Intelligent system and method for assembling and gasketing evaporator of automobile air conditioner

Abstract

The application provides an intelligent system for automobile air conditioner evaporator bundling and spacer insertion and a use method thereof. The system comprises a material taking station and a bundling station, the bundling station is provided below with a conveying belt, the conveying belt is provided with a bundling mechanism and a spacer insertion mechanism on the side, a rectangular bundling steel belt is gripped by a gripping mechanism and is sleeved on an evaporator core, a bundling mechanism is used to tighten and lock the rectangular bundling steel belt on the evaporator core, a first horizontal cylinder is used to drive a steel needle to move forward by the extension of a telescopic rod, so that the spacer is horizontally inserted into a spacer mounting hole on the evaporator core. The application can not only avoid the damage of the side plate of the evaporator core, but also can quickly, stably and smoothly install the spacer plate on the evaporator core during the bundling process, and the spacer plate on an evaporator core can be installed every five seconds, so that the efficiency is high and the problem of inconvenient installation of the spacer plate in the traditional way is fundamentally avoided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of new energy vehicle air conditioning, in particular to an intelligent system for bundling and spacer inserting of an automobile air conditioner evaporator and a use method thereof. BACKGROUND

[0002] In recent years, a large number of automobile air conditioning systems use evaporators similar or identical to the main structure in document CN210035946U. The main structure of such an evaporator mainly consists of a manifold, a partition plate (also known as a spacer), a side plate, a flat tube, and a fin. The partition plate is installed in the mounting hole of the manifold.

[0003] With the development of industrial intelligent control technology, many automobile parts factories have adopted intelligent evaporator manufacturing equipment / systems to produce automobile air conditioner evaporators. Currently, typical evaporator manufacturing equipment / systems, such as the evaporator assembly machine developed and popularized by Shanghai Shuma Technology Co., Ltd., mainly include a fin forming device, a fin conveying system, a flat tube array mechanism, an evaporator core assembly mechanism, an evaporator core bundling mechanism, and an evaporator core conveying mechanism. During use, the manifold, side plate, flat tube, and fin are assembled together by the evaporator core assembly mechanism to form an evaporator core, and then the evaporator core is tightly bundled with a wire before being moved to a brazing furnace for welding.

[0004] Among them, the main structure of the evaporator core bundling mechanism is described in documents CN211663518U (double-head simultaneous steel wire bundling mechanism), CN106428708A (heat exchanger core bundling machine), CN206107639U (heat exchanger bundling machine wire cutting and knotting device), and CN206107635U (bundling machine telescopic traction head device). The main technical route for bundling with this several is as follows: first, fix the evaporator core, then pull the steel wire joint from below the evaporator core (from one side of the evaporator core to the other side) with the help of a pulling module, then push the steel wire joint upwards, then pull the steel wire joint back from above the evaporator core with another pulling module, until the pulled steel wire wraps around the evaporator core once, then cut the steel wire root, and finally use a rotating clamp to tighten the steel wire joint part, so that the steel wire is tightly wrapped around the evaporator core.

[0005] However, using this technical route can cause damage to the side plate of the evaporator core, especially the appearance of a deep 4mm recess on the side plate of the evaporator core.

[0006] More importantly, during the manufacturing process of the evaporator core, the partition plate also needs to be installed in the mounting hole of the header pipe. Since the partition plate is small (the length is consistent with the diameter of the inner cavity of the header pipe, only about 30 mm, and the width is about 12 mm) and thin (only about 3-5 mm), it is currently mainly installed by manual operation, which is low in installation efficiency and inconvenient to operate. Usually, after the evaporator core is bundled, the operator first clamps the partition plate and inserts it into the mounting hole, and then adjusts it to the right position. For example, it takes an average of about thirty seconds for each worker to install the partition plates on each evaporator core. Therefore, how to quickly install the partition plate in place during the bundling process of the evaporator core is a problem to be solved, which can at least reduce one independent station and one manual operation. SUMMARY

[0007] At least for the technical problems mentioned in the background, the present application aims to provide an intelligent system for bundling and partition plate installation of an automobile air conditioner evaporator and a method thereof.

[0008] The present application adopts the following technical solutions.

[0009] The intelligent system for bundling and partition plate installation of an automobile air conditioner evaporator comprises a two-dimensional moving mechanism arranged on a horizontal track and capable of moving along the horizontal track, a evaporator clamping mechanism connected to the lower end of the two-dimensional moving mechanism, a material taking station and a bundling station arranged below the horizontal track, a conveying belt arranged below the bundling station, and a bundling mechanism and a partition plate installation mechanism arranged on the side of the conveying belt.

[0010] The bundling mechanism comprises a rack for placing a rectangular bundling steel strip arranged on the side of the bundling station, a grabbing mechanism arranged above the rack, and a tightening mechanism. The rectangular bundling steel strip is sleeved on the evaporator core by the grabbing mechanism after the rectangular bundling steel strip is grabbed, and the rectangular bundling steel strip on the evaporator core is tightened and locked by the tightening mechanism.

[0011] The partition plate installation mechanism comprises a steel needle connected to the front end of a first horizontal cylinder. After the steel needle is inserted into the blind hole of the partition plate, the steel needle is moved forward by the extension rod of the first horizontal cylinder to realize the horizontal insertion of the partition plate into the partition plate mounting hole on the evaporator core.

[0012] As a preferred solution, the partition plate installation mechanism further comprises a material box for accommodating the partition plate, a material passing channel is arranged at the lower part of the material box, the material passing channel can temporarily store one partition plate, the material passing channel, the steel needle and the partition plate mounting hole are located at the same horizontal linear position, the extension rod of the first horizontal cylinder is connected to a flat plate, the flat plate is integrally formed with the steel needle, the height and thickness of the flat plate are consistent with the corresponding size of the material passing channel, and the flat plate can pass through the material passing channel.

[0013] As a preferred solution, the bundling mechanism comprises vertically arranged telescopic device A and horizontally arranged telescopic device B, the telescopic rod of telescopic device A is arranged upward and connected with the clamping jaw A, the telescopic rod of telescopic device B is arranged toward the bundling station and connected with the clamping jaw B; the clamping jaw A can clamp and pull down the rectangular bundled steel band joint sleeved on the evaporator core, and the clamping jaw B can clamp and press the locking piece on the rectangular bundled steel band.

[0014] As a preferred solution, the grabbing mechanism comprises second horizontal cylinder and second vertical cylinder, the second vertical cylinder is connected with the telescopic rod of the second horizontal cylinder, the telescopic rod of the second vertical cylinder is provided with vacuum suction cup at the lower end, the vacuum suction cup is in strip shape, and the length of the vacuum suction cup is equal to 3 / 4 to 1 times of the length of the long side of the rectangular bundled steel band.

[0015] In order to more conveniently grab the rectangular bundled steel band, the rack is a flat plate.

[0016] As a preferred solution, the grabbing mechanism and the bundling mechanism are symmetrically arranged with two sets of the center line of the bundling station as the symmetric axis.

[0017] Further, the grabbing mechanism, the bundling mechanism, the two-dimensional moving mechanism and the evaporator clamping mechanism are connected with the control system and control the operation thereof.

[0018] A use method / bundling method using the foregoing intelligent system, characterized in that the control system comprises a memory, a processor and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, and the processor can realize the following steps when executing the program:

[0019] Step 1, first control the two-dimensional moving mechanism to move to the material taking station, then control the evaporator clamping mechanism to work to clamp the evaporator core at the material taking station, then control the two-dimensional moving mechanism to move to drive the evaporator core to move to the bundling station, and always clamp the evaporator core at the bundling station;

[0020] Step 2, first control the second horizontal cylinder and the second vertical cylinder to move the vacuum suction cup to the target position one to grab one rectangular bundled steel band; then continue to control the second horizontal cylinder and the second vertical cylinder to move the vacuum suction cup to the target position two, at this time, the rectangular bundled steel band is sleeved on the evaporator core;

[0021] Step 3, first control the first horizontal cylinder to move forward to insert the steel needle into the blind hole of the partition piece, and drive the partition piece to be horizontally inserted into the partition piece mounting hole on the evaporator core, then control the first horizontal cylinder to reset;

[0022] Step 4, first control the action of the telescopic device B and the clamping jaw B to make the clamping jaw B clamp the locking piece; then control the telescopic device A to extend upward and the action of the clamping jaw A to make the clamping jaw A clamp the rectangular baling steel band joint; then control the second horizontal air cylinder and the second vertical air cylinder to reset; then control the telescopic device A to retract to realize the tensioning of the rectangular baling steel band; then control the action of the clamping jaw B to clamp the locking piece, and then control the clamping jaw A and the clamping jaw B to release, and then control the telescopic device A and the telescopic device B to reset;

[0023] Step 5, control the two-dimensional moving mechanism to move and the action of the evaporator clamping mechanism to place the evaporator core on the conveying belt and then reset;

[0024] Step 6, repeat steps 1-5 to bale and install the spacer for the next evaporator core.

[0025] As a preferred solution, the rectangular baling steel band is hung on the rack.

[0026] In order to be able to bale more stably, the wall thickness of the rectangular baling steel band is not greater than 1mm, the rectangular baling steel band adopts carbon steel band or stainless steel band, and the surface of the rectangular baling steel band is provided with a plurality of anti-skid parts arranged at intervals, which is more conducive to locking.

[0027] Beneficial effects: by adopting the solution, not only can the edge plate of the evaporator core be prevented from being damaged, and no pits will appear on the edge plate of the evaporator core, but also the spacer on the evaporator core can be quickly, stably and smoothly installed in place during the baling of the evaporator core, without the need for separate additional manual installation of the spacer, thereby saving the labor for installing the spacer; by adopting the solution, the spacer on an evaporator core can be installed every five seconds on average, which is high in efficiency and fundamentally avoids the inconvenience of installing the spacer in the traditional way.

[0028] Since the rectangular baling steel band is relatively thin and soft and has large elasticity, the traditional solution (the baling technical route in the background art) can only still adopt the mode of pulling and winding the steel band before tightening, but this mode is prone to causing the steel band to break, and the steel band is extremely easy to string and fall off in the moment of being cut, which has to be equipped with four sets of clamps specially used for clamping the steel band (one set of clamp for clamping the end of the steel band to facilitate feeding, one set of clamp for fixing the root of the steel band after being pulled, one set of clamp for pulling back the end of the steel band, and one set of clamp for rotating the steel band when tightening the steel band), so that the whole baling structure is very complex and occupies a large space. By adopting the solution, the top edge of the rectangular baling steel band is grabbed by the strip-shaped suction cup, and the rectangular baling steel band can be directly sleeved on the evaporator core by means of the air cylinder, and then only two sets of clamps and the corresponding telescopic devices are needed to quickly bale the evaporator core, so that the structure is simpler and the occupied space can be reduced by nearly one third compared with the traditional solution.

[0029] In the present application, the rectangular binding steel belt and the spacer are made in batches in advance. In the spacer installation process, the steel needle is inserted into the blind hole on the spacer, and the spacer can be quickly installed by using the cylinder and the steel needle to carry the spacer. The steel needle and the spacer do not interfere with the rectangular binding steel belt during the forward movement, and the effect of almost synchronous installation of the evaporator binding and the spacer insertion is achieved. In addition, after the spacer is inserted, it is tightened, which better ensures that the spacer can be smoothly and stably inserted into the spacer installation hole. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0030] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional schematic view of the intelligent system for evaporator binding and spacer insertion of the automobile air conditioner evaporator in the initial state in Example 1.

[0031] Figure 2 It is a schematic view of the evaporator clamping mechanism clamping the evaporator core at the material taking station in Example 1.

[0032] Figure 3 It is a schematic view of the rectangular binding steel belt sleeved on the evaporator core after the evaporator core moves to the binding station in Example 1.

[0033] Figure 4 It is a schematic view of the spacer inserted into the spacer installation hole on the evaporator core in Example 1.

[0034] Figure 5 It is Figure 4 the enlarged view of part A in Example 1.

[0035] Figure 6 It is a schematic view of the evaporator core binding in Example 1.

[0036] Figure 7 It is Figure 6 the enlarged view of part C in Example 1.

[0037] Figure 8 It is a partial schematic view of the evaporator core binding in Example 1.

[0038] Figure 9 It is a schematic view of the first horizontal cylinder after resetting in Example 1.

[0039] Figure 10 It is Figure 9 the enlarged view of part B in Example 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0040] The technical solutions in the present application will be described clearly and completely in combination with the embodiments and the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0041] Example 1

[0042] First, the intelligent system for bundling and inserting fins of automotive air conditioning evaporators in this embodiment will be described, such as... Figures 1 to 10 As shown, the intelligent system includes a two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 arranged on a horizontal track 1 and capable of moving along the horizontal track 1. In this example, the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 is a combination of a screw drive mechanism and a telescopic mechanism. The telescopic mechanism is connected to the nut seat of the screw drive mechanism. The lower end of the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 (i.e., the telescopic mechanism) is connected to the evaporator clamping mechanism 3. A material picking station 4 and a bundling station are set below the horizontal track 1. A conveyor belt 10 is set below the bundling station. A bundling mechanism and a partition inserting mechanism are set on the side of the conveyor belt 10.

[0043] The bundling mechanism includes a material rack 22 located on the side of the bundling station for placing rectangular bundling steel strips 21. The rack 22 is a flat plate installed on a gantry frame. The rectangular bundling steel strips 21 are directly hung on the material rack 22. A gripping mechanism is provided above the material rack 22. After gripping the rectangular bundling steel strips 21, the rectangular bundling steel strips 21 are placed on the evaporator core 5. The mechanism also includes a tightening mechanism to tighten and lock the rectangular bundling steel strips 21 on the evaporator core 5.

[0044] The diaphragm insertion mechanism includes a steel needle 41 connected to the front end of the first horizontal cylinder 40. After the steel needle 41 is inserted into the blind hole 61 on the diaphragm 6, the telescopic rod of the first horizontal cylinder 40 extends forward to drive the steel needle 41 to move forward, so as to realize the horizontal insertion of the diaphragm 6 into the diaphragm mounting hole 62 on the evaporator core 5.

[0045] In this embodiment, the partition insertion mechanism also includes a material box 42 for accommodating the partition 6. A material passage 43 is provided at the lower part of the material box 42. The material passage 43 can just temporarily store one partition 6. The material passage 43, the steel needle 41 and the partition mounting hole 62 are located at the same horizontal linear position. The front end of the telescopic rod of the first horizontal cylinder 40 is connected to a flat plate 44. The flat plate 44 and the steel needle 41 are integrally formed. The height and thickness of the flat plate 44 are consistent with the corresponding dimensions of the material passage 43. The flat plate 44 can just pass through the material passage 43.

[0046] In this embodiment, the binding mechanism includes a vertically arranged telescopic joint A50 and a horizontally arranged telescopic joint B51. The telescopic rod of the telescopic joint A50 is arranged upward and connected to the gripper A52. The telescopic rod of the telescopic joint B51 is arranged towards the binding station and connected to the gripper B53. The telescopic joints A50 and B51 are mounted on the same connecting frame, which is fixedly mounted on the front end of the telescopic rod of the cylinder 54. The gripper A52 can clamp and pull down the rectangular binding steel strip 21 joint sleeved on the evaporator core 5, and the gripper B53 can clamp and press the locking piece 23 on the rectangular binding steel strip 21.

[0047] In this embodiment, the gripping mechanism includes a second horizontal cylinder 11 and a second vertical cylinder 12. The second vertical cylinder 12 is connected to the front end of the telescopic rod of the second horizontal cylinder 11. A vacuum suction cup 13 is provided at the lower end of the telescopic rod of the second vertical cylinder 12. The vacuum suction cup 13 is strip-shaped and its length is equal to the length of the long side of the rectangular binding steel strip 21.

[0048] In this embodiment, both the gripping mechanism and the bundling mechanism are arranged symmetrically with the center line of the bundling station as the axis of symmetry.

[0049] In this embodiment, the gripping mechanism, the binding mechanism, the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2, and the evaporator clamping mechanism 3 are all connected to and controlled by the control system. The control system includes a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, it performs the following steps:

[0050] Step 1: First, control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move to the material picking station 4 (the state at this time is as follows). Figure 1 (As shown), then control the evaporator clamping mechanism 3 to clamp the evaporator core 5 at the material handling station 4 (the state at this time is as shown). Figure 2 (As shown), then control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move and drive the evaporator core 5 to the bundling station, and always clamp the evaporator core 5 at the bundling station;

[0051] Step 2: First, control the second horizontal cylinder 11 and the second vertical cylinder 12 to move the vacuum suction cup 13 to the target position one to grab a rectangular binding steel strip 21; then continue to move the second horizontal cylinder 11 and the second vertical cylinder 12 to move the vacuum suction cup 13 to the target position two, at which point the rectangular binding steel strip 21 is placed on the evaporator core 5.

[0052] Step 3, combined Figures 3 to 7 As shown, first, control the first horizontal cylinder 40 to move the steel needle 41 forward and insert it into the blind hole 61 of the diaphragm 6, and drive the diaphragm 6 to be horizontally inserted into the diaphragm mounting hole 62 on the evaporator core 5. Then, control the first horizontal cylinder 40 to reset.

[0053] Step 4, combined Figure 8 As shown, first, control the telescopic device B51 and the gripper B53 to move, so that the gripper B53 clamps the locking piece 23; then control the telescopic device A50 to extend upward and the gripper A52 to move, so that the gripper A52 clamps the rectangular binding steel strip 21 joint; then control the second horizontal cylinder 11 and the second vertical cylinder 12 to reset; then control the telescopic device A50 to retract to tighten the rectangular binding steel strip 21; then control the gripper B53 to move and clamp the locking piece 23; then control the gripper A52 and the gripper B53 to release, and then control the telescopic device A50 and the telescopic device B51 to reset.

[0054] Step 5, control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move and the evaporator clamping mechanism 3 to act, place the evaporator core 5 on the conveying belt 10 and reset after that;

[0055] Step 6, repeat steps 1-5 to bundle and insert the next evaporator core 5.

[0056] A method for bundling and inserting the evaporator core 5 of the automobile air conditioner evaporator in the embodiment, a carbon steel belt with a wall thickness of 1mm is used as the rectangular bundling steel belt 21, the surface of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is provided with a plurality of anti-skid parts arranged at intervals, the protruding part of the anti-skid part is 0.2mm, and the steps are as follows:

[0057] Step 10, the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is hung on the rack 22 one by one; and the spacer 6 is loaded into the magazine 42 one by one;

[0058] Step 11, first control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move to the material taking station 4 (the state at this time is as shown in Figure 1 ), then control the evaporator clamping mechanism 3 to work to clamp the evaporator core 5 at the material taking station 4 (the state at this time is as shown in Figure 2 ), then control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move to drive the evaporator core 5 to move to the bundling station, and always clamp the evaporator core 5 at the bundling station;

[0059] Step 12, first control the second horizontal air cylinder 11 and the second vertical air cylinder 12 to act to move the vacuum suction cup 13 to the target position one to grab one rectangular bundling steel belt 21; then continue to control the second horizontal air cylinder 11 and the second vertical air cylinder 12 to act to move the vacuum suction cup 13 to the target position two, at this time the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is sleeved on the evaporator core 5;

[0060] Step 13, in combination with Figures 3 to 7 , first control the first horizontal air cylinder 40 to act to move the steel needle 41 to insert into the blind hole 61 of the spacer 6, and drive the spacer 6 to be horizontally inserted into the spacer mounting hole 62 on the evaporator core 5, then control the first horizontal air cylinder 40 to reset;

[0061] Step 14, in combination with Figure 8 , first control the extender B51 and the clamping jaw B53 to act to clamp the locking piece 23; then control the extender A50 to extend upward and the clamping jaw A52 to act to clamp the joint of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21; then control the second horizontal air cylinder 11 and the second vertical air cylinder 12 to reset; then control the extender A50 to retract to tighten the rectangular bundling steel belt 21; then control the clamping jaw B53 to act to clamp the locking piece 23, then control the clamping jaw A52 and the clamping jaw B53 to loosen, and then control the extender A50 and the extender B51 to reset;

[0062] Step 15, control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move and the evaporator clamping mechanism 3 to act, place the evaporator core 5 on the conveying belt 10 and reset after the evaporator core 5 is welded in the soldering furnace by the conveying belt 10;

[0063] Step 16, repeat steps 1-5 to bundle and insert the next evaporator core 5.

[0064] Embodiment 2

[0065] The intelligent system for bundling and inserting the evaporator core in the embodiment is the same as that in embodiment 1, and the main difference between the two embodiments is that the gasket inserting mechanism is controlled to work to install the gasket 6 in place first, and then the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is sleeved and bundled. Specifically, a stainless steel belt with a wall thickness of 0.5 mm is used as the rectangular bundling steel belt 21, and a plurality of anti-slip parts are arranged on the surface of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21, and the protruding part of the anti-slip part is 0.15 mm. When the processor executes the program, the following steps are implemented:

[0066] Step 21, first control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move to the material taking station 4 (the state is as shown in Figure 1 ), then control the evaporator clamping mechanism 3 to work to clamp the evaporator core 5 at the material taking station 4 (the state is as shown in Figure 2 ), then control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move to drive the evaporator core 5 to the bundling station, and always clamp the evaporator core 5 at the bundling station;

[0067] Step 22, as shown in Figures 3 to 7 , first control the first horizontal cylinder 40 to act to make the steel needle 41 forwardly move to insert into the blind hole 61 of the gasket 6, and drive the gasket 6 to be horizontally inserted into the gasket mounting hole 62 on the evaporator core 5, then control the first horizontal cylinder 40 to reset;

[0068] Step 23, first control the second horizontal cylinder 11 and the second vertical cylinder 12 to act to make the vacuum suction cup 13 move to the target position one to grab one rectangular bundling steel belt 21; then continue to act the second horizontal cylinder 11 and the second vertical cylinder 12 to make the vacuum suction cup 13 move to the target position two, and at this time, the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is sleeved on the evaporator core 5;

[0069] Step 24, as shown in Figure 8As shown, first control the action of the telescopic device B51 and the clamping jaw B53 to make the clamping jaw B53 clamp the locking piece 23; then control the upward extension of the telescopic device A50 and the action of the clamping jaw A52 to make the clamping jaw A52 clamp the joint of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21; then control the reset of the second horizontal air cylinder 11 and the second vertical air cylinder 12; then control the retraction of the telescopic device A50 to realize the tensioning of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21; then control the action of the clamping jaw B53 to clamp the locking piece 23, and then control the release of the clamping jaw A52 and the clamping jaw B53, and then control the reset of the telescopic device A50 and the telescopic device B51;

[0070] Step 25: control the two-dimensional moving mechanism 2 to move and control the action of the evaporator clamping mechanism 3 to place the evaporator core 5 on the conveying belt 10 and then reset;

[0071] Step 26: repeat steps 1-5 to bundle and install the spacers for the next evaporator core 5.

[0072] In the present application, the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 and the spacers 6 are pre-made in batches. During the manufacturing process, the blind hole 61 is processed on the spacer 6, which can meet the requirements of the insertion and removal of the steel needle 41; the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is pre-made and in a rectangular shape in a flat state, the end segment of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is inserted into the locking piece 23 (as shown), the rectangular space area of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 is larger than the cross-sectional area of the evaporator core 5, so that the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 can be sleeved on the evaporator core 5, and the joint of the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 can be pulled to bundle the evaporator core 5, which is similar to the pulling of the joint of the nylon bundling belt during the bundling process; the locking piece 23 used on the rectangular bundling steel belt 21 can adopt a steel locking piece used on a plastic steel packing belt, or a locking element similar to a self-locking draw. Figure 8 During the spacer installation process, the steel needle is inserted into the blind hole on the spacer, and the spacer can be quickly installed by using the air cylinder and the steel needle to carry the spacer. The steel needle and the spacer do not interfere with the rectangular bundling steel belt during the forward movement of the steel needle and the spacer, and the effect of almost synchronous installation of the evaporator bundling and the spacer installation is achieved. In addition, the spacer is installed after the spacer is installed, which better ensures that the spacer can be smoothly and stably inserted into the spacer installation hole.

[0073] By adopting the present application, the edge plate of the evaporator core can be prevented from being damaged, and the spacer on the evaporator core can be quickly, stably and smoothly installed in place during the bundling of the evaporator core, without the need for separate additional workstations for manual installation of the spacer, thereby saving the labor for installing the spacer. By adopting the present application, the spacer on an evaporator core can be installed in an average of five seconds (this installation process mainly involves the direct insertion of the steel needle into the blind hole of the spacer and the pushing of the spacer to the corresponding position, that is, only one time of air cylinder action is required), which is high in efficiency and fundamentally avoids the inconvenience of spacer installation in the traditional way.

[0074] According to the scheme of the present application, the top edge of the rectangular banded steel strip is gripped by the strip-shaped suction cup, and the rectangular banded steel strip can be directly and smoothly sleeved on the evaporator core body by means of the air cylinder, and then the evaporator core body can be quickly banded only by two sets of clamping jaws and corresponding extenders, and the structure is simpler than that of the traditional scheme, and the occupied space can be reduced by nearly one third.

Claims

1. An intelligent system for bundling and inserting fins of automotive air conditioning evaporators, comprising a two-dimensional moving mechanism (2) arranged on a horizontal track (1) and capable of moving along the horizontal track (1), wherein the lower end of the two-dimensional moving mechanism (2) is connected to an evaporator clamping mechanism (3), and a material picking station (4) and a bundling station are provided below the horizontal track (1), characterized in that: A conveyor belt (10) is provided below the bundling station, and a bundling mechanism and a spacer insertion mechanism are provided on the side of the conveyor belt (10); The bundling mechanism includes a rack (22) located on the side of the bundling station for placing rectangular bundling steel strips (21). A gripping mechanism is provided above the rack (22). The gripping mechanism grips the rectangular bundling steel strips (21) and then puts the rectangular bundling steel strips (21) onto the evaporator core (5). It also includes a tightening mechanism, which tightens and locks the rectangular bundling steel strips (21) on the evaporator core (5). The diaphragm insertion mechanism includes a steel needle (41) connected to the front end of the first horizontal cylinder (40). After the steel needle (41) is inserted into the blind hole (61) on the diaphragm (6), the telescopic rod of the first horizontal cylinder (40) extends forward to drive the steel needle (41) to move forward, so as to realize the horizontal insertion of the diaphragm (6) into the diaphragm mounting hole (62) on the evaporator core (5). The partition insertion mechanism also includes a material box (42) for accommodating the partition (6). A material passage (43) is provided at the bottom of the material box (42). The material passage (43) can just temporarily store one partition (6). The material passage (43), the steel needle (41), and the partition mounting hole (62) are located at the same horizontal linear position. The front end of the telescopic rod of the first horizontal cylinder (40) is connected to a flat plate (44). The flat plate (44) and the steel needle (41) are integrally formed. The height and thickness of the flat plate (44) are consistent with the corresponding dimensions of the material passage (43). The flat plate (44) can just pass through the material passage (43). The binding mechanism includes a vertically arranged telescopic joint A (50) and a horizontally arranged telescopic joint B (51). The telescopic rod of the telescopic joint A (50) is arranged upward and connected to the clamp A (52). The telescopic rod of the telescopic joint B (51) is arranged towards the binding station and connected to the clamp B (53). The clamp A (52) can clamp and pull down the rectangular binding steel strip (21) joint sleeved on the evaporator core (5). The clamp B (53) can clamp and press the locking piece (23) on the rectangular binding steel strip (21).

2. The intelligent system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The gripping mechanism includes a second horizontal cylinder (11) and a second vertical cylinder (12). The second vertical cylinder (12) is connected to the front end of the telescopic rod of the second horizontal cylinder (11). A vacuum suction cup (13) is provided at the lower end of the telescopic rod of the second vertical cylinder (12). The vacuum suction cup (13) is strip-shaped, and the length of the vacuum suction cup (13) is equal to 3 / 4 to 1 times the length of the long side of the rectangular binding steel strip (21).

3. The intelligent system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The material rack (22) is a flat plate.

4. The intelligent system according to claim 3, characterized in that: The gripping mechanism and the bundling mechanism are arranged in two sets symmetrically with the center line of the bundling station as the axis of symmetry.

5. The intelligent system according to claim 4, characterized in that: The gripping mechanism, the binding mechanism, the two-dimensional moving mechanism (2), and the evaporator clamping mechanism (3) are all connected to the control system and control its operation.

6. The method of using the intelligent system according to claim 5, characterized in that, The control system includes a memory, a processor, and a program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, it performs the following steps: Step 1: First, control the two-dimensional moving mechanism (2) to move to the material picking station (4), then control the evaporator clamping mechanism (3) to clamp the evaporator core (5) at the material picking station (4), then control the two-dimensional moving mechanism (2) to move and drive the evaporator core (5) to the bundling station, and always clamp the evaporator core (5) at the bundling station. Step 2: First, control the second horizontal cylinder (11) and the second vertical cylinder (12) to move the vacuum suction cup (13) to the target position one to grab a rectangular binding steel strip (21); then continue to move the second horizontal cylinder (11) and the second vertical cylinder (12) to move the vacuum suction cup (13) to the target position two, at which time the rectangular binding steel strip (21) is placed on the evaporator core (5); Step 3: First, control the first horizontal cylinder (40) to move the steel needle (41) forward and insert it into the blind hole (61) of the partition (6), and drive the partition (6) to be horizontally inserted into the partition mounting hole (62) on the evaporator core (5). Then control the first horizontal cylinder (40) to reset. Step 4: First, control the telescopic device B (51) and the gripper B (53) to move, so that the gripper B (53) clamps the locking piece (23); then control the telescopic device A (50) to extend upward and the gripper A (52) to move, so that the gripper A (52) clamps the rectangular binding steel strip (21) joint; then control the second horizontal cylinder (11) and the second vertical cylinder (12) to reset; then control the telescopic device A (50) to retract to tighten the rectangular binding steel strip (21); then control the gripper B (53) to clamp the locking piece (23), then control the gripper A (52) and the gripper B (53) to release, and then control the telescopic device A (50) and the telescopic device B (51) to reset; Step 5: Control the movement of the two-dimensional moving mechanism (2) and the action of the evaporator clamping mechanism (3) to place the evaporator core (5) on the conveyor belt (10) and then reset it; Step 6, repeat steps 1-5 to bundle and insert the spacers into the next evaporator core (5).

7. The method of use according to claim 6, characterized in that: A rectangular binding steel strap (21) is attached to the material rack (22).

8. The method of use according to claim 7, characterized in that: The wall thickness of the rectangular binding steel strip (21) is no more than 1 mm. The rectangular binding steel strip (21) is made of carbon steel or stainless steel. The surface of the rectangular binding steel strip (21) is provided with several anti-slip parts arranged at intervals.

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