An automated production line for camshafts

By designing a material inspection and transfer device for an automated camshaft production line, the concave-convex structure and height difference of the camshaft are utilized to achieve continuous material transfer and individual inspection, solving the problems of uncoordinated transfer and collisions during the production process, and improving production efficiency and product quality.

CN116511974BActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10ZHEJIANG BOXING IND & TRADE
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CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
ZHEJIANG BOXING IND & TRADE
Filing Date
2023-03-07
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

In the automated production process of camshafts, the material transfer and inspection between various processing steps are lengthy and uncoordinated, resulting in inconsistent production cycles, and camshafts are easily damaged by bumps during transfer.

Method used

An automated production line for camshafts was designed, including a material inspection and transfer device. By combining a swing hook feeding unit, a horizontal moving unit, a conveyor belt, and a gravity traction collection unit, the camshaft's own concave-convex structure and height difference are utilized to achieve continuous material transfer and individual inspection, avoiding collisions.

Benefits of technology

It improves the coordination and efficiency of production cycle, protects the integrity of the camshaft, and ensures the smooth progress of subsequent processing.

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Abstract

The application discloses an automatic production line for camshafts, which comprises a material detection and transfer device, the material detection and transfer device comprises, in sequence along the moving direction of the camshafts, a material receiving and collecting unit, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit, a horizontal moving unit, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit, a conveying belt and a self-weight traction collecting unit; the relative positions of the material receiving and collecting unit, the horizontal moving unit, the conveying belt and the self-weight traction collecting unit are arranged from high to low; the application effectively connects the material transfer and detection between various processing steps, and the camshafts are transferred one by one, so that the collision between the camshafts is avoided.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of camshaft production equipment, in particular to an automatic production line for camshafts. BACKGROUND

[0002] The general machining process of a camshaft is as follows: blank (bar stock); calibration; end face milling and center hole drilling; rough turning of the shaft head and main journal; rough grinding of the cam; medium-frequency quenching; fine turning of the shaft head and main journal; fine grinding of the shaft head and main journal; fine grinding of the cam; flaw detection; straightening; cleaning; final inspection. The machining process of a camshaft has many steps, and the automatic production process is relatively long, and the production rhythm is different. The patents CN206200606U, CN210475646U and CN103121184B improve the machining precision in the process, and the camshaft cleaning and grinding machine in CN115351674A uses a first angle grinder and a second angle grinder to grind the water inlet and the parting line of the camshaft respectively, which is simple to operate, and the operator only needs to perform feeding and discharging operations on the camshaft to be machined, and the operation efficiency is high, which effectively improves the production rhythm. The improvement of the production rhythm is also for a single production step, and the cooperation between steps and production rhythms needs to be further improved. SUMMARY

[0003] The purpose of the present application is to provide an automatic production line for camshafts, which effectively connects the material transfer and detection between each machining step, and the camshafts are transferred one by one to avoid collision between the camshafts.

[0004] To solve the technical problem, the technical solution of the present application is as follows: an automatic production line for camshafts, comprising a material detection and transfer device, the material detection and transfer device comprises, in sequence along the moving direction of the camshafts, a material collecting unit, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit, a horizontal moving unit, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit, a conveyor belt and a self-weight traction collecting unit; the relative positions of the material collecting unit, the horizontal moving unit, the conveyor belt and the self-weight traction collecting unit are arranged from high to low; the material collecting unit is provided with accommodating grooves at equal distances, and adjacent two accommodating grooves are arranged from high to low from the material collecting unit to the swing hook pulling and discharging unit.

[0005] The swing hook pulling and discharging unit comprises a driving cylinder and a swing assembly driven by the driving cylinder to change the height by swinging between the material collecting unit and the horizontal moving unit or between the horizontal moving unit and the conveyor belt;

[0006] The horizontal moving unit comprises a moving plate with a support structure and a driving assembly for driving the moving plate to reciprocate between the two swing hook pulling and discharging units;

[0007] The horizontal moving unit further comprises a detection rotating mechanism arranged on one side of the conveying belt, the detection rotating mechanism comprising a pneumatic clamp jaw and a rotating motor driving the pneumatic clamp jaw;

[0008] The self-weight traction collecting unit collects the camshafts of the swing hook pulling down material unit one by one by self-weight.

[0009] The swing hook pulling down material unit rolls and transfers between the incoming material collecting unit, the horizontal moving unit and the conveying belt by swing cooperation with the camshafts.

[0010] Further improvement, the swing assembly comprises a swing plate hinged to the mounting frame, a plurality of parallel arranged and protruding from the swing plate material taking members are arranged in the middle of the swing plate and move with the swing plate, each of the material taking members comprises a guide part with a straight line structure and a curved part for lifting the camshafts. The position change formed by the swing of the material taking members lifts the camshafts of the incoming material collecting unit and then forms an orbital movement by cooperation of the material taking members with the concave-convex structure of the camshafts, which ensures interval discharging and also reduces the sliding and bumping of the camshafts by rolling.

[0011] Further improvement, the material taking member is further provided with a T-shaped connecting part, the middle of the swing plate is provided with a mounting groove for accommodating the positioning of the T-shaped connecting part, and the material taking member is positioned and connected relative to the swing plate by embedding the T-shaped connecting part into the mounting groove. The T-shaped connecting part cooperates with the lower moving plate to form a certain height difference, which avoids collision between the camshafts rolling on the surface of the material taking members and other parts of the equipment, and avoids damage to the camshafts.

[0012] Further improvement, the mounting frame is provided with a first rolling bearing along the moving path of the moving plate.

[0013] Further improvement, the self-weight traction collecting unit comprises, from top to bottom, a receiving assembly, a receiving member provided with receiving grooves at equal intervals, and a positioning and supporting assembly; the self-weight traction collecting unit further comprises a traction assembly.

[0014] The receiving assembly is located on the discharging side below the conveying belt; the receiving assembly is fixedly connected to the support to guide the camshafts from the conveying belt to the receiving member.

[0015] The positioning and supporting assembly comprises a supporting plate with a horizontal supporting surface, and the supporting plate is vertically provided with a mounting plate near the discharging side of the conveying belt; the receiving member moves relative to the supporting plate under the action of the traction assembly.

[0016] The traction assembly comprises a fixed pulley mounted on the mounting plate, a pair of movable pulleys oppositely arranged on the receiving member, and a traction rope, one end of which is fixed to the mounting plate, and the middle part of which is sequentially wound around the movable pulleys, the fixed pulley and the other movable pulley, and then is connected to the guide rod in the receiving assembly through the baffle oppositely arranged at uniform intervals and fixed to the traction rope;

[0017] The guide rod comprises a sloping part continuously arranged to guide the cam shaft to the receiving member and a horizontal part used for storing the baffle;

[0018] When the cam shaft moves from the unloading position of the conveying belt to the guide rod of the receiving assembly, the baffle contacts the falling cam shaft, and the cam shaft pulls the traction rope during the sliding along the receiving assembly, thereby pulling the receiving member to move in the unloading direction of the receiving assembly. The present application utilizes the cooperation of the conveying belt and the self-gravity traction collection unit, the conveying belt moves the cam shaft which has undergone automatic physical detection along the receiving assembly after unloading from the conveying belt, and pushes the baffle closest to the cam shaft to pull the traction rope to drive the receiving member to move in the direction away from the receiving assembly to the receiving member; each cam shaft unloading pushes the baffle to pull the receiving member, which facilitates the automatic collection and storage of the cam shaft which has undergone automatic physical detection, avoids the collision of the cam shaft, improves the unloading efficiency, protects the cam shaft, and is beneficial to subsequent production.

[0019] Further improvement, the receiving member is provided with two adjacent receiving grooves for accommodating the cam shaft at equal intervals, and the distance between the two receiving grooves is L1, the distance between the two baffles when the traction rope is tensioned is L2, and 4L1=L2; the length of the sloping part is L3, and L3=L2. Through the above arrangement, each cam shaft unloading automatically pulls the receiving member to move at equal intervals, so that the automatic collection of the cam shaft after unloading is not limited by the production rhythm of the front-end automatic physical detection, and the unloading collection is flexibly and reliably realized.

[0020] Further improvement, the baffle and the guide rod form a nested structure and move along the guide rod under the action of the traction rope; the baffle has a rigid baffle and a connecting part provided with a groove. The present application utilizes the guide rod to form the contact between the baffle and the cam shaft, and further ensures that the next baffle moves from the horizontal part to the unloading position of the conveying belt and waits for the next unloading. The present application utilizes the rigid baffle to ensure that the baffle and the guide rod have a relatively sliding space, and the contact between the baffle and the cam shaft is stable, and the cam shaft effectively pushes the baffle to move downward during sliding, that is, the traction is realized.

[0021] Further improvement, the receiving assembly is fixed to the support; the receiving assembly comprises a horizontally arranged fixed plate, the guide rod is arranged in the middle of the fixed plate, and the two sides of the guide rod are provided with two auxiliary parts inclined to the guide rod; the end of the blanking direction of the connection between the guide rod and the fixed plate is provided with a round corner structure for blocking the turning off of the guide rod; the blocking plate is pulled to the hollow position below the fixed plate, and is in the middle of the storage part. Through the above arrangement, the blocking plate pushed down by the camshaft is concentrated in the hollow position below the fixed plate, which avoids the influence on the above blanking process.

[0022] Further improvement, the support plate is uniformly distributed with a plurality of second rolling bearings in contact with the storage part on one side of the storage part. The relative movement resistance between the storage part and the support plate in the application is small, and the equal distance pulling is stable.

[0023] Further improvement, the pair of movable pulleys are symmetrically arranged relative to the fixed pulley. The self-weight pulling process is stable.

[0024] By adopting the above technical scheme, the application has the following beneficial effects:

[0025] The automatic production line of the camshaft provided by the application comprises a material detection and transfer device, the material detection and transfer device comprises, in sequence along the moving direction of the camshaft, a material collecting unit, a swing hook pulling and blanking unit, a horizontal moving unit, a swing hook pulling and blanking unit, a conveying belt and a self-weight traction collecting unit; the relative positions of the material collecting unit, the horizontal moving unit, the conveying belt and the self-weight traction collecting unit are arranged from high to low; the material collecting unit is provided with accommodation grooves at equal distances, and the two adjacent accommodation grooves are arranged from high to low from the material collecting unit to the swing hook pulling and blanking unit; the swing hook pulling and blanking unit forms a height difference between the material collecting unit, the horizontal moving unit and the conveying belt through a swing process, drives the transfer of the camshaft and detects and collects one by one by using the height difference, and cooperates with the subsequent process; the application utilizes the characteristics that the camshaft has a concave-convex structure, utilizes the height difference change of rolling fit, and forms continuous transfer of the material. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 is the first perspective view of the automatic production line of the camshaft involved in the application;

[0027] Figure 2 is the second perspective view of the automatic production line of the camshaft involved in the application (the hidden part is a pulling rope);

[0028] Figure 3 is the third perspective view of the automatic production line of the camshaft involved in the application;

[0029] Figure 4is a top view of an automatic production line of a camshaft to which the present application relates;

[0030] Figure 5 is a fourth view of an automatic production line of a camshaft to which the present application relates;

[0031] Figure 6 is Figure 1 is an enlarged view at A in Fig. 1;

[0032] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the principle of the pulling assembly in the present application.

[0033] in the figure:

[0034] camshaft 100; incoming material collecting unit 1; limiting protrusion 11; swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2; swing assembly 21; swing plate 211; material taking piece 212; guide part 2121; bending part 2122; T-shaped connecting part 2123; driving cylinder 22; horizontal moving unit 3; support mechanism 31; moving plate 32; driving assembly 33; detection rotating mechanism 34; pneumatic clamping jaw 341; rotating motor 342; conveying belt 4; self-weight pulling and collecting unit 5; receiving assembly 51; guide rod 511; inclined part 5111; horizontal part 5112; fixed plate 512; auxiliary piece 513; storage piece 52; positioning and supporting assembly 53; support plate 531; mounting plate 532; second rolling bearing 533; pulling assembly 54; fixed pulley 541; movable pulley 542; pulling rope 543; baffle 544; bracket 55; mounting frame 6; first rolling bearing 61. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] In order to further explain the technical solutions of the present application, the present application will be described in detail below through specific embodiments.

[0036] The present embodiment discloses an automatic production line of a camshaft, as shown in Figure 1 which comprises a material detection and transfer device, the material detection and transfer device sequentially comprises an incoming material collecting unit 1, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2, a horizontal moving unit 3, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2, a conveying belt 4 and a self-weight pulling and collecting unit 5 along the moving direction of the camshaft 100; wherein the relative positions of the incoming material collecting unit 1, the horizontal moving unit 3, the conveying belt 4 and the self-weight pulling and collecting unit 5 are arranged from high to low; the incoming material collecting unit 1 is provided with accommodating grooves at equal distances, and adjacent two accommodating grooves are arranged from high to low from the incoming material collecting unit 1 to the swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2 adjacent to the incoming material collecting unit 1;

[0037] as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 5As shown, the swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2 comprises a driving cylinder and a swing assembly 21 driven by the driving cylinder to form height change between the incoming material collecting unit 1 and the horizontal moving unit 3 or between the horizontal moving unit 3 and the conveying belt 4;

[0038] As shown, the horizontal moving unit 3 comprises a moving plate 32 with a support structure 31 and a driving assembly 33 driving the moving plate 32 to move back and forth between the two swing hook pulling and discharging units 2; Figure 3 Figure 4 As shown, the horizontal moving unit 3 comprises a moving plate 32 with a support structure 31 and a driving assembly 33 driving the moving plate 32 to move back and forth between the two swing hook pulling and discharging units 2;

[0039] The horizontal moving unit 3 further comprises a detection rotating mechanism 34 arranged on one side of the conveying belt 4, which comprises a pneumatic gripper 341 and a rotating motor 342 driving the pneumatic gripper 341;

[0040] The self-weight pulling and collecting unit 5 collects the camshafts 100 taken by the swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2 one by one by self-weight;

[0041] The swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2 rolls and transfers the camshafts 100 between the incoming material collecting unit 1, the horizontal moving unit 3 and the conveying belt 4 with height difference through swing cooperation.

[0042] In the embodiment, the swing assembly 21 comprises a swing plate 211 hinged to the mounting frame 6, and a plurality of taking members 212 arranged in parallel and protruding from the swing plate 211 are arranged in the middle of the swing plate 211 and move with the swing plate 211, each of the taking members 212 comprises a guide part 2121 with linear structure and a curved part 2122 for lifting the camshaft 100. In the embodiment, the position change formed by the swing of the taking member 212 lifts the camshafts 100 of the incoming material collecting unit 1 and then forms track-like movement by cooperation of the concave-convex structure of the camshaft 100 with the taking member 212, which ensures interval discharging and also reduces sliding and bumping of the camshafts 100 by rolling.

[0043] In the embodiment, the taking member 212 is further provided with a T-shaped connecting part 2123, and the middle of the swing plate 211 is provided with a mounting groove for accommodating the T-shaped connecting part 2123 for positioning, and the taking member 212 is positioned and connected relative to the swing plate 211 by embedding the T-shaped connecting part 2123 into the mounting groove. In the embodiment, the T-shaped connecting part 2123 cooperates with the swing plate 211 below to also form a certain height difference, which avoids collision between the camshafts 100 and other parts of the equipment on the surface of the taking member 212 during rolling, and avoids damage to the camshafts 100.

[0044] ​In this embodiment, the mounting frame 6 is provided with a first rolling bearing 61 along the moving path of the moving plate 32. In this embodiment, the self-weight traction collection unit 5 sequentially comprises a receiving assembly 51, a receiving piece 52 provided with receiving grooves at equal intervals, and a positioning and supporting assembly 53 from top to bottom; the self-weight traction collection unit 5 further comprises a traction assembly 54.

[0045] The receiving assembly 51 is located at the unloading side below the conveyor belt 4; the receiving assembly 51 is fixedly connected to the support 55 to guide the cam shaft 100 from the conveyor belt 4 to the receiving piece 52.

[0046] The positioning and supporting assembly 53 comprises a supporting plate 531 with a horizontal supporting surface, and the supporting plate 531 is vertically provided with a mounting plate 532 near the unloading side of the conveyor belt 4; the receiving piece 52 moves relative to the supporting plate 531 under the action of the traction assembly 54.

[0047] The traction assembly 54 comprises a fixed pulley 541 mounted on the mounting plate 532 and a pair of movable pulleys 542 oppositely arranged on the receiving piece 52, and further comprises a pulling rope 543, one end of which is fixed to the mounting plate 532, and the middle part of which sequentially passes through the movable pulleys 542, the fixed pulley 541 and the other movable pulley 542, and is then connected to the guide rod 511 in the receiving assembly 51 through the blocking plate 544 fixed to the pulling rope 543 and arranged at equal intervals.

[0048] The guide rod 511 comprises a continuously arranged inclined part 5111 for guiding the cam shaft 100 to the receiving piece 52 and a horizontal part 5112 for storing the blocking plate 544.

[0049] When the cam shaft 100 moves from the unloading position of the conveyor belt 4 to the guide rod 511 of the receiving assembly 51, a blocking plate 544 contacts the falling cam shaft 100, and the cam shaft 100 pulls the pulling rope 543 during the sliding process along the receiving assembly 51 to the receiving piece 52, so as to pull the receiving piece 52 to move in the unloading direction of the receiving assembly 51. In this embodiment, the conveyor belt 4 and the self-weight traction collection unit 5 are matched, the conveyor belt 4 moves the cam shaft 100 after the automatic physical detection along the receiving assembly 51 after the unloading of the conveyor belt 4, pushes the blocking plate 544 closest to the cam shaft 100 to pull the pulling rope 543 to drive the receiving piece 52 to move relative to the positioning and supporting assembly 53 in the direction away from the receiving assembly 51 of the cam shaft 100 and enter the receiving piece 52; each cam shaft 100 unloads to push the blocking plate 544 to pull the receiving piece 52, which facilitates the automatic collection and storage of the cam shaft 100 after the automatic physical detection, avoids the collision of the cam shaft 100, improves the unloading efficiency, protects the cam shaft 100, and is beneficial to the subsequent production.

[0050] In the embodiment, the receiving member 52 is provided with two receiving grooves for accommodating the cam shaft 100 at equal intervals, and the distance between the two receiving grooves is L1, and the distance between the two baffles 544 when the pulling rope 543 is tensioned is L2, wherein 4L1=L2; the length of the inclined portion 5111 is L3, wherein L3=L2. Through the above arrangement, the equal interval movement of the receiving member 52 is automatically pulled by each cam shaft 100. Therefore, the automatic collection of the cam shaft 100 after the blanking in the embodiment is not limited by the front-end automatic physical detection production rhythm, and the blanking and collection are flexibly and reliably realized.

[0051] In the embodiment, the baffles 544 and the guide rod 511 form a nested structure and move along the guide rod 511 under the action of the pulling rope 543; the baffles 544 have a rigid shielding plate and a connecting portion provided with a groove. In the embodiment, the guide rod 511 is used to form the contact between the baffles 544 and the cam shaft 100, and further ensure that the next baffle 544 moves from the horizontal portion 5112 to the blanking position of the conveying belt 4 and waits for the next blanking. In the embodiment, the rigid baffle 544 ensures that the baffle 544 and the guide rod 511 have a relative sliding space, and the contact between the shielding portion of the baffle 544 and the cam shaft 100 is stable. The cam shaft 100 effectively pushes the baffle 544 downward while sliding, that is, the pulling is realized.

[0052] In the embodiment, the receiving assembly 51 is fixedly connected to the support 55; the receiving assembly 51 includes a horizontally arranged fixed plate 512, the guide rod 511 is arranged at the middle portion of the fixed plate 512, and the two sides of the guide rod 511 are provided with two auxiliary members 513 parallel to the inclined portion 5111 of the guide rod 511; the end of the guide rod 511 connected with the fixed plate 512 in the blanking direction is provided with a round corner structure for turning over the baffle 544 and separating from the guide rod 511; the baffles 544 are pulled downward one by one to the hollow position below the fixed plate 512, which is in the middle portion of the receiving member 52. In the embodiment, the baffles 544 pushed downward by the cam shaft 100 are concentrated below the fixed plate 512, which is also the hollow position of the receiving member 52, thereby avoiding affecting the above blanking process.

[0053] In the embodiment, the support plate 531 is uniformly provided with a plurality of second rolling bearings 533 in contact with the receiving member 52 on the side facing the receiving member 52. In the embodiment, the relative movement resistance between the receiving member 52 and the support plate 531 is small, and the equal interval pulling is stably realized.

[0054] In the embodiment, the pairs of movable pulleys 542 are symmetrically arranged relative to the fixed pulley 541. The self-weight pulling process is stably performed.

[0055] The specific working process of the embodiment is as follows:

[0056] S1, the camshaft automatic production line proposed in the embodiment comprises a material detection and transfer device, the material detection and transfer device comprises, in sequence along the moving direction of the camshaft 100, a material collecting unit 1, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2, a horizontal moving unit 3, a swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2, a conveying belt 4 and a self-weight traction collecting unit 5; the long-diameter-comparison-greater camshafts 100 placed in the material collecting unit 1 are limited to be static by the limiting protrusions 11 in mutual contact;

[0057] S2, the material taking part 212 of the swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2 swings under the drive of the swing plate 211, the bending part 2122 lifts the camshafts 100 positioned by the limiting protrusions in the material collecting unit 1 to be away from the material collecting unit 1 between the two limiting protrusions, and rolls along the material taking part 212 to the static support mechanism of the horizontal moving unit 3;

[0058] When the lowermost camshaft 100 is away from the material collecting unit 1, the remaining camshafts 100 automatically roll to the lowermost camshaft 100 abutting against the limiting protrusion, and are discharged in sequence;

[0059] S3, the horizontal moving unit 3 of the camshaft 100 is driven by the motor in the driving assembly 33 to drive the following moving plate 32 to move the camshaft 100 to the detection rotating mechanism 34, the pneumatic clamping jaw 341 clamps the camshaft 100, and then the rotating motor 342 drives the pneumatic clamping jaw 341 and the camshaft 100 to be static in the support mechanism, and whether the camshaft 100 is suitable for the next machining process is detected;

[0060] S4, the camshafts 100 after detection are transferred to the conveying belt 4 by the swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2;

[0061] The camshafts 100 suitable for further machining continue to be transferred to the self-weight traction collecting unit 5, and the camshafts 100 unsuitable for further machining are taken out at the position of the conveying belt 4;

[0062] S5, the camshafts 100 on the conveying belt 4 are transferred to the self-weight traction collecting unit 5 by using the height difference, and the camshafts 100 taken by the swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2 are collected one by one by the self-weight;

[0063] In the above embodiment, the swing hook pulling and discharging unit 2 forms the height difference between the material collecting unit 1, the horizontal moving unit 3 and the conveying belt 4 by the swing process, drives the transfer of the camshafts 100 by using the height difference, and cooperates with the subsequent process; in the embodiment, the continuous transfer of the material is formed by using the rolling cooperation with the height difference change by using the characteristics that the camshafts 100 have the concave-convex structure.

[0064] In the embodiment, each functional unit uses the height difference and the bending setting, and the space occupation is small, which is beneficial to the improvement of the existing production line.

Claims

1. An automated production line for camshafts, comprising a material detection and transfer device, characterized in that: The material detection and transfer device includes, in sequence along the moving direction of the camshaft, a material collection unit, a swing hook unloading unit, a horizontal moving unit, a conveyor belt, and a gravity traction collection unit; wherein the relative positions of the material collection unit, the horizontal moving unit, the conveyor belt, and the gravity traction collection unit are arranged from high to low. The material receiving unit is provided with receiving slots at equal intervals, and the adjacent receiving slots are inclined from high to low from the material receiving unit toward the swing hook unloading unit; The swing hook unloading unit includes a drive cylinder and a swing component driven by the drive cylinder to swing between the material receiving unit and the horizontal moving unit or between the horizontal moving unit and the conveyor belt to form a height change. The horizontal moving unit includes a moving plate with a support structure and a driving component that drives the moving plate to reciprocate between two swing hook feeding units. The horizontal moving unit also includes a detection rotation mechanism disposed on one side of the conveyor belt, the detection rotation mechanism including a pneumatic gripper and a rotation motor for driving the pneumatic gripper; The self-weight traction collection unit collects the camshafts of the swing hook feeding unit one by one by their own weight. The swing hook unloading unit uses a swinging action in conjunction with a camshaft to roll and transfer materials between the material collection unit, the horizontal moving unit, and the conveyor belt, which have a height difference. The self-weight traction collection unit, from top to bottom, includes a receiving component, a storage component with equally spaced storage slots, and a positioning support component; the self-weight traction collection unit also includes a traction component; The receiving component is located on the unloading side below the conveyor belt; the receiving component is fixed to the bracket to guide the camshaft from the conveyor belt to the receiving component; The positioning support assembly includes a support plate with a horizontal support surface, and a mounting plate is vertically provided on the side of the support plate near the material unloading side of the conveyor belt; the storage component moves relative to the support plate under the action of the traction assembly; The traction assembly includes a fixed pulley mounted on the mounting plate and a pair of movable pulleys arranged opposite to each other on the receiving component. It also includes a pull rope, one end of which is fixed to the mounting plate. The middle part of the pull rope passes through the movable pulley, the fixed pulley and another movable pulley in sequence, and is then tensioned and connected to the guide rod in the receiving assembly by baffles that are fixed opposite to the pull rope and are arranged at even intervals. The guide rod includes an inclined section that guides the camshaft toward the housing and a horizontal section for storing the baffle. When the camshaft moves from the unloading position of the conveyor belt to the guide rod of the receiving component, a baffle at this point contacts the falling camshaft. As the camshaft slides along the receiving component toward the storage component, it pulls the traction rope, thereby pulling the storage component toward the unloading direction of the receiving component.

2. The automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The swing assembly includes a swing plate hinged to the mounting bracket. The swing plate has a plurality of parallel material-picking members that protrude from the swing plate as it moves. Each material-picking member includes a guide portion with a straight structure and a curved portion for supporting the camshaft.

3. The automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The material taking component is also provided with a T-shaped connecting part, and the middle part of the swing plate is provided with a mounting groove for accommodating the positioning of the T-shaped connecting part. The material taking component is nested into the mounting groove through the T-shaped connecting part and positioned relative to the swing plate.

4. The automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The mounting bracket is provided with a first rolling bearing along the moving path of the moving plate.

5. An automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The storage component is provided with equally spaced storage slots for accommodating the camshaft. The distance between two adjacent storage slots is L1. When the pull rope is tensioned, the distance between the two baffles is L2, where 4L1=L2; the length of the inclined part is L3, where L3=L2.

6. The automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The baffle and the guide rod form a nested structure, and move along the guide rod under the action of the pull rope; the baffle has a rigid shield and a connecting part with a groove.

7. An automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The receiving component is fixed to the bracket; the receiving component includes a horizontally arranged fixed plate, the guide rod is arranged in the middle of the fixed plate, and two auxiliary parts parallel to the inclined part of the guide rod are provided on both sides of the guide rod; the end of the guide rod in the feeding direction at the connection between the guide rod and the fixed plate is provided with a rounded corner structure for the baffle to flip and disengage from the guide rod. Pull the baffles down one by one to the hollow position below the fixed plate, which is in the middle of the storage unit.

8. An automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The support plate has multiple second rolling bearings that are in contact with the storage component evenly distributed on the side facing the storage component.

9. An automated production line for camshafts as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The movable pulleys are arranged in pairs symmetrically relative to the fixed pulleys.

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