Multifunctional automatic tooth socket locking equipment

Abstract

The invention discloses a multifunctional automatic tooth socket locking device which comprises a working machine table, and the working machine table is provided with a feeding unit, a feeding station, a wire twisting unit, a detection unit and a discharging unit, and the feeding station, the wire twisting unit, the detection unit and the discharging unit are sequentially arranged around the feeding unit; through the feeding unit, and the wire twisting unit, the detection unit and the discharging unit which are arranged around the feeding unit, the machining process of feeding, assembling, detecting and discharging of product thread sleeve machining can be achieved; the machining effects of automatic material taking, assembling and tail punching of thread sleeve machining are achieved through the twisting unit of a three-axis driving structure; efficient automation is achieved in the machining process, and the machining efficiency and the machining quality can be effectively guaranteed; the secondary detection effect after the thread sleeve is machined can be achieved through the detection unit, and the high-precision machining effect of thread sleeve machining can be ensured; and the assembling equipment can adapt to assembling work of various types of products and various sizes of threaded sleeves, and has the advantages of being high in machining adaptability and wide in machining range.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of threaded sleeve assembly and processing, and relates to a multifunctional automatic locking tooth sleeve device. Background Art

[0002] The threaded insert is an internal threaded fastener. It is a spring-shaped external threaded concentric body made by precisely processing high-strength, high-precision, smooth-surfaced cold-rolled stainless steel wire. It is mainly used to enhance and protect the internal threads of low-strength materials. The principle is to form an elastic connection between the screw and the internal threads of the base, eliminate thread manufacturing errors, and improve the connection strength.

[0003] In the process of product assembly, it is often necessary to install the screw sleeve. It is necessary to first put the screw sleeve into the installation wrench, use the wrench to position the screw sleeve and install the screw sleeve into the workpiece to complete the installation. This manual installation method is extremely inefficient, labor-intensive, and has low installation accuracy. Therefore, equipment with semi-automatic screw sleeve assembly has emerged, for example: Chinese invention patent, CN202120648796.7 A semi-automatic screw sleeve installation device, which replaces the installation tool with a movable arm, and then replaces the manual force with a servo motor drive to achieve the effect of semi-automatic processing; however, in the actual processing process, it still relies on manual operation to achieve processing, and work efficiency and installation accuracy are still difficult to guarantee in continuous processing work, and cannot meet the current market demand for efficient automation and high processing yield. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] A multifunctional automatic locking braces device comprises: a working machine, on which a feeding unit and a feeding position, a twisting unit, a detection unit and a feeding unit arranged in sequence around the feeding unit are arranged;

[0006] The feeding unit includes: a material transfer turntable and a driving mechanism for driving the material transfer turntable to rotate. The material transfer turntable is provided with at least four sets of material discharge seats to form four working positions.

[0007] The twisting wire unit includes: a twisting wire mechanism and a braces feeding mechanism for providing braces raw materials to the twisting wire unit; the twisting wire mechanism includes: a twisting wire three-axis module and a twisting wire screwdriver module installed on the twisting wire three-axis module; the twisting wire screwdriver module is driven by the twisting wire three-axis module to take out the braces from the braces feeding mechanism, and assembled to the inner hole of the product to be processed on the discharge seat, thereby completing the assembly of the braces;

[0008] The detection unit includes: a detection three-axis module and a detection head module installed on the detection three-axis module;

[0009] The blanking unit includes: a blanking mechanism and a clamping device; the blanking mechanism includes: a three-axis discharging module and a material-taking gripper mounted on the three-axis discharging module; the clamping device includes: a clamping push plate, a top cylinder for driving the clamping push plate to move upward, and an avoidance sliding module for driving the clamping push plate to move outward.

[0010] As a further aspect of the present invention: the loading unit further includes: a plurality of sets of loading sensors, which are fixed to the working table through brackets and are respectively arranged at the front positions of the loading position, the wire-twisting unit, and the detection unit.

[0011] As a further aspect of the present invention: both the wire-twisting bit module and the detection bit module include: a module substrate and a wire-twisting set mounted on the module substrate;

[0012] The wire-twisting set includes: a driving motor and a tooth sleeve bit mounted on the transmission shaft of the driving motor.

[0013] Both the wire-twisting bit module and the detection bit module include: a module substrate, a wire-twisting lifting module, a wire-twisting set, and a lifting cylinder;

[0014] The wire-twisting set is slidably mounted on the module substrate through the wire-twisting lifting module, and the wire-twisting set is driven to move up and down through the lifting cylinder;

[0015] Among them, the wire-twisting set includes: a driving motor and a tooth sleeve bit mounted on the transmission shaft of the driving motor.

[0016] As a further aspect of the present invention: the wire-twisting bit module and the detection bit module further include: a wire-twisting photoelectric sensor arranged on the module substrate.

[0017] As a further aspect of the present invention: the tooth sleeve feeding mechanism includes: a vibrating tray, a vibrating rail connected to the vibrating tray, and a tooth sleeve fixing air gripper arranged at the end of the vibrating rail;

[0018] The jaw opening of the tooth sleeve fixing air gripper faces the vibrating rail; feeding sensors are arranged on both sides of the tooth sleeve fixing air gripper.

[0019] As a further aspect of the present invention: the Z-axis of the three-axis discharging module in the blanking mechanism is a driving cylinder arranged downward; the material-taking gripper is mounted on the driving cylinder.

[0020] As a further aspect of the present invention: the clamping push plate has a "C" - shaped structure and is composed of a central plate and side plates formed on both sides of the central plate.

[0021] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: the loading unit and the torsion unit, the detection unit and the unloading unit arranged around the loading unit can realize the processing flow of loading, assembling, detecting and unloading of the product screw sleeve processing; the torsion unit with a three-axis drive structure can realize the processing effects of automatic material collection, assembly and tail punching of the screw sleeve processing; high-efficiency automation is achieved in the processing process, and the processing efficiency and processing quality can be effectively guaranteed; the detection unit can realize the secondary detection effect after the screw sleeve processing, which can ensure the high-precision processing effect of the screw sleeve processing and realize high-quality production; and the assembly equipment can adapt to the assembly work of screw sleeves of various types and sizes of products, and has the advantages of strong processing adaptability and a wide processing range. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the feeding unit in the present invention.

[0024] Figure 3 It is a schematic structural diagram of the torsion wire unit in the present invention.

[0025] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the detection unit in the present invention.

[0026] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the twist screw bit module and the detection bit in the present invention.

[0027] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic diagram of the braces feeding mechanism in the present invention.

[0028] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of the material unloading unit in the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. It should be understood that the present application is not limited to the example embodiments disclosed herein. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0030] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside" and the like indicating directions or positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0031] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0032] In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0033] The present invention provides Figures 1 to 7 In an embodiment of the present invention, a multifunctional automatic locking braces device comprises: a working machine 1, on which a feeding unit 5 and a feeding position 6, a twisting wire unit 2, a detection unit 3 and a feeding unit 4 arranged around the feeding unit 5 in sequence are arranged;

[0034] During the processing, the product to be processed can be loaded from the loading position 6 by manual or automatic loading equipment; the product to be processed is placed on the loading unit 5, and the product to be processed is sequentially sent to the twisting unit 2, the detection unit 3 and the unloading unit 4 through the loading unit 5, the threaded holes on the product are assembled by the twisting unit 2, the inspection unit 3 is used to inspect the assembled threaded holes, and finally the processed product is sent out by the unloading unit 4 to complete the processing flow.

[0035] In this embodiment: the feeding unit 5 comprises: a rotating disc 51 and a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disc 51 to rotate, and at least four groups of unloading seats 52 are arranged in the rotating disc 51 to form four working positions, which correspond to the feeding position 6, the twisting unit 2, the detection unit 3 and the unloading unit 4 respectively; the driving mechanism can drive each unloading seat 52 to enter the next working position in a rotating manner to perform the processing of the next working step, and can simultaneously realize the four processing actions of product loading, braces assembly, assembly detection and product unloading during the processing;

[0036] The material transfer turntable 51 and the material discharge seat 52 are detachably mounted and matched. When processing different products, mounting seats of different structural styles can be replaced according to different usage requirements.

[0037] The torsion wire unit 2 includes: a torsion wire mechanism and a braces feeding mechanism 23 for providing braces raw materials to the torsion wire unit 2; the torsion wire mechanism includes: a torsion wire three-axis module 21 and a torsion wire screwdriver module 22 installed on the torsion wire three-axis module 21; the torsion wire three-axis module 21 drives the torsion wire screwdriver module 22 to take out the braces from the braces feeding mechanism 23, and assembles it to the inner hole of the product to be processed on the discharge seat 52, thereby completing the assembly of the braces;

[0038] The detection unit 3 includes: a detection three-axis module 31 and a detection head module 32 installed on the detection three-axis module 31. The detection three-axis module 31 drives the detection head module 32 to perform secondary wire twisting on the braces installed on the product after the braces are processed, and the purpose of re-inspection processing is achieved by comparing with the torque setting value processed in the twisting unit 2;

[0039] The torsion screwdriver head module 22 and the detection screwdriver head module 32 both include: a module substrate 222 installed on the torsion screw three-axis module 21 and the detection three-axis module 31, a torsion screw lifting module 223, a torsion screw group 22A and a lifting cylinder 228;

[0040] The torsion wire group 22A is slidably mounted on the module base plate 222 through the torsion wire lifting module 223, and the torsion wire group is driven to move up and down through the lifting cylinder 228;

[0041] The torsion wire assembly 22A includes: a driving motor 221 and a braces bit 225 installed on the transmission shaft of the driving motor 221. The braces bit 225 is installed on the driving motor 221 through a sleeve conversion head. The sleeve conversion head can be adapted to install braces bits 225 of different sizes. The braces bit 225 is driven by the Z-axis lifting and lowering cylinder 228 to realize the material collection and installation of the braces.

[0042] The secondary torsion wire operation of the detection unit 3 is to achieve the purpose of reinspection processing by comparing the torque set value of the drive motor 221 in the detection unit 3 with that of the drive motor 221 in the torsion wire unit 2;

[0043] The torsion wire bit module 22 further includes: a tail punching group 22B installed on the module substrate 222, which includes: a tail punching cylinder 226 and a tooth tail punching needle 227 installed on the piston rod of the tail punching cylinder 226, and the tail punching operation of the dental appliance is realized through the tooth tail punching needle 227.

[0044] The blanking unit 4 includes: a blanking mechanism 41 and a clamping release device 42; the blanking mechanism 41 includes: a three-axis discharging module 411 and a material taking gripper 412 installed on the three-axis discharging module 411; the clamping release device 42 includes: a clamping release push plate 423, a top-up cylinder 422 for driving the clamping release push plate 423 to move upward, and an avoidance sliding module 421 for driving the clamping release push plate 423 to move outward. The top-up cylinder 422 is installed on the avoidance sliding module 421; during blanking, the avoidance sliding module 421 drives the clamping release push plate 423 to the position of the blanking seat 52, and then the top-up cylinder 422 drives the clamping release push plate 423 to perform a top-up action to top up the processed product in the blanking seat 52, and then the three-axis discharging module 411 drives the material taking gripper 412 to take away the product and send it out to complete the processing action; and the avoidance sliding module 421 will drive the clamping release push plate 423 to withdraw from the range of the material transfer turntable 51 to achieve the avoidance action;

[0045] Among them, the clamping release push plate 423 has a "C"-shaped structure, which is composed of a central plate 423 and side plates 425 formed on both sides of the central plate 423. When the avoidance sliding module 421 drives the clamping release push plate 423 to the position of the blanking seat 52, the central plate 423 of the clamping release push plate 423 is located at the front end of the blanking seat 52, and the side plates 425 are located at both ends of the blanking seat 52; during the top-up operation, it顶住 the lower edge of the product and works upward to realize the product clamping and top-up action.

[0046] Furthermore, the feeding unit 5 further includes: a plurality of sets of loading sensors 53, and the loading sensors 53 are fixed on the working machine table 1 through brackets 54, and are respectively arranged at the front end positions of the feeding position 6, the torsion wire unit 2 and the detection unit 3; during the processing process, the loading sensors 53 at each position perform identification actions to ensure that the blanking seat 52 in the working position at this position is loaded with the product to be processed, and the corresponding processing unit will continue to perform the processing action.

[0047] Furthermore, the torsion wire bit module 22 and the detection bit module 32 also include: a torsion wire photoelectric sensor 224 arranged on the module substrate 222, and the torsion wire photoelectric sensor 224 is used to detect the accuracy of the Z-axis operation in the three-axis module 31, ensuring that the braces bit 225 can accurately achieve the processing purpose of braces assembly and detection.

[0048] Furthermore, the dental brace feeding mechanism 23 includes: a vibrating material tray 231, a vibrating material rail 232 connected to the vibrating material tray 231, and a dental brace fixing air claw 234 arranged at the end of the vibrating material rail 232;

[0049] The jaws of the braces fixing air claw 234 face the vibrating material rail 232; the braces are sent out from the vibrating material tray 231 with the sleeve hole facing upward, and are sent to the position of the braces fixing air claw 234 through the vibrating material rail 232, and are clamped and fixed by the braces fixing air claw 234 to ensure that the braces bit 225 of the screwdriver bit module 22 can take away the braces;

[0050] In addition, feed sensors 233 are provided on both sides of the braces fixing air claws 234. After the braces enter the position of the braces fixing air claws 234, the feed sensors 233 sense and transmit a working signal to drive the screwdriver module 22 to perform subsequent work.

[0051] Preferably, the Z-axis of the three-axis discharge module 411 in the material mechanism is a downwardly arranged driving cylinder; the material picking clamp 412 is installed on the driving cylinder. Using the driving cylinder as the Z-axis structure has lower costs and higher working efficiency than the traditional screw-type driving structure.

[0052] It should also be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the statement "including a ..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0053] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to implement or use the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the present application will not be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but will conform to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A multifunctional automatic locking braces device, characterized in that: Including: A working machine table, on which a feeding unit and a feeding position, a wire twisting unit, a detection unit and a discharging unit arranged successively around the feeding unit are provided; The feeding unit includes: a transfer turntable and a driving mechanism for driving the transfer turntable to rotate. At least four sets of material placing seats are arranged in the transfer turntable to form four working positions; The wire twisting unit includes: a wire twisting mechanism and a dental brace feeding mechanism for providing dental brace raw materials for the wire twisting unit; The wire twisting mechanism includes: a wire twisting three-axis module and a wire twisting bit module installed on the wire twisting three-axis module; The wire twisting three-axis module drives the wire twisting bit module to take out the dental brace from the dental brace positioning fixture of the dental brace feeding mechanism and assemble it onto the inner hole of the product to be processed on the material placing seat, completing the assembly work of the dental brace; The detection unit includes: a detection three-axis module and a detection bit module installed on the detection three-axis module; The discharging unit includes: a discharging mechanism and a clamping opening device; The discharging mechanism includes: a discharging three-axis module and a material taking gripper installed on the discharging three-axis module; The clamping opening device includes: a clamping opening push plate, an upward pushing air cylinder for driving the clamping opening push plate to move upward, and an avoidance sliding module for driving the clamping opening push plate to move outward.

2. A multifunctional automatic locking braces device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding unit further includes: a plurality of sets of material loading sensors, which are fixed on the working machine table through brackets and are respectively arranged at the front positions of the feeding position, the wire twisting unit and the detection unit.

3. The multifunctional automatic locking braces device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Both the wire twisting bit module and the detection bit module include: a module substrate, a wire twisting lifting module, a wire twisting group and a lifting air cylinder; The wire twisting group is slidably installed on the module substrate through the wire twisting lifting module, and the wire twisting group is driven to move up and down through the lifting air cylinder; Among them, the wire twisting group includes: a driving motor and a dental brace bit installed on the transmission shaft of the driving motor.

4. The multifunctional automatic locking braces device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The wire twisting bit module further includes: a tail punching group installed on the module substrate, which includes: a tail punching air cylinder and a dental brace tail punching needle installed on the piston rod of the tail punching air cylinder.

5. The multifunctional automatic locking brace device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The wire twisting bit module and the detection bit module further include: a wire twisting photoelectric sensor arranged on the module substrate.

6. The multifunctional automatic locking brace device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The dental brace feeding mechanism includes: a vibrating tray, a vibrating rail connected to the vibrating tray, and a dental brace fixing air gripper arranged at the end of the vibrating rail; The jaw opening of the dental brace fixing air gripper faces the vibrating rail; Feeding sensors are arranged on both sides of the dental brace fixing air gripper.

7. The multifunctional automatic locking brace device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The Z-axis of the discharging three-axis module in the discharging mechanism is a downward driving air cylinder; The material taking gripper is installed on the driving air cylinder.

8. The multifunctional automatic locking brace device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping opening push plate has a "C" - shaped structure and is composed of a central plate and side plates formed on both sides of the central plate.

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