Packaging mechanism and method for OPC products

Abstract

The invention provides an OPC product packaging mechanism which comprises a conveying belt used for conveying packaging bags and enabling the packaging bags to pass through a packaging station, and two rows of vacuum suction nozzles located at the packaging station, arranged on the two sides of the conveying belt respectively and used for sucking the two sides of the packaging bags at the packaging station and opening the openings of the packaging bags. And the mechanical arm is located at the packaging station and used for grabbing the OPC products and inserting the OPC products into the packaging bags. The invention further provides a packaging method of the OPC product, and the packaging mechanism is adopted in the packaging method. The packaging mechanism is adopted to replace manual packaging of OPC products, two operators are needed for packaging in each shift on an original packaging line, the packaging mechanism can replace manual packaging, the packaging efficiency can be improved, the production cost is effectively reduced, the operation consistency of the automatic packaging mechanism is high, and the production efficiency is improved. Possibility of pollution caused by contact of operators with products is avoided.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a packaging mechanism and method for OPC products. Background Art

[0002] OPC products are photoelectric conversion devices formed by coating the outer surface of a conductive drum with OPC material (i.e., organic photoconductor material). They are also known as organic photoconductor drums or OPC drums. OPC products are core components of laser printers, digital copiers, and multifunction printers.

[0003] After OPC products are manufactured, they need to be packaged. Currently, however, OPC packaging is typically done manually, which requires a lot of manpower and results in low packaging efficiency, leading to high production costs. Manual packaging also lacks consistency, and manual handling of OPC products can create the potential for contamination. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In order to solve the defects of the prior art, the present invention provides a packaging mechanism for OPC products, including: a conveyor belt for transporting packaging bags and passing the packaging bags through a packaging station, two rows of vacuum suction nozzles located at the packaging station, arranged on both sides of the conveyor belt and used to suck the two sides of the packaging bags at the packaging station and open the opening of the packaging bags, and a robot located at the packaging station and used to grab the OPC products and insert the OPC products into the packaging bags.

[0005] Preferably, the two rows of vacuum nozzles are connected to a vacuum generating device through pipelines.

[0006] Preferably, the front end of the manipulator is provided with a flexible gripper for grabbing OPC products.

[0007] Preferably, the two rows of vacuum nozzles are symmetrically arranged.

[0008] Preferably, the vacuum nozzles in the same row are arranged at equal intervals.

[0009] The present invention also provides a packaging method for OPC products, which adopts the above-mentioned packaging mechanism and includes the following steps: a conveyor belt transports empty packaging bags and makes the packaging bags pass through the packaging station, and when the packaging bags reach the packaging station, the conveyor belt stops transporting the packaging bags; at this time, the packaging bags are located between two rows of vacuum suction nozzles; then a vacuum generating device vacuums the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles through a pipeline, so that the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles suck both sides of the packaging bag and stretch the opening of the packaging bag; then a robot grasps one end of the OPC product through a flexible gripper at the front end and inserts the OPC product into the packaging bag; then the flexible gripper releases the OPC product and withdraws the packaging bag; then the vacuum generating device stops vacuuming, and the conveyor belt continues to transport the packaging bag, so that the packaging bag containing the OPC product is separated from the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles and sent to the next station.

[0010] Preferably, the end of the OPC product that the flexible gripper grips is the end of the non-image area on the OPC product (ie, the end of the OPC product that is not coated with the OPC material).

[0011] Preferably, the packaging bag is a long strip packaging bag with one end open.

[0012] Preferably, the length direction of the packaging bags transported on the conveyor belt is consistent with the transport direction of the conveyor belt.

[0013] Preferably, the packaging bag is a bubble bag.

[0014] The advantages and beneficial effects of the present invention are: providing a packaging mechanism and method for OPC products. The present invention adopts a packaging mechanism to replace manual packaging of OPC products. The original packaging line requires two operators per shift to carry out packaging. The present invention can replace the personnel to carry out packaging, which can improve packaging efficiency and effectively reduce production costs. The operation consistency of the automated packaging mechanism is high, avoiding the possibility of contamination caused by human operators' hands touching the product. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The following embodiments are further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following embodiments are only used to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0017] The technical solutions specifically implemented in the present invention are as follows: like Figure 1 As shown, the present invention provides a packaging method for an OPC product, which uses a packaging mechanism to implement the packaging of the OPC product; The packaging mechanism includes: a conveyor belt for transporting packaging bags and passing the packaging bags through the packaging station; two rows of vacuum suction nozzles located at the packaging station and arranged on both sides of the conveyor belt for sucking both sides of the packaging bags at the packaging station and opening the packaging bags; a vacuum generating device connected to the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles via pipelines; and a robot located at the packaging station for grabbing the OPC product and inserting the OPC product into the packaging bag; a flexible gripper is provided at the front end of the robot for grabbing the OPC product; the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles are symmetrically arranged, and the vacuum suction nozzles in the same row are arranged at equal intervals; The packaging mechanism for implementing the packaging of OPC products includes the following steps: a conveyor belt transports an empty packaging bag and passes the packaging bag through a packaging station, and when the packaging bag reaches the packaging station, the conveyor belt stops transporting the packaging bag; at this time, the packaging bag is located between two rows of vacuum suction nozzles; then a vacuum generating device draws vacuum through the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles through a pipeline, so that the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles suck both sides of the packaging bag and the packaging bag opening is stretched open; then a robot grasps one end of the OPC product through a flexible gripper at the front end and inserts the OPC product into the packaging bag; then the flexible gripper is released The OPC product exits the packaging bag; then the vacuum generating device stops vacuuming, and the conveyor belt continues to transport the packaging bag, so that the packaging bag containing the OPC product is separated from the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles and sent to the next workstation; specifically, the flexible gripper grabs one end of the OPC product, which is the end of the non-image area on the OPC product (that is, the end of the OPC product not coated with OPC material); the packaging bag is a long strip packaging bag with one end open; the packaging bag transported on the conveyor belt has its length direction consistent with the conveying direction of the conveyor belt; more specifically, the packaging bag is a bubble bag.

[0018] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this technical field, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the technical principles of the present invention. These improvements and modifications should also be regarded as within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A packaging mechanism for OPC products, characterized in that: include: A conveyor belt that transports packaging bags and passes them through the packaging station; two rows of vacuum nozzles located on both sides of the conveyor belt at the packaging station and used to suck the two sides of the packaging bags at the packaging station and open the opening of the packaging bags; and a robot located at the packaging station and used to grab the OPC products and insert the OPC products into the packaging bags.

2. The packaging mechanism of the OPC product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The two rows of vacuum nozzles are connected to a vacuum generating device through pipelines.

3. The packaging mechanism of the OPC product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front end of the manipulator is provided with a flexible gripper for grabbing OPC products.

4. The packaging mechanism of the OPC product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The two rows of vacuum nozzles are symmetrically arranged.

5. The packaging mechanism of the OPC product according to claim 1, characterized in that: The vacuum nozzles in the same row are arranged at equal intervals.

6. A packaging method for OPC products, characterized in that: The packaging mechanism described in claim 5 is adopted, and includes the following steps: a conveyor belt transports empty packaging bags and makes the packaging bags pass through the packaging station, and when the packaging bags reach the packaging station, the conveyor belt stops transporting the packaging bags; at this time, the packaging bags are located between two rows of vacuum suction nozzles; then the vacuum generating device vacuums the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles through the pipeline, so that the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles suck the two sides of the packaging bag and make the packaging bag opening open; then the robot grasps one end of the OPC product through the flexible gripper at the front end, and inserts the OPC product into the packaging bag; then the flexible gripper releases the OPC product and withdraws the packaging bag; then the vacuum generating device stops vacuuming, and the conveyor belt continues to transport the packaging bag, so that the packaging bag containing the OPC product is separated from the two rows of vacuum suction nozzles and sent to the next station.

7. The packaging method of OPC products according to claim 6, characterized in that: The flexible gripper grasps one end of the OPC product, which is the end of the non-image area on the OPC product.

8. The packaging method of OPC products according to claim 6, characterized in that: The packaging bag is a long strip packaging bag with one end open.

9. The packaging method of OPC products according to claim 8, characterized in that: The length direction of the packaging bags transported on the conveyor belt is consistent with the transport direction of the conveyor belt.

10. The packaging method of OPC products according to claim 6, characterized in that: The packaging bag is a bubble bag.

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