Box cover device with automated production line

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of automation, and provides a box cover device, through a pressing lug assembly and an opening clamp assembly in the box cover device, an output shaft of a driving motor is connected with a transmission part, the transmission part can be connected with a supporting part through a bearing; the transmission part is connected with a sheet. The box body of a packaging box is positioned by the supporting part and the opening clamp assembly, the sheet in the pressing lug assembly is used for flattening the opening of the packaging film which is raised, a mechanical hand gripper is used for vacuum sucking a cover, and the cover is sent to the box body of the packaging box for automatic box cover assembly, at this time, the pressing lug assembly continues to rotate to draw out the sheet. The device can well solve the interference of the raised packaging film on the cover closing, improve the assembly efficiency, and improve the assembly quality. Meanwhile, the present application also discloses an automatic production line, the vacuum suction disc and the pneumatic gripper of the mechanical hand gripper are simultaneously started, and the cover is prevented from accidentally falling in the state that the gripper moves at a high speed.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of automation, in particular to a box covering device and an automatic production line. BACKGROUND

[0002] The automatic production equipment controls, measures and continuously connects all processes such as feeding, discharging, loading and unloading and product processing according to different requirements such as process requirements, process, production rate and automation degree, so as to complete all processes or part of processes of product automation production, and has a wide application in the field of mechanical automation processing.

[0003] In the prior art assembly process, the product is loaded into the packaging box and then covered, and the completed process is relatively complex and has high precision requirements, which often leads to low automation degree and low reliability. SUMMARY

[0004] Through long-term production practice, it is found that the mechanical equipment currently used is difficult to reliably grasp the packaging box, and the packaging operation needs to be controlled and accurately performed in the packaging box assembly process, which easily causes low packaging box assembly quality and even damage to the packaging box.

[0005] The box covering process of the cover box refers to the process of assembling the box body and the cover after loading the product body into the product packaging box. The box covering device is a device that meets the assembly process and process requirements of the cover and the box body. For example, the cover paper box refers to a paper box made of two pieces of paperboard.

[0006] Therefore, the present application aims to provide a box covering device, which comprises,

[0007] The ear pressing assembly and the opening and clamping assembly, the ear pressing assembly comprises a driving motor, a thin sheet, a transmission component and a support component;

[0008] The output shaft of the driving motor is connected with the transmission component, and the transmission component can be connected with the support component through a bearing; the thin sheet is connected with the transmission component;

[0009] The support component and the opening and clamping assembly can be fixedly arranged on the horizontal plane of the production line.

[0010] In one embodiment, the opening and clamping assembly comprises a support, a transmission and a clamping piece, the transmission is fixedly connected with the support, and the clamping piece is fixedly connected with the output end of the transmission.

[0011] In one embodiment, the opening and clamping assembly further comprises a limiting module, which is used for limiting the spatial position of the workpiece during the operation of the opening and clamping assembly.

[0012] In one embodiment, the box cover device further comprises a jacking assembly, the jacking assembly comprising a jacking motor and a jacking panel, the jacking panel being capable of vertical or translational movement by the jacking motor.

[0013] In one embodiment, the jacking assembly further comprises a limiting block, the limiting block being capable of being arranged on the jacking panel by hydraulic telescoping.

[0014] In one embodiment, the jacking assembly further comprises a limiting block, the limiting block being capable of being used to limit the planar movement of the workpiece.

[0015] In one embodiment, the jacking assembly further comprises a limiting flange, the limiting flange being used to limit the position of the workpiece.

[0016] In one embodiment, the box cover device further comprises a mechanical hand gripper, the mechanical hand gripper comprising a pneumatic gripper and a vacuum chuck, the vacuum chuck being circumferentially fixedly arranged with the pneumatic gripper.

[0017] The application further discloses an automatic production line, the automatic production line comprising the box cover device and a belt conveying assembly, the belt conveying assembly being capable of conveying the workpiece to a working position.

[0018] In one embodiment, the belt conveying assembly is capable of positioning and locking the workpiece during the working process.

[0019] The box cover device disclosed by the application can solve the interference of the raised opening of the packaging film on the cover closing, improve the assembly efficiency and improve the assembly quality. Meanwhile, the application further discloses an automatic production line, the vacuum chuck and the pneumatic gripper of the mechanical hand gripper being capable of being simultaneously started, the cover being clamped by the gripper while being sucked by the vacuum chuck, so that the cover is prevented from falling accidentally in the state of high-speed movement of the gripper, and the reliability and the cover closing effect of the mechanism are greatly enhanced.

[0020] Other features and advantages of the application will be described in detail in the following specific embodiment part. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] The accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, are included to provide a further understanding of the application, illustrate the preferred embodiment of the application and assist in explaining the application. In the drawings:

[0022] Fig. 1 A schematic diagram of an automated production line according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0023] Fig. 2 A schematic diagram of an ear pressing assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Fig. 3 A schematic diagram of an opening clamp assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Fig. 4 A schematic diagram of a jacking assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Fig. 5 A schematic diagram of a belt conveying assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] Fig. 6 A schematic diagram of a back structure of an automated production line according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0028] Legend of reference signs:

[0029] 1 mechanical hand gripper 2 ear pressing assembly

[0030] 3 workpiece 4 opening clamp assembly

[0031] 5 jacking assembly 6 belt conveying assembly

[0032] 11 pneumatic gripper 12 vacuum chuck

[0033] 21 driving motor 22 sheet

[0034] 23 transmission component 24 support component

[0035] 41 support 42 transmission

[0036] 43 clamping component 44 limiting module

[0037] 51 jacking motor 52 jacking panel

[0038] 53 limiting block 54 limiting flange DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] The specific embodiments of the present application will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative and explanatory of the application and are not restrictive of the application.

[0040] In order to make the person skilled in the art better understand the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely in the following with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, not all. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor should belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0041] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present application and the above-described drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily indicate a specific order or a chronological sequence. It should be understood that the data thus used can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances, so that the embodiments of the present application described herein can be implemented. In addition, the terms "include" and "have" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device including a series of steps or units does not necessarily limit to those steps or units clearly listed, but can include other steps or units not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices; "fixed" or "fixedly connected" generally refers to common mechanical connection methods, such as threaded connection, welding or bonding, etc.

[0042] The prior art mechanical equipment is difficult to reliably grasp the packaging box, and needs to control the force and accurately perform the packaging operation in the packaging box assembly process, which is easy to cause low packaging box assembly quality, and even causes the technical problems of damaging the packaging box. The present application provides a box cover device, as shown in Figs. 1-3 and Fig. 6 The box cover device includes a pressing ear assembly 2 and an opening clamp assembly 4, the pressing ear assembly 2 includes a driving motor 21, a thin sheet 22, a transmission part 23, and a support part 24.

[0043] The output shaft of the driving motor 21 is connected with the transmission part 23, and the transmission part 23 can be connected with the support part 24 through a bearing; the thin sheet 22 is connected with the transmission part 23.

[0044] The support part 24 and the opening clamp assembly 4 can be fixedly arranged on the horizontal plane of the production line.

[0045] The box cover device disclosed in the application is provided with a pressing lug assembly and an opening and clamping assembly, the output shaft of a driving motor is connected with a transmission part, the transmission part can be connected with a supporting part through a bearing, and the transmission part is connected with a sheet.

[0046] During the working process, the mechanical hand clamping jaw 1 clamps the cover by the vacuum suction cup and the pneumatic clamping jaw, moves above the box body and slowly descends, after the cover is combined with the box body, the mechanical hand clamping jaw 1 controls the product to move a certain distance away from the fixed positioning block, prevents the cover from being placed on the fixed positioning block during the cover combining process, continues to complete the cover combining operation, and the pressing lug mechanism 2 continues to rotate to draw out the sheet 22 from the box.

[0047] In order to better limit the position of the workpiece 3, the workpiece 3 is limited in a fixed position during the working process, in an embodiment of the application, the opening and clamping assembly 4 comprises a supporting part 41, a transmission part 42 and a clamping part 43, the transmission part 42 is fixedly connected with the supporting part 41, and the clamping part 43 is fixedly connected with the output end of the transmission part 42.

[0048] In order to more accurately limit the position of the workpiece 3, in an embodiment of the application, the opening and clamping assembly 4 further comprises a limiting module 44, and the limiting module 44 is used for limiting the spatial position of the workpiece 3 during the operation of the opening and clamping assembly 4.

[0049] In order to better limit the spatial position of the workpiece 3 and take away the workpiece 3 after the working process by the mechanical hand clamping jaw 1, in an embodiment of the application, as shown in Fig. 4 , the box cover device further comprises a jacking assembly 5, the jacking assembly 5 comprises a jacking motor 51 and a jacking panel 52, and the jacking panel 52 can make vertical or translational motion through the jacking motor 51.

[0050] In order to better take out the workpiece 3 after the working process from the jacking panel 52 and take away the workpiece 3 by the mechanical hand clamping jaw 1, in an embodiment of the application, the jacking assembly 5 further comprises a limiting block 53, and the limiting block 53 can be arranged on the jacking panel 52 through hydraulic telescoping.

[0051] In order to better position the workpiece 3 and not to damage the surface structure, in an embodiment of the present application, the lifting assembly 5 further comprises a limiting block 53, which can be used to limit the planar movement of the workpiece 3.

[0052] In order to better determine whether the workpiece 3 is positioned to the preset position, in an embodiment of the present application, the lifting assembly 5 further comprises a limiting flange 54, which is used to limit and detect the position of the workpiece 3. The limiting flange 54 is arranged in multiple circumferential positions of the lifting panel 52, for example, one at each rectangular circumferential vertex, and one at the middle of each intermediate long side. In order to better perceive whether the side surface of the workpiece 3 reaches the preset position, the limiting flange 54 is provided with a sensor, more preferably a contact sensing sensor or an infrared sensor.

[0053] In order to prevent the cover from accidentally falling in the state of high-speed movement of the pneumatic clamping jaw during work, in an embodiment of the present application, the cover device further comprises a mechanical hand clamping jaw 1, which comprises a pneumatic clamping jaw 11 and a vacuum chuck 12, and the vacuum chuck 12 is circumferentially fixedly provided with the pneumatic clamping jaw 11. When the mechanical hand clamping jaw 1 takes the cover, the vacuum chuck and the pneumatic clamping jaw are started at the same time, and the pneumatic clamping jaw clamps the cover while the vacuum chuck is sucking, which avoids the situation that the cover accidentally falls in the state of high-speed movement of the pneumatic clamping jaw, and enhances the reliability of the entire mechanism and the cover closing effect.

[0054] The present application also discloses an automatic production line, as shown in Figs. 1-3 and Fig. 5 The automatic production line comprises the cover device and the belt conveying assembly 6, and the belt conveying assembly 6 can convey the workpiece to the working position.

[0055] In order to better automate the workpiece 3 during processing and fix it in a certain relative position during processing, in an embodiment of the present application, the belt conveying assembly 6 can position and lock the workpiece 3 during work.

[0056] It should be noted that, for the foregoing method embodiments, in order to simply describe, they are all expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the present application is not limited by the described action sequence, because according to the present application, certain steps can be performed in other sequences or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should know that the embodiments described in the specification all belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily necessary for the present application.

[0057] In the above embodiments, the description of each embodiment focuses on different aspects, and the parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment can be referred to the relevant description of other embodiments.

[0058] In several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus can be implemented in other manners. For example, the embodiments of the apparatus described above are merely schematic; for example, the division of the units is only a logical function division; there can be another division manner for the actual implementation; for example, a plurality of units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections between different units, or the among different units, can be indirect couplings or communication connections through some interfaces, devices or units, and can be in electric, mechanical or other forms.

[0059] The units described as separate components can or can not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units can or can not be physical units, i.e., can be located in one place, or can be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purposes of the embodiments.

[0060] In addition, each functional unit in the various embodiments of the present application can be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit can exist physically, or two or more units can be integrated in one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

[0061] When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present application essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solutions can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a mobile terminal, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.

[0062] The above only describes the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not used to limit the present application. For those skilled in the art, the present application can have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A box lid device, characterized in that, The lid assembly includes a pressure ear assembly (2) and an opening clamp assembly (4). The pressure ear assembly (2) includes a drive motor (21), a thin sheet (22), a transmission component (23), and a support component (24). The output shaft of the drive motor (21) is connected to the transmission component (23), and the transmission component (23) can be connected to the support component (24) through a bearing; the thin plate (22) is connected to the transmission component (23); The supporting component (24) and the clamping assembly (4) can be fixedly installed on the horizontal plane of the production line; When the lid is closed, the pressure ear assembly (2) rotates, the thin sheet (22) flattens the raised opening on the packaging film, the pneumatic gripper closes the lid, and the pressure ear assembly (2) continues to rotate to pull out the thin sheet (22); The clamping assembly (4) includes a support member (41), a transmission member (42), and a clamping member (43). The transmission member (42) is fixedly connected to the support member (41), and the clamping member (43) is fixedly connected to the output end of the transmission member (42). The clamping assembly (4) also includes a limiting module (44), which is used to limit the spatial position of the workpiece to be processed during the operation of the clamping assembly (4). The lid device also includes a lifting assembly (5), which includes a lifting motor (51) and a lifting panel (52). 52), the lifting panel (52) can move vertically or horizontally by the lifting motor (51); the lifting assembly (5) also includes a limiting block (53), which can be hydraulically telescopically mounted on the lifting panel (52); the lifting assembly (5) also includes a limiting block (53), which can be used to restrict the planar movement of the workpiece (3); the lifting assembly (5) also includes a limiting flange (54), which is used to restrict the position of the workpiece (3).

2. The lid device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The box cover device also includes a robotic gripper (1), which includes a pneumatic gripper (11) and a vacuum suction cup (12). The pneumatic gripper (11) is fixedly arranged on the vacuum suction cup (12) in a circumferential direction.

3. An automated production line comprising a lid device as described in any one of claims 1-2 and a belt conveyor assembly (6), the belt conveyor assembly (6) being capable of conveying the workpiece (3) to the work position.

4. The automated production line according to claim 3, characterized in that, The belt conveyor assembly (6) is able to position and lock the workpiece (3) during operation.

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