Cache material warehouse, production line and cache method

Abstract

The invention discloses a temporary storage material warehouse, a production line and a temporary storage method, and relates to the field of manufacturing, the temporary storage material warehouse comprises a lifting mechanism, a material warehouse body and a clutch mechanism, the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting assembly, a first conveying assembly and a main driving part, and the material warehouse body is provided with a plurality of temporary storage stations in the height direction; the clutch mechanism comprises a fixed gear, a swing rod, a swing gear and a clutch driving assembly. The material warehouse is a three-dimensional material warehouse, the occupied area of equipment can be greatly saved, a clutch driving assembly for driving a swing gear to swing is designed, compared with the scheme of a traditional material warehouse, the number, cost and energy of power components are greatly saved, and meanwhile the structure is simplified; the invention further discloses a production line. The production line comprises a first line body, a second line body and a cache material warehouse; the first line body, the lifting mechanism, the material warehouse and the second line body are sequentially arranged, the invention further discloses a caching method, rapid caching of products can be achieved, and operation is easy and convenient.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of manufacturing, and in particular to a cache material warehouse, a production line and a cache method. Background Art

[0002] In actual production and manufacturing, in order to alleviate the product pressure at the back-end workstations and reduce the product footprint, a cache warehouse is usually set up on site to temporarily cache the products to be processed.

[0003] The existing cache warehouses have the following problems: 1. The warehouse needs to be equipped with a separate power source to transfer products from pallets or other supporting structures to the warehouse, which makes the warehouse structure complex and increases costs and energy consumption; 2. The number of cache locations in the warehouse is limited and cannot accommodate the caching of larger batches of products. Summary of the invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present application provide a cache material warehouse, a production line and a cache method to solve the problems of complex material warehouse structure and high cost.

[0005] In a first aspect, the present application provides a cache library, comprising: The lifting mechanism comprises a lifting assembly, a first conveying assembly and a main driving member; the lifting assembly is used to drive the first conveying assembly to move in a height direction; the main driving member is arranged on the lifting assembly, the main driving member is connected to the first conveying assembly, and is used to drive the first conveying assembly to convey products in a horizontal direction; The material warehouse is provided with a plurality of buffer stations in the height direction, and the buffer stations are provided with a second conveying assembly and a driving gear, and the second conveying assembly is arranged in the material warehouse; the driving gear is arranged on the material warehouse, and the driving gear is connected with the second conveying assembly, and is used to drive the second conveying assembly to convey the product in the horizontal direction; The clutch mechanism comprises a fixed gear, a rocker arm, a swing gear and a clutch driving assembly; the fixed gear is connected to the output end of the main driving member; one end of the rocker arm is hinged to the lifting mechanism, the swing gear is rotationally connected to the other end of the rocker arm, and the swing gear is meshed with the fixed gear; the clutch driving assembly is arranged on the lifting assembly and connected to the swing gear, and is used to drive the swing gear to mesh or separate with the driving gear.

[0006] In the second aspect, the present application provides a production line, including a first line body, a second line body and a cache material warehouse; along the horizontal direction, the first line body, the lifting mechanism, the material warehouse and the second line body are arranged in sequence; among the multiple cache stations of the material warehouse, at least one is configured as a material feeding station; the first line body, the material feeding station and the second line body are located at the same height.

[0007] In a third aspect, the present application provides a caching method, including using a cache library, the caching method comprising: The product to be cached is conveyed to the first conveying assembly, and then the lifting assembly drives the first conveying assembly to adjust its height until the first conveying assembly and the second conveying assembly in the target cache station are at the same height; The main driving member drives the first conveying assembly to work, and the pallets and products on the first conveying assembly are conveyed toward the second conveying assembly; The clutch drive assembly drives the swing rod to swing, and the swing gear connected to the swing rod swings to mesh with the drive gear on the target cache station; the fixed gear drives the swing gear to rotate, the swing gear drives the drive gear to rotate, and the drive gear drives the second conveying assembly to work. Since the fixed gear and the drive gear rotate in opposite directions, the trays and products on the first conveying assembly are transferred from the first conveying assembly to the second conveying assembly of the target cache station for caching; When the tray and the product are transferred to the second conveying assembly, the clutch drive assembly drives the swing rod to swing, so that the swing gear is separated from the drive gear, the drive gear stops rotating, and the power source of the second conveying assembly is disconnected.

[0008] The cache material warehouse, production line and cache method of the present application have at least the following beneficial effects: The material warehouse of the present application adopts a three-dimensional material warehouse, which deeply cultivates product cache in a high space, replacing the traditional circular line caching method, which can greatly save the equipment's floor space, and adopts a lifting component to adjust the height of the first conveying component, so as to facilitate the caching of products in cache stations at different heights, and the present application only needs three power components to realize temporary storage of products at any cache station, among which one power component is a power component for driving the first conveying component to rise and fall, another power component is a main driving component that can simultaneously drive the first conveying component and any second conveying component to work, and the last one is a clutch driving component that drives the swing gear to swing. Compared with the traditional material warehouse in which each cache station is separately equipped with a power component or adopts a complex transmission mechanism, the present application greatly saves the number of power components as well as cost and energy, and at the same time simplifies the structure, which is convenient for later maintenance and intelligent management. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiments below. The accompanying drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be considered as limiting the present application. Also, the same reference symbols are used throughout the accompanying drawings to represent the same components. In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 It is a front view of the cache material storehouse in this application; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the cache material library in this application; Figure 3It is a schematic diagram of the lifting mechanism and the clutch mechanism in this application; Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the sliding frame, the first conveying assembly, the clutch mechanism and the driving gear in the present application; Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the outlet side of the material storage in this application; Figure 6 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of the main driving member, clutch mechanism and driving gear in this application; Figure 7 It is a schematic structural diagram of the inlet side of the material storage in this application; Figure 8 It is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the material warehouse in this application; Fig. 9 It is a side view of the material warehouse in this application (only a partial view is shown); Fig.10 yes Figure 8 The enlarged view of point A in the middle; Fig.11 yes Figure 4 A schematic diagram from another angle; Fig.12 is a front view of the production line in this application; Description of the reference numerals is as follows: 100, lifting mechanism; 110, lifting assembly; 111, lifting bracket; 112, screw rod; 113, first motor; 114, first guide rod; 115, sliding frame; 120, first conveying assembly; 121, first belt conveying member; 122, first telescopic limit member; 130, main driving member; 200, material warehouse; 210, buffer station; 210a, material feeding station; 220, second conveying assembly; 221, second belt conveying member; 2211, pulley 1; 2212, pulley 2; 2213, pulley 3; 2214, pulley 4; 2215, transmission shaft; 2216, first belt; 2217, second belt; 222, half-shaft assembly; 2221, half-shaft; 2222, adjusting bolt; 2223, nut; 2224, shaft shoulder surface; 222a, slideway; 230, driving gear; 240, second telescopic limiter; 300, clutch mechanism; 310, fixed gear; 320, swing rod; 330, swing gear; 340, clutch drive assembly; 341, telescopic member; 342, guide block; 343, second guide rod; 344, connecting rod; 400, pallet; 500, products; 600, first line body; 700, second line body; IN, inlet side; EX, exit side. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0010] The features and exemplary embodiments of various aspects of the present application will be described in detail below. In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only intended to explain the present application, rather than to limit the present application. For those skilled in the art, the present application can be implemented without the need for some of these specific details. The following description of the embodiments is only to provide a better understanding of the present application by illustrating the examples of the present application.

[0011] 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. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the statement "include..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0012] This embodiment discloses a cache material warehouse, a production line, and a cache method. The cache material warehouse can be used to temporarily store products 500 to be processed to avoid product accumulation at the back-end station. When the front-end station is short of incoming materials, the cache material warehouse can be used to discharge materials. At the same time, the cache material warehouse can also improve the space utilization rate on site. First, the cache material warehouse of this embodiment is introduced as follows: like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the cache material warehouse of this embodiment includes a lifting mechanism 100, a material warehouse 200 and a clutch mechanism 300. The lifting mechanism 100 includes a lifting assembly 110, a first conveying assembly 120 and a main driving member 130. The main driving member 130 is used to drive the first conveying assembly 120 to convey the tray 400 and the product 500 on the tray in the horizontal direction; the material warehouse 200 is provided with a plurality of cache stations 210 (such as Figure 1As shown in the dotted box, the buffer station 210 is used to temporarily store the tray 400 and the product 500. Each buffer station 210 is provided with a second conveying assembly 220 and a driving gear 230. The main driving member 130 can also indirectly drive the driving gear 230 to rotate, so that the driving gear 230 can drive the second conveying assembly 220 to transfer the product 500 from the first conveying assembly 120 to the buffer station 210 in the horizontal direction. The clutch mechanism 300 includes a fixed gear 310, a rocker rod 320, a swing gear 330 and a clutch driving assembly 340. The fixed gear 310 is coaxially connected to the output end of the main driving member 130, and the swinging gear 330 is meshed with the fixed gear 310. The swinging gear 330 can be meshed or disengaged with the driving gear 230 of the cache station 210 under the drive of the rocker arm 320, so that the power of the fixed gear 310 can be transmitted to the driving gear 230 to drive the second conveying assembly 220 to work. The clutch drive assembly 340 is used to drive the rocker arm 320 and the swinging gear 330 to swing, thereby realizing the switching of the swinging gear 330 and the driving gear 230 between the meshing state and the disengagement state.

[0013] like Figure 3 As shown, the lifting mechanism 100 includes a lifting bracket 111, a screw rod 112, a first motor 113, a first guide rod 114 and a sliding frame 115; the lifting bracket 111 is fixedly arranged on the ground, and in the horizontal direction, the lifting bracket 111 is located on one side of the horizontal direction of the material warehouse 200; the screw rod 112 is rotatably arranged on the lifting bracket 111, and the axial direction of the screw rod 112 is configured as the height direction; the first motor 113 is arranged on the lifting bracket 111, and the output end of the first motor 113 is connected to the screw rod 112, and when the first motor 113 is working, it can bring The movable screw 112 rotates; the upper end of the first guide rod 114 is fixedly connected to the lifting bracket 111, and the axial direction of the first guide rod 114 is configured in the height direction. The first guide rod 114 passes through the sliding frame 115 in the height direction and slides with the sliding frame 115. The sliding frame 115 is limited to move in the height direction by the first guide rod 114; the sliding frame 115 is threadedly matched with the screw rod 112. In this embodiment, it is preferred that the screw rod 112 passes through the sliding frame 115 in the height direction. When the screw rod 112 rotates, the sliding frame 115 can reciprocate in the height direction. In this embodiment, only one type of structure of the lifting mechanism 100 is described. In addition, the lifting mechanism 100 can also adopt existing mechanisms such as linear modules. In this embodiment, the lifting mechanism 100 preferably adopts the structure of the screw rod 112, which replaces the traditional vertical plate and slide rail, which can help to achieve a compact structure and reduce equipment costs.

[0014] like Figure 3As shown, the first conveying assembly 120 includes a first belt conveyor 121 and a first telescopic limit member 122; the first belt conveyor 121 is arranged on the sliding frame 115 of the lifting mechanism 100, and the conveying direction of the first belt conveyor 121 is configured as the horizontal direction, and the tray 400 and the product 500 are conveyed to the cache station 210 together through the first belt conveyor 121; the first telescopic limit member 122 is arranged on the sliding frame 115, and the first telescopic limit member 122 can be telescopic. When the first telescopic limit member 122 is extended, the first telescopic limit member 122 can block the horizontal conveyance of the tray 400.

[0015] like Figure 4 As shown, in the present embodiment, preferably, along the horizontal direction, first telescopic limit members 122 are provided on both sides of the first belt conveyor 121, and the telescopic direction of the first telescopic limit member 122 is configured as the height direction.

[0016] like Figure 5 As shown, in the present embodiment, a second telescopic limit member 240 is provided on the exit side of the buffer station 210, which is used to block the movement of the pallet 400 in the direction away from the lifting mechanism 100 (that is, the horizontal direction). Specifically, the material storage 200 is provided with a plurality of buffer stations 210 (for example, 5 to 15) along the height direction. Among the plurality of buffer stations 210, at least one buffer station 210 is configured as a material feeding station 210a (only one material feeding station 210a is provided in the present embodiment). When the product 500 and the pallet 400 need to be conveyed to the rear station, the pallet 400 and the product 500 are conveyed from the material feeding station 210a to the rear end. The second telescopic limit member 240 of the present embodiment is provided on the exit side of the material feeding station 210a, that is, the second telescopic limit member 240 is provided on the side wall of the material storage 200, and the pallet 400 is blocked and released by telescoping the second telescopic limit member 240.

[0017] In some preferred embodiments, the first telescopic stopper 122 and the second telescopic stopper 240 have the same structure, and both the first telescopic stopper 122 and the second telescopic stopper 240 include bearings, blocking columns and telescopic cylinders; the bearings are arranged on the side walls of the sliding frame 115 or the material storage 200 (the bearings of the first telescopic stopper 122 are arranged on the sliding frame 115, and the bearings of the second telescopic stopper 240 are arranged on the material storage 200), the blocking columns are coaxially arranged in the bearings, and the blocking columns can be axially extended and retracted relative to the bearings, and the pallet 400 is blocked by the extension and retraction of the blocking columns; the output end of the telescopic cylinder is coaxially connected to the blocking columns, and the blocking columns are driven to extend and retract by the telescopic cylinder. The first telescopic stopper 122 and the second telescopic stopper 240 of this embodiment are both installed in the manner of bearings. When the pallet 400 collides with the blocking columns in the radial direction of the blocking columns, the radial impact force on the blocking columns can be borne by the bearings, so as to avoid the piston rod of the telescopic cylinder being directly subjected to radial force, and the service life of the telescopic cylinder can be improved.

[0018] like Figure 6 As shown, the main driving member 130 is configured as a second motor, and the main driving member 130 is arranged on the sliding frame 115. The output shaft of the main driving member 130 is connected to the first conveying component 120. The first conveying component 120 can be driven to work through the main driving member 130. Specifically, the output shaft of the main driving member 130 is coaxially connected to the pulley of the first belt conveyor 121. When the main driving member 130 is working, it can drive the pulley of the first belt conveyor 121 to rotate, and then drive the first belt conveyor 121 to convey the product 500.

[0019] like Figure 6 As shown, the fixed gear 310 is coaxially fixedly disposed on the output shaft of the main driving member 130 , and when the output shaft of the main driving member 130 rotates, the fixed gear 310 rotates synchronously.

[0020] like Figure 6 As shown, one end of the swing rod 320 can be hinged to the output shaft of the main driving member 130, or to the sliding frame 115, or to the outer side of the first belt conveying member 121. In this embodiment, one end of the swing rod 320 is preferably hinged to the output shaft of the main driving member 130; the other end of the swing rod 320 is hinged to the axis position of the swing gear 330. In this embodiment, it is preferred that there are two swing rods 320, and the two swing rods 320 are respectively located on both sides of the axial direction of the swing gear 330, which can ensure the stability of the swing gear 330 when it swings.

[0021] like Figure 7As shown, the material warehouse 200 is a gantry-shaped structure formed by connecting a plurality of plate structures; in the horizontal direction, both sides of the material warehouse 200 are designed to be open, and the side of the material warehouse 200 close to the lifting component 110 is called the entrance side (labeled IN), and the side away from the lifting component 110 is called the exit side (labeled EX).

[0022] like Figure 8 As shown, the second conveying assembly 220 includes a second belt conveying member 221; the second belt conveying member 221 includes a pulley 1 2211, a pulley 2 2212, a pulley 3 2213, a pulley 4 2214 and a transmission shaft 2215; the pulley 1 2211 and the pulley 2 2212 can be rotatably arranged on the material storage 200, the pulley 3 2213 and the pulley 4 2214 are coaxially fixedly arranged on the transmission shaft 2215, and the transmission shaft 2215 is rotatably arranged on the material storage 200; the pulley 1 2211 and the pulley 3 2213 are connected by a first belt 2216; the pulley 2 2212 and the pulley 4 2214 are connected by a second belt 2217; the driving gear 230 is rotatably arranged on On the outer wall of the material warehouse 200, the driving gear 230 is coaxially fixedly connected with the pulley 1 2211. The second belt conveyor 221 can convey the tray 400 and the product 500 under the drive of the driving gear 230. The specific transmission process is: the main driving member 130 drives the fixed gear 310 to rotate, the fixed gear 310 drives the swing gear 330 to rotate, the swing gear 330 drives the driving gear 230 to rotate, the driving gear 230 drives the pulley 1 2211 to rotate, the pulley 1 2211 drives the pulley 3 2213 to rotate through the first belt 2216, the pulley 3 2213 drives the pulley 4 2214 to rotate through the transmission shaft 2215, and the pulley 4 2214 drives the pulley 2 2212 to rotate through the second belt 2217.

[0023] In this embodiment, the second belt conveyor 221 realizes the conveyance of the tray 400 and the product 500 through four pulleys and two belts symmetrically arranged in the material warehouse 200. It should be emphasized that Fig. 9 As shown, the pulley 1 2211 and the pulley 2 2212 in this embodiment are not directly connected by a through shaft (the through shaft is as shown in FIG. Fig. 9 As shown by the dotted line in FIG, there is no obstruction between the pulley 1 2211 and the pulley 2 2212 at the entrance side of the material warehouse 200, and the tray 400 and the product 500 will not be blocked by the through shaft when entering the material warehouse 200. As a result, the spacing between all the second belt conveyors 221 arranged along the height direction in the material warehouse 200 can be reduced as much as possible, and more cache stations 210 can be set within a limited height space to cache more products 500.

[0024] Please refer again Figure 8 In this embodiment, preferably, the pulley 1 2211 is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the material storage 200 through a bearing, and the pulley 1 2211 cannot move relative to the material storage 200. The pulley 2 2212 is rotatably arranged on the side wall of the material storage 200 through the half-shaft assembly 222; the pulley 3 2213 and the pulley 4 2214 are both rotatably arranged in the material storage 200 through the transmission shaft 2215, specifically, the transmission shaft 2215 passes through the two side walls of the material storage 200, and the pulley 3 2213 and the pulley 4 2214 are both fixedly arranged on the transmission shaft 2215, wherein the axial direction of the transmission shaft 2215 intersects perpendicularly with the horizontal direction in the horizontal plane.

[0025] It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the design of a through-shaft connection between pulley one 2211 and pulley two 2212 is eliminated. Therefore, when pulley three 2213 or pulley four 2214 adjusts the tension through a tensioning mechanism (specifically, by adjusting the horizontal position of the transmission through-shaft 2215 to adjust the tension of the first belt 2216 or the second belt 2217, which is the prior art and will not be repeated here), pulley two 2212 is likely to be pulled and stressed by the second belt 2217. In severe cases, pulley two 2212 is likely to be pulled off balance. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the half-shaft assembly 222 for installing pulley two 2212 is improved.

[0026] like Fig.10 As shown, the half-shaft assembly 222 includes a half-shaft 2221, an adjusting bolt 2222 and a nut 2223; the pulley 2212 is coaxially and rotatably arranged on the half-shaft 2221; a slide groove 222a is arranged on the material storage 200, and the length direction of the slide groove 222a is configured as the horizontal direction, and the half-shaft 2221 is inserted into the slide groove 222a, and the half-shaft 2221 can slide along the horizontal direction in the slide groove 222a and change the position of the pulley 2212, so as to adjust the force of the second belt 2217, wherein the adjusting bolt 2222 is rotatably arranged on the material storage 200, and one end of the adjusting bolt 2222 is screwed to the half-shaft 2221. The half shaft 2221 is connected with the material storage 200 by a threaded connection, and the length direction of the adjusting bolt 2222 is configured as the horizontal direction. When the adjusting bolt 2222 is rotated, the half shaft 2221 can be driven to move in the horizontal direction, thereby adjusting the tension of the second belt 2217. At the same time, a shoulder surface 2224 is provided on the half shaft 2221, and the nut 2223 is threadedly connected to the half shaft 2221. Along the axial direction of the half shaft 2221, a side wall of the material storage 200 is clamped between the shoulder surface 2224 and the nut 2223. Through the cooperation of the nut 2223 and the shoulder surface 2224, the half shaft 2221 can be clamped on the material storage 200 when the position is not adjusted, so as to ensure that the pulley 2212 will not be pulled off balance.

[0027] like Fig.11 As shown, the clutch drive assembly 340 is used to drive the swing rod 320 to swing, thereby driving the swing gear 330 to engage with the driving gear 230 or driving the swing gear 330 to disengage from the meshing state with the driving gear 230; the clutch drive assembly 340 includes a telescopic member 341 (such as a telescopic cylinder, etc.), a guide block 342, a second guide rod 343 and a connecting rod 344; the telescopic member 341 is arranged on the sliding frame 115 of the lifting assembly 110, and the telescopic direction of the telescopic member 341 is configured as the horizontal direction; the guide block 342 is The guide block 342 is preferably fixed on the outer wall of the first belt conveyor 121 in the present embodiment, and the second guide rod 343 slides through the guide block 342. The sliding direction and the axial direction of the second guide rod 343 are both configured as the horizontal direction. One axial end of the second guide rod 343 is connected to the output end of the telescopic member 341, and the other axial end of the second guide rod 343 is hinged to one end of the connecting rod 344. The other end of the connecting rod 344 is hinged to the rocker arm 320.

[0028] like Fig.11 As shown, the working principle of the clutch drive assembly 340 is: when the lifting assembly 110 drives the first belt conveyor 121 and the fixed gear 310 and other components to be at the same height as the target cache station 210, the fixed gear 310 and the driving gear 230 of the target cache station 210 are also at the same height or nearly the same height, the main driving member 130 drives the fixed gear 310 to rotate and drives the first belt conveyor 121 to work, at this time, the telescopic member 341 has not yet extended, and the swing gear 330 can only rotate in situ following the fixed gear 310 due to the limitation of the connecting rod 344, then the telescopic member 341 extends, and the second guide rod 343 slides toward the fixed gear 310, so that the swing gear 330 swings with the output shaft of the main driving member 130 as the hinge shaft, and swings to mesh with the driving gear 230. At this time, the fixed gear 310 and the swing gear 330 are 30 and the driving gear 230 are in a meshing state. Therefore, when the output shaft of the main driving member 130 drives the fixed gear 310 to rotate, the driving gear 230 also rotates accordingly (the rotation direction of the driving gear 230 is opposite to that of the fixed gear 310), and then the second belt conveyor 221 connected to the driving gear 230 is driven and performs the conveying work, so that the tray 400 and the product 500 are transferred from the first belt conveyor 121 to the second belt conveyor 221. After the tray 400 and the product 500 completely enter the target cache station 210, the output shaft of the main driving member 130 starts to decelerate and rotate, and then the telescopic member 341 drives the second guide rod 343 to retract, and the second guide rod 343 pulls the connecting rod 344, and the connecting rod 344 pulls the rocker arm 320 and the swing gear 330 to retract, and the swing gear 330 is immediately disengaged from the driving gear 230.

[0029] It should be noted that the distance between the fixed gear 310 and the driving gear 230 in the horizontal direction should not be too far, otherwise a relatively large swing gear 330 is required to achieve the meshing transmission between the three. In this embodiment, the distance between the fixed gear 310 and the driving gear 230 is preferably 2 cm to 10 cm.

[0030] It should be noted that the swing gear 330 and the fixed gear 310 are always in meshing state, so as to facilitate the transmission of the power of the fixed gear 310 to the driving gear 230 when needed.

[0031] The clutch drive assembly 340 described in this embodiment is only a preferred structural form in this embodiment. In addition, the clutch drive assembly 340 can also directly use a motor to drive the swing rod 320 to rotate, thereby realizing the rotation of the swing gear 330.

[0032] like Fig.12 As shown, the present embodiment also discloses a production line, which includes a first line body 600, a second line body 700 and a cache material warehouse; along the horizontal direction, the first line body 600, the lifting mechanism 100, the material warehouse 200 and the second line body 700 are arranged in sequence, and the first line body 600 and the second line body 700 can transport the pallet 400 and the product 500 along the horizontal direction. One end of the second line body 700 is located at the outlet side of the material warehouse 200, and the second line body 700 is used to transport the pallet 400 and the product 500 to the rear-end workstation.

[0033] Among the multiple buffer stations 210 of the material warehouse 200, at least one is configured as a material feeding station 210a (only one material feeding station 210a is provided in this embodiment); the first wire body 600, the material feeding station 210a and the second wire body 700 are located at the same height.

[0034] The working process of the production line is: the first line body 600 transports the pallet 400 product 500 toward the lifting mechanism 100 in the horizontal direction. After the pallet 400 reaches the end of the first line body 600, the lifting component 110 drives the first belt conveyor 121 to move to the same height as the first line body 600, and then the main driving component 130 drives the first belt conveyor 121 to work, and the pallet 400 on the first line body 600 transitions to the first belt conveyor 121, and then the sliding frame 115 drives the first belt conveyor 121 to move up or down to the same height as the target cache station 210, and then caches the pallet 400 into the material warehouse 200.

[0035] This embodiment also discloses a caching method, including using the cache material library, the caching method comprising: Step S100, the product 500 to be cached is conveyed to the first conveying assembly 120, and then the lifting assembly 110 drives the first conveying assembly 120 to adjust the height until the first conveying assembly 120 and the second conveying assembly 220 in the target cache station 210 are at the same height position; Step S200: the main driving member 130 drives the first conveying assembly 120 to work, and the tray 400 and the product 500 on the first conveying assembly 120 are conveyed toward the second conveying assembly 220; Step S300, the clutch drive assembly 340 drives the swing rod 320 to swing, and the swing gear 330 connected to the swing rod 320 swings to mesh with the drive gear 230 on the target cache station 210; the fixed gear 310 drives the swing gear 330 to rotate, the swing gear 330 drives the drive gear 230 to rotate, and the drive gear 230 drives the second conveying assembly 220 to work. Since the fixed gear 310 and the drive gear 230 rotate in opposite directions, the tray 400 and the product 500 on the first conveying assembly 120 are transferred from the first conveying assembly 120 to the second conveying assembly 220 of the target cache station 210 for caching; Step S400, when the tray 400 and the product 500 are transferred to the second conveying assembly 220, the clutch drive assembly 340 drives the swing rod 320 to swing, so that the swing gear 330 is separated from the driving gear 230, and the driving gear 230 stops rotating, thereby disconnecting the power source of the second conveying assembly 220.

[0036] In the above steps: Step S100, the product 500 to be cached is conveyed to the first belt conveyor 121, and then the first motor 113 drives the sliding frame 115 and the first belt conveyor 121 to adjust to a position at the same height as the second belt conveyor 221 in the target cache station 210; Step S200, the main driving member 130 drives the first belt conveyor 121 to work, and the tray 400 and the product 500 begin to move along the horizontal direction toward the second belt conveyor 221, and the main driving member 130 drives the fixed gear 310 to rotate; Step S300, the telescopic member 341 of the clutch drive assembly 340 drives the second guide rod 343 to extend toward the fixed gear 310, and the second guide rod 343 pushes the swing rod 320 to swing, and the swing gear 330 rotates with the output shaft of the main drive member 130 as the hinge shaft, and rotates to mesh with the driving gear 230 on the target cache station 210, so that when the fixed gear 310 rotates, it can synchronously drive the swing gear 330 to rotate, and the swing gear 330 drives the driving gear 230 to rotate. Since the fixed gear 310 and the driving gear 230 rotate in opposite directions, the driving gear 230 drives the second belt conveyor 221 to work, so as to transfer the tray 400 and the product 500 on the first belt conveyor 121 to the second belt conveyor 221; Step S400, when the tray 400 and the product 500 are transferred to the second belt conveyor 221 and completely enter the target cache station 210, the telescopic member 341 drives the second guide rod 343 to retract, and the connecting rod 344 pulls the rocker arm 320 and the swing gear 330 to reset, and the swing gear 330 is immediately disengaged from the drive gear 230 of the target cache station 210, and the drive gear 230 immediately stops rotating, and the power source of the second belt conveyor 221 is disconnected, and the tray 400 and the product 500 stay on the second belt conveyor 221 of the target cache station 210 for caching.

[0037] It should be noted that if the processing pressure of the product 500 at the rear-end station is not large, the first line body 600, the first belt conveyor 121, the second belt conveyor 221 of the feeding station 210a and the second line body 700 can form a continuous conveying path, and the tray 400 and the product 500 are transported to the rear-end station along the conveying path.

[0038] The above is only a specific implementation of the present application. Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, modules and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It should be understood that the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of various equivalent modifications or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in this application, and these modifications or replacements should be included in the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. A cache material warehouse, characterized in that: include: The lifting mechanism comprises a lifting assembly, a first conveying assembly and a main driving member; the lifting assembly is used to drive the first conveying assembly to move in a height direction; the main driving member is arranged on the lifting assembly, the main driving member is connected to the first conveying assembly, and is used to drive the first conveying assembly to convey products in a horizontal direction; The material warehouse is provided with a plurality of buffer stations in the height direction, and the buffer stations are provided with a second conveying assembly and a driving gear, and the second conveying assembly is arranged in the material warehouse; the driving gear is arranged on the material warehouse, and the driving gear is connected with the second conveying assembly, and is used to drive the second conveying assembly to convey the product in the horizontal direction; The clutch mechanism comprises a fixed gear, a rocker arm, a swing gear and a clutch driving assembly; the fixed gear is connected to the output end of the main driving member; one end of the rocker arm is hinged to the lifting mechanism, the swing gear is rotationally connected to the other end of the rocker arm, and the swing gear is meshed with the fixed gear; the clutch driving assembly is arranged on the lifting assembly and connected to the swing gear, and is used to drive the swing gear to mesh or separate with the driving gear.

2. The cache material warehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lifting assembly includes a lifting bracket, a screw rod, a first motor, a first guide rod and a sliding frame; The lifting bracket is arranged on one side of the material warehouse in the horizontal direction; the screw rod is rotatably arranged on the lifting bracket; the first motor is arranged on the lifting bracket, and the output end of the first motor is connected to the screw rod; the first guide rod passes through the sliding frame along the height direction, and is used to limit the sliding frame to move only in the height direction; the sliding frame is threadedly matched with the screw rod, and when the screw rod rotates, the sliding frame can move in the height direction.

3. The cache material warehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first conveying assembly includes a first belt conveying member and a first telescopic limiting member; The first belt conveyor is arranged on the lifting assembly, and is used to convey the pallet and the product in the horizontal direction; the first telescopic limiting member is arranged on the lifting assembly, and is used to block the pallet in the horizontal direction.

4. The cache material storehouse according to claim 3, characterized in that: A second telescopic limiter is provided on the exit side of the buffer station to prevent the tray from moving in a direction away from the lifting assembly.

5. The cache material warehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that: The main driving component is configured as a second motor, the output shaft of the second motor is connected to the first conveying assembly; the fixed gear is coaxially arranged on the output shaft of the second motor; and one end of the swing rod is hinged to the output shaft of the second motor.

6. The cache material storehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that: The second conveying assembly includes a second belt conveying member; the second belt conveying member includes a pulley 1, a pulley 2, a pulley 3, a pulley 4 and a transmission shaft; the pulley 1 and the pulley 2 can be rotatably arranged on the material storage, the pulley 3 and the pulley 4 are both arranged on the transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft can be rotatably arranged on the material storage; The pulley 1 and the pulley 3 are connected by a first belt; the pulley 2 and the pulley 4 are connected by a second belt; the driving gear is coaxially connected with the pulley, and the pulley 1 is driven to rotate by the driving gear.

7. The cache material storehouse according to claim 6, characterized in that: The second pulley is arranged on the material storage through a half-shaft assembly; the half-shaft assembly includes a half-shaft, an adjusting bolt and a nut; the second pulley is coaxially and rotatably arranged on the half-shaft; a slide groove is arranged on the material storage, and the half-shaft is inserted in the slide groove, so that the half-shaft can move in the slide groove along the horizontal direction, and the adjusting bolt is threadedly connected to the half-shaft, and the half-shaft can be driven to move in the horizontal direction by rotating the adjusting bolt; a shoulder surface is arranged on the half-shaft, and the nut is threadedly connected to the half-shaft, and a side wall of the material storage is clamped between the shoulder surface and the nut.

8. The cache material storehouse according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: The clutch drive assembly includes a telescopic member, a guide block, a second guide rod and a connecting rod; the telescopic member is arranged on the lifting assembly; The guide block is arranged on the lifting assembly or the first conveying assembly; the second guide rod slides through the guide block along the horizontal direction, one end of the second guide rod is connected to the output end of the telescopic member, the other end of the second guide rod is hinged to one end of the connecting rod, and the other end of the connecting rod is hinged to the swing rod. The telescopic member is extended and retracted in the horizontal direction to drive the swing gear to engage or separate with the driving gear.

9. A production line, characterized in that: It comprises a first linear body, a second linear body and a cache material storehouse as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8; Along the horizontal direction, the first line body, the lifting mechanism, the material warehouse and the second line body are arranged in sequence; among the multiple buffer stations of the material warehouse, at least one is configured as a material feeding station; the first line body, the material feeding station and the second line body are located at the same height.

10. A caching method, characterized in that: The method comprises using the cache material storehouse according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the cache method comprises: The product to be cached is conveyed to the first conveying assembly, and then the lifting assembly drives the first conveying assembly to adjust its height until the first conveying assembly and the second conveying assembly in the target cache station are at the same height; The main driving member drives the first conveying assembly to work, and the pallets and products on the first conveying assembly are conveyed toward the second conveying assembly; The clutch drive assembly drives the swing rod to swing, and the swing gear connected to the swing rod swings to mesh with the drive gear on the target cache station; the fixed gear drives the swing gear to rotate, the swing gear drives the drive gear to rotate, and the drive gear drives the second conveying assembly to work. Since the fixed gear and the drive gear rotate in opposite directions, the trays and products on the first conveying assembly are transferred from the first conveying assembly to the second conveying assembly of the target cache station for caching; When the tray and the product are transferred to the second conveying assembly, the clutch drive assembly drives the swing rod to swing, so that the swing gear is separated from the drive gear, the drive gear stops rotating, and the power source of the second conveying assembly is disconnected.

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