Automatic packaging apparatus and packaging method

Abstract

The application discloses an automatic packaging device and a packaging method. The automatic packaging device comprises a conveying device, a tray device, a material placing device and a pasting device distributed along a conveying path of the conveying device. The tray device is used for placing a loading tray on the conveying device, and then conveying the loading tray through the conveying device to pass through the material placing device to place materials and pass through the pasting device to paste a protective film and a label. The material placing device comprises a plurality of material placing units. Each material placing unit comprises a material taking mechanism, a first moving mechanism and a material storage mechanism. The first moving mechanism drives the material taking mechanism to place the materials taken from the material storage mechanism on the loading tray on the conveying device. Through the automatic arrangement of the tray device, the conveying device, the material placing device and the pasting device, the automatic matching, placing and packaging of the materials are realized. The plurality of material placing units are freely matched, so that the automatic packaging device has the effect of flexible manufacturing, and the assembly requirements of the materials of various types of products can be met.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of packaging equipment technology, and more particularly to automatic packaging equipment and packaging methods. Background Technology

[0002] Screws and other materials are often needed during the repair or assembly of electronic devices. For different products, the materials that match the product need to be prepared in advance and placed in a material tray for packaging to avoid loss.

[0003] Typically, the packaging process requires manual matching of specified types and quantities of materials, followed by loading the matched materials into designated material trays. Protective film is then affixed to the corresponding positions on the material trays to prevent materials from falling out. This packaging process involves a wide variety of materials and quantities, resulting in a large workload for manual labor and low material packaging efficiency. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In view of this, it is necessary to provide an automatic packaging equipment to solve the problem of low packaging efficiency caused by the large variety and quantity of materials and the large amount of manual labor in the existing material packaging process.

[0005] This application provides an automatic packaging device, including: a conveying device, a tray device, a dispensing device, and an adhesive device; the conveying device includes a first end and a second end opposite to each other; the tray device is disposed on the side of the conveying device closer to the first end than the second end, and is used to store several trays corresponding to different products, and to feed designated trays onto the conveying device, which conveys the trays along the X-axis; the adhesive device is disposed on the side of the conveying device closer to the second end than the first end, and is used to affix protective film and labels to the trays on the conveying device; the dispensing device is disposed between the first and second ends, and is used to place materials onto the trays on the conveying device; the dispensing device includes several dispensing units distributed along the X-axis, each dispensing unit including a storage mechanism, a picking mechanism, and a first moving mechanism; the storage mechanism is used to store materials, the picking mechanism is disposed on the first moving mechanism, and the picking mechanism is used to pick up materials from the storage mechanism; the first moving mechanism is used to drive the picking mechanism to move, so that the picking mechanism places the materials picked up from the storage mechanism onto the trays on the conveying device.

[0006] The automatic packaging equipment described in the above embodiment inputs specified product information, places the corresponding product tray onto the conveying device for transport via a tray device, and employs multiple feeding units to provide a wider variety of materials. This helps the automatic packaging equipment adapt to the material assembly function of different products. Then, a first moving mechanism drives a first picking mechanism to pick up the corresponding product materials from different storage mechanisms and deliver them to the designated position on the tray, thereby achieving the purpose of automatically picking up and placing the corresponding materials for different products, thus replacing manual operation and improving the efficiency of material assembly and packaging. A protective film is applied to the area on the tray where the materials are placed using an adhesive device to fix the materials, and a corresponding label is affixed to the tray to facilitate identification of the product corresponding to the tray.

[0007] In some embodiments, the pasting device includes a plurality of first pasting units arranged sequentially along the X-axis direction. Each first pasting unit includes a first unwinding mechanism and a first pasting mechanism. The first pasting mechanism is arranged above the first unwinding mechanism and the conveying device along the Z-axis direction. The material tray has a plurality of placement areas, and the material is placed in the plurality of placement areas. The first unwinding mechanism is used to output a protective film corresponding to the placement area, and the first pasting mechanism is used to obtain the protective film and paste the protective film onto the placement area.

[0008] In the above embodiments, multiple first adhesive units are used to adhesiveate different types of protective films. This helps the adhesive device to adapt to different material trays for adhesiveating protective films. The protective film is unwound by the first unwinding mechanism, and then the protective film unwound by the first adhesive mechanism is accurately adhesiveted to the designated position on the material tray, thereby achieving the effect of automatic adhesiveing ​​of the protective film by the first adhesive unit.

[0009] In some embodiments, the pasting device further includes a plurality of second pasting units arranged sequentially along the X-axis. Each second pasting unit includes a second unwinding mechanism and a second pasting mechanism. The storage box is provided with an identification area. The second unwinding mechanism is used to output a label corresponding to the loading tray, and the second pasting mechanism is used to acquire the label and paste the label onto the identification area.

[0010] In the above embodiments, multiple second pasting units are used to paste different labels, which helps the pasting device to adapt to different material trays for pasting labels. The protective film is unwound by the second unwinding mechanism, and then the label unwound by the second pasting mechanism is accurately pasted to the designated position on the material tray, thereby achieving the effect of automatic label pasting by the second pasting unit.

[0011] In some embodiments, the first adhesive mechanism includes a first moving component and a first adsorption component, the first moving component being used to drive the first adsorption component to move, and the first adsorption component being used to adsorb the protective film to transfer the protective film; the second adhesive mechanism includes a second moving component and a second adsorption component, the second moving component being used to drive the second adsorption component to move, and the second adsorption component being used to adsorb the label to transfer the label.

[0012] In the above embodiments, the protective film and label can be automatically applied to the loading tray by using the first adsorption component and the second adsorption component to pick up the protective film and label respectively by vacuum adsorption.

[0013] In some embodiments, the conveying device includes a plurality of conveying units distributed along the X-axis direction. The plurality of conveying units together form a first end and a second end. The conveying units can be configured one-to-one with the unloading units. Each conveying unit includes a first conveying component and a second conveying component. In two adjacent conveying units, the first conveying component of one conveying unit and the first conveying component of another conveying unit are connected to each other to form a feeding path. The feeding path is used to transport the loading tray to be assembled. In two adjacent conveying units, the second conveying component of one conveying unit and the second conveying component of another conveying unit are connected to each other to form a discharging path. The discharging path is used to transport the assembled loading tray.

[0014] In the above embodiments, several conveying units are respectively set up one-to-one with several feeding units, so that the number and type of feeding units can be flexibly arranged according to actual needs, thereby realizing the flexible manufacturing function of the equipment and helping the automatic packaging equipment to adapt to different products for assembly materials. The bidirectional arrangement of the first conveying component and the second conveying component allows the material tray to be packaged sequentially through the first conveying component and then returned through the second conveying component, making the structure of the equipment simpler and more compact, and avoiding the obstruction of other material trays when a single material tray moves back and forth. This allows the equipment to work on multiple material trays at the same time, which helps to improve the efficiency of the equipment in packaging materials.

[0015] In some embodiments, the conveying device further includes a transfer unit disposed on one side of the last conveying unit along the X-axis direction, the transfer unit being used to transfer the material tray on the first conveying component to the second conveying component.

[0016] In the above embodiments, the first conveying component and the second conveying component are connected to form a loop through the transfer unit, thereby enabling the packaged tray to be transferred from the first conveying component to the second conveying component.

[0017] In some embodiments, the material handling mechanism includes a rotating member and a plurality of material handling parts. The plurality of material handling parts are arranged at the bottom of the rotating member along the Z-axis direction. The material handling parts are used to handle materials. The rotating member is rotatably mounted on a first moving mechanism to drive the plurality of material handling parts to change position.

[0018] In the above embodiments, the position of different picking parts is adjusted by rotating the rotating component, so that multiple picking parts pick up materials separately, thereby facilitating the picking mechanism to pick up multiple materials at one time, which helps to improve the efficiency of placing materials on the loading tray.

[0019] In some embodiments, the tray device includes a second moving mechanism and a plurality of carrying mechanisms, the plurality of carrying mechanisms being used to hold the trays, the second moving mechanism being disposed above the conveying device and the plurality of carrying mechanisms along the Z-axis direction, and being used to transfer the trays on the carrying mechanisms to the conveying device.

[0020] In the above embodiments, multiple material-bearing mechanisms are used to hold multiple material trays to meet the needs of assembling materials multiple times, thereby improving the efficiency of the material tray device in placing material trays; the material trays on the material-bearing mechanisms are transferred to the conveying device by the second moving mechanism, thereby realizing the automatic feeding function of the material tray device.

[0021] In some embodiments, a detection device is further included, comprising: a first detection mechanism, a second detection mechanism, and a third detection mechanism. The first detection mechanism is disposed on the placement device and is used to detect the material tray device; the second detection mechanism is disposed on the feeding device and is used to detect the feeding device; and the third detection mechanism is disposed on the pasting device and is used to detect the pasting device.

[0022] In the above embodiments, the first detection mechanism detects the material tray device to ensure it can successfully pick up the designated material tray. The second detection mechanism detects the feeding device to ensure it can feed a specified quantity and type of material and place it into the material tray on the conveyor. The third detection mechanism detects the adhesive device to ensure it can successfully adhesively attach the corresponding protective film and label to the material tray. The use of detection devices improves the reliability and safety of the equipment, reduces the risk of errors in the material, protective film, and labels on the material tray, and thus improves the yield rate of material packaging.

[0023] This application also provides an automatic assembly method applied to the aforementioned automatic packaging equipment, comprising the steps of: inputting a tray and inputting product information, causing the tray device to pick up and deliver the tray corresponding to the product to the conveying device according to the product information; placing materials, using a material placing device to place the materials corresponding to the product into the designated position on the tray; applying film and labeling, using an adhesive device to apply a protective film to the area on the tray where the corresponding materials are placed, in order to fix the materials; and using an adhesive device to affix the corresponding label to the tray, in order to identify the tray.

[0024] In the above embodiments, by automatically picking up the designated material tray according to the product, the corresponding product material is automatically placed into the material tray, and a protective film of a specified size is pasted on the area on the material tray where the material is placed to prevent the material from falling off. This improves the accuracy of material assembly and reduces the assembly errors that are prone to occur when manually assembling materials. Attached Figure Description

[0025] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of an automatic packaging equipment provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0026] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the material tray device of an automatic packaging equipment provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0027] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the conveying device of an automatic packaging equipment provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0028] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the feeding device of an automatic packaging equipment provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0029] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the material handling mechanism of an automatic packaging equipment provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0030] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the adhesive device of an automatic packaging equipment provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0031] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the loading tray of an automatic assembly device provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0032] Explanation of main component symbols

[0033] Conveying device 1

[0034] Material tray device 2

[0035] Feeding device 3

[0036] Adhesive device 4

[0037] First end 101

[0038] Second end 102

[0039] Feeding unit 30

[0040] Material handling mechanism 31

[0041] First moving mechanism 32

[0042] Storage mechanism 33

[0043] Rotating component 311

[0044] Material handling section 312

[0045] First adhesive unit 41

[0046] First unwinding mechanism 411

[0047] First adhesive mechanism 412

[0048] First moving component 4121

[0049] First adsorption component 4122

[0050] Second adhesive unit 42

[0051] Second unwinding mechanism 421

[0052] Second adhesive mechanism 422

[0053] Second moving component 4221

[0054] Second adsorption component 4222

[0055] Transmission Unit 10

[0056] First transmission component 11

[0057] Second transmission component 12

[0058] Transfer Unit 13

[0059] Feed path 14

[0060] Discharge path 15

[0061] Second moving mechanism 21

[0062] Bearing mechanism 22

[0063] 20 feed trays

[0064] Placement area 201

[0065] Identification area 202

[0066] Detection device 5

[0067] First testing agency 51

[0068] Second testing agency 52

[0069] Third testing agency 53

[0070] 100 automatic packaging equipment Detailed Implementation

[0071] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this application, and not all embodiments.

[0072] It should be noted that when a component is considered to be "connected" to another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or may also have an intervening component. When a component is considered to be "placed" on another component, it can be directly placed on the other component or may also have an intervening component.

[0073] The terms “first”, “second”, etc., are used only to distinguish different objects and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying the quantity, specific order, or primary and secondary relationship of the indicated technical features.

[0074] It should be understood that the dimensions of the structures shown in the accompanying drawings are provided for better understanding and easier description, and this application is not limited to the dimensions shown in the drawings. For the sake of clarity, elements unrelated to the description have been omitted from the details of this specification.

[0075] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.

[0076] This application discloses an automatic packaging equipment, including: a conveying device, a material tray device, a material dispensing device, and an adhesive pasting device.

[0077] The conveying device includes a first end and a second end. A tray device is located on the side of the conveying device closer to the first end than the second end. The tray device stores several trays corresponding to different products and loads designated trays onto the conveying device, which then conveys the trays along the X-axis. An adhesive device is located on the side of the conveying device closer to the second end than the first end. The adhesive device affixes protective film and labels to the trays. A dispensing device is located between the first and second ends. The dispensing device places the matched materials onto the trays conveyed by the conveying device. The dispensing device includes several dispensing units distributed along the X-axis. Each dispensing unit includes a storage mechanism, a picking mechanism, and a first moving mechanism. The storage mechanism stores materials, and the picking mechanism, located on the first moving mechanism, picks up materials from the storage mechanism. The first moving mechanism, located above the storage mechanism and the conveying device along the Z-axis, drives the picking mechanism to move so that the picking mechanism places the materials picked up from the storage mechanism onto the trays on the conveying device. The Z-axis direction is the vertical direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction.

[0078] The aforementioned automatic packaging equipment, by inputting specified product information and placing a corresponding tray into the material tray device, allows the tray device to place the tray onto a conveying device for transport. Multiple feeding units provide a wider variety of materials, improving the adaptability of material assembly. A first moving mechanism then drives a picking mechanism to retrieve materials from different storage mechanisms and deliver them to designated positions on the tray. This achieves the automatic retrieval and placement of materials for different products, replacing manual operation, reducing the risk of assembly errors, and effectively improving the accuracy of material assembly, thus increasing assembly and packaging efficiency. Furthermore, the multiple feeding units can be freely combined to meet the assembly needs of various product types, enabling flexible manufacturing capabilities. A protective film is applied to the area on the tray containing materials using an adhesive device to secure the materials, and corresponding labels are affixed to the tray for easy identification of the product, thereby achieving the automatic material preparation and packaging.

[0079] Understandably, by placing different trays into the tray device according to different products for material assembly, the trays corresponding to the same product can be quickly placed onto the conveyor device, which helps to improve the feeding speed of the trays and thus improve the material assembly efficiency of this automatic packaging equipment.

[0080] Different products require different quantities and types of materials, therefore, different products require different material trays. During material assembly, materials for the corresponding product are matched according to quantity and type, and the matched materials are placed on the corresponding material trays. The trays are then sealed, thus achieving the purpose of assembling materials for different products.

[0081] It should be noted that a flexible manufacturing system is an automated production system. Flexible manufacturing, also known as flexible production, is characterized by small scale, personalization, and controllable cycle. Compared with other assembly line production equipment, flexible production equipment can freely adjust the number and type of parts to meet the production needs of different quantities or different products, thereby realizing small-batch production of single varieties. It can produce any range of product families with minimal human intervention, and different products can be produced simultaneously on flexible production equipment.

[0082] Some embodiments of this application will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Unless otherwise specified, the following embodiments and features can be combined with each other.

[0083] In this embodiment, the scenario in which this solution is applied is illustrated by the repair process of electronic equipment. In this embodiment, the packaged material is screws.

[0084] Please see Figure 1 This application provides an automatic packaging equipment 100 for packaging materials corresponding to a specified product, including: a conveying device 1, a material tray device 2, a material dispensing device 3, and an adhesive device 4.

[0085] In some embodiments, such as Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the tray device 2 includes a second moving mechanism 21 and several carrying mechanisms 22. For example, the carrying mechanism 22 is a material rack or material platform with lifting function. The material rack or material platform is provided with a carrying surface for placing the material tray 20. By pre-stacking several material trays 20 corresponding to the same product on the carrying mechanism 22, after the product information is input, the second moving mechanism 21 moves along the Y-axis direction to above the carrying mechanism 22 that holds the specified material tray 20. The second moving mechanism 21 then picks up the material tray 20 and transfers it to the conveying device 1, so that the conveying device 1 conveys the material tray 20 along the X-axis direction (the Y-axis direction is the direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction).

[0086] When the second moving mechanism 21 removes the tray 20 from one of the carrier mechanisms 22, the external driving device drives the carrier surface of the carrier mechanism 22 to rise, thereby causing the trays 20 stacked on the carrier mechanism 22 to rise, so that the height of the top tray 20 remains unchanged, thus making it easier for the second moving mechanism 21 to smoothly pick up the trays 20 stacked on the top layer.

[0087] For example, the second moving mechanism 21 includes a material tray suction cup and a robotic arm or manipulator for driving the material tray 20 suction cup to move.

[0088] In some other embodiments, the tray device 2 further includes a tray recognition mechanism. For example, the tray recognition mechanism is a CCD camera. The tray recognition mechanism is arranged above the conveying device 1 along the Z-axis direction (the Z-axis direction is perpendicular to both the X-axis and Y-axis directions). After the specified product information is input, the second moving mechanism 21 picks up and places the tray 20 onto the conveying device 1. The tray recognition mechanism then performs visual inspection on the tray 20 to determine whether the tray 20 corresponds to the input product information, so as to carry out material assembly work. After the tray 20 is assembled with materials and is returned to the tray recognition mechanism, the tray recognition mechanism performs visual inspection on the materials on the tray 20 to determine whether the tray 20 is assembled with the specified materials corresponding to the product information, thereby reducing assembly errors.

[0089] It is understandable that the corresponding work process of the material tray 20 is divided into the material tray 20 to be assembled, the material tray 20 that has been assembled successfully, and the material tray 20 that has not been assembled successfully.

[0090] In some embodiments, several supporting mechanisms 22 respectively support the trays 20 to be assembled, the successfully assembled trays 20, and the unsuccessfully assembled trays 20, thereby classifying the trays 20 with different processing states and results. This helps improve the assembly efficiency and accuracy of the trays 20, and is beneficial to improving the production efficiency and yield of material packaging. In other embodiments, several supporting mechanisms 22 can also support different trays 20 simultaneously, which helps improve the efficiency of placing the trays 20 on the supporting mechanisms 22 and reduces the steps and time required to place different trays 20 separately. At this time, the tray identification mechanism moves with the second moving mechanism 21 to the top of the supporting mechanism 22, and performs visual identification on the trays 20 stacked on the top layer.

[0091] When the tray identification mechanism recognizes that the tray 20 corresponds to the input product information, the second moving mechanism 21 receives the feedback signal from the tray identification mechanism, picks up the tray 20 and transfers it to the conveying device 1.

[0092] When the tray identification mechanism detects that the tray 20 does not match the input product information, it receives a feedback signal from the tray identification mechanism via the second moving mechanism 21 and moves towards another carrier mechanism 22. Alternatively, the second moving mechanism 21 picks up the tray 20 that does not match the product and transfers it to another carrier mechanism 22, so that the tray identification mechanism can identify the stacked and lower-level trays 20. This continues until the tray identification mechanism detects that the tray 20 matches the input product information, at which point the second moving mechanism 21 receives a feedback signal from the tray identification mechanism and picks up the tray 20 and transfers it to the conveyor device 1. This enables the tray device 2 to automatically match and output the corresponding tray 20 to the conveyor device 1 based on the input product information, which helps improve the efficiency and accuracy of the tray 20 output.

[0093] In some embodiments, such as Figure 1 and Figure 3 As shown, the conveying device 1 includes several conveying units 10 distributed along the X-axis. The several conveying units 10 together form a first end 101 and a second end 102, so that the several conveying units 10 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with several feeding units 30. When the automatic packaging equipment 100 changes the number of feeding units 30 according to the usage requirements, the conveying units 10 are flexibly configured with the corresponding feeding units 30. This not only satisfies the purpose of the automatic packaging equipment 100 to adapt to different types of materials for assembly, but also satisfies the purpose of the conveying units 10 to accurately transport the material tray 20 to the designated feeding unit 30 for material assembly, which helps to realize the function of flexible production of the automatic packaging equipment 100.

[0094] In some embodiments, in two adjacent conveying units 10, the first conveying component 11 of one conveying unit 10 and the first conveying component 11 of the other conveying unit 10 are interconnected to form a feeding path 14, which is used to transport the loading tray 20 to be assembled; in two adjacent conveying units 10, the second conveying component 12 of one conveying unit 10 and the second conveying component 12 of the other conveying unit 10 are interconnected to form a discharging path 15, which is used to transport the assembled loading tray 20; by adopting the bidirectional arrangement of the first conveying component 11 and the second conveying component 12, the loading tray 20 to be assembled can be packaged sequentially by the first conveying component 11 and then returned by the second conveying component 12, making the structure of the device simpler and more compact, reducing the volume of the automatic packaging device 100; and avoiding the obstruction of other loading trays 20 by a single loading tray 20 during reciprocating motion, enabling the device to work on multiple loading trays 20 simultaneously, which helps to improve the efficiency of the device in packaging materials.

[0095] In some embodiments, such as Figure 3 As shown, the conveying device 1 also includes a transfer unit 13, which is arranged on one side of the last conveying unit 10 along the X-axis. The transfer unit 13 transfers the material tray 20 from the first conveying component 11 to the second conveying component 12, so that the first conveying component 11 and the second conveying component 12 form a loop, thereby realizing the purpose of the packaged material tray 20 being smoothly transferred from the first conveying component 11 to the second conveying component 12 and then transferred out.

[0096] For example, the transfer unit 13 includes a third conveying component that can move up and down. After the tray 20 is packaged, the first conveying component 11 conveys the tray 20 to the third conveying component. The third conveying component carries the tray 20 down until one end of the third conveying component is aligned with one end of the second conveying component 12. Then, the third conveying component conveys the tray 20 to the second conveying component 12, thus achieving the purpose of the transfer unit 13 to transfer the tray 20 from the first conveying component 11 to the second conveying component 12.

[0097] The first conveyor assembly 11, the second conveyor assembly 12, and the third conveyor assembly are all conveyor belts, which helps to reduce the number of molds required for the first conveyor assembly 11, the second conveyor assembly 12, and the third conveyor assembly, making the first conveyor assembly 11, the second conveyor assembly 12, and the third conveyor assembly compatible with each other, which helps to reduce the production cost of the conveyor device 1 and achieve the effect of easy maintenance.

[0098] In some embodiments, when a plurality of carrying mechanisms 22 respectively carry a material tray 20 to be assembled, a material tray 20 that has been assembled successfully, and a material tray 20 that has not been assembled successfully, a transfer unit 13 is also provided at the first end 101 of the conveying device 1. When the material tray device 2 moves the material tray 20 to be assembled toward the conveying device 1, the third conveying component of the transfer unit 13 rises and connects with the first conveying component 11, so that the material tray device 2 places the material tray 20 on the third conveying component, and then the third conveying component conveys the material tray toward the first conveying component 11.

[0099] When the loading tray 20 is assembled and returned, the third conveying component of the transfer unit 13 descends and connects with the second conveying component 12, so that the second conveying component 12 conveys the assembled loading tray 20 toward the third conveying component. The third conveying component drives the assembled loading tray 20 to rise, so that the tray device 2 can retrieve the assembled loading tray 20, thus completing the material packaging process.

[0100] In other embodiments, the transfer unit 13 can also be a robotic arm, which grips the tray 20 on the first transfer assembly 11 and places the tray 20 on the second transfer assembly 12, thus achieving the purpose of transferring the tray 20 between the first transfer assembly 11 and the second transfer assembly 12. This robotic arm is prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0101] In some embodiments, such as Figure 1 and Figure 4 As shown, the storage mechanism 33 includes a storage box and a feeding structure. The feeding structure is located inside the storage box. The top of the storage box has a discharge port. The feeding structure can obtain the material in the storage box and extend one end of the material out of the discharge port so that the material picking mechanism 31 can pick up the material.

[0102] In some embodiments, the first moving mechanism 32 is a robotic arm or robotic hand movably disposed above the storage mechanism 33 and the conveying device 1. The robotic arm or robotic hand drives the picking mechanism 31 to move so that the picking mechanism 31 places the material obtained from the storage mechanism 33 onto the loading tray 20 on the conveying device 1.

[0103] In some embodiments, such as Figure 5 As shown, the material handling mechanism 31 includes a rotating member 311 and several material handling parts 312. The rotating member 311 is rotatably mounted on the first moving mechanism 32. The several material handling parts 312 are distributed at the bottom of the rotating member 311 along the Z-axis. The first moving mechanism 32 drives the rotating member 311 to move above the designated storage mechanism 33 and move closer to the storage mechanism 33 so that one of the material handling parts 312 on the rotating member 311 can obtain the material provided by the storage mechanism 33. The first moving mechanism 32 then drives the rotating member 311 to move above the next storage mechanism 33. By rotating the rotating member 311, the positions of the several material handling parts 312 can be adjusted respectively so that multiple material handling parts 312 can obtain the material respectively. This makes it easier for the material handling mechanism 31 to pick up multiple materials at once, thereby helping to improve the efficiency of placing materials on the loading tray 20.

[0104] After all the material picking units 312 have picked up the corresponding materials, the first moving mechanism 32 drives the rotating part 311 to move above the corresponding conveying device 1. Through the cooperation of the rotating part 311 and the first moving mechanism 32, the material picking units 312 place the materials on the designated area of ​​the material tray 20 on the conveying device 1 according to the product information, thereby realizing the function of the material picking mechanism 31 in automatically picking up and placing materials.

[0105] For example, the material picking unit 312 includes a suction nozzle or a gripper. When the material picking unit 312 is a suction nozzle, the bottom of several material picking units 312 are respectively provided with a groove for accommodating the head of the material. A negative pressure chamber is formed in the material picking unit 312 that communicates with the groove. When the material picking unit 312 needs to pick up the material, it moves closer to the material so that the head of the material enters the groove. The negative pressure chamber provides negative pressure to the groove so that the material is adsorbed and fixed in the groove, thereby achieving the effect of the material picking unit 312 picking up the material.

[0106] In some embodiments, such as Figure 6 As shown, the pasting device 4 includes several first pasting units 41 arranged sequentially along the X-axis. The first pasting units 41 are used to paste protective films onto the material tray 20. When the conveying device 1 includes several conveying units 10, the several conveying units 10 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the several first pasting units 41, and the conveying units 10 are arranged on one side of the corresponding first pasting unit 41. When the automatic packaging equipment 100 changes the number of first pasting units 41 according to usage requirements, it can paste different protective films on the material tray 20. The conveying units 10 are flexibly configured with the corresponding first pasting units 41, which not only satisfies the purpose of the automatic packaging equipment 100 to adapt to the pasting of different types of protective films, but also satisfies the purpose of the conveying units 10 to accurately transport the material tray 20 to the designated first pasting unit 41 for pasting the protective film, thus helping to realize the function of flexible production of the automatic packaging equipment 100.

[0107] In some embodiments, such as Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the material tray 20 is provided with several placement areas 201 so that materials can be placed on the material tray 20 through the placement areas 201.

[0108] The first pasting unit 41 includes a first unwinding mechanism 411 and a first pasting mechanism 412. The first unwinding mechanism 411 is provided with a discharge end facing the conveying device 1. The first pasting mechanism 412 is arranged above the first unwinding mechanism 411 and the conveying device 1 along the Z-axis. After the material tray 20 is loaded with materials, the conveying device 1 conveys the material tray 20 to the first pasting unit 41 corresponding to the placement area 201 on the material tray 20 according to the product information. The first unwinding mechanism 411 unwinds and outputs a protective film corresponding to one of the placement areas 201 on the material tray 20. Then, the first pasting mechanism 412 accurately pastes the protective film output by the first unwinding mechanism 411 to the placement area 201 corresponding to the material tray 20. After pasting, the conveying device 1 conveys the material tray 20 to the next first pasting unit 41, so that the pasting device 4 can paste protective films to several placement areas 201 on the material tray 20 in sequence, thereby realizing the effect of automatic pasting of protective films by the pasting device 4.

[0109] In some embodiments, such as Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the material tray 20 is provided with several identification areas 202. The pasting device 4 includes several second pasting units 42 arranged sequentially along the Y-axis. The second pasting units 42 are used to paste labels onto the identification areas 202. When the conveying device 1 includes several conveying units 10, the several conveying units 10 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the several second pasting units 42, and the conveying units 10 are arranged on one side of the corresponding second pasting unit 42. When the automatic packaging equipment 100 changes the number of second pasting units 42 according to the usage requirements, it can paste different labels on the material tray 20. The conveying units 10 are flexibly configured with the corresponding second pasting units 42. This not only satisfies the purpose of the automatic packaging equipment 100 to adapt to the pasting of different types of labels, but also satisfies the purpose of the conveying units 10 to accurately transport the material tray 20 to the designated second pasting unit 42 for label pasting, which helps to realize the function of flexible production of the automatic packaging equipment 100.

[0110] In other embodiments, the pasting device 4 also includes a protective film recognition mechanism. For example, the protective film recognition mechanism is a CCD camera. When a protective film needs to be pasted, the protective film recognition mechanism moves with the second pasting unit 42 to above the material tray 20. The protective film recognition mechanism performs visual recognition on the placement area 201 on the material tray 20, thereby causing the second pasting unit 42 to adjust the position of the protective film so that the protective film can be accurately pasted on the designated placement area 201, thereby helping to improve the pasting accuracy of the pasting device 4.

[0111] Understandably, the protective film recognition mechanism can also visually recognize the placement status of materials on the tray 20. When the protective film recognition mechanism recognizes that the materials on the tray 20 are correctly placed according to the corresponding products, the pasting device 4 can apply a protective film or label to the tray 20. When the protective film recognition mechanism recognizes that the materials on the tray 20 are placed too much, too little, or incorrectly according to the corresponding products, the conveying device 1 directly transmits the unqualified tray 20, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the yield rate.

[0112] In some embodiments, the tray 20 is provided with a plurality of identification areas 202, which are used to attach labels to identify the product information corresponding to the tray 20 and / or to identify the information of the material carried on the tray 20.

[0113] The second pasting unit 42 includes a second unwinding mechanism 421 and a second pasting mechanism 422. The second unwinding mechanism 421 is provided with a discharge end facing the conveying device 1. The second pasting mechanism 422 is arranged above the second unwinding mechanism 421 and the conveying device 1 along the Z-axis. After the material tray 20 is loaded with materials, the conveying device 1 conveys the material tray 20 sequentially toward the second pasting unit 42 corresponding to the marking area on the material tray 20 according to the product information. The second unwinding mechanism 421 unwinds and outputs a label corresponding to one of the marking areas on the material tray 20. Then, the second pasting mechanism 422 accurately pastes the label output by the second unwinding mechanism 421 onto the corresponding placement area 201 of the material tray 20. After pasting, the conveying device 1 conveys the material tray 20 toward the next second pasting unit 42, so that the pasting device 4 can sequentially paste labels onto several marking areas on the material tray 20, thereby achieving the effect of automatic label pasting by the pasting device 4.

[0114] It is understandable that when there are multiple first pasting units 41 or second pasting units 42, the first pasting units 41 and second pasting units 42 can be arranged sequentially or alternately to meet the different pasting requirements of the material tray 20, thereby helping to realize the flexible production function of this automatic packaging equipment 100.

[0115] In other embodiments, the first unwinding mechanism 411 and the second unwinding mechanism 421 can unwind the protective film and the label respectively, thereby improving the adaptability of the first pasting unit 41 and the second pasting unit 42. This allows the first pasting unit 41 and the second pasting unit 42 to be universally configured to output the protective film and the label, which helps to reduce the number of components used and thus reduce the production cost of the equipment.

[0116] In some embodiments, the first adhesive mechanism 412 includes a first moving component 4121 and a first adsorption component 4122. The first moving component 4121 drives the first adsorption component 4122 to move, and the first adsorption hole is used to adsorb the protective film to transfer the protective film. The second adhesive mechanism 422 includes a second moving component 4221 and a second adsorption component 4222. The second moving component 4221 drives the second adsorption component 4222 to move, and the second adsorption hole is used to adsorb the label to transfer the label. This achieves the purpose of the first adhesive mechanism 412 acquiring and transferring the protective film, and the purpose of the second adhesive mechanism 422 acquiring and transferring the label.

[0117] For example, the first moving component 4121 and the second moving component 4221 can be robotic hands or robotic arms, and the first adsorption component 4122 and the second adsorption component 4222 can both be adhesive suction cups. The adhesive suction cups are provided with a plurality of first adsorption holes or a plurality of second adsorption holes. The number of working first adsorption holes or second adsorption holes on the adhesive suction cups can be varied. When it is necessary to adsorb protective films or labels of different sizes, the adsorption area of ​​the adhesive suction cups can be changed by correspondingly changing the number of working first adsorption holes or second adsorption holes. This enables the adhesive suction cups to accurately adsorb protective films or labels of different sizes. This design helps to improve the adhesive accuracy of the adhesive device 4 and also helps to reduce the energy consumption of the adhesive device 4.

[0118] In some embodiments, such as Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 4 and Figure 6 As shown, it also includes a detection device 5, which includes a first detection mechanism 51 disposed on the placement device, a second detection mechanism 52 disposed on the feeding device 3, and a third detection mechanism 53 disposed on the pasting device 4. Before the user uses this automatic packaging equipment 100 to assemble materials, the detection device 5 detects the placement device, feeding device 3, and pasting device 4 respectively. When the working status of the placement device, feeding device 3, and pasting device 4 is abnormal, the detection device 5 generates an alarm signal to maintain the automatic packaging equipment 100 in a timely manner, so as to ensure that the placement device, feeding device 3, and pasting device 4 are all in normal condition, thereby helping to improve the stability and accuracy of the automatic packaging equipment 100 in assembling materials.

[0119] The first detection mechanism 51, the second detection mechanism 52, and the third detection mechanism 53 all include a negative pressure detection component, which is a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is positioned along the suction path of the material tray suction cup, the suction nozzle, and the adhesive suction cup. By having the first detection mechanism 51 corresponding to the material tray suction cup, the second detection mechanism 52 corresponding to the suction nozzle, and the third detection mechanism 53 corresponding to the adhesive suction cup, the negative pressure values ​​at the suction port of the material tray suction cup, the suction port of the suction nozzle, and the adsorption end of the adhesive suction cup are detected respectively. When a new material tray suction cup, suction nozzle, and adhesive suction cup are replaced, the negative pressure values ​​of the material tray suction cup, suction nozzle, and adhesive suction cup are tested. The initial negative pressure value of the suction end of the adhesive suction cup is tested. After the material tray suction cup, nozzle, and adhesive suction cup have finished working, the actual negative pressure value of the suction end of the material tray suction cup, nozzle, and adhesive suction cup is tested. When the actual negative pressure value of the suction end of the material tray suction cup, nozzle, and adhesive suction cup is within a certain range from the initial negative pressure value (for example, the difference between the actual negative pressure value and the initial negative pressure value is within 10%, 15%, or 20%), it can be proved that its function is intact; otherwise, it can be proved that the suction end of the material tray suction cup, nozzle, and adhesive suction cup has been damaged and cannot work normally.

[0120] The second detection mechanism 52 also includes a material detection component, which is a CCD camera. When the storage mechanism 33 includes a storage box and a feeding mechanism, the material detection component is set on the storage box. The material detection component visually detects whether the storage mechanism 33 has supplied material at a certain height, thereby determining whether the storage mechanism 33 can supply material smoothly, thus achieving the purpose of accurately discharging material according to product information by the discharging device 3.

[0121] In other embodiments, the first detection mechanism 51, the second detection mechanism 52, and the third detection mechanism 53 may also include other detection components.

[0122] For example, the first detection mechanism 51 includes a tray detection component. When the second moving mechanism 21 includes a tray suction cup, the tray detection component is a CCD camera. The tray detection component is located below the moving path of the second moving mechanism 21, and the detection direction of the tray detection component is set along the Z-axis. The tray detection component performs visual inspection on the tray suction cup to determine whether the tray suction cup is intact, thereby determining whether the tray suction cup can successfully adsorb the tray 20, thus achieving the purpose of detecting whether the tray device 2 can successfully provide the tray 20.

[0123] The second testing unit 52 also includes a nozzle testing component.

[0124] The nozzle detection component is a CCD camera. When the material handling unit 312 is a nozzle, the nozzle detection component is set below the moving path of the first moving mechanism 32, and the detection direction of the nozzle detection component is set along the Z-axis. The nozzle is visually inspected by the nozzle detection component to determine whether the nozzle is intact, thereby determining whether the nozzle can successfully pick up the material, thus achieving the purpose of detecting whether the dispensing device 3 can successfully pick up and place the material.

[0125] The third detection mechanism 53 includes an adhesive suction cup detection component. When both the first adsorption component 4122 and the second adsorption component 4222 in the adhesive device 4 are adhesive suction cups, the adhesive suction cup detection component is located below the movement path of the first moving component 4121 or the second moving component 4221, and the detection direction of the adhesive suction cup detection component is set along the Z-axis. The adhesive suction cup detection component performs visual inspection on the adhesive suction cup to determine whether the adhesive suction cup is intact, thereby determining whether the adhesive suction cup can successfully adsorb the protective film or label, thus achieving the purpose of detecting whether the adhesive device 4 can successfully adhere the protective film or label to the material tray 20.

[0126] In other embodiments, when a feeder mechanism is provided in the first unwinding mechanism 411 or the second unwinding mechanism 421, the third detection mechanism 53 further includes a feeder detection component. The feeder detection component detects the feeder mechanism in the first unwinding mechanism 411 or the second unwinding mechanism 421 to ensure that the first unwinding mechanism 411 can smoothly output the protective film or that the second unwinding mechanism 421 can smoothly output the label. The feeder mechanism is prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0127] In some embodiments, an authentication device is also included. The authentication device includes a fingerprint recognition mechanism and / or a face recognition mechanism and / or a voice recognition mechanism that are respectively connected to the material tray device 2. When a user uses the automatic packaging equipment 100, the authentication device recognizes the user's fingerprint and / or face and / or voice, and matches the recognition result of the authentication device with the authentication information stored in its internal storage, thereby controlling the user's access rights. This allows different users to accurately control the automatic packaging equipment 100 according to their access rights, thereby achieving the purpose of the automatic packaging equipment 100 accurately assembling materials for designated users.

[0128] Based on any of the above embodiments of the automatic packaging equipment 100, this application also provides a packaging method for packaging materials, the steps of which include:

[0129] Input the material tray 20 and product information, so that the material tray device 2 can pick up and send the corresponding product material tray 20 to the conveying device 1 according to the product information;

[0130] The material is placed into the designated position of the material tray 20 by the material feeding device 3.

[0131] The protective film is applied to the area of ​​the material tray 20 where the corresponding material is placed, using the adhesive device 4 to fix the material; the corresponding label is then applied to the material tray 20 to identify the material tray 20.

[0132] By adopting this method, the designated material tray 20 is automatically retrieved according to the actual product information, and the corresponding product materials are automatically placed into the material tray 20. A protective film of a specified size is pasted on the area of ​​the material tray 20 where the materials are placed to prevent the materials from falling off, thereby improving the accuracy of material assembly and packaging speed. This reduces the assembly errors that are easy to occur when manually assembling materials.

[0133] In some embodiments, when the material tray 20 is input, visual recognition is performed on the material tray 20 to ensure that the material tray 20 corresponds to the product information. After the material tray 20 is assembled with materials, visual recognition is performed on the material tray to ensure that the material is assembled correctly, which helps to improve the accuracy of material assembly.

[0134] In some embodiments, identity verification is also included before product information is entered.

[0135] By recognizing and judging the user's face and / or fingerprint and / or voice, the user's access rights can be determined, so as to accurately match materials to the user and help improve the assembly efficiency and accuracy of materials.

[0136] In some embodiments, a work check is also included before the input tray 20.

[0137] By inspecting the working conditions of the material tray 20, including material feeding, material handling, protective film application, and label application, all working parts are reset after passing the inspection to ensure smooth material assembly, thereby improving the stability and accuracy of material assembly.

[0138] In other embodiments, during the steps of applying the protective film and labeling, the protective film can be applied first and then the label, or the label can be applied first and then the protective film.

[0139] When multiple protective films or labels need to be applied to the tray 20, the application of protective films and labels can be done alternately.

[0140] Furthermore, those skilled in the art should recognize that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of this application and are not intended to limit this application. Any appropriate changes and variations made to the above embodiments within the substantive scope of this application fall within the scope of this application.

Claims

1. An automatic packaging device, characterized in that: include: A conveying device, the conveying device comprising opposing first and second ends; A tray device is provided on the side of the conveying device closer to the first end than the second end. The tray device is used to store several trays corresponding to different products and to load the specified trays onto the conveying device. The conveying device conveys the trays along the X-axis. An adhesive applicator is disposed on the side closer to the second end than the first end, and the adhesive applicator is used to apply protective film and labels to the material tray on the conveying device; A feeding device is disposed between the first end and the second end, and the feeding device is used to place materials onto the loading tray on the conveying device. The feeding device includes several feeding units distributed along the X-axis direction. Each feeding unit includes a storage mechanism, a picking mechanism, and a first moving mechanism. The storage mechanism is used to store the material. The picking mechanism is disposed on the first moving mechanism and is used to pick up the material from the storage mechanism. The first moving mechanism is used to drive the picking mechanism to move so that the picking mechanism places the material picked up from the storage mechanism onto the loading tray. The conveying device includes a plurality of conveying units distributed along the X-axis direction. The plurality of conveying units together form the first end and the second end. The conveying units can be configured one-to-one with the unloading units. Each conveying unit includes a first conveying component and a second conveying component. In two adjacent conveying units, the first conveying component of one conveying unit and the first conveying component of the other conveying unit are connected to each other and form a feeding path, which is used to transport the loading tray to be assembled. In two adjacent conveying units, the second conveying component of one conveying unit and the second conveying component of the other conveying unit are connected to each other and form a discharge path, which is used to transport the assembled material tray. The conveying device further includes a transfer unit, which is disposed on one side of the last conveying unit along the X-axis direction. The transfer unit is used to transfer the material tray on the first conveying component to the second conveying component.

2. The automatic packaging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The adhesive device includes a plurality of first adhesive units arranged sequentially along the X-axis direction, and each first adhesive unit includes a first unwinding mechanism and a first adhesive mechanism. The first pasting mechanism is positioned above the first unwinding mechanism and the conveying device along the Z-axis direction; The material tray has several placement areas, and the material is placed in several of the placement areas; The first unwinding mechanism is used to output the protective film corresponding to the placement area, and the first pasting mechanism is used to obtain the protective film and paste the protective film onto the placement area.

3. The automatic packaging equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The adhesive device further includes a plurality of second adhesive units arranged sequentially along the X-axis direction, and the second adhesive unit includes a second unwinding mechanism and a second adhesive mechanism; The material tray is provided with an identification area; The second unwinding mechanism is used to output the label corresponding to the material tray, and the second pasting mechanism is used to obtain the label and paste the label onto the identification area.

4. The automatic packaging equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that: The first adhesive mechanism includes a first moving component and a first adsorption component, wherein the first moving component is used to drive the first adsorption component to move; The second adhesive mechanism includes a second moving component and a second adsorption component, wherein the second moving component is used to drive the second adsorption component to move.

5. The automatic packaging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material handling mechanism includes a rotating component and several material handling parts. The several material handling parts are disposed at the bottom of the rotating component along the Z-axis direction. The material handling parts are used to acquire the material. The rotating component is rotatably disposed on the first moving mechanism to drive the several material handling parts to change position.

6. The automatic packaging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material tray device includes a second moving mechanism and several carrying mechanisms. The several carrying mechanisms are respectively used to hold the material tray. The second moving mechanism is arranged above the conveying device and the several carrying mechanisms along the Z-axis direction, and is used to transfer the material tray on the carrying mechanism to the conveying device.

7. The automatic packaging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a detection device, which comprises: A first testing mechanism is disposed in the feeding device and is used to test the material tray device; A second testing mechanism is disposed at the feeding device and is used to test the feeding device. A third testing mechanism is provided at the adhesive device and is used to test the adhesive device.

8. A packaging method, characterized in that: Applied to the automatic packaging equipment as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising the steps of: Input the material tray and input the product information, so that the material tray device can pick up and send the material tray corresponding to the product to the conveying device according to the product information; The material is placed into the designated position of the material tray by the material feeding device. The process involves applying a protective film to the area of ​​the material tray containing the corresponding material using an adhesive device to secure the material; and then applying a corresponding label to the material tray using the adhesive device to identify the material tray.

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