Automatic control equipment with functions of automatic material selecting, feeding, thimble cutting and grinding, coding and lettering in material warehouse
By designing automated control equipment, using technical means such as material libraries, encoders and servo motors, automatic clamping, cutting, coding and engraving of thimbles is realized, solving the problems of single functions of existing equipment and time-consuming and labor-consuming operation, and improving processing efficiency and equipment versatility.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510012138.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-06
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-07
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
The existing equipment has a single function in thimble processing, requiring manual cutting, grinding and coding and engraving, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and universal fixtures are inconvenient to replace, which increases costs.
An automated control device was designed, including a material library, an encoder, a servo motor and a hydraulic cylinder. The size specifications were entered through computer software, and the material library was automatically identified by a digital control system to realize the automatic clamping, cutting and coding of the thimble.
The automatic processing of thimbles is realized, processing efficiency is improved, manpower participation and cost is reduced, and equipment versatility and flexibility are improved.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of coding and lettering, and in particular to an automatic control device with the functions of automatically selecting materials, feeding materials, cutting and grinding ejectors, and coding and lettering in a material library. Background Art
[0002] The equipment currently available on the market has a single function. It is necessary to purchase materials from the ejector supplier in advance, and then manually cut and grind the end face on the grinder. After measuring the size with a caliper, the mold is installed and then manually polished and engraved with numbers. This is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and requires the use of at least three types of equipment. Therefore, a lettering device with automatic tool loading and alignment is needed.
[0003] A Chinese patent with publication number CN115026433B discloses a universal fixture for laser engraving machines for ejector pin engraving. Generally, ejector pin engraving requires using a CNC machine to make electrodes and then using an EDM machine for discharge machining. Existing machining tools do not have universal fixtures, and the fixtures need to be replaced when machining different ejectors, which is very inconvenient and increases costs. The present invention includes a base plate, characterized in that an ejector pin clamping mechanism is arranged on the base plate, a height limit plate capable of adjusting the position is arranged above the ejector pin clamping mechanism, and the ejector pin clamping mechanism uses an oblique pin mechanism to achieve rapid clamping of ejectors of different diameters. The present invention uses a laser engraving machine to replace the original processing method, and also designs a dedicated ejector pin clamp to facilitate the adjustment and clamping of ejectors of different specifications. Moreover, the addition of a positioning plate can achieve rapid clamping and positioning of ejectors with a fixed focal length of the laser engraving machine, which effectively improves processing efficiency and reduces costs.
[0004] When replacing the ejector pin in the universal fixture of the above-mentioned patent, the ejector pin already installed on the fixture needs to be manually removed and then the new ejector pin needs to be manually installed on the fixture. The whole process requires high human involvement and is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Summary of the invention
[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automated control device with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, and coding and engraving functions in a material library. A plurality of material libraries are arranged on a processing table, which can store thimble models of different specifications. The thimbles of different specifications are respectively stored in storage bins with corresponding numbers. The size specifications are entered into a table through computer software, and the digital control system recognizes the corresponding material library through an encoder and discharges the material into a rotating chain. After being transmitted to the processing position, the servo motor controls the fixture to automatically clamp the thimble, which can solve the problems in the prior art.
[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides the following technical scheme: an automated control device with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector and coding and engraving in a material library, comprising a processing table, characterized in that: a material library is arranged on the processing table, first slide rails are arranged on the upper ends of both sides of the processing table, a first electrically controlled slider is arranged in the first slide rail, a second slide rail is arranged on the first electrically controlled slider, a second electrically controlled slider is arranged at the lower end of the second slide rail, a first servo motor is arranged on the second electrically controlled slider, a first hydraulic cylinder is arranged on the movable end of the first servo motor, a fixed block is arranged on the movable end of the first hydraulic cylinder, a connecting shaft is arranged on the fixed block, a connecting rod is arranged at one end of the connecting shaft, a second servo motor is arranged on the outer surface of the fixed block, an output end of the second servo motor is connected to the connecting shaft, a cavity is opened in the connecting rod, a second hydraulic cylinder is arranged in the cavity, a magnet is arranged on the movable end of the second hydraulic cylinder, a connecting bottom plate is arranged on the outer surface of the connecting rod, a third hydraulic cylinder is arranged on the connecting bottom plate, an encoder is arranged on one side of the third hydraulic cylinder, and an illuminating lamp is arranged on the other side of the encoder of the connecting bottom plate.
[0007] Preferably, a single chip microcomputer structure is provided on the second slide rail, and the single chip microcomputer structure is electrically connected to the second hydraulic cylinder, the third hydraulic cylinder, the second electrically controlled sliding block and the encoder.
[0008] Preferably, a support column is provided on the upper end of the processing table, and a material discharge plate is provided on the end of the support column away from the processing table, and the material discharge plate is welded to the support column.
[0009] Preferably, an automatic tool setting device is provided on the unloading plate, and the automatic tool setting device is electrically connected to an encoder.
[0010] Preferably, a limiting plate is provided on the discharge plate, and the limiting plate is welded to the discharge plate.
[0011] Preferably, a control panel is provided on the processing table, and the control panel is electrically connected to the encoder and the single-chip microcomputer structure.
[0012] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: 1. The present invention inputs the size specifications of the table through computer software, and the digital control system recognizes the corresponding material library through the encoder, and then the single-chip structure controls the first electric control slider and the second electric control slider to move in the slide rail, and then the second hydraulic cylinder extends, the magnet attracts the corresponding ejector pin to take the ejector pin out of the material library, and then the movable end of the third hydraulic cylinder extends, clamps the ejector pin to complete the tool installation, and then the staff controls the slide of the slider on the control panel to contact the ejector pin with the upper end of the automatic tool setting instrument to complete the tool setting, and the first servo motor is provided with a first hydraulic cylinder at the lower end thereof, which is connected to the fixed block by bolts, and the staff can place the grinding sheet in the material library in advance, and can repeat the above ejector pin clamping steps to clamp the grinding sheet after the ejector pin completes the work, and the first servo motor 7 drives the grinding sheet to rotate to grind the material; 2. In the present invention, the material plate is first placed on the material placement plate and then ejectors of different specifications are respectively stored in material warehouses with corresponding numbers. The first electrically controlled slider in the first slide rail can drive the encoder and the tool mounting structure to move vertically, while the second electrically controlled slider in the second slide rail can drive the encoder and the tool mounting structure to move horizontally, so as to facilitate the tool mounting structure to move to a material warehouse position suitable for the ejector. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall external structure of the present invention; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the overall main structure of the present invention; Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the overall back-end structure of the present invention; Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the overall left-side structure of the present invention; Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the overall top view structure of the present invention; Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the connecting rod of the present invention.
[0014] In the figure: 1. processing table; 2. control panel; 3. first slide rail; 4. first electric control slider; 5. second slide rail; 6. single chip microcomputer structure; 7. first servo motor; 8. first hydraulic cylinder; 9. fixing block; 10. connecting shaft; 11. second servo motor; 12. connecting rod; 13. cavity; 14. second hydraulic cylinder; 15. magnet; 16. connecting bottom plate; 17. third hydraulic cylinder; 18. encoder; 19. lighting lamp; 20. material warehouse; 21. support column; 22. material discharge plate; 23. limit plate; 24. automatic tool setting instrument; 25. second electric control slider. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0015] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.
[0016] See also Figure 1-6 An embodiment of the present invention is as follows: an automated control device with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector and coding and engraving, including a processing table 1, characterized in that: a material warehouse 20 is arranged on the processing table 1, first slide rails 3 are arranged on the upper ends of both sides of the processing table 1, a first electric control slider 4 is arranged in the first slide rail 3, a second slide rail 5 is arranged on the first electric control slider 4, a second electric control slider 25 is arranged at the lower end of the second slide rail 5, a first servo motor 7 is arranged on the second electric control slider 25, a first hydraulic cylinder 8 is arranged on the movable end of the first servo motor 7, a fixed block 9 is arranged on the movable end of the first hydraulic cylinder 8, a connecting shaft 10 is arranged on the fixed block 9, and a connecting shaft 11 is arranged on the connecting shaft 12. A connecting rod 12 is provided at one end of the connecting shaft 10, a second servo motor 11 is provided on the outer surface of the fixing block 9, the output end of the second servo motor 11 is connected to the connecting shaft 10, a limiting plate 23 is provided on the material discharge plate 22, and the limiting plate 23 is welded and connected to the material discharge plate 22. The material plate is first placed on the material discharge plate 22, and then ejectors of different specifications are respectively stored in the material warehouse 20 with corresponding numbers. The first electrically controlled slider 4 in the first slide rail 3 can drive the encoder 18 and the tool mounting structure to move vertically, and the second electrically controlled slider 25 in the second slide rail 5 can drive the encoder 18 and the tool mounting structure to move horizontally, so as to facilitate the tool mounting structure to move to the material warehouse 20 position of the suitable ejector; A cavity 13 is provided in the connecting rod 12, a second hydraulic cylinder 14 is provided in the cavity 13, a magnet 15 is provided on the movable end of the second hydraulic cylinder 14, a connecting bottom plate 16 is provided on the outer surface of the connecting rod 12, a third hydraulic cylinder 17 is provided on the connecting bottom plate 16, an encoder 18 is provided on one side of the third hydraulic cylinder 17, and a lighting lamp 19 is provided on the other side of the encoder 18 of the connecting bottom plate 16, a single-chip microcomputer structure 6 is provided on the second slide rail 5, and the single-chip microcomputer structure 6 is electrically connected to the second hydraulic cylinder 14, the third hydraulic cylinder 17, the second electric control slider 25 and the encoder 18, a support column 21 is provided on the upper end of the processing table 1, a discharge plate 22 is provided on the end of the support column 21 away from the processing table 1, the discharge plate 22 is welded to the support column 21, an automatic tool setting instrument 24 is provided on the discharge plate 22, and the automatic tool setting instrument 24 is electrically connected to the encoder 18, a control panel 2 is provided on the processing table 1, and the control panel 2 is electrically connected to the encoder 18 and the single-chip structure 6, and the size specifications of the table are entered through the computer software. The digital control system recognizes the corresponding material library through the encoder 18, and then the single-chip structure 6 controls the first electric control slider 4 and the second electric control slider 25 to move in the slide rail, and then the second hydraulic cylinder 14 extends, and the magnet 15 attracts the corresponding ejector pin to take the ejector pin out of the material library, and then the movable end of the third hydraulic cylinder 17 extends, clamps the ejector pin to complete the tool installation, and then the staff controls the sliding of the slider on the control panel 2 to contact the ejector pin with the upper end of the automatic tool setting instrument 24 to complete the tool setting, and the first servo motor 7 is provided with a first hydraulic cylinder 8 at the lower end, which is connected to the fixed block by bolts. The staff can place a grinding sheet in the material library 20 in advance, and can repeat the above ejector pin clamping steps to clamp the grinding sheet after the ejector pin completes the work, and the first servo motor 7 drives the grinding sheet to rotate to grind the material.
[0017] Working principle: the size specifications are entered into the form through computer software, and the digital control system recognizes the corresponding material library through the encoder 18, and then the single-chip computer structure 6 controls the first electrically controlled slider 4 and the second electrically controlled slider 25 to move in the slide rail, and then the second hydraulic cylinder 14 extends, and the magnet 15 attracts the corresponding ejector pin to take the ejector pin out of the material library, and then the movable end of the third hydraulic cylinder 17 extends to clamp the ejector pin to complete the tool installation, and then the staff controls the slider to slide towards the ejector pin and contact the upper end of the automatic tool setting instrument 24 on the control panel 2 to complete the tool setting, and the first servo motor 7 is provided with a first hydraulic cylinder 8 at the lower end, which is connected to the fixed block by bolts. The staff can place the grinding sheet in the material library 20 in advance, and can repeat the above ejector pin clamping steps to clamp the grinding sheet after the ejector pin completes the work, and the first servo motor 7 drives the grinding sheet to rotate to grind the material.
[0018] It should 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.
[0019] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. An automated control device with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector pins and coding and engraving, comprising a processing table (1), characterized in that: A material storehouse (20) is arranged on the processing table (1), first slide rails (3) are arranged on the upper ends of both sides of the processing table (1), and a first electrically controlled slider (4) is arranged inside the first slide rails (3); The first electrically controlled slider (4) is provided with a second slide rail (5), a second electrically controlled slider (25) is provided at the lower end of the second slide rail (5), a first servo motor (7) is provided on the second electrically controlled slider (25), and a first hydraulic cylinder (8) is provided at the movable end of the first servo motor (7); A fixed block (9) is arranged on the movable end of the first hydraulic cylinder (8), a connecting shaft (10) is arranged on the fixed block (9), a connecting rod (12) is arranged at one end of the connecting shaft (10), a second servo motor (11) is arranged on the outer surface of the fixed block (9), and an output end of the second servo motor (11) is connected to the connecting shaft (10); A cavity (13) is provided in the connecting rod (12), a second hydraulic cylinder (14) is arranged in the cavity (13), a magnet (15) is arranged on the movable end of the second hydraulic cylinder (14), a connecting base plate (16) is provided on the outer surface of the connecting rod (12), a third hydraulic cylinder (17) is arranged on the connecting base plate (16), an encoder (18) is arranged on one side of the third hydraulic cylinder (17), and an illuminating lamp (19) is arranged on the connecting base plate (16) on the other side of the encoder (18).
2. The automatic control equipment with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector pins and coding and lettering according to claim 1, characterized in that: A single-chip microcomputer structure (6) is provided on the second slide rail (5), and the single-chip microcomputer structure (6) is electrically connected to the second hydraulic cylinder (14), the third hydraulic cylinder (17), the second electrically controlled slide block (25) and the encoder (18).
3. The automatic control equipment with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector pins and coding and lettering according to claim 2, characterized in that: A support column (21) is provided at the upper end of the processing table (1), and a material discharge plate (22) is provided at an end of the support column (21) away from the processing table (1), and the material discharge plate (22) is welded to the support column (21).
4. The automatic control equipment with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector pins and coding and lettering according to claim 3 is characterized by: An automatic tool setting device (24) is provided on the unloading plate (22), and the automatic tool setting device (24) is electrically connected to the encoder (18).
5. The automatic control equipment with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector pins and coding and lettering according to claim 4 is characterized by: A limiting plate (23) is provided on the discharge plate (22), and the limiting plate (23) is welded to the discharge plate (22).
6. The automatic control equipment with automatic material selection, feeding, cutting, grinding, ejector pins and coding and lettering according to claim 1, characterized in that: A control panel (2) is provided on the processing table (1), and the control panel (2) is electrically connected to the encoder (18) and the single-chip microcomputer structure (6).
Citation Information
Patent Citations
A universal fixture for laser engraving machines used for ejector lettering
CN115026433B