WO2018006426A1

WO2018006426A1 - Automatic die cutting device and method

Info

Publication number: WO2018006426A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/089462
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘明强
Original assignee: 昆山汉鼎精密金属有限公司
Priority date: 2016-07-08
Filing date: 2016-07-08
Publication date: 2018-01-11

Abstract

An automatic die cutting device and method. The automatic die cutting device comprises: a conveyor belt (104), a positioning structure (113), a mechanical arm (114), a stamping press (117), and an electric control box (118). The conveyor belt (104) is used for conveying a product (100). The positioning structure (113) is provided above the conveyor belt (104). The product (100) enters from a first side of the positioning structure (113), and then is transferred out from a second side of the positioning structure (113) after being positioned by the positioning structure (113). The mechanical arm (114) is provided at one side of the conveyor belt (104), and is provided with a material clamp for taking off the positioned product (100). The stamping press (117) is provided around the mechanical arm (114) for die cutting the positioned product (100). The electric control box (118) is used for controlling operations of the conveyor belt (104), the positioning structure (113), the mechanical arm (114), and the stamping press (117). After taking off the product (100) from the positioning structure (113), the mechanical arm (114) puts the product (100) in the stamping press (117) for die cutting, and takes off the die cut product (100). The device and the method therefor can avoid the hidden danger for manual work, do not consume human power, and can position accurately.

Description

[Name of invention made by ISA according to Rule 37.2] An automated punching device and automated punching method

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to a punching device, for example, to an automated punching device.

Background technique

After die-casting, the product needs to be punched. The operator needs to stack the products. After the product is cooled, the product is transferred to the punching machine, and the operator cuts the product. After the die cutting is completed, the product is polished to check for defects such as cracks.

In this process, it takes a lot of personnel to carry out the transfer product, and the operator needs to operate the punching machine to punch and polish the product, which wastes manpower and has safety hazards.

In view of this, it is necessary to develop an automatic punching device.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the present disclosure provides an automatic punching device that can save manpower that is laborious in the punching process and avoids the problem of using artificially existing safety hazards.

An automatic punching device comprises: a conveyor belt, a positioning structure, a robot arm, a punching machine and an electric control box;

The conveyor belt for conveying a product;

The positioning structure is disposed above the conveyor belt, and the product enters through a first side of the positioning structure, and after being positioned by the positioning structure, is transmitted from a second side of the positioning structure;

The mechanical arm is disposed on a side of the conveyor belt, and the mechanical arm is provided with a retrieving jig for removing the positioned product;

The punching machine is disposed around the mechanical arm for punching the positioned product;

The electric control box is used for controlling the operation of the conveyor belt, the positioning structure, the robot arm and the punching machine.

Optionally, the reclaiming jig is a suction cup type.

Optionally, the positioning structure comprises: a bracket, a first cylinder, a connecting carrier, two second cylinders, two clamping members, a third cylinder, and a pushing member;

The bracket is mounted on a conveyor belt;

The first cylinder is fixed to the bracket, the first cylinder has a first movable end, and the first movable end moves in a vertical direction;

The first end of the connecting bracket is fixed to the first movable end, and the second end has two fixing plates;

Each second cylinder is fixed above the fixed plate, each of the second cylinders has a second movable end, and the second movable ends of the two second cylinders are oppositely disposed;

a first end of each of the clamping members is fixed to the second movable end, and a second end of each of the clamping members has a downwardly extending clamping portion for gripping the handle of the product;

The third cylinder is fixed under the fixing plate, and the third cylinder has a third movable end;

The first end of the pusher is fixed to the third movable end, and the second end of the pusher has a pushing portion that pushes a side of the product.

Optionally, the first cylinder is a rodless cylinder.

Optionally, the second cylinder is a telescopic cylinder.

Optionally, the third cylinder is a telescopic cylinder.

Optionally, the number of the third cylinders is two.

Optionally, the positioning structure further includes an inductor disposed at a position on both sides of the conveyor belt adjacent to the bracket.

An automated die cutting method comprising:

The positioning structure positions the product located on the conveyor belt;

The robot arm takes the positioned product and places the positioned product into the punching machine;

The punch punches the positioned product; and

The mechanical arm takes the punched product;

Wherein, the positioning structure, the robot arm and the punching machine are controlled by an electric control box.

Compared with the related art, the automatic punching device of the present disclosure is used to remove the product from the conveyor belt by the robot arm, put it into a punching machine for punching, and remove it by the robot arm, so as to avoid labor-consuming transfer products during the punching process. The problem and avoid the danger of using artificial presence. In addition, by adopting the positioning structure, the accurate positioning of the product can be achieved, and the subsequent processing problems are prevented from being caused by the positioning.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first state of an automated punching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second state of an automated punching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a third state of an automated punching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a fourth state of an automated punching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a fifth state of an automated punching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a first working state of a positioning structure in an automatic punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention; schematic diagram.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a second working state of a positioning structure in an automatic punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a third working state of a positioning structure in an automatic punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a fourth working state of a positioning structure in an automatic punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a schematic exploded view of Figure 6.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an automated punching method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Implementation

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 for a first to fifth state of the automatic punching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The automatic punching device provided by the present disclosure includes: a conveyor belt 104, a positioning structure 113, a robot arm 114, a punch 117, and an electric control box 118;

The conveyor belt 104 is used to transport the product 100;

The positioning structure 113 is disposed above the conveyor belt 104, and the product 100 enters through the first side of the positioning structure 113, is positioned by the positioning structure 113, and is transmitted from the second side of the positioning structure 113;

The mechanical arm 114 is disposed on the side of the conveyor belt 104, and the mechanical arm 114 is provided with a retracting jig 115 for taking away the positioned product 100;

The punching machine 117 is disposed around the mechanical arm 114 for punching the positioned product 100;

The electrical control box 118 is configured to control the operation of the conveyor belt 104, the positioning structure 113, the robot arm 114, and the punch 117.

Wherein, the robot arm 114 removes the product 100 from the positioning structure 113, puts it into the punching machine 117 for punching, and removes the punched product 100.

Optionally, the reclaiming jig 115 is of a suction cup type.

Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 10 . FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a first working state of a positioning structure in an automatic punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a schematic exploded view of FIG. 6 .

Optionally, the product 100 has a handle 101 and a side 102.

Optionally, the positioning structure 113 includes a bracket 103, a first cylinder 105, a connecting bracket 106, two second cylinders 108, two clamping members 109, a third cylinder 110, and a pushing member 111.

The bracket 103 is mounted on the conveyor belt 104, and the product 100 is conveyed on the conveyor belt 104;

a first cylinder 105 is fixed to the bracket 103, the first cylinder 105 has a first movable end, and the first movable end moves in a vertical direction;

The first end of the connecting bracket 106 is fixed to the first movable end, and the second end has two fixing plates 107;

Each of the second cylinders 108 is correspondingly fixed to the fixed plate 107, and each of the second cylinders 108 has a second movable end, and the second movable ends of the two second cylinders 108 are oppositely disposed;

a first end of each of the clamping members 109 is fixed to the second movable end, and a second end of each of the clamping members 109 has a downwardly extending clamping portion for clamping the handle 101;

a third cylinder 110 is fixed under the fixing plate 107, and the third cylinder 110 has a third movable end;

A first end of the pushing member 111 is fixed to the third movable end, and a second end of the pushing member 111 has a pushing portion for pushing the side edge 102.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the first cylinder 105 may be a rodless cylinder, which may save a stroke; the second cylinder 108 may be a telescopic cylinder; the third cylinder 110 may be a telescopic cylinder; The number of three cylinders 110 is two to achieve a force balance.

The positioning structure 113 further includes a sensor 112 disposed at a position adjacent to the bracket 103 on both sides of the conveyor belt 104.

Please refer to FIG. 7 again. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a second working state of the positioning structure in the automatic punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The product 100 is transported along the conveyor belt 104. When the carrier 103 is reached, the sensor 112 senses the product 100, signals the electrical control box 118 (electrical control box), and the electrical control box 118 sends a control signal to the first cylinder 105. The first movable end moves downwardly, and the second movable ends of the two second cylinders 108 move toward each other to grip the shank 101 of the product 100.

Please refer to FIG. 8 again. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a third working state of the positioning structure in the automatic punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Thereafter, the third movable end of the third cylinder 110 drives the pushing portion to push the side 102 of the product 100 to be squared.

When the product 100 is squared, the first cylinder 105, the second cylinder 108, and the third cylinder 110 are respectively returned.

It can be seen that, by using the positioning structure 113, the product 100 can be accurately positioned to avoid subsequent processing problems caused by inaccurate positioning.

Please refer to FIG. 11. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an automated punching method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present disclosure also provides an automated die cutting method, as shown in FIG.

Step 201: positioning the product to locate the product located on the conveyor belt; (please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3);

Step 202: The robot arm takes the positioned product and puts the positioned product into a punching machine (please refer to FIG. 4);

Step 203: The punching machine punches the positioned product;

Step 204: The robot arm takes the punched product (please refer to FIG. 5);

Optionally, the positioning structure, the robot arm and the punch are controlled by an electric control box.

Compared with the related art, with the automatic punching device and method of the present disclosure, the product 100 is removed from the conveyor belt 104 by the robot arm 114, placed in a punching machine 117 for punching, and taken away by the robot arm 114, avoiding rushing. The cutting process requires labor-intensive transfer products and avoids the danger of using artificial presence. In addition, by adopting the positioning structure 113, accurate positioning of the product 100 can be achieved, and the positioning problem is prevented from causing subsequent processing problems.

It is to be noted that the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications of the above-described embodiments based on the technical solutions of the present disclosure will fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

Industrial applicability

Compared with the related art, the automatic punching device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure is used to remove the product from the conveyor belt by the robot arm, and then put into a punching machine for punching and removal by the mechanical arm, thereby avoiding the need for the punching process. The problem of manpower transfer of products and the avoidance of artificial safety hazards. In addition, by adopting the positioning structure, accurate positioning of the product can be achieved, and the subsequent processing problem is prevented from being caused by the positioning being inaccurate.

Claims

An automatic punching device comprises: a conveyor belt, a positioning structure, a robot arm, a punching machine and an electric control box;

The conveyor belt for conveying a product;

The positioning structure is disposed above the conveyor belt, and the product enters through a first side of the positioning structure, and after being positioned by the positioning structure, is transmitted from a second side of the positioning structure;

The mechanical arm is disposed on a side of the conveyor belt, and the mechanical arm is provided with a retrieving jig for removing the positioned product;

The punching machine is disposed around the mechanical arm for punching the positioned product;

The electric control box is used for controlling the operation of the conveyor belt, the positioning structure, the robot arm and the punching machine.
The automated blanking apparatus of claim 1 wherein said take-up jig is of the suction cup type.
The automated punching apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the positioning structure comprises: a bracket, a first cylinder, a connecting carrier, two second cylinders, two clamping members, a third cylinder, and a pushing member ;

The bracket is mounted on a conveyor belt;

The first cylinder is fixed to the bracket, the first cylinder has a first movable end, and the first movable end moves in a vertical direction;

The first end of the connecting bracket is fixed to the first movable end, and the second end has two fixing plates;

Each second cylinder is fixed above the fixed plate, each of the second cylinders has a second movable end, and the second movable ends of the two second cylinders are oppositely disposed;

a first end of each of the clamping members is fixed to the second movable end, and a second end of each of the clamping members has a downwardly extending clamping portion for gripping the handle of the product;

The third cylinder is fixed under the fixing plate, and the third cylinder has a third movable end;

The first end of the pusher is fixed to the third movable end, and the second end of the pusher has a pushing portion that pushes a side of the product.
The automated blanking apparatus of claim 3 wherein said first cylinder is a rodless cylinder.
The automated blanking apparatus of claim 3 wherein said second cylinder is a telescoping cylinder.
The automated blanking apparatus of claim 3 wherein said third cylinder is a telescoping cylinder.
The automated blanking apparatus of claim 3 wherein the number of said third cylinders is two.
The automated blanking apparatus of claim 3 wherein said positioning structure further comprises an inductor disposed on a side of said conveyor adjacent said bracket.
An automated die cutting method comprising:

The positioning structure positions the product located on the conveyor belt;

The robot arm takes the positioned product and places the positioned product into the punching machine;

The punch punches the positioned product; and

The mechanical arm takes the punched product;

Wherein, the positioning structure, the robot arm and the punching machine are controlled by an electric control box.