Discharging equipment

Abstract

The utility model discloses a discharging device. The discharging equipment comprises a feeding device which comprises a first conveying line and a shunt mechanism, and the shunt mechanism is arranged at the discharging end of the first conveying line; the at least two second conveying lines are arranged at the downstream of the feeding device; wherein the shunting mechanism is used for transferring materials located at the discharging end of the first conveying line to at least one of the at least two second conveying lines; and the material receiving device is used for accommodating the materials received from the second conveying line into the corresponding flower baskets. By means of the mode, it can be ensured that the discharging equipment continuously runs, and the discharging efficiency of the discharging equipment is effectively improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of battery cell manufacturing equipment, and in particular to a material unloading equipment. Background Art

[0002] In the photovoltaic production line of the prior art, the double half-cell unloading equipment after the sintering furnace is used to unload the double half-cell battery cells. When the receiving basket is replaced or a short-term failure occurs, the half-cell battery cell will enter the buffer device. When the receiving basket is replaced or the equipment is restored, the entire conveyor line is accelerated and the battery cells in the buffer device are consumed.

[0003] However, since the number of caches in the cache device is limited, when the failure time of the double half-cell unloading equipment behind the sintering furnace exceeds the load, the half-cell battery cells coming out of the sintering furnace will inevitably fail to be unloaded normally, causing blockage. In severe cases, it may lead to the shutdown of the entire line, greatly reducing the degree of automation and operating efficiency of the equipment, and causing a large number of finished half-cell battery cells to be wasted. Utility Model Content

[0004] The present application mainly provides a feeding device to solve the problem that the existing double-half-sheet feeding device after the sintering furnace cannot feed normally due to equipment failure and causes sheet blockage.

[0005] In order to solve the above technical problems, a technical solution adopted in the present application is: to provide a material unloading device. This material unloading device includes: a feeding device, including a first conveyor line and a transfer mechanism, wherein the transfer mechanism is arranged at the discharge end of the first conveyor line; at least two second conveyor lines, arranged downstream of the feeding device; wherein the transfer mechanism is used to transfer the material located at the discharge end of the first conveyor line to at least one of the at least two second conveyor lines; a material receiving device, used to accommodate the material received from the second conveyor line in a corresponding flower basket; wherein the first conveyor line and the second conveyor line are both composed of a multi-section belt conveyor mechanism arranged in sequence; the transfer mechanism includes a rotating drive member, a plurality of rotating arms and a picking member arranged on the rotating arm, and the rotating drive member is a plurality of rotating arms and a picking member arranged on the rotating arm. The moving part is connected to the multiple rotating arms and is used to drive the rotating arms to rotate, so that the picking part picks up a group of materials from the discharge end of the first conveyor line, and transfers the good products in the group of materials to the second conveyor line, and transfers the defective products in the group of materials to the waste station; the material receiving device includes multiple groups of telescopic belt line modules and flower basket lifting modules, each group of the telescopic belt line modules and the flower basket lifting module is arranged corresponding to one of the second conveyor lines, the telescopic belt line module is arranged between the second conveyor line and the flower basket lifting module, and the telescopic belt line module is used to transfer the group of materials from the second conveyor line to the flower basket of the flower basket lifting module.

[0006] In some embodiments, the number of the second conveying lines is two, the two second conveying lines are arranged side by side and arranged on both sides of the rotating driving member, and the conveying direction of the second conveying line is the same as the conveying direction of the first conveying line;

[0007] The number of the rotating arms is four and they are evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating drive member. The discharge end of the first conveyor line, the loading end of one of the second conveyor lines, the waste station and the loading end of another second conveyor line are also evenly distributed along the circumference.

[0008] In some embodiments, the feeding device further includes a detection module disposed on the first conveying line, and the detection module is a PL detection module or a CCD camera.

[0009] In some embodiments, the unloading equipment also includes a cache module arranged on the second conveyor line, the cache module includes a lifting drive and a cache basket, the lifting drive is connected to the cache basket, the belt conveying mechanism of the second conveyor line passes through the cache basket accordingly, the cache basket includes a plurality of cache positions arranged in a stacked manner, the lifting drive is used to drive the cache basket to rise one cache position to accommodate the passing material into the cache position; and the lifting drive is also used to drive the cache basket to descend one cache position to release the accommodated material onto the belt conveying mechanism.

[0010] In some embodiments, the unloading equipment also includes an adjustment module arranged on the path of the second conveyor line, located downstream of the buffer module, and suspended above the second conveyor line. The adjustment module includes a rotating drive and a suction cup. The suction cup absorbs the material of the second conveyor line, and the rotating drive is used to drive the suction cup to rotate in a horizontal plane.

[0011] In some embodiments, a centering mechanism is provided on the first conveyor line, the second conveyor line and the telescopic belt line module;

[0012] Wherein, on the first conveying line, the centering mechanism is arranged before the detection module; on the second conveying line, the centering mechanism is arranged before the buffer module.

[0013] In some embodiments, the second conveyor line includes a plurality of sub-conveyor lines arranged side by side, and each of the sub-conveyor lines includes a plurality of belt conveyor mechanisms arranged in sequence;

[0014] The buffer modules are multiple and are arranged corresponding to the sub-conveyor lines.

[0015] In some embodiments, the second conveyor line includes two pieces arranged side by side, and two materials are arranged and conveyed on the first conveyor line in front and behind along the conveying direction. The picking member is two suction cups arranged at intervals along the extension direction of the rotating arm. After picking up the two materials, they are transferred to one of the second conveyor lines, and are placed and conveyed side by side along the conveying direction on the second conveyor line.

[0016] In some embodiments, the unloading equipment further includes a discharging device, the discharging device includes a flower basket loading module and a flower basket unloading module spaced apart in a vertical direction, the flower basket loading module is used to provide an empty flower basket to the flower basket lifting module, and the flower basket unloading module is used to receive a fully loaded flower basket provided by the flower basket lifting module;

[0017] The flower basket loading module and the flower basket unloading module both include a transverse movement module and at least two flower basket conveyor lines, at least one of the at least two flower basket conveyor lines is used to buffer the flower baskets; the transverse movement module is arranged between the flower basket conveyor line and the flower basket lifting module, and is used to transfer the flower baskets between the flower basket conveyor line and the flower basket lifting module.

[0018] In some embodiments, the unloading equipment includes at least two unloading lines arranged side by side, a maintenance passage is provided between two adjacent unloading lines, and each of the unloading lines includes the feeding device, the at least two second conveying lines, the receiving device and the discharging device.

[0019] The beneficial effect of the present application is that, different from the prior art, the present application discloses a material unloading device. By providing a plurality of second conveyor lines in the material unloading device, when an abnormality occurs in some of the running second conveyor lines, it can be promptly switched to a spare second conveyor line to replace it, and the transfer mechanism distributes the material to the enabled second conveyor line to continue to convey the material, and each second conveyor line can be switched freely, thereby effectively improving the problem of the material unloading device being unable to unload materials normally due to a conveyor line failure; further, the material receiving device is provided with a corresponding flower basket to connect each second conveyor line, and the material received from the second conveyor line can be accommodated in the corresponding flower basket, so that when the flower basket corresponding to a second conveyor line is replaced, it can be switched to a more idle second conveyor line, thereby ensuring that the material unloading device can continue to operate uninterruptedly, effectively improving its unloading efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions are briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work, among which:

[0021] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of a material discharging device provided by the present application;

[0022] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 The schematic diagram of the structure of a material unloading line after the unloading equipment is removed from the frame;

[0023] Figure 3 yes Figure 2 The structural schematic diagram of the feeding device in the feeding equipment shown;

[0024] Figure 4 yes Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure of the second conveying line in the unloading equipment shown;

[0025] Figure 5 yes Figure 2 The structural schematic diagram of the material receiving device in the material discharging equipment shown;

[0026] Figure 6 yes Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the partial structure of the discharging device in the unloading equipment shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0028] Unless otherwise specified, the terms "first", "second", "third" in the embodiments of the present application are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined as "first", "second", "third" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any of their variations are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units, but optionally also includes steps or units that are not listed, or optionally also includes other steps or units inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0029] Reference to "embodiments" herein means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in conjunction with the embodiments may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearance of the phrase in various locations in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, nor is it an independent or alternative embodiment that is mutually exclusive with other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

[0030] The present application provides a material unloading device 100, see Figure 1 and Figure 2 , Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of a material discharging device provided by the present application, Figure 2 yes Figure 1 The shown diagram is a schematic diagram of the structure of a material unloading line after the frame is removed from the unloading equipment.

[0031] The unloading equipment 100 includes a feeding device 10, at least two second conveying lines 20, a receiving device 30 and a discharging device 40. The feeding device 10 is used to receive materials delivered by the upstream equipment and transfer the materials to at least one second conveying line 20. The second conveying line 20 delivers the materials to the receiving device 30. The receiving device 30 is used to load the materials into the flower basket and transfer the full flower basket to the discharging device 40. The discharging device 40 is used to provide empty flower baskets to the receiving device 30 and receive full flower baskets, and transfer the full flower baskets to the downstream equipment of the conveying line. The material can be a half-cell battery cell or a silicon wafer, etc.

[0032] In this embodiment, the upstream device is a sintering furnace. The material is a half-cell battery. The following description is based on the example that the upstream device is a sintering furnace and the material is a half-cell battery.

[0033] In this embodiment, the unloading equipment 100 includes a frame 101 and two unloading lines 102 arranged side by side and symmetrically in the frame 101. Each unloading line 102 includes a feeding device 10, at least two second conveying lines 20, a receiving device 30 and a discharging device 40, and a maintenance passage 103 for engineers to inspect is formed between the two unloading lines 102.

[0034] Optionally, other appropriate unloading lines 102 may be arranged in the frame 101, for example, the number of unloading lines 102 may be one or three, etc., which can be designed as required; in addition, the layout orientation of each unloading line 102 can also be flexibly set, for example, the conveying directions of two unloading lines 102 are different, etc., and the present application does not make any specific limitations on this.

[0035] Combined with reference Figure 2 and Figure 3 ,in Figure 3 yes Figure 2The schematic diagram of the structure of the feeding device in the unloading equipment shown. The feeding device 10 includes a first conveyor line 12 and a transfer mechanism 14, the transfer mechanism 14 is arranged at the discharge end of the first conveyor line 12, and the feed end of the first conveyor line 12 is used to receive materials; each second conveyor line 20 is arranged downstream of the feeding device 10, wherein the transfer mechanism 14 is used to transfer the material located at the discharge end of the first conveyor line 12 to at least one of the second conveyor lines 20; the receiving device 30 is used to receive the material received from the second conveyor line 20 in the corresponding flower basket.

[0036] Among them, the first conveyor line 12 can be used to connect to the upstream equipment and receive the materials conveyed by the upstream equipment to improve the continuity of the entire production line, thereby improving the production efficiency of the materials; in addition, the first conveyor line 12 can also receive materials conveyed by the loading device or materials placed manually.

[0037] The first conveyor line 12 is also used to transport materials to its discharge end. The transfer mechanism 14 can transfer materials at the discharge end of the first conveyor line 12 to a second conveyor line 20 as needed. For example, the number of second conveyor lines 20 can be two, three or four, etc. The transfer mechanism 14 can transfer materials to one, two or three of the second conveyor lines 20, and when a certain running second conveyor line 20 fails, other idle second conveyor lines 20 can be activated to replace it. The transfer mechanism 14 transfers materials to this idle second conveyor line 20 and transports materials through this idle second conveyor line 20, thereby ensuring the continuous operation of the unloading equipment 100 and avoiding the failure of normal unloading due to failure. In this embodiment, there are two second conveyor lines 20 arranged side by side.

[0038] In other words, the unloading equipment 100 is provided with a plurality of second conveyor lines 20. When an abnormality occurs in a running second conveyor line 20, it can be promptly switched to a spare second conveyor line 20 to continue conveying materials, and each second conveyor line 20 can be switched freely, thereby effectively improving the problem that the unloading equipment 100 cannot unload materials normally due to a conveyor line failure.

[0039] Furthermore, the material receiving device 30 is provided with a corresponding flower basket to connect to each second conveyor line 20, and the material received from the second conveyor line 20 can be accommodated in the corresponding flower basket, so that when the flower basket corresponding to a second conveyor line 20 is replaced, it can switch to another idle second conveyor line 20, thereby ensuring that the unloading equipment 100 can continue to operate uninterruptedly, effectively improving its unloading efficiency.

[0040] Optionally, the conveying direction of the second conveyor line 20 may be the same as or different from the conveying direction of the first conveyor line 12 , and the conveying directions of the second conveyor lines 20 may also be the same as or different.

[0041] In this embodiment, there are two second conveyor lines 20 with the same conveying direction, and the conveying direction of the second conveyor lines 20 is the same as the conveying direction of the first conveyor line 12. The two second conveyor lines 20 are relatively arranged on both sides of the first conveyor line 12. The transfer mechanism 14 transfers materials to one of the second conveyor lines 20, and switches to transferring materials to the other second conveyor line 20 when an abnormality occurs in the second conveyor line 20 or the corresponding flower basket is replaced.

[0042] Optionally, there may be three or four second conveyor lines 20, etc., and the multiple second conveyor lines 20 may be arranged side by side, and the transfer mechanism 14 may be a linear transfer mechanism that reciprocates along the parallel direction; or the multiple second conveyor lines 20 may be distributed around the discharge end of the first conveyor line 12, and the transfer mechanism 14 may be a rotary transfer mechanism.

[0043] Optionally, the first conveyor line 12 and the second conveyor line 20 can be a belt conveyor mechanism as a whole or composed of multiple sections of belt conveyor mechanisms. In the present embodiment, the first conveyor line 12 and the second conveyor line 20 are composed of multiple sections of belt conveyor mechanisms arranged in sequence, so that different devices are arranged on different belt conveyor mechanisms to achieve different functions, such as setting a centering mechanism, a detection module, etc., to perform functions such as centering and detection.

[0044] Continue reading Figure 3 The feeding device 10 also includes a first centering mechanism 16 and a detection module 18 which are sequentially arranged on the path of the first conveyor line 12. The first centering mechanism 16 is used to center and position the materials on the first conveyor line 12. The detection module 18 is used to detect the materials conveyed by the first conveyor line 12 after centering and positioning. The transfer mechanism 14 is also used to transfer the materials that fail to be detected to the waste station.

[0045] In this embodiment, the first conveyor line 12 and the second conveyor line 20 both include a multi-section belt conveyor mechanism, which can coordinately adjust the spacing between materials so that grouped materials are transmitted in the same posture and shape, and the transportation positioning accuracy is higher, thereby improving the accuracy of material operations, including picking, caching and storing in flower baskets, etc., which can reduce the probability of abnormalities occurring in the unloading equipment 100 during operation, thereby further improving the unloading efficiency.

[0046] The first centering mechanism 16 includes a driving member and two clamping members. The driving member is located below the belt conveying mechanism and is connected to the two clamping members. The two clamping members are arranged on both sides of the belt conveying mechanism. The driving member is used to drive the two clamping members to clamp the material towards each other to center the material and correct the posture of the material. The clamping member is provided with row of rollers, which contact the material through the rollers to reduce damage to the material.

[0047] Optionally, the first centering mechanism 16 may also include two groups of cylinders and clamps, the cylinders and clamps are connected one-to-one, the two clamps are located on both sides of the belt conveyor mechanism, and the cylinders drive the corresponding clamps to move to achieve centering positioning of the material.

[0048] The detection module 18 may be a photoluminescence (PL) detection module, which may perform PL detection on the material to detect defective products in the material. The detection module 18 may also be a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera to detect defective products in the material through images. The specific type of the detection module 18 may be determined based on the type of material and its detection requirements, and this application does not make specific limitations on this.

[0049] In this embodiment, the transfer mechanism 14 includes a rotating drive member 140, a plurality of rotating arms 142 evenly arranged along the circumference, and a picking member 144 arranged on the rotating arm 142. The rotating drive member 140 connects the plurality of rotating arms 142 and is used to drive the rotating arms 142 to rotate, so that the picking member 144 rotates to pick up a group of materials from the discharge end of the first conveyor line 12, rotates to the feed end of the second conveyor line 20 and transfers good materials in a group of materials to the second conveyor line 20, and can rotate to above the waste station to transfer defective materials in a group of materials to the waste station.

[0050] The rotating drive member 140 can be a DD motor or an electric motor, and multiple rotating arms 142 are distributed along the circumferential direction. Each rotating arm 142 is provided with a picking member 144, and the picking member 144 is used to pick up a group of materials. For example, the material is two half-cell battery cells arranged side by side, and a group of materials includes a left half-cell battery cell and a right half-cell battery cell. The picking member 144 can be a double suction cup structure, which is used to simultaneously pick up the paired left and right half-cell battery cells.

[0051] Optionally, a group of materials may also include three or four materials of equal quantity, which is not limited in the present application.

[0052] In this embodiment, Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, there are two second conveyor lines 20, which are arranged side by side and on both sides of the rotating drive member 140, and the conveying direction of the second conveyor line 20 is the same as the conveying direction of the first conveyor line 12; there are four rotating arms 142 and they are evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating drive member 140, and the discharge end of the first conveyor line 12, the waste station and the loading ends of the two second conveyor lines 20 are also evenly distributed along the circumference.

[0053] Specifically, the discharge end of the first conveyor line 12, the loading end of one second conveyor line 20, the waste station and the loading end of another second conveyor line 20 are arranged at intervals of 90 degrees along the circumference of the transfer mechanism 14. The discharge end of the first conveyor line 12, the waste station and the loading ends of the two second conveyor lines 20 constitute four stations for the operation of the transfer mechanism 14. A waste collection box 145 can be placed at the waste station, and the four rotating arms 142 can be aligned with the above four stations at the same time, so that the material can be taken at the same time, the good products can be released to the designated loading end of the second conveyor line 20, and the bad products can be released into the waste collection box, so that the transportation of materials is more efficient.

[0054] For example, if the left half of a battery cell in a group of materials is defective and the right half is good, the picking part 144 on the rotating arm 142 can place the defective products in the waste collection box of the waste station and place the good products at the corresponding loading end of the second conveyor line 20. Then, a group of materials conveyed by the second conveyor line 20 is incomplete and is missing the paired left half of the battery cell.

[0055] In order to realize the transmission and transportation of two half-cells, in this embodiment, Figure 3 As shown, two half-cells are arranged and transported in front and behind each other in the conveying direction of the first conveyor line 12, and the picking member 144 is two suction cups arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the rotating arm 142. After picking up two materials, they are transferred to a second conveyor line 20, as shown in FIG. Figure 4 As shown, two half-cells are placed side by side and conveyed along the conveying direction on the second conveying line 20 .

[0056] See also Figure 4 , Figure 4 yes Figure 2 A schematic structural diagram of the second conveyor line in the unloading equipment shown.

[0057] Furthermore, the unloading equipment 100 also includes a second centering mechanism 23 and a cache module 22 arranged on the path of the second conveyor line 20. The second centering mechanism 23 is arranged upstream of the cache module 22. The second centering mechanism 23 is used to center and position the materials on the second conveyor line 20. The cache module 22 is used to cache a group of materials after the defective products are transferred to the waste station, and release the complete group of materials to the second conveyor line 20 after the cached materials constitute a complete group of materials; the cache module 22 can also be used to cache the materials conveyed by the second conveyor line 20 when the material receiving device 30 replaces the flower basket.

[0058] The cache module 22 is used to cache materials. When a group of materials conveyed by the second conveyor line 20 is incomplete, for example, the paired left half-cell battery is missing, the right half-cell battery in the group of materials is cached, and after the corresponding left half-cell battery is in place, the right half-cell battery can be released to the second conveyor line 20 to be paired with the left half-cell battery, and form a group of materials to be conveyed together to the material receiving device 30.

[0059] When the flower basket corresponding to the second conveyor line 20 on the material receiving device 30 is replaced due to full load, the buffer module 22 can also buffer the material conveyed by the second conveyor line 20 during the process of replacing the flower basket, so that the unloading process remains continuous and uninterrupted, and the buffered material is gradually released to the second conveyor line 20 after the flower basket is replaced.

[0060] Specifically, the second conveyor line 20 includes a plurality of sub-conveyor lines 21 arranged side by side, the number of the sub-conveyor lines 21 is the same as the number of materials contained in a group of materials, and one sub-conveyor line 21 is used to convey one of the materials in a group; the sub-conveyor line 21 can be a belt conveyor mechanism as a whole or composed of multiple sections of belt conveyor mechanisms.

[0061] There are multiple cache modules 22 arranged corresponding to the sub-conveyor line 21. The cache module 22 includes a lifting drive 222 and a cache basket 224. The lifting drive 222 is connected to the cache basket 224. One sub-conveyor line 21 passes through one cache basket 224. The cache basket 224 includes multiple cache positions arranged in a stacked manner. The lifting drive 222 is used to drive the cache basket 224 to rise one cache position to accommodate the passing materials into the cache position; and the lifting drive 222 is also used to drive the cache basket 224 to fall one cache position to release the accommodated materials onto the sub-conveyor line 21.

[0062] In this embodiment, the sub-conveyor lines 21 include multiple belt conveyor mechanisms arranged in sequence, and the corresponding belt conveyor mechanisms pass through the cache basket 224. The cache module 22 receives materials from the corresponding belt conveyor mechanisms into the cache position, and releases the received materials to the corresponding belt conveyor mechanisms.

[0063] In this embodiment, the second conveyor line 20 includes two side-by-side sub-conveyor lines 21 for conveying side-by-side left half-cell battery cells and right half-cell battery cells.

[0064] Specifically, a group of materials conveyed by the first conveyor line 12 includes left half-cell battery cells and right half-cell battery cells arranged along the conveying direction; after being transferred by the transfer mechanism 14, the posture of the group of materials changes, and a group of materials on the second conveyor line 12 includes left half-cell battery cells and right half-cell battery cells arranged perpendicular to the conveying direction. Each type of half-cell battery cells is conveyed by the corresponding sub-conveyor line 21, and each type of half-cell battery cells is cached by the corresponding cache module 22.

[0065] Optionally, the second conveyor line 20 can also convey left half-cell battery cells and right half-cell battery cells arranged along the conveying direction, and the cache module 22 includes two cache modules 22 arranged along the conveying direction. The second conveyor line 20 simultaneously passes through the cache baskets 224 of the two cache modules 22, and the two cache modules 22 are used to cache unpaired left half-cell battery cells and right half-cell battery cells respectively.

[0066] In this embodiment, the unloading equipment 100 further includes an adjustment module 24 disposed on the path of the second conveying line 20 and located downstream of the buffer module 22 , and the adjustment module 24 is used to adjust the orientation of a group of materials.

[0067] For example, if the conveying direction of the second conveyor line 20 is different from the feeding direction of the basket on the receiving device 30, each group of materials can be aligned with the basket of the receiving device 30 by adjusting the module 24. In addition, because the rotation amplitude of the transfer mechanism 14 to transfer a group of materials to different second conveyor lines 20 is different, the orientation of a group of materials on different second conveyor lines 20 is different. For example, the orientation of the materials on the two second conveyor lines 20 in this embodiment differs by 180 degrees. Therefore, the adjustment module 24 can be used to accommodate each group of materials in the basket of the receiving device 30 in the same posture, so that the subsequent downstream equipment can avoid distinguishing the posture of the materials in each basket when taking the fully loaded basket.

[0068] Specifically, the adjustment module 24 can be an adsorption rotating module, and is suspended above the second conveyor line 20, for adsorbing each group of materials from above the second conveyor line 20 and adjusting the orientation of each group of materials, so that the orientation of the materials conveyed to the material receiving device 30 is the same.

[0069] The adjustment module 24 may include a rotating drive and two groups of suction cups. The rotating drive connects the two groups of suction cups and drives the two groups of suction cups to rotate. The two groups of suction cups are arranged side by side along the conveying direction of the second conveying line 20 to correspondingly adsorb a group of materials.

[0070] The number of suction cups is the same as the number of materials in a group of materials. For example, if a group of materials is three, the number of suction cups is three.

[0071] See also Figure 5 , Figure 5 yes Figure 2 The schematic diagram of the structure of the material receiving device in the unloading equipment is shown.

[0072] The material receiving device 30 includes multiple groups of telescopic belt line modules 32, third centering mechanisms 34 and flower basket lifting modules 36. Each group of telescopic belt line modules 32, third centering mechanisms 34 and flower basket lifting modules 36 is arranged corresponding to a second conveyor line 20. The telescopic belt line module 32 is arranged between the second conveyor line 20 and the flower basket lifting module 36. The third centering mechanism 34 is used to center and position the material conveyed by the telescopic belt line module 32. The telescopic belt line module 32 is used to transfer a group of materials from the second conveyor line 20 to the flower basket 301 of the flower basket lifting module 36 after centering and positioning. The flower basket lifting module 36 is used to drive the flower basket 301 to rise and fall and sequentially accommodate each group of materials in the storage position of the flower basket 301.

[0073] like Figure 2 and Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, two second conveyor lines 20 are provided, and the material receiving device 30 includes two sets of telescopic belt line modules 32 , a third centering mechanism 34 and a flower basket lifting module 36 .

[0074] The telescopic belt line module 32 is a very mature existing technical solution in this field. The present application does not elaborate on its specific structure. Its loading end facing the second conveyor line 20 is a telescopic material loading and unloading conveyor belt, which can obtain each group of materials from the second conveyor line 20 and transport the materials to the flower basket of the flower basket lifting module 36.

[0075] The structure of the third centering mechanism 34 is the same as that of the first centering mechanism 16 . After further centering and positioning the materials on the telescopic belt line module 32 , each group of materials can be more accurately accommodated in the flower basket 301 .

[0076] The flower basket lifting module 36 includes a bracket 361, a lifting drive member 362 and a flower basket carrier 363. The lifting drive member 362 is installed on the bracket 361 and is used to drive the flower basket carrier 363 to perform lifting movement. The flower basket carrier 363 includes a belt conveyor mechanism, which is used to assist the loading and unloading of the flower basket 301. The bearing surface of the belt conveyor mechanism serves as the bearing surface of the flower basket carrier 363. The flower basket 301 is located on the bearing surface of the belt conveyor mechanism. When the flower basket 301 is loaded, the conveying direction of the belt conveyor mechanism is the same as the loading direction of the flower basket 301, so as to assist the flower basket 301 to enter the flower basket carrier 363. When the flower basket 301 is unloaded, the conveying direction of the belt conveyor mechanism is the same as the unloading direction of the flower basket 301, so as to assist the flower basket 301 to enter the discharging device 40 from the flower basket carrier 363, thereby improving the loading and unloading efficiency of the flower basket 301.

[0077] The flower basket lifting module 36 also includes a fixing member 364 disposed above the flower basket carrier 363. The fixing member 364 is used to cooperate with the flower basket carrier 363 to fix the flower basket 301. The flower basket carrier 363 and one of the fixing member 364 can be lifted and lowered relative to each other, so that the flower basket 301 can be replaced and fixed.

[0078] By setting up the material receiving device 30, the flower basket can automatically receive each group of materials, which can effectively improve the operating efficiency and automation level of the unloading equipment 100.

[0079] See also Figure 2 and Figure 6 ,in Figure 6 yes Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the partial structure of the discharging device in the unloading equipment shown.

[0080] The unloading equipment 100 also includes a unloading device 40, which includes a flower basket loading module 42 and a flower basket unloading module 44 arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, the flower basket loading module 42 is used to provide empty flower baskets to the flower basket lifting module 36, and the flower basket unloading module 44 is used to receive fully loaded flower baskets provided by the flower basket lifting module 36; the flower basket loading module 42 and the flower basket unloading module 44 both include a transverse module 420 and at least two flower basket conveyor lines 422, at least one of the at least two flower basket conveyor lines 422 is used to buffer the flower baskets; the transverse module 420 is arranged between the flower basket conveyor line 422 and the flower basket lifting module 36, and is used to transfer the flower baskets between the flower basket conveyor line 422 and the flower basket lifting module 36.

[0081] The flower basket conveyor line 422 is a belt conveyor mechanism. The number of the flower basket conveyor lines 422 can be two, three or four and they are arranged side by side. The flower basket conveyor line 422 in the flower basket loading module 42 is used to receive empty flower baskets and provide the empty flower baskets to the transverse module 420. Some of the flower basket conveyor lines 422 are used to cache empty flower baskets, and then the cached empty flower baskets can be supplied to the transverse module 420 at any time to avoid the time waste caused by the transverse module 420 being unable to supply empty flower baskets in time, which can improve the efficiency of supplying empty flower baskets; the flower basket conveyor line 422 in the flower basket unloading module 44 is used to receive the fully loaded flower baskets conveyed by the transverse module 420, and some of the flower basket conveyor lines 422 are used to cache the fully loaded flower baskets to avoid the transverse module 420 being unable to be transported away in time due to the shutdown and other abnormalities, which can further improve the unloading efficiency.

[0082] The transverse movement module 420 includes a linear drive mechanism 421 and a dispatching mechanism 423. The dispatching mechanism 423 is connected to the driving end of the linear drive mechanism 421, and reciprocates along the horizontal direction to align the dispatching mechanism 423 with the flower basket conveyor line 422 to receive empty flower baskets or export fully loaded flower baskets; wherein the dispatching mechanism 423 is also a belt conveyor mechanism.

[0083] In a specific usage scenario, the operation process of the unloading equipment 100 is as follows: the first conveyor line 12 receives and conveys materials, and in its conveying path, the first centering mechanism 16 centers and positions the materials on it, and then the detection module 18 detects and confirms which materials are defective products, and the transfer mechanism 14 transfers good products to the corresponding second conveyor line 20, and transfers defective products to the waste station, wherein if the transferred second conveyor line 20 has an abnormality, other idle second conveyor lines 20 can be immediately switched to replace it; in the conveying path of the second conveyor line 20, the cache module 22 caches the groups of materials that are not paired due to the abandonment of defective products, and puts the cached materials back to the second conveyor line 20 after pairing, and can also cache the groups of materials during the replacement of the flower basket; thereafter, the adjustment module 24 can intervene to adjust the orientation of each material so that the posture of the materials received in the flower basket is the same; the material receiving device 30 stores the received groups of materials in the flower basket, and the discharging device 40 provides the material receiving device 30 with empty flower baskets and receives fully loaded flower baskets.

[0084] By providing a plurality of second conveyor lines in the material unloading equipment, when an abnormality occurs in a running second conveyor line, it can be promptly switched to a spare second conveyor line as a substitute, and the transfer mechanism distributes the material to the activated second conveyor line to continue conveying the material, and each second conveyor line can be switched freely, thereby effectively improving the problem that the material unloading equipment cannot unload materials normally due to a conveyor line failure; further, the material receiving device is provided with a corresponding flower basket to connect with each second conveyor line, and the material received from the second conveyor line can be accommodated in the corresponding flower basket, so that when the flower basket corresponding to a second conveyor line is replaced, it can be switched to a more idle second conveyor line, thereby ensuring that the material unloading equipment can continue to operate uninterruptedly, and effectively improving its unloading efficiency.

[0085] The above descriptions are merely embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present application. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made using the contents of the present application specification and drawings, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A material feeding device, characterized in that: The blanking equipment comprises: A feeding device, comprising a first conveying line and a transfer mechanism, wherein the transfer mechanism is arranged at a discharge end of the first conveying line; At least two second conveyor lines are arranged downstream of the feeding device; wherein the transfer mechanism is used to transfer the material at the discharge end of the first conveyor line to at least one of the at least two second conveyor lines; A material receiving device, used for receiving the material received from the second conveying line into a corresponding flower basket; Wherein, the first conveyor line and the second conveyor line are both composed of a plurality of belt conveyor mechanisms arranged in sequence; The transfer mechanism includes a rotary drive member, a plurality of rotary arms, and a pick-up member disposed on the rotary arm, wherein the rotary drive member is connected to the plurality of rotary arms and is used to drive the rotary arms to rotate, so that the pick-up member picks up a group of materials from the discharge end of the first conveyor line, and transfers good materials in the group of materials to the second conveyor line, and transfers bad materials in the group of materials to the waste station; The material receiving device includes multiple groups of telescopic belt line modules and flower basket lifting modules, each group of the telescopic belt line modules and the flower basket lifting module corresponds to a second conveyor line, the telescopic belt line module is arranged between the second conveyor line and the flower basket lifting module, and the telescopic belt line module is used to transfer the group of materials from the second conveyor line to the flower basket of the flower basket lifting module.

2. The material discharging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The number of the second conveying lines is two, the two second conveying lines are arranged side by side and arranged on both sides of the rotating driving member, and the conveying direction of the second conveying line is the same as the conveying direction of the first conveying line; The number of the rotating arms is four and they are evenly distributed along the circumference of the rotating drive member. The discharge end of the first conveyor line, the loading end of one of the second conveyor lines, the waste station and the loading end of another second conveyor line are also evenly distributed along the circumference.

3. The material discharging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding device also includes a detection module arranged on the first conveying line, and the detection module is a PL detection module or a CCD camera.

4. The material discharging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The unloading equipment also includes a cache module arranged on the second conveyor line, the cache module includes a lifting drive and a cache basket, the lifting drive is connected to the cache basket, the belt conveying mechanism of the second conveyor line passes through the cache basket accordingly, the cache basket includes a plurality of cache positions arranged in a stacked manner, the lifting drive is used to drive the cache basket to rise one cache position to accommodate the passing material into the cache position; and the lifting drive is also used to drive the cache basket to descend one cache position to release the accommodated material onto the belt conveying mechanism.

5. The material discharging equipment according to claim 4, characterized in that: The unloading equipment also includes an adjustment module arranged on the path of the second conveyor line, located downstream of the buffer module, and suspended above the second conveyor line. The adjustment module includes a rotating drive and a suction cup. The suction cup absorbs the material of the second conveyor line, and the rotating drive is used to drive the suction cup to rotate in a horizontal plane.

6. The material discharging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: A centering mechanism is provided on the first conveyor line, the second conveyor line and the telescopic belt line module; Wherein, on the first conveying line, the centering mechanism is arranged before the detection module; on the second conveying line, the centering mechanism is arranged before the buffer module.

7. The material discharging equipment according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that: The second conveyor line includes a plurality of sub-conveyor lines arranged side by side, and each of the sub-conveyor lines includes a plurality of belt conveyor mechanisms arranged in sequence; The buffer modules are multiple and are arranged corresponding to the sub-conveyor lines.

8. The material discharging equipment according to claim 7, characterized in that: The second conveyor line includes two pieces arranged side by side, and two materials are arranged and conveyed in front and behind along the conveying direction of the first conveyor line. The picking parts are two suction cups arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the rotating arm. After picking up the two materials, they are transferred to one of the second conveyor lines, and are placed and conveyed side by side along the conveying direction on the second conveyor line.

9. The material discharging equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The unloading equipment also includes a discharging device, which includes a flower basket loading module and a flower basket unloading module arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, the flower basket loading module is used to provide empty flower baskets to the flower basket lifting module, and the flower basket unloading module is used to receive the fully loaded flower baskets provided by the flower basket lifting module; The flower basket loading module and the flower basket unloading module both include a transverse movement module and at least two flower basket conveyor lines, at least one of the at least two flower basket conveyor lines is used to buffer the flower baskets; the transverse movement module is arranged between the flower basket conveyor line and the flower basket lifting module, and is used to transfer the flower baskets between the flower basket conveyor line and the flower basket lifting module.

10. The material discharging equipment according to claim 9, characterized in that: The unloading equipment includes at least two unloading lines arranged side by side, a maintenance passage is provided between two adjacent unloading lines, and each of the unloading lines includes the feeding device, the at least two second conveying lines, the receiving device and the discharging device.

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