KR20220060392A - Drum type component feeding and align apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a drum-type component supply and alignment apparatus capable of supplying inserted components to a worker or a following process by aligning the components in an advantageous form for work through a rotating motion of a drum and vibrations of a sorting chute. In accordance with the present invention, the drum-type component supply and alignment apparatus includes: a feeding drum performing a rotating motion in an inclined state in which a component inlet on one side is located below a component outlet on the other side of an opposed part; a plurality of feeding blades attached to the inner circumference surface of the feeding drum adjacent to the component inlet at equidistant intervals to perform a rotating motion together with the feeding drum; a component supply part operated by a driving signal, which is outputted when a remaining amount of components in the feeding drum is not sufficient, to supply components into the feeding drum through the component inlet by a predetermined amount; and a vibration sorting chute extended from the inside of the feeding drum to the outside in a horizontal direction and including a plurality of sorting lanes. The feeding blades pull the components, inserted into the feeding drum through the component inlet, from a lower part of the feeding drum to an upper part of the same in a radial direction while rotating to supply the components onto the vibration sorting chute, and the vibration sorting chute aligns the components, supplied by the feeding blades, in a fixed direction through the sorting lanes while producing vibrations, and then, moves the components out of the feeding drum to discharge the components.

Description

Drum type component feeding and align apparatus

The present invention relates to a device for supplying and aligning parts, and more specifically, by using the rotational motion of a drum and the vibration of a sorting chute to align the inputted parts in an advantageous form for work, to be used by the operator or the subsequent process. It relates to a drum-type component feeding and aligning device for supplying.

In general, the parts supply device, which is mainly used in the parts assembly line of a manufacturing plant, occupies a very important part in terms of automation of assembly and manpower reduction. Accordingly, a parts supply device, which is a machine that automatically supplies specific parts necessary for the assembly process to a worker, is being manufactured and distributed in various forms depending on the type of parts to be supplied.

1 is a view showing a typical example of a conventional component supply device that is generally widely used.

Referring to Figure 1, a conventional component supply device that is generally widely used is disposed at the bottom of the component supply unit 120 and the support frame 130, the hopper 111 and the hopper 111 for accommodating the components and rotates. It includes a rotating plate 120 and the like, and while the rotating plate 120 rotates, it is configured to push the parts supplied thereon to the outside to discharge it to the outside through the discharge unit 112 on one side.

However, in the configuration of aligning parts using a rotating plate as shown in FIG. 1 and supplying them to an operator or a subsequent process, when a large amount of parts are input at once, poor alignment such as entangled parts in the parts alignment process occurs frequently. There is a problem, the processing speed is slow, the work efficiency is low, and it has the disadvantage that it is not suitable for a large number of small parts in particular.

Korea Patent Publication No. 2013-0032510 (published on April 2, 2013)

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a drum-type parts supply and alignment device that can quickly and accurately align a large amount of parts at once and supply them to an operator or a subsequent process, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of work will be.

According to one aspect of the present invention as a means of solving the problem,

As a device for arranging and supplying inputted parts in an advantageous form for work,

A feeding drum rotating in an inclined state in which the component outlet of the opposite side is higher than the component inlet of one side;

a plurality of feeding blades attached to the inner circumferential surface of the feeding drum adjacent to the part inlet at equal intervals to rotate together with the feeding drum;

a component supply unit operated with a driving signal output when the remaining amount of the component in the feeding drum is insufficient to supply a predetermined amount of the component to the inside of the feeding drum through the component inlet; and

Includes; a vibrating sorting chute extending horizontally from the inside of the feeding drum to the outside and having a plurality of sorting lanes;

As the feeding blades rotate, the components fed into the feeding drum through the component inlet are pumped from the radially lower portion of the feeding drum to the upper side and supplied onto the vibration sorting chute,

It provides a drum-type parts supply and alignment device, characterized in that the parts supplied by the feeding blade are aligned in a predetermined direction through the sorting lane while the vibrating sorting chute vibrates, and then moved out of the feeding drum and discharged.

Here, the feeding drum may be inclinedly supported while being floated from the base through the support frame.

In this case, a rotation driving unit for rotating the feeding drum may be mounted on the support frame.

Preferably, the rotation driving unit comprises: one drive shaft rotatably mounted to the support frame; at least one idle shaft rotatably mounted to the support frame and parallel to the drive shaft; and the drive shaft. A driving motor for rotating the feeding drum through the drive motor, and a plurality of rubber rollers integrally rotatably mounted on the drive shaft and the idle shaft so as to come into contact with a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum in the rotation direction, the feeding drum by the drive shaft This rotation and rotation of the feeding drum may be configured to support the rotational movement of the feeding drum while the idle shaft rotates.

And the parts supply unit applied to the present invention is operated based on the output of a hopper disposed on the feeding drum and accommodating the parts to be supplied, and a part detection sensor mounted on the feeding drum, and a predetermined amount of the parts accommodated in the hopper. It may be composed of a parts supply conveyor that moves and discharges from one side to the other, a supply chute connected to the parts inlet of the feeding drum, and a connection chute that connects the parts so that parts can be supplied from the parts supply conveyor to the supply chute.

In addition, the vibration sorting chute applied to the present invention can vibrate rapidly in the horizontal direction by the vibration generated by the vibration generator.

At this time, the vibration plate mounted with the vibration generator vibrates with the vibration generated by the vibration generator, and the vibration of the vibration plate is transmitted to the vibration selection chute through a plurality of vibration elastic bodies connecting the vibration plate and the vibration selection chute. can be

In addition, the vibrating plate is supported by a structure in which a part is lifted from the base through a chute support fixed to the base and positioned inside the feeding drum, the support plate is coupled to the chute support, and the support plate and the vibrating plate are a plurality can be connected through a vibration insulator of

In this case, one or more weights for adjusting the intensity of vibration may be mounted on the vibration plate.

The drum-type component supply and alignment device according to the present invention may further include a rotary sorter installed adjacent to the vibrating sorting chute to adjust the alignment state of parts moved from one side to the other by the vibrating sorting chute.

wherein the rotary sorter is preferably a first rotary sorter that is operative to accurately seat in the sorting lane or kick off the parts that are not properly seated in the sorting lane of the vibratory sorting chute, and the parts on the vibratory sorting chute It may be configured with a second rotary sorter disposed behind the first rotary sorter based on the moving direction and operated to separate two or more entangled parts among the parts moving along the sorting lane.

According to the drum-type parts supply and alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, parts are continuously supplied to the vibrating sorting chute by a rotating feeding drum, and the continuously supplied parts are a plurality of sorting lanes formed in the vibrating sorting chute It is evenly distributed in each and settled in the desired alignment direction, and in that state, it is moved and discharged to the other side as if sliding along the sorting lane.

That is, in the drum-type parts supply and alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, a series of processes of supplying and aligning parts are continuously performed as one continuous process, so that a large amount of parts can be quickly and accurately aligned at once, so that the operator or subsequent can be fed into the process, which can greatly improve the efficiency of the operation.

1 is a perspective view of a component supply device according to the prior art.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a drum-type component supply and alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the drum-type component feeding and aligning device of Fig. 2;
4 is a side view of the drum-type component supply and alignment device of FIG. 2 from the component discharge side.
5 is a plan view of the drum-type component supply and alignment device in which the component supply unit is omitted.
Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the extraction of the configuration for supporting the feeding drum in Figure 2;
7 is a perspective view of a vibrating sorting chute;
8 is a view showing an operating state of the first rotary sorter.
9 is a view showing an operating state of the second rotary sorter.
10 is a view showing an operating state of the feeding drum.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

Terms used in the specification are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the present specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, and includes one or more other features or It should be understood that the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof does not preclude the possibility of addition.

Also, terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

In addition, terms such as “…unit”, “…unit”, “…module”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. can

In the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals will be assigned to the same components for the same components, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. And, in the description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a perspective view of a drum-type component supply and aligning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the drum-type component supply and aligning apparatus of FIG. 2 . And FIG. 4 is a side view of the drum-type component supply and alignment device of FIG. 2 viewed from the component discharge side, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the drum-type component supply and alignment device in which the component supply unit is omitted.

With reference to these drawings, the overall configuration of the drum-type component supply and alignment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will first be schematically looked at.

Hereinafter, in describing an embodiment of the present invention, the supply target part may mainly correspond to an automobile part, but is not limited thereto. It should be noted that all products that require additional follow-up processes such as assembly with other parts or filling of contents, such as bearings and cosmetic containers or pharmaceuticals manufactured through injection molding, can be covered.

2 to 5, the drum-type parts supply and alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for aligning and supplying (discharging) the inputted parts in an advantageous form for a subsequent operation, and largely, a cylindrical feeding drum ( 10) and a plurality of feeding blades 18 installed on the inner circumferential surface of the feeding drum 10. It also includes a component supply unit 20 and a vibration sorting chute 30 for supplying components to the feeding drum 10 .

The feeding drum 10 is formed in a cylindrical shape. One side of the feeding drum 10 is partially opened to form the component inlet 12 , and the completely open portion of the other side opposite to the opposite side becomes the component discharge port 14 . The feeding drum 10 is in an inclined state in which the component outlet 14 on the other side of the opposite side is higher than the component inlet 12 on one side as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, and a rotation driving unit 50 to be described later is by do rotational motion.

The feeding drum 10 may be made of transparent thermoplastic plastic so that the state and remaining amount of the components accommodated therein can be visually checked. The transparent thermoplastic plastic may be, for example, polycarbonate, but is not limited thereto. The plurality of feeding blades 18 are installed on the inner circumferential surface of the feeding drum 10 as described above.

The feeding blades 18 are attached and fixed at equal intervals to the inner circumferential surface of the feeding drum 10 adjacent to the component inlet 12 . The feeding blade 18 may be fixedly attached to the inner peripheral surface of the feeding drum 10 by bolting using bolts or an adhesive fixing method. It serves to supply parts to (30).

The feeding blade 18 is preferably a vibrating sorting chute 30 without dropping the parts in the middle in the process of scooping up the parts when scooping up the parts by the rotation of the feeding drum 10 and supplying them onto the vibrating sorting chute 30 . In order to be supplied naturally without a large impact to the top, the tip portion may be upwardly bent at a certain angle based on when it is in an elevated position.

The parts to be aligned and supplied are supplied to the feeding drum 10 from the component supply unit 20 through the component inlet 12 . And the parts supplied to the feeding drum 10 are pumped up from the lower part in the radial direction of the feeding drum 10 to the upper part by the feeding blades 18 rotating together with the feeding drum 10, and the vibration sorting chute 30 It is supplied to the top, and is moved out of the feeding drum 10 after alignment in a predetermined direction through the vibration sorting chute 30 .

The parts to be aligned and supplied are supplied to the feeding drum 10 through the component inlet 12. The component supply unit 20 supplies the parts inside the feeding drum 10 through the component inlet 12 on one side of the feeding drum 10. to supply More specifically, it operates with a driving signal output when the remaining amount of the component in the feeding drum 10 is not sufficient to supply a predetermined amount of the component to the inside of the feeding drum 10 through the component inlet 12 .

The parts supply unit 20 is preferably installed on the base frame 62 of the upper portion of the feeding drum 10 and receives the hopper 22 for accommodating the parts to be supplied and the parts accommodated in the hopper 22 from one side to the other. It includes a parts supply conveyor 24 for discharging by moving. In addition, two (part supply conveyor 24) so that parts can be supplied from the supply chute 26 connected to the parts inlet 12 of the feeding drum 10 and the parts supply conveyor 24 to the supply chute 26 and a connection chute 25 for connecting the supply chute 26) may be provided.

In the proper place of the feeding drum 10, a component detection sensor 15 that detects the remaining amount of the components put therein, converts it into a corresponding signal, and outputs it to a controller (not shown) may be installed. At this time, the parts supply conveyor 24 is operated only for a set time or stroke under the control of the controller based on the output of the parts detection sensor 15, so that the parts can be discharged by a certain amount.

The method of detecting the remaining amount of components in the feeding drum 10 using the component detecting sensor 15 is a method of predicting the remaining amount by detecting the stacking height of the components accommodated in the feeding drum 10 by a known optical sensor method, or A method using a load sensor such as a load cell that predicts the remaining amount from a change in the total weight of the feeding drum 10 that varies depending on the load may be applied, but is not limited thereto.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the extraction of the configuration for supporting the feeding drum in Figure 2;

Referring to FIG. 6 and previous FIGS. 2 to 4 , the feeding drum 10 may be inclinedly supported while being lifted from the base 60 through the support frame 40 . The support frame 40 includes a pair of arc-shaped supports 42 and a lower connecting rod 44 connecting them, as illustrated in the figure, and a gradient is formed between the base 60 and the lower connecting rod 44. Two pairs of gradient blocks 46F and 46R of different heights are installed to form.

The support frame 40 is equipped with a rotation driving unit 50 that is operated to rotate the feeding drum 10 . The rotation driving unit 50 preferably includes a single drive shaft 52 having both ends rotatably mounted to the pair of arc-shaped supports 42 of the support frame 40 and both ends to the arc-shaped support 42 . and at least one idle shaft (54) rotatably mounted and parallel to the drive shaft (52).

In addition, a plurality of rubber rollers ( R). A reduction gear box (symbol omitted) may be installed on the output shaft of the drive motor 56 , and the reduction gear output shaft may be connected to the drive shaft 52 to transmit power through a chain or a belt.

According to this configuration, the rotational force output from the drive motor 56 is transmitted to the drive shaft 52 through a reduction gear and a chain or belt to rotate the drive shaft 52, and the rotational force of the drive shaft 52 is By being transferred to the feeding drum 10 through the rubber roller R, the feeding drum 10 rotates. At this time, the idle shaft 54 rotates with the rotation of the feeding drum 10 to support the rotational movement of the feeding drum 10 .

7 is a perspective view of a vibrating sorting chute;

7 and the preceding FIGS. 2 to 5 , the vibration sorting chute 30 functions to align the parts supplied by the feeding blade 18 in a predetermined direction and then move it out of the feeding drum 10 and discharge it. As shown in the figure, the vibrating sorting chute 30 is provided with a plurality of sorting lanes 32 extending in the horizontal direction from the inside of the feeding drum 10 to the outside, parallel to each other and continuous in the horizontal direction.

Each of the sorting lanes 32 may be composed of a hole or groove in the form of an elongated slit having a predetermined width. Here, the width of the sorting lane 32 and the longitudinal cross-sectional shape of the slit may vary depending on the shape, size, and shape of the part to be aligned and supplied, so the width of the slit is not limited to a specific width. It is not limited.

The vibration sorting chute 30 vibrates with directionality in a specific direction as a vibration generated by a vibration generator 33, which will be described later. Due to the vibration of the vibration sorting chute 30, the parts to be aligned and supplied are evenly distributed in the plurality of sorting lanes 32 and seated precisely in a predetermined direction, and in that state, they are fed along the sorting lane 32 by the directionality of the vibration. It is moved out of the drum (10).

As mentioned above, the vibration selection chute 30 vibrates with directionality in a specific direction with the vibration generated by the vibration generator 33 . Preferably, based on the front view of FIG. 3, while rapidly vibrating in the horizontal direction from the left to the right of the drawing, the parts are arranged so that they are evenly and accurately seated in the plurality of sorting lanes 32, and in that state, out of the feeding drum 10 move

The vibration generator 33 may be a piezoelectric motor that generates directional vibrations while rapidly vibrating a piezoelectric element in a specific direction with a high-frequency pulse voltage applied from the outside. (30) It may be mounted in a structure capable of generating stable vibration without separation at an appropriate position of the vibration plate 34 disposed below.

The vibration plate 34 may be connected to the vibration sorting chute 30 through a plurality of vibration elastic bodies 36 serving as vibration transmission media. According to this configuration, the vibration plate 34 vibrates with the vibration generated by the vibration generator 33 , and the vibration of the vibration plate 34 through the plurality of vibration elastic bodies 36 is transmitted to the vibration selection chute 30 . By being transmitted, the vibration sorting chute 30 vibrates with a specific directionality.

Each of the vibration elastic bodies 36 may preferably have a leaf spring structure in which several thin plates are stacked as in the examples of FIGS. 3 and 7 , and the vibration generated by the vibration generator 33 is amplified in the specific direction described above to select vibrations By being transmitted to the chute 30, it may be arranged obliquely in one direction as shown in the drawing so that the movement of the parts can be smoothly made in a specific direction.

The vibrating plate 34 is lifted from the base 60 through a chute support 37 fixed to the base 60 , and may be supported in such a way that a part thereof is positioned inside the feeding drum 10 . At this time, the support plate 38 is coupled to the chute support 37, and the vibration plate 34 is installed on the support plate 38 to be spaced apart through a plurality of vibration insulators 35, so that the base 60 is subjected to vibration. not transmitted

The vibration insulator 35 for preventing the vibration of the vibration sorting chute 30 from being transmitted to the base 60 may be a rubber material with a built-in shaft member, and a vibration generator 33 on the vibration plate 34 described above. ) may be equipped with one or more weights (Weight, 39) that serves to adjust the intensity of the vibration generated to an intensity suitable for aligning and moving parts.

On the other hand, reference numeral 70 in FIG. 7 and previous FIGS. 2 to 5 indicates the rotary selector 70 . The rotary sorter 70 is installed adjacent to the vibrating sorting chute 30 to adjust the alignment state of the parts moved from one side to the other by the vibrating sorting chute 30, or sorts the parts with poor alignment to the feeding drum again (10) It serves to transfer to the side.

The rotary sorter 70 is preferably composed of a first rotary sorter 70-1 and a second rotary sorter 70-2. Each of the first rotary sorter 70-1 and the second rotary sorter 70-2 is a rectangular plate body formed with a width corresponding to the exclusive motor 72 and the vibration sorting chute 30, and the It may be composed of a rotary sorting plate 74 that rotates at a predetermined distance from the vibration sorting chute 30 by driving.

As shown in FIG. 8 showing the operating state of the first rotary sorter, the part P that is moved from one side to the other without being properly seated on the sorting lane 32 of the vibration sorting chute 30 is moved It functions to push forward again based on the direction to be accurately seated on the sorting lane 32 or to be removed from the vibrating sorting chute 30 and conveyed to the feeding drum 10 side.

And as shown in FIG. 9 showing the operating state of the second rotary sorter, it is disposed behind the first rotary sorter 70-1 based on the moving direction of the parts on the vibration sorting chute 30, the first rotary sorter After the first rotation sorting through (70-1) serves to separate the parts (P) that are entangled with each other at least two of the parts (P) that continue to move along the sorting lane (32).

Of course, the drawing shows, for example, a configuration in which the two rotary sorters 70 are arranged back and forth at a predetermined distance based on the moving direction of the parts, but the number or arrangement position of the rotary sorters 70, and the rotary sorter ( 70), since the spacing may vary depending on the shape, size, shape, weight, etc. of the part to be aligned and supplied, it is to be noted that it is not limited to the exemplified number or arrangement form.

Hereinafter, the operation of the drum-type component supply and alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be briefly described.

FIG. 10 is an operation state diagram of the present invention as viewed from the component discharging side of the drum-type component supply and alignment device of FIG. 2 .

Referring to FIG. 10 and the preceding FIG. 3 , the part P to be aligned and supplied is supplied from the part supply unit 20 to the feeding drum 10 through the parts inlet 12 on one side of the feeding drum 10 . The parts supplied to the feeding drum 10 are pumped up from the lower part of the feeding drum 10 to the upper part by the feeding blades 18 serving as a bucket rotating together with the feeding drum 10, and the vibration sorting chute 30 ) is supplied as

The parts detecting sensor 15 installed in the proper place of the feeding drum 10 detects the remaining amount of the parts put into the feeding drum 10, converts it into a corresponding signal, and outputs it to a controller (not shown), the part detecting sensor 15 ), the parts supply conveyor 24 is operated only for a set time or stroke under the control of the controller based on the output, so that the parts can be supplied to the feeding drum 10 only by a predetermined quantity.

With the vibration generated by the vibration generator 33, the vibration sorting chute 30 vibrates in a specific direction (vibrating in the horizontal direction from the left to the right in the drawing based on the front view of FIG. 3), and, due to this The part P is seated in the desired alignment direction on the plurality of sorting lanes 32 formed in the vibrating sorting chute 30, and in that state is moved to the other side as if sliding along the sorting lane 32.

During the process in which the part P slides along the sorting lane 32 of the vibrating sorting chute 30, the part that is not properly seated in the sorting lane 32 is sorted by the first rotary sorter 70-1 Among the parts that are seated correctly on the lane 32 or are conveyed to the feeding drum 10 side (see FIG. 8 ), and which continue to move along the sorting lane 32 after the first rotational sorting, two or more parts intertwined with each other are rotated in the second rotation. They are separated from each other by a selector 70-2 (see FIG. 9).

In the conventional configuration (refer to FIG. 1 ) of aligning parts using a rotating plate and supplying them to an operator or a subsequent process, when a large amount of parts are input at once, poor alignment, such as entangled parts in the parts alignment process, frequently occurs. There is a problem that occurs, and the processing speed is slow, so the efficiency of the operation is low, and it is not suitable for a large number of small parts.

On the other hand, according to the apparatus for supplying and aligning drum-type parts according to an embodiment of the present invention, the parts are continuously supplied to the vibrating sorting chute by the rotating feeding drum, and the continuously supplied parts are a plurality of parts formed in the vibrating sorting chute. It is evenly distributed in each of the sorting lanes and settled in the desired alignment direction, and in that state, it is moved and discharged to the other side as if sliding along the sorting lane.

That is, in the drum-type parts supply and alignment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, a series of processes of supplying and aligning parts are continuously performed as one continuous process, so that a large amount of parts can be quickly and accurately aligned at once, so that the operator or subsequent can be fed into the process, which can greatly improve the efficiency of the operation.

As described above, according to the parts supply and sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, by using a rotating plate with a relatively wide inclined surface in supplying parts, the contact area of parts is increased, thereby ensuring ease of supply of heavy and large parts, and , it has the advantage of fast, accurate and mass-supply by using two rotating plates that can have different rotational speeds.

Furthermore, as it is possible to perform defect inspection (alignment status, color, presence of cracks, etc.) at the same time as supplying parts, and to selectively extract only the parts determined to be defective, the process by integrating the supply of parts and the inspection process can be more simplified, and more efficient operation of the process is possible, such as realizing automation through automated selection and extraction.

In the above detailed description of the present invention, only specific embodiments thereof have been described. However, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the particular form recited in the detailed description, but rather, it is to be understood to cover all modifications and equivalents and substitutions falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. should be

10: feeding drum 12: parts inlet
14: parts outlet 15: parts detection sensor
18: feeding blade 20: parts supply part
22: hopper 24: parts supply conveyor
25: connecting chute 26: feeding chute
30: vibration sorting chute 32: sorting lane
33: vibration generator 34: vibration plate
35: vibration insulator 36: vibration elastic body
37: chute support 38: support plate
39: weight 40: support frame
42: arc-shaped support 44: lower connecting rod
46F, 46R: gradient block 50: rotary drive
52: drive shaft 54: idle shaft
56: drive motor 60: base
62: base frame 70: rotary sorter
70-1: first rotary sorter 70-2: second rotary sorter
72: electric motor 74: rotation sorting plate
R: rubber roller

Claims (11)

As a device for arranging and supplying inputted parts in an advantageous form for work,
A feeding drum rotating in an inclined state in which the component outlet of the opposite side is higher than the component inlet of one side;
a plurality of feeding blades attached to the inner circumferential surface of the feeding drum adjacent to the part inlet at equal intervals to rotate together with the feeding drum;
a component supply unit operated with a driving signal output when the remaining amount of components in the feeding drum is insufficient to supply a predetermined amount of components into the feeding drum through the component inlet; and
Includes; a vibrating sorting chute extending horizontally from the inside of the feeding drum to the outside and having a plurality of sorting lanes;
As the feeding blades rotate, the components fed into the feeding drum through the component inlet are pumped from the radially lower portion of the feeding drum to the upper side and supplied onto the vibration sorting chute,
Drum-type parts supply and alignment device, characterized in that the parts supplied by the feeding blade are aligned in a predetermined direction through the sorting lane while the vibrating sorting chute vibrates, and then moved out of the feeding drum and discharged.
The method of claim 1,
The feeding drum is a drum-type component feeding and aligning device, characterized in that it is supported in an inclined state in a floating state from the base through the support frame.
3. The method of claim 2,
A drum-type component feeding and aligning device, characterized in that a rotary driving unit for rotating the feeding drum is mounted on the support frame.
4. The method of claim 3,
The rotation drive unit,
a drive shaft rotatably mounted to the support frame;
at least one idle shaft rotatably mounted to the support frame and parallel to the drive shaft;
a driving motor for rotating the feeding drum through the drive shaft;
a plurality of rubber rollers integrally rotatably mounted to the drive shaft and the idle shaft so as to come into contact with a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the feeding drum in the rotation direction,
A drum-type component feeding and aligning device, characterized in that the feeding drum is rotated by the drive shaft and the idle shaft is rotated by the rotation of the feeding drum to support the rotational movement of the feeding drum.
The method of claim 1,
The parts supply unit,
a hopper disposed on the feeding drum and accommodating the parts to be supplied;
A parts supply conveyor that operates based on the output of the parts detection sensor mounted on the feeding drum to move the parts accommodated in the hopper from one side to the other by a predetermined amount and discharge them;
a supply chute connected to the component inlet of the feeding drum; and
Drum-type parts supplying and aligning device, characterized in that it is composed of a connecting chute that connects the parts to be supplied to the supply chute from the parts supply conveyor.
The method of claim 1,
The vibration sorting chute is a drum-type component supply and alignment device, characterized in that rapidly vibrate in the horizontal direction by the vibration generated by the vibration generator.
7. The method of claim 6,
The vibration plate vibrates with the vibration generated by the vibration generator,
A drum-type component supply and alignment device, characterized in that a plurality of vibration elastic bodies are installed between the vibration plate and the vibration sorting chute.
8. The method of claim 7,
The vibrating plate is supported by a structure in which a part is buoyed from the base through a chute support fixed to the base and positioned inside the feeding drum,
A drum-type component feeding and aligning device, characterized in that a support plate is coupled to the chute support, and the support plate and the vibration plate are connected through a plurality of vibration insulators.
8. The method of claim 7,
Drum-type parts supply and alignment device, characterized in that one or more weights for adjusting the intensity of vibration are mounted on the vibration plate.
The method of claim 1,
A drum-type component supply and alignment device further comprising a; a rotary sorter installed adjacent to the vibrating sorting chute to adjust the alignment state of the parts moved from one side to the other by the vibrating sorting chute.
11. The method of claim 10,
The rotary selector,
a first rotary sorter that is operated to accurately seat in the sorting lane or kick off the parts that are not properly seated in the sorting lane of the vibrating sorting chute;
Based on the moving direction of the parts on the vibrating sorting chute, it is disposed behind the first rotary sorter and consists of a second rotary sorter that is operated to separate two or more parts that are entangled with each other among parts moving along the sorting lane Drum-type parts feeding and sorting device.

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