CN220011291U

CN220011291U - Sorting and feeding equipment

Info

Publication number: CN220011291U
Application number: CN202320605842.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邱国良; 宋先玖; 肖知平
Original assignee: Dongguan Kaige Precision Machinery Co ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan Kaige Precision Machinery Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-03-24
Filing date: 2023-03-24
Publication date: 2023-11-14
Anticipated expiration: 2033-03-24

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of material sorting, and discloses sorting and feeding equipment which comprises a mounting frame, and a feeding device, a first transfer manipulator, a transfer device and a second transfer manipulator which are respectively arranged on the mounting frame, wherein the second transfer manipulator is arranged between the first transfer manipulator and the transfer device; the transfer device is provided with a plurality of temporary storage stations for storing the material boxes at intervals along the vertical direction, and workpieces borne by the material boxes in different temporary storage stations are different in specification; the second transfer manipulator is used for placing the workpieces in the feeding device into corresponding material boxes in the transfer device, and the material boxes in the transfer device are provided with a plurality of storage tanks with openings facing the second transfer manipulator and used for storing the workpieces; the first transfer manipulator is arranged on one side of the top of the feeding device and is used for transferring different types of workpieces in the feeding device to the second transfer manipulator. The sorting and feeding equipment in the implementation has smaller occupied area.

Description

Sorting and feeding equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of material sorting, in particular to sorting and feeding equipment.

Background

At present, sorting and feeding equipment is generally sorted through a manipulator, a plurality of bins are arranged on one side of the bottom of the manipulator, each bin carries workpieces of one specification, and the workpieces in the bins are moved out of the bins after being fully stored so as to be fed to the next working procedure.

In the prior art, a plurality of feed boxes are paved at one side of the bottom of the manipulator, so that the occupied area of the sorting and feeding equipment is large, and the occupied area of the sorting and feeding equipment is not beneficial to being reduced.

In view of this, it is desirable to design a sort feed device to reduce the footprint of the sort feed device.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a sorting and feeding device which is small in occupied area.

To achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the sorting and feeding equipment comprises a mounting frame, and a feeding device, a first transfer manipulator, a transfer device and a second transfer manipulator which are respectively arranged on the mounting frame, wherein the second transfer manipulator is arranged between the first transfer manipulator and the transfer device;

the transfer device is provided with a plurality of temporary storage stations for storing the feed boxes at intervals along the vertical direction, and workpieces borne by the feed boxes in different temporary storage stations are different in specification;

the second transfer manipulator is used for placing the workpieces in the feeding device into corresponding material boxes in the transfer device, and the material boxes in the transfer device are provided with a plurality of storage tanks with openings facing the second transfer manipulator and used for storing the workpieces;

the first transfer manipulator is arranged on one side of the top of the feeding device and is used for transferring different types of workpieces in the feeding device to the sorting machine and also used for transferring different types of workpieces on the sorting machine to the second transfer manipulator.

Optionally, the feeding device comprises a feeding conveyer belt, a discharging conveyer belt and a carrier lifting device;

the feeding conveyer belt is arranged at one side of the bottom of the discharging conveyer belt;

when the carrier lifting device is positioned at a preset feeding height, the feed box on the feeding conveyor belt can horizontally enter the carrier lifting device; when the carrier lifting device is positioned at a preset discharging height, a material box on the carrier lifting device can horizontally enter the discharging conveyor belt;

the inlet side of the feeding conveyer belt and the outlet side of the discharging conveyer belt are positioned on the same side of the mounting frame, and the conveyer belt surfaces of the feeding conveyer belt and the discharging conveyer belt are parallel to the horizontal plane.

Optionally, the first transfer manipulator is provided with an adsorption device for sucking the workpiece and a visual recognition device for recognizing the type of the workpiece, and the first transfer manipulator is connected with the second transfer manipulator by a flashlight.

Optionally, the transfer device comprises a vertical sliding rail installed on the installation frame, a bearing frame slidingly installed on the vertical sliding rail, and a driving device for driving the bearing frame to move along the vertical sliding rail;

the bearing frame forms a plurality of temporary storage stations.

Optionally, a material changing port for allowing the material box in the temporary storage station to pass through is arranged on one side of the transfer device away from the second transfer manipulator.

Optionally, the second transfer robot is provided with at least two carrying bars for carrying the workpiece.

Optionally, the second transfer manipulator includes a manipulator body and a horizontal driving device for driving the manipulator body to move along a horizontal direction;

the bearing rod is arranged on the manipulator body.

Optionally, the horizontal driving device comprises a horizontal sliding rail, a bearing plate slidingly arranged on the horizontal sliding rail and a horizontal driving assembly for driving the bearing plate along the horizontal sliding rail;

the manipulator body is mounted on the bearing plate.

Optionally, the feeding device further comprises a third transfer manipulator mounted on the mounting frame;

the third transfer manipulator comprises a clamping jaw and a linear driving device for driving the clamping jaw to move back and forth along a preset first direction;

the clamping jaw is used for taking out workpieces in a feed box on the carrying platform lifting device at a preset discharging height.

Optionally, a pre-storing station for pre-storing the workpiece is further arranged on the mounting frame;

the first transfer robot is also configured to transfer the workpieces in the third transfer robot, the second transfer robot, or the pre-store station to the sorter feed station.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

in this embodiment, through being provided with a plurality of station of keeping in along vertical direction interval on transfer device, and the workbin in the transfer device has the opening to be used for depositing the storage tank of work piece towards a plurality of second transfer manipulator to and through the mutual cooperation of first transfer manipulator and second transfer manipulator, thereby can realize placing the effect in the workbin of different specification work pieces in the different station of keeping in, thereby make a plurality of workbins three-dimensional distribution, be favorable to reducing the area of a plurality of workbins, thereby be favorable to reducing the area of selecting separately feed equipment.

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 used 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 other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without inventive faculty for a person skilled in the art.

The structures, proportions, sizes, etc. shown in the drawings are shown only in connection with the present disclosure, and are therefore not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, since any modification, variation in proportions, or adjustment of the size, which would otherwise be used by those skilled in the art, would not have the essential significance of the present disclosure, would still fall within the scope of the present disclosure without affecting the efficacy or achievement of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a sorting and feeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a sorting and feeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a sorting and feeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a sorting and feeding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a sorting and feeding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the position a in fig. 5.

Illustration of: 1. a mounting frame; 2. a feeding device; 21. a feed conveyor belt; 22. a discharge conveyor belt; 23. a carrier lifting device; 3. a first transfer robot; 4. a transfer device; 41. a vertical slide rail; 42. a load-bearing frame; 43. a driving device; 5. a second transfer robot; 51. a robot body; 52. a horizontal driving device; 521. a horizontal slide rail; 522. and a horizontal driving assembly.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, features and advantages of the present utility model more comprehensible, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments of the present utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. It is noted that when one component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or intervening components may also be present.

The technical scheme of the utility model is further described below by the specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment of the utility model provides sorting and feeding equipment which is small in occupied area.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the sorting and feeding apparatus includes a mounting frame 1 for supporting, and a feeding device 2, a first transferring manipulator 3, a transferring device 4, and a second transferring manipulator 5 respectively mounted on the mounting frame 1, wherein the second transferring manipulator 5 is disposed between the first transferring manipulator 3 and the transferring device 4.

The transfer device 4 is provided with a plurality of temporary storage stations for storing the material boxes along the vertical direction at intervals, and the workpiece specifications borne by the material boxes in different temporary storage stations are different.

The second transferring manipulator 5 is used for placing the workpieces in the feeding device 2 into corresponding bins in the transferring device 4, and the bins in the transferring device 4 are provided with a plurality of storage tanks which are opened towards the second transferring manipulator 5 and used for storing the workpieces.

The first transfer robot 3 is arranged on the top side of the feeding device 2 for transferring different types of workpieces in the feeding device 2 to the sorting machine and also for transferring different types of workpieces on the sorting machine to the second transfer robot 5. It should be added that the workpiece in this embodiment is in a sheet shape, which is an annular disk provided with a blue film, and a chip may be provided on the blue film. The types of chips on the annular disk are different, and therefore a sorter is required to sort so that the types of all chips on the annular disk are identical.

Specifically, the sorting work piece steps are as follows:

(1) the feeder 2 feeds the workpieces so that the workpieces can be fed to a set sorting position.

(2) The first transfer robot 3 sucks the work pieces at the set sorting positions and transfers them to the sorting machine.

(3) The sorting machine sorts the chips of the annular disc, and sorts the same chips to the other annular disc; if the specifications of the other annular disc chips are the same and are full, the annular disc chips are input into subsequent production equipment;

(4) if the chips on the other annular disc chip are not full, the second transfer manipulator 5 sends the workpiece to the second transfer manipulator 5 to be put into a temporary storage station, and when the type of chips need to be sorted later, the other annular disc is input into the sorting machine through the first transfer manipulator 3 again for sorting.

Corresponding here means that workpieces of the same specification are sorted into the same bin, i.e. there are a plurality of annular disks in the same bin, and the chip specifications on each annular disk are the same.

Optionally, the feeding device 2 comprises a feeding conveyer belt 21, a discharging conveyer belt 22 and a carrying platform lifting device 23; the feeding conveyor 21 is disposed on the bottom side of the discharging conveyor 22.

When the carrier lifting device 23 is positioned at a preset feeding height, a material box on the feeding conveyer belt 21 can horizontally enter the carrier lifting device 23; when the carrier lifting device 23 is positioned at a preset discharging height, the material box on the carrier lifting device 23 can horizontally enter the discharging conveyor belt 22.

The inlet side of the feeding conveyor belt 21 and the outlet side of the discharging conveyor belt 22 are positioned on the same side of the mounting frame 1, and the conveyor belt surfaces of the feeding conveyor belt 21 and the discharging conveyor belt 22 are parallel to the horizontal plane.

Specifically, when the stage elevating device 23 is elevated to the preset feed height, the second transfer robot 5 moves downward and sucks the work piece in the bin located at the preset discharge height. The second transfer robot 5 sucks the workpiece, then rises, and moves toward the second transfer robot 5 to place the workpiece on the second transfer robot 5.

Alternatively, the first transfer robot 3 is provided with a suction device for sucking the workpiece and a visual recognition device for recognizing the type of the workpiece, and the first transfer robot 3 is electrically connected to the second transfer robot 5.

Specifically, the visual recognition device is used for respectively identifying the types of the workpieces, so that the workpieces can finally and accurately enter the feed boxes corresponding to the transfer device 4. That is, the first transfer robot 3 recognizes a workpiece of one specification and transmits specification information of the workpiece to the second transfer robot 5, and the second transfer robot 5 determines a position of a corresponding bin according to the specification information of the workpiece and finally puts the workpiece into the corresponding bin.

In a specific embodiment, the transferring device 4 comprises a vertical sliding rail 41 mounted on the mounting frame 1, a bearing frame 42 slidably mounted on the vertical sliding rail 41, and a driving device 43 for driving the bearing frame 42 to move along the vertical sliding rail 41; the carrier frame 42 forms a plurality of temporary storage stations.

Specifically, the driving device 43 drives the bearing frame 42 to lift. Specifically, the driving device 43 includes a driving motor, a screw rod, a driving pulley installed on a rotating shaft of the motor, and a driven pulley installed on the screw rod, where the driving motor drives the driving pulley to rotate, and then drives the driven pulley to rotate through a transmission belt, so as to finally drive the screw rod to rotate. The bearing frame 42 is mounted on a screw rod, and the screw rod rotates to drive the bearing frame 42 to lift.

Optionally, a side of the transfer device 4 remote from the second transfer robot 5 is provided with a feed opening for the feed bin in the temporary storage station to pass through. After the bin is full, the full bin may be removed from the mouth and fed to the next process, and then empty bins may be loaded from the mouth.

Optionally, the second transfer robot 5 is provided with at least two load bars for carrying the work pieces. The two bearing rods extend into the feed box so that the workpieces can fall into the storage groove. It is emphasized that the slot of the storage tank is oriented towards the second transfer robot 5, so that the second transfer robot 5 can more simply put the work pieces into the storage tank.

Optionally, the second transfer robot 5 includes a robot body 51 and a horizontal driving device 52 for driving the robot body to move in a horizontal direction; the carrier bar is disposed on the robot body 51.

Optionally, the horizontal driving device 52 includes a horizontal slide rail 521, a carrying plate slidably disposed on the horizontal slide rail 521, and a horizontal driving assembly 522 for driving the carrying plate along the horizontal slide rail 521; the robot body 51 is mounted on the carrier plate.

Optionally, the feeding device 2 further comprises a third transfer robot 6 mounted on the mounting frame 1; the third transfer robot 6 includes a gripper 61 and a linear driving device 62 for driving the gripper 61 to move back and forth in a preset first direction; the clamping jaw 61 is used for taking out workpieces in a bin located on the carrier lifting device 23 at a preset discharge height. Specifically, the third transferring manipulator 6 is slidably disposed on the mounting frame, and the linear driving device 62 may include a motor, where the motor drives the synchronous pulley to rotate so as to drive the synchronous belt to rotate, and the synchronous belt drives the third transferring manipulator 61 to slide back and forth to achieve material taking.

Preferably. Two feeding devices 2 of identical construction can be provided, one for feeding and the other for discharging.

It should be noted that, except for including the horizontal driving device 52, the other structures of the second transfer robot 5 are the same as those of the third transfer robot 6, and the gripper 61 is provided on the robot body 51 of the second transfer robot 5.

Optionally, a pre-storing station for pre-storing the workpiece is further arranged on the mounting frame 1; the first transfer robot is also used to transfer the workpieces in the third transfer robot 6, the second transfer robot 5, or the pre-store station to the sorter feed station.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and not for limiting the same; although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model.

Claims

1. The sorting and feeding equipment is characterized by comprising a mounting frame (1), and a feeding device (2), a first transferring manipulator (3), a transferring device (4) and a second transferring manipulator (5) which are respectively arranged on the mounting frame (1);

the transfer device (4) is provided with a plurality of temporary storage stations for storing the feed boxes at intervals along the vertical direction, and workpieces borne by the feed boxes in different temporary storage stations are different in specification;

the second transfer manipulator (5) is used for placing the workpieces in the feeding device (2) into corresponding feed boxes in the transfer device (4), and the feed boxes in the transfer device (4) are provided with a plurality of storage tanks with openings facing the second transfer manipulator (5) and used for storing the workpieces;

the first transfer manipulator (3) is arranged on one side of the top of the feeding device (2) and is used for transferring different types of workpieces in the feeding device (2) to the sorting machine and also used for transferring different types of workpieces on the sorting machine to the second transfer manipulator (5).

2. The sorting feeding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the feeding device (2) comprises a feeding conveyor belt (21), a discharge conveyor belt (22) and a carrier lifting device (23);

the feeding conveyer belt (21) is arranged at one side of the bottom of the discharging conveyer belt (22);

when the carrier lifting device (23) is positioned at a preset feeding height, a feed box on the feeding conveyer belt (21) can horizontally enter the carrier lifting device (23); when the carrying platform lifting device (23) is positioned at a preset discharging height, a material box on the carrying platform lifting device (23) can horizontally enter the discharging conveyor belt (22);

the inlet side of the feeding conveyor belt (21) and the outlet side of the discharging conveyor belt (22) are positioned on the same side of the mounting frame (1), and the conveyor belt surfaces of the feeding conveyor belt (21) and the discharging conveyor belt (22) are parallel to the horizontal plane.

3. The sorting feeding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the first transfer robot (3) is provided with suction means for sucking up the workpiece and visual recognition means for recognizing the type of the workpiece, and the first transfer robot (3) is electrically connected to the second transfer robot (5).

4. A sorting feeding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the transfer device (4) comprises a vertical slide rail (41) mounted on the mounting frame (1), a carrying frame (42) slidably mounted on the vertical slide rail (41), and a driving device (43) for driving the carrying frame (42) to move along the vertical slide rail (41);

the carrier frame (42) forms a plurality of temporary storage stations.

5. The sorting and feeding device according to claim 4, characterized in that a side of the transfer means (4) remote from the second transfer robot (5) is provided with a feed opening for the feed bin in the temporary storage station to pass through.

6. The sorting feeding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the second transfer robot (5) is provided with at least two carrying bars for carrying the work pieces.

7. The sorting feeding apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the second transfer robot (5) comprises a robot body (51) and a horizontal driving device (52) for driving the robot body to move in a horizontal direction;

the bearing rod is arranged on the manipulator body (51).

8. The sorting feeding apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the horizontal driving means (52) comprises a horizontal slide rail (521), a carrier plate slidingly arranged on the horizontal slide rail (521), and a horizontal driving assembly (522) for driving the carrier plate along the horizontal slide rail (521);

the manipulator body (51) is mounted on the carrier plate.

9. The sorting feeding apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the feeding device (2) further comprises a third transfer robot (6) mounted on the mounting frame (1);

the third transfer manipulator (6) comprises a clamping jaw (61) and a linear driving device (62) for driving the clamping jaw (61) to move back and forth along a preset first direction;

the clamping jaw (61) is used for taking out workpieces in a material box on the carrying platform lifting device (23) at a preset discharging height.

10. The sorting and feeding device according to claim 9, characterized in that the mounting frame (1) is further provided with a pre-storing station for pre-storing the work pieces;

the first transfer robot is also used for transferring the workpieces in the third transfer robot (6), the second transfer robot (5) or the pre-storing station to the feeding station of the sorting machine.