Automatic core assembly production process

Abstract

The application provides a core automatic assembly production process, characterized by comprising the following steps: flat pipe feeding, fin feeding, cloth feeding process, transfer, bundling, and unloading process. The flat pipe feeding unit and the fin feeding unit are alternately fed, and the flat pipe sorting unit is used to arrange the flat pipes and fins in sequence and at intervals, so that continuous automatic cloth feeding is realized. The fins and flat pipes that have completed cloth feeding are moved to the adjacent bundling unit on the same horizontal plane through the core transfer unit, online bundling is realized, long-distance transfer and clamping transfer of the fin and flat pipe combination by the grabbing mechanism are reduced, and the problem of easy deformation of large-size fins and flat pipes during bundling and movement is solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of microchannel heat exchanger technology, and more particularly to an automated core assembly production process. Background Technology

[0002] A microchannel heat exchanger is a device used for heat exchange. It mainly consists of two manifolds, a flat tube connecting the two manifolds, and fins between the flat tubes. The flat tube is provided with microchannels for refrigerant to pass through. This microchannel heat exchanger is widely used in the manufacture of condensers, evaporators, etc.

[0003] In the existing core assembly process, the fabrication and bundling are carried out separately, which cannot be done in a continuous production process. In particular, for large-sized flat tubes and fins, during the process of transferring the fabric to the bundling mechanism, it is easy to cause deformation and loosening of the fins and flat tubes, which affects the normal bundling. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The purpose of this invention is to address the shortcomings of existing technologies by providing an automated core assembly production process. This process involves alternating feeding of flat tubes and fins using a flat tube sorting unit, with the flat tubes and fins arranged sequentially and at intervals to achieve continuous automated feeding. Once feeding is complete, the fins and flat tubes are moved to an adjacent binding unit on the same horizontal plane via a core transfer unit, enabling online binding. This reduces the need for long-distance transfer and clamping of the fin and flat tube assembly by the gripping mechanism, and solves the problem of deformation of the fins and flat tubes during core movement before binding.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides the following technical solution:

[0006] An automated core assembly production process, characterized by comprising the following steps:

[0007] Flat tube loading: After the vehicle body is full of flat tubes, the vehicle body is moved into the support frame. The gripping device simultaneously grips multiple flat tubes and transfers them to the feeding assembly through the moving frame.

[0008] Fin feeding: The fins formed by the fin forming machine are conveyed to the flat tube sorting unit by the conveyor.

[0009] Fabrication process: The flat tubes are conveyed to the feeding assembly and then to the sorting assembly. The sorting assembly flips the flat tubes one by one and feeds them to the front of the pusher plate. The fins are conveyed between the pusher plate and the flat tubes. The pusher plate pushes the fins and flat tubes forward synchronously, so that the fins and flat tubes are arranged in sequence at intervals.

[0010] Transfer process: The completed fins and flat tubes are transferred to the support plate at the binding unit through the core transfer unit.

[0011] As an improvement, in the flat tube feeding process, the jacking mechanism jacks up the bottom flat tube during the movement of the moving frame, so that the top flat tube is within the grabbing range of the grabbing device.

[0012] As an improvement, in the feeding process, the sorting assembly turns and feeds the flat tubes one by one, and the guide plate is always in contact with the flat tube to guide the flat tube to the support.

[0013] As an improvement, the guide plate is driven by the guide drive assembly to move up and down intermittently, matching the pushing frequency of the push plate.

[0014] As an improvement, in the feeding process, the receiving disc is rotated to turn the flat tubes on the feeding belt from a horizontal state to a vertical state, and then the flat tubes are conveyed to the front of the push plate.

[0015] As an improvement, in the feeding process, the fixed positioning member positions the feeding end of the fins and flat tubes, and the first moving positioning member positions the discharging end of the fins and flat tubes, so that the gap between the fins and flat tubes meets the process requirements.

[0016] As an improvement, in the feeding process, the auxiliary conveying assembly assists in conveying the fins and flat tubes forward, and the upper end surface of the auxiliary conveying assembly is higher than the upper surface of the support plate, and the first moving positioning member is matched to ensure that the surface of the fins and flat tubes is not scratched during conveying and stable forward conveying.

[0017] As an improvement, in the feeding process, the first moving positioning member and the second moving positioning member cooperate to position the finished core body forward and backward, and convey it a distance forward, so that the finished core body can be clamped by the core body transfer unit.

[0018] As an improvement, the transfer process further includes a bundling process: after the wire drawing mechanism pulls the iron wire around the core body, the wire clamping unit cooperates with the wire twisting unit to firmly bundle the core body.

[0019] As an improvement, before the bundling process, it further includes a leveling process: the two groups of transverse moving assemblies drive the leveling assemblies to move outward from the middle, and perform leveling treatment on the upper end surfaces of the fins and flat tubes.

[0020] As an improvement, before the bundling process, it further includes a manifold feeding process: the manifold is installed at both ends of the flat tube by manual or automatic device, so that the manifold, flat tube and fin form a core structure.

[0021] As an improvement, before the bundling process, it further includes a gasket feeding process: the gasket is fed to both ends of the core body, so that the iron wire bundling contact point is located on the gasket.

[0022] As an improvement, in the transferring process, the finished fin and flat tube of the cloth are transferred to the bundling station adjacent to the cloth station by the first and second beams movably arranged, and are bundled on line.

[0023] As an improvement, in the bundling process, the wire drawing mechanism draws the iron wire on the wire feeding unit to lay on the bearing plate and is clamped by the pre-embedded iron wire clamping part, the core body transferring unit carries the whole set of core bodies to the bearing plate on which the iron wire is laid, after the core body positioning unit clamps the core body, the wire drawing mechanism draws the iron wire back to the iron wire clamping unit to clamp the two ends of the iron wire, the shearing unit shears the clamped iron wire, and the wire twisting unit twists the two iron wire heads to firmly bundle the core body.

[0024] The present application has the advantages of:

[0025] (1) The present application realizes continuous automatic cloth distribution by alternately feeding the flat tube and fin through the flat tube feeding unit and fin feeding unit, and sequentially and spacedly arranging the flat tube and fin through the flat tube sorting unit, thereby reducing the labor intensity and improving the production efficiency.

[0026] (2) The present application realizes the movement of the fin and flat tube to be bundled on the same horizontal plane by moving the finished fin and flat tube to the adjacent bundling unit through the core body transferring unit, realizes online bundling, reduces the long-distance transfer and clamping transfer of the fin and flat tube combination by the grabbing mechanism, and solves the problem of deformation of large-size fin and flat tube during bundling and movement.

[0027] (3) The present application sets a guide plate below the receiving disc, so that the flat tube always contacts the guide plate during the falling process, preventing it from falling over. In addition, the setting of the guide driving assembly ensures that the flat tube always contacts the guide plate during the falling process on the support, avoiding the flat tube from falling over and affecting normal cloth distribution.

[0028] (4) The present application realizes the front and rear positioning of the fin and flat tube sorting process by setting the fixed positioning member and the first movable positioning member, and ensures the stability of the fin and flat tube sorting process by using the first movable positioning member, thereby avoiding the phenomenon of increasing the gap between the fin and flat tube, causing the flat tube to fall over and affecting normal production.

[0029] (5) The present application realizes the functions of grabbing and leveling by the two independently arranged leveling grabbing units, improves the leveling quality of the core body, and improves the production efficiency.

[0030] In summary, the present application has the advantages of automatic feeding, cloth distribution, online bundling, high production efficiency, etc. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0031] Figure 1 The present application is a process step schematic diagram.

[0032] Figure 2 The overall structure of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0033] Figure 3 The shaft side of the flat tube loading unit of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0034] Figure 4 The front view of the flat tube loading unit of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0035] Figure 5 The jacking mechanism and the grabbing device of the present application are shown in the schematic diagram.

[0036] Figure 6 The tube carrying device of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0037] Figure 7 The connection state of the receiving rod and the vehicle body of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0038] Figure 8 The flat tube sorting unit of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0039] Figure 9 The cross-sectional view of the sorting assembly of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0040] Figure 10 The guide plate mounting structure of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0041] Figure 11 The guide driving assembly of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0042] Figure 12 The sorting auxiliary positioning unit of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0043] Figure 13 The mounting state of the fixed positioning member of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0044] Figure 14 The first moving positioning member of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0045] Figure 15 The first moving positioning member of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0046] Figure 16 The core body transfer unit of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0047] Figure 17 The overall schematic diagram of the bundling unit of the present application is shown.

[0048] Figure 18 The wire drawing mechanism of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0049] Figure 19 The pre-embedded wire clamping part of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0050] Figure 20 The core body positioning unit of the present application is shown in the schematic diagram.

[0051] Figure 21 This is a schematic diagram of the unloading unit of the present invention from the axial side.

[0052] Figure 22 This is a front view schematic diagram of the unloading unit of the present invention;

[0053] Figure 23 This is a schematic diagram of the leveling and gripping unit structure of the present invention;

[0054] Figure 24 For the present invention Figure 22 A magnified view of a portion of point A in the middle. Detailed Implementation

[0055] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0056] In the description of this invention, it should be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," and "counterclockwise," etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, are only for the convenience of describing the invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of the invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined with "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of this invention, "a plurality of" means two or more, unless otherwise explicitly specified.

[0057] Example 1

[0058] like Figure 1 As shown, this embodiment provides an automated core assembly production process, including the following steps:

[0059] Flat tube feeding: After the car body 221 is filled with flat tubes 100, the car body is moved into the support frame 21. The gripping device 24 grips multiple flat tubes simultaneously and transfers them to the feeding assembly through the moving frame 241.

[0060] Fin feeding: the fins formed by the fin forming machine 11 are transmitted to the flat tube sorting unit 3 by the conveyor 12;

[0061] Feeding process: the flat tube 100 transmitted to the feeding assembly is transmitted to the sorting assembly 33 by the feeding assembly, and the flat tube is turned over one by one by the sorting assembly 33 to the front of the push plate 334; the fin 200 is transmitted to the front of the push plate 334 and the flat tube 100, and the push plate synchronously pushes the fin 200 and the flat tube 100 forward, so that the fins and the flat tubes are arranged in sequence and at intervals;

[0062] Transfer process: the fins and the flat tubes after the feeding process are transferred by the core transfer unit 5 to the bearing plate of the bundling unit 6;

[0063] Flattening process: the flattening assembly is moved outward from the middle by two groups of transverse moving assemblies, so that the upper end surfaces of the fins and the flat tubes are flattened; it should be noted that the two groups of split flattening gripping units 82 respectively drive the flattening assemblies 823 to move in different directions, so that the fins and the flat tubes on both sides of the core are quickly flattened, and the core on the other side is prevented from deforming when the core on one side is struck by the flattening assembly;

[0064] Header feeding process: the header is installed at both ends of the flat tube by a manual or automatic device, so that the header, the flat tube and the fin form a core structure;

[0065] Packing plate feeding process: the packing plate is fed to both ends of the core, so that the iron wire bundling contact point is located on the packing plate;

[0066] Bundling process: after the iron wire is pulled around the core by the wire pulling mechanism 63, the wire clamping unit and the wire twisting unit cooperate to firmly bundle the core, so that the iron wire is trapped on the packing plate at both ends of the core, and the core is prevented from being damaged in the bundling process;

[0067] Unloading process: the bundled core is moved to the core storage unit by the unloading unit 8;

[0068] Preferably, during the unloading process, the unloading unit 8 reciprocates between the core bundling station 8101, the core storage station 8102 and the hollow plate storage station 8103; the two groups of clamping jaws 82222 on the two groups of flattening gripping units 82 clamp the headers on both sides of the core; the lifting unit 8221 drives the core to move up and down; the transverse moving assembly 821 drives the bundled core to move and be placed on the core storage station 8102; the transverse moving assembly 821 continues to move to the hollow plate storage station 8103; the hollow plate is sucked by the suction assembly; the transverse moving assembly 821 returns to the core storage station 8102; and the hollow plate is placed above the core to separate different cores.

[0069] As an improvement, in the flat tube feeding step, the jacking mechanism 23 jacks up the bottom flat tube to make the top flat tube within the grabbing range of the grabbing device 24 during the movement of the moving frame 241.

[0070] As an improvement, in the material arranging step, the sorting assembly 33 keeps contact with the flat tube through the guide plate 341 to guide the flat tube to the support 31.

[0071] As an improvement, the guide plate 341 is driven by the guide driving assembly to make intermittent up-down reciprocating motion, matching the pushing frequency of the pushing plate 334.

[0072] As an improvement, in the material arranging step, the material on the feeding belt 322 is turned from horizontal to vertical by the rotating receiving disc 332 and then conveyed to the front of the pushing plate 334.

[0073] As an improvement, in the material arranging step, the feeding end of the fins and flat tubes is positioned by the fixed positioning member 42, and the discharging end is positioned by the first moving positioning member 43, so that the gap between the fins and flat tubes meets the process requirements.

[0074] As an improvement, in the material arranging step, the fins and flat tubes are assisted to move forward by the auxiliary conveying assembly 44, which is arranged higher than the upper surface of the support plate 41, and cooperates with the first moving positioning member 43 to ensure that the surface of the fins and flat tubes is not scratched and moves stably forward.

[0075] As an improvement, in the material arranging step, the fins and flat tubes are positioned by the first moving positioning member 43 and the second moving positioning member 45, and then conveyed a distance forward, so that the fins and flat tubes can be clamped by the core transferring unit 5.

[0076] As an improvement, in the transferring step, the fins and flat tubes are transferred to the bundling station adjacent to the material arranging station by the two groups of first and second cross beams 52 and 53, and then bundled in line.

[0077] As an improvement, in the bundling step, the wire feeding unit 621 is pulled out by the wire pulling mechanism 63 and laid on the bearing plate and clamped by the pre-embedded wire clamping part 625, the core transferring unit 5 carries the whole group of cores to the bearing plate on which the wire is laid, the core is positioned and clamped by the core positioning unit 626, the wire pulling mechanism 63 pulls the wire back to the wire clamping unit 622 to clamp the two ends of the wire, the clamped wire is cut by the cutting unit 624, and the two wire heads are tightened by the wire twisting unit 623 to firmly bundle the cores.

[0078] Embodiment two

[0079] As shown in Figures 2-20 , wherein the same or corresponding parts as in Example One are denoted by the same reference numerals, for the sake of brevity, only the differences from Example One will be described below. The difference between Example Two and Example One is that:

[0080] The core automatic assembly production process in Example One is realized by using a condenser core automatic assembly production system, as shown in Figures 2-20 , which comprises a fin feeding unit 1, a flat tube feeding unit 2, a flat tube sorting unit 3, a sorting auxiliary positioning unit 4, a core transfer unit 5, a core bundling unit 6, and a discharging unit 8. The flat tube feeding unit 2 cooperates with the flat tube sorting unit 3 to realize the sequential feeding of flat tubes 100, and cooperates with the fin feeding unit 1 to form a structure in which fins 200 and flat tubes 100 are alternately arranged. The fins 200 and flat tubes 100 arranged in this way form a core to be bundled.

[0081] The fin feeding unit 1 comprises a fin forming machine 11 and a conveyor 12 for conveying fins 200.

[0082] As an improvement, as shown in Figures 3-7 , the flat tube feeding unit 2 comprises:

[0083] a support frame 21, a tube carrying device 22, a jacking mechanism 23, and a grabbing device 24.

[0084] The tube carrying device 22 is movably arranged in the support frame 21 and comprises a vehicle body 221, a plurality of material bins 222 for storing flat tubes 100 are formed on the vehicle body 221, a plurality of receiving rods 223 are arranged below the material bins 222, the receiving rods 223 receive the flat tubes 100 in the material bins 222 (only two flat tubes at the top and bottom of the material bin are shown in the figure), and the aligned flat tubes 100 are conveyed upward. The material bins 222 are arranged in a plurality of groups along the width direction of the vehicle body 221.

[0085] The receiving rods 223 are provided with positioning holes 2231 at both ends, which match with positioning pins 2232 arranged on the vehicle body 221.

[0086] The jacking mechanism 23 is arranged in two groups symmetrically along the support frame 21. The jacking mechanism 23 comprises a jacking driving part 231, which is installed on the support frame 21 and has an output end connected with the receiving rods 223, and the jacking driving part 231 drives the receiving rods 223 to move upward synchronously.

[0087] The jacking driving part 231 is preferably a motor-driven ball screw transmission, and the output end is connected with a top plate 2311 arranged along the length direction of the flat tube 100. The top plate 2311 is arranged on the support frame 21 through sliding blocks, and the top plate 2311 can simultaneously jack up several supporting rods 223, so that the supporting rods 223 drive the flat tube 100 to synchronously rise.

[0088] The grabbing device 24 comprises:

[0089] A moving frame 241 is arranged on the top of the support frame 21;

[0090] A grabbing assembly 242 is arranged on the bottom of the moving frame 241 and used for grabbing the flat tube 100 in the material bin 222. The grabbing assembly 242 can be lifted along the vertical direction. The grabbing assembly 242 is driven to lift through a short distance, so that the flat tube 100 can be quickly grabbed, and the production efficiency is improved.

[0091] The grabbing assembly 242 is arranged in several groups along the length direction of the flat tube 100. The grabbing assembly 242 comprises several suction cups 2421 arranged along the width direction of the vehicle body 221, and each suction cup 2421 is arranged corresponding to the corresponding material bin 222.

[0092] After the grabbing assembly 242 simultaneously grabs several flat tubes 100 from the flat tube feeding unit 2, the grabbing assembly 242 is moved to above the flat tube sorting unit 3, and the several flat tubes 100 are synchronously placed on the feeding assembly.

[0093] Preferably, as shown in Figures 8-11 The flat tube sorting unit 3 comprises a support 31, a feeding assembly arranged on the support 31, a sorting assembly 33 used for overturning and sorting the flat tubes 100 on the feeding assembly, a guiding assembly 34 used for guiding and supporting the flat tubes 100 output by the sorting assembly 33, the guiding assembly 34 is arranged below the sorting assembly 33, and the guiding assembly 34 comprises a guiding plate 341. The guiding plate 341 is arranged in a right angle structure, and the upper end is connected with several transition plates 342. The transition plates 342 guide the flat tubes 100 to the guiding plate 341, so that the flat tubes 100 are not tilted and affected in subsequent arrangement due to long-distance falling.

[0094] As an improvement, the sorting assembly 33 comprises:

[0095] A sorting driving part 331, the sorting driving part 331 comprises a first motor 3311 and a first transmission shaft 3312 in transmission connection with the output end of the first motor 3311, and the output end of the first motor is in transmission connection with the first transmission shaft 3312.

[0096] A receiving disc 332 is drivingly connected with the sorting driving part 331, and a plurality of receiving grooves 3321 are equidistantly arranged on the circumference of the receiving disc 332; preferably four receiving grooves 3321 in the embodiment;

[0097] A receiving member 333 is arranged on the outer circumferential side of the receiving disc 332, and is used for blocking the flat tube 100 on the receiving disc 332 from falling off during the rotation of the receiving disc 332; and

[0098] A push plate 334 is slidingly arranged on the support 31, and is used for pushing the flat tube 100 falling from the receiving disc 332 to be forwardly conveyed.

[0099] The push plate 334 is reciprocally moved by a driving member, and the driving member can be selected from a motor drive, a cylinder drive and the like.

[0100] It should be noted that when the receiving groove 3321 is rotated to a horizontal state, the flat tube 100 on the receiving groove 3321 is received into the receiving groove 3321, and when the receiving groove 3321 is rotated to a vertical position downwardly, the flat tube 100 in the receiving groove 3321 falls to the front end of the push plate 334 by gravity, the push plate 334 periodically pushes the falling flat tube 100 to be forwardly conveyed, so as to realize the sorting of the flat tube 100, and meanwhile, the conveying belt provided with the push fin 300 at the bottom of the push plate is arranged, so as to realize the alternate sorting of the flat tube 100 and the fin 300.

[0101] As an improvement, the feeding assembly comprises a feeding driving part 321 and a feeding conveying belt 322; a plurality of groups of the feeding conveying belt 322 are arranged along the length direction of the flat tube 100, and are drivingly connected with the feeding driving part 321.

[0102] The feeding driving part 321 comprises a second motor 3211, a second transmission shaft 3212 drivingly connected with the output end of the second motor 3211, and the second motor 3211 is drivingly connected with the second transmission shaft 3212 through a toothed belt;

[0103] It should be noted that the feeding driving part 321 drives a plurality of groups of the feeding conveying belt 322 to be synchronously rotated, so as to synchronously forwardly convey the flat tube 100 on the feeding conveying belt 322.

[0104] The feeding assembly further comprises a plurality of support plates 323 arranged along the length direction of the flat tube 100, and the support plates 323 are used for bearing the flat tube 100 conveyed on the feeding conveying belt 322, so as to keep the flat tube 100 always in a horizontal position during the transmission.

[0105] When the receiving groove 3321 is rotated to a horizontal state, the bottom plane of the receiving groove 3321 is flush with the upper end surface of the support plate 323, so as to smoothly enable the flat tube 100 to enter the receiving groove 3321.

[0106] Preferably, a plurality of positioning teeth 3231 are equidistantly arranged along the circumference of the feeding belt 322, for pushing the flat tube 100 forward.

[0107] As an improvement, the guide assembly 34 further comprises a guide driving assembly for driving the guide plate 341 to reciprocate up and down.

[0108] As an improvement, the guide driving assembly is arranged along the length direction of the flat tube 100.

[0109] Preferably, the guide plate 341 is slidingly connected to the support 31 through a guide column 344 and a guide sleeve 345, and the bottom of the guide plate 341 is connected with an elastic reset member 346, so that the guide plate 341 can be automatically reset by the elastic reset member 346 when no external force is applied.

[0110] Preferably, the guide driving assembly comprises a jacking cylinder 3431a mounted on the support 31, and the output end of the jacking cylinder 3431a is connected with the guide plate 341 for driving the guide plate 341 to reciprocate up and down.

[0111] With the arrangement of the jacking cylinder 3431a, the lifting of the guide plate 341 is realized, and in cooperation with the action of the push plate 334, the guide plate 341 is always in contact with the flat tube 100 for guiding and supporting during the descending process of the flat tube 100, so that the flat tube 100 is prevented from falling over.

[0112] As an improvement, as shown in Figures 12-15 The sorting auxiliary positioning unit 4 comprises a support plate 41, a fixed positioning member 42, a plurality of first moving positioning members 43 which synchronously move with the whole set of fins 200 and flat tubes 100, and the fixed positioning member 42 is arranged above the support plate 41, a plurality of first grooves 411 and second grooves 412 are arranged on the support plate 41 in a spaced manner, the first moving positioning members 43 are slidingly arranged in the first grooves 411, and the upper end of the first moving positioning members 43 protrudes from the upper end surface of the support plate 41, and the fixed positioning member 42 is preferably in the form of a brush structure, so that the fins 200 and flat tubes 100 are inserted into the brush, and the fins 200 and flat tubes 100 are prevented from falling over. The fixed positioning member 42 is mounted on the bottom side of the receiving member 333, so that when the push plate pushes the fins 200 and flat tubes 100 forward, the fins 200 and flat tubes 100 can be immediately fixed by the fixed positioning member 42, and falling over is prevented.

[0113] As an improvement, the first moving positioning member 43 comprises:

[0114] a first driving part 431 mounted on one side of the support plate 41;

[0115] A connecting plate 432 is arranged below the support plate 41 and is slidable by a guide rail slider. The output end of the first driving part 431 is connected to the connecting plate 432 to drive the connecting plate 432 to reciprocate.

[0116] A plurality of moving plates 433 are arranged below the support plate 41. The upper end of each moving plate 433 protrudes through the first slot 411 of the support plate 41 to position the fins 200 and the flat tubes 100 on the support plate 41.

[0117] A jacking driving part 434 is installed on the connecting plate 432. The output end of the jacking driving part 434 is connected to the moving plate 433.

[0118] As an improvement, a plurality of auxiliary conveying assemblies 44 are further arranged on the support plate 41 to assist the movement of the fins 200 and the flat tubes 100. The upper end of each auxiliary conveying assembly 44 protrudes through the second slot 412 of the support plate 41 to support the fins 200 and the flat tubes 100 on the support plate 41 to move synchronously, reduce the moving resistance of the fins 200 and the flat tubes 100, and improve the sorting quality of the fins 200 and the flat tubes 100.

[0119] Preferably, the auxiliary conveying assembly 44 comprises:

[0120] A second driving part 441 is installed below the support plate 41.

[0121] A plurality of transmission belts 442 are rotatably installed below the support plate 41 and are in driving connection with the second driving part 441. The upper half of each transmission belt 442 is arranged in the second slot 412. The upper surface of the transmission belt 442 is slightly higher than the upper surface of the support plate 41.

[0122] Preferably, a second moving positioning part 45 is arranged on the end of the support plate 41 away from the fixed positioning part 42. The second moving positioning part 45 has the same structure as the first moving positioning part 43.

[0123] A third slot 413 is arranged on the support plate 41. The second moving positioning part 45 is arranged in the third slot 413. The third slot 413 is arranged adjacent to the second slot 412.

[0124] It should be noted that the second moving positioning piece 45 cooperates with the first moving positioning piece 43 to realize the transfer of the sorted fin 200 and flat tube 100; it should be noted that after a group of fins 200 and flat tubes 100 are sorted, the second moving positioning piece 45 moves to the first moving positioning piece 43 and abuts against the fins 200 and flat tubes 100; at this time, the moving plate 433 of the first moving positioning piece 43 descends, the first driving part 431 drives the moving plate 433 to move to the other end of a group of fins 200 and flat tubes 100, then the jacking driving part 434 drives the moving plate 433 to rise, and a group of fins 200 and flat tubes 100 are positioned; then the first moving positioning piece 43 cooperates with the second moving positioning piece 45 and the auxiliary conveying assembly 44 to realize the movement of a group of fins 200 and flat tubes 100 along the support plate 41.

[0125] Preferably, as shown in Figures 16-17 The core body transfer unit 5 includes:

[0126] The track 51 is slid above the support, the first cross beam 52 and the second cross beam 53 are arranged on the track 51, the first positioning claw 54 is arranged on the first cross beam 52, and the second positioning claw 55 is arranged on the second cross beam 53; the two ends of the sorted core body are clamped by the first positioning claw 54 and the second positioning claw 55 respectively, and the sorted core body is translated to the bundling unit 6 for bundling.

[0127] The first cross beam 52 and the second cross beam 53 are respectively moved by the driving unit, and are suitable for core bodies with different widths;

[0128] The first positioning claw 54 and the second positioning claw 55 are connected with the corresponding cross beams by the telescopic driving assembly, and the vertical movement of the positioning claw is realized.

[0129] As an improvement, as shown in Figures 17-20 The core body bundling unit 6 is arranged in a plurality of groups along the length direction of the flat tube 100, and the core body bundling unit 6 includes a bearing plate arranged above the frame, a core body bundling mechanism arranged on the frame, and a wire drawing mechanism 63 arranged on the second cross beam 53.

[0130] The core body bundling mechanism includes a wire feeding unit 621, a wire clamping unit 622, a wire twisting unit 623, a shearing unit 624, a pre-embedded wire clamping part 625, and a core body positioning unit 626.

[0131] The wire drawing mechanism 63 draws the iron wire on the wire feeding unit 621 out and lays it on the carrying plate and clamps it through the pre-embedded iron wire clamping part 625. The core body transfer unit 5 carries the whole set of core bodies to the carrying plate on which the iron wire is laid. After the core body positioning unit 626 clamps and positions the core body, the wire drawing mechanism 63 reversely draws the iron wire to the clamping wire unit 622 to clamp the two ends of the iron wire, the shearing unit 624 shears the clamped iron wire, and the twisting wire unit 623 twists the two iron wire heads to firmly bundle the core body.

[0132] The wire feeding unit 621, the clamping wire unit 622, the twisting wire unit 623, the shearing unit 624, and the pre-embedded iron wire clamping part 625 can adopt the structure described in the prior application of the applicant, application number 202321215090.7, a heat exchanger core body automatic bundling device.

[0133] The core body positioning unit 626 includes a positioning protrusion movably arranged on the carrying plate, and positions the core body placed on the carrying plate.

[0134] As preferred, as shown in the figure, the unloading unit 8 includes a lower line support 81, and the lower line support 81 is provided below with a core body bundling station 8101, a core body storage station 8102, and a hollow plate storage station 8103. Figures 21-24

[0135] The unloading unit 8 reciprocates in the core body bundling station 8101, the core body storage station 8102, and the hollow plate storage station 8103.

[0136] The core body bundling unit 6 is arranged at the core body bundling station 8101, the core body storage station 8102 is provided with a moving trolley for storing core bodies, and the hollow plate storage station 8103 is provided with a hollow plate for separating core bodies.

[0137] The sorted fins and flat tubes are transported to the core body bundling station 8101, the uneven fins and flat tubes are flattened by the flattening assembly 823, then the manifold and flat tube are inserted, and the core body is bundled by the bundling mechanism.

[0138] During the flattening of the core body, the two groups of split flattening gripping units 82 respectively drive the flattening assembly 823 to move in different directions, quickly flatten the fins and flat tubes on both sides of the core body, and simultaneously, the two sides of the core body can be simultaneously flattened to prevent the technical problem that the core body on one side is deformed after being flattened on the other side.

[0139] ​The bundled core body is clamped and gripped by two groups of clamping jaws 82222 on the two groups of flattening and grabbing units 82, the lifting unit 8221 drives the core body to move up and down, the transverse moving assembly 821 drives the bundled core body to move and place on the core body storage station 8102, the transverse moving assembly 821 continues to move to the hollow plate storage station 8103, the hollow plate is sucked by the suction assembly, and then the transverse moving assembly 821 returns to the core body storage station 8102, and the hollow plate is placed above the core body, so that different core bodies are separated.

[0140] The integrated manipulator integrates the functions of core body grabbing, core body flattening and hollow plate grabbing, simplifies the equipment structure and improves the equipment operation stability.

[0141] Preferably, the lower line support 81 is provided with a track 811, and two groups of flattening and grabbing units 82 are slidably arranged along the track 811.

[0142] Preferably, the flattening and grabbing unit 82 comprises a transverse moving assembly 821, a grabbing assembly 822 and a flattening assembly 823, and the transverse moving assembly 821 drives the grabbing assembly 822 and the flattening assembly 823 to reciprocally move to grab and flatten the core body.

[0143] As an improvement, the transverse moving assembly 821 comprises a first bearing plate 8211 slidably arranged on the track through a sliding block and a moving drive unit 8212 mounted on the first bearing plate 8211 and used for driving the first bearing plate 8211 to move.

[0144] As an improvement, the grabbing assembly 822 comprises:

[0145] a lifting unit 8221 arranged on the first bearing plate 8211; and

[0146] a clamping unit 8222 slidably arranged at the bottom of the lifting unit 8221;

[0147] The lifting unit 8221 adopts a synchronous lifter, for example, a driving gear drives a rack transmission mode, and the application adopts a driving motor to drive the racks located at four corners of the first bearing plate synchronously through a speed reducer, so as to realize synchronous lifting of the grabbing assembly 822.

[0148] Preferably, the clamping unit 8222 comprises:

[0149] A second bearing plate 82221 is arranged at the bottom of the lifting unit 8221;

[0150] A clamping driving unit 82223 is mounted on one side of the second bearing plate 82221, and the clamping driving unit 82223 is preferably cylinder transmission;

[0151] A clamping jaw 82222 is arranged at the output end of the clamping driving unit 82223.

[0152] Preferably, the clamping jaw 82222 is arranged in a "C" shape, and the clamping jaw 82222 matches the size of the manifold, so that the clamping jaw 82222 clamps the manifold, facilitating the overall handling of the core.

[0153] As an improvement, the flattening assembly 823 includes a flattening driving part 8231 arranged at the bottom of the second bearing plate 82221 and a flattening plate 8232 connected to the output end of the flattening driving part 8231.

[0154] It should be noted that before the fin and the flat tube are bundled, the fin and the flat tube need to be flattened, and the flattening driving part 8231 drives the flattening plate 8232 to move up and down reciprocally, so that the uneven fin and flat tube are flattened, facilitating the insertion with the manifold, and at the same time, two groups of flattening and grabbing units drive the flattening assembly 823 to move in two directions, improving the flattening quality of the fin and the flat tube, and preventing the phenomenon of one end being flattened and the other end being raised during the flattening process.

[0155] Preferably, the flattening and grabbing unit 82 further includes a suction assembly arranged on the flattening assembly 823 for sucking the hollow plate.

[0156] Further, the suction assembly includes a suction driving part 8241 arranged above the flattening plate 8232 and a suction disc 8242 connected to the output end of the suction driving part 8241; the suction driving part 8241 drives the suction disc 8242 to pass through the through hole arranged on the flattening plate 8232, and sucks the hollow plate placed in the hollow plate storage station 8103.

[0157] Preferably, the suction driving parts 8241 are evenly arranged on the flattening plate 8232; the suction driving part 8241 is preferably cylinder transmission;

[0158] Further, the suction driving part 8241 is preferably symmetrically arranged in two groups, and is symmetrically arranged in the width direction of the flattening plate 8232.

[0159] It should be noted that by integrating the suction assembly on the flattening and grabbing unit 82, the compactness of the equipment is improved, and the production efficiency is improved.

[0160] The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An automated core assembly production process, characterized in that, Includes the following steps: Flat tube loading: After the vehicle body is full of flat tubes, the vehicle body is moved into the support frame. The gripping device simultaneously grips multiple flat tubes and transfers them to the feeding assembly through the moving frame. Fin feeding: The fins formed by the fin forming machine are conveyed to the flat tube sorting unit by the conveyor. Fabrication process: The flat tubes are conveyed to the feeding assembly and then to the sorting assembly. The sorting assembly flips the flat tubes one by one and feeds them to the front of the pusher plate. The fins are conveyed between the pusher plate and the flat tubes. The pusher plate pushes the fins and flat tubes forward synchronously, so that the fins and flat tubes are arranged in sequence at intervals. Transfer process: The completed fins and flat tubes are transferred to the support plate at the binding unit through the core transfer unit.

2. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 1, characterized in that, In the flat tube feeding process, during the transfer of the flat tube by the moving frame, the lifting mechanism lifts the bottom flat tube upwards so that the top flat tube is within the gripping range of the gripping device.

3. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 1, characterized in that, In the fabric feeding process, when the sorting component flips the flat tubes one by one to feed them, the guide plate always keeps in contact with the flat tubes and guides them onto the support.

4. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 3, characterized in that, The guide plate is driven by a guide drive assembly to move intermittently up and down, matching the pushing frequency of the pusher plate.

5. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 1, characterized in that, In the fabric feeding process, the flat tubes on the feed conveyor belt are flipped from horizontal to vertical one by one by rotating the receiving tray and then conveyed to the front of the push plate.

6. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 1, characterized in that, In the fabrication process, the feeding end of the fins and flat tubes is positioned by a fixed positioning component, and the discharging end of the fins and flat tubes is positioned by a first moving positioning component to ensure that the gap between the fins and flat tubes meets the process requirements.

7. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 1, characterized in that, In the fabric fabrication process, an auxiliary conveying component is used to assist in the forward conveying of fins and flat tubes. The upper surface of the auxiliary conveying component is set higher than the upper surface of the support plate, and the first moving positioning component moves with it to ensure that the fins and flat tubes are conveyed without scratching the surface and are conveyed stably forward.

8. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 1, characterized in that, In the fabric manufacturing process, the completed fabric core is positioned front and back by the cooperation of the first and second moving positioning components, and then conveyed forward a certain distance so that the completed fabric core can be clamped by the core transfer unit.

9. A core automatic assembly production process according to any one of claims 1-8, characterized in that, The transfer process is followed by a binding process: after the wire is pulled around the core by the wire pulling mechanism, the wire clamping unit and the wire twisting unit work together to bind the core firmly.

10. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 9, characterized in that, Prior to the bundling process, the following also includes: In the manifold feeding process, the manifold is installed at both ends of the flat tube by manual or automatic devices, so that the manifold, flat tube and fins form a core structure; In the process of loading the pad, the pad is loaded to both ends of the core, so that the contact point of the wire binding is located on the pad; The leveling process involves two sets of lateral moving components driving the flattening components to move from the center outwards to level the upper surfaces of the fins and flat tubes.

11. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 1, characterized in that, In the transfer process, the completed fins and flat tubes of the fabric are transferred to the binding station adjacent to the fabric station by two sets of movable first and second crossbeams for online binding.

12. The core automatic assembly production process according to claim 9, characterized in that, In the binding process, the wire pulling mechanism pulls the wire from the wire feeding unit and lays it on the support plate, and clamps it with the pre-embedded wire clamping part. The core transfer unit transports the entire core to the support plate with the wire laid on it. After the core is positioned and clamped by the core positioning unit, the wire pulling mechanism pulls the wire back to the wire clamping unit and clamps both ends of the wire. The cutting unit cuts the clamped wire, and the twisting unit twists the two ends of the wire to securely bind the core.

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