CN220500067U - Carton raw materials feeding system - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a carton raw materials feeding system is applied to the material loading of carton raw materials, and carton raw materials feeding system includes the material loading station, presss from both sides and gets tilting mechanism and conveying mechanism. The feeding station is used for bearing carton raw materials, and the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the carton raw materials placed on the feeding station to the carton nailing station. The clamping and overturning mechanism is arranged between the feeding station and the conveying mechanism and is used for clamping the carton raw materials from the feeding station and placing the carton raw materials on the conveying mechanism after overturning. The carton raw material feeding system of this application degree of automation is high, and the material loading process need not artifical the participation, has improved production efficiency, has reduced the cost of labor, has eliminated manual operation's potential safety hazard.

Description

Carton raw materials feeding system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of carton production and manufacturing, in particular to a carton raw material feeding system.

Background

In the production process of the paper boxes, patterns are generally required to be printed on the front surfaces of the paper box raw materials, then the stacked paper box raw materials are manually turned one by one to enable the front surfaces (printing surfaces) of the paper box raw materials to be placed downwards, the paper box raw materials are enabled to pass through a box nailing machine one by one, box nailing operation is carried out on the back surface interface of the paper box raw materials by the box nailing machine, and the paper boxes after the box nailing operation are folded are carried out for use. However, the manual turning of the carton raw materials one by one causes low production line efficiency, high manual labor intensity and potential safety hazard.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problem that the production line is low in efficiency, high in labor intensity and potential safety hazard caused by manually overturning the carton raw materials one by one, the application provides a carton raw material feeding system.

The application provides a carton raw material feeding system, which comprises a feeding station, a clamping and overturning mechanism and a conveying mechanism;

the feeding station is configured to bear carton raw materials, and the conveying mechanism is configured to convey the carton raw materials placed on the feeding station to the carton nailing station;

the clamping turnover mechanism is arranged between the feeding station and the conveying mechanism and is used for clamping the carton raw materials from the feeding station and placing the carton raw materials on the conveying mechanism after being turned over by a preset angle.

The clamping and overturning mechanism comprises a mechanical arm assembly, an overturning assembly and a clamping assembly; the first face of the turnover component is rotationally connected with the output end of the mechanical arm component, the second face of the turnover component is fixedly connected with the clamping component, the clamping component is configured to clamp the carton raw materials, and the turnover component is configured to enable the clamping component and the carton raw materials clamped by the clamping component to turn over by a preset angle under the driving of the mechanical arm component.

The clamping assembly comprises a fixed block and a sliding block, the rear end of the fixed block is fixedly arranged on the second surface of the overturning assembly, the rear end of the sliding block is slidably arranged on the second surface of the overturning assembly, and the sliding block is configured to slide relative to the fixed block to clamp or loosen the carton raw materials.

The sliding block comprises a plurality of cutting pieces, wherein the front end of one cutting piece is provided with a picking block and a picking driver, the picking driver is in driving connection with the picking block, and the picking block comprises a sharp angle structure;

the picking block is configured to be driven by the picking driver to approach the carton raw material along the extending direction of the sliding block, and the sharp corner structure of the picking block picks up the edge of the carton raw material; alternatively, the pick-up block is spaced apart from the carton stock along the extension of the slide block, and the edges of the carton stock fall onto the fixed block.

The lifting block is of a right triangle structure, one right-angle side is perpendicular to the extending direction of the sliding block, and the other right-angle side is identical to the extending direction of the sliding block; an acute angle of the right triangle is used to lift the edges of the carton stock.

The paper feeding device comprises a fixing block and a paper feeding roller, wherein the fixing block is of a polygonal supporting plate structure, the front end of the fixing block is provided with the paper feeding roller, and the paper feeding roller is configured to bear paper box raw materials and enable the paper box raw materials to slide on the paper feeding roller.

The feeding station comprises a tray placing frame, wherein the tray placing frame is of a rectangular bracket structure and is used for bearing a tray loaded with the carton raw materials.

The feeding station further comprises a limiting frame, the limiting frame is of a long support structure and extends along the vertical direction, the tray placing frame is located between the limiting frame and the mechanical arm assembly, and the limiting frame is closely arranged on the tray placing frame.

The conveying mechanism comprises a conveying belt, a conveying limiting clamping plate and a conveying driver; the first end of the conveying belt is arranged adjacent to the mechanical arm assembly, and the second end of the conveying belt is arranged adjacent to the nail box station; the conveying limiting clamping plate is arranged at the second end of the conveying belt and comprises two clamping plates which are oppositely arranged, and the carton raw materials flow into the carton nailing station through an opening formed between the two clamping plates; the conveying driver is arranged at the bottom of the conveying belt and used for driving the conveying belt to convey the carton raw materials.

The carton raw material feeding system further comprises a protective fence, wherein the protective fence encloses the feeding station, the clamping turnover mechanism and the conveying mechanism in the protective fence;

the entrance of the protective fence is provided with an alarm sensing unit which is configured to give an alarm when a person passes through the entrance.

Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects: the carton raw materials feeding system of this application is got tilting mechanism through pressing from both sides and is got the carton raw materials clamp of material loading station to with the printing face upset to place downwards on the conveying mechanism carry out the nail case to nail case station, the material loading process need not artifical the participation, has improved production efficiency, has reduced the cost of labor, has eliminated manual operation's potential safety hazard.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, 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 application and therefore should not be considered limiting the scope, and that 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 diagram of a carton raw material loading system shown according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a gripping assembly shown in an embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a conveying mechanism shown in an embodiment.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

In the description of the present application, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific context.

The application provides a carton raw materials feeding system, including material loading station, clamp get tilting mechanism and conveying mechanism. The feeding station is used for bearing carton raw materials, and the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the carton raw materials placed on the feeding station to the carton nailing station. The clamping and overturning mechanism is arranged between the feeding station and the conveying mechanism and is used for clamping the carton raw materials from the feeding station and placing the carton raw materials on the conveying mechanism after overturning. The carton raw material feeding system of this application degree of automation is high, and the material loading process need not artifical the participation, has improved production efficiency, has reduced the cost of labor, has eliminated manual operation's potential safety hazard.

According to one exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the present application provides a carton raw material loading system comprising a loading station 100, a gripping and turning mechanism 200, a conveying mechanism 300, and a protective fence 400.

As shown in fig. 1, the loading station 100 is used for carrying carton raw materials, and in this embodiment, the loading station 100 includes a tray rack 110 and a limiting rack 120.

The tray rack 110 is a rectangular tray structure for carrying trays loaded with carton raw materials, where the carton raw materials on the trays are stacked one by one with the printing surfaces facing each other. The tray can be limited by arranging the tray placing frame 110, so that the tray is placed at a designated position. The spacing 120 is long support structure, extends along vertical direction, and the height of spacing 120 can be according to the quantity setting of the carton raw materials of stacking on the actual tray, and this application does not do the restriction. The tray placing frame 110 is located between the limiting frame 120 and the clamping turnover mechanism 200, and the limiting frame 120 is arranged close to the tray placing frame 110. When the clamping turnover mechanism 200 clamps the carton raw materials on the tray placing frame 110, the limiting frame 120 provides a reaction force to play a supporting role.

As shown in fig. 1, the gripping and turning mechanism 200 is disposed between the loading station 100 and the conveying mechanism 300, and is used for gripping the carton raw material from the loading station 100, turning the carton raw material by a predetermined angle, which may be 180 ° in this embodiment, and then placing the carton raw material on the conveying mechanism 300, so that the printing surface of the carton raw material is turned from up to down. The gripping and flipping mechanism 200 includes a robotic arm assembly 210, a flipping assembly 220, and a gripping assembly 230.

The mechanical arm assembly 210 is flexible to operate and high in precision, and can be widely applied to industrial production. In this embodiment, the turnover assembly 220 adopts a turnover plate structure, the middle position of the first surface of the turnover assembly 220 is rotationally connected with the output end of the mechanical arm assembly 210, and the second surface of the turnover assembly 220 is fixedly connected with the clamping assembly 230. The turning component 220 is used for turning the clamping component 230 and the carton raw material clamped by the clamping component 230 under the driving of the mechanical arm component 210.

As shown in fig. 2, the clamping assembly 230 is used for clamping the carton raw material, and the clamping assembly 230 comprises a fixed block 231 and a sliding block 232.

The fixed block 231 is of a polygonal supporting plate structure, the front end of the fixed block 231 is provided with a paper feeding roller 2311, the paper feeding roller 2311 is used for bearing paper box raw materials and enabling the paper box raw materials to slide on the paper feeding roller 2311, friction between the fixed block 231 and the paper box raw materials is reduced, and the paper box raw materials can be moved onto the fixed block 231 more easily. The rear end of the fixed block 231 is fixedly arranged at one end of the second surface of the turnover assembly 220, the rear end of the sliding block 232 is slidably arranged on the second surface of the turnover assembly 220, the sliding block 232 can slide up and down on the second surface of the turnover assembly 220 along the vertical direction, the extending direction of the sliding block 232 is parallel to the extending direction of the fixed block 231, and the sliding block 232 slides relative to the fixed block 231 to clamp or loosen the carton raw materials.

The slider 232 is composed of a plurality of slips, wherein the front end of the slip located at the intermediate position is provided with a pickup block 2321 and a pickup driver 2322. The lifting block 2321 includes a pointed structure, in this embodiment, the lifting block 2321 is in a right triangle structure, where one right-angle side is perpendicular to the extending direction of the sliding block 232, i.e. one right-angle side extends along the horizontal direction, and the other right-angle side is the same as the extending direction of the sliding block 232, i.e. the other right-angle side extends along the vertical direction. The pickup actuator 2322 may be a hydraulic actuator, and the pickup actuator 2322 is in driving connection with the pickup block 2321. Under the driving of the lifting driver 2322, the lifting block 2321 approaches the carton raw material along the extending direction of the sliding block 232, the front-most acute angle of the lifting block 2321 lifts the edge of the carton raw material so as to lift the required carton raw material, then the fixing block 231 is inserted into the lifted gap, the lifting driver 2322 drives the lifting block 2321 to be far away from the carton raw material along the extending direction of the sliding block 232, the lifted edge of the carton raw material completely falls onto the fixing block 231, the fixing block 231 is completely inserted into the gap of the carton raw material under the driving of the mechanical arm assembly 210, and the required carton raw material and the rest carton raw materials are separated after the fixing block 231 is inserted into the stacked carton raw material. Then, the carton raw material on the fixed block 231 is clamped together by the sliding of the sliding block 232 and the fixed block 231, and the carton raw material printing surface is placed on the conveying mechanism 300 downwards through the overturning of the overturning assembly 220 and the movement of the mechanical arm assembly 210.

Other mechanisms with sharp corner structures, such as right trapezoid structures or wedge structures, can be used for the lifting block 2321, and the working principle is similar, namely, the front-end sharp corner structure is used for lifting the edge of the carton raw material, so that the fixing block 231 is conveniently inserted into the lifted gap. It should be noted that, the number of the carton raw materials lifted by the lifting block 2321 may be one or a plurality, and the required number of the carton raw materials is set according to actual production requirements, which is not limited in this application.

As shown in fig. 1, the conveyor 300 is configured to convey carton raw materials disposed thereon to a stapling station 900, and the conveyor 300 is positioned between the robotic arm assembly 210 and the stapling station 900. As shown in fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the conveying mechanism 300 includes a conveying belt 310, a conveying limit card 320, and a conveying driver 330.

The first end of the conveyor belt 310 is disposed adjacent the robotic arm assembly 210 and the second end of the conveyor belt 310 is disposed adjacent the stapling station 900 such that carton raw materials are smoothly transported on the conveyor belt 310 to the stapling station 900 by the arrangement of the conveyor belt 310. Carry spacing cardboard 320 to set up in the second end top of conveyer belt 310, carry spacing cardboard 320 including two cardboard that set up relatively, the distance between two cardboard can set up according to the size of carton raw materials, and the carton raw materials of different specifications can set up different cardboard intervals, and the distance between two cardboard is slightly greater than the width of carton raw materials. The carton raw materials flow into the carton nailing station 900 through an opening formed between the two clamping plates, the carton raw materials can be firstly adjusted and aligned before being conveyed to the carton nailing station 900 by arranging the conveying limiting clamping plates 320, the carton raw materials enter the carton nailing station 900 in order and unified for nailing, and the conveying limiting clamping plates 320 can be suitable for carton raw materials with different specifications. A conveyor drive 330 is disposed at the bottom of the conveyor 310, the conveyor drive 330 being optionally a stepper motor for driving the conveyor 310 to transport the carton stock.

As shown in fig. 1, the protective fence 400 encloses the feeding station 100, the clamping and turning mechanism 200 and the conveying mechanism 300 inside the protective fence 400, so that the carton raw material feeding system is isolated from other procedures in a workshop. The entrance of the guard fence 400 is provided with an alarm sensing unit 410, the alarm sensing unit 410 is used for giving an alarm when a person passes through the entrance, when the worker enters the working area through the entrance of the guard fence 400, the alarm sensing unit 410 gives an alarm back, the turnover mechanism 200 is clamped to stop the operation, and the safety of the worker is protected. After the operator checks or replaces the carton raw materials, the operator can manually remove the alarm of the alarm sensing unit 410, restart the system, and run the feeding operation.

The carton raw material feeding system in this application still includes control division (not shown in the figure), and control division adopts PLC system control, and the PLC system has that the commonality is strong, convenient to use, reliability are high, interference killing feature is strong, programming simple characteristics. The control part is respectively connected with the mechanical arm assembly 210, the overturning assembly 220, the sliding block 232, the lifting driver 2322, the conveying driver 330 and the alarm sensing unit 410 in a signal manner, so that signal action control is facilitated.

The paper box raw material feeding system in the application has the working principle that:

first, the entire tray of stacked carton raw materials is placed on the loading station 100, and the printing surface of the carton raw materials faces upwards at this time, and the carton raw materials can be stably placed under the restriction of the tray placing frame 110 and the limiting frame 120.

Then, the mechanical arm assembly 210 approaches the carton raw materials, the lifting blocks 2321 of the clamping assembly 230 lift up the carton raw materials with a certain required quantity, the fixing blocks 231 enter between the stacked carton raw materials from the lower part of the lifted carton raw materials, the lifting blocks 2321 withdraw, the lifted carton raw materials fall onto the fixing blocks 231, the fixing blocks 231 continuously enter the gaps, meanwhile, the paper feeding rollers 2311 can reduce friction between the carton raw materials and the fixing blocks 231, the sliding blocks 232 slide towards the fixing blocks 231 to clamp the lifted carton raw materials, the lifting blocks reach the upper part of the conveying belt 310 under the driving of the mechanical arm assembly 210, the overturning assembly 220 drives the fixing blocks 231 and the sliding blocks 232 to jointly overturn by 180 degrees, the carton raw materials with printing faces upwards are overturned to the printing faces downwards, and the carton raw materials are placed on the conveying belt 310.

Finally, the conveyor belt 310 transports the carton raw materials to the carton stapling station 900 under the drive of the conveyor driver 330, and positions and aligns the carton raw materials when passing through the conveying limiting clamping plate 320, so that the carton raw materials can conveniently enter the carton stapling station 900 to perform carton stapling operation.

Meanwhile, in the conveying process of the conveying belt 310, the overturning assembly 220 rotates 180 degrees, and the fixed block 231 and the sliding block 232 are driven by the mechanical arm assembly 210 to approach the feeding station 100 for the next clamping, so that continuous line production is formed.

To sum up, the carton raw materials feeding system in this application is applied to the material loading of carton raw materials, and degree of automation is high, and the material loading process need not artifical the participation, has reduced the cost of labor, has improved carton material loading efficiency, has eliminated manual operation's potential safety hazard to through adjusting different specification parameters, can realize the carton raw materials material loading of multiple specification, satisfy different demands.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and are not limiting thereof. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should 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 of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. The carton raw material feeding system is characterized by comprising a feeding station (100), a clamping and overturning mechanism (200) and a conveying mechanism (300);

the loading station (100) is configured to carry carton raw materials, and the conveying mechanism (300) is configured to convey the carton raw materials placed thereon to a carton nailing station (900);

the clamping turnover mechanism (200) is arranged between the feeding station (100) and the conveying mechanism (300), and the clamping turnover mechanism (200) is used for clamping carton raw materials from the feeding station (100) and placing the carton raw materials on the conveying mechanism (300) after being turned over by a preset angle.

2. The carton raw material loading system of claim 1, wherein,

the clamping turnover mechanism (200) comprises a mechanical arm assembly (210), a turnover assembly (220) and a clamping assembly (230); the first face of the overturning assembly (220) is rotationally connected with the output end of the mechanical arm assembly (210), the second face of the overturning assembly (220) is fixedly connected with the clamping assembly (230), the clamping assembly (230) is configured to clamp the carton raw materials, and the overturning assembly (220) is configured to enable the clamping assembly (230) and the carton raw materials clamped by the clamping assembly (230) to overturn by a preset angle under the driving of the mechanical arm assembly (210).

3. The carton raw material loading system of claim 2, wherein,

the clamping assembly (230) comprises a fixed block (231) and a sliding block (232), the rear end of the fixed block (231) is fixedly arranged on the second face of the overturning assembly (220), the rear end of the sliding block (232) is slidably arranged on the second face of the overturning assembly (220), and the sliding block (232) is configured to slide relative to the fixed block (231) to clamp or loosen the carton raw materials.

4. The carton raw material loading system of claim 3, wherein,

the sliding block (232) comprises a plurality of cutting, wherein a picking block (2321) and a picking driver (2322) are arranged at the front end of one cutting, the picking driver (2322) is in driving connection with the picking block (2321), and the picking block (2321) comprises a sharp corner structure;

the pick-up block (2321) is configured to be driven by the pick-up driver (2322), the pick-up block (2321) approaching the carton raw material along an extension direction of the sliding block (232), the pointed structure of the pick-up block (2321) picking up an edge of the carton raw material; alternatively, the pick-up blocks (2321) are spaced apart from the carton stock along the extension of the slide blocks (232), with the edges of the carton stock falling onto the fixed blocks (231).

5. The carton raw material loading system of claim 4, wherein,

the lifting block (2321) is in a right triangle structure, one right-angle side is perpendicular to the extending direction of the sliding block (232), and the other right-angle side is the same as the extending direction of the sliding block (232); an acute angle of the right triangle is used to lift the edges of the carton stock.

6. The carton raw material loading system of claim 3, wherein,

the fixing block (231) is of a polygonal supporting plate structure, a paper feeding roller (2311) is arranged at the front end of the fixing block (231), and the paper feeding roller (2311) is configured to bear the paper box raw material and enable the paper box raw material to slide on the paper feeding roller (2311).

7. The carton raw material loading system of claim 2, wherein,

the feeding station (100) comprises a tray placing frame (110), wherein the tray placing frame (110) is of a rectangular bracket structure and is used for bearing a tray loaded with carton raw materials.

8. The carton raw material loading system of claim 7, wherein,

the feeding station (100) further comprises a limiting frame (120), the limiting frame (120) is of a long support structure and extends along the vertical direction, the tray placing frame is located between the limiting frame (120) and the mechanical arm assembly (210), and the limiting frame (120) is closely arranged on the tray placing frame (110).

9. The carton raw material loading system of claim 2, wherein,

the conveying mechanism (300) comprises a conveying belt (310), a conveying limit clamping plate (320) and a conveying driver (330); a first end of the conveyor belt (310) is disposed adjacent the robotic arm assembly (210), and a second end of the conveyor belt (310) is disposed adjacent the staple box station (900); the conveying limiting clamping plate (320) is arranged at the second end of the conveying belt (310), the conveying limiting clamping plate (320) comprises two clamping plates which are oppositely arranged, and the carton raw materials flow into the carton nailing station (900) through an opening formed between the two clamping plates; the conveying driver (330) is arranged at the bottom of the conveying belt (310) and is used for driving the conveying belt (310) to convey the carton raw materials.

10. The carton raw material loading system of claim 1, wherein,

the carton raw material feeding system further comprises a protective fence (400), wherein the protective fence (400) encloses the feeding station (100), the clamping turnover mechanism (200) and the conveying mechanism (300) inside the protective fence (400);

an alarm sensing unit (410) is arranged at the entrance of the protective fence (400), and the alarm sensing unit (410) is configured to give an alarm when a person passes through the entrance.