Automatic feeding and discharging laser coding device

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic feeding and discharging laser coding device which comprises a supporting platform, a feeding mechanism, a transferring mechanism, a laser coding mechanism and a discharging mechanism, the feeding mechanism, the transferring mechanism, the laser coding mechanism and the discharging mechanism are arranged on the supporting platform, the laser coding mechanism comprises a transversely-arranged laser head, the transferring mechanism comprises a product bearing platform, and the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding tray bin and a feeding carrying mechanism. The feeding and carrying mechanism comprises a feeding suction cup capable of ascending, descending and rotating, a first CCD camera is arranged above a feeding tray bin, a second CCD camera is arranged below the feeding and carrying mechanism, the discharging mechanism comprises a discharging tray bearing platform, a discharging and carrying mechanism and a discharging tray bin, the discharging tray bearing platform is further provided with a tray pulling mechanism, and the tray pulling mechanism is arranged on the discharging tray bearing platform. The discharging carrying mechanism comprises a discharging suction cup capable of ascending, descending and rotating, the discharging tray bearing platform is provided with a third CCD camera, and a fourth CCD camera is arranged below the discharging carrying mechanism. By means of the device, automatic feeding and discharging and automatic product correction can be conducted, and the machining efficiency and the machining precision are greatly improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of laser coding machines, and in particular to a laser coding device for automatic loading and unloading. Background Art

[0002] In order to supervise product quality during the production process, existing precision components generally have a product traceability process, which requires coding on the products and product pallets for product location and traceability. Existing coding devices are generally loaded and unloaded manually, which is cumbersome to operate, and the processing accuracy and efficiency are not high. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to solve the problems of complicated product coding operation and low processing accuracy and efficiency in the prior art, the present invention provides an automatic loading and unloading laser coding device.

[0004] The present invention provides an automatic loading and unloading laser coding device, comprising a supporting platform and a loading mechanism, a transfer mechanism, a laser coding mechanism and a unloading mechanism arranged on the supporting platform, wherein the laser coding mechanism comprises a horizontally placed laser head, the transfer mechanism comprises a product carrying platform arranged at one side of the laser head and capable of moving in the X-axis direction, the loading mechanism comprises a loading material tray warehouse and a loading and transporting mechanism arranged between the loading material tray warehouse and the product carrying platform, the loading and transporting mechanism comprises a loading suction cup capable of lifting and rotating, a first CCD camera is arranged above the loading material tray warehouse, and the A second CCD camera is provided below the loading and transporting mechanism, the unloading mechanism includes a unloading tray carrying platform, a unloading and transporting mechanism arranged between one end of the unloading tray carrying platform and the product carrying platform, and a unloading tray bin arranged at the other end of the unloading tray carrying platform, a pulling tray mechanism is also provided at the end of the unloading tray carrying platform away from the unloading tray bin, the unloading and transporting mechanism includes a unloading suction cup that can be lifted and rotated, a third CCD camera is provided above one end of the unloading tray carrying platform close to the unloading tray bin, and a fourth CCD camera is provided below the unloading and transporting mechanism.

[0005] As a further improvement of the present invention, a material tray recovery bin is also provided on one side of the loading material tray bin, and an empty tray transporting mechanism is provided between the material tray recovery bin and the loading material tray bin, and the empty tray transporting mechanism includes a material tray suction cup and a material tray transporting linear module that drives the material tray suction cup to translate, and the material tray suction cup is provided with a material tray lifting cylinder.

[0006] As a further improvement of the present invention, the loading and handling mechanism also includes a loading Y-axis module and a loading support plate installed on the loading Y-axis module and capable of moving along the Y-axis, the loading support plate is provided with a first lifting and rotating mechanism capable of driving the loading suction cup to lift and rotate, and a first material tray positioning mechanism is also provided above the loading material tray bin.

[0007] As a further improvement of the present invention, the unloading and handling mechanism also includes an unloading X-axis module and an unloading support plate installed on the unloading X-axis module and capable of moving along the X-axis. The unloading support plate is provided with a second lifting and rotating mechanism that can drive the unloading suction cup to lift and rotate.

[0008] As a further improvement of the present invention, a first translation module arranged along the X-axis direction is provided above the loading tray bin, and the first CCD camera is installed on the first translation module; a second translation module arranged along the Y-axis direction is provided below the loading and transporting mechanism, and the second CCD camera is installed on the second translation module; a third translation module arranged along the X-axis direction is provided above one end of the unloading tray supporting platform close to the unloading tray bin, and the third CCD camera is installed on the third translation module; the fourth CCD camera is arranged below the moving track of the unloading suction cup.

[0009] As a further improvement of the present invention, the transfer mechanism also includes a first transfer translation module and a second transfer translation module arranged in parallel along the X-axis direction. The product carrying platforms are provided with two and are respectively installed on the first transfer translation module and the second transfer translation module. The two product carrying platforms are arranged on the same straight line and are provided with a carrying platform lifting cylinder at the lower end.

[0010] As a further improvement of the present invention, the pulling tray mechanism includes a pulling translation module arranged below the unloading tray supporting platform and along the Y-axis, and a clamping cylinder and a horizontal clamping claw installed at the upper end of the pulling translation module. A plurality of movable rollers are provided on the upper end of the unloading tray supporting platform, and a second tray positioning mechanism is also provided on one side of the unloading tray supporting platform.

[0011] As a further improvement of the present invention, a first lifting mechanism is provided at the bottom of the loading tray bin; a second lifting mechanism is provided at the bottom of the unloading tray bin; and a third lifting mechanism is provided at the bottom of the tray recovery bin.

[0012] As a further improvement of the present invention, a defective product cache table is provided between the unloading tray supporting platform and the product supporting platform and below the unloading transport mechanism, and a cache table translation module is provided at the lower end of the defective product cache table along the Y-axis direction.

[0013] As a further improvement of the present invention, the automatic loading and unloading laser coding device further includes a dust extraction mechanism, and the dust extraction mechanism includes a dust extraction hood arranged above the transfer mechanism.

[0014] The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the present invention can greatly improve the processing efficiency and processing accuracy by being able to perform automatic loading and unloading and automatic product correction. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of an automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to the present invention;

[0016] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of another angle of an automatic loading and unloading laser coding device of the present invention;

[0017] Figure 3 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of an automatic loading and unloading laser coding device of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 4 It is a top view of an automatic loading and unloading laser coding device of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 5 yes Figure 1 The enlarged view of point A in the middle;

[0020] Figure 6 yes Figure 3 Enlarged view of point B in the middle.

[0021] Figure markings: 1-support platform; 2-loading tray bin; 3-loading transport mechanism; 4-laser head; 5-product carrying platform; 6-unloading tray bin; 7-unloading transport mechanism; 8-unloading tray carrying platform; 9-tray recovery bin; 10-empty tray transport mechanism; 11-defective product buffer; 12-first CCD camera; 13-second CCD camera; 14-third CCD camera; 15-fourth CCD camera; 16-tray pulling mechanism; 17-dust extraction mechanism; 18-first lifting mechanism; 19-second lifting mechanism; 20-third lifting mechanism; 201-positioning block; 202-clamping block; 203-positioning plug plate; 801-moving roller; 802-limiting block; 1601-horizontal clamp; 1602-clamp cylinder. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] In the description of the present invention, it is necessary to understand that if there are descriptions involving orientation, such as orientation or positional relationship indicated by up, down, front, back, left, right, etc., the orientation description may be based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0023] In the description of the present invention, if there is a description of quantity, "several" means one or more, "more" means more than two, "greater than", "less than", "exceed" etc. are understood to exclude the number itself, and "above", "below", "within" etc. are understood to include the number itself. If there is a description of first or second, it is only used for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the order of the indicated technical features.

[0024] In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined, terms such as setting, installing, connecting, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and technicians in the relevant technical field can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention based on the specific content of the technical solution.

[0025] like Figures 1 to 6As shown, the present invention discloses an automatic loading and unloading laser coding device, comprising a supporting platform 1 and a loading mechanism, a transfer mechanism, a laser coding mechanism and a unloading mechanism arranged on the supporting platform 1, the laser coding mechanism comprising a horizontally placed laser head 4, the transfer mechanism comprising a product carrying platform 5 arranged at one side of the laser head 4 and capable of moving in the X-axis direction, the product carrying platform 5 being used to carry the product to be processed and move it to the laser coding processing position of the laser head 4, a plurality of product positioning grooves arranged in a line are arranged on the upper end of the product carrying platform 5, the loading mechanism comprising a loading material tray bin 2 and an upper material tray bin 2 arranged between the loading material tray bin 2 and the product carrying platform 5 The material handling mechanism 3, the loading tray warehouse 2 is used to stack the loading trays of the products to be processed, the loading and handling mechanism 3 includes a loading suction cup that can be lifted and rotated, and the loading suction cup is provided with a plurality of suction nozzles arranged in a line, which can absorb a row of products on the tray, and a first CCD camera 12 for checking whether there is any shortage of products on the tray is provided above the loading tray warehouse 2, and a second CCD camera 13 is provided below the loading and handling mechanism 3. Since the laser coding needs to be printed at a predetermined position, and the product positioning groove has an installation direction, the second CCD camera 13 can be used to detect whether the products sucked by the loading suction cup are in the same predetermined direction. If there is a product If the direction is not uniform, a single suction nozzle can be used to rotate and adjust to a predetermined direction position, so that it has a correction effect to ensure processing accuracy. The unloading mechanism includes an unloading tray supporting platform 8, an unloading and handling mechanism 7 arranged between one end of the unloading tray supporting platform 8 and the product supporting platform 5, and an unloading tray warehouse 6 arranged at the other end of the unloading tray supporting platform 8. The unloading tray supporting platform 8 is used to transport the unloading tray carrying the processed product. The unloading tray supporting platform 8 is further provided with a pulling tray mechanism 16 at the end away from the unloading tray warehouse 6. The unloading and handling mechanism 7 includes an unloading suction cup that can be lifted and rotated, and the unloading suction cup is provided with corresponding multiple There are suction nozzles arranged in a line, and the processed products are transported to the bottom of the unloading and conveying mechanism 7 through the product carrying platform 5, and then the processed products are sucked by the unloading suction cup and moved to the unloading tray. A third CCD camera 14 is provided above one end of the unloading tray carrying platform 8 close to the unloading tray warehouse 6. The third CCD camera 14 is used to detect whether there are any missing products on the unloading tray. A fourth CCD camera 15 is provided under the unloading and conveying mechanism 7. The fourth CCD camera 15 is used to detect whether the products are in the predetermined direction after the unloading suction cup sucks the products. If the directions of the products are not uniform, they can be rotated by a single suction nozzle and adjusted to the predetermined direction position.

[0026] The laser coding mechanism further includes a laser assembly, which is prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0027] In the present invention, a tray recovery bin 9 is further provided on one side of the loading tray bin 2, and an empty tray transport mechanism 10 is provided between the tray recovery bin 9 and the loading tray bin 2. The empty tray transport mechanism 10 includes a tray suction cup and a tray transport linear module that drives the tray suction cup to translate, and the tray suction cup is provided with a tray lifting cylinder. When the first CCD camera 12 detects that all the products on the loading tray have been sucked away, the tray suction cup can suck the loading tray with its hole and transport it to the tray recovery bin 9, and its empty tray can be automatically recovered.

[0028] In the present invention, the loading and handling mechanism 3 also includes a loading Y-axis module and a loading support plate installed on the loading Y-axis module and capable of moving along the Y-axis. The loading Y-axis module is a screw module. The loading support plate is provided with a first lifting and rotating mechanism that can drive the loading suction cup to lift and rotate. The first lifting and rotating mechanism includes a lifting cylinder and a rotating cylinder installed on the lifting cylinder. The suction nozzle is installed at the lower end of the rotating cylinder. A first material tray positioning mechanism is also provided above the loading material tray bin 2. The first material tray positioning mechanism includes two There are two right-angled positioning blocks 201, a clamping block 202 with a right-angle structure arranged diagonally to the two positioning blocks 201, and positioning plug plates 203 arranged on both sides. The two positioning blocks 201 are fixedly arranged, and the clamping block 202 is driven by a cylinder to cooperate with the two positioning blocks 201 to realize the clamping and positioning of the loading tray. The two positioning plug plates 203 are arranged on both sides of the loading tray, and positioning slots are respectively provided on both sides of the loading tray. When positioning, the two positioning plug plates 203 can be inserted into the positioning slots on both sides, which can ensure the loading stability of the product.

[0029] In the present invention, the unloading and handling mechanism 7 also includes an unloading X-axis module and an unloading support plate installed on the unloading X-axis module and capable of moving along the X-axis. The unloading X-axis module is a screw module, and the unloading support plate is provided with a second lifting and rotating mechanism capable of driving the unloading suction cup to lift and rotate. The second lifting and rotating mechanism also includes a lifting cylinder and a rotating cylinder installed on the lifting cylinder, and the unloading suction cup is installed at the lower end of the corresponding rotating cylinder.

[0030] In the present invention, a first translation module arranged along the X-axis direction is provided above the loading tray bin 2, and the first CCD camera 12 is installed on the first translation module; a second translation module arranged along the Y-axis direction is provided below the loading and transporting mechanism 3, and the second CCD camera 13 is installed on the second translation module; a third translation module arranged along the X-axis direction is provided above one end of the unloading tray supporting platform 8 close to the unloading tray bin 6, and the third CCD camera 14 is installed on the third translation module; the fourth CCD camera 15 is provided below the moving track of the unloading suction cup, and the first translation module, the second translation module and the third translation module are also screw modules.

[0031] In the present invention, the transfer mechanism further includes a first transfer translation module and a second transfer translation module arranged in parallel along the X-axis direction. The two product carrying platforms 5 are provided and are respectively installed on the first transfer translation module and the second transfer translation module. The two product carrying platforms 5 are arranged on the same straight line and the lower ends are provided with a carrying platform lifting cylinder. The two product carrying platforms 5 can reciprocate to ensure processing continuity and improve processing efficiency. The two product carrying platforms 5 are arranged on a straight line and can avoid each other by lifting and lowering during reciprocating motion.

[0032] In the present invention, the material pulling tray mechanism 16 includes a material pulling translation module arranged below the material unloading tray supporting platform 8 and arranged along the Y axis, and a clamping claw cylinder 1602 and a horizontal clamping claw 1601 installed on the upper end of the material pulling translation module. The upper end of the material unloading tray supporting platform 8 is provided with a plurality of moving rollers 801 to ensure that the material unloading tray can slide smoothly to the upper end of the material unloading tray supporting platform 8. The horizontal clamping claw 1601 clamps an empty material unloading tray through the clamping claw cylinder 1602 and pulls it to the upper end of the material unloading tray supporting platform 8, and pulls it to The other end of the unloading tray supporting platform 8 is located at the unloading position of the unloading suction cup, and then the products are unloaded in sequence. When the unloading tray is full of products, the clamp pushes it into the unloading tray bin 6, and then pulls out another empty unloading tray to repeat the operation. A second tray positioning mechanism is also provided on one side of the unloading tray supporting platform 8. The second tray positioning mechanism includes two sets of limit blocks 802 arranged on one side of the unloading tray supporting platform 8. The limit blocks 802 are driven to extend and retract by a cylinder to limit the unloading tray.

[0033] In the present invention, a first lifting mechanism 18 is provided at the bottom of the loading tray bin 2; a second lifting mechanism 19 is provided at the bottom of the unloading tray bin 6; and a third lifting mechanism 20 is provided at the bottom of the tray recovery bin 9. The first lifting mechanism 18, the second lifting mechanism 19 and the third lifting mechanism 20 are all screw module lifting mechanisms, which are respectively used to drive the lifting of the loading tray, the unloading tray and the empty loading tray.

[0034] In the present invention, a defective product buffering platform 11 is provided between the unloading tray bearing platform 8 and the product bearing platform 5 and below the unloading transport mechanism 7. A buffering platform translation module is provided at the lower end of the defective product buffering platform 11 along the Y-axis direction. The fourth CCD camera 15 can be used to inspect products and place defective products on the defective product buffering platform 11. The defective product buffering platform 11 is provided with a plurality of product placement slots. When the plurality of product placement slots are filled with products, the buffering platform translation module can be used to move to one end of the unloading tray bin 6, and then the defective products can be taken away manually.

[0035] In the present invention, the automatic loading and unloading laser coding device further comprises a dust extraction mechanism 17, and the dust extraction mechanism 17 comprises a dust extraction hood arranged above the transfer mechanism. Dust extraction can be performed during laser coding to reduce environmental pollution.

[0036] The present invention can greatly improve the processing efficiency and processing accuracy by being able to perform automatic loading and unloading and automatic product correction.

[0037] The above contents are further detailed descriptions of the present invention in combination with specific preferred embodiments, and it cannot be determined that the specific implementation of the present invention is limited to these descriptions. For ordinary technicians in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention, which should be regarded as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic loading and unloading laser coding device, characterized in that: The invention comprises a supporting platform and a feeding mechanism, a transfer mechanism, a laser coding mechanism and a feeding mechanism arranged on the supporting platform, wherein the laser coding mechanism comprises a horizontally placed laser head, the transfer mechanism comprises a product carrying platform arranged on one side of the laser head and capable of moving in the X-axis direction, the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding tray bin and a feeding and conveying mechanism arranged between the feeding tray bin and the product carrying platform, the feeding and conveying mechanism comprises a feeding suction cup capable of lifting and rotating, a first CCD camera is arranged above the feeding tray bin, and a The second CCD camera, the unloading mechanism includes a unloading tray carrying platform, a unloading conveying mechanism arranged between one end of the unloading tray carrying platform and the product carrying platform, and a unloading tray bin arranged at the other end of the unloading tray carrying platform, the unloading tray carrying platform is also provided with a pulling tray mechanism at the end away from the unloading tray bin, the unloading conveying mechanism includes a unloading suction cup which can be lifted and rotated, a third CCD camera is arranged above one end of the unloading tray carrying platform close to the unloading tray bin, and a fourth CCD camera is arranged below the unloading conveying mechanism.

2. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: A tray recovery bin is also provided on one side of the loading tray bin, and an empty tray transporting mechanism is provided between the tray recovery bin and the loading tray bin. The empty tray transporting mechanism includes a tray suction cup and a tray transporting linear module that drives the tray suction cup to translate, and the tray suction cup is provided with a tray lifting cylinder.

3. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The loading and handling mechanism also includes a loading Y-axis module and a loading support plate installed on the loading Y-axis module and capable of moving along the Y-axis. The loading support plate is provided with a first lifting and rotating mechanism that can drive the loading suction cup to lift and rotate. A first material tray positioning mechanism is also provided above the loading material tray bin.

4. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The material unloading and handling mechanism also includes a material unloading X-axis module and a material unloading support plate installed on the material unloading X-axis module and capable of moving along the X-axis. The material unloading support plate is provided with a second lifting and rotating mechanism that can drive the material unloading suction cup to lift and rotate.

5. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: A first translation module arranged along the X-axis direction is provided above the loading tray bin, and the first CCD camera is installed on the first translation module; a second translation module arranged along the Y-axis direction is provided below the loading and transporting mechanism, and the second CCD camera is installed on the second translation module; a third translation module arranged along the X-axis direction is provided above one end of the unloading tray supporting platform close to the unloading tray bin, and the third CCD camera is installed on the third translation module; the fourth CCD camera is arranged below the moving track of the unloading suction cup.

6. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The transfer mechanism also includes a first transfer translation module and a second transfer translation module arranged in parallel along the X-axis direction. There are two product carrying platforms and they are respectively installed on the first transfer translation module and the second transfer translation module. The two product carrying platforms are arranged on the same straight line and the lower ends are provided with a carrying platform lifting cylinder.

7. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The material pulling tray mechanism includes a material pulling translation module arranged below the material unloading tray supporting platform and along the Y-axis, and a clamping cylinder and a horizontal clamping claw installed on the upper end of the material pulling translation module. A plurality of movable rollers are provided on the upper end of the material unloading tray supporting platform, and a second material tray positioning mechanism is also provided on one side of the material unloading tray supporting platform.

8. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 2 is characterized in that: A first lifting mechanism is provided at the bottom of the loading tray bin; a second lifting mechanism is provided at the bottom of the unloading tray bin; and a third lifting mechanism is provided at the bottom of the tray recovery bin.

9. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: A defective product buffering platform is also provided between the unloading material tray carrying platform and the product carrying platform and below the unloading and transporting mechanism. A buffering platform translation module arranged along the Y-axis direction is provided at the lower end of the defective product buffering platform.

10. The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The automatic loading and unloading laser coding device also includes a dust extraction mechanism, and the dust extraction mechanism includes a dust extraction hood arranged above the transfer mechanism.

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