Tray exchange device for discharging of winding machine and operation method of tray exchange device

Abstract

The tray exchange device comprises a feeding mechanism, a tray storage frame, a tray taking mechanism and a tray grabbing mechanism, the feeding mechanism is installed on the left side of an n-shaped frame, the n-shaped frame is fixedly connected to a workbench, the tray storage frame is placed on the front side of the feeding mechanism, and the tray taking mechanism is arranged on the right side of the n-shaped frame. The tray taking mechanism is installed on the tray taking rack and located on the right side of the tray storage frame, two tray containing grooves capable of moving left and right are formed in the right side of the tray taking rack, and the tray taking mechanism can take trays out of the tray storage frame or put the trays into the tray storage frame. The tray grabbing mechanism is installed on the n-shaped frame and can move left and right and grab or put the trays into the tray grabbing and taking mechanism, and the tray grabbing mechanism can place the trays into the tray containing grooves or take the trays out of the tray containing grooves. According to the invention, the exchange between empty trays and fully loaded trays can be realized, the efficiency can be greatly improved, the labor intensity is reduced, and the problem of low efficiency caused by shutdown is avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a pallet exchange device for winding machine discharging and an operating method thereof, belonging to the technical field of automatic exchange of pallets for winding machine discharging. Background Art

[0002] After the winding machine winds the ceramic inductor, it will discharge the material onto a placement plate on a tray. The existing operation method is to manually remove the empty tray from the tray basket and place it on the discharge placement position of the winding machine. When the placement plate on the tray is full, the equipment automatically alarms and stops. The full tray is manually removed and replaced with a new empty tray, resulting in low efficiency, time and labor. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a pallet exchange device for material discharging of a winding machine and an operating method thereof, so as to solve the problems existing in the above-mentioned prior art.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the present invention is: a pallet exchange device for winding machine discharging, including a feeding mechanism, a pallet storage frame, a pallet picking mechanism and a pallet grabbing mechanism. The feeding mechanism is installed on the left side of the door frame, the door frame is fixedly connected to the workbench, the pallet storage frame is placed in front of the feeding mechanism, the pallet picking mechanism is installed on the pallet picking machine frame and is located on the right side of the pallet storage frame, two pallet placement slots that can move left and right are provided on the right side of the pallet picking frame, the pallet picking mechanism can take out or put pallets into or into the pallet storage frame, the pallet grabbing mechanism is installed on the door frame and can move left and right and grab or put pallets into the grab pallet picking mechanism, and the pallet grabbing mechanism can place the pallet into or take it out of the pallet placement slot.

[0005] Furthermore, the above-mentioned feeding mechanism includes a bracket frame and a vertical linear moving module. The bracket frame is installed on a slider on the front side of the vertical linear moving module. The bracket frame can be moved downward from the top to be placed into the tray storage frame, and the right side is open. The opening width can ensure that the tray picking mechanism can extend into the picking tray.

[0006] Furthermore, the above-mentioned pallet storage frame includes a top panel, a bottom panel and side panels. The left and right ends of the top panel and the bottom panel are respectively fixedly connected to two side panels. Two groups of card slots are provided on the corresponding inner sides of the two side panels. The two groups of card slots can embed multiple pallets. A limiting platform is provided on the left side of the two groups of card slots, and a handle is provided on the top surface of the top panel.

[0007] Furthermore, the above-mentioned pallet picking mechanism includes a pallet temporary placement table and a left and right linear moving mechanism. The pallet temporary placement table is cantilevered and connected to the slider 2 of the left and right linear moving mechanism. The pallet temporary placement table can be extended into the pallet storage frame to hold up the pallet and its front and rear width is smaller than the front and rear width of the pallet.

[0008] Furthermore, the above-mentioned pallet temporary storage table includes a base plate and a positioning platform. The right end of the base plate is fixedly connected to the slider 2, the positioning platform is fixedly connected to the top of the base plate and the left end face is located on the left side of the slider 2, and the base plate is located on the left side of the positioning platform and is provided with multiple left-right facing strip-shaped through holes.

[0009] Furthermore, the above-mentioned left and right linear moving mechanism includes a cantilever pushing plate and a horizontal telescopic cylinder. The front end of the cantilever pushing plate is vertically fixedly connected to the slider 2, and the bottom of the rear end of the cantilever pushing plate is fixedly connected to the cylinder rod connecting seat. The cylinder rod of the horizontal telescopic cylinder is connected to the cylinder rod connecting seat, and the cylinder seat of the horizontal telescopic cylinder is fixedly connected to the cylinder seat frame. The cylinder seat frame is fixedly connected to the workbench, and the bottom plate is fixedly connected to the top of the cantilever pushing plate.

[0010] Furthermore, the above-mentioned pallet grabbing mechanism includes a pallet clamp, a pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism and a grabbing horizontal linear motion mechanism, the pallet clamp is installed on the pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism, and the pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism is installed on the grabbing horizontal linear motion mechanism.

[0011] Furthermore, the above-mentioned pallet clamp adopts pneumatic fingers, and the clamping fingers at the bottom are set as a symmetrical outward vertical bending structure. The base of the pallet clamp is fixedly connected to the L-shaped fixed plate, and the fixed plate is fixedly connected to the slide of the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism.

[0012] Furthermore, the pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism adopts a rodless cylinder motion mechanism, and a travel switch is installed on one side of the pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism.

[0013] The pallet is then moved to the right by the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism, and the pallet clamp is controlled to move upward, and the pallet clamp is controlled to move right to the top of the pallet placement slot on the right side, and the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism moves the pallet clamp downward to the pallet placement slot, and the pallet clamp releases the pallet, places the pallet on the pallet placement slot on the right side, and moves the pallet placement slot to the appropriate position for discharging and filling. The pallet temporary table moves to the initial position, and the vertical linear moving module moves the third pallet of the pallet storage frame to the pallet grabbing position, and the temporary storage table grabs the third pallet in the basket, and performs the above-mentioned reciprocating motion until the exchange of all empty pallets and full pallets is completed.

[0014] Beneficial effects of the present invention: Compared with the prior art, the present invention can realize the exchange of empty pallets and fully loaded pallets, which can greatly improve efficiency, reduce labor intensity, and avoid the problem of low efficiency caused by downtime. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the automatic tray exchange device for winding machine discharge; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the pallet storage rack; Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the tray clamp structure; Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the automatic tray exchange device for winding machine arrangement. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0017] The material handling device of embodiment 1 is a kind of material handling device of embodiment 2, and the material handling device of embodiment 3 is a kind of material handling device of embodiment 1. The material handling device of embodiment 2 is a kind of material handling device of embodiment 3. The material handling device of embodiment 1 is a kind of material handling device of embodiment 2. The material handling device of embodiment 2 is a kind of material handling device of embodiment 3. The material handling device of embodiment 3 is a kind of material handling device of embodiment 4. The material handling device of embodiment 1 is a kind of material handling device of embodiment 2.

[0018] Among them, the feeding mechanism 1 includes a bracket frame 101 and a vertical linear moving module 102. The bracket frame 101 is installed on a slider 1 on the front side of the vertical linear moving module 102. The bracket frame 101 can be moved downward from the top to place the tray storage frame 2, and the right side is open. The opening width can ensure that the tray picking mechanism 3 extends into the picking tray. The vertical linear moving module 102 is driven by a servo motor 103. The servo motor 103 is set at the top of the vertical linear moving module 102. The bracket frame 101 is lifted and lowered after being decelerated by the transmission 104. The movement is precise and stable. The frame structure of the bracket frame is lighter. When the tray storage frame (tray basket) can be stored, a weight reduction setting is achieved, which is more conducive to lifting control and reduces energy consumption.

[0019] In order to achieve the light weight of the pallet storage frame, the pallet storage frame 2 includes a top plate 201, a bottom plate 202 and a side plate 203. The left and right ends of the top plate 201 and the bottom plate 202 are fixedly connected to the two side plates 203 respectively. Two groups of card slots 204 are provided on the corresponding inner sides of the two side plates 203. The two groups of card slots 204 can embed multiple pallets 9. A limiting platform 205 is provided on the left side of the two groups of card slots 204. A handle 206 is provided on the top surface of the top plate 201. The setting of the limiting platform can realize the rapid positioning of the pallet and can cooperate with the pallet limitation during the pushing process of the pallet temporary platform to avoid the displacement of the pallet caused by pushing, and then the inaccurate placement position on the pallet temporary platform. Two groups of card slots are provided, the card connection is stable and reliable, and the upper and lower distribution arrangements are convenient for taking and placing the pallet temporary platform. The overall frame structure is light in weight and easy to lift and lower.

[0020] Among them, the pallet retrieval mechanism 3 includes a pallet temporary placement table 301 and a left and right linear moving mechanism 302. The pallet temporary placement table 301 is cantilevered and connected to the slider 2 of the left and right linear moving mechanism 302. The pallet temporary placement table 301 can be extended into the pallet storage frame 2 to hold up the pallet 9 and its front and rear width is smaller than the front and rear width of the pallet 9. Through the pallet temporary placement table, the left and right linear moving mechanism 302 is controlled to move left and right, and in conjunction with the lifting of the pallet, it can be extended into the pallet storage frame to retrieve the pallet, making retrieval convenient and quick.

[0021] In order to simplify the structure of the pallet temporary placement table, the pallet temporary placement table 301 includes a base plate 303 and a positioning table 304. The right end of the base plate 303 is fixedly connected to the slider 2, and the positioning table 304 is fixedly connected to the top of the base plate 303 and the left end face is located on the left side of the slider 2. The base plate 303 is located on the left side of the positioning table 304 and a plurality of left and right facing strip through holes 305 are provided. The use of strip through holes can increase the effective contact surface and improve the placement stability. The positioning table is used for positioning. During the process of feeding the base plate, the positioning table can be brought into contact with the right end of the pallet for positioning, thereby achieving precise placement of the pallet.

[0022] Among them, the left and right linear moving mechanism 302 includes a cantilever pushing plate 306 and a horizontal telescopic cylinder 307. The front end of the cantilever pushing plate 306 is vertically fixedly connected to the slider 2, and the bottom of the rear end of the cantilever pushing plate 306 is fixedly connected to the cylinder rod connecting seat 308. The cylinder rod of the horizontal telescopic cylinder 307 is connected to the cylinder rod connecting seat 308, and the cylinder seat of the horizontal telescopic cylinder 307 is fixedly connected to the cylinder seat frame. The cylinder seat frame is fixedly connected to the workbench 6. The bottom plate 303 is fixedly connected to the top of the cantilever pushing plate 306. The power is led to the rear side through the cantilever pushing plate, the structure is simplified, the occupied space is reduced, and the directional movement of the cantilever pushing plate can be realized. The horizontal telescopic cylinder 307 can also be replaced by an electric push rod.

[0023] Among them, the pallet grabbing mechanism 4 includes a pallet clamp 401, a pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism 402 and a grabbing horizontal linear moving mechanism 403. The pallet clamp 401 is installed on the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism 402, and the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism 402 is installed on the grabbing horizontal linear moving mechanism 403. After the pallet is clamped by the pallet clamp, the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism 402 and the grabbing horizontal linear moving mechanism 403 are used to realize horizontal lateral movement and vertical movement, thereby accurately controlling the pallet clamp to move to the pallet temporary storage table and the placement slot; the grabbing horizontal linear moving mechanism 403 includes a horizontal sliding plate 407, a slider guide pair 408, a screw nut pair 409 and a servo motor 2 410. The horizontal sliding plate 407 is a vertical bar structure, which is connected to the top of the door frame 5 through a slider guide pair 408 near the rear side of the upper end. A nut seat is fixedly connected to the rear side of the horizontal sliding plate 407 above the slider guide pair 408. The nut seat is fixedly connected to the nut of the screw nut pair 409. Both ends of the screw of the screw nut pair 409 are connected to the door frame 5 through bearing seats, and the right end of the screw extends out of the bearing seat and is connected to the transmission 2 411. The transmission 2 411 is connected to the servo motor 2 410 through a synchronous belt mechanism 412. The transmission 2 411 is installed on the door frame 5. The servo motor 2 410 is installed on the top of the transmission 2 411. The horizontal sliding plate is driven to move left and right by the servo motor 2 to achieve precise left and right positioning of the pallet clamp.

[0024] In order to simplify the structure, the pallet clamp 401 adopts pneumatic fingers, and the clamping fingers at the bottom are set as a symmetrical outward vertical bending structure. The base of the pallet clamp 401 is fixedly connected to the L-shaped fixed plate 404, and the fixed plate 404 is fixedly connected to the slide of the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism 402. The vertically bent clamping fingers can accommodate wider pallets for clamping.

[0025] In order to simplify the structure, the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism 402 adopts a rodless cylinder moving mechanism. In order to achieve safety limit, a limit switch 405 is installed on one side of the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism 402. When the limit switch 405 touches the stop block 406 installed on the side of the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism, it automatically stops the movement, thereby achieving precise positioning of the pallet clamp moving downward.

[0026] The pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism is used to move the pallet clamp upwards, and the pallet clamp is controlled to move the pallet clamp rightwards to above the pallet placement slot on the right side, and the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism is used to move the pallet clamp downwards to the pallet placement slot, and the pallet clamp releases the pallet, places the pallet on the pallet placement slot on the right side and moves the pallet placement slot to the appropriate position for discharging and filling. The pallet temporary table moves back to its initial position, and the vertical linear moving module moves the third pallet of the pallet storage frame to the pallet grabbing position, and the temporary storage table grabs the third pallet in the basket, and performs the above-mentioned reciprocating motion until the exchange of all empty pallets and full pallets is completed.

[0027] The two placement positions of the tray placement slot are staggered for tray placement and retrieval.

[0028] The above description is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, which should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharging, characterized in that: The invention comprises a feeding mechanism (1), a pallet storage frame (2), a pallet picking mechanism (3) and a pallet grabbing mechanism (4), wherein the feeding mechanism (1) is mounted on the left side of a door frame (5), the door frame (5) is fixedly connected to a workbench (6), the pallet storage frame (2) is placed in front of the feeding mechanism (1), the pallet picking mechanism (3) is mounted on a pallet picking frame (7) and is located on the right side of the pallet storage frame (2), two pallet placement slots (8) that can move left and right are arranged on the right side of the pallet picking frame (7), the pallet picking mechanism (3) can take out or put a pallet (9) into the pallet storage frame (2), the pallet grabbing mechanism (4) is mounted on the door frame (5) and can move left and right and grab or put a pallet (9) into the grab pallet picking mechanism (3), and the pallet grabbing mechanism (4) can place a pallet (9) into or take it out of the pallet placement slot (8).

2. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding mechanism (1) comprises a bracket frame (101) and a vertical linear moving module (102). The bracket frame (101) is mounted on a slider on the front side of the vertical linear moving module (102). The bracket frame (101) can be moved downward from the top to be placed into the tray storage frame (2). The right side is open, and the width of the opening can ensure that the tray picking mechanism (3) can extend into the tray picking frame.

3. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 1, characterized in that: The tray storage frame (2) comprises a top plate (201), a bottom plate (202) and side plates (203); the top plate (201) and the bottom plate (202) are respectively fixedly connected to two side plates (203) at their left and right ends; two groups of card slots (204) are provided on the corresponding inner sides of the two side plates (203); the two groups of card slots (204) can be embedded with a plurality of trays (9); a limiting platform (205) is provided on the left side of the two groups of card slots (204); and a handle (206) is provided on the top surface of the top plate (201).

4. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 2, characterized in that: The tray picking mechanism (3) comprises a tray temporary placement platform (301) and a left-right linear moving mechanism (302). The tray temporary placement platform (301) is cantilevered and connected to a slider 2 of the left-right linear moving mechanism (302). The tray temporary placement platform (301) can be extended into the tray storage frame (2) to hold up the tray (9), and the front-to-back width of the tray (9) is smaller than the front-to-back width of the tray (9).

5. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 4, characterized in that: The tray temporary placement table (301) comprises a bottom plate (303) and a positioning table (304); the right end of the bottom plate (303) is fixedly connected to the second slide block; the positioning table (304) is fixedly connected to the top of the bottom plate (303) and the left end surface is located on the left side of the second slide block; the bottom plate (303) is located on the left side of the positioning table (304) and is provided with a plurality of left-right oriented strip-shaped through holes (305).

6. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 5, characterized in that: The left-right linear moving mechanism (302) comprises a cantilever push plate (306) and a horizontal telescopic cylinder (307). The front end of the cantilever push plate (306) is vertically fixedly connected to the slider 2. The bottom of the rear end of the cantilever push plate (306) is fixedly connected to a cylinder rod connecting seat (308). The cylinder rod of the horizontal telescopic cylinder (307) is connected to the cylinder rod connecting seat (308). The cylinder seat of the horizontal telescopic cylinder (307) is fixedly connected to a cylinder seat frame. The cylinder seat frame is fixedly connected to the workbench (6). The bottom plate (303) is fixedly connected to the top of the cantilever push plate (306).

7. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pallet grabbing mechanism (4) comprises a pallet clamp (401), a pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism (402) and a grabbing horizontal linear motion mechanism (403); the pallet clamp (401) is mounted on the pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism (402), and the pneumatic vertical linear motion mechanism (402) is mounted on the grabbing horizontal linear motion mechanism (403).

8. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 7, characterized in that: The pallet clamp (401) adopts pneumatic fingers, and the clamping fingers at the bottom are arranged as symmetrical outward vertical bending structures. The base of the pallet clamp (401) is fixedly connected to an L-shaped fixing plate (404), and the fixing plate (404) is fixedly connected to a slide plate of the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism (402).

9. A pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 7, characterized in that: The pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism (402) adopts a rodless cylinder moving mechanism, and a travel switch (405) is installed on one side of the pneumatic vertical linear moving mechanism (402).

10. The method for operating a pallet exchange device for winding machine discharge according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method is as follows: first, the horizontal telescopic cylinder controls the pallet temporary placement table to move to the left, cooperates with the vertical linear movement module to move up and down, enters under the designated pallet to be taken out, and then cooperates with the vertical linear movement module to move upward to lift the pallet, controls the horizontal telescopic cylinder to make the pallet temporary placement table move to the right, takes out the pallet from the pallet storage frame, and then the grabbing horizontal linear movement mechanism drives the pallet clamp to move to the left to above the pallet on the pallet temporary placement table, moves the pallet clamp downward through the pneumatic vertical linear movement mechanism, moves to the designated position and touches the travel switch to stop, controls the pallet clamp to clamp the pallet on the pallet temporary placement table, moves the pallet clamp upward through the pneumatic vertical linear movement mechanism, controls the grabbing horizontal linear movement mechanism to move the pallet clamp to the right to above the pallet placement slot on the right, the pneumatic vertical linear movement mechanism moves the pallet clamp downward to the pallet placement slot, the pallet clamp releases the pallet, places the pallet on the pallet placement slot on the right and moves the pallet placement slot to a suitable position for discharge and filling, and the pneumatic vertical linear movement mechanism The pallet storage frame is moved upward by the vertical linear moving module, and the second pallet of the pallet storage frame moves to the pallet grabbing position, and the pallet temporary placement table continues to grab the second pallet. After the pallet on the right pallet placement slot is full, the pallet clamp is controlled to place the second empty pallet grabbed on the left pallet placement slot, and the pallet clamp is controlled to take the full pallet from the right pallet placement slot and place it on the pallet temporary placement table, and the pallet placement slot is moved to a suitable position for discharge and filling. The vertical linear moving module drives the pallet storage frame to move downward until the first pallet storage position of the pallet storage frame is consistent with the height of the pallet temporary placement table, the pallet temporary placement table moves to the left to place the full pallet in the first position of the pallet storage frame, controls the pallet temporary placement table to return to the initial position, and the vertical linear moving module moves the third pallet of the pallet storage frame to the pallet grabbing position, and the temporary storage table grabs the third pallet in the basket, and performs the aforementioned reciprocating motion until the exchange of all empty pallets and fully loaded pallets is completed.

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