable portion 31 for carrying a workpiece and a lift controller 32, and the lift controller 32 is for driving the detachable portion 31 to rise or fall in the up-down direction to adjust the height of the workpiece.

Specifically, the transfer mechanism 30 includes two parallel belts driven by pulleys. The stage 34 is disposed between or above the two parallel belts, the separable portion 31 is a part of the stage 34, and the separable portion 31 can be separated from other parts of the stage 34 and lifted up under the driving of the lifting controller 32, so that the workpiece located in the separable portion 31 is lifted to a height suitable for the external processing device to take materials. The lift controller 32 is provided to cooperate with the external processing device to enhance ease of operation, to compensate for the limitations of external processing device material removal, and to enable the docking device 100 to be used with more types or styles of external processing devices.

In other embodiments, the transfer mechanism 30 includes two parallel belts, and the stage 34 is not disposed between the two belts, and the detachable portion 31 may be a part of the main body 50.

In the present embodiment, the elevation controller 32 includes a second linear module 321 extending in the up-down direction and a link 322 for extending a driving distance of the second linear module 321, and the second linear module 321 is connected to the separable portion 31 through the link 322 to drive the separable portion 31 to move in the up-down direction. The connecting frame 322 may have two mutually perpendicular struts, and the two mutually perpendicular struts are respectively connected with the second linear module 321 and the separable portion 31 to extend the driving distance of the second linear module 321. The separable part 31 is arranged at one end of the second linear module 321, so that the second linear module 321 is prevented from occupying a transverse space, and the second linear module 321 is more convenient to install, for example, the separable part 31 is arranged on the side surface of the second linear module 321, and although the separable part 31 is more beneficial to directly controlling the separable part 31, the second linear module 321 needs to be installed through the main body 50, so that the structure is more complex.

In particular, the linear module has advantages of silence, smoothness and high smoothness, and in order to enable the second linear module 321 to be hidden at the bottom of the main body 50, the second linear module 321 needs to be spaced apart from the separable portion 31 by a certain distance in the height direction. For reasons of driving principle, etc., it is necessary to drive the separable part 31 from the side, and at this time, it is necessary to connect the side of the second linear module 321 to the separable part 31 through the connection frame 322, and the connection frame 322 may have an "L" shape, a "]" shape, a "┤" shape, etc.

In the automated loading and unloading mode, the conveyor 10 passes through only one conveyor and by changing the conveying direction of the conveyor to meet the requirement that the unprocessed and processed workpieces are transported in different directions, resulting in an impact on efficiency.

In this embodiment, the transfer mechanism 30 further includes a displacement driver 33, and the conveying mechanism 10 includes a loading conveying line 11 and a unloading conveying line 12 that are disposed in parallel, and the displacement driver 33 is used for driving the stage 34 to be alternately connected with the loading conveying line 11 or the unloading conveying line 12, so as to receive the workpiece of the loading conveying line 11 and send the workpiece to the unloading conveying line 12.

Specifically, automatic handling equipment such as AGV replaces artifical unloading, can improve the work efficiency of unloading, adopts material loading conveying line 11 and unloading conveying line 12 to carry respectively and waits to process work piece and processed work piece, need not to wait for single conveying line to change the direction of transfer, reduces automatic handling equipment stand-by time, can adapt to automatic handling equipment's material loading or get material speed.

In this embodiment, the displacement driver 33 includes a guide rail 331 slidably connected to the stage 34, and a first linear module 332 parallel to the guide rail 331, where the guide rail 331 and the first linear module 332 are disposed at opposite ends of the stage 34, and the first linear module 332 is used to drive the stage 34 to be alternately connected to the feeding conveying line 11 or the discharging conveying line 12 along the guide rail 331.

Specifically, the guide rail 331 is disposed between the stage 34 and the main body 50, the stage 34 is disposed between the first linear module 332 and the main body 50, and is located at an end of the stage 34 near the conveying mechanism 10, and the first linear module 332 is located at an end of the transfer mechanism 30 away from the conveying mechanism 10, so that the displacement driver 33 can avoid interfering with the workpiece circulation between the stage 34 and the conveying mechanism 10.

In the present embodiment, the number of the conveying drivers 20 is two, and the feeding conveying line 11 and the discharging conveying line 12 are controlled by different conveying drivers 20, respectively. In other embodiments, the feeding conveyor line 11 and the discharging conveyor line 12 may be controlled by the same conveyor driver 20, but the feeding conveyor line 11 or the discharging conveyor line 12 needs to wait for the conveyor driver 20 to switch from the driving of the discharging conveyor line 12 or the feeding conveyor line 11 when working alone.

Specifically, when the drive systems of the feeding conveyor line 11 and the discharging conveyor line 12 are operated independently, the switching frequency and switching time of the conveyor driver 20 can be reduced. And make material loading conveying line 11 and unloading conveying line 12 can independently operate, for example when artifical mode goes up the unloading, only need open material loading conveying line 11 and one line in the unloading conveying line 12 can.

In the present embodiment, each of the conveying drivers 20 is provided on a side of the conveying mechanism 10 facing away from the feeding conveying line 11 or a side facing away from the discharging conveying line 12. To avoid obstruction of the workpiece transfer path of the transfer mechanism 10.

The connecting device 100 provided by the utility model is in signal connection with external automatic conveying equipment through a communication connector, and can place workpieces in the conveying mechanism 10 in a feeding mode such as manual feeding or automatic conveying equipment feeding, the conveying driver 20 drives the conveying mechanism 10 to convey the workpieces to be close to the transferring mechanism 30, the transferring mechanism 30 receives the workpieces to be processed under the driving of the transferring driver 35, so that the distance between the external processing device and a feeding station is shortened, the limitation of taking materials by the external processing device is compensated, and the external processing device can take materials from the transferring mechanism 30 for processing conveniently. The transfer driver 35 drives the transfer mechanism 30 again to transfer the machined workpiece back to the transfer mechanism 10, and the transfer driver 20 drives the transfer mechanism 10 again to transfer the machined workpiece to the unloading position, so that the machined workpiece can be taken by manual material taking or automatic conveying equipment such as an AGV. The automatic carrying equipment is connected to carry out feeding and discharging, so that the production line is more intelligent, and the production efficiency is higher. Meanwhile, a manual feeding and discharging mode is reserved, so that the continuous production work task is facilitated when the automatic carrying equipment overhauls or fails.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, another embodiment of the present utility model provides a docking apparatus, which includes a frame 200, a console 300, and a docking device 100 according to the first embodiment, where the docking device 100 and the console 300 are disposed on the frame 200, the console 300 is used to start or close the docking device 100, and the console 300 is suspended above the docking device 100, so as to increase the height of the manipulation position, and facilitate manual operation.

Specifically, the rack 200 has a storage platform suspended in a middle portion thereof, the docking apparatus 100 is disposed above the storage platform, and the lifting controller 32 is disposed below and fixed to the storage platform.

In this embodiment, the docking apparatus further includes an indicator light 500 for sending a docking success signal, where the indicator light 500 is disposed on a side of the console 300 facing away from the docking device 100, so that the docking success signal can be more intuitively seen.

With continued reference to fig. 2, in this embodiment, the docking apparatus further includes a loading auxiliary device 400, where the loading auxiliary device 400 may be deployed on one side of the docking device 100 or be accommodated at the bottom of the docking device 100. The loading aid 400 may be slidably or rotatably coupled to the docking device 100.

Specifically, the feeding auxiliary device 400 can facilitate manual feeding and taking, but the feeding auxiliary device 400 is not required to be used during automatic feeding or taking, the feeding auxiliary device 400 can be arranged in a drawer-like form at this time, the feeding auxiliary device 400 is pulled out to a proper working position when in use, and the feeding auxiliary device 400 is pushed into and contained at the bottom of the connection device 100 when not in use.

In this embodiment, as shown by an arrow in fig. 2, a path of manual feeding and discharging is: the manual feeding, button starting, carrying by the connection device 100, reaching a material taking position, taking materials by an external processing device, processing, returning after the processing is finished, carrying by the connection device 100, reaching a discharge hole, sending a connection success signal by the indication lamp 500, and manually discharging.

The docking device 100 adopts a mode of operating the console 300 by both hands, so that misoperation is effectively avoided. In combination with feedback from field personnel, a hidden feeding auxiliary device 400 is specially designed, so that personnel can feed and discharge materials from the container.

In this embodiment, as shown by the arrow in fig. 1, the path of full-automatic AGV feeding and discharging is: AGV feeding-AGV sending feeding completion signal-carrying by the connection device 100-reaching the material taking position-taking and processing by external equipment-putting back after processing is completed-carrying by the connection device 100-reaching the discharge hole-notifying AGV discharging.

The connection device 100 and the AGV adopt a 1000M wireless module communication mode, so that the high efficiency and accuracy of data transmission are ensured. The connection device 100 is also provided with various communication interfaces, can coordinate production with most equipment, and has extremely strong universality.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present utility model, and the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions easily contemplated by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present utility model should be included in the present utility model. Accordingly, the scope of the utility model should be assessed as that of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A docking apparatus for transferring a workpiece between an automated handling device and an external processing apparatus, comprising:

a conveying mechanism (10);

a conveying driver (20) for driving the conveying mechanism (10) to drive the workpiece to move;

-a transfer mechanism (30) comprising a stage (34) and a transfer drive (35), the stage (34) being adapted to carry the workpiece from the conveyor mechanism (10), the transfer drive (35) being adapted to drive the stage (34) to transfer the workpiece between the conveyor mechanism (10) and the external processing device;

and the communication connector is used for enabling the connection device (100) to be in signal connection with the automatic conveying equipment so as to enable the automatic conveying equipment and the conveying mechanism (10) to be matched and conveyed.

2. The docking device according to claim 1, further comprising a main body (50), wherein the transfer mechanism (10), the transfer driver (20), the transfer mechanism (30) and the transfer driver (35) are all provided on the main body (50), and the transfer mechanism (10) and the transfer mechanism (30) are provided on opposite ends of the main body (50).

3. The docking device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism (30) has a detachable portion (31) for carrying the work piece and a lift controller (32), the lift controller (32) being for driving the detachable portion (31) to move in the up-down direction.

4. The docking device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism (30) further comprises a displacement driver (33), the transfer mechanism (10) comprises a loading transfer line (11) and a discharging transfer line (12) arranged in parallel, and the displacement driver (33) is configured to drive the stage (34) to be alternately connected with the loading transfer line (11) or the discharging transfer line (12) so as to receive the workpiece of the loading transfer line (11) and to transfer the workpiece to the discharging transfer line (12).

5. The docking device according to claim 4, characterized in that the number of transfer drives (20) is two, the loading transfer line (11) and the unloading transfer line (12) being controlled by different transfer drives (20), respectively.

6. The docking device according to claim 5, characterized in that each of the transfer drives (20) is provided on a side of the transfer mechanism (10) facing away from the loading transfer line (11) or on a side facing away from the unloading transfer line (12).

7. The docking device according to claim 4, wherein the displacement drive (33) comprises a guide rail (331) slidingly connected to the stage (34), and a first linear module (332), the first linear module (332) being configured to drive the stage (34) to be alternately connected to the loading conveyor line (11) or the unloading conveyor line (12) along the guide rail (331).

8. A docking apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the elevation controller (32) includes a second linear module (321) extending in an up-down direction and a connection frame (322) for extending a driving distance of the second linear module (321), the second linear module (321) being connected to the detachable portion (31) through the connection frame (322).

9. A docking device, characterized by comprising a frame (200), a console (300) and a docking apparatus (100) according to any one of claims 1-8, said docking apparatus (100) and said console (300) being provided in said frame (200), said console (300) being suspended above said docking apparatus (100), said console (300) being adapted to activate or deactivate said docking apparatus (100).

10. The docking apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a loading aid (400), wherein the loading aid (400) can be deployed to one side of the docking device (100) or housed to the bottom of the docking device (100).