Full-automatic production line of built-in copper nut insulation piece

By automating the copper nut feeding device, placement platform, and infeed/outfeed device, the problems of low production efficiency and worker burns caused by the built-in copper nut insulation component were solved, achieving highly efficient automated production.

CN117359859BActive Publication Date: 2026-04-21YUEQING ZHENGYAN ELECTRIC
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
YUEQING ZHENGYAN ELECTRIC
Filing Date
2023-10-12
Publication Date
2026-04-21

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Technical Problem

The existing technology with built-in copper nut insulation components has low production efficiency and poses a risk of burns to workers' hands.

Method used

The system employs a combination of a copper nut feeding device, a placement platform, a press, and an infeed/outfeed device. It utilizes automated equipment such as robotic arms and cylinders to achieve automated conveying, placement, and pressing of copper nuts. The system includes the design of components such as a copper nut vibratory feeder, a feeding robotic arm, an infeed/outfeed robotic arm, and a claw.

Benefits of technology

It improved production efficiency, prevented workers from burning their hands, and enabled the automated production of copper nut insulation components.

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Abstract

This invention discloses a fully automated production line for insulated copper nuts, comprising a copper nut feeding device, a placement platform, a press, and an infeed / discharge device. The copper nut feeding device transports copper nuts to the placement platform for placement. The infeed / discharge device picks up the copper nuts placed on the platform and feeds them into the press for pressing. The finished product is then removed from the press. This fully automated production line for insulated copper nuts effectively achieves automatic feeding, placement, pressing, and discharging of copper nuts through the configuration of the copper nut feeding device, placement platform, press, and infeed / discharge device.
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Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to a production line, and more specifically to a fully automated production line with a built-in copper nut insulator. Background Technology

[0002] The function of electrical insulation components is to isolate different live parts of electrical equipment. Therefore, electrical insulation components have the following requirements: First, they must have high insulation resistance and withstand voltage strength to prevent leakage and breakdown accidents; second, they must have good heat resistance to avoid aging and deterioration due to long-term overheating; and third, they must meet the requirements for thermal conductivity, moisture resistance, lightning protection, and high mechanical strength.

[0003] Currently, the manufacturing process of electrical insulation components mainly involves direct pressing using a pressing machine. Existing technology primarily uses manual placement of copper nuts into the pressing machine mold, followed by direct pressing. However, for the production of insulation components with built-in copper nuts, manual placement is inefficient, reducing production efficiency. Furthermore, the manual placement process poses a risk of burns to workers' hands. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In view of the shortcomings of the existing technology, the purpose of this invention is to provide a fully automated production line with built-in copper nut insulation components that has high production efficiency and reduces the risk of workers' hands getting burned.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides the following technical solution: a fully automatic production line with built-in copper nut insulation components, comprising a copper nut feeding device, a placement platform, a press, and an infeed / outfeed device. The copper nut feeding device conveys the copper nuts to the placement platform for placement. The infeed / outfeed device picks up the copper nuts placed on the placement platform, then feeds them into the press for pressing, and finally removes the pressed finished product from the press.

[0006] As a further improvement of the present invention, the copper nut feeding device includes a copper nut vibratory feeder and a feeding robot. The feeding robot includes a robotic arm and a claw. The claw is fixedly installed on the end of the robotic arm and moves above the placement platform driven by the robotic arm. The claw is connected to the copper nut vibratory feeder through a conveying pipe to receive the copper nuts output by the copper nut vibratory feeder.

[0007] As a further improvement of the present invention, the claw head is composed of two hollow nozzles. The upper ends of the two nozzles are connected to the output end of the copper nut vibratory plate through a conveying pipe so as to receive the copper nuts output by the copper nut vibratory plate and place them on the placement platform from the lower end.

[0008] As a further improvement of the present invention, the placement platform includes a placement base and several placement bases arranged on the upper side of the placement base. The placement base has a placement groove for placing copper nuts, and a copper nut feeding device places copper nuts into the placement groove.

[0009] As a further improvement of the present invention, a push rod is provided at the bottom of the placement slot, and an air source is fixed on the side of the placement base. The push rod is a cylinder structure and is connected to the air source through an air pipe so as to be driven up and down by the air source.

[0010] As a further improvement of the present invention, the feeding and discharging device includes a feeding and discharging robotic arm and feeding and discharging claws installed at the end of the feeding and discharging robotic arm. The feeding and discharging claws are used to grab the copper nuts on the placement platform and place them into the mold of the press. Then the feeding and discharging claws take out the finished product after injection molding from the press and transfer it to the external discharging device.

[0011] As a further improvement of the present invention, the feeding and discharging claw includes a claw base, a feeding claw head and a discharging claw head. The claw base is elongated, and the feeding claw head and the discharging claw head are mounted on one end of the claw base. The middle part of the claw base is rotatably mounted on the end of the feeding and discharging robotic arm.

[0012] As a further improvement of the present invention, the feeding and discharging claws also include a feeding assembly, which is disposed at one end of the claw base opposite to the feeding claw head, so as to feed the material into the press.

[0013] As a further improvement of the present invention, the feeding claw includes a feeding base plate and a plurality of feeding clamps. The feeding base plate is fixedly mounted on the claw base, and the plurality of feeding clamps are fixedly mounted on the lower side of the feeding base plate.

[0014] As a further improvement of the present invention, the discharge clamp includes a left clamping rod, a right clamping rod, and a telescopic cylinder. The left clamping rod and the right clamping rod are respectively mounted on the telescopic cylinder, and the telescopic cylinder is mounted on the claw base.

[0015] The beneficial effects of this invention are that the copper nut feeding device can effectively achieve automated feeding of copper nuts, and the placement platform can effectively place the copper nuts fed by the feeding device so that the position of the copper nuts corresponds to the position of the copper nuts in the final finished insulation component. Then, the pressing machine can effectively realize the production of the insulation component. Compared with the manual feeding and placement method in the prior art, this greatly increases the production efficiency and reduces the risk of workers getting burned. Attached Figure Description

[0016] Figure 1This is an overall structural diagram of the fully automated production line for the built-in copper nut insulating component of the present invention;

[0017] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Overall structural diagram of the copper nut feeding device;

[0018] Figure 3 for Figure 1 Overall structural diagram of the platform in the middle;

[0019] Figure 4 for Figure 1 Overall structural diagram of the infeed / discharge device;

[0020] Figure 5 for Figure 4 Overall structural diagram of the infeed and discharge claws;

[0021] Figure 6 for Figure 5 Overall structural diagram of the feed claw. Detailed Implementation

[0022] The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

[0023] Reference Figures 1 to 6 As shown in this embodiment, a fully automated production line for built-in copper nut insulation includes a copper nut feeding device 1, a placement platform 2, a press 3, and an infeed / outfeed device 4. The copper nut feeding device 1 transports copper nuts to the placement platform 2 for placement. The infeed / outfeed device 4 picks up the copper nuts placed on the placement platform 2 and then feeds them into the mold of the press 3 for pressing. After pressing, the finished product is removed from the press 3. In the process of using the production line of this embodiment, it is only necessary to place the copper nuts in the copper nut feeding device 1. Then, through the action of the copper nut feeding device 1, they will be transported to the placement platform 2 for placement. Then, through the action of the infeed / outfeed device 4, the copper nuts placed on the placement platform 2 will be fed into the mold of the press 3. After the press 3 completes the pressing, the finished product is removed by the infeed / outfeed device 4. This effectively realizes the automatic feeding, pressing, and discharging of copper nuts. Compared with the manual method in the prior art, the production efficiency is higher and the risk of workers' hands being burned is reduced.

[0024] As an improved specific implementation, the copper nut feeding device 1 includes a copper nut vibratory feeder 11 and a loading robot 12. The loading robot 12 includes a robotic arm 121 and a claw 122. The claw 122 is fixedly installed on the end of the robotic arm 121 and moves above the placement platform 2 driven by the robotic arm 121. The claw 122 is connected to the metal vibratory feeder 11 through a conveying pipe to receive the copper nuts output by the copper nut vibratory feeder 11. By setting up the copper nut vibratory feeder 11, the effect of arranging and conveying copper nuts can be effectively realized. By setting up the loading robot 12, the arranged and conveyed copper nuts can be continuously conveyed to the placement platform 2 and placed on the placement platform 2, thus effectively realizing the effect of automated copper nut feeding and placement.

[0025] As an improved specific implementation, the claw head 122 is composed of two hollow nozzles. The upper ends of the two nozzles are connected to the output end of the copper nut vibratory plate 11 through a conveying pipe, so as to receive the copper nuts output by the copper nut vibratory plate 11 and put them into the placement platform 2 from the lower end. By setting up the two nozzles, the copper nuts output by the copper nut vibratory plate 11 can be effectively received and then placed into the placement platform 2 one by one, thereby realizing the placement function.

[0026] As an improved specific implementation, the placement platform 2 includes a placement seat 21 and several positioning seats 22 arranged on the side of the placement seat 21. The positioning seats 22 are provided with placement slots for placing copper nuts. The copper nut feeding device 1 places the copper nuts into the placement slots. By setting the positioning seats 22, a placement position can be effectively provided for the copper nuts, thereby effectively realizing the positioning and placement of the copper nuts.

[0027] As an improved specific implementation, the bottom of the placement slot is provided with a push rod, and an air source is fixed to the side of the placement base 21. The push rod is a cylinder structure, connected to the air source through an air pipe, so as to be driven up and down by the air source. By setting the push rod, when placing copper nuts, the lifting rod can be lowered, so that there is enough space in the placement slot for placing copper nuts. When the feeding and discharging device 4 needs to remove the copper nuts, the copper nuts in the placement slot can be effectively lifted by supplying air through the cylinder, so that the feeding and discharging device 4 can better remove the copper nuts.

[0028] As an improved specific implementation, the feeding and discharging device 4 includes a feeding and discharging robotic arm 41 and a feeding and discharging claw 42 installed at the end of the feeding and discharging robotic arm 41. The feeding and discharging claw 42 is used to grab the copper nuts on the placement platform 2 and place them into the mold of the press machine 3. Then, the feeding and discharging claw 42 takes the pressed finished product out of the mold of the press machine 3 and transfers it to the external discharge device. Through the above-mentioned feeding and discharging robotic arm 41 and feeding and discharging claw 42, the action of the feeding and discharging robotic arm 41 can be used to transfer the copper nuts on the placement platform 2 into the mold of the press machine 3, and then take the pressed finished product out of the press machine 3, thereby achieving an automatic feeding and discharging effect.

[0029] As an improved specific implementation, the feeding / discharging claw 42 includes a claw base 421, a feeding claw head 422, and a discharging claw head 423. The claw base 421 is elongated, and the feeding claw head 422 and the discharging claw head 423 are mounted on the claw base 421. The middle part of the claw base 421 is rotatably mounted on the end of the feeding / discharging robotic arm 41. By setting the feeding claw head 422 and the discharging claw head 423, the effect of using the feeding claw head 422 to grip the feed and the discharging claw head 423 to grip the discharge can be achieved simply and effectively.

[0030] As an improved specific implementation, the feeding claw 42 further includes a feeding component 424. The feeding component 424 is disposed at the end of the claw base 421 away from the feeding claw head 422, so as to feed the material into the mold of the press 3. Through the setting of the feeding component 424, the feeding of the raw material for pressing can also be realized. Thus, a process is realized in which the copper nut is first fed into the mold of the press 3 by the feeding claw head 422, and then the raw material for pressing is fed into the mold of the press 3 by the action of the feeding component 424. Then, the raw material is pressed into shape by the action of the press 3. Afterwards, the finished product is picked up by the discharge claw 423 and sent out, thus completing the automatic feeding, unloading and discharging operations. The unloading component 424 includes a unloading groove 4241 opened on the end of the claw base 421 and an unloading plate 4242 that can slide on the bottom of the unloading groove 4241. An unloading cylinder 4243 is fixed on the outer side of the groove wall of the unloading groove 4241. The push rod of the unloading cylinder 4243 is connected to the unloading plate 4242 to drive the unloading plate 4242 to slide in the unloading groove 4241, thereby opening or closing the bottom of the unloading groove 4241, thus achieving the effect of automatic unloading.

[0031] As an improved specific implementation, the feeding claw 422 includes a feeding base plate 4221 and a plurality of feeding clamps 4222. The feeding base plate 4221 is fixedly mounted on the claw base 421, and the plurality of feeding clamps 4222 are fixedly mounted on the lower side of the feeding base plate 4221. By setting the feeding clamps 4222, the copper nuts on the placement platform 2 can be effectively gripped by automatic clamping. The feeding clamp 4222 includes a lifting base plate 4223, and the plurality of feeding clamps 4222 are fixedly mounted on the lower side of the lifting base plate 4223. A plurality of guide posts 4224 are fixedly mounted on the lower side of the feeding base plate 4221, and the lifting base plate 4223 is slidable. A push rod 4225 is fixed on the guide post 4224 to move up and down below the feed base plate 4221. The lower side of the feed base plate 4221 is fixed at a position relative to the feed chuck 4222. The end of the push rod 4225 passes through the lifting base plate 4223 and extends into the feed chuck 4222. When the lifting base plate 4223 rises, it pushes the metal part out of the feed chuck 4222. Through the above-mentioned setting of the lifting base plate 4223 and the guide post 4224, the effect of driving the feed chuck 4222 to rise and fall can be effectively achieved. Then, through the setting of the push rod 4225, the copper nut adsorbed in the feed chuck 4222 can be pushed out, so that the copper nut in the feed chuck 4222 can be better removed.

[0032] As an improved specific implementation, the discharge claw 423 includes a left clamping rod 4231, a right clamping rod 4232, and a telescopic cylinder 4233. The left clamping rod 4231 and the right clamping rod 4232 are respectively installed at both ends of the telescopic cylinder 4233, which is installed on the claw base 421. Through the above structural improvement, the setting of the left clamping rod 4231, the right clamping rod 4232, and the telescopic cylinder 4233 can be effectively realized. The telescopic cylinder 4233 can effectively drive the left clamping rod 4231 and the right clamping rod 4232 to move closer or further apart, thereby clamping the pressed finished product and then discharging the pressed finished product.

[0033] In summary, the fully automated production line with built-in copper nut insulation components in this embodiment can effectively achieve automatic feeding of copper nuts through the setting of copper nut feeding device 1, placement platform 2, press 3 and feeding / discharging device 4, followed by automatic pressing, and finally finished product discharge through feeding / discharging device 4. Compared with the manual method in the prior art, this method has higher production efficiency and is less likely to cause workers to burn their hands.

[0034] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. All technical solutions falling within the scope of the present invention's concept are within the scope of protection of the present invention. It should be noted that for those skilled in the art, any improvements and modifications made without departing from the principle of the present invention should also be considered within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A fully automated production line with built-in copper nut insulation, characterized in that: The system includes a copper nut feeding device (1), a placement platform (2), a press (3), and an infeed / outfeed device (4). The copper nut feeding device (1) transports copper nuts to the placement platform (2) for placement. The infeed / outfeed device (4) picks up the copper nuts placed on the placement platform (2), then feeds them into the mold of the press (3) for pressing, and then removes the finished product from the press (3). The infeed / outfeed device (4) includes an infeed / outfeed robotic arm (41) and a safety device. The feeding / discharging claw (42) is mounted on the end of the feeding / discharging robotic arm (41). The feeding / discharging claw (42) is used to grab the copper nuts on the placement platform (2) and place them into the mold of the press (3). Then, the feeding / discharging claw (42) takes the finished product out of the press (3) and transfers it to the external discharge device. The feeding / discharging claw (42) includes a claw base (421), a feeding claw head (422), and a discharging claw head (423). The claw base (421) is long and narrow. The feeding claw (422) and discharging claw (423) are mounted on a claw base (421), and the middle part of the claw base (421) is rotatably mounted on the end of the feeding / discharging robotic arm (41). The feeding / discharging claw (42) also includes a feeding assembly (424), which is located at the end of the claw base (421) away from the feeding claw (422) to feed material into the mold of the press (3). The feeding assembly (424) includes... A feeding groove (4241) is provided on the end of the claw base (421), and a feeding plate (4242) is slidably disposed at the bottom of the feeding groove (4241). A feeding cylinder (4243) is fixed on the outer side of the wall of the feeding groove (4241). The push rod of the feeding cylinder (4243) is connected to the feeding plate (4242) to drive the feeding plate (4242) to slide in the feeding groove (4241), thereby opening or closing the bottom of the feeding groove (4241).

2. The fully automated production line for the built-in copper nut insulator as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The copper nut feeding device (1) includes a copper nut vibratory plate (11) and a feeding robot (12). The feeding robot (12) includes a robotic arm (121) and a claw (122). The claw (122) is fixedly installed on the end of the robotic arm (121) and moves above the placement platform (2) driven by the robotic arm (121). The claw (122) is connected to the copper nut vibratory plate (11) through a conveying pipe to receive the copper nuts output by the copper nut vibratory plate (11).

3. The fully automated production line for the built-in copper nut insulator according to claim 2, characterized in that: The claw (122) is composed of two hollow nozzles. The upper ends of the two nozzles are connected to the output end of the copper nut vibratory plate (11) through a conveying pipe so as to receive the copper nuts output by the copper nut vibratory plate (11) and put them into the placement platform (2) from the lower end.

4. The fully automated production line for the built-in copper nut insulator according to claim 1, 2, or 3, characterized in that: The placement platform (2) includes a placement base (21) and several positioning seats (22) arranged on the side of the placement base (21). The positioning seats (22) are provided with placement slots for placing copper nuts. The copper nut feeding device (1) places the copper nuts into the placement slots.

5. The fully automated production line for the built-in copper nut insulator according to claim 4, characterized in that: The bottom of the placement slot is provided with a top rod, and the side of the placement base (21) is fixed with an air source. The top rod is connected to a cylinder structure and is connected to the air source through an air pipe so that it can be driven up and down by the air source.

6. The fully automated production line for the built-in copper nut insulator according to claim 1, 2, or 3, characterized in that: The feeding claw (422) includes a feeding base plate (4221) and a plurality of feeding clamps (4222). The feeding base plate (4221) is fixedly installed on the claw base (421), and the plurality of feeding clamps (4222) are fixedly installed on the lower side of the feeding base plate (4221).

7. The fully automated production line for the built-in copper nut insulator according to claim 6, characterized in that: The discharge claw (423) includes a left clamping rod (4231) and a right clamping rod (4232) as well as a telescopic cylinder (4233). The left clamping rod (4231) and the right clamping rod (4232) are respectively installed at both ends of the telescopic cylinder (4233), and the telescopic cylinder (4233) is installed on the claw base (421).

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