CN220679968U - Automatic terminal box assembling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic terminal box assembling machine which is characterized by comprising a first feeding assembly, a material conveying assembly, a second feeding assembly, two screw machines and a third feeding assembly; the material conveying assembly comprises a material channel and a limiting piece, four material loading holes which are distributed side by side are formed in the side wall of the material channel, facing the second material loading assembly, and the outlet ends of the two screw machines are distributed along the width direction of the material channel; the second material loading subassembly is including the vibration dish, send the post to say, the distributor block, the lifting cylinder, push away material cylinder and ejector pin, set up four on the distributor block and be used for bearing the terminal and can respectively with four feed opening one-to-one's branch material holes, drive the distributor block through the lifting cylinder and remove to between material way and the ejector pin so that the ejector pin can push away the terminal in the distributor hole through the feed opening and get into in the material way, solved prior art and adopted manual installation and had the problem that end button box packaging efficiency is low, the qualification rate is low and there is the potential safety hazard.

Description

Automatic terminal box assembling machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of ammeter automatic production equipment, in particular to an automatic terminal button box assembling machine.

Background

With the development of society, the electric power industry is continuously changed and innovated, various functional electric meters are continuously generated, and the electric meters are very frequently used in families and enterprises, so that the electric meters are also very frequently installed and replaced. At present, most electric meters are provided by a power supply bureau, the specifications of the electric meters are similar, a terminal box of an electric meter shell is one of important parts of the electric meters, the main body is used for realizing the functions of wiring connection of a circuit, power outage of a relay and electric quantity measurement of a transformer, the terminal box is used as a common single-phase electric meter, four binding posts are respectively arranged on the terminal box and used for feeding a live wire, discharging the live wire, feeding a zero wire and discharging the zero wire, the relay is provided with two ports, the relay needs to be connected on the feeding of the live wire and discharging the live wire in a bridging mode, the forced power outage function can be realized, the transformer is also provided with two ports, the power consumption measurement function can be realized through the bridging of the zero wire.

In the prior art, in the process of assembling the terminal box, four binding posts are manually arranged in the terminal box, then the terminal box is manually arranged below a screw machine, the screw machine is started to screw four screws corresponding to the four binding posts, then the position of the terminal box is manually adjusted, the screw machine is started to screw the other four screws corresponding to the four binding posts, finally the terminal box is taken out, whether two screws on each binding post are connected in place or not is observed, and the operation has defects, and the operation of manually installing the binding posts and manually arranging the terminal box below the screw machine is complex, low in automation degree and low in processing efficiency; secondly, the screw driving operation needs to manually adjust the position of the end button box, so that the screw cannot be driven into the correct position due to position deviation, the qualification rate is reduced, and the processing cost is high; thirdly, when the position of the end button box below the screw machine is manually adjusted, the screw machine is not completely closed and is suddenly started, so that the damage to an operator is easy, and potential safety hazards exist.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects existing in the prior art, the utility model aims to provide an automatic terminal box assembling machine with high safety, high processing efficiency and high qualification rate.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the automatic terminal box assembly machine comprises a first feeding assembly for feeding the terminal box, a material conveying assembly which is connected with the first feeding assembly and has multiple stations, a second feeding assembly which is positioned on one side of the material conveying assembly and is used for conveying binding posts onto the material conveying assembly, two screw machines which are distributed along the length direction of the material conveying assembly in sequence, and a third feeding assembly which is used for providing screws for the two screw machines;

the material conveying assembly comprises a material channel connected with the first material conveying assembly and a limiting piece positioned on the material channel and used for assisting in positioning of the terminal box, four material conveying holes which are distributed side by side and used for passing through binding posts are formed in the side wall of the material channel facing the second material conveying assembly, and the outlet ends of the two screw machines are distributed along the width direction of the material channel;

the second feeding assembly comprises a vibration disc, a column feeding channel connected with the outlet end of the vibration disc, a distributing block located at the port of the column feeding channel, a lifting cylinder for lifting the distributing block to the position equal to the feeding hole, a pushing cylinder located above the column feeding channel and a pushing rod located on the output shaft of the pushing cylinder and used for pushing the binding posts, four distributing holes which are used for bearing the binding posts and can be in one-to-one correspondence with the four feeding holes are formed in the distributing block, and the lifting cylinder drives the distributing block to move between the material channel and the pushing rod so that the pushing rod can push the binding posts in the distributing holes through the feeding holes to enter the material channel.

As a further improvement of the utility model, the side wall of the material channel far away from the column feeding channel is provided with four limiting holes corresponding to the four feeding holes respectively, the second feeding assembly also comprises four limiting rods which are opposite to the four limiting holes respectively and a limiting cylinder for driving the four limiting rods to move simultaneously, and the limiting cylinder drives the limiting rods to penetrate through the limiting holes and locally extend into the material channel.

As a further improvement of the utility model, the limiting piece comprises a fixed block positioned above the material channel, a movable block limited on the material channel and positioned below the fixed block, and a pressure spring limited between the fixed block and the movable block, and the end part of the movable block extending into the material channel presses down the end button box to enable the end button box to stop on a corresponding station.

As a further improvement of the utility model, the third feeding component comprises a feeding disc, a screw rack positioned at one side of the feeding disc, two groups of blanking pieces which can be respectively communicated with two screw machines, a group of switching cylinders positioned at one side of the screw rack, a switching block positioned on an output shaft of the switching cylinders and a group of injection pieces positioned above the screw rack and communicated with the output end of the feeding disc, wherein the screw rack is provided with a group of switching grooves which are arranged side by side and used for the switching blocks to move, the two groups of blanking pieces are positioned on the bottom of the switching grooves, and the switching blocks are provided with switching holes, so that the switching holes can be communicated with one group of blanking pieces or one group of injection pieces by adjusting the positions of the switching blocks in the switching grooves through the switching cylinders.

As a further improvement of the utility model, the utility model further comprises a visual detection device and a material distributing cylinder which are sequentially distributed along the conveying direction of the material channel and are close to the outlet end of the material channel, wherein the output shaft of the material distributing cylinder moves along the width direction of the material channel.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that: the first feeding assembly conveys the terminal box to the material conveying assembly, the material conveying assembly sequentially moves the terminal box to the second feeding assembly and the two screw machines, the second feeding assembly and the two screw machines sequentially finish the loading of the binding posts and the driving of the two groups of screws for the terminal box, and finally the assembly of the terminal box is finished. The design of the limiting piece can assist in distributing and positioning the terminal box, so that the phenomenon that the terminal box continuously moves forward due to inertia when the multi-station conveying mechanism stops is avoided, and the terminal box can smoothly enter the terminal box.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the combination of the material handling assembly and the screw machine of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a partial exploded view of the material handling assembly of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of FIG. 3 at A;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second loading assembly according to the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a split view of the third loading assembly of the present utility model without the loading plate and with only one distributor block.

Reference numerals: 1. a first feeding assembly; 2. a material conveying component; 21. a material channel; 22. a limiting piece; 23. a feeding hole; 24. a limiting hole; 25. fixing blocks; 26. a moving block; 27. a pressure spring; 3. a second feeding assembly; 31. a vibration plate; 32. a column conveying channel; 33. a distributor block; 34. lifting a cylinder; 35. a pushing cylinder; 36. a pushing rod; 37. a material distributing hole; 38. a limit rod; 39. a limit cylinder; 4. a screw machine; 5. a third feeding assembly; 51. a feeding disc; 52. a screw rack; 53. a blanking member; 54. switching the cylinder; 55. a switching block; 56. an injection member; 57. a switching groove; 58. a switching hole; 6. a visual detection device; 7. and a material distributing cylinder.

Detailed Description

The utility model will now be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples. Wherein like parts are designated by like reference numerals.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, an automatic terminal box assembling machine of the present embodiment includes a first feeding assembly 1 for feeding terminal boxes, a multi-station material transporting assembly 2 connected with the first feeding assembly 1, a second feeding assembly 3 located at one side of the material transporting assembly 2 and used for transporting binding posts onto the material transporting assembly 2, two sets of screw machines 4 sequentially distributed along the length direction of the material transporting assembly 2, and a third feeding assembly 5 used for providing screws for the two screw machines 4;

the first feeding assembly 1 can adopt the prior art, the first feeding assembly 1 comprises a direct vibrator and a conveying channel, and the conveying channel can be externally connected with a vibrating disc for conveying the terminal button box;

the material conveying assembly 2 can adopt a multi-station conveying mechanism in the prior art, the material conveying assembly 2 comprises a material channel 21 and a limiting piece 22, one end of the material channel 21 is connected with one end of the conveying channel, the limiting piece 22 is positioned on the material channel 21, one end of the limiting piece extends into the material channel 21, four material feeding holes 23 which are distributed side by side and are penetrated by binding posts are formed in the side wall of the material channel 21 facing the second material feeding assembly 3, the outlet ends of the two screw machines 4 are distributed along the width direction of the material channel 21, the limiting piece 22 comprises a fixed block 25, a movable block 26 and a pressure spring 27, the fixed block 25 and the movable block 26 are L-shaped blocks, one end of the fixed block 25 is perpendicular to the upper surface of the material channel 21 and is positioned on the material channel 21, one end of the movable block 26 penetrates through the upper surface of the material channel 21 and extends into the inner cavity of the material channel 21, the other end of the movable block 26 is positioned below one end of the fixed block 25, the pressure spring 27 is added between the movable block 26 and the fixed block 25, the two ends of the pressure spring 27 are respectively contacted with the fixed block 25 and the top of the movable block 26, and the length direction of the pressure spring 27 is perpendicular to the upper surface of the material channel 21;

the second feeding assembly 3 comprises a vibration disc 31, a column feeding channel 32, a distributing block 33, a lifting cylinder 34, a pushing cylinder 35 and a pushing rod 36, wherein the length direction of the column feeding channel 32 is perpendicular to the length direction of the material channel 21, the column feeding channel 32 is positioned at one side of the material channel 21, one end of the column feeding channel 32 is externally connected with the vibration disc 31, four grooves for loading binding posts are formed in the column feeding channel 32 and are lower than the feeding holes 23, the lifting cylinder 34 is positioned below the column feeding channel 32, the distributing block 33 is positioned on an output shaft of the lifting cylinder 34, four distributing holes 37 corresponding to the four grooves of the column feeding channel 32 are formed in the distributing block 33, the distributing block 33 is positioned between the column feeding channel 32 and the material channel 21, the pushing cylinder 35 is positioned above the column feeding channel 32, the number of the pushing rods 36 is four and are fixedly connected with the output shaft of the pushing cylinder 35, and the four pushing rods 36 are opposite to the four feeding holes 23 respectively;

the third feeding assembly 5 comprises a feeding disc 51, a screw frame 52, two groups of blanking pieces 53, a group of switching cylinders 54, a group of switching blocks 55 and a group of injection pieces 56, wherein the number of the groups of switching blocks 55 is four, the screw frame 52 is positioned at one side of the feeding disc 51, four switching grooves 57 which are arranged side by side are arranged on the screw frame 52, two blanking pieces 53 are arranged at the bottom of each switching groove 57, the two blanking pieces 53 of each switching groove 57 are respectively communicated with two screw machines 4, switching holes 58 which are perpendicular to the bottoms of the switching grooves 57 are formed in the four switching blocks 55, the four switching cylinders 54 are respectively arranged in the four switching grooves 57, the four switching cylinders 54 are respectively positioned at one side of the screw frame 52 and respectively correspond to the four switching grooves 57, the output shafts of the four switching cylinders 54 are respectively penetrated through the side walls of the screw frame 52 and are fixedly connected with the corresponding switching blocks 55, the four injection pieces 56 are positioned above the screw frame 52 and respectively communicated with the four switching grooves 57, the four injection pieces 56 are respectively connected with the two switching grooves 57 in an external connection mode at the output ends of the feeding disc 51, and the four switching blocks 56 are respectively positioned between the two high-gear positions and the four switching blocks 53;

in the initial state, the distributing block 33 is positioned at the tail end of the column conveying channel 32, the distributing hole 37 is communicated with a groove in the column conveying channel 32, the switching cylinder 54 is in the middle gear, the four switching blocks 55 are positioned in the middle position of the switching groove 57, the four switching holes 58 are respectively communicated with the four injection pieces 56, the pressure spring 27 pushes the moving block 26 to be in contact with the upper surface of the material channel 21, and the processing steps are as follows:

the first step, the direct vibrator conveys the end button box on the conveying channel to the end part of the material channel 21, and one end of the driven block 26 extending into the material channel 21 is propped to stop moving, meanwhile, four binding posts on the column conveying channel 32 enter the distributing block 33 and are respectively positioned in four distributing holes 37, and the feeding disc 51 inputs four screws into four switching holes 58 through four injection pieces 61;

secondly, the multi-station conveying mechanism operates to enable the end button box at the end part of the material channel 21 to linearly move along the length direction of the material channel 21, the end button box pushes the movable block 26 upwards and slides relative to the end part of the movable block 26, the pressure spring 27 deforms and shortens until the end button box is separated from the movable block 26, the pressure spring 27 recovers to deform, the movable block 26 recovers to an initial state and limits the next end button box, the end button box separated from the movable block 26 moves to a first station, the multi-station conveying mechanism stops operating, the end button box is limited by the limiting piece 22 at the first station, and four positions of the end button box for the installation of binding posts correspond to the four feeding holes 23 respectively;

thirdly, the lifting cylinder 34 drives the distributing block 33 to move upwards until the four distributing holes 37 respectively correspond to the four feeding holes 23, the lifting cylinder 34 stops operating, the distributing block 33 partially shields the end part of the column feeding channel 32, the pushing cylinder 35 operates and drives the four pushing rods 36 to penetrate through the corresponding distributing holes 37, binding posts in the distributing holes 37 are pushed into the end button boxes by the pushing rods 36, then the pushing cylinder 35 and the lifting cylinder 34 are reset in sequence, and the binding posts in the column feeding channel 32 enter the distributing block 55 for the next time;

fourth, the multi-station conveying mechanism continues to operate and drives the terminal box with the binding post to move to the position below the first screw machine 4, then the multi-station conveying mechanism stops operating, the switching cylinder 54 is switched to a low gear, the switching block 55 moves to a position along the length direction of the corresponding switching groove 57, the switching hole 58 is communicated with one blanking piece 53 on the bottom of the switching groove 57, the screws in the switching hole 58 enter the first screw machine 4 through the blanking piece 53, the first screw machine 4 drives four screws into the terminal box side by side to enable the binding post to be connected with the terminal box in a preliminary mode, then the switching cylinder 54 is restored and the first screw machine 4 is restored to an initial state, and a new set of screws enter the switching hole 57 through the injection piece 56;

fifthly, the multi-station conveying mechanism continues to operate and drives the terminal box with the binding post to move below the second screw machine 4, then the multi-station conveying mechanism stops operating, the switching cylinder 54 is switched to a high grade, the switching block 55 moves to a proper position along the length direction of the corresponding switching groove 57, the switching hole 58 is communicated with the other blanking piece 53 on the bottom of the switching groove 57, the screws in the switching hole 58 enter the second screw machine 4 through the blanking piece 53, the second screw machine 4 drives four screws into the terminal box side by side so that the binding post is finally connected with the terminal box, then the switching cylinder 54 is restored and the second screw machine 4 is restored to an initial state, and a new group of screws enter the switching hole 57 through the injection piece 56;

sixthly, the multi-station conveying mechanism continues to operate and drives the assembled end button box to move to the tail end of the material channel 21 to be collected;

the six steps are repeated to assemble a large number of terminal boxes one by one, so that the design is high in assembly efficiency and qualification rate, reduces labor cost, avoids potential safety hazards of personnel injury, and improves safety, and compared with the prior art, the design of manually installing binding posts and screwing can realize the whole processing automation of feeding, batch installation of the binding posts, screwing and collection;

the limiting piece 22 can assist in distributing and positioning the terminal box, so that the phenomenon that the terminal box moves forward continuously due to inertia when the multi-station conveying mechanism stops is avoided, and the terminal box can enter the terminal box smoothly;

the switching cylinder 54 drives the switching block 55 to move, so that compared with a design that only one feeding disc 51 is used for feeding two screw machines 4, a design that two feeding discs 51 are used for feeding two screw machines 4 respectively can reduce the required installation space, simplify the complexity and the installation difficulty of the equipment, and simultaneously reduce the use cost of a user.

As a specific embodiment of improvement, because the pushing rod 36 pushes the binding post unidirectionally, the binding post continues to move forward due to inertia when the pushing rod 36 stops moving, the threaded hole on the binding post and the through hole of the end knob box are caused to be misplaced, so that the screw cannot be smoothly driven into the binding post, in order to solve the problem, as shown in fig. 3, four limiting holes 24 corresponding to the four feeding holes 23 are formed in the side wall of the material channel 21 far away from the material feeding channel 32, the second feeding assembly 3 further comprises four limiting rods 38 corresponding to the four limiting holes 24 respectively and a limiting cylinder 39 for driving the four limiting rods 38 to move simultaneously, in the second step of the processing step, the limiting cylinder 39 drives the four limiting rods 38 to move, one end of the four limiting rods 38 penetrates through the corresponding limiting holes 24 and stretches into the end knob box, then the limiting cylinder 39 stops, in the third step of the processing step, the pushing rod 36 pushes the binding post into the end knob box until the limiting cylinder is propped against the limiting rods 38, and the pushing rod 35 and the limiting cylinder 39 are contacted with the limiting rod 38 respectively, and the end knob box is driven to move simultaneously, so that the finished product is further guaranteed to be driven into the end knob box due to the fact that the end knob box is continuously moved to the inertia after the end knob box is designed to move, in the second step, and the defect that the finished product is further guaranteed.

As an improved specific embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the device further comprises a visual detection device 6 and a material distributing cylinder 7 which are sequentially distributed along the conveying direction of the material channel 21 and are close to the outlet end of the material channel 21, wherein the visual detection device 6 comprises a bracket positioned on one side of the material channel 21 and a camera positioned on the bracket, the camera is electrically connected with a control system, a camera lens faces to the material channel 21, an output shaft of the material distributing cylinder 7 moves along the width direction of the material channel 21, a collecting box can be additionally arranged on the other side of the material channel 21 and the tail end of the material channel 21, a detection step is additionally arranged between the fifth step and the sixth step of the processing step, a multi-station conveying mechanism moves the assembled end button box to the lower part of the camera, the camera transmits a shot picture to the control system for comparison, if the end button box is a qualified product, when the end button box is moved to the material distributing cylinder 7, the qualified product is pushed away from the material channel 21 and falls into a collecting box at the tail end of the material channel 21, if the end button box is a qualified product is moved to the position of the material distributing cylinder 7, and if the qualified product is a qualified product is not designed to be classified into the collecting box and the qualified product when the qualified product is pushed into the qualified product.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and the protection scope of the present utility model is not limited to the above examples, and all technical solutions belonging to the concept of the present utility model belong to the protection scope of the present utility model. It should be noted that modifications and adaptations to the present utility model may occur to one skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present utility model and are intended to be within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (5)

1. An automatic terminal box assembly machine which is characterized in that: the automatic feeding device comprises a first feeding component (1) for feeding the terminal box, a material conveying component (2) which is connected with the first feeding component (1) and has multiple stations, a second feeding component (3) which is positioned at one side of the material conveying component (2) and is used for conveying binding posts onto the material conveying component (2), two screw machines (4) which are sequentially distributed along the length direction of the material conveying component (2), and a third feeding component (5) which is used for providing screws for the two screw machines (4);

the material conveying assembly (2) comprises a material channel (21) connected with the first material conveying assembly (1) and a limiting piece (22) positioned on the material channel (21) and used for assisting in positioning of the terminal box, four material conveying holes (23) which are distributed side by side and used for passing through binding posts are formed in the side wall of the material channel (21) facing the second material conveying assembly (3), and the outlet ends of the two screw machines (4) are distributed along the width direction of the material channel (21);

the second feeding assembly (3) comprises a vibrating disc (31), a feeding column channel (32) connected with the outlet end of the vibrating disc (31), a distributing block (33) located at the port of the feeding column channel (32), a lifting cylinder (34) used for lifting the distributing block (33) to the same height as the feeding hole (23), a pushing cylinder (35) positioned above the feeding column channel (32) and a pushing rod (36) positioned on the output shaft of the pushing cylinder (35) and used for pushing the binding posts, four distributing holes (37) used for bearing the binding posts and capable of being respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the four feeding holes (23) are formed in the distributing block (33), and the lifting cylinder (34) drives the distributing block (33) to move between the feeding channel (21) and the pushing rod (36) so that the binding posts in the distributing holes (37) can be pushed through the feeding holes (23) and enter the feeding channel (21).

2. An automatic terminal box assembling machine according to claim 1, wherein: four limiting holes (24) corresponding to the four feeding holes (23) are formed in the side wall, far away from the column feeding channel (32), of the material channel (21), the second feeding assembly (3) further comprises four limiting rods (38) which are opposite to the four limiting holes (24) respectively and limiting cylinders (39) used for driving the four limiting rods (38) to move simultaneously, and the limiting rods (38) are driven to penetrate through the limiting holes (24) through the limiting cylinders (39) to extend into the material channel (21) locally.

3. An automatic terminal box assembling machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the limiting piece (22) comprises a fixed block (25) positioned above the material channel (21), a movable block (26) limited on the material channel (21) and positioned below the fixed block (25) and a pressure spring (27) limited between the fixed block (25) and the movable block (26), and the end part of the limiting piece (22) extending into the material channel (21) presses down the end button box through the movable block (26) so that the end button box can stop on a corresponding station.

4. An automatic terminal box assembling machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the third feeding assembly (5) comprises a feeding disc (51), a screw rack (52) positioned on one side of the feeding disc (51), two groups of blanking pieces (53) which can be respectively communicated with two screw machines (4), a group of switching cylinders (54) positioned on one side of the screw rack (52), a switching block (55) positioned on an output shaft of the switching cylinders (54) and a group of injection pieces (56) positioned above the screw rack (52) and communicated with the output end of the feeding disc (51), a group of switching grooves (57) which are arranged side by side and used for the switching block (55) to move are formed in the screw rack (52), the two groups of blanking pieces (53) are positioned on the bottom of the switching grooves (57), and the switching holes (58) are formed in the switching blocks (55) by adjusting the positions of the switching blocks (55) in the switching grooves (57) through the switching cylinders (54), so that the switching holes (58) can be communicated with the blanking pieces (53) or the injection pieces (56).

5. An automatic terminal box assembling machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the automatic feeding device is characterized by further comprising visual detection devices (6) and feeding cylinders (7) which are sequentially distributed along the conveying direction of the material channel (21) and are close to the outlet end of the material channel (21), and an output shaft of each feeding cylinder (7) moves along the width direction of the material channel (21).