CN220519476U - Multi-clip quick carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

A multi-clip quick handling device comprises a base and a clip pick-up mechanism fixed on the base. The clip pick-up mechanism comprises a displacement mechanism and a carrying head fixed on the displacement mechanism. The carrying head comprises a vacuum suction head and a clip profiling seat. The clip profiling seat comprises a main positioning column used for positioning the clip main body and an auxiliary positioning step structure used for positioning the clip gripper. The main positioning column and the strip-shaped step far away from the main positioning column side form a groove arm of the strip-shaped step at the main positioning column side. The strip-shaped steps on the side of the main positioning column form a strip-shaped groove structure between the groove arms. The strip-shaped groove structure is a strip-shaped inserting groove of the clip arm, so that the position of the clip arm is positioned through the groove. The top surface of the main positioning column is an arc-shaped surface with two high sides and two low sides in the middle in the length direction, and the arc-shaped surface is matched with the bottom surface outline of the clip main body. The utility model can finish the picking up and carrying of a plurality of clips in the process of assembling and changing the parts twice, thereby greatly improving the production efficiency and reducing the cost.

Description

Multi-clip quick carrying device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic production line of an electronic throttle valve.

Background

The electronic throttle valve body is an important component of an automobile power assembly. The electronic throttle valve body is used for controlling the air inlet flow of the engine. The throttle valve is a controllable valve for controlling air to enter the engine to determine the operation condition of the engine, the air is mixed with gasoline (different types of vehicles and different designed mixing parts) after entering the air inlet pipe, the air becomes combustible mixed gas and participates in combustion work, and a driver operates the throttle valve opening by operating an accelerator pedal.

In the prior art, the locking mode of a plastic cover of an electronic throttle valve body is updated to the clamping mode of a clamp from the traditional screw locking mode. The most immediate benefit of this is a great reduction in raw material costs. The clamp is basically arranged manually, so that the clamp is not beneficial to an efficient automatic assembly production line due to the fact that the clamp is mostly of a special-shaped design from the assembly point of view. Typically, there are 6 clips for locking the plastic lid per electronic throttle valve body product. From the above, the prior art has the following drawbacks: on the one hand, the assembly fixture is difficult to design, and the fixture lacks versatility. On the other hand, the manual assembly efficiency is low, the assembly line speed is not kept up, the production efficiency is seriously influenced, and the production cost is increased.

Therefore, a device is needed to solve the above problems, so as to greatly improve the production efficiency and reduce the cost.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a multi-clip quick carrying device which can pick up and carry a plurality of clips in the process of assembling and replacing the clips twice, thereby greatly improving the production efficiency and reducing the cost.

In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model provides a multi-clip quick handling apparatus, which includes a base and a clip pick-up mechanism fixed on the base. The clip pick-up mechanism comprises a displacement mechanism and a carrying head fixed on the displacement mechanism. The carrying head comprises a vacuum suction head and a clip profiling seat. The clip profiling seat comprises a main positioning column used for positioning the clip main body and an auxiliary positioning step structure used for positioning the clip gripper. The main positioning column is positioned in the middle of the clip profiling seat and is of a slope columnar structure with wide bottom and narrow top in the width direction. The auxiliary positioning step structures are respectively arranged on two sides of the main positioning column, and the strip-shaped steps on the sides of the adjacent main positioning columns are lower than the strip-shaped steps on the sides far away from the main positioning columns. And the main positioning column and the strip-shaped step far away from the main positioning column side form a groove arm of the strip-shaped step at the main positioning column side. The strip-shaped steps on the side of the main positioning column form a strip-shaped groove structure between the groove arms. The strip-shaped groove structure is a strip-shaped inserting groove of the clip arm, so that the position of the clip arm is positioned through the groove. The top surface of the main positioning column is an arc-shaped surface with two high sides and two low sides in the middle in the length direction, and the arc-shaped surface is matched with the bottom surface outline of the clip main body.

Preferably, a through hole is formed in the middle of the main positioning column, and a vacuum suction head is arranged in the through hole of the main positioning column.

Preferably, the through hole in the middle of the main positioning column is a cloud-shaped structure through hole with a wide center and narrow two sides. The middle part of the cloud-shaped structure through hole is provided with a first vacuum through hole, a vacuum channel is arranged in the first vacuum through hole, and the front end of the first vacuum through hole is used for installing a rubber head. The two sides of the first vacuum through hole are both provided with positioning holes which are used for fixing the clip profiling seat so as to position the clip.

Preferably, the clip pick-up mechanism further comprises a carrier head positioning structure. The carrying head positioning structure comprises a second vacuum through hole and carrying head fixing holes on two sides of the second vacuum through hole. The handling head fixing hole is of a bolt positioning structure, and the handling head is fixed at the top of the base through the handling head fixing hole.

Preferably, the second vacuum through hole is arranged in the middle of the top surface of the base.

Preferably, the midpoints of the carrier head fixing holes and the midpoints of the second vacuum through holes are all located on the same straight line.

Preferably, the diameters of the carrier head fixing holes are smaller than the diameters of the second vacuum through holes.

As an preferable mode, the multi-clip quick handling device provided by the utility model further comprises a turntable and a clip positioning tool, wherein the clip positioning tool is used for positioning the clips. The carousel sets up in the below of checkpost pickup mechanism, just checkpost location frock is installed in on the carousel.

Preferably, the turntable is a circular or oval turntable, and 2,3, 4,5 or 6 clip positioning tools are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the turntable.

Preferably, a baffle perpendicular to the axis is arranged on the side direction, away from the axis of the turntable, of the clip positioning tool, the baffle is rectangular, circular, elliptical, polygonal or irregular, and a groove is formed in the turntable between adjacent clip positioning tools.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model realizes the picking and carrying of a plurality of clips in the process of assembling and replacing the parts twice by adopting the design of carrying 6 clips at one time and matching with an automatic feeding vibration disc and an industrial robot, thereby greatly improving the production efficiency and reducing the cost. In actual use, the average handling time of each clip is about 1 second.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:

1. the universality is strong: on one hand, the utility model can convey workpieces with other shapes by disassembling and replacing the conveying heads with different sizes. On the other hand, the clamp positioning tool can be disassembled and replaced by the clamp positioning tool with corresponding size and shape, and is used for placing different workpieces. In addition, by adjusting the number of susceptors, the number of workpieces to be carried at one time can be changed. The universality of the tooling is greatly improved, the quick mold changing of the tooling on the production line is realized, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.

2. The adjustment is convenient: the tool disclosed by the utility model is simple in structural design, easy to realize, low in cost and low in manufacturing cost, is easy to operate and maintain, does not need special maintenance, and greatly reduces the production cost and the labor cost.

3. Positioning is accurate: utilize transport head, carousel and checkpost location frock to mutually support, realized the accurate positioning of work piece, reduced the work of manual debugging, improved production efficiency by a wide margin.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective top view of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a first structural schematic diagram of the turntable and clip positioning tool of the present utility model.

Fig. 3 is a second structural schematic diagram of the turntable and clip positioning tool of the present utility model.

Fig. 4 is a third structural schematic diagram of the turntable and clip positioning tool of the present utility model.

Fig. 5 is a fourth structural schematic diagram of the turntable and clip positioning tool of the present utility model.

Fig. 6 is a fifth structural schematic diagram of the turntable and clip positioning tool of the present utility model.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a turntable structure according to the present utility model.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a carrier head positioning structure of the present utility model.

Fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a carrier head according to the present utility model.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view of a workpiece to be handled in accordance with the present utility model.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the clip pick-up mechanism of the present utility model.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the multi-clip quick-handling apparatus of the present utility model will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments described herein are specific embodiments of the present utility model, which are intended to be illustrative and exemplary of the inventive concept, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model and embodiments of the utility model. In addition to the embodiments described herein, those skilled in the art can adopt other obvious solutions based on the disclosure of the claims and specification of the present application, including any obvious substitutions and modifications to the embodiments described herein.

The drawings in the present specification are schematic views, which assist in explaining the concept of the present utility model, and schematically show the shapes of the respective parts and their interrelationships.

In this embodiment, fig. 11 shows a structural example of the clip pickup mechanism 3 of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 11, the present utility model provides a multi-clip quick-handling apparatus including a base 2 and a clip pick-up mechanism 3 fixed to the base 2. The clip pickup mechanism 3 includes a displacement mechanism 32 and a carrier head 31 fixed to the displacement mechanism 32. The displacement mechanism 32 may include not only a movable mechanical device such as a conveyor belt, a robot arm, and/or a robot, but also a vibrating tray. For example, as shown in fig. 11, the displacement mechanism 32 may include a first slide rail 321, a second slide rail 322, a third slide rail 323, and a fixed base 324. The fixing base 324 is fixed with a first sliding rail 321, a second sliding rail 322 is slidably fixed on the first sliding rail 321 along the first sliding rail 321, a third sliding rail 323 is slidably fixed on the second sliding rail 322 along the second sliding rail 322, and the carrier head 31 is slidably fixed on the third sliding rail 323 along the third sliding rail 323. And, the first slide rail 321321, the second slide rail 322 and the third slide rail 323 are disposed along three directions, respectively. It should be noted that fig. 11 is only an example of the present utility model, and it is convenient for those skilled in the art to understand the present utility model, not to limit the present utility model. The person skilled in the art can choose the corresponding displacement mechanism according to the actual load bearing and accuracy requirements.

Fig. 9 shows the structure of the carrier head 31 of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 9, the carrier head 31 includes a vacuum suction head 312 and a clip profile seat 311. The clip profile seat 311 includes a main positioning column 3111 for positioning the clip main body 11 and an auxiliary positioning step structure (3112,3113) for positioning the grip of the clip 1. The main positioning column 3111 is located in the middle of the clip profiling seat 311, and the main positioning column 3111 has a slope column structure with a wide bottom and a narrow top in the width direction. The auxiliary positioning step structures (3112,3113) are respectively arranged at two sides of the main positioning column 3111, and the strip steps at the sides of the adjacent main positioning columns 3111 are lower than the strip steps at the sides far away from the main positioning columns 3111. And, the main column 3111 and the bar-shaped step away from the main column 3111 constitute a groove arm of the bar-shaped step on the main column 3111 side. The bar-shaped steps on the side of the main positioning column 3111 form bar-shaped groove structures (3114,3115) between the groove arms. Fig. 10 shows an example of the clip 1 to be carried of the present utility model, and the structure of the clip 1 is merely for reference to explain the present utility model. As shown in fig. 10, the strip-shaped groove structure (3114,3115) of the clip profile seat 311 is a strip-shaped insertion groove of the clip arms (12, 13), so that the positions of the clip arms (12, 13) are positioned by the groove. The top surface of the main positioning column 3111 is an arc surface with two high sides and low sides in the middle in the length direction, and the arc surface is matched with the bottom surface contour of the clip main body 11.

It is further preferable that the middle of the main positioning column 3111 is provided with a through hole. A vacuum suction head 312 is disposed in the through hole of the main column 3111.

Further preferably, the through hole in the middle of the main positioning column 3111 is a cloud-like through hole 3116 with a wide center and narrow sides. The middle part of the through hole 3116 of the cloud-shaped structure is provided with a first vacuum through hole 3117, a vacuum channel is arranged in the first vacuum through hole 3117, and the front end of the first vacuum through hole 3117 is used for installing a rubber head. The first vacuum through hole 3117 is provided with positioning holes (3118,3119) on both sides, and the positioning holes (3118,3119) are used for fixing the clip profile seat 311, thereby positioning the clip 1.

Further preferred in this embodiment, fig. 8 shows a carrier head positioning structure 33 of the present utility model. The clip pick-up mechanism 3 further includes a carrier head positioning structure 33 as shown in fig. 8. The carrier head positioning structure 33 includes a second vacuum through hole 331 and carrier head fixing holes (332, 333) on both sides of the second vacuum through hole 331. The carrier head fixing holes (332, 333) are bolt positioning structures, and the carrier head 31 is fixed to the top of the base 2 through the carrier head fixing holes (332, 333).

More specifically, the bottom of the clip profile seat 311 is provided with a clip profile seat chamfer 34. And, the carrier head positioning structure 33 is provided with a carrier head clamping groove 334 at the top. The bottom of the carrier head clamping groove 334 is also provided with a chamfer groove matched with the chamfer 34 of the clip profiling seat. The lower-middle portion of the carrier head positioning structure 33 is provided with a bolt hole 335 for fixing the carrier head positioning structure 33 to the base 2, thereby fixing the carrier head 31 to the base 2.

More specifically, the second vacuum through hole 331 is a through hole in the center of the carrier head positioning structure 33, and the second vacuum through hole 331 and the first vacuum through hole 3117 in the center of the carrier head 31 constitute a communication hole. A vacuum nozzle 312 and a vacuum channel are located in the communication hole. The vacuum suction head 312 is provided on the front outer side of the communication hole, and the cavity on the bottom inner side is a vacuum channel. The rubber suction head is sleeved outside the vacuum suction head 312. The respective carrier head securing holes (332, 333) of the carrier head positioning structure 33 correspond to the positions of the respective positioning holes (3118,3119) on the carrier head 31, and bolts pass through the carrier head securing holes (332, 333) and the positioning holes (3118,3119) to tightly secure the carrier head 31 to the carrier head positioning structure 33.

Further, the midpoints of the carrier head securing holes (332, 333) are all collinear with the midpoint of the second vacuum through-hole 331. The carrier head securing holes (332, 333) are each smaller in diameter than the second vacuum through-hole 331.

Further preferably, the multi-clip quick handling apparatus provided by the present utility model further includes a turntable 4 and a clip positioning tool 5, where the clip positioning tool 5 is used to position the clip 1. The turntable 4 is arranged below the clip pick-up mechanism 3, and the clip positioning tool 5 is arranged on the turntable 4.

This embodiment further preferably, fig. 7 shows the structure of the turntable 4 of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 7, the turntable 4 may be a circular or oval turntable 4. Fig. 2 to 6 show the structures of the turntable 4 and the clip positioning tool 5 of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 2 to 6, 2,3, 4,5 or 6 clip positioning tools 5 may be provided at intervals along the circumferential direction of the turntable 4.

More specifically, clip positioning tool mounting grooves (41, 42,43,44,45, 46) may be provided on the turntable 4 at intervals. Those skilled in the art can select the appropriate number, location and shape of the clip locating tool mounting slots (41, 42,43,44,45, 46) according to the number, location and shape of the actual clip locating tools. And, a proper number, position and shape of grooves 47 are provided between the clip positioning tool mounting grooves (41, 42,43,44,45, 46).

In this embodiment, it is further preferable that a baffle (511,521,531,541,551,561) perpendicular to the axis is provided on the side of the clip positioning tool 5 away from the axis of the turntable 4. The baffle (511,521,531,541,551,561) is rectangular, circular, oval, polygonal or irregularly shaped. And, grooves 47 are provided on the turntable 4 between adjacent clip positioning tools (51, 52,53,54,55, 56). In order to facilitate positioning of the turntable 4 and positioning of other tools, corresponding mounting holes 48 may also be provided in the turntable 4. The number, location and shape of the mounting holes 48 may also be set as desired.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective top view of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 1 and 11, the material transformation procedure of the present utility model is as follows:

step 1: the carrier head 31 is mounted to the base 2.

Step 2: the rubber suction head is mounted to the carrier head 31.

Step 3: the turntable 4 rotates the clip positioning tool 51 to the area to be handled.

Step 4: the carrying head 31 moves to above the clip 1 placed on the clip positioning tool 51 in the area to be carried, slightly contacting the clip 1.

Step 5: the vacuum path is activated and the clip 1 is picked up.

Step 6: the turntable 4 rotates the clip positioning tools (52, 53,54,55,56, 56) to the area to be carried in sequence.

Step 7: the carrying head 31 is moved to the corresponding clip positioning tool (52, 53,54,55,56, 56) in the area to be carried, and is placed over the corresponding clip 1, in slight contact with the clip 1.

Step 8: the vacuum channel is activated and the corresponding clip 1 is picked up.

Step 9: finally, the 6 clips 1 are carried to the assembly position at one time.

It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the picking order and the picking number of the clips 1 in the steps 3 to 8 may be freely arranged and combined according to the actual situation, so that any number of clips 1 may be freely picked up for carrying. Therefore, the utility model can flexibly and freely carry the required workpiece.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model realizes the picking and carrying of a plurality of clips 1 in the process of assembling and replacing the parts twice by adopting the design of carrying the 6 clips 1 once and matching with an automatic feeding vibration disc and an industrial robot, thereby greatly improving the production efficiency and reducing the cost. In actual use, the average carrying time of each clip 1 is about 1 second.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:

1. the universality is strong: on the one hand, the present utility model can carry workpieces of other shapes by removing and replacing the carrying heads 31 of different sizes. On the other hand, the clip positioning tool 5 can be disassembled and replaced by the clip positioning tool 5 with corresponding size and shape for placing different workpieces. Further, by adjusting the number of the susceptors 2, the number of the workpieces to be carried at one time can be changed. The universality of the tooling is greatly improved, the quick mold changing of the tooling on the production line is realized, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.

2. The adjustment is convenient: the tool disclosed by the utility model is simple in structural design, easy to realize, low in cost and low in manufacturing cost, is easy to operate and maintain, does not need special maintenance, and greatly reduces the production cost and the labor cost.

3. Positioning is accurate: utilize transport head 31, carousel 4 and checkpost location frock 5 mutually support, realized the accurate positioning of work piece, reduced the work of manual debugging, improved production efficiency by a wide margin.

The above description has been given of the embodiments of the multi-clip quick-handling apparatus of the present utility model, and the purpose is to explain the spirit of the present utility model. Note that modifications and combinations of the features of the above-described embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present utility model, and therefore, the present utility model is not limited to the above-described embodiments. Specific features of the utility model such as shape, size and location may be specifically designed with the effect of the features disclosed above, all of which are within the ability of those skilled in the art. Moreover, each feature disclosed above is not limited to the combination of the features disclosed with other features, and other combinations of features may be made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the purpose of the present utility model, so as to achieve the purpose of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A multi-clip quick handling apparatus, comprising: a base and a clip pick-up mechanism fixed on the base; wherein,

the clip pick-up mechanism comprises a displacement mechanism and a carrying head fixed on the displacement mechanism; wherein,

the carrying head comprises a vacuum suction head and a clip profiling seat; the clip profiling seat comprises a main positioning column used for positioning a clip main body and an auxiliary positioning step structure used for positioning a clip gripper; wherein,

the main positioning column is positioned in the middle of the clip profiling seat and is of a slope column structure with a wide bottom and a narrow top in the width direction;

the auxiliary positioning step structures are respectively arranged at two sides of the main positioning column, and the strip-shaped steps at the sides adjacent to the main positioning column are lower than the strip-shaped steps at the sides far away from the main positioning column; the main positioning column and the strip-shaped step far away from the main positioning column side form a groove arm of the strip-shaped step at the main positioning column side; the strip-shaped steps on the side of the main positioning column form a strip-shaped groove structure between groove arms; the strip-shaped groove structure is a strip-shaped inserting groove of the clip arm, so that the position of the clip arm is positioned through the groove;

the top surface of the main positioning column is an arc-shaped surface with two high sides and two low sides in the middle in the length direction, and the arc-shaped surface is matched with the bottom surface outline of the clip main body.

2. The multi-clip quick handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein a through hole is provided in a middle portion of the main positioning column; the vacuum suction head is arranged in the through hole of the main positioning column.

3. The multi-clamp quick-handle device of claim 2, wherein,

the through hole in the middle of the main positioning column is a cloud-shaped structure through hole with a wide center and narrow sides;

the middle part of the cloud-shaped structure through hole is provided with a first vacuum through hole, a vacuum channel is arranged in the first vacuum through hole, and the front end of the first vacuum through hole is used for installing a rubber head;

and positioning holes are formed in two sides of the first vacuum through hole and used for fixing the clamp profiling seat so as to position the clamp.

4. The multi-clip quick handler of claim 1, wherein the clip pick-up mechanism further comprises a carrier head positioning structure; wherein,

the carrying head positioning structure comprises a second vacuum through hole and carrying head fixing holes at two sides of the second vacuum through hole; the carrying head fixing hole is of a bolt positioning structure, and the carrying head is fixed at the top of the base through the carrying head fixing hole.

5. The quick multi-clip handling apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second vacuum through hole is disposed in a middle portion of the top surface of the base.

6. The multi-clamp quick carrier of claim 5 wherein the midpoints of the carrier head attachment holes are all collinear with the midpoint of the second vacuum through hole.

7. The multi-clip quick carrier of claim 6 wherein the carrier head securing holes are each smaller in diameter than the second vacuum through holes.

8. The multi-clip quick handling apparatus of any of claims 1-7, further comprising a turntable and a clip positioning fixture for positioning a clip; wherein,

the turntable is arranged below the clip pick-up mechanism, and the clip positioning tool is arranged on the turntable.

9. The multi-clamp quick-handle device of claim 8, wherein,

the turntable is a round or oval turntable;

and 2,3, 4,5 or 6 clip positioning tools are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the turntable.

10. The multi-clamp quick-handle device of claim 9, wherein,

a baffle perpendicular to the axis is arranged on the side direction, away from the axis of the turntable, of the clip positioning tool; the baffle is rectangular, circular, elliptical, polygonal or irregular; and, in addition, the processing unit,

grooves are formed in the rotary disc between the adjacent clip positioning tools.