An automatic gasket configuration device

Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic gasket configuration device. By providing at least one turnover chute to be conveyed on a conveying part, and respectively arranging a plurality of gasket configuration mechanisms along the conveying direction at the fixed end of the conveying part, each gasket configuration mechanism is used to configure gaskets of one thickness; when the turnover chute passes by the gasket configuration mechanism, the gasket configuration mechanism conveys corresponding gaskets into the turnover chute according to an external instruction. Then, when passing through multiple gasket configuration mechanisms, different thickness gaskets can be combined in the turnover chute, so as to achieve the purpose of replacing manual gasket combination, with high production efficiency and high accuracy, and solve the problems of low production efficiency and high production cost caused by manual combination of existing gaskets.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the field of tower solar thermal power generation, and particularly relates to a gasket automatic configuration device. Background Art

[0002] In the field of tower solar thermal power generation, a large number of reflectors are used to focus the direct sunlight of the sun to heat the working medium, generate high-temperature and high-pressure steam, and the steam drives a steam turbine to generate electricity. A large number of directional reflectors (heliostats) are used to concentrate sunlight onto a central heat exchanger (receiver) installed on a tower. The heliostat reflects sunlight onto the heat absorber to heat the heat-absorbing working medium, thereby converting light energy into heat energy, and then driving a steam turbine to generate electricity.

[0003] In order to obtain a reasonable solar light spot, most of the current heliostats are designed to install a single reflector or multiple reflectors on a heliostat frame. No matter which method is used, the unit reflectors are mostly curved surfaces or spherical surfaces, and the curved surfaces or spherical surfaces are usually obtained by direct manufacturing or artificial curvature adjustment.

[0004] Among them, the heliostat body supports the reflector through the secondary beam riveting parts to adjust the overall shape of the reflector. To make the mirror shape meet the design and use requirements, the processing accuracy requirements for the secondary beam are extremely high, the processing and manufacturing are difficult, the production efficiency is low, and the production cost for large-scale manufacturing and use is high. During processing, corresponding gaskets or gasket combinations need to be added at different positions of the secondary beam to make the mirror shape design meet the design and use requirements. However, due to the thickness of the gaskets required at different positions, there are multiple arrangements and combinations of gaskets. Manual combination of gaskets will result in problems such as large workload, low work efficiency, and high labor costs. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a gasket automatic configuration device to solve the problems such as low production efficiency and high production cost caused by manual combination of existing gaskets.

[0006] To solve the above problems, the technical solution of the present invention is as follows:

[0007] A gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention includes a conveying mechanism and a plurality of gasket configuration mechanisms;

[0008] The conveying mechanism includes a conveying part and at least one turnover chute; the turnover chute is arranged on the conveying part, and the conveying part is used to convey the turnover chute;

[0009] A plurality of the gasket configuration mechanisms are sequentially arranged on the conveying part along the transportation direction of the turnover chute; wherein, each gasket configuration mechanism is respectively used to configure gaskets of a predetermined thickness and move the gaskets into the corresponding turnover chute according to an external instruction.

[0010] The gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, the gasket feeding mechanism includes a bracket, a material bin, a first driving unit, a base, and clamping jaws;

[0011] The base is arranged on the fixed end of the conveying part and is located above the turnover material trough; a plurality of batching grooves are sequentially arranged on the base, and the arrangement direction of the batching grooves is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover material trough;

[0012] The bracket is erected on the fixed end of the conveying part and is located above the base;

[0013] The upper end of the material bin is horizontally slidably connected to the bracket, and the sliding direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover material trough; the lower end of the material bin is located above the batching groove, and is used for storing gaskets and feeding them into the batching groove;

[0014] The output end of the first driving unit is connected to the material bin for driving the material bin to slide;

[0015] The clamping jaws are arranged on the bracket and are used for grasping the gaskets in the batching groove according to an external instruction and transporting them into the corresponding turnover material trough.

[0016] The gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention further includes a plurality of cushion blocks and a plurality of batching guide rails;

[0017] The cushion blocks are arranged in the batching grooves, and the distance between the top surface of the cushion blocks and the notch of the batching grooves is the thickness of the corresponding gaskets;

[0018] The batching guide rails are respectively arranged between adjacent batching grooves, and the top surface height of the batching guide rails is higher than the notch of the batching grooves.

[0019] For the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, a cross groove is opened on the bottom surface of the material bin, and the discharge port of the material bin is communicated with the cross groove; the cross groove includes a first groove body and a second groove body that are perpendicular to each other;

[0020] The groove width and groove depth of the first groove body respectively correspond to the width and top surface height of the batching guide rail;

[0021] It further includes at least one stop block, and the stop block is rotatably connected to the connection part between the first groove body and the discharge port.

[0022] For the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, a blanking groove and a blanking guide rail are further arranged on the base;

[0023] The two ends of the blanking guide rail are respectively connected to the blanking groove and any one of the batching grooves;

[0024] The width and top surface height of the blanking guide rail correspond to those of the second trough body.

[0025] For the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, the bracket includes two columns, a cross beam and a second driving unit;

[0026] The two columns are respectively arranged on the fixed ends of the conveying part and are located on both sides of the turnover chute;

[0027] Both ends of the cross beam are respectively slidably connected to the upper surfaces of the two columns, and the sliding direction is parallel to the conveying direction of the turnover chute; the output end of the second driving unit is connected to the cross beam;

[0028] Wherein, the upper end of the bin is slidably connected to the cross beam.

[0029] For the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, bracket guide rails are arranged on the upper surfaces of the two brackets, and corresponding bracket sliding grooves are respectively arranged at both ends of the cross beam;

[0030] A cross beam guide rail is arranged on the upper surface of the cross beam; an extension part is arranged at the upper end of the bin, and a corresponding cross beam sliding groove is arranged on the surface of the extension part facing the lower end of the bin.

[0031] For the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, the number of the clamping jaws corresponds to the number of the batching troughs; the clamping jaws are respectively arranged on the cross beam and are vertically corresponding to the batching troughs one by one.

[0032] For the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, the conveying part is a ring conveyor; the turnover chutes are respectively arranged on the conveyor belt of the ring conveyor.

[0033] For the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention, the turnover chute is a turnover plate, and the turnover plate is arranged on the conveying part; a plurality of accommodating grooves are arranged on the turnover plate, and the arrangement direction of the accommodating grooves is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover plate.

[0034] Due to the adoption of the above technical solutions, the present invention has the following advantages and positive effects compared with the prior art:

[0035] In an embodiment of the present invention, at least one turnover chute to be conveyed is arranged on the conveying part, and a plurality of gasket configuration mechanisms are respectively arranged along the conveying direction at the fixed end of the conveying part, and each gasket configuration mechanism is used to configure gaskets of one thickness; when the turnover chute passes through the gasket configuration mechanism, the gasket configuration mechanism conveys corresponding gaskets into the turnover chute according to an external instruction, so that after passing through a plurality of gasket configuration mechanisms, combinations of gaskets of different thicknesses can be realized in the turnover chute, so as to achieve the purpose of replacing manual gasket combination, with high production efficiency and high accuracy, and solve the problems of low production efficiency and high production cost caused by manual combination of existing gaskets. Brief Description of the Drawings

[0036] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the gasket feeding mechanism of the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention;

[0038] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the base of the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the bin of the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention;

[0040] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the batching tank of the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 6 Schematic diagram of the cross slot of the gasket automatic configuration device of the present invention.

[0042] Description of reference numerals: 1: gasket feeding mechanism; 11: base; 12: support column; 13: bin; 1301: extension part; 1302: cross beam chute; 1303: material chamber; 1304: first groove body; 1305: second groove body; 1306: stop block; 14: cross beam; 15: clamping jaw; 16: batching tank; 1601: cushion block; 17: batching guide rail; 18: blanking chute; 19: blanking guide rail; 2: conveying mechanism; 21: turnover material tank. Detailed Description of the Invention

[0043] The following further details a gasket automatic configuration device proposed by the present invention in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments. The advantages and features of the present invention will be clearer according to the following description and the claims.

[0044] Refer to Figure 1 , in one embodiment, a gasket automatic configuration device includes a conveying mechanism 2 and a plurality of gasket feeding mechanisms 1.

[0045] Among them, the conveying mechanism 2 includes a conveying part and at least one turnover material tank 21. The turnover material tank 21 is arranged on the conveying part, and the conveying part is used to convey the turnover material tank 21.

[0046] A plurality of gasket feeding mechanisms 1 are sequentially arranged on the conveying part along the transportation direction of the turnover material tank 21. Among them, each gasket feeding mechanism 1 is respectively used to configure gaskets of a predetermined thickness and move the gaskets into the corresponding turnover material tank 21 according to an external instruction.

[0047] In this embodiment, at least one turnover chute 21 to be conveyed is arranged on the conveying part, and a number of cushioning mechanisms 1 are respectively arranged along the conveying direction at the fixed end of the conveying part. Each cushioning mechanism 1 is used to configure a gasket of a certain thickness. When the turnover chute 21 passes by the cushioning mechanism 1, the cushioning mechanism 1 conveys the corresponding gasket into the turnover chute 21 according to an external instruction. Then, after passing through a number of cushioning mechanisms 1, different thickness gaskets can be combined in the turnover chute 21, so as to achieve the purpose of replacing manual gasket combination, with high production efficiency and high accuracy, and solve the problems of low production efficiency and high production cost caused by manual gasket combination in the prior art.

[0048] The specific structure of the gasket automatic configuration device in this embodiment will be described below. Specifically, taking the number of turnover chutes 21 and cushioning mechanisms 1 as five as an example:

[0049] In this embodiment, the conveying part can specifically be an annular conveyor. The turnover chutes 21 are respectively arranged on the conveyor belt of the annular conveyor, so that circulation can be realized on the conveyor belt.

[0050] Furthermore, the turnover chute 21 is a turnover plate, and the turnover plate is arranged on the conveying part. A number of accommodating grooves are arranged on the turnover plate, and the arrangement direction of the accommodating grooves is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover plate. The accommodating grooves are the positions for receiving gaskets. In this embodiment, the number of accommodating grooves is determined to be twelve. However, in other embodiments, this number can be adjusted and will not be specifically limited herein. When the turnover plate passes by the five cushioning mechanisms 1 in sequence along with the conveyor belt, each cushioning mechanism 1 can respectively grab the corresponding gasket according to an external instruction and place it into the corresponding accommodating groove, so as to realize the stacking of gaskets in each accommodating groove.

[0051] In this embodiment, referring to Figures 2 to 6 , the cushioning mechanism 1 can specifically include a bracket, a bin 13, a first driving unit, a base 11, and a clamping jaw.

[0052] Among them, referring to Figure 2 , the bracket can include two columns 12, a cross beam 14, a first driving unit, and a second driving unit. The two columns 12 are respectively located on the frames on both sides of the conveyor belt of the annular conveyor, and the cross beam 14 straddles the conveyor belt and is slidably connected to the upper surfaces of the two columns 12. The way to realize the sliding connection is to arrange column guides on the upper surfaces of the two columns 12, and corresponding column chutes are arranged on both sides of the cross beam 14, and the sliding is realized through the cooperation between the guide and the chute.

[0053] A crossbeam guide rail can also be provided on the upper surface of the crossbeam 14, and an extension portion 1301 can be provided at the upper end of the silo 13. A crossbeam chute 1302 can be provided on the lower surface of the protruding portion of the extension portion 1301. Similarly, the sliding connection of the silo 13 relative to the crossbeam 14 is achieved through the guide rail and the chute. In other embodiments, there are many ways to slidably connect the silo 13 and the crossbeam 14, which are not specifically limited herein.

[0054] The first driving unit and the second driving unit can be hydraulic mechanisms or other linear motion mechanisms. The first driving unit can be provided on the bracket or the crossbeam 14 and is used to drive the crossbeam 14 to slide back and forth along the bracket guide rail. The second driving unit can be provided on the crossbeam 14 or the silo 13 and is used to drive the silo 13 to slide back and forth along the crossbeam guide rail.

[0055] See Figure 4 and Figure 6 As shown in the figure, the silo 13 can specifically be a vertical rod, and a vertically communicating material cavity 1303 is provided inside the rod. The gaskets in the material cavity 1303 can be dropped by gravity. The upper end of the vertical rod is connected with the above-mentioned extension portion 1301, and a cross groove communicating with the material cavity 1303 is opened at the lower end of the vertical rod. The cross groove can specifically include a first groove body 1304 and a second groove body 1305 that are perpendicular to each other, and the junction of the two groove bodies is the outlet of the material cavity 1303. Among them, a stopper 1306 can be rotatably connected to each of the two side surfaces adjacent to the first groove body 1304 at the outlet of the material cavity 1303.

[0056] See Figure 3 As shown in the figure, the base 11 is also provided on the frame of the ring conveyor, above the turnover chute 21 and below the corresponding silo 13. A number of batching chutes 16 are sequentially provided on the base 11. The number of batching chutes 16 is the same as the number of accommodating grooves, which is twelve. And the arrangement direction of the batching chutes 16 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover chute 21, that is, the arrangement direction of the batching chutes 16 matches the arrangement direction of the accommodating grooves and the moving direction of the silo 13.

[0057] See Figure 5 As shown in the figure, a cushion block 1601 can be specifically provided in the batching chute 16. The cushion block 1601 is used to adjust the depth of the batching chute 16 to ensure that only one gasket is laid in the batching chute 16 when the silo 13 travels one stroke. A batching guide rail 17 can be provided between adjacent batching chutes 16. The top surface height of the batching guide rail 17 is higher than the notch of the batching chute 16, and the width and depth of the first groove body 1304 match the batching guide rail 17. Specifically, the thickness of the cushion block 1601 can be selected according to the required gasket thickness, and the thickness of the cushion block 1601 is equal to the depth of the batching chute 16 minus the gasket thickness.

[0058] When the bin 13 discharges materials, the bin 13 moves along the crossbeam guide rail. When it enters the first batching tank 16, the gasket falls into the batching tank 16 through the outlet of the material chamber 1303. Since the batching tank 16 can only allow one gasket to fall under the action of the cushion block 1601, the gaskets in the bin 13 cannot continue to discharge materials; the bin 13 continues to move along the crossbeam guide rail and moves to the batching guide rail 17. Due to the protrusion of the batching guide rail 17, the stopper 1306 located in the first tank body 1304 is driven to rotate, so that the stopper 1306 rotates to the outlet of the material chamber 1303 for limiting, and the gasket cannot discharge materials at the batching guide rail 17; then the bin 13 continues to move to the next batching tank 16. Under the action of gravity, the stopper 1306 rotates into the batching tank 16, and the gasket can fall, thus realizing the discharge of one gasket; thus, when the bin 13 completes one movement along the crossbeam guide rail, there is one gasket in each batching tank 16.

[0059] Further, referring to Figure 3 , considering that there may be a need to replace the gaskets in the bin 13 during production, a blanking groove 18 is further opened on the base 11 in this embodiment, and a blanking guide rail 19 is provided, so that the bin 13 can move along the blanking guide rail 19 through the second tank body 1305 at the bottom and enter the blanking groove 18 to realize the blanking operation of the gasket. The width and depth of the second tank body 1305 match the dimensions of the blanking guide rail 19. The specific layout method is that the number of the blanking grooves 18 and the blanking guide rails 19 are both two. The two blanking grooves 18 are respectively arranged at both ends of the base 11, and are respectively connected to the batching tanks 16 at both ends through two blanking guide rails 19. The purpose of setting two is to enable the bin 13 to enter the nearest blanking groove 18 for blanking no matter which side it approaches, without passing through multiple batching tanks 16 and causing the gaskets to enter the batching tanks 16 by mistake.

[0060] When the gaskets in the bin 13 need to be blanked, the bin 13 moves along the crossbeam guide rail to the batching tank 16 at any one end under the drive of the first drive unit; then the second drive mechanism drives the crossbeam 14 to move along the support guide rail. At this time, the bottom of the bin 13 can rely on the second tank body 1305 to move along the blanking guide rail 19 and enter the blanking groove 18 to realize blanking.

[0061] In this embodiment, the number of grippers 15 corresponds to the number of batching tanks 16. The grippers 15 are respectively arranged on the cross beam 14 and are vertically corresponding to the batching tanks 16 one by one. When it is necessary to pick up the gaskets in the batching tank 16 and place them into the turnover tank 21, the gripper 15 moves with the cross beam 14 to the upper part of the batching tank 16, grabs the gaskets in the batching tank 16 and places them into the turnover tank 21. After the turnover tank 21 receives the gaskets, it moves to the next station along with the conveyor belt. When the turnover tank 21 is transferred from the first gasket matching mechanism 1 to the fifth gasket matching mechanism 1, the twelve slots in the turnover tank 21 are already filled with combined gaskets of different thicknesses as required. The gripper 15 resets with the cross beam 14, and the magazine 13 batches the next group of gaskets. Thus, it can realize the automatic and efficient combination of gaskets with different thickness requirements to meet the needs of mass production. Among them, the gripper 15 can be a vacuum suction cup or other components that can realize the transfer of gaskets, and no specific limitation is made here.

[0062] The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Even if various changes are made to the present invention, provided that these changes fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalent technologies, they still fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic gasket configuration device, characterized in that, it includes a conveying mechanism and several gasket configuration mechanisms; The conveying mechanism includes a conveying part and at least one turnover chute; the turnover chute is arranged on the conveying part, and the conveying part is used for conveying the turnover chute; Several of the gasket configuration mechanisms are sequentially arranged on the conveying part along the transportation direction of the turnover chute; wherein, each of the gasket configuration mechanisms is respectively used for configuring gaskets with a predetermined thickness and moving the gaskets into the corresponding turnover chute according to an external instruction; The gasket configuration mechanism includes a bracket, a bin, a first driving unit, a base, and a clamp; The base is arranged on the fixed end of the conveying part and is located above the turnover chute; several batching grooves are sequentially arranged on the base, and the arrangement direction of the batching grooves is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover chute; The bracket is erected on the fixed end of the conveying part and is located above the base; The upper end of the bin is horizontally slidably connected to the bracket, and the sliding direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover chute; the lower end of the bin is located above the batching groove and is used for storing gaskets and feeding them into the batching groove; The output end of the first driving unit is connected to the bin and is used for driving the bin to slide; The clamp is arranged on the bracket and is used for grasping the gaskets in the batching groove according to an external instruction and transporting them into the corresponding turnover chute.

2. The automatic gasket configuration device according to claim 1, characterized in that, it further includes several cushion blocks and several batching guide rails; The cushion blocks are arranged in the batching grooves, and the distance between the top surface of the cushion blocks and the notch of the batching grooves is the thickness of the corresponding gaskets; The batching guide rails are respectively arranged between adjacent batching grooves, and the top surface height of the batching guide rails is higher than the notch of the batching grooves.

3. The automatic gasket configuration device according to claim 2, characterized in that, a cross groove is formed on the bottom surface of the bin, and the discharge port of the bin is communicated with the cross groove; the cross groove includes a first groove body and a second groove body that are perpendicular to each other; The groove width and groove depth of the first groove body respectively correspond to the width and top surface height of the batching guide rail; It further includes at least one stop block, and the stop block is rotatably connected to the connection part between the first groove body and the discharge port.

4. The automatic gasket configuration device according to claim 3, characterized in that, a blanking groove and a blanking guide rail are further arranged on the base; Both ends of the blanking guide rail are respectively connected to the blanking groove and any one of the batching grooves; The width and top surface height of the blanking guide rail correspond to the second groove body.

5. The automatic gasket configuration device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the bracket includes two columns, a cross beam and a second driving unit; The two columns are respectively arranged on the fixed end of the conveying part and are located on both sides of the turnover chute; Both ends of the cross beam are respectively slidably connected to the upper surfaces of the two columns, and the sliding direction is parallel to the conveying direction of the turnover chute; the output end of the second driving unit is connected to the cross beam; Wherein, the upper end of the bin is slidably connected to the cross beam.

6. The gasket automatic configuration device according to claim 5, characterized in that, bracket guide rails are provided on the upper surfaces of the two brackets, and corresponding bracket chutes are provided at both ends of the cross beam; a cross beam guide rail is provided on the upper surface of the cross beam; an extension part is provided at the upper end of the bin, and a corresponding cross beam chute is provided on the surface of the extension part facing the lower end of the bin.

7. The gasket automatic configuration device according to claim 5, characterized in that, the number of the clamping jaws corresponds to the number of the batching grooves; the clamping jaws are respectively arranged on the cross beam and are vertically corresponding to the batching grooves one by one.

8. The gasket automatic configuration device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the conveying part is a ring conveyor; the turnover bins are respectively arranged on the conveyor belt of the ring conveyor.

9. The gasket automatic configuration device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the turnover bin is a turnover plate, and the turnover plate is arranged on the conveying part; a plurality of accommodating grooves are provided on the turnover plate, and the arrangement direction of the accommodating grooves is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the turnover plate.

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