A small household appliance disassembly production line

By designing a small appliance fine disassembly production line, using components such as sorting conveyor belts, disassembly workbenches, coders, RFID turnover boxes, sorting robots and AI recognizers, the problems of low disassembly efficiency and poor sorting quality of waste small appliances are solved, and the refined classification and high-value recycling of disassembly accessories are achieved.

CN115193755BActive Publication Date: 2025-08-15ZHANGJIAGANG BEIER MACHINERY CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202210948623.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-08-09
Publication Date
2025-08-15
Estimated Expiration
2042-08-09

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Technical Problem

In the prior art, the disassembly efficiency of waste small household appliances is low and the sorting quality is poor, and the refined classification cannot be achieved, resulting in high-value materials being recycled at low prices and high recycling costs.

Method used

A small household appliance fine disassembly production line is designed, using components such as sorting conveyor belts, disassembly workbenches, coders, RFID turnover boxes, sorting robots and AI recognizers to achieve refined classification and efficient sorting of disassembly accessories.

Benefits of technology

It improves the work efficiency and sorting quality of dismantling waste small appliances, realizes the refined classification of different models of materials, improves the high-value recycling rate, and reduces the recycling cost.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a production line for precision disassembly of small household appliances. The production line comprises a frame, a sorting platform, a sorting conveyor belt, a feeding conveyor belt on the feeding side of the sorting conveyor belt, a circulating conveyor belt on the discharging side of the sorting conveyor belt, a parts conveyor belt directly below the sorting conveyor belt, and an intelligent vertical warehouse on the discharging side of the parts conveyor belt. A plurality of disassembly workbenches are sequentially arranged next to the sorting conveyor belt, each of which is provided with a structural component drop-out port and a non-conforming parts drop-out port, a coding device is provided on each disassembly workbench, a structural component sorting conveyor belt and a non-conforming parts conveyor belt are provided below the sorting platform, a discharging conveyor belt is provided on the output side of the qualified parts conveyor belt, a plurality of RFID turnover boxes are sequentially arranged next to the discharging conveyor belt, a sorting robot is provided next to each RFID turnover box, and an AI identifier is provided at the feeding end of the discharging conveyor belt. The present invention has the advantage of being able to finely classify the parts obtained after disassembling small household appliances.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of waste household appliances treatment, and in particular to a production line for precise disassembly of small household appliances. Background Art

[0002] Small household appliances refer to small household appliances used for daily life other than traditional refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, televisions, and computers, including printers, telephones, rice cookers, hair dryers, induction cookers, electric fans and many other household appliances.

[0003] The main components of small household appliances include structural parts and non-structural parts. Structural parts mainly include plastic, metal, rubber and other structural parts; non-structural parts mainly include circuit board control parts, heating plates, motors, switches, plugs, etc. The parts disassembled from small household appliances are divided into qualified parts and unqualified parts. Qualified parts are parts without obvious damage, and unqualified parts are parts that are obviously damaged or detected to be damaged.

[0004] Discarded small household appliances contain many valuable materials, such as copper, aluminum, iron, steel, and plastics. In addition, they also include many parts that can be reused after testing. These resources are not reused, or are used in a low-end broken way, resulting in a waste of resources. The current dismantling of discarded small household appliances has the following disadvantages: (1) low work efficiency; (2) poor sorting quality. Due to the different materials used in discarded small household appliances, different types of the same material can often be obtained after dismantling. For example, steel has types such as 202 steel and 304 steel. When recycling, they are often recycled in a unified manner according to the low-cost type; (3) low resource utilization of parts. Since it is impossible to achieve fine classification of the parts obtained after dismantling small household appliances, the high-value recovery rate of discarded small household appliance parts is low and the recycling cost is high. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a household appliance disassembly production line that can achieve fine classification of accessories obtained after the household appliances are disassembled.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme: a small household appliance precision disassembly production line, a frame, a sorting platform is arranged on the frame, a sorting conveyor belt for conveying undisassembled small household appliances is arranged on the sorting platform, a feeding conveyor belt is arranged on the feeding side of the sorting conveyor belt, and a circulating conveyor belt that can circulate the undisassembled small household appliances output by the sorting conveyor belt to the feeding conveyor belt is arranged on the discharging side of the sorting conveyor belt, and a plurality of disassembling workbenches installed on the sorting platform are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the small household appliances beside the sorting conveyor belt, each disassembling workbench is provided with a structural component drop-out port and an unqualified accessory drop-out port, each disassembling workbench is provided with a coder that can code the turnover box for classifying and placing various non-structural components, and a structural component sorting conveyor belt for receiving the structural components output from the structural component drop-out port of each disassembling workbench and a recyclable conveyor belt for receiving the unqualified accessories from each disassembling workbench are provided below the sorting platform. An unqualified parts conveyor belt outputs unqualified parts from the parts drop-off port, and a discharging conveyor belt for receiving structural parts is provided on the output side of the structural parts sorting conveyor belt. Next to the discharging conveyor belt, several RFID turnover boxes for placing structural parts of different specifications are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the structural parts. A sorting robot is provided next to each RFID turnover box, and an AI identifier connected to the signal of each sorting robot is provided at the feeding end of the discharging conveyor belt. The AI identifier can identify the type of structural parts and send sorting signals to the sorting robots at different positions according to the AI identification type. After receiving the sorting signal, the sorting robot will place the structural parts passing through the position into the corresponding RFID turnover box; a parts conveyor belt for transporting coded turnover boxes in which various non-structural parts have been classified is provided directly below the sorting conveyor belt, and an intelligent vertical warehouse for automatically storing coded turnover boxes is provided on the output side of the parts conveyor belt.

[0007] Furthermore, in the aforementioned small household appliance precision disassembly production line, all disassembly workbenches are arranged in two rows, and the two rows of disassembly workbenches are distributed on the left and right sides of the sorting conveyor belt. There are two unqualified parts conveyor belts, and the two unqualified parts conveyor belts are located below the left and right sides of the sorting conveyor belt. Each unqualified parts conveyor belt points upward to the unqualified parts drop-off port of a row of disassembly workbenches on the same side.

[0008] Furthermore, the aforementioned small household appliance precision disassembly production line, wherein: the circulating conveyor belt is composed of a first circulating conveyor belt, a second circulating conveyor belt and a third circulating conveyor belt, the first circulating conveyor belt is located on one side of the sorting platform and parallel to the sorting conveyor belt, the second circulating conveyor belt is located on the feed side of the first circulating conveyor belt, the input end of the second circulating conveyor belt is located below the output end of the sorting conveyor belt, and the output end of the second circulating conveyor belt is located above the input end of the first circulating conveyor belt, the third circulating conveyor belt is located on the discharge side of the first circulating conveyor belt, the input end of the third circulating conveyor belt is located below the output end of the first circulating conveyor belt, and the output end of the third circulating conveyor belt is located above the feed conveyor belt.

[0009] Furthermore, in the aforementioned small household appliance precision disassembly production line, a structural component sorting conveyor belt is provided between the structural component sorting conveyor belt and the discharge conveyor belt.

[0010] Furthermore, in the aforementioned small household appliance precision disassembly production line, a parts detection conveyor belt is provided between the parts conveyor belt and the intelligent vertical warehouse.

[0011] Furthermore, in the aforementioned small household appliance precision disassembly production line, the structure of the sorting robot includes: a mounting frame arranged next to the discharge conveyor belt, a screw located directly above the discharge conveyor belt is supported on the mounting frame, a movable seat is threadedly connected to the screw rod, a scraper is installed at the bottom of the movable seat, the screw rod is coaxially connected to the output shaft of the servo motor, the servo motor is fixed on the mounting frame, and the servo motor is controlled by a controller.

[0012] Through the implementation of the above technical solution, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: reasonable layout, high work efficiency, high sorting quality, high resource utilization of accessories, and the ability to achieve refined classification of accessories obtained after disassembling discarded small household appliances, so that each type of material can be recycled according to its corresponding value, avoiding the situation where high-value models of the same material are recycled at a low price as low-value models, thereby improving the high-value recovery rate of discarded small household appliance accessories and reducing recycling costs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 This is a structural schematic diagram of a small household appliance precision disassembly production line according to the present invention.

[0014] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the relative positional relationship between the feed conveyor belt, sorting platform, disassembly workbench, sorting conveyor belt, accessories conveyor belt, accessories inspection conveyor belt, structural component sorting conveyor belt, unqualified accessories conveyor belt, and intelligent vertical warehouse when viewed from above.

[0015] Figure 3 for Figure 1Schematic diagram of the relative positional relationship between the sorting platform, disassembly workbench, sorting conveyor belt, accessories conveyor belt, structural component sorting conveyor belt, and unqualified accessories conveyor belt when viewed from the left. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0017] like Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 3 As shown, the small household appliance precision disassembly production line comprises a frame 1, a sorting platform 2 is provided on the frame 1, a sorting conveyor belt 3 for conveying undisassembled small household appliances is provided on the sorting platform 2, a feeding conveyor belt 4 is provided on the feeding side of the sorting conveyor belt 3, and a circulating conveyor belt capable of circulating the undisassembled small household appliances output by the sorting conveyor belt 3 to the feeding conveyor belt 4 is provided on the discharging side of the sorting conveyor belt 3. In this embodiment, the circulating conveyor belt is composed of a first circulating conveyor belt 51, a second circulating conveyor belt 52 and a third circulating conveyor belt 53. The first circulating conveyor belt 51 is located on one side of the sorting platform 2 and is parallel to the sorting conveyor belt 3. The second circulating conveyor belt 52 is located on the feeding side of the first circulating conveyor belt 51. The input end of the second circulating conveyor belt 52 is located below the output end of the sorting conveyor belt 3, and the output end of the second circulating conveyor belt 52 is located above the input end of the first circulating conveyor belt 51. The third circulating conveyor belt 53 is located on the discharging side of the first circulating conveyor belt 51. The input end of the third circulating conveyor belt 53 is located below the output end of the first circulating conveyor belt 51, and the output end of the third circulating conveyor belt 53 is located above the feeding conveyor belt 4.

[0018] Next to the sorting conveyor belt 3, a number of disassembling workbenches 9 installed on the sorting platform 2 are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of small household appliances. Each disassembling workbench 9 is provided with a structural component drop-out port 10 and an unqualified accessory drop-out port 11. Each disassembling workbench 9 is provided with a coding device 12 that can code the turnover box used to classify and place various non-structural components. Below the sorting platform 2, a structural component sorting conveyor belt 13 for receiving the qualified structural components output from the structural component drop-out port 10 of each disassembling workbench 9 and a structural component sorting conveyor belt 13 for receiving the qualified structural components output from the structural component drop-out port 10 of each disassembling workbench 9 are provided. The unqualified parts conveyor belt 14 outputs the unqualified parts from the unqualified parts drop-out port 11 of each disassembling workbench 9. In this embodiment, all the disassembling workbench 9 are arranged in two rows, and the two rows of disassembling workbench 9 are distributed on the left and right sides of the sorting conveyor belt 3. The number of unqualified parts conveyor belts 14 is two, and the two unqualified parts conveyor belts 14 are located below the left and right sides of the sorting conveyor belt 3. Each unqualified parts conveyor belt 14 is upwardly directed to the unqualified parts drop-out port 11 of a row of disassembling workbench 9 on the same side, which can improve work efficiency.

[0019] A structural component transition conveyor belt 20 capable of receiving qualified structural components outputted by the structural component sorting conveyor belt 13 is provided on the output side of the structural component sorting conveyor belt 13; a structural component arranging conveyor belt 15 capable of receiving qualified structural components outputted by the structural component transition conveyor belt 20 is provided on the output side of the structural component arranging conveyor belt 15; a discharging conveyor belt 16 for receiving qualified structural components outputted by the structural component arranging conveyor belt 15 is provided on the output side of the structural component arranging conveyor belt 15; a plurality of RFID turnover boxes 17 for placing qualified structural components of different specifications are sequentially provided beside the discharging conveyor belt 16 along the conveying direction of qualified structural components; a sorting robot 18 is provided beside each RFID turnover box 17; and a sorting robot 18 is provided beside the discharging conveyor belt 16. The feeding end is provided with an AI identifier 19 connected to the signal of each sorting robot 18. The AI identifier 19 can identify the type of structural components and send sorting signals to the sorting robots 18 at different positions according to the AI identification type. After receiving the sorting signal, the sorting robot 18 will place the qualified structural components passing through the position into the corresponding RFID turnover box 17; in this embodiment, the structure of the sorting robot includes: a mounting frame arranged next to the discharge conveyor belt, a screw located directly above the discharge conveyor belt is supported on the mounting frame, a movable seat is threadedly connected to the screw rod, a scraper is installed at the bottom of the movable seat, the screw rod is coaxially connected to the output shaft of the servo motor, the servo motor is fixed on the mounting frame, and the servo motor is controlled by a controller.

[0020] Directly below the sorting conveyor belt 3 is provided an accessory conveyor belt 6 for conveying coded turnover boxes containing classified non-structural components. On the output side of the accessory conveyor belt 6 is provided an accessory inspection conveyor belt 8 for receiving the turnover boxes output by the accessory conveyor belt 6. On the output side of the accessory inspection conveyor belt 8 is provided an intelligent vertical warehouse 7 for automatically storing the coded turnover boxes output by the accessory inspection conveyor belt 8.

[0021] During operation, the small household appliances to be disassembled are first placed on the feed conveyor belt 4, and then the feed conveyor belt 4 transports the small household appliances to be disassembled to the sorting conveyor belt 3. In the process of the sorting conveyor belt 3 transporting the small household appliances to be disassembled, the staff takes the small household appliances to be disassembled from the sorting conveyor belt 3 next to the disassembly workbench 9 and places them on the disassembly workbench 9 for disassembly. The accessories of the household appliances after disassembly mainly include: structural components such as plastic, metal, and rubber, as well as non-structural components such as circuit board control components, heating plates, motors, switches, and plugs; it is inevitable that there are obvious damages or unqualified accessories detected in the structural and non-structural components;

[0022] For unqualified parts: the staff will put the unqualified parts obtained after disassembly into the unqualified parts drop-out port 11 on the disassembly workbench 9. The unqualified parts discharged from the unqualified parts drop-out port 11 will fall on the unqualified parts conveyor belt 14, and then be discharged from the unqualified parts conveyor belt 14 and then be centrally packaged or processed;

[0023] For qualified structural components: the staff will put the qualified structural components obtained after disassembly into the structural component drop-out port 10 on the disassembly workbench 9, and the qualified structural components output from the structural component drop-out port 10 will fall on the structural component sorting conveyor belt 13, and then be transported to the structural component transition conveyor belt 20 via the structural component sorting conveyor belt 13, and then be transported to the structural component sorting conveyor belt 15 via the structural component transition conveyor belt 20, and then be transported to the discharging conveyor belt 16 via the structural component sorting conveyor belt 15. When the qualified structural components enter the discharging conveyor belt 16, the AI identifier 19 at the input end of the discharging conveyor belt 16 will identify the type of structural components, and can send sorting signals to the sorting robots 18 at different positions according to the color, shape, material and other types of the identified structural components. When the sorting robot 18 receives the sorting signal, it will take away the qualified structural components that have passed the position along with the discharging conveyor belt 16 and place them in the corresponding RFID turnover box 17, thereby completing the refined classification of different types of qualified structural components;

[0024] For qualified non-structural components such as circuit board control components, heating plates, motors, switches, and plugs: the staff will classify the qualified non-structural components obtained after disassembly and place them in different turnover boxes. Then, the code printer 12 will mark the corresponding identification code on each turnover box. Then, the parts conveyor belt 6 will transport the coded turnover boxes with the classified non-structural components to the parts inspection conveyor belt 8. Then, the parts inspection conveyor belt 8 will transport them to the intelligent vertical warehouse 7. The intelligent vertical warehouse 7 will then automatically store the input coded turnover boxes.

[0025] For small household appliances that are not disassembled in time: During the process of disassembling small household appliances by the staff, the small household appliances to be disassembled on the sorting conveyor belt 3 that have not been taken away by the staff in time will enter the second circulation conveyor belt 52, and then be transported to the first circulation conveyor belt 51 via the second circulation conveyor belt 52, and then be transported to the third circulation conveyor belt 53 via the first circulation conveyor belt 51, and then be transported back to the feed conveyor belt 4 via the third circulation conveyor belt 53, and then be transported back to the sorting conveyor belt 3 by the feed conveyor belt 4 for manual take-up and disassembly.

[0026] The advantages of the present invention are: reasonable layout, high work efficiency, high sorting quality, high resource utilization of accessories, and the ability to achieve refined classification of accessories obtained after dismantling discarded small household appliances, so that each type of material can be recycled according to its corresponding value, avoiding the situation where high-value models of the same material are recycled at a low price as low-value models, thereby improving the high-value recovery rate of discarded small household appliance accessories and reducing recycling costs.

[0027] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not limit the present invention in any other form. Any modification or equivalent change made according to the technical essence of the present invention shall still fall within the scope of protection required by the present invention.

Claims

1. A small household appliance disassembly production line, characterized by: A rack is provided on the rack, a sorting platform is provided on the sorting platform for conveying undisassembled small household appliances, a feeding conveyor is provided on the feeding side of the sorting conveyor, a circulating conveyor that can circulate the undisassembled small household appliances output by the sorting conveyor to the feeding conveyor is provided on the discharging side of the sorting conveyor, a number of disassembling workbenches installed on the sorting platform are arranged in sequence along the conveying direction of the small household appliances beside the sorting conveyor, a structural component drop-out port and an unqualified accessory drop-out port are provided on each disassembling workbench, a coding device that can code turnover boxes for classifying and placing various non-structural components is provided on each disassembling workbench, a structural component sorting conveyor belt for receiving the structural components output from the structural component drop-out port of each disassembling workbench, and an unqualified accessory drop-out port for receiving unqualified accessories output from the unqualified accessory drop-out port of each disassembling workbench are provided below the sorting platform. Accessory conveyor belt, a discharging conveyor belt for receiving structural components is provided on the output side of the structural component sorting conveyor belt, and several RFID turnover boxes for placing structural components of different specifications are arranged in sequence next to the discharging conveyor belt along the conveying direction of the structural components. A sorting robot is provided next to each RFID turnover box, and an AI identifier connected to the signal of each sorting robot is provided at the feeding end of the discharging conveyor belt. The AI identifier can identify the type of structural components and send sorting signals to the sorting robots at different positions according to the AI identification type. After receiving the sorting signal, the sorting robot will place the structural components passing through the position into the corresponding RFID turnover box; an accessory conveyor belt for transporting coded turnover boxes in which various non-structural components have been classified is provided directly below the sorting conveyor belt, and an intelligent vertical warehouse for automatically storing coded turnover boxes is provided on the output side of the accessory conveyor belt.

2. The small household appliance precision disassembly production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: All disassembly workbenches are arranged in two rows, and the two rows of disassembly workbenches are distributed on the left and right sides of the sorting conveyor belt. There are two unqualified parts conveyor belts, and the two unqualified parts conveyor belts are located below the left and right sides of the sorting conveyor belt. Each unqualified parts conveyor belt points upward to the unqualified parts drop-off port of a row of disassembly workbenches on the same side.

3. The small household appliance precision disassembly production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The circulating conveyor belt consists of a first circulating conveyor belt, a second circulating conveyor belt and a third circulating conveyor belt. The first circulating conveyor belt is located on one side of the sorting platform and is parallel to the sorting conveyor belt. The second circulating conveyor belt is located on the feeding side of the first circulating conveyor belt. The input end of the second circulating conveyor belt is located below the output end of the sorting conveyor belt, and the output end of the second circulating conveyor belt is located above the input end of the first circulating conveyor belt. The third circulating conveyor belt is located on the discharging side of the first circulating conveyor belt. The input end of the third circulating conveyor belt is located below the output end of the first circulating conveyor belt, and the output end of the third circulating conveyor belt is located above the feeding conveyor belt.

4. The small household appliance precision disassembly production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: A structural component sorting conveyor belt is provided between the structural component sorting conveyor belt and the discharge conveyor belt.

5. The small household appliance precision disassembly production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: An accessories detection conveyor belt is provided between the accessories conveyor belt and the intelligent vertical warehouse.

6. A small household appliance precision disassembly production line according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The structure of the sorting robot includes: a mounting frame arranged next to the discharge conveyor belt, a screw located directly above the discharge conveyor belt is supported on the mounting frame, a movable seat is threadedly connected to the screw, a scraper is installed at the bottom of the movable seat, the screw is coaxially connected to the output shaft of the servo motor, the servo motor is fixed to the mounting frame, and the servo motor is controlled by a controller.

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