KR101481962B1 - Sorting device for pipe type parts - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for sorting pipe-shaped parts, capable of automatically sorting good products and defective products by vibration. The device includes a receiving space for accommodating a plurality of parts of which outer diameter is larger than a height; a vibration generator for generating vibration in the receiving space; a guide passage formed on the outside of the receiving space in an inclined spiral shape and guiding the parts by vibration; an upstanding part for standing the parts erect on one side of the guide passage; and a sorting part for sorting the parts by height on one side of the guide passage.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sorting device for pipe type parts,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sorting device for a pipe-type part, and more particularly, to a sorting device for a pipe-type part, in which a plurality of pipe- To a sorting apparatus for a pipe-type part which automatically and continuously selects the same.

The present invention relates to a pipe-type part sorting apparatus capable of sorting pipe-type parts classified as defective by type of defects.

Automobiles, mechanical devices, etc. are assembled and mass-produced in many parts, and many small parts are included.
These small parts may also be supplied using a vibration feeder as disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-0721855 in order to increase the efficiency of the operation.
The vibrating feeder feeds a different type of nut mixed with each other using vibration, and sequentially passes through a nut conveying selector, a nut upright conveying unit, a nut height selecting unit, a normal nut selecting unit, and a steady nut conveying unit So that the same nuts can be separately supplied.
However, each of the different types of nuts supplied through the vibration feeder has a function of separately supplying the different nuts so as not to be mixed, and does not have a function of determining whether the nuts are defective or not.

Therefore, these small parts are produced in the production line, and then subjected to a process of selecting whether they are normal or defective, and only selected good products are used for assembly.

In the case of small parts, the productivity depends on the time required for selecting defective and good products.

That is, even if a small number of parts are produced in a short time in the production line, if the parts are not properly sorted according to the result of the determination, the productivity is lowered and the manufacturing cost is increased. .

Generally, the small parts have a problem that it takes a long time to select the small parts because the quality control person uses the instrument to manually determine whether the small parts are normal.

Further, if the sorting operation is repeated simply, the concentration is reduced and errors are caused in the sorting and storage, so that defective products may be introduced.

As a result, assembling a defective product causes problems in the entire product, which is not desirable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for mounting a plurality of pipe- And to provide a sorting device for a pipe-type part in which a good product and a defective product can be automatically and continuously selected.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a sorting device for a pipe-type part, which can increase the recycling rate by sorting and sorting pipe-type parts classified as defective according to failure type.

A selecting device for a pipe-type part according to the present invention comprises: a housing space for accommodating a plurality of pipe-shaped parts having a larger outer diameter than a height dimension; a vibration generator for generating vibration in the housing space; A guide part for guiding the pipe-shaped part to be conveyed by vibration; an upright part for uprighting the pipe-shaped part at one side of the guide path; and a sorting part for sorting the pipe- And a control unit.

The upright part includes an upright rod which lifts up the pipe-shaped part upward and an upright transporting space which is a space through which the upright pipe-shaped part moves.

And the upright transporting space has a height smaller than an outer diameter of the pipe-shaped part.

The upright transporting space has a dropping portion formed at one end of the upright transporting space and inclined downward in the direction of the receiving space to drop the pipe-shaped part that is not received in the upright transporting space into the receiving space.

The sorting unit includes a plurality of sorting spaces for receiving and sorting the plurality of pipe-shaped parts to be conveyed along the guide path according to their heights, and the plurality of sorting spaces are sequentially increased in height .

In the pipe-type part sorting apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of pipe-shaped parts mounted inside are transported by vibration, and a plurality of sorting parts selectively accommodating the pipe-shaped parts in accordance with the height of the pipe- So that continuous selection is possible.

Therefore, there is an advantage that the inspection time and labor of the pipe-like parts can be remarkably reduced.

In addition, there is an advantage that a good product and a defective product can be more accurately selected.

In addition, according to the present invention, the pipe-type parts classified as defective can be sorted by defect type.

Therefore, since re-use can be performed and used as a good product, the recycling rate can be increased and the defect rate can be remarkably reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the external structure of a sorting apparatus for a pipe-type part according to the present invention; Fig.
Fig. 2 is a plan view showing an external configuration of a sorting apparatus for a pipe-type part according to the present invention. Fig.
3 is a partially enlarged view showing an action of an upright portion as one component in the sorting apparatus for pipe-type parts according to the present invention.
4 is a partially enlarged view showing the operation of the dropping part as one component in the sorting device for a pipe-type part according to the present invention.
5 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a first sorting part which is a constitution of a sorting device for a pipe-type part according to the present invention.
6 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a second sorting part which is a constitution of the sorting device for pipe-type parts according to the present invention.

Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed in a conventional and dictionary sense, and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of the term in order to describe its invention in the best possible way It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may be present.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of a sorting apparatus for a pipe-type part in which a preferred embodiment of the present invention is adopted will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 attached hereto.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a sorting apparatus for pipe-type parts according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showing an external configuration of a sorting apparatus for pipe-type parts according to the present invention.

(Hereinafter referred to as "sorting apparatus 100") according to the present invention includes a pipe-shaped part P having a perforated center portion therein, It is a device that can select good products and defective products by sorting by height while transporting.

To this end, a downwardly recessed receiving space 110 is provided at the inner center of the screening apparatus 100. The accommodation space 110 is deeply formed to accommodate a plurality of pipe-shaped parts P, and the vibration generator 120 is installed on the lower side.

The vibration generator 120 is configured to generate vibration when power is applied thereto. The vibration generator 120 is disposed to transmit vibration to the inside of the accommodation space 110, and various devices can be applied as long as the vibration can be generated. .

A spiral guide path 130 is formed outside the accommodation space 110. [ The guide path 130 is formed so as to be inclined upward at the bottom surface of the receiving space 110 and is designed to have a spiral shape so that the pipe-like part P is guided so as to be upwardly conveyed in the form of a spiral do.

The guide path 130 continuously guides the pipe-shaped part P moving by the vibration generated in the vibration generator 120.

On the guide path 130, there is provided an upright part 140 for uniformly aligning the pipe-like parts P to be conveyed in various postures along the guide path 130. The upright part 140 is configured so that the pipe-like part P to be fed in a lying-down state can be uprighted and then transported by a predetermined interval.

A first sorting part 150 and a second sorting part 160 are provided on the guide path 130 for sorting the pipe-like parts P via the upright part 140 by height. The first sorting unit 150 and the second sorting unit 160 are sequentially formed on the spiral guide path 130.

More specifically, the first sorting unit 150 is configured to sort the pipe-like parts P having a height smaller than a predetermined height range (the height of the pipe-like part P in the upright state) The second sorting unit 160 is a structure for sorting the pipe-like parts P belonging to the preset height range.

The pipe-shaped parts P that have not been sorted by the second sorting unit 160 are dropped to the outside of the sorter 100 through the rehabilitation unit 170.

The pipe type parts P that can not be sorted by the second sorting unit 160 are defective products exceeding a preset height range and are released to the outside of the guide path 130 through the rehabilitation unit 170, And can be reused as a good product.

A separate sorting box (refer to B in FIG. 2) is provided below the first sorting unit 150, the second sorting unit 160 and the rehabilitation unit 170 so that different sizes And the pipe-like parts P having the height are stored.

A dropping part 180 is provided at an end of the upright part 140. The dropping part 180 has a structure for dropping the pipe-shaped part P which is kept upright without being upright in the receiving space 110 even though the upright part 140 is provided. And the first sorting part 150. The guide part 130 is formed to be inclined toward the inside of the guide path 130. [

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration of the upright part 140 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view showing the operation of the upright part 140, which is a component of the screening apparatus 100 for a pipe-type part according to the present invention.

The upright part 140 has an upright rod 142 having a rod shape with a small diameter and inclined to the left side in an upward direction and lifting up the pipe- And an upright transporting space 144 for guiding the transport direction of the raised pipe-shaped part P by forming a space in the left direction from the rear of the upright rod 142.

The upright rod 142 is fixed so that its right end is not stepped on the upper surface of the guide path 130, and the left side portion has an upward slope toward the left and is bent backward.

5, the front end portion of the pipe-like part P is lifted up by the upright rod 142, and the raised pipe-like part P is lifted up, Are pushed rearward and received into the upright transfer space (144).

The upright transporting space 144 is configured to have a height greater than the height of the pipe-like part P, and is configured so as to accommodate all of the raised and defective products,

3, the pipe-like part P that is held in a lying state despite the passage of the upright rod 142 is not accommodated in the upright transporting space 144 but remains in a forwardly projected state , And then falls into the accommodation space (110) through the dropper (180).

To this end, the height of the upright receiving space 110 is set to be less than the outer diameter of the pipe-like part P and has a height sufficient to accommodate all of the pipe-shaped parts P having various heights to be manufactured desirable.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the dropping unit 180 will be described with reference to FIG.

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view showing the operation of the dropping unit 180, which is one component in the pipe-type part sorting apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the pipe-shaped part P for conveying along the upright transfer space 144 is continuously conveyed along the guide path 130 after leaving the upright conveyance space 144 to the left, The pipe-shaped part P (which is laid down) that is not accommodated in the inside of the receiving space 110 but is forwardly projected is dropped into the receiving space 110 through the dropping part 180 formed to be forwardly inclined .

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration of the first sorting unit 150 and the second sorting unit 160 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 attached hereto.

5 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a first sorting unit 150 which is a component of the sorting apparatus 100 for a pipe-type part according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a sorting apparatus for a pipe- There is shown a perspective view showing a configuration of a second sorting unit 160 which is a constitution of the first sorting unit 100 of the present invention.

The sorting unit is configured to accommodate a plurality of pipe-shaped parts P to be conveyed along the guide path 130 according to their heights, and has a plurality of similar structures.

That is, the sorting unit includes a first sorting unit 150 for sorting defective products having a height less than a height range required for good products, and a second sorting unit 160 for sorting good products.

The first sorting unit 150 includes a first sorting space 152 having a height smaller than the lower limit of the dimensional range of the good product.

The first sorting space 152 is open to the outside as shown in FIG. The pipe type parts P accommodated in the first sorting space 152 are accommodated in the first sorting space 152 and then fall off the guide path 130 and fall outside the sorter 100.

The pipe-shaped parts P falling into the first sorting space 152 are collected into the sorting box B.

On the other hand, the pipe-shaped part P having a height larger than the height of the first sorting space 152 is not accommodated in the first sorting space 152 as shown in FIG. 5 and is transported along the guide path 130 And passes through the second sorting unit 160.

The pipe-like parts P which are not accommodated in the first sorting space 152 fall into the first collecting part 154 formed on the right side and can be collected into the receiving space 110.

That is, the first collecting unit 154 is configured to communicate with a second collecting unit (reference numeral 164 in FIG. 6) which is a component of the second sorting unit 160, and the second collecting unit 164 is configured to communicate with the second collecting unit And the pipe-shaped part P falling through the first collecting part 154 is led to the receiving space 110 by communicating with the receiving space 110.

The configuration of the second selector 160 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The second sorting unit 160 includes a second sorting space 162 having a height corresponding to an upper limit of the height dimension range of the good product.

Therefore, the height of the second sorting space 162 is formed to be slightly higher than the height of the first sorting space 152, and the left side of the second sorting space 162 is opened to the outside as the first sorting space 152 And guides the fall of the good article in the direction of the arrow.

The first separating space 152 and the second separating space 162 may be inclined such that the bottoms of the first separating space 152 and the second separating space 162 are inclined outwardly. It is possible to accommodate the pipe-shaped part P.

A second collecting portion 164 is formed in front of the second sorting space 162. The second recovering unit 164 refers to a tubular space communicating with the first recovering unit 154 located on the right side. The second recovering unit 164 separates the pipe-shaped part P dropped through the first recovering unit 154 from the right side And is guided to the front (accommodation space 110).

Therefore, a recovery hole 166 is formed in the front of the second sorting space 162 and the recovery hole 166 is communicated with the first recovery part 154 via the second recovery part 164 do.

The pipe-shaped parts P falling into the accommodation space 110 through the collection hole 166 are again transported along the guide path 130 and are selectable again.

The pipe type parts P which can not be sorted by the first sorting part 150 and the second sorting part 160 are transported along the guide path 130 and then transported through the rehabilitation part 170 in the downward direction And can be used as a good product through separate processing (height lowering processing) in the future.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and many other modifications based on the present invention will be possible to those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, although the pipe-like part P is taken as an example of a small-sized part, it is needless to say that a solid-type part can be applied as long as the outer diameter is larger than the height.

100. Selection device for pipe-type parts 110. Capacity space
120. Vibration generator 130. Guide path
140. Upright part 142. Upright rod
144. Upright transfer space 150. First sorting part
152. First Sorting Space 154. First Reclaiming Section
160. The second sorting unit 162. The second sorting space
164. Second Recovery Section 166. Recovery Hall
170. Rehabilitation part 180. Dropping part
B. Classification box P. Pipe type parts

Claims (5)

A vibration generator for generating vibration in the accommodation space, and a spiral shape having an inclination outside the accommodation space, wherein the pipe-like part is formed by vibrating the pipe- A guide part for guiding the guide part to guide the guide part, a guide part for guiding the guide part to guide the guide part, a guide part for guiding the guide part to guide the guide part, And a rehabilitation section for dropping the non-selected pipe-shaped parts out of the guide path,
The sorting unit,
A first sorting unit for receiving a pipe-shaped part which is less than the height range of the good product,
And a second sorting unit for receiving the pipe-shaped parts corresponding to the height range of the good products among the pipe-shaped parts passed through the first sorting unit, and dropping the pipe-shaped parts to the outside of the guide path. .
[2] The apparatus of claim 1,
An upright rod for lifting the pipe-shaped part upwardly,
And an upright transporting space which is a space through which the upright pipe-shaped part moves by the upright rod.
[3] The apparatus of claim 2,
Wherein the pipe-shaped part has a height smaller than an outer diameter of the pipe-like part. [5] The apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein the one end of the upright transporting space is provided with a dropping portion formed to be downwardly sloped in the direction of the receiving space to drop the pipe- Device.
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