Rubber mat sorting device

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic rubber mat sorting, in particular to a rubber mat sorting device which comprises a base, a control box, rubber mats and a sorting assembly. The sorting assembly comprises a plurality of sorting tool platforms, a plurality of sorting boxes, a plurality of AGV conveying trolleys, a mechanical arm and a plurality of adsorption units, the mechanical arm moves above the base, and then the mechanical arm adsorbs the rubber mats from the box containing the rubber mats through the adsorption units; meanwhile, the upper-layer control system starts system software to calculate actions required by the AGV and the mechanical arm according to the order and inventory requirements, and then control instructions are sent to deploy the AGV and the mechanical arm to do corresponding actions; therefore, the rubber mats are conveyed to the sorting tool platform through the AGV conveying trolley and then sorted through the mechanical arm, manual sorting operation can be replaced, the sorting efficiency is greatly improved, and the rubber mat sorting device is suitable for large-batch rubber mat sorting.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of automatic sorting of rubber pads, and particularly to a rubber pad sorting device. Background Art

[0002] In the production of silicone products, it is necessary to sort rubber pads according to their different materials, sizes, shapes and uses for classified packaging and sale. When sorting, in order to handle various complex sorting situations, usually operators rely on visual observation and experience judgment to classify rubber pads according to preset standards.

[0003] In the above-mentioned prior art, the traditional sorting method mainly relies on manual identification of rubber pad types and then sorting operations; however, this method is inefficient and not conducive to large-scale sorting of rubber pads. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rubber pad sorting device to solve the problem in the prior art that the traditional sorting method mainly relies on manual identification of rubber pad types and then sorting operations; however, this method is inefficient and not conducive to large-scale sorting of rubber pads.

[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides a rubber pad sorting device, including a base, a control box, rubber pads and a sorting component. The control box is arranged above the base;

[0006] The sorting component includes a plurality of sorting tooling platforms, a plurality of sorting boxes, a plurality of AGV transport vehicles, a robotic arm and a plurality of adsorption units. The plurality of sorting tooling platforms and the robotic arm are both arranged above the base. The plurality of AGV transport vehicles are respectively placed below the corresponding sorting tooling platforms. The plurality of sorting tooling platforms are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the robotic arm. The plurality of adsorption units are sequentially arranged on the robotic arm. The plurality of adsorption units adsorb the rubber pads, and the plurality of sorting boxes are respectively placed on the corresponding sorting tooling platforms.

[0007] Among them, the sorting component further includes a moving unit, and the moving unit is arranged above the base;

[0008] The moving unit includes a moving slide rail and a moving base. The moving slide rail is arranged above the base and located between the plurality of sorting tooling platforms. The moving base is slidably connected to the moving slide rail, and the robotic arm is arranged above the moving base.

[0009] Among them, the sorting component further includes a plurality of holding units, and the plurality of holding units are respectively arranged on the corresponding sorting tooling platforms;

[0010] The holding unit includes two holding cylinders, two holding plates and a fixing plate. Both of the two holding cylinders and the fixing plate are fixedly connected to the sorting tooling platform. The sorting tooling platform has a groove, and the two holding cylinders and the fixing plate are distributed outside the groove. The two holding plates are respectively fixedly connected to the corresponding holding cylinders.

[0011] Wherein, the sorting component further includes a plurality of supporting units, and the plurality of supporting units are respectively arranged above the corresponding AGV transport carts;

[0012] The supporting unit includes a plurality of supporting columns and a supporting plate. One ends of the plurality of supporting columns are all arranged above the corresponding AGV transport carts, and the other ends of the plurality of supporting columns are all fixedly connected to the supporting plate.

[0013] Wherein, the adsorption unit includes an adsorption seat, a lifting electric push rod, a suction cup and a high-precision displacement sensor. The adsorption seat is arranged on the robotic arm, the lifting electric push rod is arranged below the adsorption seat, the output end of the lifting electric push rod is fixedly connected to the suction cup, and the high-precision displacement sensor is arranged on the suction cup.

[0014] In a rubber pad sorting device of the present invention, the AGV transport cart places the sorting box and the box containing the rubber pads above the corresponding sorting tooling platforms respectively and fixes them. At this time, the robotic arm moves above the base, and then the robotic arm relies on the adsorption unit to adsorb the rubber pads from the box containing the rubber pads. At the same time, relevant product information after the AGV transport cart delivers goods or takes the box is recorded and transmitted to the upper control system by means of pre-scanning and identifying barcodes. At this time, the upper control system starts the system software to calculate the actions required by the AGV transport cart and the robotic arm according to the order and inventory requirements, and then sends control instructions to allocate the AGV transport cart and the robotic arm to perform corresponding actions, and finally places the rubber pads into the corresponding sorting boxes for storage, completing the sorting operation. After the sorting boxes are full, the AGV transport cart transports and transfers the sorting boxes. Through the above structural settings, the rubber pads are transported to the sorting tooling platform by the AGV transport cart, and then sorted by the robotic arm, which can replace manual sorting operations and greatly improve the sorting efficiency, and is suitable for large-scale sorting of rubber pads. Description of the Drawings

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for the description of the embodiments or the prior art.

[0016] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of the rubber pad sorting device of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 2 It is a schematic structural diagram of the adsorption unit of the present invention.

[0018] 1 - Base, 2 - Control box, 3 - Rubber pad, 4 - Sorting tooling platform, 5 - Sorting box, 6 - AGV transport cart, 7 - Robot arm, 8 - Moving slide rail, 9 - Moving base, 10 - Pushing cylinder, 11 - Pushing plate, 12 - Fixed plate, 13 - Groove, 14 - Support column, 15 - Support plate, 16 - Adsorption seat, 17 - Lifting electric push rod, 18 - Suction cup, 19 - High-precision displacement sensor. Specific embodiments

[0019] The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. The examples of the embodiments are shown in the drawings. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and are intended to explain the present invention, but should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

[0020] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 The present invention provides a rubber pad sorting device, including a base 1, a control box 2, a rubber pad 3 and a sorting component. The sorting component includes a plurality of sorting tooling platforms 4, a plurality of sorting boxes 5, a plurality of AGV transport carts 6, a robot arm 7 and a plurality of adsorption units. The sorting component further includes a moving unit, and the moving unit includes a moving slide rail 8 and a moving base 9. The sorting component further includes a plurality of holding units, and the holding unit includes two pushing cylinders 10, two pushing plates 11 and a fixed plate 12. The sorting tooling platform 4 has a groove 13. The sorting component further includes a plurality of support units, and the support unit includes a plurality of support columns 14 and a support plate 15. The adsorption unit includes an adsorption seat 16, a lifting electric push rod 17, a suction cup 18 and a high-precision displacement sensor 19.

[0021] Among them, the control box 2 is arranged above the base 1, multiple sorting tooling platforms 4 and the robotic arm 7 are both arranged above the base 1, multiple AGV transport trolleys 6 are respectively placed below the corresponding sorting tooling platforms 4, multiple sorting tooling platforms 4 are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the robotic arm 7, multiple adsorption units are sequentially arranged on the robotic arm 7, multiple adsorption units adsorb the rubber pads 3, and multiple sorting boxes 5 are respectively placed on the corresponding sorting tooling platforms 4. The AGV transport trolley 6 places the sorting box 5 and the box containing the rubber pads 3 above the corresponding sorting tooling platform 4 and fixes them. At this time, the robotic arm 7 moves above the base 1, and then the robotic arm 7 relies on the adsorption unit to adsorb the rubber pads 3 from the box containing the rubber pads 3. At the same time, after the AGV transport trolley 6 delivers goods or picks up the box, the relevant product information is recorded and transmitted to the upper control system by scanning and identifying barcodes in advance. Then, the upper control system issues and transmits the product information to the terminal PLC control system to perform corresponding mechanical equipment actions, and finally places the rubber pads 3 in the corresponding sorting box 5 for storage, completing the sorting operation. After the sorting box 5 is full, the AGV transport trolley 6 transports and transfers the sorting box 5.

[0022] Secondly, the moving unit is arranged above the base 1; the moving slide rail 8 is arranged above the base 1 and is located between multiple sorting tooling platforms 4. The moving base 9 is slidably connected to the moving slide rail 8, and the robotic arm 7 is arranged above the moving base 9. When movement is required, the moving slide rail 8 is started to drive the moving base 9 to move, thereby adjusting the position of the robotic arm 7; the movement range of the robotic arm 7 covers the entire box and each working station; for the moving slide rail 8 to improve the overall load and stability and achieve precise positioning functions, a high-precision servo motor is specifically used to drive the helical gear, and under the guidance of the linear helical rack, the robotic arm 7 is driven to achieve the function of moving forward and backward for positioning.

[0023] At the same time, multiple holding units are respectively arranged on the corresponding sorting tooling platforms 4; two holding cylinders 10 and the fixing plate 12 are both fixedly connected to the sorting tooling platform 4. The sorting tooling platform 4 has a groove 13, and two holding cylinders 10 and the fixing plate 12 are distributed outside the groove 13. Two holding plates 11 are respectively fixedly connected to the corresponding holding cylinders 10. When the sorting box 5 is located inside the groove 13, the holding cylinders 10 are started at this time to drive the holding plates 11 to move, and then the sorting box 5 is held and fixed on the fixing plate 12.

[0024] In addition, multiple said support units are respectively arranged above the corresponding AGV transport cart 6; one ends of multiple said support columns 14 are all arranged above the corresponding AGV transport cart 6, and the other ends of multiple said support columns 14 are all fixedly connected to the support plate 15. The support columns 14 and the support plate 15 support the sorting box 5 or the box body equipped with the rubber pad 3 above the AGV transport cart 6, and then transport it into the groove 13 for clamping and fixing.

[0025] Then, the adsorption seat 16 is arranged on the robotic arm 7, the lifting electric push rod 17 is arranged below the adsorption seat 16, the output end of the lifting electric push rod 17 is fixedly connected to the suction cup 18, and the high-precision displacement sensor 19 is arranged on the suction cup 18. The suction cup 18 at the end of the robotic arm 7 is controlled by a vacuum control system that controls and identifies separately, and each action of the suction cup 18 can be unique and specifically controlled; for the height adaptive action when the corresponding robot sucks the product, the head of the suction cup 18 is specifically designed with the high-precision displacement sensor 19 and detection logic. When sucking the product in the box, regardless of the height position of the product, real-time height adaptive sucking can be achieved; the adsorption seat 16 supports the lifting electric push rod 17. When the height needs to be adjusted, the lifting electric push rod 17 is started to adjust the height of the suction cup 18.

[0026] When using a rubber pad sorting device of this embodiment, the AGV transport cart 6 places the sorting box 5 and the box body equipped with the rubber pad 3 above the corresponding sorting tooling platform 4 and fixes them. At this time, the robotic arm 7 moves above the base 1, and then the robotic arm 7 relies on the adsorption unit to adsorb the rubber pad 3 from the box body equipped with the rubber pad 3. At the same time, relevant product information after the AGV transport cart 6 discharges goods or takes the box is recorded and transmitted to the upper control system by scanning and identifying barcodes in advance, and then the upper control system issues and transmits the product information to the terminal PLC control system to perform corresponding mechanism equipment actions, and finally places the rubber pad 3 in the corresponding sorting box 5 for storage to complete the sorting operation. After the sorting box 5 is full, the AGV transport cart 6 transports and transfers the sorting box 5;

[0027] Through the above structural settings, the AGV transport cart 6 transports the rubber pad 3 to the sorting tooling platform 4, and then the robotic arm 7 sorts it, which can replace manual sorting operations, greatly improving the sorting efficiency and being suitable for sorting a large number of the rubber pads 3.

[0028] The above disclosure is only one or more preferred embodiments of the present application, and it cannot be used to limit the scope of rights of the present application. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand all or part of the processes of implementing the above embodiments, and the equivalent changes made according to the claims of the present application still fall within the scope covered by the present application.

Claims

1. A rubber pad sorting device, comprising a base, a control box and rubber pads. The control box is arranged above the base, and is characterized in that, it further comprises a sorting component; The sorting component includes a plurality of sorting tooling platforms, a plurality of sorting boxes, a plurality of AGV transport vehicles, a robotic arm and a plurality of adsorption units. The plurality of sorting tooling platforms and the robotic arm are both arranged above the base. The plurality of AGV transport vehicles are respectively placed below the corresponding sorting tooling platforms. The plurality of sorting tooling platforms are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the robotic arm. The plurality of adsorption units are sequentially arranged on the robotic arm. The plurality of adsorption units adsorb the rubber pads, and the plurality of sorting boxes are respectively placed on the corresponding sorting tooling platforms.

2. The rubber pad sorting device according to claim 1, wherein, the sorting component further comprises a moving unit, and the moving unit is arranged above the base; The moving unit includes a moving slide rail and a moving base. The moving slide rail is arranged above the base and is located between the plurality of sorting tooling platforms. The moving base is slidably connected to the moving slide rail, and the robotic arm is arranged above the moving base.

3. The rubber pad sorting device according to claim 2, wherein, the sorting component further comprises a plurality of holding units, and the plurality of holding units are respectively arranged on the corresponding sorting tooling platforms; The holding unit includes two holding cylinders, two holding plates and a fixing plate. The two holding cylinders and the fixing plate are both fixedly connected to the sorting tooling platform. The sorting tooling platform has a groove. The two holding cylinders and the fixing plate are distributed outside the groove, and the two holding plates are respectively fixedly connected to the corresponding holding cylinders.

4. The rubber pad sorting device according to claim 3, wherein, the sorting component further comprises a plurality of supporting units, and the plurality of supporting units are respectively arranged above the corresponding AGV transport vehicles; The supporting unit includes a plurality of support columns and a support plate. One ends of the plurality of support columns are all arranged above the corresponding AGV transport vehicle, and the other ends of the plurality of support columns are all fixedly connected to the support plate.

5. The rubber pad sorting device according to claim 4, wherein, the adsorption unit includes an adsorption seat, a lifting electric push rod, a suction cup and a high-precision displacement sensor. The adsorption seat is arranged on the robotic arm. The lifting electric push rod is arranged below the adsorption seat. The output end of the lifting electric push rod is fixedly connected to the suction cup, and the high-precision displacement sensor is arranged on the suction cup.

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