Small cobalt plate intelligent shearing and packaging machine set

Abstract

This invention discloses an intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates, comprising two parallel shearing lines and one packaging line. Each shearing line includes, in sequence, a feeding conveyor, a vision recognition system, an edge trimming shearing machine, a cobalt plate transfer robot, a plate pushing unit, a strip shearing machine, a strip sorting mechanism, a cobalt strip transfer robot, a strip pushing unit, and a block shearing machine, an edge material collection unit, and a hydraulic system. The packaging line includes a block material belt conveyor, a vibrating screening mechanism, an empty barrel feeding unit, a filling and weighing unit, a vibration replenishment unit, a re-inspection and weighing unit, a capping and marking unit, a packaging barrel stacking unit, a horizontal bundling unit, a wooden cover addition unit, a vertical bundling unit, and a packaging conveying unit. This invention can automatically complete the entire process of cobalt plate processing from feeding, visual inspection and positioning, edge trimming, strip cutting, block cutting, filling and weighing, capping, marking, stacking, and bundling output, reducing the labor intensity and safety hazards of workers, improving production efficiency, and realizing automated, intelligent, and unmanned production of cobalt plate processing and packaging.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of sheet material processing and packaging technology, and in particular to an intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt sheets. Background Technology

[0002] Cobalt is a key raw material in fields such as batteries, aerospace, and electronics, and its processing requires multiple steps. Currently, traditional processing methods rely heavily on manual operation or decentralized single-machine coordination, which presents many problems: manual identification of cobalt plate defects and large errors in positioning and shearing result in insufficient product precision; material transfer, scrap collection, weighing, and marking require a large amount of manual labor, leading to high labor intensity and low efficiency; each process operates independently, resulting in poor workflow coordination, which can easily cause material contamination, information recording errors, and significant safety hazards.

[0003] Existing technologies lack fully integrated automated units that can meet the production needs of modern industries for large-scale, high-precision, and high-efficiency manufacturing. Therefore, designing a highly integrated and automated intelligent shearing, processing, and packaging unit for cobalt plates is of significant practical importance. Summary of the Invention

[0004] To achieve fully automated, intelligent, and unmanned production of cobalt plate cutting and packaging, this application provides an intelligent cutting and packaging unit for small cobalt plates.

[0005] This application provides an intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates, employing the following technical solution:

[0006] A smart shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates includes two parallel shearing lines and one packaging line;

[0007] The shearing line includes a cobalt plate conveyor, a linearly arranged edge trimming shearing machine, strip shearing machine, and block shearing machine; a handling robot located in the middle of the three shearing machines; a hydraulic system located outside the three shearing machines; a vision recognition system located outside the edge trimming shearing machine; an edge material collection unit connected to the edge trimming shearing machine; a cobalt plate pushing mechanism and a strip sorting mechanism connected to the front and rear of the strip shearing machine respectively; and a cobalt strip pushing mechanism and a block conveying unit connected to the front and rear of the block shearing machine respectively. The block conveying unit is used to convey the cut cobalt plates to the packaging line.

[0008] The packaging line includes an empty barrel feeding unit, a vibrating screening mechanism, a filling and weighing unit, a vibrating replenishment unit, a re-inspection and weighing unit, a capping and marking unit, a packaging barrel stacking unit, a horizontal bundling unit, a wooden pallet destacking unit, a wooden cover addition unit, a vertical bundling unit, and a packaging conveying unit.

[0009] The shearing machine is also equipped with anti-torsion mechanisms located above and below the shearing point. The anti-torsion device includes a mounting base, a long pressure head, a short pressure head, and an adjusting cylinder. The mounting base is fixedly installed on the shearing machine and located beside the shearing head. The long pressure head and the short pressure head are fixedly connected and are used to support the cobalt plate downstream of the cutter head. The short pressure head is slidably connected to the mounting base in the vertical direction, and the adjusting cylinder is used to drive the short pressure head to slide.

[0010] Optionally, the cobalt plate pushing mechanism includes a pushing cylinder, a pushing plate, and a guide rail, used to push the trimmed cobalt plate to the shearing station of the strip shearing machine; the pushing plate is slidably connected to the guide rail, and the pushing cylinder is used to drive the pushing plate to slide; the strip sorting mechanism includes a sorting conveyor belt, a limiting baffle, and a spacing adjustment component, used to neatly arrange the cut cobalt strips.

[0011] Optionally, the cobalt bar pushing mechanism is used to push the cobalt bar to the shearing station of the block shearing machine; the block material conveying unit includes an inclined conveying chute and a roller conveyor to control the cobalt blocks to be conveyed to the packaging line.

[0012] Optionally, the vibrating screening mechanism includes a screening box, a screen, and a vibrating motor, used to screen out the debris generated during the shearing of cobalt blocks. The screen is set in the screening box, and the vibrating motor is used to drive the screen to vibrate. The vibrating feeding unit includes a feeding bin, a vibrating feeder, and a discharge pipe. When the filling and weighing unit detects that the weight of the cobalt block has reached a preset value, the vibrating feeding unit is started to perform precise feeding.

[0013] Optionally, the packaging barrel palletizing unit includes a palletizing gantry robot, a palletizing platform, and positioning sensors, used to palletize the capped and marked packaging barrels according to a preset method; the wooden pallet depalletizing unit includes a pallet storage rack and a pallet conveyor line, used to provide wooden pallets for the automation of palletizing operations.

[0014] Optionally, both the horizontal and vertical bundling units include a bundling head, a belt feeding device, a moving belt guide groove, a bundling machine frame, and a cantilevered packing head bite module, which are used to bundle the palletized body in the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively; the wooden cover unit includes a cover storage bin and a cover handling robot, which are used to automatically add wooden covers to the top of the palletized body.

[0015] In summary, this application includes the following beneficial technical effects:

[0016] This application enables automated processing of cobalt plates, from feeding, visual inspection and positioning of the plate surface, cutting, counterweighting, weighing and coding, and bundling. This significantly reduces labor intensity and safety hazards for workers, effectively improving production efficiency and achieving fully automated, intelligent, and unmanned production of cobalt plates through intelligent cutting and packaging. Furthermore, the application employs various automation technologies, which significantly reduce the labor intensity of operators, decrease the number of personnel, significantly reduce labor costs, and minimize safety hazards associated with manual processing. Attached Figure Description

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall layout of a small cobalt plate intelligent shearing and packaging unit according to this application;

[0018] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 Part A shows the overall structure of the shear line;

[0019] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 Part B of the diagram shows a partial structural diagram of the packaging line;

[0020] Figure 4 yes Figure 1 Part C shows a partial structural diagram of the packaging line;

[0021] Figure 5 This is the overall structural diagram of the anti-torsion mechanism in this application;

[0022] Figure 6 yes Figure 5 Side view.

[0023] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached figures:

[0024] 1. Trimming and shearing machine; 2. Hydraulic system; 3. Cobalt plate conveyor; 4. Cobalt plate handling robot; 5. Cobalt plate pushing mechanism; 6. Strip shearing machine; 61. Shearing blade; 62. Mounting base; 63. Short pressure head; 64. Long pressure head; 65. Adjusting cylinder; 8. Strip sorting mechanism; 9. Cobalt strip handling robot; 10. Cobalt strip pushing mechanism; 11. Block shearing machine; 12. Empty barrel feeding unit; 13. Vibrating screening mechanism; 14. Filling and weighing unit; 15. Vibrating feeding unit; 16. Re-inspection and weighing unit; 17. Capping and marking unit; 18. Horizontal bundling unit; 19. Packaging barrel stacking unit; 20. Wooden pallet destacking unit; 21. Wooden cover unit; 22. Packaging conveying unit; 23. Vertical bundling unit; 24. Electrical control room; 25. Block material conveying unit; 26. Vision recognition system; 28. Edge material collection unit. Detailed Implementation

[0025] The following is in conjunction with the appendix Figure 1-6 This application will be described in further detail.

[0026] refer to Figure 1 The cobalt plate intelligent shearing and packaging unit includes an electrical control room 24, two identical shearing lines and one packaging line.

[0027] refer to Figure 2 The shearing line includes a cobalt plate conveyor 3, a trimming shearing machine 1 arranged in a straight line, a strip shearing machine 6, a block shearing machine 11, a cobalt plate handling robot 4 and a cobalt strip handling robot 9 located between the three shearing machines, a vision recognition system 26 located outside the trimming shearing machine, a hydraulic system 2 located outside the three shearing machines, an edge material collection unit 28 connected to the trimming shearing machine 1, a cobalt plate pushing mechanism 5 and a strip material sorting mechanism 8 connected to the strip shearing machine 6, and a cobalt strip pushing mechanism 10 and a block material conveying unit 25 connected to the block shearing machine 11.

[0028] The visual recognition system 26 can detect defects in the surface quality of the cobalt plates being fed and remove unqualified cobalt plates. Qualified cobalt plates will be transported by the cobalt plate handling robot 4 to the trimming and shearing machine 1 for trimming.

[0029] refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4 The packaging line includes an empty barrel feeding unit 12, a vibrating screening mechanism 13, a filling and weighing unit 14, a vibrating feeding unit 15, a re-inspection and weighing unit 16, a capping and marking unit 17, a packaging barrel stacking unit 19, a horizontal bundling unit 18, a wooden pallet destacking unit 20, a wooden cover unit 21, a vertical bundling unit 23, and a packaging conveying unit 22.

[0030] like Figures 1 to 2 As shown, the shearing lines are set in two sets, and the structures of the two sets are exactly the same. It includes a feeding and conveying unit 28 and a vision recognition system 26 located at the output end of the feeding and conveying unit 28. A binocular vision camera, an image processing device, an industrial control computer, and a display constitute a vision inspection system. The vision inspection system can detect the surface quality of the cobalt plate and perform visual positioning of the cobalt plate. Specifically, both the cobalt plate handling robot 4 and the cobalt bar handling robot 9 are multi-degree-of-freedom robots, and are equipped with a vacuum suction cup device for picking up the cobalt plate and an electromagnetic device for picking up the cobalt bar.

[0031] After the binocular vision camera takes a picture, it determines whether the current cobalt plate is qualified. If it is qualified, the cobalt plate handling robot 4 picks up the current cobalt plate and moves it to the cobalt plate pushing mechanism 5; if it is unqualified, the cobalt plate handling robot 4 picks up the current cobalt plate and places it in the unqualified storage area.

[0032] like Figures 1 to 3As shown, in some embodiments, the image processing device incorporates a built-in vision algorithm. When the vision camera uploads an image of the cobalt plate to the image processing device, the vision algorithm intelligently identifies the plate's outline and various surface defects, and calculates the defect areas and their boundaries. Subsequently, it determines whether the cobalt plate is a qualified or unqualified plate, and its position on the cobalt plate handling robot 4. The position information of the cobalt plate on the cobalt plate handling robot 4 is based on the fact that qualified cobalt plates require trimming and shearing in subsequent processes.

[0033] With this setup, when the cobalt plate is deemed qualified by the vision recognition system 26, the vision recognition system 26 determines the position information of the cobalt plate when it is grasped by the cobalt plate handling robot 4. Subsequently, the vision recognition system 26 feeds back the detection results to the cobalt plate handling robot 4, calculates the displacement distance and offset angle of the cobalt plate, and controls the cobalt plate handling robot 4 to perform trimming and shearing as required.

[0034] Based on the visual recognition results, the cobalt plate handling robot 4 picks up the cobalt plate from the visual recognition system 26 and places it on the shearing platform of the trimming and shearing machine 1 for trimming and shearing. The trimming and shearing machine 1 starts the single-sided shearing operation according to the preset process parameters. After the single-sided shearing is completed, the cobalt plate is driven to rotate 90° by the vacuum suction cup device on the cobalt plate handling robot 4. The above shearing process is repeated 3 times to ensure that the shearing size accuracy meets the preset technical indicators, realize the precise control of multi-directional shearing of the cobalt plate, and place the trimmed cobalt plate on the cobalt plate pushing mechanism 5. The trimmed edge strips automatically fall into the edge material collection unit 28.

[0035] like Figure 1 As shown, after the trimming process is completed, the cobalt plate transfer robot 4 grabs the cobalt plate and transfers it to the cobalt plate pushing mechanism 5. The cobalt plate pushing mechanism 5 includes a pushing cylinder, a pushing plate, and a guide rail, which is used to push the trimmed cobalt plate to the shearing station of the strip shearing machine. The pushing plate is slidably connected to the guide rail, and the pushing cylinder is used to drive the pushing plate to slide. The plate falls on the guide rail and slides towards the strip shearing machine through the pushing plate.

[0036] The cobalt plate pushing mechanism 5 pushes the cobalt plate below the shearing blade 61 of the strip shearing machine 6, positioning the cobalt plate in the cutting position. After the cobalt plate is positioned, it is pushed forward step by step according to the scribing span calculated by the vision recognition system, cutting the cobalt plate into cobalt strips 40mm wide (the actual width is based on the width of the cobalt plate after equalization by the vision system, without generating scrap). Then, the servo pushing mechanism repeats the pushing and shearing until the entire cobalt plate is cut.

[0037] In this process, in order to prevent the sheet metal from deforming, the shearing machine 6 is also equipped with anti-torsion mechanisms located above and below the shearing point. The anti-torsion device includes a mounting base 62, a long pressure head 64, a short pressure head 63, and an adjusting cylinder 65. The mounting base 62 is fixedly installed on the shearing machine and located beside the shearing blade 61 of the shearing machine. The long pressure head 64 and the short pressure head 63 are fixedly connected and are used to support the cobalt plate downstream of the shearing blade 61. The short pressure head 63 is slidably connected to the mounting base in the vertical direction, and the adjusting cylinder 65 is used to drive the short pressure head to slide.

[0038] When the sheet metal reaches the shearing station, the hydraulic cylinder drives the short pressure head and the long pressure head to rise and meet the sheet metal, thereby providing support for the sheet metal on the other side of the cutter head and preventing it from twisting.

[0039] The cobalt strips formed by cutting fall into the strip sorting mechanism 8 under their own gravity. The strip sorting mechanism 8 includes a sorting conveyor belt, a limiting baffle and a spacing adjustment component, which is used to neatly arrange the cut cobalt strips. The strip sorting mechanism 8 is a common mechanism in the field, so it will not be described in detail. The sorting and orderly arrangement of the cobalt strips is completed by the strip sorting mechanism 8.

[0040] After the strip cutting operation is completed, the cobalt strip handling robot 9 transfers the cobalt strip to the cobalt strip pushing mechanism 10. The cobalt strip pushing mechanism 10 pushes the cobalt strip under the shearing blade of the block shearing machine 11, placing the cobalt strip in the cutting position. The cobalt strip pushing mechanism 10 pushes the cobalt strip forward step by step according to the scribed span calculated by the vision recognition system, and cuts the cobalt strip into 40mm×40mm square cobalt blocks (the actual size is based on the size of the cobalt plate after equalization by the vision system, without generating scrap). Then, the pushing and cutting are repeated until the entire cobalt strip is cut. The cut cobalt blocks flow into the block conveying unit 25 of the next process.

[0041] Similarly, the anti-torsion mechanism described above can also be installed in a block shearing machine to prevent torsion during the shearing process.

[0042] The sheared cobalt blocks are conveyed and converged to the long belt conveyor via the block conveying unit 25. The block conveying unit 25 includes an inclined conveying chute and a roller conveyor, which are common structures in the art and are used to control the conveying of cobalt blocks to the packaging line. The blocks are then conveyed to the vibrating screening mechanism 13 via the long belt conveyor. The vibrating screening mechanism 13 includes a screening box, a screen, and a vibrating motor, which is used to screen out the debris generated during the shearing of the cobalt blocks. The screen is set in the screening box, and the vibrating motor is used to drive the screen to vibrate. After screening, the blocks are conveyed to the chain conveyor and then to the quantitative filling and weighing unit for filling and weighing.

[0043] After the block material conveying unit 25 conveys the cobalt blocks to the vibrating screening mechanism 13 for screening, the empty barrel feeding unit 12 automatically conveys the empty packaging barrels to the weighing platform of the filling and weighing unit 14 via a conveyor belt. The weight sensor on the weighing platform monitors the weight of the packaging barrels in real time. When the filling and weighing unit 14 detects that the total weight of the packaging barrels and cobalt blocks reaches 95% of the preset value, the filling funnel reduces the feeding amount, and filling stops when the weight reaches the preset value. If the weight still does not reach the preset value after filling stops, the vibrating feeding unit 15 is activated. The vibrating feeding unit 15 includes a feeding bin, a vibrating feeder, and a discharge pipe. Under the action of the vibrating feeder, the cobalt blocks in the feeding bin are accurately fed into the packaging barrels through the discharge pipe until the weight reaches the preset requirement.

[0044] After filling and replenishment, the packaging barrels are conveyed to the re-inspection and weighing unit 16 for a second weight check to confirm whether the weight is within the allowable error range. If the weight is qualified, it is conveyed to the capping and marking unit 17. The automatic capping component of the capping and marking unit 17 caps and seals the qualified packaging barrels. The laser marking component performs laser marking on the surface of the packaging barrel according to the transmitted production information (such as manufacturer, production date, batch, weight, specifications, etc.). At the same time, the information entry module uploads and stores the marking information to achieve product information traceability. After the inkjet marking is completed, the inkjet nozzle returns, and then the conveyor roller conveyor sends the packaging barrel to the capping station. This station sequentially completes the sealing of the packaging barrel with glue, clamping, and lead sealing. After capping, the packaging barrel is conveyed to the palletizing and loading station via the conveyor roller conveyor.

[0045] The packaging drum palletizing unit 19 is located at the output end of the capping and marking unit. It includes a palletizing gantry robot, a palletizing platform, and positioning sensors, and is used to palletize the capped and marked packaging drums in a preset manner. The wooden pallet depalletizing unit 20 provides automatic pallet feeding for it.

[0046] A forklift loads wooden pallets onto a storage rack. After being destacking by the pallet destacking unit 20, the pallets are automatically transported to the palletizing and loading station. A palletizing gantry robot grabs packaging drums from the palletizing and loading station and places them onto the wooden pallets. Four packaging drums are placed on each pallet, and they are stacked in a 2×2 pattern. After stacking, a roller conveyor transports the pallets filled with packaging drums to the horizontal packaging station. The conveyor roller conveyor sends the pallets with the stacked finished packaging drums to the horizontal bundling unit 18. The horizontal bundling machine starts horizontal bundling twice. After bundling, the conveyor sends the wooden pallets to the wooden cover unit 21.

[0047] The forklift loads wooden pallets to the pallet loading unit 21. Once the pallet is in place, the transplanter places the wooden pallets onto the finished packaging drums. Then, the conveyor roller conveyor transports the pallet to the vertical bundling unit 23. The conveyor roller conveyor delivers the pallet of the stacked finished packaging drums to the vertical bundling unit 23. The positioning mechanism positions the pallet, and the lifting and rotating mechanism first lifts the pallet and then rotates it 90 degrees. The vertical bundling machine starts vertical bundling. After the first steel strap is completed, the bundling machine moves laterally to the second vertical steel strap bundling position. The vertical bundling machine starts vertical bundling again. The packaging is complete, and the conveyor delivers the finished wooden pallet to the off-line station, waiting for the forklift to pick it up and remove it from the line.

[0048] Both the horizontal bundling unit and the vertical bundling unit include a strapping conveyor assembly, a tightening assembly, and a heat sealing assembly, which are used to bundle the palletized body in the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively; the wooden cover unit includes a cover storage bin and a cover handling robot, which are used to automatically add wooden covers to the top of the palletized body.

[0049] The above are all preferred embodiments of this application, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, all equivalent changes made in accordance with the structure, shape and principle of this application should be covered within the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. A smart shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates, characterized in that: It includes two parallel cutting lines and one packaging line; The shearing line includes a cobalt plate conveyor, a linearly arranged edge trimming shearing machine, strip shearing machine, and block shearing machine; a handling robot located in the middle of the three shearing machines; a hydraulic system located outside the three shearing machines; a vision recognition system located outside the edge trimming shearing machine; an edge material collection unit connected to the edge trimming shearing machine; a cobalt plate pushing mechanism and a strip sorting mechanism connected to the front and rear of the strip shearing machine respectively; and a cobalt strip pushing mechanism and a block conveying unit connected to the front and rear of the block shearing machine respectively. The block conveying unit is used to convey the cut cobalt plates to the packaging line. The packaging line includes an empty barrel feeding unit, a vibrating screening mechanism, a filling and weighing unit, a vibrating replenishment unit, a re-inspection and weighing unit, a capping and marking unit, a packaging barrel stacking unit, a horizontal bundling unit, a wooden pallet destacking unit, a wooden cover addition unit, a vertical bundling unit, and a packaging conveying unit. The shearing machine is also equipped with anti-torsion mechanisms located above and below the shearing point. The anti-torsion device includes a mounting base, a long pressure head, a short pressure head, and an adjusting cylinder. The mounting base is fixedly installed on the shearing machine and located beside the shearing head. The long pressure head and the short pressure head are fixedly connected and are used to support the cobalt plate downstream of the cutter head. The short pressure head is slidably connected to the mounting base in the vertical direction, and the adjusting cylinder is used to drive the short pressure head to slide.

2. The intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cobalt plate pushing mechanism includes a pushing cylinder, a pushing plate, and a guide rail, used to push the trimmed cobalt plate to the shearing station of the strip shearing machine; the pushing plate is slidably connected to the guide rail, and the pushing cylinder is used to drive the pushing plate to slide; the strip sorting mechanism includes a sorting conveyor belt, a limiting baffle, and a spacing adjustment component, used to neatly arrange the cut cobalt strips.

3. The intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates according to claim 2, characterized in that: The cobalt bar pushing mechanism has the same structure as the cobalt plate pushing mechanism and is used to push the cobalt bar to the shearing station of the block shearing machine; the block material conveying unit includes an inclined conveying chute and a roller conveyor, used to control the conveying of cobalt blocks to the packaging line.

4. The intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates according to claim 3, characterized in that: The vibrating screening mechanism includes a screening box, a screen, and a vibrating motor, used to screen out the debris generated during the shearing of cobalt blocks. The screen is set in the screening box, and the vibrating motor is used to drive the screen to vibrate. The vibrating feeding unit includes a feeding bin, a vibrating feeder, and a discharge pipe. When the filling and weighing unit detects that the weight of the cobalt block has reached a preset value, the vibrating feeding unit is started to accurately feed the cobalt block.

5. The intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates according to claim 4, characterized in that: The packaging barrel palletizing unit includes a palletizing gantry robot, a palletizing platform, and positioning sensors, used to palletize the capped and marked packaging barrels according to a preset method; the wooden pallet depalletizing unit includes a pallet storage rack and a pallet conveyor line, used to provide wooden pallets for the automation of palletizing operations.

6. The intelligent shearing and packaging unit for small cobalt plates according to claim 5, characterized in that: Both the horizontal and vertical bundling units include a bundling head, a belt feeding device, a moving belt guide groove, a bundling machine frame, and a cantilevered packing head bite module, which are used to bundle the palletized body in the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively; the wooden cover unit includes a cover storage bin and a cover handling robot, which are used to automatically add wooden covers to the top of the palletized body.

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