A brake pad blank transport and loading device

Abstract

A brake pad blank transport and loading device relates to the field of transport and loading technology, including a loading component, an equidistant conveying component, a transfer component and an output component; the equidistant conveying component includes a mounting frame, conveying shafts rotatably mounted on the mounting frame in pairs, a conveyor belt sleeved between the paired conveying shafts, a bending plate arranged below the conveyor belt and mounted on support frame one, a protective film plate, and a toggle mechanism; the transfer component includes a transfer conveyor belt mounted on support frame two, a push rod slidably mounted on support frame two, and a moving mechanism arranged between the equidistant conveying component and the transfer conveyor belt for moving the brake pad blank to the transfer conveyor belt; the output component includes an output conveyor belt, two groups of electromagnet bars rotatably mounted on the output conveyor belt frame, a lifting cylinder, a rotating cylinder, an electromagnet plate fixedly mounted on the output end of the rotating cylinder, and an image sensor; the present invention can stably arrange batches of brake pad blanks in a specific posture.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of transportation and loading, and in particular to a device for transporting and loading a brake pad blank. Background Art

[0002] In the field of brake system production, brake pads are key safety components, and the efficiency and stability of their production process are crucial. In the brake pad production process, the mixed raw materials are hot-pressed to form the friction pad and steel backing, forming the initial shape of the brake pad. The material is then heat-treated in an oven to improve the stability and heat resistance of the brake pad material. After heat treatment, the surface of the brake pad blank still has burrs, which require machining to smooth it.

[0003] Currently, brake pad blanks removed from the drying oven are often poured directly into a material container for conveying (to save time in retrieving and stacking materials), and then manually loaded one by one into the machining equipment. However, since the brake pad blanks in the conveyor box are in a free-flowing bulk state, this manual loading method is not only labor-intensive but also inefficient, affecting the overall production efficiency of the brake pads.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to invent a brake pad blank transport and loading device that can transport the heat-treated brake pad blank to the machining equipment efficiently, neatly and stably. Summary of the Invention

[0005] In view of the above problems, the present invention proposes a brake pad blank transport and loading device, the technical solution used is:

[0006] A brake pad blank transport and loading device comprises a loading assembly, an equidistant conveying assembly, a transfer assembly and an output assembly;

[0007] The equidistant conveying assembly includes a support frame 1, a mounting frame arranged above the support frame 1 and fixedly mounted on the support frame 1, a pair of conveying shafts rotatably mounted on the mounting frame, a conveyor belt sleeved between the paired conveying shafts, a conveying motor mounted on the mounting frame for driving the conveying shafts to rotate, a bending plate arranged below the conveyor belt and mounted on the support frame 1, a bending adjustment mechanism for driving the bending plate to bend, a protective film plate, and a toggle mechanism; the bending plate is covered with a protective film plate; a supporting plate is fixedly provided on the protective film plate, and the supporting plates of adjacent protective film plates together form a supporting groove for supporting the brake pad blank falling through the conveyor belt; the toggle mechanism is used to push the brake pad blank on the supporting groove to move;

[0008] The transfer assembly includes a second support frame, a transfer conveyor belt mounted on the second support frame, a push rod slidably mounted on the second support frame, a push cylinder mounted on the second support frame for driving the push rod to move, and a moving mechanism arranged between the equidistant conveying assembly and the transfer conveyor belt for moving the brake pad blank to the transfer conveyor belt; a plurality of partitions are evenly distributed on the belt strips of the transfer conveyor belt;

[0009] The output assembly includes an output conveyor belt, two sets of electromagnet bars rotatably mounted on an output conveyor belt frame, a rotating mechanism for driving the two sets of electromagnet bars to rotate in opposite directions, a lifting cylinder mounted on the output conveyor belt frame, a rotary cylinder mounted on the telescopic end of the lifting cylinder, an electromagnet plate fixedly mounted on the output end of the rotary cylinder, and an image sensor mounted on the output conveyor belt frame for detecting image information of the brake pad blank on the electromagnet plate; a through opening is provided on the output conveyor belt frame corresponding to the brake pad blank, and the two sets of electromagnet bars are arranged on both sides of the through opening;

[0010] The loading assembly is used to transport the brake pad blanks onto the conveyor belt.

[0011] Furthermore, a receiving plate is fixedly provided on the side surface of the frame of the output conveyor belt, and both ends of the receiving plate are respectively installed on the side surfaces of the frames of the output conveyor belt and the transfer conveyor belt.

[0012] Furthermore, the toggle mechanism includes a sliding frame slidably mounted on the support frame one, a sliding screw mounted on the support frame one for driving the sliding frame to slide, a toggle rod slidably mounted on the sliding frame, and a toggle cylinder mounted on the sliding frame for driving the toggle rod to move; the toggle rod intermittently enters the supporting groove to push the brake pad blank.

[0013] Furthermore, the bending adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment shaft corresponding to the bending plate and rotatably installed on the support frame one, a connecting rod arranged between the adjustment shaft and the bending plate, an adjustment gear coaxially fixedly installed on the adjustment shaft, an adjustment rack slidably installed on the support frame one and meshing with all the adjustment gears, and an adjustment cylinder installed on the support frame one for driving the adjustment rack to move.

[0014] Furthermore, side connecting plates are fixedly provided on both the left and right sides of the support frame, and the side connecting plates are covered with replaceable protective film plates.

[0015] Furthermore, the moving mechanism includes a rotating shaft which is rotatably mounted on support frame 2 and provided with a rotating sub-bracket corresponding to the supporting slot, a rotating motor mounted on support frame 2 for driving the rotating shaft to rotate, a telescopic cylinder mounted in a branch of the rotating sub-bracket, and an electric clamp fixedly mounted on the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder.

[0016] Furthermore, the rotating mechanism includes a mounting shaft arranged corresponding to each group of electromagnet bars and rotatably mounted on the output conveyor belt frame, a swing gear coaxially fixedly mounted on the mounting shaft, and a swing motor mounted on the output conveyor belt frame for driving the mounting shaft to rotate; the electromagnet bars in the same group are all fixedly mounted on the corresponding mounting shaft; the swing gears on the two mounting shafts are engaged with each other.

[0017] Furthermore, the loading assembly includes a loading hopper, a loading conveyor belt, a feeding conveyor belt and a feeding hopper arranged in sequence, and a feeding plate that is tilted as a whole and arranged directly below the feeding hopper; a number of baffles are evenly distributed and fixed on the belt strips on the loading conveyor belt; and a number of dividing troughs are divided on the feeding plate.

[0018] Furthermore, the loading assembly also includes a loading vibrator and a feeding vibrator; a hopper bottom plate is provided at the bottom of the loading hopper, and the hopper bottom plate is driven to vibrate by the loading vibrator; and the feeding plate is driven to vibrate by the feeding vibrator.

[0019] Furthermore, it also includes a base, on which rollers are provided, and a loading component, an equidistant conveying component, a transfer component and an output component are arranged on the base according to the process.

[0020] Since the present invention adopts the above technical solution, the present invention has the following advantages:

[0021] 1. The present invention, through the coordinated design of the loading component, the equidistant conveying component, the transfer component and the output component, can stably arrange batches of brake pad blanks in a specific posture, ensuring that the heat-treated brake pad blanks are efficiently, neatly and stably transported to the mechanical processing equipment, thereby improving the loading efficiency and production efficiency.

[0022] 2. The equidistant conveying assembly of the present invention can adjust the width of the supporting groove according to the specifications of different brake pad blanks through the coordinated design of the bending plate, the bending adjustment mechanism and the protective film plate, thereby improving the versatility of the transport and loading device.

[0023] 3. The present invention facilitates movement through the design of the base, so that the entire transport and loading device can be freely moved to the required work location, which is more flexible. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] Figure 1-Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the feeding assembly of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the equidistant conveying component, transfer component and output component of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 5-Figure 7 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of the feeding assembly of the present invention.

[0028] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the feeding hopper, feeding plate, equidistant conveying component, transfer component and output component of the present invention.

[0029] Figure 9 It is a structural schematic diagram of the equidistant conveying component of the present invention.

[0030] Figures 10-17 and Figure 21-22 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of the equidistant conveying component of the present invention.

[0031] Figure 18 For the present invention Figure 17 Schematic diagram of the locally enlarged structure at point A in the middle.

[0032] Figure 19 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure between two adjacent bent plates in the equidistant conveying assembly of the present invention.

[0033] Figure 20 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure between the side connecting plates and the adjacent bent plates in the equidistant conveying assembly of the present invention.

[0034] Figure 23 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the transfer component and the output component of the present invention.

[0035] Figure 24-26 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of the transfer component of the present invention.

[0036] Figure 27-28 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the transfer component part structure and the output component of the present invention.

[0037] Figure 29 Schematic diagram of the structure of the output component of the present invention.

[0038] Figure 30 For the present invention Figure 29 Schematic diagram of the local enlarged structure at point B in the middle.

[0039] Figure 31-33 It is a partial structural diagram of the output component of the present invention.

[0040] Figure 34 It is a structural schematic diagram of the brake pad blank of the present invention.

[0041] Figure Number:

[0042] 1- Loading assembly;

[0043] 101- upper hopper (1011- hopper bottom plate); 102- feeding vibrator; 103- feeding conveyor belt (1031- baffle); 104- feeding conveyor belt; 105- feeding hopper; 106- feeding plate (1061- material distribution trough); 107- feeding vibrator;

[0044] 2-Equidistant conveying components;

[0045] 201 - Support frame 1 (2011 - Side connecting plate; 2012 - Front connecting plate; 2013 - Rear connecting plate); 202 - Mounting frame; 203 - Conveyor shaft (2031 - Conveyor wheel 1; 2032 - Conveyor wheel 2); 204 - Conveyor belt; 205 - Conveyor motor; 206 - Bending plate; 207 - Bending adjustment mechanism (2071 - Adjustment shaft; 2072 - Connecting rod; 2073 - Adjustment gear; 2074 - Adjustment rack; 2075 - Adjustment cylinder); 208 - Protective film plate; 209 - Sliding frame; 210 - Sliding screw; 211 - Toggle rod; 212 - Toggle cylinder;

[0046] 3- Transfer components;

[0047] 301-Support frame 2; 302-Rotation axis (3021-Rotation sub-bracket); 303-Rotation motor; 304-Telescopic cylinder; 305-Electric gripper; 306-Transfer conveyor belt (3061-Separator); 307-Push rod; 308-Push cylinder;

[0048] 4- output components;

[0049] 401- output conveyor belt (4011- receiving plate); 402- electromagnet bar; 403- swing motor; 404- swing gear; 405- lifting cylinder; 406- rotating cylinder; 407- electromagnet plate; 408- image sensor;

[0050] 5- base;

[0051] 6-brake pad blank; 601-steel back; 602-friction pad. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0052] The technical solution of the present invention will be further specifically described below through examples and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the following description, many specific details are set forth to facilitate a full understanding of the present invention. However, the present invention can be implemented in many other ways than those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without violating the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0053] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "up", "down", "in", "out", "front", "back", etc. indicate directions or positional relationships based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or are directions or positional relationships in which the product of the invention is usually placed when in use. They are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction. Therefore, they should not be understood as limiting the present invention. Example

[0054] Brake pad blank 6 refers to the finished product after the hot pressing stage and heat treatment stage in the brake pad production process, such as Figure 34 As shown, the friction plate 602 is tightly combined with the steel back 601 to form the initial shape of the brake pad.

[0055] This embodiment discloses a brake pad blank transport and loading device for neatly arranging the heat-treated brake pad blanks 6 and transporting them to a machining device, such as Figure 1-Figure 4 As shown, it includes a loading component 1, an equidistant conveying component 2, a transfer component 3, an output component 4 and a base 5; a roller is provided on the base 5, and the loading component 1, the equidistant conveying component 2, the transfer component 3 and the output component 4 are arranged on the base 5 according to the process, and the roller of the base 5 is easy to move, so that the entire transport loading device can be freely moved to the required work location; It should be noted that in order to more completely show this embodiment, Figure 1-Figure 4 The length of the output assembly 4 is greatly shortened, and the length of the output assembly 4 can be adjusted according to actual production.

[0056] like Figure 5-Figure 8 As shown, the loading assembly 1 includes a loading hopper 101, a loading vibrator 102, a loading conveyor belt 103, a feeding conveyor belt 104, a feeding hopper 105, a feeding plate 106 and a feeding vibrator 107; the loading hopper 101, the loading conveyor belt 103, the feeding conveyor belt 104 and the feeding hopper 105 are sequentially mounted on the base 5, and the feeding plate 106 is tilted as a whole and is arranged directly below the feeding hopper 105;

[0057] A hopper bottom plate 1011 is provided at the bottom of the upper hopper 101, and the hopper bottom plate 1011 is driven to vibrate by a loading vibrator 102 installed on the base 5; the loading conveyor belt 103 is arranged at an angle, with the starting section at the bottom end connected to the upper hopper 101, and the ending section at the top end connected to the starting section of the horizontally arranged feeding conveyor belt 104; a number of baffles 1031 are evenly fixed on the strips of the loading conveyor belt 103, and when the loading vibrator 102 drives the hopper bottom plate 1011 to vibrate, the brake pad blank 6 on the hopper bottom plate 1011 will move toward the upper feeding conveyor belt 103, and the baffles 1031 moving with the strips will lift the brake pad blank 6 and transport it to the feeding conveyor belt 104;

[0058] The feeding hopper 105 is arranged below the end section of the feeding conveyor belt 104; the feeding plate 106 is driven to vibrate by a feeding vibrator 107 installed on the base 5; a plurality of dividing troughs 1061 are divided on the feeding plate 106 (in this embodiment, four dividing troughs 1061 are provided), and the equidistant conveying component 2 is arranged below the bottom end of the dividing trough 1061; the brake pad blanks 6 on the feeding conveyor belt 104 will fall onto the feeding plate 106 through the feeding hopper 105, and the feeding vibrator 107 drives the feeding plate 1061 to vibrate, so that the batches of feeding plates 1061 fall into the equidistant conveying component 2 more dispersedly after passing through the dividing trough 1061.

[0059] like Figure 8-Figure 22 As shown, the equidistant conveying assembly 2 includes a support frame 201, a mounting frame 202, a conveying shaft 203, a conveyor belt 204, a conveying motor 205, a bending plate 206, a bending adjustment mechanism 207, a protective film plate 208, a sliding frame 209, a sliding screw 210, a toggle rod 211 and a toggle cylinder 212;

[0060] The support frame 1 201 is fixedly mounted on the base 5, and the left and right sides of the upper end are fixed with side connecting plates 2011 that are inclined inward in a slope shape, and the front and rear sides are fixed with a front connecting plate 2012 and a rear connecting plate 2013 respectively;

[0061] The mounting frame 202 is arranged above the supporting frame 1 201 and is fixedly mounted on the two side connecting plates 2011; the conveying shafts 203 are arranged in pairs, and in this embodiment, one pair is provided; conveying wheels of different wheel diameters are alternately coaxially fixedly mounted on the conveying shafts 203. In this embodiment, the conveying wheels are provided with two types of conveying wheels, a conveying wheel 1 2021 and a conveying wheel 2 2032. The wheel diameter of the conveying wheel 1 2021 is larger than that of the conveying wheel 2 2022. In this embodiment, each conveying shaft 203 is provided with three conveying wheels 1 2021 and two conveying wheels 2 2022; the paired conveying shafts 203 are rotatably mounted on the mounting frame 202, and the paired conveying wheels 1 2021 or the paired conveying wheels 2022 thereon are synchronously sleeved and connected by the conveyor belt 204; the conveying motor 205 adopts a servo motor, which is fixedly mounted on the mounting frame 202, and the output end is coaxially fixedly connected to one of the conveying shafts 203;

[0062] Specifically, the belt surface of the conveyor belt 204 protrudes from both sides toward the middle. Since the conveyor wheel 1 2021 and the conveyor wheel 2 2022 have different wheel diameters, the belt surfaces of adjacent conveyor belts 204 have different heights. Moreover, when the conveyor shaft 203 rotates, the conveyor wheel 1 2021 and the conveyor wheel 2022 have the same angular velocity but different linear velocity, and the corresponding conveyor belt 204 movement speeds are also different. The conveying motor 205 drives the connected conveyor shaft 203 to rotate, and the conveyor belt 204 starts to move. After the brake pad blank 6 falls, due to the different movement speeds of adjacent conveyor belts 204, the brake pad blank 6 will pass between adjacent conveyor belts 204 or between the conveyor belt 204 and the mounting frame 202 and fall.

[0063] The bending plates 206 are arranged in a manner corresponding to the number of the conveyor belts 204. In the present embodiment, five bending plates 206 are provided. The five bending plates 206 are arranged in an array between the two side connecting plates 2011 and are located directly below the corresponding conveyor belts 204. The middle portion of each bending plate 206 can be bent. After bending, the bending plate 206 is divided into left and right halves. The halves of the bending plate 206 and the side connecting plates 2011 are covered with protective film plates 208. A supporting plate is fixed on the protective film plates 208, and the supporting plates of adjacent protective film plates 208 together form a supporting groove (in the present embodiment, six supporting grooves are provided, the two on both sides are composed of the protective film plates 208 on the side connecting plates 2011 and the bending plates 206, and the four in the middle are composed of the protective film plates 208 on the two adjacent bending plates 206), which are used to support the brake pad blank 6 that falls through the conveyor belt 204.

[0064] The bending adjustment mechanism 207 is used to drive the bending plate 206 to bend, and includes an adjusting shaft 2071, a connecting rod 2072, an adjusting gear 2073, an adjusting rack 2074 and an adjusting cylinder 2075; each bending plate 206 corresponds to an adjusting shaft 2071, and the two ends of the adjusting shaft 2071 are respectively rotatably mounted on the front connecting plate 2012 and the rear connecting plate 2013, and a plurality of connecting rods 2072 are provided between the adjusting shaft 2071 and the two halves of the corresponding bending plate 206, and the two ends of the connecting rod 2072 are respectively rotatably mounted on the rod body of the connecting rod 2072 and the plate surface of the bending plate 206; an adjusting gear 2073 is coaxially fixedly mounted on each adjusting shaft 2071, and all adjusting gears 2073 are meshed with the adjusting rack 2074 horizontally slidably mounted on the rear connecting plate 2013; the adjusting cylinder 2075 adopts a servo cylinder, the cylinder body of which is fixedly mounted on the rear connecting plate 2013, and its telescopic end is fixedly connected to the adjusting rack 2074;

[0065] Specifically, the adjusting cylinder 2075 drives the adjusting rack 2074 to move, the adjusting rack 2074 drives the adjusting gear 2073 to rotate, the adjusting shaft 2071 rotates to drive the connecting rod 2072 to move, and the connecting rod 2072 drives the bending plate 206 to bend, thereby adjusting the position of the protective film 208 on the bending plate 206 to change the spacing between the support plates to adapt to the specifications of different brake pad blanks 6; because the side connecting plate 2011 cannot rotate, the protective film 208 is replaced to align the support plate with the support plate of the adjacent protective film 208 to adapt to the specifications of different brake pad blanks 6;

[0066] The conveyor belt 204 and the bending plate 206 are both inclined with the front higher and the back lower; the sliding frame 209 is arranged below the bending plate 206 and is slidably mounted on the support frame 201 through a slide rail, and the sliding direction is parallel to the inclination direction of the bending plate 206; the sliding screw 210 adopts a servo screw and is mounted on the support frame 201, and the sliding frame 209 is threadedly connected to the screw of the sliding screw 210; there are six toggle rods 211, which correspond to six supporting grooves respectively; the toggle rods 211 are slidably mounted on the sliding frame 209 through the slide grooves, and their sliding direction is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the sliding frame 209; each toggle rod 211 corresponds to a toggle cylinder 212, and the toggle cylinder 212 adopts a servo cylinder, the cylinder body of which is fixedly mounted on the sliding frame 209, and the telescopic end is fixedly connected to the corresponding toggle rod 211;

[0067] The rear connecting plate 2013 and the mounting frame 202 are provided with avoidance openings corresponding to the toggle rod 211 and the brake pad blank 6;

[0068] Specifically, the toggle cylinder 212 drives the toggle rod 211 to move up and down, and the toggle rod 211 moves upward to enter the corresponding supporting groove; the sliding screw 210 drives the sliding frame 209 to move, and the toggle rod 211 on the sliding frame 209 moves accordingly. The toggle rod 211 can push the brake pad blank 6 located in the supporting groove forward and move it into the transfer assembly 3.

[0069] like Figure 23-Figure 28 As shown, the transfer assembly 4 includes a second support frame 301, a rotating shaft 302, a rotating motor 303, a telescopic cylinder 304, an electric clamp 305, a transfer conveyor belt 306, a push rod 307 and a push cylinder 308; the second support frame 301 is fixedly mounted on the base 5;

[0070] The rotating shaft 302 is rotatably mounted on the second support frame 301, on which six rotating sub-supports 3021 are provided corresponding to the six supporting slots; the rotating motor 303 is a servo motor, fixedly mounted on the second support frame 301, and its output end is coaxially and fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 302; the rotating sub-support 3021 is circumferentially provided with a plurality of radially extending branches (six branches in this embodiment), each of which is equipped with a telescopic cylinder 304; the telescopic cylinder 304 is a servo cylinder, the cylinder body of which is fixedly mounted in the corresponding branch, and an electric clamp 305 is fixedly mounted on the telescopic end; a transition plate is fixedly provided on the electric clamp 305;

[0071] The transfer conveyor belt 306 is located in front of the rotating shaft 302 and is mounted on the second support frame 301. Several partitions 3061 are evenly distributed on the belt strip. A push rod 307 is slidably mounted on the second support frame 301, and its sliding direction is perpendicular to the movement direction of the transfer conveyor belt 306. The push cylinder 308 is a servo cylinder, the cylinder body of which is fixedly mounted on the second support frame 301, and the telescopic end is fixedly connected to the push rod 307.

[0072] Specifically, the rotating motor 303 drives the rotating shaft 302 to rotate, and the rotating sub-bracket 3021 rotates accordingly. During this process, each electric clamping claw 305 of the rotating sub-bracket 3021 docks with the corresponding supporting groove in turn; the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamping claw 305 to move. After the electric clamping claw 305 docks with the supporting groove, the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamping claw 305 to extend outward. The transition plate on the electric clamping claw 305 undertakes the supporting groove. After the brake pad blank 6 is pushed onto the transition plate, the electric clamping claw 305 can clamp the brake pad blank 6 on the supporting groove. Then the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamping claw 305 to move. The claw 305 retracts, the rotating shaft 302 rotates 180°, the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamp 305 to extend outward again, and the electric clamp 305 drives the brake pad blank 6 to move above the transfer conveyor 306. The electric clamp 305 is released, and the brake pad blank 6 falls between the two partitions 3061 on the transfer conveyor 306. Finally, the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamp 305 to retract; the pushing cylinder 308 drives the pushing rod 307 to move, and the movement of the pushing rod 307 can push the brake pad blank 6 kept vertical between the partitions 3061 on the transfer conveyor 306 into the output assembly 4.

[0073] like Figures 27-33 As shown, the output assembly 4 includes an output conveyor belt 401, an electromagnet bar 402, a swing motor 403, a swing gear 404, a lifting cylinder 405, a rotating cylinder 406, an electromagnet plate 407 and an image sensor 408;

[0074] The output conveyor belt 401 is mounted on the base 5, and its movement direction is parallel to the movement direction of the transfer conveyor belt 306; a receiving plate 4011 is fixedly provided on the side of the frame of the output conveyor belt 401, and the two ends of the receiving plate 4011 are respectively mounted on the side of the frames of the output conveyor belt 401 and the transfer conveyor belt 306. When the brake pad blank 6 on the transfer conveyor belt 306 is pushed by the pushing rod 307, the brake pad blank 6 enters the output conveyor belt 401 through the receiving plate 4011; a through opening is provided on the frame of the output conveyor belt 401 corresponding to the brake pad blank 6;

[0075] A group of electromagnet bars 402 is provided on each side of the opening, each group having a plurality of electromagnet bars 402 (in this embodiment, each group has two electromagnet bars 402); the electromagnet bars 402 in the same group are fixedly mounted on the same mounting shaft, which is rotatably mounted on the frame of the output conveyor belt 401; a swing gear 404 is coaxially fixedly mounted on each mounting shaft, and the two swing gears 404 are meshed with each other; the swing motor 403 is a servo motor, fixedly mounted on the frame of the output conveyor belt 401, and its output end is coaxially fixedly connected to one of the mounting shafts; a proximity switch is provided on the opposite side of the opening for detecting the position of the brake pad blank 6;

[0076] Specifically, after the brake pad blank 6 enters the output conveyor belt 401 while maintaining a vertical state, the two groups of electromagnet bars 402 are energized, one group of electromagnet bars 402 is close to the steel back 601 of the brake pad blank 6 and absorbs the steel back 601, and the rotating motor 303 drives the installation shaft connected thereto to rotate. Driven by the swing gear 404, the two installation shafts rotate in opposite directions, driving the two groups of electromagnet bars 402 to swing in opposite directions, so that the brake pad blank 6 is rotated to a horizontal state. In this way, no matter which group of electromagnet bars 402 absorbs the steel back 601, it can ensure that the brake pad blank 6 is placed flat on the strip of the output conveyor belt 401 with the steel back 601 in contact with the strip; finally, the electromagnet bars 402 are de-energized, the brake pad blank 6 is released and moves along with the output conveyor belt 401;

[0077] The lifting cylinder 405 is a servo cylinder 405, the cylinder body of which is fixedly mounted on the frame of the output conveyor 401, and a rotary cylinder 406 is provided on the telescopic end. The rotary cylinder 406 is a rotary cylinder, the cylinder body of which is fixedly mounted on the telescopic end of the lifting cylinder 405. The electromagnet plate 407 is fixedly mounted on the output end of the rotary cylinder 406. The image sensor 408 is located directly above the electromagnet plate 407 and is fixedly mounted on the frame of the output conveyor 401, and is used to detect image information of the brake pad blank 6 on the electromagnet plate 407.

[0078] Specifically, the lifting cylinder 405 drives the rotating cylinder 406 and the electromagnet plate 407 to move up and down, and the rotating cylinder 406 drives the electromagnet plate 407 to rotate; after the brake pad blank 6 is driven onto the electromagnet plate 407, the image sensor 408 detects whether the placement direction of the brake pad blank 6 meets the standard. If it meets the standard, the brake pad blank 6 continues to move; if it does not meet the standard, the electromagnet plate 407 is energized and adsorbs the brake pad blank 6, and the lifting cylinder 405 drives the rotating cylinder 406 and the electromagnet plate 407 to move upward, and the rotating cylinder 406 drives the electromagnet plate 407 to rotate 180°. The lifting cylinder 405 drives the rotating cylinder 406 and the electromagnet plate 407 to return to their original position, and the electromagnet plate 407 is powered off. Driven by the output conveyor belt 401, the brake pad blank 6 continues to move to the mechanical processing equipment for the next process.

[0079] The working steps of this embodiment are as follows:

[0080] The first step is to start the adjustment cylinder 2075, and the adjustment rack 2074 drives the adjustment gear 2073 to rotate, and the adjustment shaft 2071 rotates to adjust the bending angle of the bending plate 206. At the same time, the protective film plate 208 on the side connecting plate 2011 is replaced, so as to adjust the supporting groove according to the specifications of the brake pad blank 6;

[0081] In the second step, the hot-pressed brake pad blank 6 is transferred to the loading hopper 101; the loading vibrator 102 drives the hopper bottom plate 1011 to vibrate, so that the brake pad blank 6 moves to the baffle 1031 of the loading conveyor 103; the loading conveyor 103 transports the brake pad blank 6 to the feeding conveyor 104, and the feeding conveyor 104 transports the brake pad blank 6 to the feeding hopper 105, and the brake pad blank 6 falls into the feeding plate 106 through the feeding hopper 105; the feeding vibrator 107 drives the feeding plate 106 to vibrate, so that the brake pad blank 6 is dispersed through the distributing trough 1061 and falls onto the moving conveyor belt 204;

[0082] In the third step, the conveyor belts 204 on the conveyor wheel 1 2031 and the conveyor wheel 2 2032 move at different speeds, so that most of the brake pad blanks 6 pass between the two adjacent conveyor belts 204 and fall into the corresponding supporting grooves, while a small part of the brake pad blanks 6 pass between the mounting frame 202 and the conveyor belt 204 at the edge and fall into the corresponding supporting grooves; the toggle cylinder 212 and the sliding screw 210 are activated, the toggle rod 211 moves upward, and the sliding frame 209 moves so that the toggle rod 211 pushes the brake pad blanks 6 on the supporting grooves forward;

[0083] The fourth step is to start the rotating motor 303, the rotating shaft 302 rotates 60°, the electric clamp 305 docks the supporting groove, the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamp 305 to extend outward, the transition plate undertakes the supporting groove, the brake pad blank 6 is pushed onto the transition plate, and the electric clamp 305 clamps the brake pad blank 6; then the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamp 305 to retract, the rotating shaft 302 rotates 180°, the telescopic cylinder 304 drives the electric clamp 305 to extend again, the electric clamp 305 is released, and the brake pad blank 6 falls on the transfer conveyor 306; the transfer conveyor 306 drives the brake pad blank 6 to move to the receiving plate 4011, and the pushing cylinder 308 drives the pushing rod 307 to move, and the pushing rod 307 pushes the brake pad blank 6 between the two sets of electromagnet bars 402;

[0084] In the fifth step, the two sets of electromagnet bars 402 are energized, and the brake pad blank 6 is attracted by one set of electromagnet bars 402; the swing motor 403 is started, and the two sets of electromagnet bars 402 swing in opposite directions. The brake pad blank 6 is placed flat on the strip with the steel back 601 in contact with the strip of the output conveyor belt 401. The electromagnet bars 402 are de-energized, and the output conveyor belt 401 moves the brake pad blank 6 to the electromagnet plate 407; the image sensor 408 detects whether the placement direction of the brake pad blank 6 meets the standard. If it meets the requirements, the brake pad blank 6 continues to move; if it does not meet the requirements, the electromagnet plate 407 is energized and absorbs the brake pad blank 6, the lifting cylinder 405 drives the rotating cylinder 406 and the electromagnet plate 407 to move upward, the rotating cylinder 406 drives the electromagnet plate 407 to rotate 180°, the lifting cylinder 405 drives the rotating cylinder 406 and the electromagnet plate 407 to return to their original positions, the electromagnet plate 407 is powered off, and the brake pad blank 6 continues to move to the machining equipment driven by the output conveyor belt 401 for the next process.

Claims

1. A brake pad blank transport and loading device, characterized in that: It includes loading assembly, equidistant conveying assembly, transfer assembly and output assembly; The equidistant conveying assembly includes a support frame 1, a mounting frame arranged above the support frame 1 and fixedly mounted on the support frame 1, a pair of conveying shafts rotatably mounted on the mounting frame, a conveyor belt sleeved between the paired conveying shafts, a conveying motor mounted on the mounting frame for driving the conveying shafts to rotate, a bending plate arranged below the conveyor belt and mounted on the support frame 1, a bending adjustment mechanism for driving the bending plate to bend, a protective film plate, and a toggle mechanism; the bending plate is covered with a protective film plate; a supporting plate is fixedly provided on the protective film plate, and the supporting plates of adjacent protective film plates together form a supporting groove for supporting the brake pad blank falling through the conveyor belt; the toggle mechanism is used to push the brake pad blank on the supporting groove to move; The transfer assembly includes a second support frame, a transfer conveyor belt mounted on the second support frame, a push rod slidably mounted on the second support frame, a push cylinder mounted on the second support frame for driving the push rod to move, and a moving mechanism arranged between the equidistant conveying assembly and the transfer conveyor belt for moving the brake pad blank to the transfer conveyor belt; a plurality of partitions are evenly distributed on the belt strips of the transfer conveyor belt; The output assembly includes an output conveyor belt, two sets of electromagnet bars rotatably mounted on an output conveyor belt frame, a rotating mechanism for driving the two sets of electromagnet bars to rotate in opposite directions, a lifting cylinder mounted on the output conveyor belt frame, a rotary cylinder mounted on the telescopic end of the lifting cylinder, an electromagnet plate fixedly mounted on the output end of the rotary cylinder, and an image sensor mounted on the output conveyor belt frame for detecting image information of the brake pad blank on the electromagnet plate; a through opening is provided on the output conveyor belt frame corresponding to the brake pad blank, and the two sets of electromagnet bars are arranged on both sides of the through opening; The loading assembly is used to transport the brake pad blanks onto the conveyor belt.

2. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A receiving plate is fixedly provided on the side surface of the frame of the output conveyor belt, and two ends of the receiving plate are respectively installed on the side surfaces of the frames of the output conveyor belt and the transfer conveyor belt.

3. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The toggle mechanism includes a sliding frame slidably mounted on the support frame one, a sliding screw mounted on the support frame one for driving the sliding frame to slide, a toggle rod slidably mounted on the sliding frame, and a toggle cylinder mounted on the sliding frame for driving the toggle rod to move; the toggle rod intermittently enters the supporting groove to push the brake pad blank.

4. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bending adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment shaft corresponding to the bending plate and rotatably mounted on the support frame one, a connecting rod arranged between the adjustment shaft and the bending plate, an adjustment gear coaxially fixedly mounted on the adjustment shaft, an adjustment rack slidably mounted on the support frame one and meshing with all the adjustment gears, and an adjustment cylinder mounted on the support frame one for driving the adjustment rack to move.

5. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Side connecting plates are fixedly provided on both the left and right sides of the support frame, and the side connecting plates are covered with replaceable protective film plates.

6. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The moving mechanism includes a rotating shaft that is rotatably mounted on the second support frame and is provided with a rotating sub-bracket corresponding to the supporting groove, a rotating motor mounted on the second support frame for driving the rotating shaft to rotate, a telescopic cylinder mounted in a branch of the rotating sub-bracket, and an electric clamp fixedly mounted on the telescopic end of the telescopic cylinder.

7. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating mechanism includes a mounting shaft corresponding to each group of electromagnet bars and rotatably mounted on the output conveyor belt frame, a swing gear coaxially fixedly mounted on the mounting shaft, and a swing motor mounted on the output conveyor belt frame for driving the mounting shaft to rotate; the electromagnet bars in the same group are all fixedly mounted on the corresponding mounting shaft; the swing gears on the two mounting shafts are engaged with each other.

8. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The loading assembly includes a loading hopper, a loading conveyor belt, a feeding conveyor belt and a feeding hopper arranged in sequence, and a feeding plate that is tilted as a whole and arranged directly below the feeding hopper; a number of baffles are evenly fixed on the belt strips on the loading conveyor belt; and a number of dividing troughs are divided on the feeding plate.

9. The brake pad blank transport and loading device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The loading assembly also includes a loading vibrator and a feeding vibrator; a hopper bottom plate is provided at the bottom of the loading hopper, and the hopper bottom plate is driven to vibrate by the loading vibrator; and the feeding plate is driven to vibrate by the feeding vibrator.

10. A brake pad blank transporting and loading device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The utility model also includes a base, on which rollers are provided, and a loading component, an equidistant conveying component, a transfer component and an output component are arranged on the base according to the working procedures.

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