Automatic assembling equipment for U-shaped nuts and fasteners

Abstract

According to the technical scheme, the automatic assembling equipment for the U-shaped nut and the fastener is characterized by comprising a supporting base; the sliding rail is fixedly connected to the top of the supporting seat and is horizontally arranged in the length direction; the sliding saddle is arranged at the top of the sliding rail and can slide on the sliding rail in the length direction of the sliding rail; the tray is detachably connected to the top of the sliding saddle, and a positioning hole for positioning the fastener is formed in the tray; the clamping piece is arranged at one end of the sliding rail, the clamping piece can slide in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the sliding rail, and the clamping piece is used for clamping the U-shaped nut; through the arrangement of the clamping piece and the sliding saddle, the tray can be automatically moved to the position below the clamping piece, press fitting of the U-shaped nut and the fastener is achieved through the clamping piece, manual press fitting operation is not needed, more time and labor are saved, and the press fitting efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of workpiece assembly, and more particularly to automatic assembly equipment for U-shaped nuts and fasteners. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous development of science and technology, the scope of application of automation equipment is getting wider and wider, and all walks of life are developing in the direction of intelligence and automation. It is a general trend to replace time-consuming, labor-intensive, dangerous and repetitive work with intelligence and automation.

[0003] For U-shaped nuts, when assembling, the U-shaped nuts and fasteners need to be pressed together. In the traditional production process, the U-shaped nuts and fasteners are mostly pressed together manually, which makes the prior art have the problems of time-consuming, labor-intensive assembly process and low assembly efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an automated assembly equipment for U-shaped nuts and fasteners, which, through the setting of clamping members and saddles, can automatically move the tray under the clamping members and press-fit the U-shaped nuts and fasteners through the clamping members. No manual press-fitting operation is required, which saves time and effort and improves the efficiency of press-fitting.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: an automatic assembly device for U-shaped nuts and fasteners, comprising a support seat; A slide rail, which is fixedly connected to the top of the support seat and is arranged horizontally in the length direction; A saddle, which is arranged on the top of the slide rail and can slide on the slide rail in the length direction of the slide rail; A tray, the tray is detachably connected to the top of the saddle, and the tray is provided with positioning holes for positioning the fasteners; And a clamping piece, which is arranged at one end of the slide rail and can slide in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the slide rail, and is used to clamp the U-shaped nut.

[0006] The present invention is further configured as follows: two slide rails are provided, and slide saddles are provided on both slide rails.

[0007] The present invention is further configured to include a feeding mechanism, which is used to transport the U-shaped nuts to one end of the two slide rails close to the clamping member, and the feeding mechanism is located in the middle position between the two slide rails.

[0008] The present invention is further configured as follows: a tooling seat is fixedly connected to the top of the tray, the tooling seat is horizontally arranged in the length direction, a positioning hole is arranged on the top of the tooling seat, and each tooling seat is provided with a plurality of positioning holes arranged along the length direction of the tooling seat.

[0009] The present invention is further configured as follows: four limit blocks are arranged near the four corners on the top of the slide saddle, and a positioning pin is arranged on the top of at least one pair of two limit blocks arranged diagonally; Four pin tubes are arranged near the four corners of the tray, and the four pin tubes correspond to four limit blocks respectively. The positioning pins on the limit blocks can pass upward through the corresponding pin tubes.

[0010] The present invention is further configured as follows: two handles are fixedly connected to both sides of the top of the tray.

[0011] The present invention is further configured as follows: a plurality of tooling seats are provided on the top of the tray, and when the tray is fixed on the top of the slide saddle, the length direction of the tooling seats is parallel to the length direction of the slide rail; The multiple tooling seats on the top of the tray are arranged in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the tooling seats.

[0012] The present invention is further configured as follows: it also includes a lifting seat, the clamping member is arranged at the bottom of the lifting seat, there are multiple clamping members, the arrangement direction of the multiple clamping members is parallel to the arrangement direction of the multiple tooling seats, and the multiple clamping members correspond to the multiple tooling seats respectively.

[0013] The present invention is further configured as follows: the clamping member comprises two clamping plates, and the two clamping plates slide towards and away from each other along the arrangement direction of the clamping member to achieve clamping and loosening of the U-shaped nut; And a clamping claw cylinder, wherein the clamping claw cylinder is fixedly connected to the lifting seat, and two clamping claws of the clamping claw cylinder are respectively fixedly connected to two clamping plates.

[0014] The present invention is further configured as follows: it also includes a crossbeam, the crossbeam is arranged above the two slide rails and the length direction of the crossbeam is arranged along the arrangement direction of the two slide rails; and a sliding plate, wherein the sliding plate can slide on the cross beam along the length direction of the cross beam, the lifting seat is arranged on the sliding plate, and the lifting seat slides up and down on the sliding plate.

[0015] To sum up, compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: through the setting of the clamping part and the saddle, the present invention can automatically move the pallet under the clamping part and realize the press-fitting of the U-shaped nut and the fastener through the clamping part, without the need for manual press-fitting operation, which saves time and labor and improves the efficiency of press-fitting. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an embodiment; Figure 2 for Figure 1 A magnified schematic diagram of part A; Figure 3 for Figure 1 A magnified schematic diagram of part B; Figure 4 A schematic diagram of a sliding saddle is shown in an embodiment; Figure 5 for Figure 4 An enlarged schematic diagram of the C portion; Figure 6 A schematic diagram of a tray of an embodiment; Figure 7 FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a clamping member according to an embodiment.

[0017] In the figure: 1. support seat; 11. crossbeam; 12. support rod; 13. fixing plate; 131. clearance hole; 14. lighting lamp; 15. mounting seat; 16. camera; 2. clamping piece; 21. clamping plate; 211. slot; 3. slide rail; 4. slide saddle; 41. limit block; 42. positioning pin; 5. tray; 51. tooling seat; 511. positioning hole; 52. pin tube; 53. handle; 6. feeding mechanism; 7. sliding plate; 71. lifting seat; 10. U-shaped nut; 101. fastener. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the technical solution of the present invention is clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in this application, other similar embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work should all fall within the scope of protection of this application. In addition, the directional words mentioned in the following embodiments, such as "up", "down", "left", "right", etc., are only reference to the directions of the accompanying drawings. Therefore, the directional words used are used to illustrate rather than limit the invention.

[0019] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments.

[0020] Embodiment: A U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly device, see attached Figure 1 -Attached Figure 7, including a support seat 1, a slide rail 3, a saddle 4, a tray 5 and a clamp 2; the slide rail 3 is fixedly connected to the top of the support seat 1 and is horizontally arranged in the length direction; the saddle 4 is arranged on the top of the slide rail 3 and can slide on the slide rail 3 in the length direction of the slide rail 3; the tray 5 is detachably connected to the top of the saddle 4, and a positioning hole 511 for positioning the fastener 101 is arranged on the tray 5; the clamp 2 is arranged at one end of the slide rail 3, and the clamp 2 can slide in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the slide rail 3, and the clamp 2 is used to clamp the U-shaped nut 10.

[0021] When in use, the fastener 101 is placed on the tray 5, and then the tray 5 is fixed on the top of the saddle 4. The saddle 4 slides on the slide rail 3 to slide the tray 5 to the end of the slide rail 3 close to the clamp 2. The clamp 2 then clamps the U-shaped nut 10, and the clamp 2 slides in the horizontal and vertical directions to complete the press-fitting between the U-shaped nut 10 and the fastener 101.

[0022] Specifically, two slide rails 3 are provided, and slide saddles 4 are provided on both slide rails 3 .

[0023] Specifically, the present embodiment further includes a feeding mechanism 6 , which is used to transport the U-shaped nuts 10 to one end of the two slide rails 3 close to the clamping member 2 , and the feeding mechanism 6 is located in the middle position between the two slide rails 3 .

[0024] The feeding end of the feeding mechanism 6 is located at the end of the feeding mechanism 6 away from the slide rail 3, and the unloading end is located at the end of the feeding mechanism 6 close to the two slide rails 3. The U-shaped nut 10 is transferred between the two slide rails 3 by the feeding mechanism 6, and the slide saddle 4 on the two slide rails 3 drives the tray 5 carrying the fastener 101 to move to the end of the slide rail 3 close to the clamping member 2 by sliding on the slide rail 3, and then the U-shaped nut 10 on the feeding mechanism 6 is clamped by the clamping member 2, and then the U-shaped nut 10 is moved to the top of the tray 5, and the U-shaped nut 10 is pressed onto the fastener 101 on the tray 5 by the downward movement of the clamping member 2, so as to realize the press-fitting between the two.

[0025] Specifically, a tooling seat 51 is fixedly connected to the top of the tray 5, the tooling seat 51 is horizontally arranged in the length direction, and a positioning hole 511 is arranged on the top of the tooling seat 51. Each tooling seat 51 is provided with a plurality of positioning holes 511 arranged along the length direction of the tooling seat 51. The bottom of the fastener 101 is a vertical square rod, and the positioning hole 511 is arranged as a square hole matching the square rod. The fastener 101 can be positioned by inserting the square rod of the fastener 101 into the positioning hole 511.

[0026] Specifically, four limit blocks 41 are arranged near the four corners on the top of the slide saddle 4, and a positioning pin 42 is arranged on the top of at least one pair of two diagonally arranged limit blocks 41; four pin tubes 52 are arranged near the four corners on the tray 5, and the four pin tubes 52 correspond to the four limit blocks 41 respectively, and the positioning pins 42 on the limit blocks 41 can pass upward through the corresponding pin tubes 52. Through the cooperation between the positioning pins 42 and the pin tubes 52, the tray 5 and the slide saddle 4 can be positioned, so as to ensure that the position of the fastener 101 on the tray 5 is determined during installation.

[0027] Specifically, two handles 53 are fixedly connected to both sides of the top of the tray 5 . The arrangement of the handles 53 facilitates the taking and placing of the tray 5 on the saddle 4 .

[0028] Specifically, a plurality of tooling seats 51 are provided on the top of the tray 5. When the tray 5 is fixed on the top of the slide saddle 4, the length direction of the tooling seat 51 is parallel to the length direction of the slide rail 3. The plurality of tooling seats 51 on the top of the tray 5 are arranged in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the tooling seat 51.

[0029] Specifically, this embodiment also includes a lifting seat 71, the clamping member 2 is arranged at the bottom of the lifting seat 71, and there are multiple clamping members 2. The arrangement direction of the multiple clamping members 2 is parallel to the arrangement direction of the multiple tooling seats 51, and the multiple clamping members 2 correspond to the multiple tooling seats 51 respectively.

[0030] By disposing a plurality of tooling seats 51 and a plurality of clamping members 2 , a single lifting of the lifting seat 71 can complete the press-fitting of the fasteners 101 on the plurality of tooling seats 51 and the U-shaped nuts 10 on the plurality of clamping members 2 .

[0031] Specifically, the clamping member 2 includes two clamping plates 21 and a clamping claw cylinder. The two clamping plates 21 slide towards and away from each other along the arrangement direction of the clamping member 2 to achieve the clamping and loosening of the U-shaped nut 10; the clamping claw cylinder is fixedly connected to the lifting seat 71, and the two clamping claws of the clamping claw cylinder are respectively fixedly connected to the two clamping plates 21.

[0032] Specifically, the two sides of the U-shaped nut 10 are side edges, and correspondingly, grooves 211 respectively matching with the side edges are provided on the side where the two clamping plates 21 are close to each other. When the two clamping plates 21 clamp the U-shaped nut 10, the side edges on both sides of the U-shaped nut 10 can be respectively inserted into the two grooves 211 to prevent the U-shaped nut 10 from falling off the two clamping plates 21.

[0033] Specifically, this embodiment also includes a crossbeam 11 and a sliding plate 7, wherein the crossbeam 11 is arranged above the two slide rails 3 and the length direction of the crossbeam 11 is arranged along the arrangement direction of the two slide rails 3; the sliding plate 7 can slide on the crossbeam 11 along the length direction of the crossbeam 11, and the lifting seat 71 is arranged on the sliding plate 7, and the lifting seat 71 slides up and down on the sliding plate 7.

[0034] Specifically, the sliding of the sliding plate 7 on the crossbeam 11 is achieved through a linear module, and the up and down sliding of the lifting seat 71 on the sliding plate 7 is achieved through a lead screw and a nut.

[0035] Specifically, both ends of the cross beam 11 are fixedly connected with vertically arranged support rods 12 , and one bottom end of the support rod 12 is fixedly connected to the top of the support seat 1 .

[0036] Specifically, a lighting assembly is provided between the two beams 11, and the lighting assembly includes a fixing plate 13, the two ends of which are fixedly connected to the two support rods 12, respectively, and a clearance hole 131 vertically penetrating the fixing plate 13 is provided in the middle of the fixing plate 13, and the clamping plate 21 can pass through the clearance hole 131 to grab the U-shaped nut 10 on the feeding mechanism 6, and can also pass the grabbed U-shaped two nuts downward through the clearance hole 131 and press-fit on the fastener 101 on the tray 5. A lighting lamp 14 fixedly connected to the bottom of the fixing plate 13 is provided around the clearance hole 131, and the lighting lamp 14 is used to realize the lighting of the feeding mechanism 6 and the tray 5.

[0037] Specifically, a camera 16 is also provided on the cross beam 11, and the camera 16 is used to obtain images of the feeding mechanism 6 and the tray 5 located below the clearance hole 131, so that the computer can determine based on the image whether the feeding mechanism 6 has delivered the U-shaped nut 10 to the right position, whether there is a fastener 101 on the tray 5 in the installation position, and whether a U-shaped nut is installed on the fastener 101.

[0038] Specifically, the camera 16 is fixedly connected to the mounting seat 15, and the mounting seat 15 can slide on the beam 11 along the length direction of the beam 11, so that the camera 16 can switch the position between the feeding mechanism 6 and the two trays 5; specifically, the mounting seat 15 is driven to move by the linear module on the beam 11.

[0039] Specifically, the transmission mechanism is configured as a conveyor belt, and the operator stacks the U-shaped nuts 10 on the conveyor belt at the loading end of the conveyor mechanism. The number of U-shaped nuts 10 stacked in a row on the conveyor belt is equal to the number of multiple clamps 2 on the lifting seat 71, thereby facilitating multiple clamps 2 to clamp multiple U-shaped nuts 10 at the same time.

[0040] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. All technical solutions under the concept of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this technical field, some improvements and modifications without departing from the principle of the present invention should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic assembly equipment for U-shaped nuts and fasteners, characterized in that: It comprises a support base (1); A slide rail (3), wherein the slide rail (3) is fixedly connected to the top of the support seat (1) and is arranged horizontally in the length direction; A slide saddle (4), wherein the slide saddle (4) is arranged on the top of the slide rail (3) and is capable of sliding on the slide rail (3) in the length direction of the slide rail (3); A tray (5), the tray (5) being detachably connected to the top of the slide saddle (4), and the tray (5) being provided with a positioning hole (511) for positioning the fastener (101); And a clamping member (2), wherein the clamping member (2) is arranged at one end of the slide rail (3), and the clamping member (2) can slide in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the slide rail (3), and the clamping member (2) is used to clamp the U-shaped nut (10).

2. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The slide rails (3) are provided with two, and the two slide rails (3) are provided with slide saddles (4).

3. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: It also includes a feeding mechanism (6) for conveying the U-shaped nut (10) to one end of the two slide rails (3) close to the clamping member (2), and the feeding mechanism (6) is located in the middle position between the two slide rails (3).

4. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 3, characterized in that: A tooling seat (51) is fixedly connected to the top of the tray (5), the tooling seat (51) is arranged horizontally in the length direction, a positioning hole (511) is arranged on the top of the tooling seat (51), and each tooling seat (51) is provided with a plurality of positioning holes (511) arranged along the length direction of the tooling seat (51) at the top.

5. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: Four limit blocks (41) are arranged at the top of the slide saddle (4) near the four corners, and a positioning pin (42) is arranged at the top of at least one pair of diagonally arranged limit blocks (41); Four pin tubes (52) are arranged near the four corners of the tray (5), and the four pin tubes (52) correspond to four limit blocks (41) respectively. The positioning pins (42) on the limit blocks (41) can pass through the corresponding pin tubes (52) upwards.

6. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 5, characterized in that: Two handles (53) are fixedly connected to both sides of the top of the tray (5).

7. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that: A plurality of tooling seats (51) are arranged on the top of the tray (5); when the tray (5) is fixed on the top of the slide saddle (4), the length direction of the tooling seats (51) is parallel to the length direction of the slide rail (3); The plurality of tooling seats (51) on the top of the tray (5) are arranged in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the length direction of the tooling seats (51).

8. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 7, characterized in that: It also comprises a lifting seat (71), the clamping member (2) being arranged at the bottom of the lifting seat (71), a plurality of the clamping members (2) being arranged, the arrangement direction of the plurality of clamping members (2) being parallel to the arrangement direction of the plurality of tooling seats (51), and the plurality of clamping members (2) corresponding to the plurality of tooling seats (51) respectively.

9. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 8, characterized in that: The clamping member (2) comprises two clamping plates (21), and the two clamping plates (21) slide towards and away from each other along the arrangement direction of the clamping member (2) to achieve clamping and loosening of the U-shaped nut (10); and a clamping claw cylinder, wherein the clamping claw cylinder is fixedly connected to the lifting seat (71), and two clamping claws of the clamping claw cylinder are respectively fixedly connected to two clamping plates (21).

10. The U-shaped nut and fastener automated assembly equipment according to claim 9, characterized in that: It also comprises a crossbeam (11), wherein the crossbeam (11) is arranged above the two slide rails (3) and the length direction of the crossbeam (11) is arranged along the arrangement direction of the two slide rails (3); and a sliding plate (7), wherein the sliding plate (7) can slide on the cross beam (11) along the length direction of the cross beam (11); the lifting seat (71) is arranged on the sliding plate (7), and the lifting seat (71) slides up and down on the sliding plate (7).

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