Ball detection device for assembling thrust bearing retainer

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of bearing ball detection tool application, in particular to a ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly, which comprises an operation frame, a conveying assembly, a transfer assembly, a loading assembly, a transposition assembly, a lifting assembly, a rolling assembly, an inspection assembly and an unloading assembly. Automatic conveying, grabbing, positioning, multi-angle detection, defect sorting and qualified product discharging of the balls are facilitated, it is guaranteed that the whole ball detection process of the detection device is higher in automation, the detection device does not need manual repeated work such as feeding, turning over, sorting and discharging, manual dependence is reduced, the ball detection cost is further reduced, and the detection efficiency is improved. On one hand, ball damage possibly caused by manual operation is avoided, it is guaranteed that the detection device is higher in safety during working, on the other hand, the detection device can meet the detection requirements of thrust bearing balls of different diameters and specifications, and adaptability is higher.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to a bearing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly. BACKGROUND

[0002] The assembly quality of the thrust bearing retainer directly affects the overall rotation accuracy and service life of the bearing, and the surface defects of the ball as the core contact component can directly cause the retainer assembly to be stuck, unevenly stressed, and even cause abnormal operation and early failure of the bearing, therefore, in order to improve the service life of the thrust bearing retainer, a detection device is usually required to detect defects of the ball for thrust bearing retainer assembly.

[0003] However, the existing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly still has great defects in use, the existing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly has low automation degree and relies on manual detection, which not only leads to low detection efficiency of the ball and high detection cost of the ball, but also often causes missed detection, secondly, the existing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly cannot perform multi-angle full-dimension detection on the ball and cannot comprehensively identify various defects on the surface of the ball, the existing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly cannot stably detect defects of balls of different specifications and is prone to unnecessary damage to the ball due to improper operation, and has poor adaptability and safety. SUMMARY

[0004] The application aims to solve the problems that the existing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly has low automation degree and relies on manual detection, which not only leads to low detection efficiency of the ball and high detection cost of the ball, but also often causes missed detection, secondly, the existing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly cannot perform multi-angle full-dimension detection on the ball and cannot comprehensively identify various defects such as scratches, depressions and impurities on the surface of the ball, and the existing ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly cannot stably detect defects of balls of different specifications and is prone to unnecessary damage to the ball due to improper operation, and has poor adaptability and safety, and provides a ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly.

[0005] The objective of this invention can be achieved through the following technical solution: A ball bearing detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly, comprising an operating frame, a conveying assembly, a transfer assembly, a feeding assembly, a shifting assembly, a lifting assembly, a rolling assembly, an inspection assembly, and a discharging assembly. The conveying assembly is located at the top end of the operating frame, the transfer assembly is located at the top of the conveying assembly, a slide is located at the top of the transfer assembly, the feeding assembly is located on one side of the slide, an electromagnetic chuck is located at the bottom of the feeding assembly, the shifting assembly is located below the electromagnetic chuck, a turntable is located at the top of the shifting assembly, and a plurality of grooves are axially spaced on the turntable. The lifting assembly is located on the side of the shifting assembly away from the feeding assembly, the rolling assembly is located at the top of the lifting assembly, a second rotating plate is located at one end of the rolling assembly, and the second rotating plate is located at the top of the plurality of grooves. A top plate is located on one side of the inspection assembly, a camera is mounted at one end of the top plate, and the camera is located directly above the plurality of grooves. The discharging assembly is located directly below the plurality of grooves.

[0006] Preferably, the bottom of the conveying assembly is provided with a base frame, and a first motor is installed at one end of one side of the base frame. One end of the first motor is movably connected to a first conveyor belt through a rotating shaft. The top of the first conveyor belt is provided with a number of material discharge troughs, and the top of the material discharge troughs is provided with a number of recessed holes at equal intervals.

[0007] Preferably, the bottom of the transfer assembly is provided with a base plate, the top of the carriage is equipped with a second motor, the bottom of the second motor is movably connected to a first gear through a rotating shaft, the top of the base plate is welded with a toothed plate, the first gear is meshed with the first toothed plate, the top and one side of the base plate near the toothed plate are welded with slide rails, and sliders are connected to both slide rails, and both sliders are welded to the carriage.

[0008] Preferably, a first electric cylinder is provided at the top of the feeding assembly, and a first push rod is connected to the bottom of the first electric cylinder. The bottom of the first push rod is connected to the middle of the top of the electromagnetic chuck by bolts. The electromagnetic chuck has a cylindrical structure and several slots at equal intervals at the bottom.

[0009] Preferably, the turntable has a cylindrical structure, a third motor is installed in the middle of the bottom of the turntable, the third motor is movably connected to the turntable through a rotating shaft, a collection box is provided at one end of the operating frame, the collection box is located at the bottom of the turntable near the rolling component, the top of the operating frame near the collection box is hollowed out, and a blocking unit is provided at the bottom of several grooves.

[0010] Preferably, a fourth motor is installed at one end of the blocking unit, and a flap is movably connected to one end of the fourth motor via a rotating shaft. A baffle plate that matches the groove is welded to the top of the flap plate. The baffle plate has a cylindrical structure, and three rolling balls are evenly spaced on the bearing at the top of the baffle plate.

[0011] Preferably, the bottom of the lifting assembly is provided with a second electric cylinder, the top of the second electric cylinder is matched with a second push rod, and the top of the second push rod is connected with a push plate through bolts.

[0012] Preferably, the bottom of the rolling assembly is provided with a support frame, the bottom of the support frame is provided with a fifth motor, the top of the fifth motor is movably connected with a second gear through a rotating shaft, the second gear is movably connected with a third gear, the top end of the third gear is movably connected with a first rotating plate, the first rotating plate is in a cylindrical structure, the top of the first rotating plate is movably connected with a connecting plate through a rotating shaft, one end of the connecting plate is movably connected with a sliding rod through a rotating shaft, the top of the support frame is welded with a limiting block matched with the sliding rod, and one end of the sliding rod is provided with a sixth motor movably connected with a second rotating plate through a rotating shaft.

[0013] Preferably, the bottom of the discharging assembly is provided with a blocking frame, one side of the blocking frame is provided with a seventh motor, one end of the seventh motor is movably connected with a second conveying belt through a rotating shaft, and the top of the blocking frame near the second conveying belt is welded with a blocking plate.

[0014] Preferably, the working method of the ball detection device comprises the following steps: Step one: turn on the first motor on the conveying assembly, the first motor moves the balls in the several feeding grooves on the first conveying belt to the bottom of the transferring assembly in sequence, turn on the second motor on the transferring assembly, the second motor drives the first gear to rotate, the first gear meshes with the gear plate to move, adjust the left and right positions of the feeding assembly, and drive the electromagnetic chuck at the bottom of the first push rod to move up and down through the first electric cylinder, the electromagnetic chuck takes the balls from the feeding grooves, then turn on the third motor at the bottom of the transposition assembly, the third motor drives the rotating disc to rotate, and cooperate with the feeding assembly and the transferring assembly to place the balls to be detected in the several grooves in sequence; Step two: drive the second push rod to move up and down through the second electric cylinder on the lifting assembly, adjust the height of the second rotating plate, so that the second rotating plate is in close contact with the balls in the grooves, and turn on the fifth motor and the sixth motor on the rolling assembly, the fifth motor drives the second gear to rotate, the second gear meshes with the third gear to rotate, the third gear drives the connecting plate on the first rotating plate to move, so that the sliding rod moves left and right, the second rotating plate drives the balls to rotate left and right, the sixth motor drives the second rotating plate to rotate, changes the direction of the balls, and the camera detects the defects of the balls from multiple angles; Step three: turn on the fourth motor, the fourth motor drives the blocking disc at the top of the flap to rotate, the defective balls fall into the collecting box, cooperate with the transposition assembly, the qualified balls fall into the top of the second conveying belt on the discharging assembly, and turn on the seventh motor, the seventh motor drives the second conveying belt to rotate, and transports the detected balls.

[0015] The beneficial effects of the application are as follows: 1、The first motor drives the conveying assembly to realize the continuous supply of the ball, which facilitates the orderly loading of the ball in the feeding groove and the accurate conveying to the transfer area. The second motor of the transfer assembly adjusts the left and right positions of the feeding assembly through the first gear meshing tooth plate transmission, which facilitates the automatic grabbing of the ball by the electromagnetic chuck driven by the first electric cylinder, eliminates the need for manual intervention in the feeding process, greatly shortens the feeding cycle of a single ball, and ensures the stable position of the ball during transfer, feeding, and detection, thereby avoiding detection deviation caused by displacement and ensuring higher detection accuracy of the ball by the detection device.

[0016] 2、The fifth motor drives the second gear transmission of the rolling assembly, which facilitates the rotation of the sliding rod and the second rotating plate, and the sixth motor directly drives the second rotating plate to rotate to change the orientation of the ball in the groove, realizing the cooperative action of the double rotating mechanisms, which is conducive to covering all areas of the ball surface by the camera, completely avoiding the detection blind area, and facilitating multi-angle and full-dimension detection of the ball, thereby facilitating the comprehensive identification of various defects such as scratches, depressions, and impurities on the surface of the ball. In addition, the feeding groove of the conveying assembly, the first gear meshing tooth plate transmission of the transfer assembly, and the electromagnetic chuck of the feeding assembly facilitate the accurate positioning of the ball to be detected, ensuring the stable position of the ball during transfer, feeding, and detection, thereby avoiding detection deviation caused by displacement and ensuring higher detection accuracy of the ball by the detection device.

[0017] 3、Through the cooperation between various components, not only is it beneficial to realize the automatic conveying, grabbing and positioning of the balls, multi-angle detection, defect sorting and qualified product discharging, ensures that the detection device is higher in the automation of the whole process of ball detection, so that the detection device does not need manual feeding, turning, sorting and discharging and other repetitive labor, thereby significantly reducing the dependence on manpower, and further reducing the number of labor input, reducing the cost of ball detection, avoiding the damage to the balls caused by manual operation, ensuring the safety of the detection device during work, meanwhile, the three balls arranged at equal intervals on the top of the blocking disc cooperate with each other to detect the balls, which not only makes the balls more stable and smooth when changing direction, ensures that the detection device is higher in stability during ball detection, but also is beneficial to meet the detection needs of different diameter and specification thrust bearing balls, and ensures that the detection device is higher in adaptability during use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to facilitate the understanding of those skilled in the art, the present application will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0019] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present application.

[0020] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the conveying assembly in the present application.

[0021] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the transfer assembly in the present application.

[0022] Figure 4 It is a front view of the connection between the second motor and the first gear in the present application.

[0023] Figure 5 It is a side view of the connection between the sliding frame and the two sliding blocks in the present application.

[0024] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the feeding assembly in the present application.

[0025] Figure 7 It is a bottom view of the electromagnetic chuck in the present application.

[0026] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the transposition assembly in the present application.

[0027] Figure 9 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the blocking unit in the present application Figure 10 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the lifting assembly in the present application.

[0028] Figure 11 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the rolling assembly in the present application.

[0029] Figure 12 It is a structural schematic view of the testing assembly in the application.

[0030] Figure 13 It is a structural schematic view of the blanking assembly in the application.

[0031] In the figure: 1, operation frame; 101, collecting box; 2, conveying assembly; 201, bottom frame; 202, first motor; 203, first conveying belt; 204, discharging groove; 3, transfer assembly; 301, bottom plate; 302, sliding frame; 303, second motor; 304, first gear; 305, toothed plate; 306, sliding rail; 307, sliding block; 4, feeding assembly; 401, first electric cylinder; 402, first push rod; 403, electromagnetic suction disc; 404, clamping groove; 5, transposition assembly; 501, third motor; 502, rotating disc; 503, groove; 504, blocking unit; 5041, fourth motor; 5042, flap; 5043, baffle; 5044, rolling ball; 6, lifting assembly; 601, second electric cylinder; 602, second push rod; 603, push plate; 7, rolling assembly; 701, support frame; 702, fifth motor; 703, second gear; 704, third gear; 705, first rotating plate; 706, connecting plate; 707, sliding rod; 708, limiting block; 709, sixth motor; 710, second rotating plate; 8, testing assembly; 801, top plate; 802, camera; 9, blanking assembly; 901, blocking frame; 902, seventh motor; 903, second conveying belt; 904, baffle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present application.

[0033] Please refer to Figures 1-13As shown, a kind of thrust bearing retainer assembly ball detection device, including operation frame 1, conveying assembly 2, transfer assembly 3, feeding assembly 4, transposition assembly 5, lifting assembly 6, rolling assembly 7, inspection assembly 8 and discharging assembly 9, conveying assembly 2 is arranged at the top of operation frame 1 one end, transfer assembly 3 is arranged at the top of conveying assembly 2, transfer assembly 3 top is provided with sliding frame 302, feeding assembly 4 is arranged at the side of sliding frame 302, the bottom of feeding assembly 4 is provided with electromagnetic chuck 403, transposition assembly 5 is arranged below electromagnetic chuck 403, transposition assembly 5 top is provided with rotary table 502, rotary table 502 is provided with several grooves 503 on the axis at equal intervals, lifting assembly 6 is arranged at the side of transposition assembly 5 away from feeding assembly 4, rolling assembly 7 is arranged at the top of lifting assembly 6, rolling assembly 7 one end is provided with second rotating plate 710, second rotating plate 710 is arranged at the top of several grooves 503, inspection assembly 8 one side is provided with top plate 801, top plate 801 one end is installed with camera 802 (type: U2SMT500M, manufacturer: Shenzhen Yunkey Technology Co., Ltd.), standard image acquisition and analysis are carried out through camera 802, the influence of factors such as artificial visual fatigue and subjective judgment deviation is excluded, the detection standard is unified, the defect identification accuracy is greatly improved, thereby reducing the risk of unqualified ball product flowing into subsequent process, camera 802 is arranged directly above several grooves 503, discharging assembly 9 is arranged directly below several grooves 503.

[0034] PLC controller (type: PM864, manufacturer: Shenzhen Changxin Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.) is installed at the bottom of operation frame 1, infrared sensor (type: INIR-ME, manufacturer: Tianjin Ruili Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.) is installed at the bottom of electromagnetic chuck 403 and the side of support frame 701 close to rotary table 502, the infrared sensor transmits the obtained information to the PLC controller, the infrared sensor at the bottom of electromagnetic chuck 403 obtains the position of the ball on conveying assembly 2, the PLC controller controls conveying assembly 2, transfer assembly 3, feeding assembly 4 and transposition assembly 5 to accurately feed the ball, the infrared sensor installed on support frame 701 is used to obtain the position of the ball in groove 503, and the obtained information is transmitted to the PLC controller, the PLC controller controls lifting assembly 6, rolling assembly 7 and inspection assembly 8 to detect defects of the ball in groove 503, the cooperation between each component is controlled by the PLC controller, which not only facilitates the automatic conveying, grabbing, positioning, multi-angle detection, defect sorting and qualified product discharging of the ball, but also makes the detection device more automated in the whole process of ball detection, so that the detection device does not need manual feeding, turning, sorting and discharging, thereby significantly reducing the dependence on manual labor, further reducing the number of manual labor input, reducing the cost of ball detection, avoiding the damage of ball caused by manual operation, and ensuring the safety of the detection device during work.

[0035] In an optional embodiment of the present application, the bottom of the conveying assembly 2 is provided with a chassis 201, and a first motor 202 is mounted at one end of one side of the chassis 201. A first conveying belt 203 is movably connected to one end of the first motor 202 through a rotating shaft. A plurality of feeding grooves 204 are arranged on the top of the first conveying belt 203. A plurality of recessed holes are arranged at equal intervals on the top of each feeding groove 204. The balls to be detected are placed in the recessed holes. The conveying assembly 2 driven by the first motor 202 realizes continuous feeding of the balls, which facilitates orderly loading of the balls in the feeding grooves 204 and accurate feeding of the balls to the transfer area.

[0036] In an optional embodiment of the present application, the bottom of the conveying assembly 2 is provided with a chassis 201, and a first motor 202 is mounted at one end of one side of the chassis 201. A first conveying belt 203 is movably connected to one end of the first motor 202 through a rotating shaft. A first conveying belt 203 is movably connected to one end of the first motor 202 through a rotating shaft. A plurality of feeding grooves 204 are arranged on the top of the first conveying belt 203. A plurality of recessed holes are arranged at equal intervals on the top of each feeding groove 204. The balls to be detected are placed in the recessed holes. The conveying assembly 2 driven by the first motor 202 realizes continuous feeding of the balls, which facilitates orderly loading of the balls in the feeding grooves 204 and accurate feeding of the balls to the transfer area.

[0037] In an optional embodiment of the present application, the top of the feeding assembly 4 is provided with a first electric cylinder 401. The bottom of the first electric cylinder 401 is movably connected with a first push rod 402. The bottom of the first push rod 402 is connected with the top end of an electromagnetic chuck 403 through bolts. The electromagnetic chuck 403 has a cylindrical structure. A plurality of clamping grooves 404 are arranged at equal intervals on the bottom of the electromagnetic chuck 403. The first push rod 402 is driven by the first electric cylinder 401 to move up and down, which facilitates movement of balls of different specifications into the recess 503 for monitoring operation. At the same time, the feeding grooves 204 of the conveying assembly 2, the first gear 304 of the transfer assembly 3 meshing with the toothed plate 305, and the electromagnetic chuck 403 of the feeding assembly 4 grabbing the balls are beneficial to accurate positioning of the balls to be detected, ensuring stable position of the balls during transfer, feeding and detection, avoiding detection deviation caused by displacement, and thus ensuring higher detection accuracy of the detection device for the balls.

[0038] In an optional embodiment of the embodiment of the application, the rotating disc 502 is in a cylindrical structure, a third motor 501 is installed at the middle bottom of the rotating disc 502, the third motor 501 is movably connected with the rotating disc 502 through a rotating shaft, one end of the operating frame 1 is provided with a collection box 101, the collection box 101 is arranged at the bottom of the rotating disc 502 close to the rolling assembly 7, the rotating disc 502 of the transposition assembly 5 is provided with a plurality of grooves 503, so that the rotating disc 502 can simultaneously carry a plurality of balls for circulation, and the detection action of the lifting assembly 6 and the rolling assembly 7 is matched, so as to realize the parallel operation of the ball “feeding-detection-discharging”, avoid single-station waiting, and thus improve the number of ball detections per unit time, which is beneficial to meet the batch production demand of the ball, the top of the operating frame 1 close to the collection box 101 is provided in a hollow manner, and the bottom of each groove 503 is provided with a blocking unit 504.

[0039] In an optional embodiment of the embodiment of the application, one end of the blocking unit 504 is provided with a fourth motor 5041, one end of the fourth motor 5041 is movably connected with a flap 5042 through a rotating shaft, the top of the flap 5042 is welded with a baffle 5043 matched with the groove 503, the baffle 5043 is in a cylindrical structure, three rolling balls 5044 are equidistantly arranged on the top bearing of the baffle 5043, each component cooperates with the three rolling balls 5044 equidistantly arranged on the top of the baffle 5043 to detect the ball, which not only makes the ball more stable and smooth when changing the direction, ensures that the detection device has higher stability when detecting the ball, but also is beneficial to meet the detection demand of the thrust bearing ball with different diameters and specifications, ensures that the detection device has higher adaptability when in use, at the same time, after the camera 802 on the inspection assembly 8 completes the detection of the ball, the fourth motor 5041 drives the baffle 5043 to rotate, so that the defective ball is automatically dropped into the collection box 101 and the qualified ball is dropped on the second conveying belt 903 for feeding and discharging.

[0040] In an optional embodiment of the embodiment of the application, the bottom of the lifting assembly 6 is provided with a second electric cylinder 601, the top of the second electric cylinder 601 is matched with a second push rod 602, the top of the second push rod 602 is connected with a push plate 603 through bolts, the second electric cylinder 601 of the lifting assembly 6 precisely adjusts the height of the push plate 603 through the second push rod 602, which not only ensures that the ball is closely attached to the detection mechanism and guarantees the imaging clarity of the ball, but also is beneficial to the turnover detection of balls with different sizes.

[0041] In an optional implementation of the embodiment of the present application, the bottom of the rolling assembly 7 is provided with a support frame 701, the bottom of the support frame 701 is provided with a fifth motor 702, the top of the fifth motor 702 is movably connected with a second gear 703 through a rotating shaft, the second gear 703 is movably connected with a third gear 704, the top end of the third gear 704 is movably connected with a first rotating plate 705, the first rotating plate 705 is in a cylindrical structure, one side of the top of the first rotating plate 705 is movably connected with a connecting plate 706 through a rotating shaft, one end of the connecting plate 706 is movably connected with a sliding rod 707 through a rotating shaft, the top of the support frame 701 is movably connected with a limiting block 708 matched with the sliding rod 707, one end of the sliding rod 707 is movably connected with a sixth motor 709, the bottom of the sixth motor 709 is movably connected with a second rotating plate 710 through a rotating shaft, the rolling assembly 7 is driven by the fifth motor 702 to drive the second gear 703, so as to drive the sliding rod 707 and the second rotating plate 710 to rotate left and right, and the sixth motor 709 is directly driven to drive the second rotating plate 710 to rotate to change the position of the ball in the groove 503, so as to realize the cooperation of the double rotating mechanisms, so that all areas of the ball surface can be covered by the camera 802, so as to completely avoid the detection blind area, so as to facilitate the multi-angle and full-dimension detection of the ball, so as to facilitate the comprehensive identification of the ball surface scratches, depressions, impurities and other defects, and the second gear 703 is movably connected with the third gear 704, so as to ensure that the second rotating plate 710 changes the angle of the ball in the groove 503 more stably, and avoids unnecessary damage to the ball caused by too large rotation amplitude.

[0042] In an optional implementation of the embodiment of the present application, the bottom of the rolling assembly 7 is provided with a support frame 701, the bottom of the support frame 701 is provided with a fifth motor 702, the top of the fifth motor 702 is movably connected with a second gear 703 through a rotating shaft, the second gear 703 is movably connected with a third gear 704, the top end of the third gear 704 is movably connected with a first rotating plate 705, the first rotating plate 705 is in a cylindrical structure, one side of the top of the first rotating plate 705 is movably connected with a connecting plate 706 through a rotating shaft, one end of the connecting plate 706 is movably connected with a sliding rod 707 through a rotating shaft, the top of the support frame 701 is movably connected with a limiting block 708 matched with the sliding rod 707, one end of the sliding rod 707 is movably connected with a sixth motor 709, the bottom of the sixth motor 709 is movably connected with a second rotating plate 710 through a rotating shaft, the rolling assembly 7 is driven by the fifth motor 702 to drive the second gear 703, so as to drive the sliding rod 707 and the second rotating plate 710 to rotate left and right, and the sixth motor 709 is directly driven to drive the second rotating plate 710 to rotate to change the position of the ball in the groove 503, so as to realize the cooperation of the double rotating mechanisms, so that all areas of the ball surface can be covered by the camera 802, so as to completely avoid the detection blind area, so as to facilitate the multi-angle and full-dimension detection of the ball, so as to facilitate the comprehensive identification of the ball surface scratches, depressions, impurities and other defects, and the second gear 703 is movably connected with the third gear 704, so as to ensure that the second rotating plate 710 changes the angle of the ball in the groove 503 more stably, and avoids unnecessary damage to the ball caused by too large rotation amplitude.

[0043] In use, first, start the first motor 202 on the conveying assembly 2, the first motor 202 moves the balls on the several discharge grooves 204 on the first conveying belt 203 to the bottom of the transfer assembly 3 in turn, facilitating the orderly loading and accurate conveying of the discharge grooves 204 to the transfer area, cooperate with starting the second motor 303 on the transfer assembly 3, the second motor 303 drives the first gear 304 to rotate, the first gear 304 meshes with the toothed plate 305 to move, adjusts the left and right positions of the feeding assembly 4, and drives the first push rod 402 to move up and down through the first electric cylinder 401, the electromagnetic chuck 403 on the bottom moves up and down, the electromagnetic chuck 403 takes the balls from the discharge grooves 204, without manual intervention in the feeding process, greatly shortening the feeding cycle of a single ball, secondly, start the third motor 501 at the bottom of the transposition assembly 5, the third motor 501 drives the rotating disc 502 to rotate, cooperate with the feeding assembly 4 and the transfer assembly 3 to place the balls that need to be detected in the several grooves 503 in turn, Then, drive the second push rod 602 to move up and down through the second electric cylinder 601 on the lifting assembly 6, adjust the height of the second rotating plate 710, so that the second rotating plate 710 is in close contact with the balls in the grooves 503, and cooperate with starting the fifth motor 702 and the sixth motor 709 on the rolling assembly 7, the fifth motor 702 drives the second gear 703 to rotate, the second gear 703 meshes with the third gear 704 to rotate, the third gear 704 drives the connecting plate 706 on the first rotating plate 705 to move, so that the slide rod 707 moves left and right, the second rotating plate 710 drives the balls to rotate left and right, the sixth motor 709 drives the second rotating plate 710 to rotate, changes the orientation of the balls, realizes the synergistic effect of the double rotating mechanism, is conducive to the camera 802 covering all areas of the ball surface, completely avoids the detection blind area, is conducive to multi-angle full-dimension detection of the ball, so as to be conducive to identifying all kinds of defects such as ball surface scratches, depressions and impurities; Finally, start the fourth motor 5041, the fourth motor 5041 drives the baffle disc 5043 on the top of the flap 5042 to rotate, the defective balls fall into the collection box 101, cooperate with the transposition assembly 5, the qualified balls fall into the top of the second conveying belt 903 on the discharging assembly 9, and cooperate with starting the seventh motor 902, the seventh motor 902 drives the second conveying belt 903 to rotate, transports and discharges the detected balls, not only facilitates the seamless connection of sorting and discharging of the detected balls, improves the overall process efficiency of ball detection, but also avoids the mixing of materials, further facilitates the subsequent centralized treatment of defective products and turnover of qualified products.

[0044] The preferred embodiments of the application disclosed above are only to facilitate the elucidation of the application. The preferred embodiments do not describe all the details of the application and limit the application to the specific embodiments. Obviously, many modifications and variations can be made in light of the teachings above. The description is chosen and described in order to provide the best illustration of the application and its practical application to those skilled in the art and to enable those skilled in the art to best utilize the application. The application is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.

Claims

1. A ball detection device for thrust bearing retainer assembly, characterized by, The utility model provides a kind of automatic wafer production line, including operation frame (1), conveying assembly (2), transfer assembly (3), feeding assembly (4), transposition assembly (5), lifting assembly (6), rolling assembly (7), inspection assembly (8) and discharging assembly (9), the conveying assembly (2) is arranged at the top one end of operation frame (1), the transfer assembly (3) is arranged at the top of conveying assembly (2), the transfer assembly (3) top is provided with sliding frame (302), the feeding assembly (4) is arranged at the side of sliding frame (302), the feeding assembly (4) bottom is provided with electromagnetic chuck (403), the transposition assembly (5) is arranged below electromagnetic chuck (403), the transposition assembly (5) top is provided with rotary table (502), the rotary table (502) is axially provided with a plurality of grooves (503) on the equal interval, the lifting assembly (6) is arranged at the side of transposition assembly (5) away from feeding assembly (4), the rolling assembly (7) is arranged at the top of lifting assembly (6), the rolling assembly (7) one end is provided with second rotating plate (710), the second rotating plate (710) is arranged at the top of a plurality of grooves (503), the inspection assembly (8) one side is provided with top plate (801), the top plate (801) one end is mounted with camera (802), the camera (802) is arranged directly above a plurality of grooves (503), the discharging assembly (9) is arranged directly below a plurality of grooves (503).

2. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein, Conveying assembly (2) bottom is provided with underframe (201), and the end of the side of underframe (201) is installed with first motor (202), and one end of first motor (202) is movably connected with first conveying belt (203) through rotating shaft, and the top of first conveying belt (203) is provided with a plurality of discharging grooves (204), and the top of discharging groove (204) is provided with a plurality of recesses on the equal interval.

3. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein, Transfer assembly (3) bottom is provided with bottom plate (301), and the top of sliding frame (302) is installed with second motor (303), and the bottom of second motor (303) is movably connected with first gear (304) through rotating shaft, and the top of bottom plate (301) is welded with toothed plate (305), and first gear (304) is connected with first toothed plate (305) in meshing, and the top and one side of bottom plate (301) close to toothed plate (305) are welded with slide rail (306), and the slide rail (306) is movably connected with sliding block (307), and the sliding block (307) is welded with sliding frame (302).

4. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein, Feeding assembly (4) top is provided with first electric cylinder (401), and first electric cylinder (401) bottom is movably connected with first push rod (402), and the bottom of first push rod (402) is connected with the top middle part of electromagnetic chuck (403) through bolt, and electromagnetic chuck (403) is cylindrical structure, and the bottom of electromagnetic chuck (403) is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves (404) on the equal interval.

5. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The rotating disc (502) is in a cylindrical structure, the bottom middle part of the rotating disc (502) is provided with a third motor (501), the third motor (501) is movably connected with the rotating disc (502) through a rotating shaft, one end of the operating frame (1) is provided with a collecting box (101), the collecting box (101) is arranged at the bottom of the rotating disc (502) close to the rolling assembly (7), the top of the operating frame (1) close to the collecting box (101) is arranged in a hollow manner, and the bottoms of a plurality of grooves (503) are provided with blocking units (504).

6. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein, One end of the blocking unit (504) is provided with a fourth motor (5041), one end of the fourth motor (5041) is movably connected with a flap (5042) through a rotating shaft, the top of the flap (5042) is welded with a baffle disc (5043) matched with the groove (503), the baffle disc (5043) is in a cylindrical structure, and three rolling balls (5044) are equidistantly arranged on the top bearing of the baffle disc (5043).

7. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The lifting assembly (6) is provided with a second electric cylinder (601) at the bottom, the second electric cylinder (601) is matched and connected with a second push rod (602) at the top, and the second push rod (602) is connected with a push plate (603) at the top through bolts.

8. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The rolling assembly (7) is provided with a supporting frame (701) at the bottom, the supporting frame (701) is provided with a fifth motor (702) at the bottom, the fifth motor (702) is movably connected with a second gear (703) at the top through a rotating shaft, the second gear (703) is movably connected with a third gear (704), the third gear (704) is movably connected with a first rotating plate (705) at the top middle part, the first rotating plate (705) is in a cylindrical structure, the first rotating plate (705) is movably connected with a connecting plate (706) at the top side through a rotating shaft, the connecting plate (706) is movably connected with a sliding rod (707) at one end through a rotating shaft, the supporting frame (701) is welded with a limiting block (708) matched with the sliding rod (707) at the top, and the sliding rod (707) is movably connected with a second rotating plate (710) at one end through a rotating shaft.

9. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The blanking assembly (9) is provided with a blocking frame (901) at the bottom, the blocking frame (901) is provided with a seventh motor (902) at one side end, the seventh motor (902) is movably connected with a second conveying belt (903) at one end through a rotating shaft, and the top of the blocking frame (901) close to the second conveying belt (903) is welded with a baffle (904) on both sides.

10. A ball detection device for thrust bearing cage assembly according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that: The working method of the detection device comprises the following steps: Step one: open the first motor (202) on the conveying assembly (2), the first motor (202) will move the balls on the several discharge grooves (204) on the first conveying belt (203) to the bottom of the transfer assembly (3) in turn, cooperate to open the second motor (303) on the transfer assembly (3), the second motor (303) drives the first gear (304) to rotate, the first gear (304) meshes with the gear plate (305) to move, adjust the left and right positions of the feeding assembly (4), and drive the first push rod (402) to move up and down the electromagnetic chuck (403) at the bottom through the first cylinder (401), the electromagnetic chuck (403) takes the balls from the discharge groove (204), secondly, open the third motor (501) at the bottom of the transposition assembly (5), the third motor (501) drives the rotating disc (502) to rotate, cooperate with the feeding assembly (4) and the transfer assembly (3) to put the balls that need to be detected in the several grooves (503) in turn; Step two: adjust the height of the second rotating plate (710) by driving the second push rod (602) to move up and down through the second cylinder (601) on the lifting assembly (6), so that the second rotating plate (710) is attached to the balls in the groove (503), and cooperate to open the fifth motor (702) and the sixth motor (709) on the rolling assembly (7), the fifth motor (702) drives the second gear (703) to rotate, the second gear (703) meshes with the third gear (704) to rotate, the third gear (704) drives the connecting plate (706) on the first rotating plate (705) to move, so that the slide rod (707) moves left and right, the second rotating plate (710) drives the balls to rotate left and right, the sixth motor (709) drives the second rotating plate (710) to rotate, changes the direction of the balls, so that the camera (802) detects the defects of the balls from multiple angles; Step three: open the fourth motor (5041), the fourth motor (5041) drives the baffle disc (5043) at the top of the flap (5042) to rotate, the defective balls fall into the collection box (101), cooperate with the transposition assembly (5), the qualified balls fall into the top of the second conveying belt (903) on the discharging assembly (9), and cooperate to open the seventh motor (902), the seventh motor (902) drives the second conveying belt (903) to rotate, transports the detected balls to the discharging assembly.

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