A pipeline transfer device that can realize online and offline switching

Abstract

The present invention discloses an assembly line transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching, the assembly line transfer device comprising: a frame; a lifting assembly, the lifting assembly being mounted on the frame; a material box delivery assembly, the material box delivery assembly being mounted on the frame and located on one side of the lifting assembly; a material box recovery assembly, the material box recovery assembly being mounted on the frame and located on one side of the lifting assembly; a material box transfer assembly, the material box transfer assembly being mounted on the lifting assembly; and a connecting assembly line, the connecting assembly line being mounted on the lifting assembly. The assembly line transfer device of the present application can improve the production efficiency of the assembly line.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of non-standard equipment, and in particular to a pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching. Background Art

[0002] In the semiconductor and 3C industries, production equipment with automatic loading and unloading is usually in offline mode. If it is to be used online, the loading and unloading machine needs to be disassembled or a special assembly line docking station needs to be customized, which increases the equipment modification cost and the workload of equipment maintenance personnel. For online machines, if one of the equipment fails, it will affect the upstream and downstream material receiving and feeding, causing the entire production line to stop production, seriously affecting production efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0003] The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an assembly line transfer device that can realize online and offline switching, aiming to design an assembly line equipment with high compatibility to achieve uninterrupted assembly line operation and improve assembly line production efficiency.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention proposes a pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching, comprising:

[0005] frame;

[0006] A lifting assembly, the lifting assembly being mounted on the frame;

[0007] A material box delivery assembly, which is mounted on the frame and located on one side of the lifting assembly;

[0008] A material box recovery component, which is installed on the frame and located on one side of the lifting component;

[0009] a material box transfer assembly, the material box transfer assembly being mounted on the lifting assembly; and

[0010] A docking assembly line, the docking assembly line is installed on the lifting assembly;

[0011] Among them, the assembly line transfer device has an online mode and an offline mode. In the online mode, the lifting component drives the connecting assembly line to connect with the main stations on the front and rear sides of the assembly line's forward direction; in the offline mode, the lifting component drives the material box transfer component to connect with the full material box at the material box delivery component to load the main station at the downstream, or the lifting component drives the material box transfer component to connect with the empty material box at the material box delivery component to unload the main station at the upstream.

[0012] Optionally, the docking assembly line includes two transmission tracks arranged in parallel, a platform on which the transmission tracks are installed, the platform is installed on the lifting assembly, and a front and rear adjustment rail is also provided between the platform and the lifting assembly. The platform can move along the front and rear adjustment rail to connect with the main platform upstream or downstream of the assembly line.

[0013] Optionally, a width adjustment rail is further provided between the transmission track and the carrier, and the transmission track can slide along the width adjustment rail to adjust the width between two transmission tracks arranged in parallel.

[0014] Optionally, the lifting assembly includes a lifting drive, a sliding frame and a lifting guide rail installed on the frame, the sliding frame is slidably installed on the lifting guide rail, the lifting drive drives the sliding frame to slide along the lifting guide rail, and the material box transfer assembly and the docking assembly line are installed on the sliding frame.

[0015] Optionally, the material box delivery assembly and the material box recovery assembly are located on the same side of the lifting assembly.

[0016] Optionally, the material box transfer assembly includes a translation guide rail installed on the lifting assembly, a fixing device installed on the translation guide rail, and a translation drive member that drives the fixing device to move along the translation guide rail.

[0017] Optionally, the fixing device includes a lower fork for abutting the lower part of the material box, a block for abutting the side of the material box, and a pressure block for abutting the upper part of the material box, wherein the lower fork is connected to the lower end of the block, the pressure block is connected to the upper end of the block, and the block is slidably matched with the translation guide rail.

[0018] Optionally, the pressing block is rotatably connected to the stopper, and an elastic member providing elastic force to clamp the material box is provided between the pressing block and the stopper.

[0019] Optionally, the material box delivery assembly includes a support plate fixedly connected to the frame, a conveyor belt installed on the support plate, and a top flat structure fixed to the frame, and a avoidance opening is opened on one side of the support plate close to the lifting assembly, the lower fork extends into the avoidance opening, and the top flat structure is located above the avoidance opening.

[0020] Optionally, the assembly line transfer device further comprises a material pushing assembly installed on the lifting assembly, and the material pushing assembly is used to push the material in the material box in the material box transfer assembly to the main station.

[0021] The technical solution of the present invention designs a material box delivery component, a material box recovery component, a material box transfer component and a connecting assembly in the assembly line transfer device. When the present application is applied to the assembly line, when one of the main stations in the assembly line fails, in the online mode, the transfer device of the present application can drive the main stations on both sides of the connecting assembly line of the failed main station through the lifting component to connect to ensure the continuous operation of the assembly line, while in the offline mode, the material box delivery component, the lifting component, and the material box transfer component can cooperate to collect materials from the main station upstream of the failed main station, or to discharge materials from the main station downstream of the failed main station. In this way, the assembly line transfer device of the present application integrates the online mode and the offline mode to achieve uninterrupted assembly line operation and improve assembly line production efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings without paying creative work.

[0023] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the connection between the pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching and the main station of the pipeline in the present invention;

[0024] Figure 2 A three-dimensional diagram of an embodiment of a pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching according to the present invention;

[0025] Figure 3 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the internal structure of a pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching from a first-person perspective;

[0026] Figure 4 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the internal structure of the pipeline transfer device from a second perspective that can realize online and offline switching;

[0027] Figure 5 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the exploded structure of a material box transfer component of a production line transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching;

[0028] Figure 6 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the internal structure of the pipeline transfer device from a third perspective that can realize online and offline switching;

[0029] Figure 7 for Figure 6 Enlarged view of point A in the middle;

[0030] Figure 8 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the internal structure of the fourth perspective of the pipeline transfer device that can realize online and offline switching;

[0031] Description of Figure Numbers:

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[0033] The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further explained in conjunction with embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0035] It should be noted that all directional indications in the embodiments of the present invention (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement status, etc. between the components under a certain specific posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings). If the specific posture changes, the directional indication will also change accordingly.

[0036] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "connection", "fixation", etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, "fixation" can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise clearly defined. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0037] In addition, in the present invention, descriptions such as "first", "second", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but they must be based on the ability of ordinary technicians in the field to implement them. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be implemented, it should be deemed that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection required by the present invention.

[0038] The present invention proposes a pipeline transfer device 100 that can realize online and offline switching. Figures 1 to 3 , Figure 8 In an embodiment of the present invention, the assembly line transfer device includes: a frame 110, a lifting component 120, a material box delivery component 130, a material box recovery component 140, a material box transfer component 150, and a connecting assembly line 160.

[0039] The frame 110 is composed of a plate, or a plate plus a frame. The frame 110 of the present application is limited to a box shape similar to an opening. Support legs 111 and universal wheels 112 are installed below the frame 110, so that the entire assembly line transfer device can be moved to the required position of the assembly line. The lifting assembly 120 includes a lifting drive 123, a sliding frame 122, and a lifting guide rail 121 installed on the frame 110. The lifting guide rail 121 is fixed on the plate of the frame 110. The sliding frame 122 slides in cooperation with the lifting guide rail 121. The lifting drive 123 can be a motor and a lead screw connected to the motor. The lead screw is connected to the sliding frame 122 through a lead screw nut, or the lifting assembly 120 is a combination of a motor, a pulley, and a synchronous belt. The sliding frame 122 is driven by the motor to slide up and down along the lifting guide rail 121. The sliding frame 122 is a frame structure, which includes two parts, the lower part is used to install the material box transfer assembly 150, and the upper part is used to install the docking assembly line 160. Both the upper and lower parts of the sliding frame 122 are formed with a platform structure to install the material box transfer assembly 150 and the docking assembly line 160. The material box delivery assembly 130 is installed on the frame 110 and is located on one side of the lifting rail 121 in the lifting assembly 120; the material box recovery assembly 140 is installed on the frame 110 and is also located on one side of the lifting rail 121 in the lifting assembly 120. In order to improve the delivery efficiency of the material box transfer assembly 150, the material box delivery assembly 130 and the material box recovery assembly 140 of the present application are located on the same side of the lifting rail 121 in the lifting assembly 120.

[0040] The pipeline transfer device has an online mode and an offline mode. In the online mode, the lifting assembly 120 drives the connecting pipeline 160 to connect the main machine platforms on the front and rear sides of the pipeline in the forward direction. Figure 1As shown, when the main station in front of the main station shown in the figure fails, the assembly line transfer device located on the left side of the main station can connect the workpiece of the main station in front of the failed main station by adjusting the height of the connecting assembly line 160 through the lifting component 120. The lifting component 120 then adjusts the height of the connecting assembly line 160 and docks with the main station shown in the figure, and transfers the workpiece to the main station shown in the figure for processing. In the offline mode, the lifting component 120 drives the material box transfer component 150 to connect the full material box 180 at the material box delivery component 130 to load the main station located downstream, or the lifting component 120 drives the material box transfer component 150 to connect the empty material box 180 at the material box delivery component 130 to unload the main station located upstream. Specifically, taking the main station in Figure 1 as a reference, if it is assumed that the main station in Figure 1 is the downstream main station in the assembly line, the assembly line transfer device on the left side of the main station puts the material box 180 full of processed parts into the material box delivery component 130, and the lifting component 1 20, the material box transfer component 150 will move to the material box delivery component 130 delivery point to connect the fully loaded material box 180 delivered by the material box 180 component. The material box transfer component 150 is driven by the lifting component 120 to rise to a height level with the material track of the main platform, and the processed parts in the material box 180 are delivered to the main platform. The empty material box 180 that has been delivered will arrive at the material box recovery component 140 under the drive of the lifting component 120, and the empty material box 180 will be transferred to the material box delivery component 130 to wait for recovery. In general, when a main platform of the assembly line fails, the assembly line transfer device of the present application can act as the position of the failed main platform in online mode, so that the upstream and downstream main platforms continue to work until the main platform is repaired. Or in offline mode, the assembly line transfer device of the present application acts as the position of the failed main platform to unload materials for the upstream machine or load materials for the downstream machine. This can greatly reduce the downtime of the assembly line and improve the production efficiency of the assembly line.

[0041] The technical solution of the present invention designs a material box delivery component 130, a material box recovery component 140, a material box transfer component 150 and a connecting assembly 160 in the assembly line transfer device. When the present application is applied to the assembly line, when one of the main stations in the assembly line fails, in the online mode, the transfer device of the present application can drive the connecting assembly 160 through the lifting component 120 to connect the main stations on both sides of the failed main station to ensure the continuous operation of the assembly line. In the offline mode, the material box delivery component 130, the lifting component 120, and the material box transfer component 150 can cooperate to collect materials from the main station upstream of the failed main station, or to discharge materials from the main station downstream of the failed main station. In this way, the assembly line transfer device of the present application integrates the online mode and the offline mode to achieve uninterrupted assembly line operation and improve assembly line production efficiency.

[0042] In order to further improve the versatility of the assembly line transfer device of the present application, in some embodiments, the connecting assembly line 160 includes two parallel transmission rails 161, a carrier 162 on which the transmission rails 161 are installed, the carrier 162 is installed on the sliding frame 122 in the lifting assembly 120, and a front and rear adjustment rail 163 is also provided between the carrier 162 and the lifting assembly 120, and the carrier 162 can move along the front and rear adjustment rail 163 to connect with the main machine upstream or downstream of the assembly line. Among them, the conveying rail can be composed of a plurality of rollers arranged in a long strip driven by a motor, or the conveying rail is a synchronous belt driven by a motor. It can be understood that a motor can also be installed on the sliding frame 122 to drive the carrier 162 to move along the front and rear adjustment rails 163. The setting of the front and rear adjustment rails 163 can compensate for the position difference of the front and rear main machines, so that the workpiece transmission is smoother.

[0043] In some embodiments, a width adjustment rail 164 is further provided between the transmission rail 161 and the carrier 162, and the transmission rail 161 can slide along the width adjustment rail 164 to adjust the width between two parallel transmission rails 161. By providing the width adjustment rail 164, the docking assembly line 160 of the present application can be docked with assembly lines with different track widths, which makes the assembly line transfer device of the present application more versatile.

[0044] Please refer to Figures 4 to 7 The material box transfer assembly 150 of the present application includes a translation guide rail 151 installed on the sliding frame 122 in the lifting assembly 120, a fixing device 152 installed on the translation guide rail 151, and a translation driving member 153 driving the fixing device 152 to move along the translation guide rail 151. The fixing device 152 of the present application is used to clamp and fix the material box 180. By setting the translation guide rail 151 and the translation drive member 153, on the one hand, when the material box transfer component 150 is docking with the material box 180 from the material box delivery component 130, the translation drive member 153 and the translation guide rail 151 can cooperate to move the fixing device 152 closer to the material box 180 and then firmly fix the material box 180. In addition, in the process of transporting the material box 180, the movement space of the material box 180 and the movement space of the material box transfer component 150 can be overlapped as much as possible through the retraction action, thereby reducing the volume of the entire device. On the other hand, in the offline mode loading and unloading process of the assembly line transfer device of the present application, the cooperation of the translation guide rail 151 and the translation drive member 153 can make the material box 180 better dock with the material track of the main machine to prevent position errors, making the loading and unloading process smoother.

[0045] Furthermore, the assembly line transfer device also includes a pushing assembly 170 installed on the lifting assembly 120. The pushing assembly 170 is used to push the material in the material box 180 in the material box transfer assembly 150 to the main machine. The pushing assembly 170 uses a linear module or a cylinder as a power part, and is provided with a push rod or a crank connecting rod as an actuator. The push rod or the crank connecting rod can be extended into the large material box 180. The linear module or the cylinder drives the push rod or the crank connecting rod to reciprocate to push the material in the material box 180 to the main machine.

[0046] Further, the fixing device 152 includes a lower fork 1521 for abutting the lower part of the material box 180, a stopper 1522 for abutting the side of the material box 180, and a pressing block 1523 for abutting the upper part of the material box 180, wherein the lower fork 1521 is connected to the lower end of the stopper 1522, the pressing block 1523 is connected to the upper end of the stopper 1522, and the stopper 1522 is slidably matched with the translation guide rail 151. The stopper 1522 of the present application is a seat structure, and the stopper 1522 is located at one end of the seat structure to allow the material box 180 to abut when clamping the material box 180. The pressing block 1523 of the present application is rotatably connected to the stopper 1522, and an elastic member providing elastic force to clamp the material box 180 is provided between the pressing block 1523 and the stopper 1522. The elastic member may be a torsion spring, and the pressure block 1523 may have an arc surface so that the material box 180 can be inserted between the pressure block 1523 and the lower fork 1521. The cooperation of the pressure block 1523, the stop block 1522 and the lower fork 1521 of the present application enables the material box 180 to be tightened. Therefore, whether in the process of transferring the material box 180 or in the process of loading and unloading the material box 180, the material box 180 is not easily displaced, making the operation more stable.

[0047] In some embodiments, the material box delivery assembly 130 includes a support plate 131 fixedly connected to the frame 110, a conveyor belt 132 mounted on the support plate 131, and a top flat structure 133 fixed to the frame 110. The support plate 131 has a clearance opening 134 on one side close to the lifting assembly 120, the lower fork 1521 extends into the clearance opening 134, and the top flat structure 133 is located above the clearance opening 134. The support plate 131 of the present application is formed with a guide groove having a substantially same structural shape as the material box 180, the top flat structure 133 is located obliquely above the clearance opening 134, and the top flat structure 133 and the support plate 131 work together to straighten the material box 180 before entering the material box transfer assembly 150, and the setting of the clearance opening 134 can perfectly allow the lower fork 1521 to be inserted without causing structural interference, and the structural form of the material box recovery assembly 140 is substantially the same as that of the material box delivery assembly 130, which will not be repeated here.

[0048] It should be noted that the material box 180 in the present application should be understood as a jig, and its structural form is diverse and can be changed according to the shape of the actual processed product. Therefore, the shape of the material box 180 should not be used as a limitation on the scope of protection of the present application.

[0049] The above descriptions are only optional embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. All equivalent structural changes made using the contents of the present invention's specification and drawings, or directly / indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching, characterized in that: The pipeline transfer device includes: frame; A lifting assembly, the lifting assembly being mounted on the frame; A material box delivery assembly, which is mounted on the frame and located on one side of the lifting assembly; A material box recovery component, which is installed on the frame and located on one side of the lifting component; a material box transfer assembly, the material box transfer assembly being mounted on the lifting assembly; and A docking assembly line, the docking assembly line is installed on the lifting assembly; The assembly line transfer device has an online mode and an offline mode. In the online mode, the lifting component drives the connecting assembly line to connect with the main stations on the front and rear sides of the assembly line in the forward direction; in the offline mode, the lifting component drives the material box transfer component to connect with the full material box at the material box delivery component to load the main station at the downstream, or the lifting component drives the material box transfer component to connect with the empty material box at the material box delivery component to unload the main station at the upstream. The docking assembly line includes two parallel transmission rails, a carrier installed on the transmission rails, the carrier installed on the lifting assembly, and a front and rear adjustment rail is also provided between the carrier and the lifting assembly. The carrier can move along the front and rear adjustment rail to connect with the main machine upstream or downstream of the assembly line; The lifting assembly includes a lifting drive, a sliding frame, and a lifting guide rail installed on the frame, the sliding frame is slidably installed on the lifting guide rail, the lifting drive drives the sliding frame to slide along the lifting guide rail, and the material box transfer assembly and the docking assembly line are installed on the sliding frame; The material box transfer assembly includes a translation guide rail installed on the lifting assembly, a fixing device installed on the translation guide rail, and a translation driving member driving the fixing device to move along the translation guide rail.

2. The pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: A width adjustment rail is also provided between the transmission track and the carrier, and the transmission track can slide along the width adjustment rail to adjust the width between two transmission tracks arranged in parallel.

3. The pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The material box delivery assembly and the material box recovery assembly are located on the same side of the lifting assembly.

4. The pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The fixing device includes a lower fork for abutting the lower part of the material box, a stopper for abutting the side of the material box, and a pressure block for abutting the upper part of the material box, wherein the lower fork is connected to the lower end of the stopper, the pressure block is connected to the upper end of the stopper, and the stopper is slidably matched with the translation guide rail.

5. The pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: The pressing block is rotatably connected to the stopper, and an elastic member providing elastic force to clamp the material box is arranged between the pressing block and the stopper.

6. The pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: The material box delivery assembly includes a support plate fixedly connected to the frame, a conveyor belt installed on the support plate, and a top flat structure fixed to the frame. A avoidance opening is opened on one side of the support plate close to the lifting assembly, the lower fork extends into the avoidance opening, and the top flat structure is located above the avoidance opening.

7. The pipeline transfer device capable of realizing online and offline switching as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The assembly line transfer device also includes a material pushing assembly installed on the lifting assembly, and the material pushing assembly is used to push the material in the material box in the material box transfer assembly to the main machine platform.

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