CN220765814U - Novel anchor clamps and automatic unloading mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic operation, and particularly discloses a novel clamp and an automatic blanking mechanism, which comprise a fixed seat and a movable plate, wherein a first installation position is formed on the fixed seat, and the movable plate is detachably arranged on the first installation position; the movable plate is provided with a vacuum adsorption module and a pushing module for adsorbing products, and the vacuum adsorption module and the pushing module are in relative position relation; under the state of breaking vacuum, the pushing module pushes the product on the vacuum adsorption module to be separated from the clamp; the novel clamp provided by the utility model can be applied to the adsorption positioning requirements of products with different sizes, has the advantage of strong universality, can automatically discharge the products, has the advantage of simple structure, can realize the automatic operation effect, and effectively improves the production efficiency.

Description

Novel anchor clamps and automatic unloading mechanism

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic operation, in particular to a novel clamp and an automatic blanking mechanism.

Background

In the process of production operation of the battery cell, automatic positioning and transmission of the battery cell are often involved, and in the prior art, the battery cell is positioned and placed on the clamp in a mode of combining the transmission mechanism with the clamp, and the clamp is transmitted on the transmission mechanism.

Because the surface of the battery cell is easy to damage in a mechanical clamping mode, a vacuum suction mode is mostly adopted in the current industry, namely, a vacuum chuck is arranged on a clamp and used for sucking the battery cell, and when the clamp moves to a discharging position under the action of a transmission mechanism, a mechanical arm is used for sucking and discharging the battery cell.

In practical application, the vacuum chuck is fixed at the position on the clamp, and one clamp is usually used for only sucking and positioning one cell, so that when the cell style is replaced on the production line, the clamp is required to be replaced correspondingly, the limitation is high, and the problems of complex structure and complicated positioning exist when the manipulator is used for sucking and discharging the cell, so that the production efficiency is not facilitated to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the problems of strong use restriction, complex structure, influence on production efficiency and the like of the existing clamp, the utility model provides a novel clamp which can be applied to the adsorption positioning requirements of products with different sizes, has the advantage of strong universality, can automatically discharge the products, has the advantage of simple structure, can realize automatic operation effect and effectively improves the production efficiency.

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides the following specific scheme:

the novel clamp comprises a fixed seat and a movable plate, wherein a first installation position is formed on the fixed seat, and the movable plate is detachably arranged on the first installation position;

the movable plate is provided with a vacuum adsorption module and a pushing module for adsorbing products, and the vacuum adsorption module and the pushing module are in relative position relation;

under the state of breaking vacuum, the pushing module pushes the product on the vacuum adsorption module to be separated from the clamp.

In some embodiments, the number of the vacuum adsorption modules is two, and the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules are arranged on the movable plate at intervals;

the pushing modules are matched with the vacuum adsorption modules in number, the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules can correspondingly adsorb two products with smaller relative sizes, and can also adsorb only one product with larger relative sizes, and the two groups of pushing modules are used for pushing and discharging the products, so that the effects of automatic positioning and discharging are achieved.

In some embodiments, the pushing module comprises a transverse moving driving cylinder and a pushing block connected with the transverse moving driving cylinder, and the transverse moving driving cylinder drives the pushing block to push the product on the vacuum adsorption module to be separated from the clamp, so that the automatic blanking effect is realized.

In some embodiments, the production monitoring device further comprises an RFID card, wherein the RFID card is arranged on the fixed seat, and the RFID card is used for storing and tracing the operation data of the product and monitoring the production operation process.

In some embodiments, the vacuum adsorption module comprises a vacuum chuck, a pressure sensor and a vacuum generator, wherein the vacuum chuck and the pressure sensor are arranged on the movable plate, the vacuum chuck is connected with the vacuum generator through an air pipe, the pressure sensor is electrically connected with the vacuum generator, the weight of a product to be adsorbed is judged through the pressure sensor, and the suction force of the vacuum chuck is correspondingly adjusted so as to ensure the adsorption stability of the product.

The application also provides an automatic blanking mechanism, which comprises a blanking guide groove, a product collecting box and the novel clamp described in any one of the above;

the unloading guide way is hollow form, and the unloading guide way is including relative first opening and the second opening that sets up, first opening is located the below that promotes the moving path that the module promoted the product to break away from anchor clamps, the second opening is located the top of product collection box, utilizes to promote the module to promote the product and break away from anchor clamps after, and the product falls into first opening under self gravity effect and under the direction effect of unloading guide way, collects in the product collection box through the second opening, realizes automatic unloading and collects the effect.

In some embodiments, the blanking guide slot is a trapezoid slot, the area of the first opening is larger than that of the second opening, so that products can fall into the first opening, and the products can be collected in the required box entering direction under the limitation of the area of the second opening.

In some embodiments, further comprising a displacement drive module, the product collection cartridge being disposed on the displacement drive module;

the product collecting box is provided with a plurality of collecting grids, the displacement driving module drives the product collecting box to enable the collecting grids to be sequentially located under the second opening, and the displacement driving module drives the product collecting box to move at corresponding positions, so that each product can fall into different collecting grids.

In some embodiments, the plurality of the collection panes are uniformly distributed in a first direction and/or a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction;

the displacement driving module comprises a first displacement driving component for driving the product collecting box to move along a first direction and/or a second displacement driving component for driving the product collecting box to move along a second direction, so that the effect of adjusting the positions of the collecting grids in different directions is achieved, and the requirement of collecting multiple products of the product collecting box is met.

In some embodiments, a chamfer structure is formed above the collection grid, and under the effect of the chamfer structure, the product is better collected into the collection grid.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: the utility model provides a novel clamp, which can detach and replace a movable plate, can be applied to the adsorption positioning requirements of products with different sizes, has the advantage of strong universality, and simultaneously utilizes a pushing module on the movable plate to push the products on a vacuum adsorption module to be separated from the clamp, so that the products are automatically discharged, the positioning calculation process is not required, the advantages of simple structure are achieved, the automatic operation effect can be realized, and the production efficiency is effectively improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a novel clamp according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a novel fixture provided in an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a movable plate according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic blanking mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a blanking guide groove provided in an embodiment of the present utility model;

1-a fixed seat; 11-a first installation site;

2-a movable plate;

3-a vacuum adsorption module; 31-vacuum chuck;

4-pushing the module; 41-a traversing driving cylinder; 42-pushing blocks;

a 5-RFID card;

6-a blanking guide groove; 61-a first opening; 62-a second opening;

7-a product collection box; 71-collecting grid;

8-a displacement driving module; 81-a first displacement drive assembly; 82-a second displacement drive assembly.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. The described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, based on the embodiments of the utility model, which are apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive faculty, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

For example, a novel clamp comprises a fixed seat and a movable plate, wherein a first installation position is formed on the fixed seat, and the movable plate is detachably arranged on the first installation position; the movable plate is provided with a vacuum adsorption module and a pushing module for adsorbing products, and the vacuum adsorption module and the pushing module are in relative position relation; under the state of breaking vacuum, the pushing module pushes the product on the vacuum adsorption module to be separated from the clamp.

The novel anchor clamps that this embodiment provided can be applied to the absorption location requirement of different size products, has the advantage that the commonality is strong, can carry out automatic unloading to the product simultaneously, has simple structure's advantage, and can realize automatic operation effect, effectively improves production efficiency.

Embodiment one:

referring to fig. 1-3, a novel clamp comprises a fixed seat 1 and a movable plate 2, wherein the fixed seat 1 is used for installing the movable plate 2, and the movable plate 2 can be detached and replaced according to the adsorption size requirements of different products so as to meet the adsorption requirements of different products. The first mounting position 11 is formed on the fixing base 1, for example, the fixing base 1 is in a plate-shaped structure, the first mounting position 11 is formed at one end of the upper surface of the fixing base 1 and is used for mounting the movable plate 2, and of course, the fixing base 1 can be in other structures, and only the first mounting position 11 is required to be formed on the fixing base 1 and can be used for being matched with the movable plate 2.

Be provided with the vacuum adsorption module 3 and the promotion module 4 that are used for adsorbing the product on the fly leaf 2, vacuum adsorption module 3 is used for adsorbing the product, promotes the module 4 and is used for promoting the product on the vacuum adsorption module 3 and break away from anchor clamps, wherein, vacuum adsorption module 3 and promotion module 4 are relative positional relationship for promote the module 4 can be relative the product on the vacuum adsorption module 3 when the action, with promotion product drops.

For example, in one example, the pushing module 4 is located at an end of the movable plate 2 near the fixed seat 1, and the vacuum adsorption module 3 is located at an end of the movable plate 2 far away from the fixed seat 1, it is also understood that the vacuum adsorption module 3 is located at an edge of the fixture, so that the pushing module 4 pushes the product on the vacuum adsorption module 3 to be separated from the fixture.

In the state of breaking vacuum, the pushing module 4 pushes the product on the vacuum adsorption module 3 to be separated from the fixture.

In an application scenario, the product is the electric core, place the electric core on vacuum adsorption module 3 through manual work or manipulator, vacuum adsorption module 3 produces and inhales the vacuum effect, adsorb the location to the electric core, make the anchor clamps transmit under transmission mechanism's effect afterwards, with anchor clamps along with transmission mechanism transmission to different operation stations accomplish corresponding operation after, vacuum adsorption module 3 produces the effect of breaking the vacuum, break the adsorption effect to the electric core, then, promote module 4 push the electric core and break away from anchor clamps, realize the automatic unloading effect of electric core.

The novel anchor clamps that provide in this example owing to fly leaf 2 is for dismantling the setting on first installation position 11, consequently, can change fly leaf 2 according to the absorption location requirement of different size products, has the advantage that the commonality is strong, utilizes the promotion module 4 on fly leaf 2 to promote the product on the vacuum adsorption module 3 simultaneously and breaks away from anchor clamps, carries out automatic unloading to the product, need not to relate to the location calculation process, has simple structure's advantage, and can realize automatic operation effect, effectively improves production efficiency.

Embodiment two:

referring to fig. 3, the number of the vacuum adsorption modules 3 is two, and the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules 3 are arranged on the movable plate 2 at intervals; the number of pushing modules 4 is matched with the number of the vacuum adsorption modules 3, two groups of vacuum adsorption modules 3 can correspondingly adsorb two products with smaller relative sizes, can also adsorb only one product with larger relative sizes, and push and discharge the products by utilizing the two groups of pushing modules 4, so that the effects of automatic positioning and discharging are realized.

When the size of the battery cells is relatively small, one battery cell can be placed on one group of vacuum adsorption modules 3 for adsorption positioning, and when the vacuum adsorption modules 3 are in a vacuum breaking state, the two groups of pushing modules 4 respectively push the battery cells on the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules 3, so that the battery cells are separated from the clamp for blanking; when the size of the battery cell is relatively large and the upper parts of the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules 3 can be covered, one battery cell can be placed on the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules 3, the battery cell is adsorbed and positioned by the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules 3, and when the vacuum adsorption modules 3 are in a vacuum breaking state, the two groups of pushing modules 4 push the battery cell simultaneously, so that the battery cell is separated from the clamp for blanking.

The novel clamp provided in the example is suitable for the adsorption positioning requirement of products with relatively small sizes, and is also suitable for the adsorption positioning requirement of products with relatively large sizes, and of course, the vacuum adsorption module 3 can be matched with the adsorption positioning requirement of more electric cores in a mode of replacing the movable plate 2, so that the universality of the novel clamp is improved.

Embodiment III:

referring to fig. 3, the pushing module 4 includes a traverse driving cylinder 41 and a pushing block 42 connected with the traverse driving cylinder 41, and the traverse driving cylinder 41 drives the pushing block 42 to push the product on the vacuum adsorption module 3 to be separated from the fixture, so as to realize the effect of automatic discharging.

Because the pushing module 4 and the vacuum adsorption module 3 are in relative position, and the transverse moving driving cylinder 41 is in horizontal driving function, the pushing block 42 can horizontally extend towards the direction of the vacuum adsorption module 3 under the driving function of the transverse moving driving cylinder 41, and finally the battery cell on the vacuum adsorption module 3 is pushed to be separated from the clamp, so that the effect of automatic discharging of the battery cell is realized.

Embodiment four:

referring to fig. 1 and 2, the novel clamp further comprises an RFID card 5, the RFID card 5 is arranged on the fixing seat 1, and the operation data of a product are stored and traced through the RFID card 5, so that the effect of monitoring the production operation process is achieved.

The RFID is also called wireless radio frequency identification, is a communication technology, can identify characteristic targets and fill in related data through wireless signals without establishing mechanical or optical contact between an identification system and specific targets, is applied to the production process of products, and utilizes a reader-writer to automatically collect related information of the products, so that the effects of storing and tracing operation data of the products and monitoring the production operation process are achieved.

In this example, the vacuum adsorption module 3 includes a vacuum chuck 31, a pressure sensor and a vacuum generator, the vacuum chuck 31 and the pressure sensor are disposed on the movable plate 2, the vacuum chuck 31 is connected with the vacuum generator through a gas pipe, the pressure sensor is electrically connected with the vacuum generator, the weight of the product to be adsorbed is judged through the pressure sensor, and then information is fed back to the vacuum generator, and the vacuum generator adjusts the suction force of the vacuum chuck 31 accordingly to ensure the adsorption stability to the product.

The vacuum chuck 31 is connected with the vacuum generator through the air pipe, and under the action of the vacuum generator, the vacuum generator and the air pipe are not shown in the figure, so that the working principle of the traditional vacuum generator can be combined for understanding, one end of the air pipe is connected with the vacuum generator, and the other end of the air pipe is connected with the vacuum chuck 31, so that the vacuum chuck 31 has the effect of vacuum suction or vacuum breaking on the product.

Fifth embodiment:

referring to fig. 4 and 5, the present application further provides an automatic blanking mechanism, including a blanking guide groove 6, a product collecting box 7, and a novel clamp in any of the above embodiments.

The unloading guide way 6 is the cavity form, and unloading guide way 6 is including relative first opening 61 and the second opening 62 that set up, and first opening 61 is located the below that promotes the removal route that module 4 promoted the product and break away from anchor clamps, and the second opening 62 is located the top of product collection box 7, utilizes to promote the module 4 to promote the product and break away from anchor clamps after, and the product falls into first opening 61 under self gravity effect and under the direction effect of unloading guide way 6, collects in the product collection box 7 through the second opening 62, realizes automatic unloading and collects the effect.

For example, the blanking guide groove 6 is adjacent to the novel clamp, and the first opening 61 is located below the moving path of the pushing module 4 pushing the product to separate from the clamp, so that the product falls into the first opening 61 after separating from the clamp and falls into the product collecting box 7 through the second opening 62.

The blanking guide groove 6 is a trapezoid groove, the area of the first opening 61 is larger than that of the second opening 62, and products can fall into the first opening 61 and are collected in the required box entering direction under the limitation of the area of the second opening 62.

In this example, the automatic blanking mechanism further includes a displacement driving module 8, and the product collection box 7 is disposed on the displacement driving module 8; the product collection box 7 is provided with a plurality of collection grids 71, the displacement driving module 8 drives the product collection box 7 so that the collection grids 71 are sequentially located right below the second opening 62, and the displacement driving module 8 drives the product collection box 7 to move in corresponding positions, so that each product can fall into different collection grids 71.

Specifically, the plurality of collecting cells 71 are uniformly distributed in a first direction and/or a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction; the displacement driving module 8 comprises a first displacement driving component 81 for driving the product collecting box 7 to move along a first direction and/or a second displacement driving component 82 for driving the product collecting box 7 to move along a second direction, so that the effect of adjusting the positions of the collecting grids 71 in different directions is realized, and the requirement of collecting multiple products of the product collecting box 7 is met.

For example, when the collection cells 71 are uniformly distributed in the first direction, the displacement driving module 8 includes a first displacement driving assembly 81 for driving the product collection cassette 7 to move in the first direction; when the collecting cells 71 are uniformly distributed in the second direction, the displacement driving module 8 comprises a second displacement driving assembly 82 for driving the product collecting box 7 to move along the second direction; when the collecting grids 71 are uniformly distributed in the first direction and the second direction, the displacement driving module 8 comprises a first displacement driving assembly 81 for driving the product collecting box 7 to move along the first direction and a second displacement driving assembly 82 for driving the product collecting box 7 to move along the second direction, so that the effect of adjusting the positions of the collecting grids 71 in different directions is achieved, and the requirement of collecting multiple products of the product collecting box 7 is met.

In one application scenario, a chamfer structure is formed above the collection grid 71, and under the effect of the chamfer structure, the product is better collected into the collection grid 71.

In summary, the novel clamp provided by the utility model can detach and replace the movable plate, can be applied to the adsorption positioning requirements of products with different sizes, has the advantage of strong universality, and simultaneously utilizes the pushing module on the movable plate to push the products on the vacuum adsorption module to separate from the clamp, so that the products are automatically discharged, the positioning calculation process is not required, the structure is simple, the automatic operation effect can be realized, and the production efficiency is effectively improved.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., are directions or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, or are directions or positional relationships conventionally put in use of the inventive product, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used merely to distinguish between descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, the terms "horizontal," "vertical," "overhang," and the like do not denote a requirement that the component be absolutely horizontal or overhang, but rather may be slightly inclined. As "horizontal" merely means that its direction is more horizontal than "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.

Claims (10)

1. The novel clamp is characterized by comprising a fixed seat (1) and a movable plate (2), wherein a first installation position (11) is formed on the fixed seat (1), and the movable plate (2) is detachably arranged on the first installation position (11);

the movable plate (2) is provided with a vacuum adsorption module (3) and a pushing module (4) for adsorbing products, and the vacuum adsorption module (3) and the pushing module (4) are in a relative position relation;

under the state of breaking vacuum, the pushing module (4) pushes the product on the vacuum adsorption module (3) to be separated from the clamp.

2. The novel clamp according to claim 1, wherein the number of the vacuum adsorption modules (3) is two, and the two groups of vacuum adsorption modules (3) are arranged on the movable plate (2) at intervals;

the number of the pushing modules (4) is matched with that of the vacuum adsorption modules (3).

3. The novel clamp according to claim 1, wherein the pushing module (4) comprises a traversing driving cylinder (41) and a pushing block (42) connected with the traversing driving cylinder (41), and the traversing driving cylinder (41) drives the pushing block (42) to push the product on the vacuum adsorption module (3) to be separated from the clamp.

4. The novel clamp according to claim 1, further comprising an RFID card (5), the RFID card (5) being arranged on the holder (1).

5. The novel clamp according to claim 1, wherein the vacuum adsorption module (3) comprises a vacuum chuck (31), a pressure sensor and a vacuum generator, the vacuum chuck (31) and the pressure sensor are arranged on the movable plate (2), the vacuum chuck (31) is connected with the vacuum generator through an air pipe, and the pressure sensor is electrically connected with the vacuum generator.

6. An automatic blanking mechanism, characterized by comprising a blanking guide groove (6), a product collecting box (7) and a novel clamp as claimed in any one of claims 1-5;

the blanking guide groove (6) is hollow, the blanking guide groove (6) comprises a first opening (61) and a second opening (62) which are oppositely arranged, the first opening (61) is located below a moving path of the pushing module (4) for pushing the product to be separated from the clamp, and the second opening (62) is located above the product collecting box (7).

7. The automatic blanking mechanism of claim 6, wherein the blanking guide groove (6) is a trapezoid groove, and the area of the first opening (61) is larger than the area of the second opening (62).

8. The automatic blanking mechanism of claim 6, further comprising a displacement drive module (8), wherein the product collection box (7) is disposed on the displacement drive module (8);

a plurality of collecting grids (71) are arranged on the product collecting box (7), and the displacement driving module (8) drives the product collecting box (7) so that the collecting grids (71) are sequentially located under the second opening (62).

9. The automatic blanking mechanism according to claim 8, characterized in that a plurality of the collecting cells (71) are uniformly distributed in a first direction and/or a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction;

the displacement drive module (8) comprises a first displacement drive assembly (81) for driving the product collection cassette (7) to move in a first direction and/or a second displacement drive assembly (82) for driving the product collection cassette (7) to move in a second direction.

10. The automatic blanking mechanism of claim 9, characterized in that the collecting grid (71) is formed with a chamfer structure above.