Full-automatic assembling and labeling integrated machine for medical magnetic tool box

CN122809057APending Publication Date: 2026-09-25江苏健裕健康医疗器械有限公司
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Application Number
CN202611328448.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2026-08-31
Publication Date
2026-09-25

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Technical Problem

人工上料翻转成本高:盒体原料统一为开口朝下堆叠来料,原有流水线无自动上料翻转单元,需人工抓取盒体手动翻转180°使开口朝上放置输送带,人工重复性劳动强度大,易出现漏翻转、放偏、划伤盒体,产能受人工限制;

Benefits of technology

采用六轴机器人与视觉定位自动抓取开口朝下原料盒,一次性180°翻转开口朝上,无需人工手动翻盒、摆放,消除人工划伤、放偏、漏翻转缺陷,单条流水线减少多名上料操作工,降低人力成本;

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Abstract

The application discloses a full-automatic assembling and labeling integrated machine for a medical magnetic sharp box and belongs to the field of automatic magnetic box assembling equipment. A six-axis robot is matched with a visual positioning and grabbing opening-down raw material box, and the raw material box is automatically turned over by 180 degrees to be placed on a conveying belt with an opening-up. A gantry transverse moving labeling assembly above the conveying belt accurately completes the pasting of the inner wall magnet pieces of the sharp box. A servo turning motor at the end of the assembly line drives a mechanical hand to turn over the box body to an opening-down state, and the labeling of the box bottom magnetic adsorption label is simultaneously completed, and then the box is discharged. The application solves the technical defects of the original equipment, such as the dependence on manual feeding, manual turning over of the box, the incapability of automatically pasting the inner wall magnet pieces and the external foam rubber, realizes the full-process unmanned automatic production of the magnetic sharp box, such as feeding, turning over, inner wall magnet pasting, secondary turning over and magnetic bottom foam rubber pasting, has high labeling precision, improves production capacity, greatly reduces labor cost, and the whole machine module can be directly transformed and compatible with the existing assembly assembly line, and is suitable for the clean batch production of the medical operating room magnetic sharp box.
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Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of automated assembly equipment for medical sharps boxes, specifically a fully automated assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes, suitable for the automated production of magnetic needle boxes and magnetic sharps boxes in operating rooms, including automatic feeding, flipping, inner wall labeling, and bottom magnetic label affixing. Background Technology

[0002] Existing automated assembly equipment for magnetic boxes can be referenced in patent CN105935878B, which discloses a first pushing device, a soft magnetic film-tearing and conveying assembly device, a foam conveying and assembly device, an inner double-sided adhesive pasting device, a flipping box lid mechanism, a first double-sided adhesive film-applying mechanism, a box body flipping device, a second double-sided adhesive film-applying mechanism, a stacking and pushing mechanism, and a second pushing device. Existing equipment has four major defects: Manual feeding and turning is costly: The raw materials for the boxes are uniformly stacked with the opening facing down. The original production line does not have an automatic feeding and turning unit. The boxes need to be manually grabbed and turned 180° so that the opening faces up before being placed on the conveyor belt. The manual repetitive labor intensity is high, and it is easy to miss turning, place the boxes off-center, or scratch the boxes. Production capacity is limited by manual labor. The internal labeling station structure is missing: The original equipment can only apply double-sided tape to the outer surface of the box, and there is no independent transverse internal labeling mechanism. It cannot automatically complete the labeling of the inner cavity of the sharps box. The inner wall magnets can only be applied manually, resulting in large labeling position deviations and low efficiency. The secondary flipping and bottom magnetic labeling station are separated: The original box flipping device can only open and close the box lid and flip it, and cannot complete the 180° overall flipping of the whole box. After the inner wall magnetic sheet is pasted, the box opening needs to be manually flipped down again before the bottom magnetic adsorption label can be pasted. Both flipping processes rely on manual labor, and the automation continuity is broken. The process is fragmented and the production line has poor continuity: multiple processes such as feeding, initial box flipping, inner wall labeling, finished product secondary flipping, bottom magnetic labeling, and unloading are manually intervened in stages. The production line rhythm is not uniform, the defect rate is high, the overall automation rate is less than 60%, and the labor cost remains high.

[0003] In summary, existing magnetic box assembly equipment lacks an integrated solution that integrates automatic robotic feeding, one-time 180° box flipping, horizontal inner wall magnetic sheet application, external foam adhesive fixing sheet application, and end-effector secondary flipping. It suffers from technical pain points such as low automation, high reliance on manual labor, poor labeling accuracy, and discontinuous production line. Summary of the Invention

[0004] To address the aforementioned technical issues, a fully automated assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes is provided. This machine integrates automatic feeding and initial flipping, labeling component forward and backward movement above the conveyor belt, secondary flipping by a robotic arm at the end of the production line, and magnetic label application at the bottom surface. This achieves fully automated continuous production, improves labeling accuracy, reduces manual labor, and increases production line capacity.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this invention discloses a fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes, including a robot automatic feeding and flipping unit, an inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit, and an external foam adhesive unit. The robot automatic feeding and flipping unit is set at the feeding end of the conveyor belt and includes a six-axis industrial robot, a raw material bin, a vision positioning camera and a vacuum adsorption fixture. The raw material bin is used to stack sharp object boxes with the opening facing down. The vision positioning camera is connected to the main controller of the equipment. The vacuum adsorption fixture is installed at the end of the six-axis industrial robot, which grabs the sharp object box, moves it and places it on the first flipping mechanism. The inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit is located in the middle section of the conveyor belt and includes a gantry frame, a first transverse module, a lifting labeling adsorption head, and a label feeding and film-tearing mechanism. The gantry frame spans above the conveyor belt, the first transverse module moves back and forth perpendicular to the conveying direction, the lifting labeling adsorption head is installed at the bottom of the slide table of the first transverse module, the label feeding and film-tearing mechanism peels off the label release film, and the lifting labeling adsorption head grabs the label and extends it into the sharps box with the opening facing upward to complete the inner wall edge application. The conveyor belt is divided into two sections by the second flipping mechanism. External foam adhesive units are symmetrically installed on both sides of the conveyor belt downstream of the second flipping mechanism. A feeding unit is provided at the end of the external foam adhesive unit.

[0006] Furthermore, the first flipping mechanism includes a first flipping motor, the output shaft of the first flipping motor passes through a bearing seat fixed to the end of the conveyor belt, the output shaft is vertically connected to a flipping plate, a vacuum suction cup is arranged on the top of the flipping plate to adsorb sharps box, and the flipping plate is limited by pen-shaped cylinders arranged on both sides of the bearing seat.

[0007] Furthermore, the label feeding and film-tearing mechanism includes a material platform located behind the conveyor belt. The surface of the material platform is fed with label tape via a first feeding roll. The bottom of the label is covered with a release film. A film-tearing mechanism is installed on the material platform below the release film. A cylinder one is installed vertically upward at the bottom of the label feeding position. A cylinder two is installed horizontally above the cylinder one. A cylinder three is installed vertically at the label feeding position. The film-tearing mechanism includes a cylinder four installed on the material platform. The output end of cylinder four is connected to two sets of staggered guide rollers. The bottom of the guide rollers is slidably mounted on a slide rail parallel to cylinder four. The release film of the peeled label is wound onto the first take-up roll after the cylinder four pulls the guide rollers.

[0008] Furthermore, the second flipping mechanism includes a sliding module mounted on the frame. The sliding module is arranged parallel to the conveying direction of the sharps box. A second flipping motor is slidably mounted on the top of the sliding module. Two sets of elastic grippers are symmetrically mounted on the output end of the second flipping motor to flip the sharps box with the opening facing upwards to the opening facing downwards.

[0009] Furthermore, the external foam adhesive unit includes a vertically arranged second feeding roll and a second taking roll. The cylinder five below the second feeding roll is connected to a clamping roller group. The foam adhesive strip passes through the clamping roller group and is kept horizontal by an arc plate. The bottom of the foam adhesive strip is provided with a film-tearing mechanism with the same structure as the label feeding film-tearing mechanism. A second transverse module is horizontally arranged above the foam adhesive strip. The bottom of the external foam adhesive unit is also provided with a manual adjustment mechanism.

[0010] Furthermore, the unloading unit includes a frame located at the end of the conveyor belt, on which a gripper assembly is installed to pick up and place the labeled sharps box from the conveyor belt onto the unloading unit.

[0011] Furthermore, it also includes a central equipment controller, which synchronously links the six-axis industrial robot, the transverse module, the tilting motor, and each cylinder pushing mechanism. Each workstation is equipped with a photoelectric sensor to achieve interlocking of workstation actions.

[0012] The beneficial effects of this invention compared to existing technologies are as follows: The six-axis robot and vision positioning automatically grasp the raw material box with the opening facing down and flip it 180° to the opening facing up in one go. There is no need for manual flipping and placement of the box, eliminating defects such as scratches, misplacement, and missed flipping. A single production line reduces the number of loading operators and reduces labor costs. The front and rear servo transverse labeling component above the conveyor belt can accurately extend into the inner wall of the box with the opening facing upwards to apply labels, improving positioning accuracy and solving the problems of the original equipment being unable to automatically apply inner wall magnets, manual labeling being crooked, wrinkled, and missing, thus improving the labeling qualification rate. The assembly line integrates a rotating motor clamping robot at the end of the line, which automatically flips the box with the inner wall magnet sheet applied 180° so that the opening is facing down, and simultaneously connects to the bottom foam adhesive film application station. This seamlessly links the three processes of inner wall labeling, box flipping, and foam adhesive application, breaking the bottleneck of the original equipment process separation and manual transfer, and improving the continuous automation rate of the assembly line. It can be directly installed in the front, back, and middle sections of the existing magnetic box assembly line, sharing the existing conveyor platform, tape tearing and winding, and controller system. There is no need to completely replace the original equipment, so the enterprise's technical transformation investment is small. At the same time, the unified central control links all workstations, synchronizes the cycle time, and improves the overall production capacity of the machine. The entire process involves no human contact with the inner cavity of the sharps container and the magnetic adsorption surface, avoiding contamination of medical products by human hand oil and debris. It meets the clean production standards for medical devices in operating rooms. Multiple sensors are interlocked to prevent material drop, label misalignment, and improper flipping, significantly reducing the outflow of defective products. Attached Figure Description

[0013] The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0014] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention.

[0015] Figure 2 This is a top view of the present invention.

[0016] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the first flipping mechanism of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the inner wall magnet sheet transverse labeling unit of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the installation of the external foam adhesive unit of the present invention.

[0019] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the single-unit external foam adhesive unit structure of the present invention.

[0020] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the feeding unit of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the label feeding and film-tearing mechanism of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 9 This is a schematic diagram of the film-tearing mechanism of the present invention.

[0023] In the diagram: 1. Robot automatic feeding and flipping unit; 11. Six-axis industrial robot; 12. Raw material bin; 13. Vacuum adsorption fixture; 2. First flipping mechanism; 21. First flipping motor; 22. Bearing seat; 23. Flipping plate; 3. Conveyor belt; 4. Inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit; 41. Gantry frame; 42. First transverse module; 43. Lifting labeling adsorption head; 5. Label feeding and film tearing mechanism; 51. Material platform; 52. First feeding roll; 53. First receiving roll. 54. Material roll; 55. Cylinder 1; 56. Cylinder 2; 57. Cylinder 3; 58. Film tearing mechanism; 59. Cylinder 4; 50. Guide roller group; 6. Second flipping mechanism; 61. Second flipping motor; 62. Sliding module; 7. External foam adhesive unit; 71. Second feeding roll; 72. Second taking-up roll; 73. Cylinder 5; 74. Arc plate; 75. Second transverse moving module; 76. Manual adjustment mechanism; 8. Unloading unit; 81. Frame; 82. Picking gripper assembly. Detailed Implementation

[0024] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0025] One embodiment of the present invention, such as Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, a fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes comprises, along the conveyor belt 3, a robotic automatic feeding and flipping unit 1, a first flipping mechanism 2, an inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit 4, a second flipping mechanism 6, an external foam adhesive unit 7, and a feeding unit 8. The entire machine is centrally controlled by a central controller, with photoelectric sensors at each station enabling interlocking of actions to prevent process interference, missed processing, and box drop. Each unit is modularly assembled and can be disassembled and repaired individually, or directly integrated with existing medical sharps box assembly lines for technical upgrades.

[0026] The raw material hopper 12 is fixedly installed on the feed end frame of the equipment. Inside the hopper, magnetic sharps box blanks with their openings facing downwards are stacked in layers. A photoelectric sensor for material level is installed on the side of the raw material hopper 12. When the material level is insufficient, the equipment automatically triggers an audible and visual alarm to remind the operator to replenish the material. A six-axis industrial robot 11 is fixed to the ground on one side of the raw material hopper 12. A vacuum adsorption fixture 13 is mounted on the end flange of the robot. The fixture integrates multiple independent vacuum negative pressure pipelines and is equipped with anti-slip silicone suction heads, adaptable to adsorption and gripping of square and round medical sharps boxes of different sizes. A visual positioning camera is mounted above the raw material hopper 12 and connected to the main controller of the equipment. It collects the coordinates and angle deviations of the boxes in the hopper in real time. The controller corrects the gripping trajectory of the six-axis industrial robot 11 in real time based on the visual feedback data.

[0027] After the equipment is started, the visual positioning camera completes the acquisition of the box position. The six-axis industrial robot 11 drives the vacuum adsorption fixture 13 to move down and adsorb a single sharp object box. After grabbing, it is lifted to a safe height and moves to the top of the first flipping mechanism 2 according to the preset trajectory. The sharp object box with the opening facing down is accurately placed on the vacuum suction cup of the flipping plate 23 to complete the automatic feeding process.

[0028] like Figure 3As shown, the first flipping motor 21 is horizontally fixed between the bearing seats 22 on both sides of the feed end of the conveyor belt 3. The flipping plate 23 is vertically fixed to the end of the output shaft of the first flipping motor 21. Multiple small vacuum suction cups are evenly arrayed on the flipping plate 23 to firmly adhere to the bottom of the sharps box. Pen-shaped limiting cylinders are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the bearing seats 22. When the cylinder extension ends extend, they press against the flipping plate 23 to lock the flipping plate in a horizontal and stable position, preventing the box from shifting and slipping during feeding and conveying. When the six-axis industrial robot 11 places the sharps box on the suction cups of the flipping plate 23, the suction cups open under negative pressure to adhere and fix the box. The pen-shaped cylinders on both sides retract to release the limiting position. The first flipping motor 21 drives the flipping plate 23 to rotate 180°, flipping the sharps box from its original downward opening to its upward opening. After flipping to the correct position, the pen-shaped cylinders extend again to limit the flipping plate. The feed section of the conveyor belt 3 starts synchronously, the suction cups close under negative pressure, and the sharps box falls smoothly onto the surface of the conveyor belt 3 and is conveyed to the labeling station on the inner wall of the middle section.

[0029] like Figure 4 , Figure 8 , Figure 9 As shown, the gantry frame 41 of the inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit 4 is connected across the middle section of the conveyor belt 3. The first transverse module 42 is installed on the crossbeam of the gantry frame. The moving direction of the module is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt. The lifting labeling adsorption head 43 is installed vertically downward at the bottom of the slide table. The adsorption head has an independent vacuum circuit built in, which is used to grab the inner wall magnetic sheet and extend into the inner cavity of the box to complete the labeling.

[0030] The label feeding and film-tearing mechanism 5 is arranged on an independent material platform 51 behind the conveyor belt. The first feeding roll 52 winds the inner wall magnetic sheet material strip with the release film. The material strip is conveyed to the film-tearing station along the guide path of the material platform. Cylinder 1 54 vertically lifts the front end of the material strip, cylinder 2 55 horizontally positions the material strip to shift left and right, and cylinder 3 56 vertically presses down to tighten the material strip. The three work together to complete the precise positioning of the label feeding. The film-tearing mechanism 57 consists of cylinder 4 571, two sets of staggered guide rollers 58 and slide rails. Cylinder 4 571 pulls the guide rollers 58 to slide horizontally along the slide rails, peeling the label from the bottom release film. The peeled release film is continuously pulled and wound to the first take-up roll 53 for unified recycling. The peeled inner wall magnetic sheet stays at the label picking position.

[0031] The conveyor belt 3 transports the sharps box with the opening facing upwards to the labeling station. The photoelectric sensor at the station triggers a signal, and the first transverse module 42 drives the lifting labeling adsorption head 43 to move above the film-tearing mechanism. The adsorption head opens under negative pressure and grabs a single inner wall magnet sheet. The transverse module returns to the top of the box, and the lifting labeling adsorption head 43 extends downwards into the inner cavity of the sharps box, pressing down to complete the adhesion of the inner wall magnet sheet. Then the adsorption head releases pressure and rises, and the conveyor belt 3 continues to transport the box forward to the second flipping mechanism 6.

[0032] The conveyor belt 3 is divided into two sections by the second flipping mechanism 6. The sliding module 62 is fixed on the frame parallel to the conveyor belt's conveying direction. The sliding module slide is equipped with the second flipping motor 61. Two sets of elastic buffer grippers are symmetrically installed at the motor output end. Anti-slip silicone pads are pasted on the inner side of the grippers to prevent scratching the surface of the medical sharps box. When the sharps box with the inner wall magnets is conveyed to the second flipping mechanism 6, the sliding module 62 drives the second flipping motor 61 to move forward to both sides of the box. The elastic grippers on both sides extend synchronously to clamp the side walls of the box. The conveyor belt 3 stops conveying. The second flipping motor 61 drives the grippers to rotate the entire box 180°, flipping the box with the opening facing upwards to the opening facing downwards. The sliding module 62 moves backwards to reset, the grippers release, and the box falls to the rear section of the conveyor belt and is conveyed to the external foam adhesive unit 7.

[0033] like Figure 5 , Figure 6 As shown, two sets of external foam adhesive units 7 are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the rear section of the conveyor belt 3. Each unit has a vertically arranged second feeding roll 71 and a second take-up roll 72. The second feeding roll 71 winds the foam adhesive with the release film on the bottom of the box. The material belt passes downwards through a clamping roller group driven by cylinder 5 73. An arc-shaped plate 74 supports the material belt, maintaining a horizontal and flat conveying state and preventing the foam adhesive from bending or curling. Inside the unit is a film-tearing mechanism 57 with a structure completely identical to the label feeding and film-tearing mechanism 5, which automatically peels off the foam adhesive release film. The release film is then recovered by the second take-up roll 72. A second horizontal moving module 75 is installed above the film peeling station. The module slide is equipped with a foam adhesive suction head, and a manual adjustment mechanism 76 is set at the bottom, which can finely adjust the film application height and horizontal position in the front-back and left-right directions. It is suitable for sharps boxes of different sizes and specifications. When the box is transported to the film application station with its opening facing down, the external foam adhesive units on both sides start simultaneously. The second moving module 75 drives the suction head to grab the peeled foam adhesive, move it to the bottom of the box, and press down to complete the foam adhesive application. After the labeling is completed, the suction head is depressurized and reset. The dual-station symmetrical film application design can complete the processing of the bottom labels on both sides simultaneously, which greatly improves the production line's processing speed.

[0034] like Figure 7 As shown, a feeding unit 8 is set at the end of the conveyor belt 3, and the frame 81 is fixed at the end of the production line. A material-picking gripper assembly 82 is installed on the top of the frame. The gripper adopts a pneumatic elastic clamping structure and is equipped with a positioning sensor photoelectric sensor. After the finished tool box with inner wall labeling and bottom magnetic label affixed is conveyed to the feeding station, the photoelectric sensor triggers the material-picking gripper assembly 82 to extend and clamp the box. The conveyor belt 3 stops feeding, the gripper is raised and moved horizontally above the finished product feeding hopper, and the gripper is released to complete the automatic feeding. Afterward, the gripper resets, and the conveyor belt restarts to continuously convey the box to be processed.

[0035] The main controller of the equipment adopts a PLC programmable controller, which uniformly receives the photoelectric sensor signals of each workstation and synchronously links the six-axis industrial robot 11, each transverse module, the first flip motor 21, the second flip motor 61, and all cylinder actuators.

[0036] The entire machine operates with interlocking stations: if the feeding station has not completed the gripping and flipping, the conveyor belt is prohibited from feeding; if the inner wall labeling is not completed, the second flipping mechanism will not start; if the box has not been flipped over a second time, the magnetic film applicator will not perform the labeling action; if the unloading gripper has not reset, the next box is prohibited from being transported to the unloading station.

[0037] The complete workflow of the entire machine is as follows: 1) Raw material silos are stacked with the opening facing downwards, and sharps containers are also included. 2) Visual positioning and six-axis robot vacuum gripping and loading; 3) The first flipping mechanism flips 180° so that the opening faces upward; 4) The conveyor belt transports the material to the labeling station on the inner wall; 5) The film-peeling mechanism peels off the inner wall magnet, and the gantry-moving suction head extends into the box cavity to apply the label; 6) The box is conveyed to the second flipping mechanism; 7) The flexible grippers hold the entire unit and flip it 180° so that the opening faces downwards; 8) The magnetic labels on the bottom of the box are simultaneously affixed to the external foam adhesive units on both sides; 9) The finished product is conveyed to the final unloading unit; 10) The gripper automatically picks up and unloads the material, requiring no manual intervention throughout the process, enabling automated continuous assembly and labeling of medical magnetic sharps boxes.

[0038] This equipment can quickly switch production models according to the different sizes of magnetic sharps boxes in operating rooms by manually adjusting the mechanism, the stroke parameters of the traverse module, and the robot's grasping program parameters. The entire equipment is clean and free of exposed oil stains. All parts in contact with the box body and labels are made of medical-grade silicone and stainless steel, meeting the standards for use in cleanrooms for medical devices. The entire machine can be disassembled and maintained individually, and can be adapted to existing old assembly lines. Enterprises do not need to replace the entire production line, resulting in lower technological upgrade investment. Compared with traditional manual assembly lines, it increases automated production capacity and reduces the defect rate.

[0039] Several points need to be clarified: First, in the description of this application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms "installation," "connection," and "linkage" should be interpreted broadly, and can refer to mechanical or electrical connections, or internal connections between two components, or direct connections. Terms such as "upper," "lower," "left," and "right" are only used to indicate relative positional relationships, and the relative positional relationships may change when the absolute position of the described objects changes. Second, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are only used to distinguish one entity from another entity, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities.

[0040] The examples above are merely illustrative of the present invention and do not constitute a limitation on the scope of protection of the present invention. All designs that are the same as or similar to the present invention are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes, characterized in that, It includes a robot automatic feeding and flipping unit (1), an inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit (4), and an external foam adhesive unit (7). The robot automatic feeding and flipping unit (1) is set at the feeding end of the conveyor belt (3). After the robot automatic feeding and flipping unit (1) grabs the sharps box, it moves and places it on the first flipping mechanism (2). The inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit (4) is located in the middle section of the conveyor belt (3), and a label feeding and film tearing mechanism (5) is installed on the side of the inner wall magnetic sheet transverse labeling unit (4). The conveyor belt (3) is divided into two sections by the second flipping mechanism (6). External foam adhesive units (7) are symmetrically installed on both sides of the conveyor belt (3) downstream of the second flipping mechanism (6). The external foam adhesive units (7) are provided with a feeding unit (8) at the end of the conveyor belt (3).

2. The fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for a medical magnetic sharps box according to claim 1, characterized in that, The first flipping mechanism (2) includes a first flipping motor (21). The output shaft of the first flipping motor (21) passes through a bearing seat (22) fixed at the end of the conveyor belt (3). The output shaft is vertically connected to a flipping plate (23). A vacuum suction cup is arranged on the top of the flipping plate (23) to adsorb sharps boxes. The flipping plate (23) is limited by pen-shaped cylinders arranged on both sides of the bearing seat (22).

3. The fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for a medical magnetic sharps box according to claim 1, characterized in that, The label feeding and film-tearing mechanism (5) includes a material platform (51) located behind the conveyor belt (3). The surface of the material platform (51) is fed with label material strips by the first feeding roll (52). The bottom of the label is covered with a release film. A film-tearing mechanism (57) is installed on the material platform (51) below the release film. A cylinder one (54) is installed vertically upward at the bottom of the label feeding position. A cylinder two (55) is installed horizontally above the cylinder one (54). A cylinder three (56) is installed vertically at the label feeding position. The film-tearing mechanism (57) includes a cylinder four (571) installed on the material platform. The output end of the cylinder four (571) is connected to two sets of staggered guide roller groups (58). The bottom of the guide roller group (58) is slidably installed on a slide rail parallel to the cylinder four (571). The release film of the peeled label is wound onto the first take-up roll (53) after the cylinder four (571) pulls the guide roller group (58).

4. A fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes according to claim 1, characterized in that, The second flipping mechanism (6) includes a sliding module (62) mounted on the frame. The sliding module (62) is parallel to the conveying direction of the sharps box. A second flipping motor (61) is slidably mounted on the top of the sliding module (62). Two sets of elastic grippers are symmetrically mounted on the output end of the second flipping motor (61) to flip the sharps box with the opening facing upward to the opening facing downward.

5. A fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes according to claim 1, characterized in that, The external foam adhesive unit (7) includes a vertically arranged second feeding roll (71) and a second receiving roll (72). The cylinder five (73) below the second feeding roll (71) is connected to the clamping roller group. The foam adhesive strip passes through the clamping roller group and is kept horizontal by the arc plate (74). The bottom of the foam adhesive strip is provided with a tearing mechanism (57) with the same structure as the label feeding tearing mechanism (5). The top of the foam adhesive strip is provided with a second transverse module (75). The bottom of the external foam adhesive unit (7) is also provided with a manual adjustment mechanism (76).

6. A fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes according to claim 1, characterized in that, The unloading unit (8) includes a frame (81) located at the end of the conveyor belt (3), and a gripper assembly (82) is installed on the frame (81) to grab the sharps box that has been labeled on the conveyor belt (3) and place it on the unloading unit (8).

7. A fully automatic assembly and labeling machine for medical magnetic sharps boxes according to claim 1, characterized in that, It also includes a central controller for the equipment, which synchronously links the six-axis industrial robot, the transverse module, the tilting motor, and the cylinder pushing mechanism. Each workstation is equipped with a photoelectric sensor to achieve interlocking of workstation actions.

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