An automatic feeding device

By designing an automatic feeding device, the problem of inconvenient feeding structure in traditional tin plating equipment was solved, realizing the automated handling and positioning of material boxes and sheets, and improving the efficiency and quality of tin plating processing.

CN119953864BActive Publication Date: 2025-11-28SHENZHEN WOFUTE AUTOMATION EQUIP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202510340091.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-21
Publication Date
2025-11-28
Estimated Expiration
2045-03-21

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Technical Problem

Traditional tin plating equipment lacks a convenient and efficient feeding structure, which leads to a high dependence on manual operation in the tin plating process, reducing production efficiency and quality control.

Method used

An automatic feeding device was designed, including a frame, a conveying component, a box picking component, a discharging component, a lifting component, a fixing component, a sheet picking component, and a sheet conveying component. Through the coordinated operation of these components, the automatic handling, positioning, and conveying of boxes and sheets are achieved, ensuring the continuity and accuracy of material transmission.

Benefits of technology

It enables automated flow of material boxes and sheets, reduces labor costs, improves production efficiency, ensures the stability and accuracy of material transfer, and enhances production efficiency and product quality.

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Abstract

The application relates to the field of automatic production equipment, in particular to an automatic feeding device. The automatic feeding device comprises a rack, a first conveying assembly, a material box picking assembly, a second conveying assembly, a discharging assembly, a jacking assembly, a fixing assembly, a material sheet picking assembly and a material sheet conveying assembly. The first conveying assembly carries and conveys the material box, the material box picking assembly accurately grabs the material box to a specified position, the discharging assembly pushes the material sheet in the material box to the second conveying assembly, the jacking assembly lifts the material sheet, the fixing assembly stabilizes the material sheet, the material sheet picking assembly picks up and then shifts to the material sheet conveying assembly, and finally the material sheet is accurately conveyed to a preset feeding position. The application has the remarkable effects of high automation, reduction of labor cost, improvement of material conveying accuracy and stability and the like, can effectively solve the problems of inconvenient feeding and low efficiency of a traditional tinning device, and helps efficient production.
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Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of automated production equipment, and in particular to an automatic feeding device. Background Technology

[0002] In today's industrial production, tin plating is an important surface treatment method widely used in the manufacturing processes of many electronic and hardware products. With the continuous growth of market demand for products, enterprises face increasingly severe challenges in production efficiency and quality control.

[0003] As the core equipment for this process, the ease of operation and degree of automation of the tin plating unit directly affect the smoothness and efficiency of the entire production chain. However, traditional tin plating units have significant design flaws. In actual production scenarios, most existing tin plating units lack convenient and efficient feeding structures, making automated or semi-automated material handling impossible. This means that every step of the tin plating process relies heavily on manual material handling, and the inefficiency of manual operation results in a significant amount of waiting time throughout the process, severely slowing down the production pace and reducing processing efficiency.

[0004] Therefore, based on the above problems, the existing technology needs to be improved. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The purpose of this application is to provide an automatic feeding device.

[0006] The above-mentioned technical objective of this application is achieved through the following technical solution: an automatic feeding device, comprising:

[0007] frame;

[0008] A first conveying component is mounted on a frame and is capable of carrying and conveying a box containing several pieces of material along a preset path.

[0009] The tote box pickup assembly is mounted on the frame and located at the end of the conveying process of the first conveying assembly;

[0010] The second conveying component, mounted on the frame, is used to receive and convey the processed sheets.

[0011] The discharge component is mounted on the frame. After the material box picking component picks up the material box to the designated position, the discharge component pushes the material piece in the material box to the second conveying component to realize the transfer of the material piece on the second conveying component.

[0012] A lifting assembly is located at the conveying end of the second conveying assembly, and the lifting assembly moves up and down in a direction perpendicular to the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly. When the sheet is conveyed to the conveying end by the second conveying assembly, the lifting assembly lifts the sheet to make the sheet separate from the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly;

[0013] A fixing assembly is arranged at the conveying end of the second conveying assembly and cooperates with the lifting assembly. When the lifting assembly lifts the sheet into position, the fixing assembly can fix the sheet in the lifted state, limit the displacement of the sheet in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, and ensure the stability of the position of the sheet.

[0014] A sheet picking assembly is installed on the rack. After the sheet is fixed by the fixing assembly, the sheet on the lifting assembly is picked up.

[0015] A sheet conveying assembly is arranged on the rack. After the sheet is picked up by the sheet picking assembly, the sheet is transferred to the sheet conveying assembly, and the sheet conveying assembly conveys the sheet to a preset feeding position.

[0016] By adopting the above technical solutions, the first conveying assembly and the magazine picking assembly realize the automatic handling and circulation of the magazine, change the low-efficiency mode of traditional manual handling of the magazine, and greatly reduce the labor cost and labor intensity of workers. The discharge assembly and the second conveying assembly work cooperatively to accurately and efficiently transfer the sheets in the magazine to subsequent processes, ensuring the continuity and accuracy of material transmission. The lifting assembly and the fixing assembly cooperate with each other to accurately position and stabilize the sheet when the sheet is transmitted to the key node, avoid displacement and shaking of the sheet, and provide a stable foundation for subsequent processing. The sheet picking assembly and the sheet conveying assembly finally convey the sheet to the preset feeding position stably and accurately, not only ensuring the accuracy of sheet feeding and meeting the high-precision processing demand, but also greatly improving the production efficiency and enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises in the market.

[0017] Optionally, the magazine picking assembly comprises:

[0018] A horizontal sliding table is arranged on the rack, and the horizontal sliding table can move linearly back and forth in the horizontal direction.

[0019] A vertical sliding table is installed on the horizontal sliding table, and the vertical sliding table can move in the horizontal direction under the driving of the horizontal sliding table. Meanwhile, the vertical sliding table itself can move linearly back and forth in the vertical direction.

[0020] A receiving table is connected with the vertical sliding table, and can realize the lifting in the vertical direction under the driving of the vertical sliding table, and realize the combined movement in the horizontal and vertical directions under the joint action of the horizontal sliding table and the vertical sliding table. The receiving table is used to receive the magazine arriving from the conveying end of the first conveying assembly and transport the magazine to a specified position where the subsequent discharge assembly can act.

[0021] By adopting the technical scheme, the horizontal sliding table can accurately and quickly move linearly in the horizontal direction, and the vertical sliding table mounted thereon can stably move linearly in the vertical direction. The linkage of the horizontal sliding table and the vertical sliding table enables the receiving table connected to the vertical sliding table to have flexible and variable spatial movement capability. This design enables the receiving table to receive the arriving material box at the end of the first conveying assembly with high precision and efficiency, and the receiving table can be adaptively adjusted through the composite movement in the horizontal and vertical directions to accurately grasp the material box. Then, the material box is stably and quickly transported to the specified position required by the subsequent discharging assembly. Through the adjustment of the vertical sliding table, the discharging assembly can push the material pieces in the material box with different placement heights. This not only greatly reduces the jamming and errors in the material box picking process, ensures the smoothness of the entire feeding process, but also avoids the adverse effects caused by inaccurate positioning of the material box on the subsequent process, and lays a solid foundation for realizing efficient and stable automatic production.

[0022] Optionally, the discharging assembly comprises:

[0023] a discharging mounting frame;

[0024] a discharging guide rail mounted on the discharging mounting frame and defining a movement direction;

[0025] a discharging guide block assembled to the discharging guide rail and slidable along the discharging guide rail;

[0026] a discharging mounting plate connected to the discharging guide block and moving synchronously with the discharging guide block;

[0027] a position sensing sheet fixed on the discharging mounting plate and used for feeding a position signal;

[0028] a position sensor arranged on the discharging mounting frame and cooperating with the position sensing sheet to monitor the position of the discharging mounting plate;

[0029] a discharging support plate mounted on the discharging mounting plate and serving as a support;

[0030] a discharging driving member fixed on the discharging support plate and providing power output;

[0031] a push rod connected to the discharging driving member and driven to move along the discharging guide rail in the setting direction, and the push rod pushes the material pieces in the material box into the second conveying assembly.

[0032] By adopting the above technical scheme, the discharge guide rail is installed on the discharge mounting frame, which provides accurate movement direction limitation for the discharge guide block, so that the discharge mounting plate connected therewith can smoothly slide along the fixed path, ensuring the stability and linearity of the movement of the entire discharge assembly. According to the different specifications of the material box, the initial position of the discharge mounting plate is adjusted, and the cooperation of the position sensing sheet and the position sensor can monitor the position of the discharge mounting plate in real time and accurately, ensure its operation within the specified stroke, avoid the situation of overtravel or position deviation, and improve the precision of the discharge operation. The discharge support plate provides reliable support for the discharge driving member, ensuring the stability of the power output. The discharge driving member drives the push rod to move along the direction of the discharge guide rail, which can accurately and efficiently push the material sheet in the material box into the second conveying assembly, realizes the automatic transfer of the material sheet, reduces the manual intervention, improves the production efficiency, reduces the risk of material sheet damage or inaccurate position caused by manual operation, and makes the feeding process more automated, intelligent and reliable.

[0033] Optionally, the jacking assembly comprises:

[0034] a blocking piece arranged on the conveying end of the second conveying assembly;

[0035] a jacking driving member fixedly installed on the rack, and the power output direction thereof is perpendicular to the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly;

[0036] a top plate connected with the power output end of the jacking driving member, and the top plate rises or falls in the vertical direction under the driving of the jacking driving member.

[0037] By adopting the above technical scheme, the blocking piece is arranged at the conveying end of the second conveying assembly, which can quickly and reliably block the material sheet from continuing to move forward when the material sheet runs to this position with the conveying assembly, ensuring that the material sheet is accurately positioned at the preset position and providing a stable starting reference for the subsequent jacking action. The jacking driving member is fixed to the rack, and the power output direction thereof is perpendicular to the conveying plane, which provides strong and stable jacking force for the top plate. The top plate is closely connected with the jacking driving member and smoothly rises and falls in the vertical direction under the driving, which can accurately lift the material sheet intercepted by the blocking piece to make it separate from the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly. It not only avoids the damage of the material sheet in the transfer process such as scratching and collision, but also realizes the accurate positioning of the material sheet in the vertical dimension, lays a solid foundation for the efficient operation of the subsequent fixing assembly and the accurate picking of the material picking assembly, and effectively guarantees the smoothness and stability of the feeding process, greatly improves the overall production efficiency and product quality.

[0038] Optionally, the fixing assembly comprises:

[0039] a first clamping driving member installed on the rack;

[0040] The second clamping driving member is installed on the rack corresponding to the first clamping driving member.

[0041] The first vertical plate is fixed to the power output end of the first clamping driving member.

[0042] The second vertical plate is fixed to the power output end of the second clamping driving member.

[0043] The first clamping plate is installed on one side of the first vertical plate facing the material sheet, and is used to approach or move away from the material sheet under the driving of the first vertical plate.

[0044] The second clamping plate is installed on one side of the second vertical plate facing the material sheet, and is arranged opposite to the first clamping plate, and is used to approach or move away from the material sheet under the driving of the second vertical plate, and cooperates with the first clamping plate to realize the clamping and fixing of the material sheet on the jacking assembly.

[0045] By adopting the above technical scheme, the first and second clamping driving members are reversely installed on the rack, can accurately drive the first and second vertical plates to move towards each other, and drive the first and second clamping plates to act cooperatively. The two can effectively clamp and fix the material sheet on the jacking assembly from the horizontal and vertical directions, limit the displacement of the material sheet, keep the stable position of the material sheet in the subsequent processing, provide reliable guarantee for the picking of the material sheet and the subsequent process, improve the reliability and accuracy of the feeding process, and guarantee the product quality and production efficiency.

[0046] Optionally, the material sheet picking assembly comprises:

[0047] A picking mounting frame;

[0048] A picking guide rail is installed on the picking mounting frame;

[0049] A picking guide block is slidingly connected to the picking guide rail;

[0050] A picking driving member drives the picking guide block to slide along the picking guide rail;

[0051] A picking mounting plate is installed on the picking guide block;

[0052] A rotating driving member is installed on the picking mounting plate, and is used to output rotating power;

[0053] A clamping jaw is connected to the output end of the rotating driving member, and is driven to rotate by the rotating driving member.

[0054] By adopting the above technical scheme, the pickup mounting frame provides stable basic support for the entire assembly, ensuring stable operation of each component. The pickup guide rail is precisely installed thereon, limiting the movement path of the pickup guide block and ensuring smooth sliding thereof along a straight line. The pickup driving member drives the guide block to move along the guide rail. The cooperation of the two enables the pickup mounting plate to quickly and accurately reach the specified position, greatly improving the positioning accuracy and efficiency of the material sheet pickup. The rotary driving member is installed on the pickup mounting plate and outputs rotary power to flexibly drive the jaw to rotate. This design allows the jaw to flexibly adjust the grabbing angle according to the placement posture of the material sheet and subsequent processing requirements. Whether the material sheet is placed horizontally, vertically or obliquely, it can be accurately and reliably grabbed. In this way, the assembly realizes efficient positioning and multi-angle adaptive grabbing during the material sheet pickup process, reduces manual intervention and reduces the risk of errors, effectively ensuring the continuity and accuracy of the feeding process and further improving the overall production efficiency.

[0055] Optionally, the auxiliary fitting assembly further comprises:

[0056] An auxiliary mounting frame is arranged on the pickup mounting plate.

[0057] An auxiliary mounting plate is installed on the auxiliary mounting frame. When the jaw transfers the material sheet to the material sheet conveying assembly, the auxiliary mounting plate can cooperate with the jaw to avoid excessive force exerted by the jaw and prevent the material sheet from being damaged due to excessive force, so that the material sheet is attached to the material sheet conveying component.

[0058] An auxiliary guide rail is arranged on the pickup mounting plate.

[0059] An auxiliary guide block is slidably arranged on the auxiliary guide rail.

[0060] An auxiliary driving member drives the auxiliary guide block to slide along the auxiliary guide rail.

[0061] A pressing block is fixedly arranged on the auxiliary guide block. When the jaw transfers the material sheet to the material sheet conveying assembly, the pressing block can cooperate with the jaw to attach the material sheet to the material sheet conveying assembly.

[0062] By adopting the technical scheme, the auxiliary mounting frame is arranged on the picking mounting plate, the auxiliary mounting plate builds a stable platform for fixing the subsequent material sheet on the steel belt, and the auxiliary mounting plate cooperates with the clamping jaw when the clamping jaw transfers the material sheet to the material sheet conveying assembly, thereby limiting the part of the material sheet not attached to the steel belt, effectively avoiding excessive extrusion of the part of the material sheet not attached to the steel belt when the clamping jaw fixes the material sheet on the steel belt, and effectively preventing the material sheet from being damaged due to uneven or excessive stress, thereby protecting the integrity of the material sheet. At the same time, the auxiliary guide rail plans a precise route for the auxiliary guide block, and the auxiliary guide block slides along the auxiliary guide rail to drive the pressing block fixed thereon to be flexibly positioned. At the moment when the material sheet is positioned, the pressing block and the clamping jaw cooperatively exert force to clamp and fix the material sheet and the steel belt, so that the material sheet is closely and flatly attached to the steel belt, and the starting position of the material sheet conveying is accurate and correct. This not only greatly improves the stability and reliability of the material sheet transfer link and reduces the rate of defective products, but also lays a solid foundation for subsequent high-precision processing processes and improves production efficiency and product quality.

[0063] Optionally, the material sheet conveying assembly comprises:

[0064] A first conveying mounting frame is arranged on the picking mounting frame;

[0065] A second conveying mounting frame is arranged on the picking mounting frame and arranged opposite to the first conveying mounting frame;

[0066] A first transmission wheel and a second transmission wheel are arranged on the first conveying mounting frame in a spaced manner and used to support and drive the movement of the steel belt;

[0067] A third transmission wheel and a fourth transmission wheel are arranged on the second conveying mounting frame in a spaced manner and cooperatively work with the first transmission wheel and the second transmission wheel to realize the transmission of the steel belt;

[0068] A first positioning pin is arranged on the circumferential surface of the first transmission wheel and has a position and a size matched with the positioning hole on the steel belt and capable of being inserted into the positioning hole;

[0069] A second positioning pin is arranged on the circumferential surface of the third transmission wheel and has a position and a size matched with the positioning hole on the steel belt and capable of being inserted into the corresponding positioning hole;

[0070] The steel belt is uniformly provided with a plurality of positioning holes in the arrangement direction, and the steel belt is fitted and arranged on the first transmission wheel and the third transmission wheel through the positioning holes and is driven to transmit by the rotation of the first transmission wheel and the third transmission wheel;

[0071] A fixed pressing sheet is arranged on the steel belt and used to fix the material sheet attached to the steel belt.

[0072] By adopting the above technical scheme, the first and second conveying mounting frames are stably built relying on the picking mounting frame, providing solid support structure for the transmission components, and ensuring the stability of the entire conveying system. The first and second transmission wheels and the third and fourth transmission wheels are respectively reasonably arranged on the corresponding mounting frames, and cooperate with each other to form an efficient transmission link, which precisely drives the steel belt to continuously and stably run, ensures the continuous and smooth conveying process of the material sheet, and avoids jamming and interruption. The first and second positioning pins are accurately matched with the steel belt positioning holes, and when the transmission wheels rotate, the steel belt displacement deviation is strictly limited by the close fitting, so that the steel belt transmission path is accurate and reliable, the material sheet positioning accuracy is greatly improved, and the high-precision machining requirement is met. The fixed pressing piece arranged on the steel belt is used to fix the material sheet attached to the steel belt, effectively preventing the displacement and sliding risk of the material sheet during high-speed transmission. In summary, the assembly ensures the accuracy, stability and efficiency of the material sheet conveying, lays a solid foundation for the subsequent machining link, effectively promotes the production efficiency, reduces the defective rate, and enhances the product quality control.

[0073] In summary, the present application at least has the following beneficial effects:

[0074] 1. The first conveying assembly cooperates with the material box picking assembly, the horizontal sliding table and the vertical sliding table are linked to make the receiving table accurately grab the material box, change the inefficient mode of manual carrying of the material box, reduce the labor amount of workers, and avoid the influence of inaccurate positioning of the material box on the subsequent process, thereby ensuring the smoothness of the feeding process.

[0075] 2. The material outlet assembly can be flexibly adjusted according to the size of the material box by means of the material outlet guide rail and the position sensing sheet, accurately pushes the material sheet to the second conveying assembly, reduces manual intervention, reduces the risk of material sheet damage and inaccurate positioning, and makes the feeding process more automated, intelligent and reliable.

[0076] 3. The auxiliary fitting assembly cooperates with the auxiliary mounting plate and the clamping jaw to prevent the material sheet from being damaged due to uneven stress or excessive stress, and the pressing block and the clamping jaw cooperate to make the material sheet tightly attached to the steel belt, ensure the accuracy of the starting position of conveying, improve the stability and reliability of the transfer link, lay a foundation for subsequent high-precision machining, and reduce the defective rate.

[0077] 4. The material sheet conveying assembly is designed by reasonably arranging the transmission wheels to tightly cooperate to drive the steel belt to stably run, the positioning pins accurately limit the displacement of the steel belt, and the fixed pressing piece prevents the material sheet from sliding, thereby comprehensively ensuring the accuracy, stability and efficiency of the material sheet conveying, promoting the production efficiency, and enhancing the product quality control. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0078] Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of an automatic feeding device;

[0079] Figure 2 is a structural schematic view of a material box picking assembly;

[0080] Figure 3 is a structural schematic diagram of the ejection assembly;

[0081] Figure 4 is a structural schematic diagram of the second conveying assembly;

[0082] Figure 5 is a structural schematic diagram of the jacking assembly;

[0083] Figure 6 is a structural schematic diagram of the fixing assembly;

[0084] Figure 7 is an assembly schematic diagram of the wafer pickup assembly, the auxiliary laminating assembly and the wafer conveying assembly;

[0085] Figure 8 is a structural schematic diagram of the wafer pickup assembly;

[0086] Figure 9 is a structural schematic diagram of the auxiliary laminating assembly;

[0087] Figure 10 is a position schematic diagram of the pressing block;

[0088] Figure 11 is a structural schematic diagram of the wafer conveying assembly.

[0089] Reference signs

[0090] 1, frame; 2, first conveying assembly; 3, wafer box pickup assembly; 31, horizontal sliding table; 32, vertical sliding table; 33, receiving table; 4, second conveying assembly; 5, ejection assembly; 51, ejection mounting frame; 52, ejection guide rail; 53, ejection guide block; 54, ejection mounting plate; 55, position sensing sheet; 56, position sensor; 57, ejection support plate; 58, ejection driving member; 59, push rod; 6, jacking assembly; 61, blocking member; 62, jacking driving member; 63, top plate; 7, fixing assembly; 71, first clamping driving member; 72, second clamping driving member; 73, first vertical plate; 74, second vertical plate; 75, first clamping plate; 76, second clamping plate; 8, wafer pickup assembly; 81, pickup mounting frame; 82, pickup guide rail; 83, pickup guide block; 84, pickup driving member; 85, pickup mounting plate; 86, rotating driving member; 87, clamping jaw; 9, wafer conveying assembly; 91, first conveying mounting frame; 92, second conveying mounting frame; 93, first transmission wheel; 94, second transmission wheel; 95, third transmission wheel; 96, fourth transmission wheel; 97, first positioning pin; 98, second positioning pin; 99, steel belt; 910, positioning hole; 911, fixed pressing plate; 10, auxiliary laminating assembly; 101, auxiliary mounting frame; 102, auxiliary mounting plate; 103, auxiliary guide rail; 104, auxiliary guide block; 105, auxiliary driving member; 106, pressing block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0091] The application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0092] In this embodiment, reference is made to Figure 1 An automatic feeding device comprises.

[0093] Reference is made to Figure 2 The horizontal sliding table 31 is tightly fixed to the rack 1 by high-strength bolts, and is internally equipped with a precise linear guide block structure and a powerful servo motor, which ensures that it can make fast and accurate linear reciprocating motion in the horizontal direction, with a movement accuracy of ±0.1 mm. The vertical sliding table 32 is also designed with high precision, and is installed on the horizontal sliding table 31. The two are tightly connected through dovetail groove structure, which not only ensures that the vertical sliding table 32 can smoothly displace horizontally under the driving of the horizontal sliding table 31, but also can stably make linear reciprocating motion in the vertical direction by relying on its own built-in driving device. The vertical movement accuracy is also controlled within ±0.1 mm. The receiving table 33 is connected with the vertical sliding table 32 through a rigid coupling. When the magazine containing a plurality of material pieces is conveyed to the end by the first conveying assembly 2, the receiving table 33 can quickly adaptively adjust under the combined motion in the horizontal and vertical directions according to the real-time positional deviation of the magazine, accurately grasp the magazine, and transport the magazine to a specified position where the subsequent discharging assembly 5 can act. The specified position is pre-set by a sensor to ensure consistency of placement each time.

[0094] Reference is made to Figure 3The discharge assembly 5 includes a discharge mounting frame 51, a discharge guide rail 52, a discharge guide block 53, a discharge mounting plate 54, a position sensing sheet 55, a position sensor 56, a discharge support plate 57, a discharge driving element 58, and a push rod 59. The discharge mounting frame 51 is made of aluminum alloy material, is subjected to anodic oxidation treatment, has sufficient strength and good rust resistance, and is stably erected on one side of the rack 1. The discharge guide rail 52 is selected from a high-precision linear guide rail, is mounted on the discharge mounting frame 51, and provides the discharge guide block 53 with a movement direction limit with almost zero deviation. The discharge guide block 53 is matched with the discharge guide rail 52 through a ball slide block, has smooth sliding and extremely high precision, is assembled on the discharge guide rail 52, and is rigidly connected with the connected discharge mounting plate 54 to move synchronously with the discharge guide block 53. The position sensing sheet 55 is made of a high-sensitivity magnetic sheet, is fixed on the side of the discharge mounting plate 54, and the position sensor 56 is selected from a matching Hall sensor and is arranged at a corresponding position of the discharge mounting frame 51. The two are matched to monitor the position of the discharge mounting plate 54 in real time and accurately, the monitoring precision reaches 0.05 mm, the discharge mounting plate 54 is ensured to accurately operate within a specified stroke set according to different specifications of the material box, and the overtravel or position deviation is avoided. The discharge support plate 57 is firmly mounted above the discharge mounting plate 54 through welding. The discharge driving element 58 is selected from a high-precision electric push rod, is fixed on the discharge support plate 57, provides stable and reliable power output, and has a maximum thrust of 500 N. The push rod 59 is made of stainless steel, has a smooth surface, is connected with the discharge driving element 58, is driven to stably move along the arrangement direction of the discharge guide rail 52, pushes the material sheet in the material box into the second conveying assembly 4 in a soft and accurate manner, and ensures that the material sheet does not deviate or is damaged in the pushing process.

[0095] With reference to Figure 4 and Figure 5 The jacking assembly 6 includes a blocking piece 61, a jacking driving element 62, and a top plate 63. The blocking piece 61 is wrapped with a rigid metal framework made of rubber, is mounted on the conveying end of the second conveying assembly 4, the rubber part can effectively block the material sheet from continuing to move forward, and can avoid scratching the material sheet to ensure that the material sheet is accurately positioned at the preset position. The jacking driving element 62 is selected from a large-stroke hydraulic cylinder, is fixedly mounted on the rack 1, is stably ensured through high-strength bolt connection, the power output direction is strictly perpendicular to the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly 4, has a maximum jacking force of 1000 N, and a stroke of 200 mm, which is sufficient to meet the jacking needs of material sheets with different thicknesses. The top plate 63 is made of lightweight high-strength aluminum alloy material, is firmly connected with the power output end of the jacking driving element 62 through welding, is lifted or lowered in the vertical direction under the driving of the jacking driving element 62, accurately and stably holds up the material sheet intercepted by the blocking piece 61, and makes the material sheet separate from the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly 4 to provide ideal conditions for the operation of the subsequent fixing assembly 7.

[0096] With reference to Figure 4 and Figure 6 , the fixing assembly 7 includes a first clamping driving element 71, a second clamping driving element 72, a first vertical plate 73, a second vertical plate 74, a first clamping plate 75, and a second clamping plate 76. The first clamping driving element 71 and the second clamping driving element 72 are both high-precision air cylinders symmetrically installed on the rack 1, and the driving directions of the two are accurately calibrated through mechanical structure. The first vertical plate 73 and the second vertical plate 74 are respectively fastened to the power output ends of the first clamping driving element 71 and the second clamping driving element 72 through bolts to ensure the rigidity of the connection. The first clamping plate 75 and the second clamping plate 76 are made of polyurethane material, which is soft and has a certain friction. They are installed on the side of the first vertical plate 73 and the second vertical plate 74 facing the sheet, and can quickly drive the first vertical plate 73 and the second vertical plate 74 to move towards each other when the first clamping driving element 71 and the second clamping driving element 72 receive the control signal, driving the first clamping plate 75 and the second clamping plate 76 to move together. The sheet on the jacking assembly 6 is gently and effectively clamped and fixed from both sides of the sheet. The clamping force can be accurately controlled between 50-200N, which can limit the displacement of the sheet without causing any damage to the sheet, so that the sheet can maintain a stable position during subsequent processing, providing reliable protection for sheet picking and subsequent processes.

[0097] With reference to Figure 7 and Figure 8 , the sheet picking assembly 8 includes a picking mounting frame 81, a picking guide rail 82, a picking guide block 83, a picking driving element 84, a picking mounting plate 85, a rotating driving element 86, and a clamping jaw 87. The picking mounting frame 81 is made of steel structure and welded together, and is annealed to eliminate internal stress to ensure sufficient stability. It is installed on the rack 1. The picking guide rail 82 is a high-precision dovetail guide rail installed on the picking mounting frame 81, providing an accurate positioning movement path for the picking guide block 83. The picking guide block 83 is slidably connected with the picking guide rail 82, and the fit is tight and smooth. The picking driving element 84 is a servo motor combined with a screw nut transmission mechanism, which drives the picking guide block 83 to slide along the picking guide rail 82. The combination of the two enables the picking mounting plate 85 to quickly and accurately reach the designated position. The rotating driving element 86 is a high-precision rotating servo motor installed on the picking mounting plate 85, which can output accurate rotating power. The clamping jaw 87 is in the form of pneumatic suction, and is rigidly connected with the output end of the rotating driving element 86 through a shaft coupling. The clamping jaw 87 is driven to rotate by the rotating driving element 86, and the suction force of the clamping jaw 87 can be accurately adjusted according to the material and size of the sheet. Whether the sheet is placed horizontally, vertically or obliquely, it can be accurately and reliably grasped, ensuring efficient and error-free sheet picking.

[0098] With reference to Figure 9 and Figure 10The auxiliary fitting assembly 10 comprises an auxiliary mounting frame 101, an auxiliary mounting plate 102, an auxiliary guide rail 103, an auxiliary guide block 104, an auxiliary driving element 105 and a pressing block 106. The auxiliary mounting frame 101 is fixed on the pickup mounting plate 85 by bolts to provide stable support for the entire auxiliary fitting assembly. The auxiliary mounting plate 102 is made of acrylic material, has certain flexibility and high transparency, and is convenient for observing the fitting of the material sheet. The auxiliary mounting plate 102 is installed on the auxiliary mounting frame 101 and can cooperate with the clamping jaw 87 when the clamping jaw 87 transfers the material sheet to the material sheet conveying assembly 9. By virtue of the buffering property of the auxiliary mounting plate 102, the excessive force applied by the clamping jaw 87 can be effectively avoided, and the material sheet can be prevented from being damaged due to excessive force. The auxiliary guide rail 103 is a micro linear guide rail and is arranged on the pickup mounting plate 85 to provide precise sliding guide for the auxiliary guide block 104. The auxiliary guide block 104 is slidingly arranged on the auxiliary guide rail 103 and closely cooperates with the auxiliary guide rail 103. The auxiliary driving element 105 is a small electric push rod and drives the auxiliary guide block 104 to slide along the auxiliary guide rail 103 to meet the auxiliary action requirement during the fitting of the material sheet. The pressing block 106 is made of rubber and is fixedly arranged on the auxiliary guide block 104. When the clamping jaw 87 transfers the material sheet to the material sheet conveying assembly 9, the pressing block 106 can cooperate with the clamping jaw 87. The pressing block 106 and the clamping jaw 87 cooperate from the opposite sides to clamp the steel belt 99 and the material sheet, so that the material sheet is closely and flatly attached to the steel belt 99, and the starting position of the material sheet conveying is accurate and correct.

[0099] In detail, referring to Figure 11The tablet conveying assembly 9 comprises a first conveying mount 91, a second conveying mount 92, a first transmission wheel 93, a second transmission wheel 94, a third transmission wheel 95, a fourth transmission wheel 96, a first positioning pin 97, a second positioning pin 98, a steel belt 99, and a fixed pressing tablet 911. The first conveying mount 91 and the second conveying mount 92 are made of stainless steel, are bent and welded, are arranged on the picking mount 81, are oppositely arranged, are fixedly connected through bolts, provide a firm support structure for transmission components, and are high-precision synchronous wheels. The first transmission wheel 93 and the second transmission wheel 94 are spaced apart and arranged on the first conveying mount 91, are connected with the mount through bearings, can freely rotate, are used for supporting and driving the movement of the steel belt 99, and are high-precision synchronous wheels. The third transmission wheel 95 and the fourth transmission wheel 96 are also high-precision synchronous wheels, are spaced apart and arranged on the second conveying mount 92, cooperatively work with the first transmission wheel 93 and the second transmission wheel 94, and form a stable steel belt transmission system. The first positioning pin 97 is arranged on the circumferential surface of the first transmission wheel 93, is made of hard alloy, is precisely matched with the positioning hole 910 on the steel belt 99 in position and size, can be tightly inserted into the positioning hole 910, and ensures that the steel belt 99 and the first transmission wheel 93 synchronously move in the transmission process. The second positioning pin 98 is arranged on the circumferential surface of the third transmission wheel 95, is made of the same material as the first positioning pin 97, is matched with the positioning hole 910 on the steel belt 99 in position and size, and can be accurately inserted into the corresponding positioning hole 910. The steel belt 99 is made of high-strength stainless steel, is uniformly and evenly distributed with a plurality of positioning holes 910 along the arrangement direction, is embedded and mounted on the first transmission wheel 93 and the third transmission wheel 95 through the positioning holes 910, is driven to rotate by the first transmission wheel 93 and the third transmission wheel 95 under the driving of the motor, and drives the steel belt 99 to be transmitted.

[0100] The implementation principle of the present embodiment is as follows: in actual operation, the material box containing the material sheet is first placed on the first conveying assembly 2, and the first conveying assembly 2 stably conveys the material box according to the preset path. When the material box reaches the conveying end, the receiving table 33 of the material box picking assembly 3 responds quickly, accurately grabs the material box through the composite motion of the horizontal sliding table 31 and the vertical sliding table 32, and transports it to the action area of the discharging assembly 5. The discharging assembly 5 discharges the material sheet in the material box into the second conveying assembly 4 according to the situation of the material box and the material sheet. The material sheet continues to move forward with the second conveying assembly 4, and when it reaches the end, the blocking piece 61 of the jacking assembly 6 stops the material sheet, and the jacking drive 62 drives the jacking plate 63 to jacking lift the material sheet, so that it is separated from the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly 4. Then, the first clamping drive 71 and the second clamping drive 72 of the fixing assembly 7 work, driving the first clamping plate 75 and the second clamping plate 76 to clamp and fix the material sheet. Subsequently, the picking mounting plate 85 of the material sheet picking assembly 8 reaches the specified position under the driving of the picking drive 84, the rotary drive 86 adjusts the jaw 87, the jaw 87 has the telescopic function through the telescopic cylinder, and the jaw 87 moves to the jacking assembly 6 to grab the material sheet. After completing the picking of the material sheet, the jaw 87 is retracted, the rotary drive 86 rotates the jaw 87 by 90° toward the auxiliary mounting plate 102, and the jaw 87 attaches the picked material sheet to the steel belt 99. In the process of transferring the material sheet to the material sheet conveying assembly 9, the auxiliary mounting plate 102 of the auxiliary attaching assembly 10 cooperates with the jaw 87 to prevent the part of the material sheet not attached to the steel belt 99 from being damaged, and the pressing block 106 and the jaw 87 cooperate to assist in clamping the part of the material sheet attached to the steel belt 99 and the steel belt 99. Finally, the material sheet conveying assembly 9 accurately and stably conveys the material sheet to the preset feeding position through the driving of the transmission wheels and the positioning pins, and completes the entire automatic feeding process.

[0101] In embodiment 2, the material box picking assembly 3 is optimized and improved. In addition to the existing horizontal sliding table 31, vertical sliding table 32 and receiving table 33 structure, a visual recognition system is added. The visual recognition system includes a high-definition camera and an image processor. The high-definition camera is installed above the rack 1 and can cover the conveying end area of the first conveying assembly 2 in all directions, capturing the position, posture and distribution of the material sheet in the material box in real time. The image processor is connected with the high-definition camera, uses advanced image processing algorithms to quickly analyze the collected image information, and transmits the processing result to the control system.

[0102] When the material box containing the material pieces is conveyed close to the end by the first conveying assembly 2, the visual recognition system is started. The image processor accurately calculates the offset, the inclination angle and the material piece stacking height difference of the material box, and feeds back these data to the control system of the horizontal sliding table 31 and the vertical sliding table 32. According to the received accurate instructions, the horizontal sliding table 31 and the vertical sliding table 32 automatically adjust the motion parameters, so that the receiving table 33 can grasp the material box in a more intelligent and accurate manner. For example, if the material box is inclined at a certain angle, the vertical sliding table 32 can timely fine-tune its vertical height during the movement of the horizontal sliding table 31, to ensure that the receiving table 33 and the material box maintain the best docking posture, effectively avoiding the grabbing failure caused by irregular placement of the material box, and further improving the starting accuracy and stability of the feeding process. Compared with the traditional material box picking method relying only on mechanical structure positioning, this innovative design greatly improves the adaptability to complex working conditions.

[0103] After the receiving table 33 grasps the material box, the bottom pressure sensor is triggered to monitor the weight information of the material box in real time, and transmit the data to the control system of the subsequent discharging assembly 5. According to the weight of the material box, the discharging assembly 5 automatically adjusts the pushing force parameters of the discharging driving part 58, to ensure that the push rod 59 can smoothly push the material pieces out when pushing the material pieces to the second conveying assembly 4, and will not cause damage to the material pieces due to excessive pushing force. This self-adaptive adjustment of discharging force according to the actual carrying capacity of the material box effectively improves the fine control level of material transmission.

[0104] In embodiment 3, the feedback control system of the position sensing sheet 55 and the position sensor 56 is further upgraded. An intelligent learning algorithm is introduced, and as the operation times of the discharging assembly 5 on different specifications of material boxes and material pieces increase, the system can automatically record and analyze each parameter of the discharging operation, such as the stroke, speed change, and smoothness of the material piece pushing of the discharging mounting plate 54. Based on these big data analysis, the system automatically optimizes the parameter settings of the subsequent discharging operation, so that the discharging assembly 5 can more intelligently and efficiently adapt to diversified production needs, greatly reducing the frequency and difficulty of manual debugging. This intelligent self-adaptive control feature has outstanding innovation in similar automatic feeding devices.

[0105] In embodiment 4, the jacking assembly 6 is innovatively developed. The surface of the top plate 63 is treated with a special flexible magnetic coating. The coating is made of magnetic particles uniformly dispersed in rubber material. When the jacking driving part 62 drives the top plate 63 to jacking and hold the material pieces, the flexible magnetic coating not only can provide certain adsorption force to ensure that the material pieces are more stable during vertical jacking and avoid sliding due to slight vibration or shaking, but also will not cause any scratching damage to the surface of the material pieces due to its flexible nature, especially suitable for material piece feeding scenarios with high surface precision requirements.

[0106] At the same time, the blocking piece 61 has the function of detecting the posture of the material sheet in addition to the basic function of blocking the material sheet from moving forward. Through the built-in micro laser sensor and mirror assembly, the flatness and inclination of the material sheet when it reaches the end of the transmission can be monitored in real time, and these data are transmitted to the control system of the jacking drive 62. The jacking drive 62 adjusts the jacking angle of the top plate 63 according to the posture feedback of the material sheet during the jacking process, so as to ensure that the material sheet is smoothly lifted to a completely horizontal state, and provides a more reliable basis for the accurate clamping of the subsequent fixing assembly 7. The real-time monitoring and adaptive adjustment of the posture of the material sheet is a unique innovation of the present application in the jacking process.

[0107] In embodiment 5, the material sheet conveying assembly 9 is deeply optimized. The bearing structure of the first transmission wheel 93 and the third transmission wheel 95 adopts a new type of magnetic suspension bearing. Compared with the traditional ball bearing, the magnetic suspension bearing can greatly reduce the friction during transmission, reduce the shaking and noise of the steel belt 99 during operation, and make the transmission of the steel belt 99 more stable and accurate. At the same time, due to the reduction of friction, the energy consumption required by the motor to drive the steel belt 99 is also significantly reduced, realizing the dual effect of energy saving and efficiency improvement.

[0108] Innovative improvements are made on the structure of the steel belt 99. In addition to the uniformly distributed positioning holes 910, micro air guide grooves are additionally provided on the surface of the steel belt 99 along the transmission direction. When the material sheet is attached to the steel belt 99 and transmitted at high speed, a small amount of stable airflow is introduced into the micro air guide groove through an external air source, forming a thin air film between the material sheet and the steel belt 99, further reducing the friction coefficient between the material sheet and the steel belt 99, and ensuring that the material sheet will not be electrostatically adsorbed or displaced due to friction during the conveying process, effectively ensuring the high precision and stability of the material sheet conveying.

[0109] The embodiments of the specific implementation are the preferred embodiments of the present application, but do not limit the protection scope of the present application, so that: any equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape, principle of the present application should be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding device, characterized by comprising: The utility model relates to a kind of material sheet conveying device, including: Rack (1); First conveying assembly (2) is arranged on the rack (1), and the first conveying assembly (2) can carry and convey the magazine containing several material sheets along preset path; Magazine pickup assembly (3) is arranged on the rack (1), and is located at the conveying end of the first conveying assembly (2); Second conveying assembly (4) is arranged on the rack (1), for receiving and conveying material sheet after subsequent processing; Discharge assembly (5) is arranged on the rack (1), when the magazine pickup assembly (3) picks up the magazine to specified position, the discharge assembly (5) pushes the material sheet in the magazine to the second conveying assembly (4) to realize the transmission of material sheet on the second conveying assembly (4); Jacking assembly (6) is located at the conveying end of the second conveying assembly (4), and the jacking assembly (6) makes lifting motion in the direction perpendicular to the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly (4), when material sheet is conveyed to conveying end along the second conveying assembly (4), the jacking assembly (6) jacks up material sheet and makes material sheet separate from the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly (4); Fixing assembly (7) is arranged at the conveying end of the second conveying assembly (4) and cooperates with the jacking assembly (6), when the jacking assembly (6) jacks up material sheet to position, the fixing assembly (7) can fix material sheet in jacking state, limit the displacement of material sheet in horizontal direction and vertical direction, ensure that material sheet position is stable; Material sheet pickup assembly (8) is installed on the rack (1), and material sheet on the jacking assembly (6) is picked up after the fixing assembly (7) fixes material sheet; Material sheet conveying assembly (9) is arranged on the rack (1), and material sheet is transferred to the material sheet conveying assembly (9) after the material sheet pickup assembly (8) picks up material sheet, and material sheet is conveyed to preset loading position by the material sheet conveying assembly (9); The material sheet pickup assembly (8) includes: Pickup mounting frame (81); Pickup guide rail (82) is installed on the pickup mounting frame (81); Pickup guide block (83) is slidingly connected to the pickup guide rail (82); Pickup driving part (84) drives the pickup guide block (83) to slide along the pickup guide rail (82); Pickup mounting plate (85) is installed on the pickup guide block (83); Rotary driving part (86) is installed on the pickup mounting plate (85) and is used to output rotary power; Claw (87) is connected with the output end of the rotary driving part (86), and the claw (87) is driven to rotate by the rotary driving part (86); It further includes auxiliary fitting assembly (10), and the auxiliary fitting assembly (10) includes: Auxiliary mounting frame (101) is arranged on the pickup mounting plate (85); An auxiliary mounting plate (102) is mounted on the auxiliary mounting frame (101), and the auxiliary mounting plate (102) can cooperate with the clamping jaw (87) to avoid excessive force of the clamping jaw (87) and prevent the tablet from being damaged due to excessive force when the clamping jaw (87) transfers the tablet to the tablet conveying assembly (9), so that the tablet is attached to the tablet conveying assembly (9); An auxiliary guide rail (103) is arranged on the pickup mounting plate (85); An auxiliary guide block (104) is slidingly arranged on the auxiliary guide rail (103); An auxiliary driving member (105) drives the auxiliary guide block (104) to slide along the auxiliary guide rail (103); A pressing block (106) is fixedly arranged on the auxiliary guide block (104), and the pressing block (106) can cooperate with the clamping jaw (87) to attach the tablet to the tablet conveying assembly (9) when the clamping jaw (87) transfers the tablet to the tablet conveying assembly (9); The tablet conveying assembly (9) comprises: A first conveying mounting frame (91) is arranged on the pickup mounting frame (81); A second conveying mounting frame (92) is arranged on the pickup mounting frame (81) and is arranged opposite to the first conveying mounting frame (91); A first transmission wheel (93) and a second transmission wheel (94) are arranged on the first conveying mounting frame (91) in a spaced manner, and are used to support and drive the movement of the steel belt (99); A third transmission wheel (95) and a fourth transmission wheel (96) are arranged on the second conveying mounting frame (92) in a spaced manner, and cooperate with the first transmission wheel (93) and the second transmission wheel (94) to realize the transmission of the steel belt (99); A first positioning pin (97) is arranged on the circumferential surface of the first transmission wheel (93), and the position and size of the first positioning pin (97) are matched with the positioning hole (910) on the steel belt (99), so that the first positioning pin (97) can be inserted into the positioning hole (910); A second positioning pin (98) is arranged on the circumferential surface of the third transmission wheel (95), and the position and size of the second positioning pin (98) are matched with the positioning hole (910) on the steel belt (99), so that the second positioning pin (98) can be inserted into the corresponding positioning hole (910); The steel belt (99) is uniformly provided with a plurality of positioning holes (910) in the arrangement direction, and the steel belt (99) is embedded and mounted on the first transmission wheel (93) and the third transmission wheel (95) through the positioning holes (910), and the steel belt (99) is driven to transmit by the rotation of the first transmission wheel (93) and the third transmission wheel (95); A fixed pressing tablet (911) is arranged on the steel belt (99) and is used to fix the tablet attached to the steel belt (99).

2. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that The tablet box pickup assembly (3) comprises: A horizontal sliding table (31) is arranged on the rack (1), and the horizontal sliding table (31) can move linearly in a horizontal direction; A vertical sliding table (32) is installed on the horizontal sliding table (31), and the vertical sliding table (32) can move along the horizontal direction under the driving of the horizontal sliding table (31), and the vertical sliding table (32) itself can make linear reciprocating motion in the vertical direction; A receiving table (33) is connected with the vertical sliding table (32), and can realize vertical lifting under the driving of the vertical sliding table (32), and can realize compound motion in the horizontal and vertical directions under the joint action of the horizontal sliding table (31) and the vertical sliding table (32), and the receiving table (33) is used for receiving the material box reaching from the first conveying assembly (2) and conveying it to the specified position where the subsequent discharging assembly (5) can act.

3. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1, wherein The discharging assembly (5) comprises: A discharging mounting frame (51); A discharging guide rail (52) is installed on the discharging mounting frame (51) to define the movement direction; A discharging guide block (53) is assembled on the discharging guide rail (52) and can slide along the discharging guide rail (52); A discharging mounting plate (54) is connected with the discharging guide block (53) and moves synchronously with the discharging guide block (53); A position sensing sheet (55) is fixed on the discharging mounting plate (54) and is used for feeding back a position signal; A position sensor (56) is arranged on the discharging mounting frame (51) and cooperates with the position sensing sheet (55) to monitor the position of the discharging mounting plate (54); A discharging support plate (57) is installed on the discharging mounting plate (54) to play a supporting role; A discharging driving member (58) is fixed on the discharging support plate (57) to provide power output; A push rod (59) is connected with the discharging driving member (58) and is driven to move along the arrangement direction of the discharging guide rail (52) to push the material sheet in the material box into the second conveying assembly (4).

4. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1, wherein The jacking assembly (6) comprises: A blocking member (61) is arranged on the conveying end of the second conveying assembly (4); A jacking driving member (62) is fixedly installed on the rack (1), and the power output direction is perpendicular to the conveying plane of the second conveying assembly (4); A top plate (63) is connected with the power output end of the jacking driving member (62), and under the driving of the jacking driving member (62), the top plate (63) rises or falls in the vertical direction.

5. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1, wherein The fixing assembly (7) comprises: A first clamping driving member (71) is installed on the rack (1); A second clamping driving member (72) is installed on the rack (1) corresponding to the first clamping driving member (71); A first vertical plate (73) is fixed to the power output end of the first clamping driving member (71); A second vertical plate (74) is fixed to the power output end of the second clamping driving member (72); A first clamping plate (75) is installed on the side of the first vertical plate (73) facing the material sheet, and is used for approaching or moving away from the material sheet under the driving of the first vertical plate (73); A second clamping plate (76) is arranged on the side of the second vertical plate (74) facing the material sheet, opposite to the first clamping plate (75), and is driven by the second vertical plate (74) to move towards or away from the material sheet, and cooperates with the first clamping plate (75) to clamp and fix the material sheet on the jacking assembly (6).

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