A device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels

Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic inner and outer cover device for aluminum barrels, comprising: a cover grabbing manipulator, which at least comprises a mechanical arm, a gripper mounting plate, an inner cover gripper and an outer cover gripper; an inner cover placement bracket, an outer cover placement bracket and an aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism arranged on the rotation radius of the mechanical arm. The present invention avoids the risk of contamination caused by manual addition of inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels, reduces human errors, and the inner and outer covers are concentrated in one mechanism for simultaneous addition and removal, reducing production space and costs.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of pharmaceutical equipment, and in particular to a device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to an aluminum barrel. Background Art

[0002] With the upgrading of China's pharmaceutical industry regulations, the requirements for the quality of drug packaging materials and packaging processes are becoming more and more stringent, and the requirements for production line automation are becoming higher and higher. Drug production lines that use aluminum barrels as packaging must cover the aluminum barrels after packaging in order to minimize manual intervention, minimize the risk of pollution, and reduce investment.

[0003] At present, the inner and outer covers of aluminum barrels are mainly added manually, or the inner and outer covers are added separately. The main defects are as follows:

[0004] 1) Manual capping increases the risk of drug contamination;

[0005] 2) Manual capping increases labor costs;

[0006] 3) Manual capping carries the risk of human error;

[0007] 4) The inner cover and outer cover are added and removed separately, which takes up more production space;

[0008] 5) It is costly to separately add an extra set of driving mechanisms for the inner cover and the outer cover. Summary of the invention

[0009] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels in order to solve the above problems, so as to avoid the risk of contamination caused by manual addition of inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels and reduce human errors. The inner and outer covers are concentrated in one mechanism for simultaneous addition and removal to reduce production space and reduce costs.

[0010] The object of the present invention is achieved in that:

[0011] The device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to an aluminum barrel of the present invention comprises:

[0012] A cover grabbing robot, which at least includes a robot arm, a gripper mounting plate, an inner cover gripper and an outer cover gripper, the middle part of the gripper mounting plate is connected to one end of the robot arm, the two ends of the gripper mounting plate are respectively connected to the upper ends of the inner cover gripper and the outer cover gripper, the robot arm can rotate in the horizontal direction with the other end as the axis, and the inner cover gripper and the outer cover gripper are respectively provided with suction cups for adsorbing the inner cover and the outer cover;

[0013] An inner cover placement bracket, an outer cover placement bracket and an aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism are arranged on the rotation radius of the mechanical arm, wherein

[0014] A plurality of inner covers and outer covers stacked in a vertical direction are respectively placed in the inner cover placing bracket and the outer cover placing bracket;

[0015] The automatic positioning mechanism for the aluminum barrel comprises at least two positioning fixtures for embracing and positioning the aluminum barrel.

[0016] The other end of the mechanical arm in the above-mentioned automatic inner and outer cover adding device for aluminum barrels is installed on a lifting mechanism and can move in a vertical direction along the lifting mechanism.

[0017] In the above-mentioned device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels, a photoelectric sensor for positioning the aluminum barrel is installed on the mechanical arm.

[0018] In the above-mentioned device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels, the inner cover placing bracket and the outer cover placing bracket are respectively provided with a plurality of inner cover placing layer racks and outer cover placing layer racks for placing the inner covers and the outer covers.

[0019] The above-mentioned inner cover placement shelf is provided with a raised groove for limiting the inner cover, and the outer cover placement shelf is provided with a limiting block for limiting the outer cover.

[0020] In the above-mentioned automatic inner and outer cover adding device for aluminum barrels, the inner cover placing bracket and the outer cover placing bracket are respectively provided with a semicircular first shell and a second shell, and half of the inner cover and the outer cover are respectively located outside the first shell and the second shell in the storage state. Preferably, the inner cover placing shelf and the outer cover placing shelf are respectively provided on the first shell and the second shell.

[0021] In the above-mentioned automatic inner and outer cover adding device for aluminum barrels, the inner cover placing bracket and the outer cover placing bracket are respectively located on the left and right sides of the cover grabbing manipulator and are installed on a base together with the cover grabbing manipulator.

[0022] The automatic positioning mechanism for the aluminum barrel in the above-mentioned automatic inner and outer cover device for aluminum barrels is installed on the front side of the cover grabbing manipulator, and the automatic positioning mechanism for the aluminum barrel also includes a positioning mechanism base, which is provided with a driving mechanism for driving the two positioning fixtures to close or open.

[0023] In the above-mentioned device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels, the cover grabbing manipulator and the aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism are located on both sides of an aluminum barrel transmission mechanism.

[0024] The invention avoids the risk of contamination caused by manually adding inner covers and outer covers to aluminum barrels, reduces human errors, and the inner covers and outer covers are added and removed simultaneously in one mechanism to reduce production space and reduce costs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 The invention is a schematic structural diagram of a device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to an aluminum barrel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0027] See also Figure 1 The figure shows that the automatic inner and outer cover device for aluminum barrels of the present invention includes:

[0028] A cap grabbing robot 1, which at least includes a robot arm 11 and a gripper mounting plate 12, the middle part of the gripper mounting plate 12 is connected to one end of the robot arm 11, and the two ends of the gripper mounting plate 12 are respectively connected to the upper ends of the inner cap gripper 13 and the outer cap gripper 14, and the robot arm 11 can rotate in the horizontal direction with the other end as the axis, and the inner cap gripper 13 and the outer cap gripper 14 are respectively provided with suction cups (not shown in the figure) for adsorbing the inner cap 5 and the outer cap 6; in this embodiment, the other end of the robot arm 11 is installed on a lifting mechanism 15 and can move in the vertical direction along the lifting mechanism 15, and a photoelectric sensor (not shown in the figure) for positioning the aluminum barrel 7 is installed on the robot arm 11;

[0029] An inner cover placement bracket 2, an outer cover placement bracket 3 and an aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism 4 are arranged on the rotation radius of the mechanical arm 11, wherein

[0030] A plurality of vertically stacked inner covers 5 are placed in the inner cover placement bracket 2;

[0031] A plurality of vertically stacked outer covers 6 are placed in the outer cover placement bracket 3;

[0032] The aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism 4 includes at least two positioning fixtures 41 for embracing and positioning the aluminum barrel 7.

[0033] In this embodiment, a semicircular first shell 21 and a second shell 31 are respectively installed on the outside of the inner cover placement bracket 2 and the outer cover placement bracket 3, and a plurality of layers of inner cover placement shelves 22 and outer cover placement shelves 32 for placing the inner cover 5 and the outer cover 6 are respectively arranged in the first shell 21 and the second shell 31, and a raised groove for limiting the inner cover 5 is provided on the inner cover placement shelf 22, and a limiting block for limiting the outer cover 6 is provided on the outer cover placement shelf 22;

[0034] The outer cover placement bracket 3 and the inner cover placement bracket 2 are respectively located on the left and right sides of the cover grabbing robot 1 and are installed on a base 8 together with the cover grabbing robot 1. The aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism 4 is installed on the front side of the cover grabbing robot 1. The aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism 4 also includes a positioning mechanism base 42, which is provided with a driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) for driving the two positioning clamps 41 to close or open.

[0035] The cap grabbing robot 1 and the aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism 4 are located on both sides of an aluminum barrel transmission mechanism (not shown in the figure).

[0036] Use of the present invention:

[0037] When the aluminum barrel transmission mechanism conveys the aluminum barrel 7 to the bottom of the mechanical arm 11 of the cover grabbing manipulator 1, the photoelectric sensor controls the aluminum barrel 7 to stop conveying, and the aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism 4 is used to accurately locate the position of the aluminum barrel 7. The cover grabbing manipulator 1 rotates counterclockwise to the top of the inner cover placement bracket 2, and the cover grabbing manipulator 1 moves downward for a certain distance to use the inner cover gripper 13 to grab the inner cover 5 with the suction cup. The cover grabbing manipulator 1 is raised to a fixed height, and the cover grabbing manipulator 1 rotates clockwise to the top of the aluminum barrel 7. The inner cover gripper 13 of hand 1 releases the suction cup, and the inner cover 5 falls on the barrel mouth of the aluminum barrel 7. The cover grabbing manipulator 1 rotates clockwise to the top of the outer cover placement bracket 3, and the cover grabbing manipulator 1 moves downward for a certain distance to grab the outer cover 6 with the suction cup of the outer cover gripper 14. The cover grabbing manipulator 1 is raised to a fixed height, and the cover grabbing manipulator 1 rotates counterclockwise to the top of the aluminum barrel 7. The outer cover gripper 14 releases the suction cup, and the outer cover 6 falls on the barrel mouth of the aluminum barrel 7. The automatic positioning mechanism 4 of the aluminum barrel releases the positioning fixture 41 to release the aluminum barrel 7.

[0038] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, rather than to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the relevant technical field may make various changes or modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent technical solutions should also belong to the scope of the present invention and should be defined by the claims.

Claims

1. A device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels, characterized in that: It includes: A cover grabbing robot, which at least comprises a robot arm, a gripper mounting plate, an inner cover gripper and an outer cover gripper, wherein the middle portion of the gripper mounting plate is connected to one end of the robot arm, and the two ends of the gripper mounting plate are respectively connected to the upper ends of the inner cover gripper and the outer cover gripper, and the robot arm can rotate in the horizontal direction with the other end of the gripper as the axis, and the inner cover gripper and the outer cover gripper are respectively provided with suction cups for adsorbing the inner cover and the outer cover; An inner cover placement bracket, an outer cover placement bracket and an aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism are arranged on the rotation radius of the mechanical arm, wherein A plurality of inner covers and outer covers stacked in a vertical direction are respectively placed in the inner cover placement bracket and the outer cover placement bracket; The automatic positioning mechanism for the aluminum barrel comprises at least two positioning fixtures for positioning and fixing the aluminum barrel; The mechanical arm is equipped with a photoelectric sensor for positioning the aluminum barrel; The aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism is installed on the front side of the cover grabbing manipulator, and the aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism also includes a positioning mechanism base, which is provided with a driving mechanism for driving the two positioning fixtures to close or open; The cap grabbing manipulator and the aluminum barrel automatic positioning mechanism are located on both sides of an aluminum barrel transmission mechanism.

2. The device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The other end of the mechanical arm is installed on a lifting mechanism and can move in a vertical direction along the lifting mechanism.

3. The device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The inner cover placement bracket and the outer cover placement bracket are respectively provided with a plurality of layers of inner cover placement layer racks and outer cover placement layer racks for placing the inner cover and the outer cover.

4. The device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The inner cover placement shelf is provided with a raised groove for limiting the inner cover, and the outer cover placement shelf is provided with a limiting block for limiting the outer cover.

5. The device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: A semicircular first shell and a second shell are respectively installed outside the inner cover placement bracket and the outer cover placement bracket.

6. The device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: The first shell and the second shell are respectively provided with an inner cover placement shelf and an outer cover placement shelf.

7. The device for automatically adding inner and outer covers to aluminum barrels as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The inner cover placement bracket and the outer cover placement bracket are respectively located at the left and right sides of the cover grabbing manipulator and are installed on a base together with the cover grabbing manipulator.

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