An intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system

Abstract

The present invention provides an intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton blending and conveying system, comprising an automatic three-dimensional storage part, a cotton bale configuration part, a cotton bale automatic transportation part and a general control part. The automatic three-dimensional storage part completes the automatic warehousing and three-dimensional storage of cotton bales. The cotton bale configuration part automatically blends cotton bales of different varieties and batches according to process requirements. The cotton bale automatic transportation part automatically transports the automatically blended cotton bales to the next process in groups of multiple bales, and arranges them in order. The general control part is electrically connected to the automatic three-dimensional storage part, the cotton bale configuration part and the cotton bale automatic transportation part. The automatic three-dimensional storage part can automatically store the cotton bales of the cotton spinning mill on the three-dimensional storage shelves, saving the storage space of the cotton bale workshop. The cotton bale configuration part and the cotton bale automatic transportation part realize automatic cotton blending and automatic transportation, solving the problems of high labor intensity, long cotton blending time and high error rate in the previous manual cotton blending.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of cotton bale storage and transportation in the textile field, and in particular to an intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system. Background Art

[0002] The existing turnover storage cotton bales are placed directly on the floor of the workshop. They are stored in a flat manner in order. The storage quantity is limited and cannot meet the needs of timely and batch production. In addition, flat storage will cause waste of upper space in the workshop. In addition, due to the process requirements, cotton is currently all matched manually, and the matched cotton bales are manually pulled to the corresponding process in turn. The cotton matching labor intensity is high, the cotton matching time is long, and there is a high error rate in cotton matching. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of the problems existing in the existing cotton bale storage and transportation, the present invention provides an intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton distribution and transportation system, which can not only realize the automatic three-dimensional storage of cotton bales, but also automatically configure and transport cotton bales.

[0004] The present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] An intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton distribution and transportation system, comprising an automatic three-dimensional storage part, a cotton bale configuration part, a cotton bale automatic transportation part and a general control part;

[0006] The automatic three-dimensional storage part completes the automatic warehousing and three-dimensional storage of cotton bales;

[0007] The cotton bale configuration part automatically mixes cotton bales of different varieties and batches according to process requirements;

[0008] The automatic cotton bale transport part automatically transports the prepared cotton bales to the next process in groups of multiple bales and arranges them in order;

[0009] The general control part is electrically connected with the automatic three-dimensional storage part, the cotton bale configuration part and the cotton bale automatic transportation part.

[0010] Preferably, the automatic three-dimensional storage part includes a front-end conveying structure and a three-dimensional storage structure;

[0011] The front-end conveying structure includes a plurality of front-end cotton bale conveyors, a first pallet machine is arranged in front of the front-end cotton bale conveyor, a separation roller machine is arranged on the front side of the front-end cotton bale conveyor, and a first roller elevator is arranged on the front-end cotton bale conveyor directly opposite to the separation roller machine; a transfer and separation manipulator structure and a cotton bale detection structure are arranged at the rear of the front-end cotton bale conveyor;

[0012] The three-dimensional storage structure is located behind the front-end cotton bale conveyor. The three-dimensional storage structure includes multiple three-dimensional storage shelves. A movable upper and lower cotton bale structure is arranged between two adjacent three-dimensional storage shelves. The movable upper and lower cotton bale structure can place the cotton bales on the front-end cotton bale conveyor onto the three-dimensional storage shelves.

[0013] Preferably, the cotton bale configuration part includes a rear end conveying structure and a cotton bale configuration structure;

[0014] The rear conveying structure includes a plurality of rear bale conveyors, and the movable upper and lower bale structures can take the bales from the three-dimensional storage shelves and place them on the rear bale conveyors;

[0015] A second pallet machine is arranged behind the rear-end cotton bale conveyor, a second roller elevator is arranged behind the rear-end cotton bale conveyor, a grabbing manipulator structure is arranged on the rear-end cotton bale conveyor, a terminal conveyor is arranged on the rear side of the rear-end cotton bale conveyor, a placement table is arranged behind the terminal conveyor, and the automatic cotton bale transport part clamps the cotton bales from the placement table for transportation.

[0016] Preferably, the automatic cotton bale transport part includes an intelligent cotton bale clamping transport vehicle, which includes a vehicle body, a lifting frame is provided at the front of the vehicle body, and a clamping assembly is provided on the lifting frame in a liftable manner. The clamping assembly includes two left and right clamping plates, and each clamping plate is driven to move left and right by a clamping plate cylinder; an obstacle avoidance system and a navigation system are provided in the vehicle body.

[0017] Preferably, the structure of the transfer and cotton separation robot is the same as that of the grasping robot, and both include a support frame, a lifting plate is slidably connected to the support frame, a clamping assembly is arranged on the lifting plate, and the lifting plate is driven by a servo motor to slide up and down on the support frame; the clamping assembly includes two left and right clamping jaws, and each clamping jaw is driven by a clamping jaw cylinder to slide left and right on the lifting plate.

[0018] Preferably, the first pallet machine is used to split the pallets and send them to the front-end cotton bale conveyor, and the second pallet machine is used to collect the pallets on the rear-end cotton bale conveyor;

[0019] The first pallet machine and the second pallet machine both include a pallet machine frame and a pallet conveyor. A lifting machine is provided at the bottom of the pallet conveyor. The pallet machine frame is installed on the pallet conveyor. A rocker structure is provided on the pallet machine frame. The rocker structure includes two swing rods. A gear rod is provided at the lower part of the swing rod. The swing rod can drive the gear rod to swing.

[0020] Preferably, the cotton bale detection structure includes a cotton bale size detector and a bar scanner. The cotton bale size detector scans the outer dimensions of the passing cotton bales and sends the obtained data to the general control part; the bar scanner scans the barcode on the cotton bale to read the cotton bale information on the barcode, and sends the obtained information to the general control part.

[0021] Preferably, the movable upper and lower cotton bale structure includes a longitudinal slide rail, and the upper and lower cotton bale components are slidably connected to the longitudinal slide rail. The upper and lower cotton bale components include a door-type frame, and the bottom of the door-type frame is slidably connected to the longitudinal slide rail. The door-type frame slides back and forth on the slide rail. A material picking platform that slides up and down is provided in the door-type frame, and a material picking fork plate is slidably connected to the material picking platform, and the material picking fork plate can slide left and right on the material picking platform.

[0022] Preferably, the general control part comprises a general control box, in which a PLC control system is arranged.

[0023] The present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0024] The intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton blending and conveying system provided by the present invention has an automatic three-dimensional storage part that can automatically store cotton bales of a cotton spinning mill on three-dimensional storage shelves, saving storage space in a cotton bale workshop, and a cotton bale configuration part and a cotton bale automatic transportation part that realize automatic cotton blending and automatic transportation, solving the problems of high labor intensity, long cotton blending time, and high cotton blending error rate in the previous manual cotton blending. The present invention can realize automatic storage, automatic cotton blending, and automatic conveying of cotton bales, completely replacing the traditional working mode of manual storage, cotton blending, and conveying, improving storage and cotton blending efficiency, saving the number of workers, reducing labor intensity, and reducing the error rate of cotton blending. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 This is the overall diagram of the intelligent three-dimensional warehousing and cotton conveying system.

[0026] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the first pallet machine and the second pallet machine.

[0027] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the transfer and cotton sorting robot and the structure of the grasping robot.

[0028] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the structure for moving upper and lower cotton bales.

[0029] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the intelligent cotton bale handling vehicle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The specific implementation of the present invention is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments:

[0031] In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms “center”, “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, “clockwise”, “counterclockwise”, “axial”, “radial”, “circumferential”, etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0032] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying 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 the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0033] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral one; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or communication with each other; 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.

[0034] Combination Figures 1 to 5 The invention discloses an intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system, which includes an automatic three-dimensional storage part, a cotton bale configuration part, an automatic cotton bale transportation part and a general control part.

[0035] The automatic three-dimensional storage part completes the automatic warehousing and three-dimensional storage of cotton bales.

[0036] The cotton bale configuration part automatically mixes cotton bales of different varieties and batches according to the process requirements.

[0037] The automatic cotton bale transport part will automatically transport the prepared cotton bales to the next process in groups of multiple bales and arrange them in order.

[0038] The general control part includes a general control box, in which a PLC control system is arranged.

[0039] The PLC control systems are all electrically connected to the automatic three-dimensional storage part, the cotton bale configuration part and the cotton bale automatic transportation part.

[0040] The automatic three-dimensional storage part includes a front-end conveying structure and a three-dimensional storage structure.

[0041] The front-end conveying structure includes a plurality of front-end cotton bale conveyors 1, a first pallet machine 2 is arranged in front of the front-end cotton bale conveyors, a separation roller machine 3 is arranged on the front side of the front-end cotton bale conveyors, and a first roller elevator 4 is arranged on the front-end cotton bale conveyors facing the separation roller machine.

[0042] During the cotton storage process, a manual forklift transports two cotton bale groups to the separation drum machine. Each cotton bale group has 3 cotton bales. The separation drum machine can separate and transport the two cotton bale groups on it, and transport them one group at a time to the front-end cotton bale conveyor to ensure the orderly transportation of the cotton bale groups.

[0043] The separation drum machine 3 transports the cotton bale group to the front cotton bale conveyor 1, the first drum elevator 4 rises, and transports a cotton bale group to the front cotton bale conveyor, and then the first drum elevator descends, and a cotton bale group is transported backward on the front cotton bale conveyor.

[0044] The first pallet machine 2 is used to split the pallets and send them to the front cotton bale conveyor. The first pallet machine includes a pallet machine frame 211 and a pallet conveyor 212. A lifting machine 213 is arranged at the bottom of the pallet conveyor. The pallet machine frame is installed on the pallet conveyor. A rocker structure is arranged on the pallet machine frame. The rocker structure includes two swinging rods 214. A gear rod 215 is arranged at the lower part of the swinging rod. The swinging rod can drive the gear rod to swing.

[0045] Taking the splitting of eight pallets as a group as an example, when a group of pallets flows into the first pallet machine, the lifting machine 213 lifts up the group of pallets, and the swing rod 214 drives the lever to swing, so that the two levers extend to the bottom of the second-to-last pallet, and the second-to-last pallet and the pallet on it are supported. After that, the lifting machine 213 drives the lowermost pallet to descend to the pallet conveyor 212, and the lifting machine 213 falls below the pallet conveyor, and the pallet conveyor 212 drives this pallet to the front cotton bale conveyor 1. Then, the lifting machine 213 rises, supports the pallet on the lever, and the swing rod 214 drives the lever to detach from the pallet, and the lifting machine 213 drives the pallet to descend by the height of a pallet, and the swing rod 214 drives the lever to swing, so that the two levers extend to the bottom of the second-to-last pallet, and the above process is repeated to complete the splitting and transportation of the pallets.

[0046] A pallet is transported to the front bale conveyor. When the pallet is transported on the front bale conveyor, the first roller elevator is always in a descending state.

[0047] A cotton transfer and separation robot structure 5 and a cotton bale detection structure 6 are arranged at the rear of the front cotton bale conveyor.

[0048] The transfer and cotton separation robot structure comprises a support frame 511 , on which a lifting plate 512 is slidably connected, and a clamping assembly is arranged on the lifting plate. The lifting plate is driven by a servo motor 513 to slide up and down on the support frame.

[0049] The clamping assembly includes two left and right clamping jaws 514, each of which is driven by a clamping jaw cylinder to slide left and right on the lifting plate.

[0050] The cotton bale group is transported to the bottom of the transfer and cotton sorting robot structure, and the servo motor 513 drives the lifting plate and the clamping claw to move downward, and the three cotton bales of a cotton bale group are clamped and grabbed together. After the servo motor 513 drives the clamping claw and the cotton bale to lift a certain height, the tray flows into the bottom of the transfer and cotton sorting robot structure. After the tray is in place, the clamping claw drives the cotton bale to fall onto the tray, and the clamping claw then grabs the two cotton bales in the upper position, so that a single cotton bale falls into the tray and is transported along the front cotton bale conveyor. The above process is repeated, so that the three cotton bales fall into one tray separately.

[0051] The individual cotton bales after palletizing are transported to the cotton bale detection structure 6 .

[0052] The cotton bale detection structure includes a cotton bale size detector and a strip scanner. The cotton bale size detector scans the outer dimensions of the passing cotton bales and sends the obtained data to the general control part.

[0053] The barcode scanner scans the barcode on the cotton bale to read the cotton bale information on the barcode and sends the obtained information to the general control part.

[0054] The general control part analyzes whether the barcode information of the cotton bale corresponds to the size of the cotton bale. If not, the general control part will alarm so that the staff can deal with it in time.

[0055] The three-dimensional storage structure is located behind the front-end cotton bale conveyor. The three-dimensional storage structure includes multiple three-dimensional storage shelves 7. A movable upper and lower cotton bale structure 8 is arranged between two adjacent three-dimensional storage shelves. The movable upper and lower cotton bale structure can place the cotton bales on the front-end cotton bale conveyor onto the three-dimensional storage shelves.

[0056] The upper and lower cotton bale structures are moved to place the loaded individual cotton bales on the three-dimensional storage shelves according to storage needs.

[0057] The structure for moving the upper and lower cotton bales includes a longitudinal slide rail 9, on which the upper and lower cotton bale assemblies are slidably connected. The upper and lower cotton bale assemblies include a door-shaped frame 811, the bottom of which is slidably connected to the longitudinal slide rail 9. The door-shaped frame slides back and forth on the slide rail. A material picking platform 812 that slides up and down is provided in the door-shaped frame. A material picking fork plate 813 is slidably connected to the material picking platform, and the material picking fork plate can slide left and right on the material picking platform.

[0058] When storing cotton bales: the upper and lower cotton bale assemblies are moved to the rear of the front cotton bale conveyor, and the single cotton bale loaded on the tray is picked up by the picking fork plate on the picking platform. The door frame slides on the longitudinal slide rail 9 and the picking platform 812 slides up and down to move the cotton bale to the placement position on the three-dimensional storage shelf, and then the picking fork plate 813 is used to place the cotton bale in the placement position, thereby completing the cotton bale storage.

[0059] The cotton bale configuration part includes a rear end conveying structure and a cotton bale configuration structure.

[0060] The rear conveying structure includes a plurality of rear bale conveyors 10. The upper and lower bale structures can be moved to remove bales from the three-dimensional storage shelves and place them on the rear bale conveyors. The principle of removing bales is the same as that of storing.

[0061] A second pallet machine 11 is arranged behind the rear cotton bale conveyor, a second roller elevator is arranged at the rear of the rear cotton bale conveyor, a grabbing manipulator structure 12 is arranged on the rear cotton bale conveyor, a terminal conveyor 13 is arranged on the rear side of the rear cotton bale conveyor, a placement table 14 is arranged behind the terminal conveyor, and the automatic cotton bale transport part clamps the cotton bales from the placement table for transportation.

[0062] The structure of the grabbing robot is the same as that of the transfer and separation robot, except that the purpose of the grabbing robot is to separate a single cotton bale from the tray. The action process is as follows:

[0063] The servo motor 513 drives the lifting plate and the clamping claw to move downward, clamps and grabs a cotton bale, and the pallet under the cotton bale continues to be transported to the second pallet machine 11 by the cotton bale conveyor at the rear end to complete the closing of the pallet. After the pallet is closed, the second roller elevator rises, and the grabbing robot structure puts the cotton bale on the second roller elevator, which then delivers the cotton bale to the terminal conveyor 13.

[0064] The structure of the second pallet machine is the same as that of the first pallet machine.

[0065] The closing process of the second pallet machine is:

[0066] When a pallet flows into the second pallet machine, the jacking machine 213 lifts up the pallet. At this time, the swing rod 214 drives the gear rod to swing, so that the two gear rods extend to the bottom of this pallet to hold the pallet. After that, the jacking machine 213 descends to the bottom of the pallet conveyor, and the second pallet is conveyed to the bottom of the previous pallet. The jacking machine 213 lifts up the second pallet, and the swing rod 214 drives the gear rod to detach from the pallet. The first pallet falls on the second pallet. The jacking machine 213 continues to drive the two pallets to rise a certain height. The swing rod 214 drives the gear rod to swing, so that the two gear rods extend to the bottom of the second pallet to hold the two pallets. Repeat the above process to complete the closing of the pallets.

[0067] Each time a pallet is closed, the second roller elevator rises, and the grabbing robot puts the cotton bale on the second roller elevator, and the second roller elevator delivers the cotton bale to the terminal conveyor 13.

[0068] During the cotton bale configuration process, three different cotton bales are required to form a group, so the upper and lower moving cotton bale structures in front will grab different cotton bales according to the configuration needs, so as to facilitate the subsequent cotton bale configuration.

[0069] The terminal conveyor delivers the cotton bales to the placement table. When the three cotton bales on the placement table form a configured cotton bale group, the cotton bale automatic transportation part transports a configured cotton bale group to the subsequent process.

[0070] The automatic cotton bale transport part includes an intelligent clamping cotton bale transport vehicle 15, which includes a vehicle body 151. A lifting frame 152 is provided at the front of the vehicle body. A clamping assembly is provided on the lifting frame. The clamping assembly includes two left and right clamping plates 153. Each clamping plate is driven to move left and right by a clamping plate cylinder 154. An obstacle avoidance system and a navigation system are provided in the vehicle body.

[0071] The intelligent cotton bale handling vehicle clamps three cotton bales through the clamping plates to form a configured cotton bale group, and automatically transports the configured cotton bale group to the subsequent process.

[0072] Of course, the above description is not a limitation of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above examples. Changes, modifications, additions or substitutions made by technicians in this technical field within the essential scope of the present invention should also fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system, characterized in that: It includes automatic three-dimensional storage part, cotton bale configuration part, cotton bale automatic transportation part and general control part; The automatic three-dimensional storage part completes the automatic warehousing and three-dimensional storage of cotton bales; The cotton bale configuration part automatically mixes cotton bales of different varieties and batches according to process requirements; The automatic cotton bale transport part automatically transports the prepared cotton bales to the next process in groups of multiple bales and arranges them in order; The general control part is electrically connected with the automatic three-dimensional storage part, the cotton bale configuration part and the cotton bale automatic transportation part; The automatic three-dimensional storage part includes a front-end conveying structure and a three-dimensional storage structure; The front-end conveying structure includes a plurality of front-end cotton bale conveyors, a first pallet machine is arranged in front of the front-end cotton bale conveyor, a separation roller machine is arranged on the front side of the front-end cotton bale conveyor, and a first roller elevator is arranged on the front-end cotton bale conveyor directly opposite the separation roller machine; a transfer and separation manipulator structure and a cotton bale detection structure are arranged at the rear of the front-end cotton bale conveyor; The three-dimensional storage structure is located behind the front-end cotton bale conveyor, and includes a plurality of three-dimensional storage shelves. A movable upper and lower cotton bale structure is arranged between two adjacent three-dimensional storage shelves, and the movable upper and lower cotton bale structure can place the cotton bales on the front-end cotton bale conveyor onto the three-dimensional storage shelves; The cotton bale configuration part includes a rear-end conveying structure and a cotton bale configuration structure; The rear conveying structure includes a plurality of rear bale conveyors, and the movable upper and lower bale structures can take the bales from the three-dimensional storage shelves and place them on the rear bale conveyors; A second pallet machine is arranged behind the rear bale conveyor, a second roller lifter is arranged at the rear of the rear bale conveyor, a grabbing manipulator structure is arranged on the rear bale conveyor, a terminal conveyor is arranged at the rear side of the rear bale conveyor, a placing table is arranged at the rear of the terminal conveyor, and the automatic cotton bale transport part clamps the cotton bales from the placing table for transport; The first pallet machine is used to split the pallets and send them to the front-end cotton bale conveyor, and the second pallet machine is used to collect the pallets on the rear-end cotton bale conveyor; The first pallet machine and the second pallet machine both include a pallet machine frame and a pallet conveyor. A lifting machine is provided at the bottom of the pallet conveyor. The pallet machine frame is installed on the pallet conveyor. A rocker structure is provided on the pallet machine frame. The rocker structure includes two swing rods. A gear rod is provided at the lower part of the swing rod. The swing rod can drive the gear rod to swing.

2. The intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The automatic cotton bale transport part includes an intelligent cotton bale clamping transport vehicle, which includes a vehicle body. A lifting frame is provided at the front of the vehicle body, and a clamping assembly is provided on the lifting frame in a liftable manner. The clamping assembly includes two left and right clamping plates, and each clamping plate is driven to move left and right by a clamping plate cylinder; an obstacle avoidance system and a navigation system are provided in the vehicle body.

3. The intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The structure of the transfer and cotton separation robot is the same as that of the grasping robot. Both the transfer and cotton separation robot and the grasping robot include a support frame, a lifting plate is slidably connected to the support frame, a clamping assembly is arranged on the lifting plate, and the lifting plate is driven by a servo motor to slide up and down on the support frame; the clamping assembly includes two left and right clamping jaws, and each clamping jaw is driven by a clamping jaw cylinder to slide left and right on the lifting plate.

4. The intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The cotton bale detection structure includes a cotton bale size detector and a bar scanner. The cotton bale size detector scans the outer dimensions of the passing cotton bales and sends the obtained data to the general control part; the bar scanner scans the barcode on the cotton bale to read the cotton bale information on the barcode, and sends the obtained information to the general control part.

5. The intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The movable upper and lower cotton bale structure includes a longitudinal slide rail, and the upper and lower cotton bale components are slidably connected to the longitudinal slide rail. The upper and lower cotton bale components include a door-type frame, and the bottom of the door-type frame is slidably connected to the longitudinal slide rail. The door-type frame slides back and forth on the slide rail. A material picking platform that slides up and down is arranged in the door-type frame, and a material picking fork plate is slidably connected to the material picking platform. The material picking fork plate can slide left and right on the material picking platform.

6. The intelligent three-dimensional storage and cotton conveying system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The general control part comprises a general control box, in which a PLC control system is arranged.

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