CN221050927U - Material handling device and production line with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of material conveying, in particular to a material conveying device and a production line with the same, wherein the material conveying device comprises a first material conveying mechanism, a second material conveying mechanism and a transferring mechanism, and the first material conveying mechanism continuously or intermittently conveys a first material tray along a first direction; the second material conveying mechanism conveys the second tray continuously or at intervals along a second direction; the transfer mechanism comprises a mounting seat, a driving assembly and a material taking structure. Wherein, drive assembly sets up on the mount pad to be provided with the expansion end that can remove through first material conveying mechanism and second material conveying mechanism, get material structure and connect in the expansion end, and have rotation angle and/or get material interval that can adjust. This material handling device can adjust the putting gesture of material when transporting the material, has fully solved work efficiency low, with high costs and the product yield that the manual handling exists and is difficult to guarantee the problem.

Description

Material handling device and production line with same

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of material conveying, in particular to a material handling device and a production line with the same.

Background

In the production process of product processing or product assembly, it is often necessary to transport the work pieces with trays. In actual production, the tray forms required in different process stages are different, so that the placement forms of the workpieces in different trays are different. In the small-batch production, the workpiece posture can be transferred and adjusted manually. However, when mass production is performed and the production time is long, the operation intensity of technicians is easily increased through manual transportation, and the production efficiency is not improved; meanwhile, the manual transfer operation mode also has the problem of easily damaging workpieces, so that the product yield is difficult to guarantee.

Disclosure of utility model

The application aims to provide a material handling device and a production line with the same, which solve the problems of low working efficiency, high cost and unstable quality of manual handling.

To this end, in a first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a material handling apparatus comprising:

a first material conveying mechanism for continuously or intermittently conveying the first tray along a first direction;

a second material conveying mechanism for continuously or intermittently conveying the second tray along a second direction;

And the transfer mechanism comprises a mounting seat, a driving assembly and a material taking structure, wherein the driving assembly is arranged on the mounting seat and is provided with a movable end capable of moving through the first material conveying mechanism and the second material conveying mechanism, and the material taking structure is connected with the movable end and has an adjustable rotation angle and/or material taking interval.

In one possible implementation manner, the material taking structure comprises an adjusting assembly and a plurality of material taking sucking discs, wherein the material taking sucking discs are uniformly distributed at the adjusting end of the adjusting assembly.

In one possible implementation manner, the adjusting assembly includes a first material taking member having a rotation angle capable of being adjusted, and a second material taking member having a material taking space capable of being adjusted, wherein a plurality of material taking suction cups are respectively arranged at an adjusting end of the first material taking member and an adjusting end of the second material taking member.

In one possible implementation manner, the first material taking piece comprises a first driving piece, a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod which are in hinged fit, the material taking sucker on the first material taking piece is arranged on the first connecting rod, and the second connecting rod is connected with the movable end of the first driving piece;

The second material taking part comprises: the device comprises a second driving piece and a telescopic component arranged at the movable end of the second driving piece, wherein the telescopic component is provided with a plurality of installation ends with consistent intervals, and the material taking sucker is arranged at the installation end of the telescopic component.

In one possible implementation, the method further comprises a positioning platform;

The drive assembly includes: the movable end of the first displacement mechanism is movably arranged between the first material conveying mechanism and the positioning platform; and the movable end of the second displacement mechanism is movably arranged between the second material conveying mechanism and the positioning platform.

In one possible implementation manner, the positioning platform is provided with at least one adjusting piece and a positioning driving piece, each adjusting piece is arranged at the movable end of the positioning driving piece, and each adjusting piece corresponds to each product to be carried on the positioning platform one by one.

In one possible implementation manner, the positioning platform is further provided with positioning references, and each product to be carried on the positioning platform corresponds to each adjusting piece one by one based on the positioning references.

In one possible implementation manner, the positioning reference includes a first reference edge and a second reference edge which are connected and are arranged in an angle, the adjusting piece includes a first adjusting portion and a second adjusting portion, the first adjusting portion and the first reference edge are respectively located at two opposite sides of the product to be carried, and the second adjusting portion and the second reference edge are respectively located at two other sides of the product to be carried.

In one possible implementation manner, the first tray is provided with a plurality of first placing positions, the second tray is provided with a plurality of second placing positions, the product to be carried is arranged at the material taking end of the material taking structure, and the product to be carried is movably arranged in the first placing positions and the second placing positions.

In a second aspect, the application provides in real time a production line comprising a material handling apparatus as described in the first aspect.

According to the material handling device and the production line with the same provided by the embodiment of the application, the material taking structure in the transfer mechanism of the material handling device is used for taking out the product to be handled on the first material tray, the rotation angle and/or the interval of the product to be handled is adjusted through the material taking structure, and meanwhile, the movable end of the driving assembly is matched to drive the product to be handled to reciprocate between the first material tray and the second material tray. The product to be carried can be transferred from the first material tray to the second material tray, the placing mode of materials in different material trays is met, the operation efficiency is greatly improved, the production cost is reduced, and the product yield is guaranteed.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions of the prior art, the following description will briefly explain the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art. In addition, in the drawings, like parts are designated with like reference numerals and the drawings are not drawn to actual scale.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of a material handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural view of the first tray of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic structural view of the second tray of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 shows a front view for a product to be handled;

fig. 5 shows a side view for a product to be handled;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a posture adjustment assembly in a material handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 illustrates a perspective view of a posture adjustment assembly in a material handling apparatus provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a second material handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 illustrates a front view of a second material take out member of a material handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 illustrates a front view of a material handling apparatus after a second material take-off member has been set in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a positioning platform in a material handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1. a first material conveying mechanism; 11. a first tray; 111. a first placement bit;

12. A first transport assembly; 121. a first empty tray support; 122. a first empty tray conveyor belt; 123. a first transfer rack; 124. a first transfer conveyor belt; 125. a first full tray support; 126. a first full-tray conveyor belt;

2. A second material conveying mechanism; 21. a second tray; 211. a second placement bit;

22. a second transport assembly; 221. a second empty tray support; 222. a second empty tray conveyor belt; 223. a second transfer stent; 224. a second transfer conveyor; 225. a second full tray support; 226. a second full tray conveyor belt;

3. a material taking structure;

31. A first material taking member; 311. a first driving member; 312. a first link; 313. a second link;

32. a second material taking member; 321. a second driving member; 322. a telescopic member;

33. A material taking sucker;

4. positioning a platform;

41. An adjusting member; 411. a first adjustment section; 412. a second adjustment section;

42. positioning a reference; 421. a first reference edge; 422. a second reference edge;

43. Positioning a driving piece;

5. carrying a product to be carried;

6. A drive assembly; 61. a first displacement mechanism; 62. a second displacement mechanism.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying 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 of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.

As shown in fig. 1-3, an embodiment of the present application provides a material handling apparatus comprising:

a first material conveying mechanism 1 for continuously or intermittently conveying a first tray 11 in a first direction;

A second material conveying mechanism 2 that conveys the second tray 21 continuously or at intervals in the second direction;

And the transfer mechanism comprises a mounting seat, a driving assembly 6 and a material taking structure 3, wherein the driving assembly 6 is arranged on the mounting seat and is provided with a movable end capable of moving through the first material conveying mechanism 1 and the second material conveying mechanism 2, and the material taking structure 3 is connected with the movable end and has an adjustable rotation angle and/or material taking space.

The material handling apparatus provided by the embodiment of the application is used for transferring materials from the first material tray 11 to the second material tray 21; it is also possible to transfer material from the second tray 21 to the first tray 11.

Specifically, a plurality of products 5 to be carried are placed on the first tray 11 (or the second tray 21), the material taking structure 3 in the transferring mechanism takes out the products 5 to be carried on the first tray 11 (or the second tray 21), and the posture of the products 5 to be carried and/or the distance between the adjacent products 5 to be carried are adjusted through the material taking structure 3. The movable end of the driving assembly 6 is matched to drive the material taking structure 3 to move to the second material tray 21 (or the first material tray 11), and the material taking structure 3 is utilized to place the product 5 to be carried on the second material tray 21 (or the first material tray 11), so that the transfer of the product 5 to be carried between the first material tray 11 and the second material tray 21 is realized. The material transfer work can be completed through the material handling device, the requirement of the placement form of the product 5 to be handled in different trays can be fully met on the basis of reducing manual operation, and meanwhile, the material handling device is beneficial to improving the operation efficiency, reducing the production cost and guaranteeing the product yield.

To facilitate an understanding of the overall solution, a full description is provided herein in connection with the specific forms of the first tray 11 and the second tray 21. Referring to fig. 2, a plurality of vertical first placement positions 111 are disposed on the first tray 11, and each product to be handled 5 is placed in each first placement position 111. In this way, the product 5 to be handled is fixed by the first placement position 111, so that the product 5 to be handled can keep stable posture when moving along with the first tray 11.

Optionally, the first placement position 111 includes a first positioning slot, through which the product 5 to be handled is fixed therein; of course, the first placement position 111 may also be a first positioning chuck through which the product 5 to be handled located thereon is sucked.

Referring to fig. 3, a plurality of horizontal second placing positions 211 are disposed in the second tray 21, and each second placing position 211 is used for placing the product 5 to be conveyed transferred from the first tray 11 and limiting and fixing the product on the second tray 21. It is obvious that the second placing position 211 here is also used for enabling the products 5 to be carried to be sufficiently kept stable in posture while moving with the second tray 21.

Optionally, the second placing position 211 comprises a second positioning slot, through which the product 5 to be carried is fixed therein; of course, the second placing position 211 may also be a second positioning chuck, through which the product 5 to be handled located thereon is sucked.

For further convenience of description of the embodiment, the product 5 to be handled in the present application is in the shape of a circular sheet. When the product 5 to be carried is vertically placed on the first tray 11, the radial direction of the cross-sectional circle thereof is perpendicular to the horizontal plane; when the product 5 to be handled is placed horizontally on the second tray 21, the radial direction of the cross-sectional circle thereof is parallel to the horizontal plane.

As can be further seen from comparing fig. 2 and 3, the distance between the adjacent first placement locations 111 is different from the distance between the adjacent second placement locations 211, so that the mutual rotation of the materials between the first tray 11 and the second tray 21 needs to be achieved, and the angle and the distance need to be synchronously changed when the materials are taken and placed.

On this basis, referring to fig. 1, the transfer mechanism provided in the embodiment of the present application includes at least one material taking structure 3, where the material taking structure 3 is used to take out the product 5 to be carried. In terms of the action form, the material taking structure 3 may be a clamping jaw or a sucker, etc. which can realize the clamping action. The number of take-off structures 3 is provided with at least one, including but not limited to one, two or more, in terms of the set number. In the actual production process, the material taking structure 3 with proper quantity can be arranged according to different scene demands, so that the efficiency can be improved while the operation is convenient.

Further, in view of the number and the action form of the material taking structures 3, the material taking structures 3 can take various configurations. For example, when one material taking structure 3 is adopted, the single material taking structure 3 has both an angle adjusting function and a space adjusting function, so that the angle adjusting requirement and the space adjusting requirement of material taking and discharging are fully met; when the two material taking structures 3 are adopted, one material taking structure 3 can be set to adjust the material taking and discharging interval, the other material taking structure 3 can adjust the material taking and discharging angle, and the angle adjusting requirement and the interval adjusting requirement of the material taking and discharging are fully met through the matching action of the two material taking structures 3; of course, a plurality of material taking structures 3 can be adopted, and each material taking structure 3 is set to be capable of adjusting the material taking and discharging angle and the material taking and discharging interval, so that the actual material taking and discharging requirements can be met.

Referring to fig. 1-8, in some embodiments of the present application, the material taking structure 3 includes an adjusting component and a plurality of material taking suction cups 33, and the plurality of material taking suction cups 33 are uniformly distributed at an adjusting end of the adjusting component. Here, the material taking structure 3 is set to be two, and the functions are also different. Specifically, the adjustment assembly includes two forms, a first material take-off 31 and a second material take-off 32. Wherein, the first material taking member 31 is located on one of the material taking structures 3 and can adjust the rotation angle of the material taking sucker 33; the second material taking member 32 is located on the other material taking structure 3 thereof, and is capable of adjusting the material taking pitch between the plurality of material taking suction cups 33. The material handling device further comprises a positioning platform 4, the driving assembly 6 is provided with two groups of displacement mechanisms, the two material taking structures 3 are correspondingly distributed at the movable ends of the two groups of displacement mechanisms, and the positioning platform 4 is arranged between the two groups of displacement mechanisms. The two take-off structures 3 can cooperate between the first material conveyor 1, the second material conveyor 2 and the positioning platform 4.

Illustratively, the product 5 to be handled is handled from the first tray 11 to the second tray 21. Specifically, the first material taking member 31 is set to be movably disposed between the first tray 11 and the positioning platform 4, and the second material taking member 32 is set to be movably disposed between the positioning platform 4 and the second tray 12. The first material taking piece 31 can adjust the rotation angle, and the second material taking piece 32 can adjust the material taking interval; the material taking sucker 33 on the first material taking piece 31 sucks the product 5 to be conveyed on the first material tray 11, conveys the product 5 to be conveyed to the positioning platform 4 after rotating by a required angle, and then controls the material taking sucker 33 to cancel sucking the product 5 to be conveyed on the material taking sucker, so that the product 5 to be conveyed is placed on the positioning platform 4 for positioning. Then, the product 5 to be carried on the positioning platform 4 is sucked by the material sucking disc 33 on the second material taking piece 32, meanwhile, the distance between the product 5 to be carried is adjusted by the second material taking piece 32, the product 5 to be carried is carried on the second material tray 21 under the driving action of the driving component 6, and at the moment, the material sucking disc 33 is controlled to cancel sucking of the product 5 to be carried on the material sucking disc, so that the product 5 to be carried is placed on the second material tray 21. In this way, the product 5 to be conveyed can be transferred from the first tray 11 to the second tray 21, and the placement form of the product 5 to be conveyed can be changed in the transferring process.

Referring to fig. 7, specifically, the first material taking member 31 includes a first driving member 311, a first connecting rod 312 and a second connecting rod 313 which are in hinged fit, the material taking suction cup 33 on the first material taking member 31 is disposed on the first connecting rod 312, and the second connecting rod 313 is connected with the movable end of the first driving member 311; when the first driving member 311 drives the second link 313 to move, the first link 312 rotates about an end far from the second link 313 by the hinge connection. At this time, the first link 312 drives the material taking suction cup 33 and the product 5 to be carried on the material taking suction cup 33 to rotate synchronously, so as to realize the angle adjustment (or rotation adjustment) of the product 5 to be carried.

Specifically, the transfer mechanism further includes a first material taking support, the first material taking support is disposed at the movable end of the driving assembly 6, and the first material taking member 31 is disposed on the first material taking support. The first material taking support is connected with the end part, far away from the first connecting rod 312, of the second connecting rod 313 through a sliding part, the sliding part comprises a sliding groove and a sliding rail which are matched with each other, one of the sliding groove and the sliding rail is arranged on the first material taking support, and the other one of the sliding groove and the sliding rail is arranged on the second connecting rod 313, so that the moving stability of the second connecting rod 313 is guaranteed.

Optionally, the extending direction of the sliding groove or the sliding rail can be appropriately selected according to the adjustment requirement of the posture of the product 5 to be carried. In the application, the product 5 to be carried needs to be overturned, so the chute and the slide rail are arranged in an extending manner along the height direction of the first material taking support.

Optionally, one end of the first connecting rod 312 far away from the second connecting rod 313 is rotatably disposed on the first material taking support, and one end of the second connecting rod 313 far away from the first connecting rod 312 is hinged with a sliding seat, and the sliding seat is slidingly connected with the first material taking support; the movable end of the first driving member 311 is connected to the slide to drive the slide to move and drive the second connecting rod 313 to move.

Alternatively, the first driving member 311 includes a first cylinder or a combination of a first motor and a first screw, or the like. In the application, the first driving piece 311 is a first motor, and the first motor is detachably arranged on the first material taking support through a bolt. The output end of the first motor is in transmission connection with a first screw rod, the extending direction of the first screw rod is parallel to the extending direction of the sliding groove or the sliding rail, and the first screw rod is in threaded connection with the sliding seat along the axis direction of the first screw rod. When the first motor controls the first screw rod to rotate, the sliding seat can be driven to move along the axial direction of the first screw rod.

Referring to fig. 8 to 10, the second material taking member 32 includes: the second driving piece 321 and set up in the flexible part 322 of second driving piece 321 expansion end, flexible part 322 has a plurality of installation ends that the interval is unanimous, and the extracting sucker 33 sets up in this installation end. The telescopic adjustment of the telescopic member 322 adjusts the distance between two adjacent material taking suction cups 33, and thus the distance between two adjacent products 5 to be handled, so that it can be adapted to the second placement position 211 on the second tray 21.

The telescopic component 322 may be any component capable of adjusting a distance, such as a corner chain or a plurality of push rods arranged at a variable distance, so as to adjust a distance between adjacent products 5 to be conveyed.

The transfer mechanism further includes a second material taking support disposed at the movable end of the drive assembly 6, and a second material taking member 32 disposed on the second material taking support. The second driving piece 321 comprises a second motor, the second motor is detachably arranged on the second material taking support through a bolt, and a second screw rod is coaxially fixed on an output shaft of the second motor. The second screw rod is a bidirectional screw rod, two parts of threads with opposite screwing directions are distributed on the surface of the second screw rod along the axial direction, and the second screw rod is in threaded connection with two connecting plates through the two parts of threads; the telescopic component 322 is an angle chain, and two connecting ends of the angle chain are respectively connected with two connecting plates. When the second motor drives the second screw rod to rotate, the two connecting plates are driven to move towards the directions close to each other or away from each other, and then the angle chain is driven to stretch out and draw back, so that the purpose of adjusting the distance between the material taking suckers 33 is achieved.

Referring further to fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present application, the driving assembly 6 includes a first displacement mechanism 61 and a second displacement mechanism 62. Wherein, the movable end of the first displacement mechanism 61 is arranged between the first material conveying mechanism 1 and the positioning platform 4, and the first material taking piece 31 is arranged at the movable end of the first displacement mechanism 61; the movable end of the second displacement mechanism 62 is movably disposed between the second material conveying mechanism 2 and the positioning platform 4, and the second material taking member 32 is disposed at the movable end of the second displacement mechanism 62.

Wherein, the first displacement mechanism 61 drives the first material taking part 31 to move between the first material conveying mechanism 1 and the positioning platform 4 so as to realize the conveying of the product 5 to be conveyed between the first material conveying mechanism 1 and the positioning platform 4; the positioning platform 4 is used for positioning the product 5 to be conveyed on the positioning platform; the second displacement mechanism 62 drives the second material taking member 32 to move between the positioning platform 4 and the second material conveying mechanism 2, so as to realize the conveying of the product 5 to be conveyed between the second material conveying mechanism 2 and the positioning platform 4.

It should be noted that, the first displacement mechanism 61 and the second displacement mechanism 62 may be any component capable of realizing driving movement, such as a cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, an electric push rod, and a connection manner of a motor and a screw rod, which are matched, and this embodiment will not be described herein.

Optionally, the positioning platform 4 is disposed between the first tray 11 and the second tray 21, and the driving assembly 6 is divided into a first displacement mechanism 61 and a second displacement mechanism 62, which are used to cooperate with the positioning platform 4 to divide the transferring process of the product 5 to be handled. Therefore, the single moving stroke of the first material taking part 31 and the second material taking part 32 can be shortened, and under the structural form, when the first material taking part 31 adjusts the posture of one group of products 5 to be carried, the second material taking part 32 can adjust the distance of the other group of products 5 to be carried, so that the working efficiency is fully improved.

Specifically, referring to fig. 11, the positioning platform 4 is provided with at least one adjusting member 41 and a positioning driving member 43, each adjusting member 41 is disposed at a movable end of the positioning driving member 43, and each adjusting member 41 corresponds to each product 5 to be carried on the positioning platform 4 one by one; the positioning driving member 43 is used for driving the adjusting member 41 to move, so that the product 5 to be conveyed on the positioning platform 4 passes through the adjusting member 41 to adjust the position thereof, thereby realizing the positioning function of the product 5 to be conveyed.

Optionally, a positioning reference 42 is further provided on the positioning platform 4, and each product 5 to be carried on the positioning platform 4 corresponds to each adjusting piece 41 one by one based on the positioning reference 42, so that the accuracy of position adjustment of the product 5 to be carried is ensured through the setting of the positioning reference 42.

Specifically, the positioning reference 42 includes a first reference edge 421 and a second reference edge 422 that are connected and disposed at an angle, and the adjusting member 41 includes a first adjusting portion 411 and a second adjusting portion 412. Wherein the first adjusting portion 411 and the first reference edge 421 are respectively located at two opposite sides of the product 5 to be conveyed, and the second adjusting portion 412 and the second reference edge 422 are respectively located at two other sides of the product 5 to be conveyed; the first adjustment part 411 moves to push the product 5 to be conveyed to be in contact with the first reference edge 421, the second adjustment part 412 moves to push the product 5 to be conveyed to be in contact with the second reference edge 422, and the first reference edge 421, the second reference edge 422, the first adjustment part 411 and the second adjustment part 412 limit the circumference of the product 5 to be conveyed, so that the product 5 to be conveyed is limited and fixed.

The positioning driving members 43 may include a plurality of positioning driving members 43, and the plurality of positioning driving members 43 respectively correspond to the plurality of adjusting members 41 one by one, so as to respectively drive the plurality of adjusting members 41. Or the positioning driving pieces 43 are respectively connected with the first adjusting parts 411 and the second adjusting parts 412 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, namely, each first adjusting part 411 is connected with one positioning driving piece 43, and each second adjusting part 412 is connected with one positioning driving piece 43, so that driving is realized. The positioning driving member 43 may be any member that can be driven, such as an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, or an electric push rod.

Of course, the positioning driving member 43 may further include a first positioning power member and a second positioning power member, each first adjusting portion 411 is disposed at a movable end of the first positioning power member, and each second adjusting portion 412 is disposed at a movable end of the second positioning power member; the plurality of first adjustment portions 411 are driven to move simultaneously by the first positioning power member, and the plurality of second adjustment portions 412 are driven to move simultaneously by the second positioning power member, so that the product 5 to be conveyed is fixed.

In some embodiments of the present application, the material taking structure 3 has both a rotation angle and a material taking interval adjusting function, and the first material taking member 31 and the second material taking member 32 may be combined. For example: referring to fig. 7 and 8, the second material taking member 32 is integrally disposed at the mounting end of the first link 312 (i.e. the end where the suction cup 33 is mounted), so that the second material taking member 32 is driven to perform the angle adjustment by the rotation of the first link 312. Obviously, whether the positioning platform 4 is arranged or not, or whether the driving assembly 6 is provided with one or two groups of displacement mechanisms, the actual material transferring requirement can be met.

Meanwhile, different structural forms different from the above examples can be adopted to enable the material taking structure 3 to have the functions of angle adjustment and space adjustment, so long as the transfer requirement is met to achieve the purpose of the application, the purpose is within the conception framework of the application, and the related specific forms are not repeated here.

On the basis of the above embodiments, the material conveying mechanism will be further described herein.

Referring to fig. 1-3, the first material conveying mechanism 1 further includes a first conveying assembly 12, the first tray 11 is disposed on the first conveying assembly 12, and a conveying end of the first conveying assembly 12 extends along a first direction. The first conveying component 12 is configured to convey the first tray 11 along a first direction, so that the product 5 to be conveyed loaded in the first tray 11 can move to a position opposite to the transfer mechanism, so as to match the material taking structure 3 of the transfer mechanism to perform suction operation on the product 5 to be conveyed; when the products 5 to be handled in the first tray 11 are all handled, the first conveying assembly 12 may further transport the empty first tray 11 to other locations for subsequent use.

Optionally, the first conveying assembly 12 includes a conveyor belt assembly or a sprocket chain assembly, or the like, to effect conveyance of the first tray 11. In the present application, the first conveyor assembly 12 is described by taking the first conveyor assembly as an example. Specifically, the first tray 11 is disposed on the first conveyor belt assembly, and the movement of the conveyor belt in the first conveyor belt assembly drives the first tray 11 to move, and the first conveyor belt works continuously or intermittently to realize continuous or intermittent conveying of the first tray 11.

Specifically, the plurality of first placement bits 111 in the first tray 11 includes a plurality of rows arranged at intervals along the first direction, and a plurality of first placement bits 111 in each row are arranged at intervals perpendicular to the first direction, and the number of the material taking suction cups 33 on the material taking structure 3 may be the same as or different from the number of the first placement bits 111 in each row of the first tray 11.

Optionally, the first conveyor assembly is set to include a first empty tray conveyor 122, a first transfer conveyor 124, and a first full tray conveyor 126, which are disposed in sequence. Specifically, the first empty tray conveyor 122 is rotatably provided to the first empty tray support 121; the first transfer conveyor 124 is rotatably disposed on the first transfer bracket 123; the first full tray conveyor 126 is rotatably disposed on the first full tray support 125. Wherein the movement directions of the first empty tray conveyor belt 122, the first transfer conveyor belt 124 and the first full tray conveyor belt 126 are the same, and the first empty tray conveyor belt 122, the first transfer conveyor belt 124 and the first full tray conveyor belt 126 are arranged at intervals along the movement direction of the first empty tray conveyor belt 122; so that the first tray 11 can be sequentially moved onto the first empty tray conveyor 122, the first transfer conveyor 124 and the first full tray conveyor 126, thereby reasonably planning the working position and the placement position of the first tray 11.

Similarly, the second material conveying mechanism 2 includes a second conveying assembly 22, the second tray 21 is disposed on the second conveying assembly 22, and a conveying end of the second conveying assembly 22 extends along the second direction. The second conveying component 22 is configured to convey the second tray 21 along the second direction, so that the empty second tray 21 moves to a position opposite to the transfer mechanism, and the material taking structure 3 of the transfer mechanism is matched to place the sucked product 5 to be conveyed on the second tray 21 until the second tray 21 is fully loaded, and the second conveying component 22 can convey the fully loaded second tray 21 to a next process for performing a subsequent operation of the product 5 to be conveyed.

Optionally, the second conveying assembly 22 may include a conveyor belt assembly or a sprocket chain assembly, etc. to effect conveyance of the second tray 21 located thereon. In the present application, the second conveyor assembly 22 is also described by taking the second conveyor assembly as an example. Specifically, the second tray 21 is disposed on the second conveyor belt assembly, and the second conveyor belt assembly moves to drive the second tray 21 to move, and the second conveyor belt works continuously or intermittently to realize continuous or intermittent conveying of the second tray 21, and the continuous or intermittent conveying principle of the second tray 21 is similar to that of the first tray 11, which is not described herein.

Of course, the second conveyor assembly may likewise include a second empty tray conveyor 222, a second transfer conveyor 224, and a second full tray conveyor 226 in sequence. Specifically, the second empty tray conveyor 222 is rotatably provided to the second empty tray support 221; the second transfer conveyor 224 is rotatably disposed on the second transfer bracket 223; the second full tray conveyor 226 is rotatably disposed on the second full tray support 225. The movement directions of the second empty disc conveyor 222, the second transfer conveyor 224 and the second full disc conveyor 226 are the same, and the second empty disc conveyor 222, the second transfer conveyor 224 and the second full disc conveyor 226 are arranged at intervals along the movement direction of the second empty disc conveyor 222. In this way, the second tray 21 can be sequentially moved onto the second empty tray conveyor belt 222, the second transfer conveyor belt 224 and the second full tray conveyor belt 226, so that the working position and the placement position of the second tray 21 are reasonably planned.

Likewise, the first direction and the second direction are arranged in parallel in order to reduce the overall space occupied by the transfer mechanism. In order to further improve the working efficiency, the first transferring conveyor belt 124 and the second transferring conveyor belt 224 are disposed opposite to each other, so as to ensure that the material taking structure 3 of the transferring mechanism can move a minimum distance to transfer the product 5 to be transferred on the first tray 11 to the second tray 21. Thus, the positioning assembly is located between the first and second transfer brackets 123, 223.

Of course, according to different application scenario forms, the first direction and the second direction may also be set at an angle, for example, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular, and the person skilled in the art may choose the first direction and the second direction adaptively.

Referring to fig. 1, in the transfer mechanism provided by the embodiment of the application, first, the first tray 11 filled with the product 5 to be carried is placed on the first full tray conveyor 126, and the first tray 11 is conveyed onto the first transfer conveyor 124 under the movement of the first full tray conveyor 126. And then the first material tray 11 is driven to move to the position aligned with the first material taking piece 31, at this time, the material taking sucker 33 on the first material taking piece 31 is controlled to clamp the product 5 to be carried on the material taking sucker, the placing posture of the product 5 to be carried is adjusted through the first material taking piece 31, and then the product 5 to be carried is placed on the positioning platform 4. The positioning driving member 43 drives the movement of the adjusting member 41 to position the product 5 to be conveyed according to the positioning reference 42. In this process, an empty second tray 21 may be placed on the second empty tray conveyor and the second tray 21 is transported by the second empty tray conveyor 222 onto the second transfer conveyor 224. When the positioning of the product 5 to be conveyed on the positioning platform 4 is completed, the second material taking part 32 transfers the product 5 to be conveyed on the positioning platform 4 to the second tray 21 on the second transferring conveyor 224. In this way, in the past, the transfer mechanism repeats the above-mentioned operation until all the products 5 to be transferred on the first tray 11 are transferred onto the second tray 21, the empty first tray 11 moves onto the first empty tray conveyor 122 along with the movement of the first transfer conveyor 124, and the second tray 21 filled with the products 5 to be transferred moves onto the second full tray conveyor 226 along with the movement of the second transfer conveyor 224, so that the transfer operation of the products 5 to be transferred in batches can be performed efficiently.

In some embodiments of the present application, the number of take-off suction cups 33 on the first take-off 31 is the same as the number of take-off suction cups 33 on the second take-off 32.

On this basis, when the number of first placing positions 111 in the first tray 11 and the number of second placing positions 211 in the second tray 21 are different, for example, when the number of first placing positions 111 in the first tray 11 is greater than the number of second placing positions 211 in the second tray 21, then after the second tray 21 is filled, it is necessary to first transfer the second tray 21 filled with the products 5 to be handled onto the second full tray conveyor 226, and then to transfer an empty second tray 21 from the second empty tray conveyor 222 onto the second transfer conveyor 224 to receive the remaining products 5 to be handled in the first tray 11. When the number of the first placement bits 111 in the first tray 11 is smaller than the number of the second placement bits 211 in the second tray 21, the principle is as described above, and the description of this embodiment is omitted.

Referring to fig. 1-11, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a production line including a material handling apparatus as described in the previous embodiments, and a feeding device and/or a detection device or the like that cooperates with the material handling apparatus to substantially meet actual production requirements.

It should be noted that references in the specification to "one embodiment," "an example embodiment," "some embodiments," etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.

It should be readily understood that the terms "on … …", "above … …" and "above … …" in this disclosure should be interpreted in the broadest sense so that "on … …" means not only "directly on something" but also includes "on something" with intermediate features or layers therebetween, and "above … …" or "above … …" includes not only the meaning "on something" or "above" but also the meaning "above something" or "above" without intermediate features or layers therebetween (i.e., directly on something).

Further, spatially relative terms, such as "below," "beneath," "above," "over," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. The device may have other orientations (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations), and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

It should be noted that in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

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

Claims (10)

1. A material handling apparatus, comprising:

A first material conveying mechanism (1) for continuously or intermittently conveying a first tray (11) along a first direction;

a second material conveying mechanism (2) for continuously or intermittently conveying the second tray (21) along a second direction;

And the transfer mechanism comprises a mounting seat, a driving assembly (6) and a material taking structure (3), wherein the driving assembly (6) is arranged on the mounting seat and is provided with a movable end capable of moving through the first material conveying mechanism (1) and the second material conveying mechanism (2), and the material taking structure (3) is connected to the movable end and has an adjustable rotation angle and/or material taking interval.

2. The material handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein said material handling structure (3) includes an adjustment assembly and a plurality of material handling chucks (33), a plurality of said material handling chucks (33) being evenly distributed at an adjustment end of said adjustment assembly.

3. The material handling apparatus of claim 2, wherein said adjustment assembly includes a first material take-out member (31) having an adjustable angle of rotation and a second material take-out member (32) having an adjustable material take-out spacing, said adjustment ends of said first material take-out member (31) and said second material take-out member (32) each being provided with a plurality of material take-out suction cups (33).

4. The material handling apparatus of claim 3 wherein,

The first material taking part (31) comprises a first driving part (311) and a first connecting rod (312) and a second connecting rod (313) which are in hinged fit, the material taking sucker (33) on the first material taking part (31) is arranged on the first connecting rod (312), and the second connecting rod (313) is connected with the movable end of the first driving part (311);

The second material taking member (32) includes: the device comprises a second driving piece (321) and a telescopic component (322) arranged at the movable end of the second driving piece (321), wherein the telescopic component (322) is provided with a plurality of installation ends with consistent intervals, and the material taking sucker (33) is arranged at the installation end of the telescopic component (322).

5. The material handling apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a positioning platform (4);

The drive assembly (6) comprises: the movable end of the first displacement mechanism (61) is movably arranged between the first material conveying mechanism (1) and the positioning platform (4); and a second displacement mechanism (62), wherein the movable end of the second displacement mechanism (62) is movably arranged between the second material conveying mechanism (2) and the positioning platform (4).

6. The material handling apparatus of claim 5, wherein the positioning platform (4) is provided with at least one adjusting member (41) and a positioning driving member (43), each adjusting member (41) is disposed at a movable end of the positioning driving member (43), and each adjusting member (41) corresponds to each product (5) to be handled on the positioning platform (4) one by one.

7. The material handling apparatus of claim 6, wherein a positioning reference (42) is further provided on the positioning platform (4), and each product (5) to be handled on the positioning platform (4) corresponds to each of the adjustment members (41) one by one based on the positioning reference (42).

8. The material handling apparatus of claim 7, wherein said positioning datum (42) includes first (421) and second (422) connected and angularly disposed datum edges, said adjustment member (41) includes first (411) and second (412) adjustment portions, said first (411) and first (421) datum edges being located on opposite sides of said product (5) to be handled, respectively, said second (412) and second (422) datum edges being located on opposite sides of said product (5) to be handled, respectively.

9. The material handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a plurality of first placement sites (111) are provided on the first tray (11), a plurality of second placement sites (211) are provided in the second tray (21), and the product (5) to be handled is provided at the material taking end of the material taking structure (3) and is movably provided in the first placement sites (111) and the second placement sites (211).

10. A production line comprising a material handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9.