Oil cup feeding equipment and oil cup production line

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of feeding, and discloses oil cup feeding equipment and an oil cup production line. The feeding mechanical arm comprises a supporting strip and a plurality of clamping jaw assemblies, the multiple clamping jaw assemblies are arranged on the supporting strip at intervals, and each clamping jaw assembly is rotationally installed on the supporting strip. The feeding mechanical arm further comprises a rotation driving device which is installed on the supporting strips to drive the clamping jaw assemblies to rotate synchronously in the same direction. The visual detection device is arranged on one side of the feeding mechanical arm so as to detect the rotation angle of the oil cups clamped by the clamping jaw assemblies, and the visual detection device is electrically connected with the rotation driving device and each clamping jaw assembly. The oil cup feeding equipment and the oil cup production line are beneficial to improving the feeding consistency of oil cups.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of feeding, in particular to an oil cup feeding device and an oil cup production line. Background Art

[0002] In the current electronic cigarette production process, a loading robot is required to clamp the oil cup from the material tray to the carrier tray on the conveyor belt, and then the carrier tray transports the oil cup to the subsequent processing station for assembly and processing.

[0003] The robot arm in the prior art cannot adjust the rotation angle of the oil cup, which causes the rotation angle of the oil cup placed on the carrier to be inconsistent, which can easily lead to the problem of being unable to assemble the oil cup or even damaging the oil cup during subsequent processing.

[0004] In view of this, it is necessary to design an oil cup feeding device and an oil cup production line to improve the feeding consistency of the oil cup. Utility Model Content

[0005] The utility model aims to provide an oil cup feeding device and an oil cup production line to improve the feeding consistency of the oil cup.

[0006] To achieve this purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0007] An oil cup feeding device, comprising a feeding manipulator and a visual detection device;

[0008] The feeding robot comprises a support bar and a plurality of clamping jaw assemblies, wherein the plurality of clamping jaw assemblies are arranged on the support bar at intervals, and each of the clamping jaw assemblies can be rotatably mounted on the support bar; the feeding robot also comprises a rotation driving device mounted on the support bar to drive all the clamping jaw assemblies to rotate synchronously in the same direction;

[0009] The visual detection device is arranged at one side of the feeding robot to detect the rotation angle of the oil cup clamped by the clamping claw assembly, and the visual detection device is electrically connected to the rotation driving device and each clamping claw assembly respectively.

[0010] Optionally, the support bar is provided with a plurality of mounting through holes;

[0011] The clamping jaw assembly includes a rotating shaft rotatably mounted in the mounting through hole, a clamping cylinder mounted on the rotating shaft, and a vent hole connected to the clamping cylinder is arranged on the rotating shaft, and a vent joint is arranged at one end of the rotating shaft away from the clamping cylinder.

[0012] Optionally, the rotary drive device comprises a drive motor, an active synchronous pulley mounted on a drive shaft of the drive motor, and a passive synchronous pulley mounted on each of the rotating shafts. The rotary drive device drives all the clamping jaw assemblies to rotate synchronously and in the same direction via a synchronous belt.

[0013] Optionally, the visual inspection device includes a support frame, a detection camera installed on the support frame, and a linear module for driving the support frame to move back and forth in a straight line along the arrangement direction of the plurality of clamping jaw assemblies.

[0014] Optionally, it also includes a conveyor belt assembly for conveying the carrier plate;

[0015] The visual inspection device is arranged on one side of the conveyor belt assembly, and the loading robot also includes a gantry across the conveyor belt assembly, a lifting device for driving the support bar to rise and fall in a vertical direction, and a Y-axis linear drive device for driving the lifting device to translate in a set direction;

[0016] When the visual inspection device inspects the oil cup clamped by the clamping jaw assembly, the oil cup clamped by the clamping jaw assembly is located directly above the carrier plate.

[0017] Optionally, it further comprises a loading tray device for supplying the oil cup, and a feeding device is further provided between the loading tray device and the conveyor belt assembly;

[0018] The feeding device comprises a feeding bearing plate, on which N material storage holes for positioning the oil cups are arranged, and each material storage hole is provided with an oil cup;

[0019] The conveyor belt assembly is also provided with a feeding drive device for driving the feeding carrying plate to move back and forth along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt.

[0020] Optionally, the loading tray device includes an oil cup loading belt and a lifting device for lifting the tray of the oil cup loading belt.

[0021] Optionally, clamping devices for clamping and fixing the lifted material tray are also provided on both sides of the oil cup upper belt.

[0022] Optionally, the clamp assembly is a pneumatic clamp or an electric clamp.

[0023] An oil cup production line comprises the oil cup feeding device as described in any one of the above items.

[0024] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0025] In this embodiment, each clamping jaw assembly on the loading robot respectively clamps the workpiece and moves to the visual inspection station, and then the visual inspection device detects the rotation angle of each workpiece. If the rotation angle of one of the oil cups is incorrect, the loading robot will place all the oil cups except the one with the incorrect rotation angle on the carrier, and the rotary drive device will drive each clamping jaw assembly to rotate synchronously until the rotation angle of the oil cup with the incorrect rotation angle is corrected, and the loading robot will then place the oil cup at a suitable position on the carrier to complete the loading. In this embodiment, the consistency of oil cup loading can be effectively achieved through the clever cooperation of the clamping jaw assembly, the visual inspection device and the rotary drive device, that is, the rotation angles of all oil cups loaded on the carrier are consistent. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

[0027] The structures, proportions, sizes, etc. illustrated in the drawings of this specification are only used to match the contents disclosed in the specification so as to facilitate understanding and reading by persons familiar with this technology. They are not used to limit the conditions under which the present invention can be implemented, and therefore have no substantive technical significance. Any structural modification, change in proportion or adjustment of size, without affecting the effects and purposes that can be achieved by the present invention, should still fall within the scope of the technical contents disclosed by the present invention.

[0028] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the oil cup loading device provided by the embodiment of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A magnified schematic diagram of position B in the middle;

[0030] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a feeding robot provided in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A magnified schematic diagram of position A in the middle;

[0032] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the structure of a visual inspection device provided by an embodiment of the utility model;

[0033] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a material tray device provided in an embodiment of the utility model.

[0034] Illustrations: 1. Loading robot; 101. Rotating shaft; 102. Ventilation joint; 11. Support bar; 12. Gripping jaw assembly; 13. Rotation drive device; 14. Lifting device; 15. Y-axis linear drive device; 2. Visual inspection device; 21. Support frame; 22. Linear module; 3. Conveyor belt assembly; 4. Loading tray device; 41. Oil cup loading belt; 42. Lifting device; 43. Clamping device; 5. Feeding device; 51. Feeding carrier plate; 52. Feeding drive device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] In order to make the utility model's purpose, features, and advantages more obvious and easy to understand, the following will be combined with the drawings in the utility model embodiments to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the utility model embodiments. Obviously, the embodiments described below are only part of the utility model embodiments, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0036] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", etc., indicating the orientation or positional relationship, are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention. It should be noted that when a component is considered to be "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to the other component or there may be a centrally arranged component at the same time.

[0037] The technical solution of the utility model is further explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings and through specific implementation methods.

[0038] The embodiment of the utility model provides an oil cup feeding device, which can help improve the consistency of oil cup feeding to facilitate subsequent assembly.

[0039] See also Figures 1 to 6 The oil cup feeding equipment includes a feeding robot 1 and a visual inspection device 2.

[0040] Among them, the loading robot 1 includes a support bar 11 and a plurality of jaw assemblies 12, and the support bar 11 provides an installation position for the jaw assemblies 12 and supports the plurality of jaw assemblies 12. The plurality of jaw assemblies 12 are arranged on the support bar 11 at intervals, and the specific arrangement method and arrangement distance can be set according to actual needs. Each jaw assembly 12 can be rotatably mounted on the support bar 11; the loading robot 1 also includes a rotation drive device 13 installed on the support bar 11 to drive the jaw assemblies 12 to rotate synchronously in the same direction. In this embodiment, the rotation angle of each jaw assembly 12 can be adjusted by the rotation drive device 13, thereby adjusting the rotation angle of the clamped oil cup. It should be supplemented that one jaw assembly 12 can only clamp one oil cup, and clamping or not clamping can be controlled separately.

[0041] The visual inspection device 2 is arranged on one side of the loading robot 1 to detect the rotation angle of the oil cup clamped by the jaw assembly 12, and the visual inspection device 2 is electrically connected to the rotation drive device 13 and each jaw assembly 12. Generally, one side of the oil cup has a label or text, and the other side is smooth. It should be noted that the visual inspection device 2 detects the rotation angle of each oil cup clamped by the jaw assembly 12. If the rotation angle of the oil cups on most of the jaw assemblies 12 is correct, the loading robot 1 will put the oil cups with the correct rotation angle onto the carrier; then, the rotation drive device 13 adjusts the rotation angle of the oil cups still on the jaw assembly 12 until the rotation angle of the oil cup is adjusted to the correct angle, and the robot puts the oil cup into the carrier.

[0042] In this embodiment, the rotation drive device 13 can be adjusted multiple times so that the rotation angles of all the oil cups placed on the carrier are correct, which can effectively improve the loading consistency of the oil cups and facilitate the subsequent electronic cigarette assembly process.

[0043] Optionally, the support bar 11 is provided with a plurality of mounting through holes; the clamping jaw assembly 12 comprises a rotating shaft 101 rotatably mounted in the mounting through hole, a clamping cylinder mounted on the rotating shaft 101, and a vent hole connected to the clamping cylinder is provided on the rotating shaft 101, and a vent joint 102 is provided at one end of the rotating shaft 101 away from the clamping cylinder. The vent joint 102 is connected to the vacuum generating device to enable the clamping cylinder to clamp or release the oil cup.

[0044] Alternatively, if Figure 4 The rotation drive device 13 includes a driving motor, a driving synchronous pulley installed on the driving shaft of the driving motor, and a passive synchronous pulley installed on each rotating shaft 101. The rotation drive device 13 drives all the clamping jaw assemblies 12 to rotate synchronously in the same direction through the synchronous belt. The transmission accuracy of the synchronous belt is high, and the rotation consistency of each clamping jaw assembly 12 can be well maintained.

[0045] Optionally, the visual inspection device 2 includes a support frame 21, an inspection camera mounted on the support frame 21, and a linear module 22 for driving the support frame 21 to move back and forth in a straight line along the arrangement direction of the plurality of jaw assemblies 12. The linear module 22 can adjust the position of the support frame 21 so that the inspection camera is in a correct inspection position to inspect the oil cup.

[0046] Optionally, the oil cup loading equipment also includes a conveyor belt assembly 3 for conveying the carrier; the visual inspection device 2 is arranged on one side of the conveyor belt assembly 3, and the loading robot 1 also includes a gantry across the conveyor belt assembly 3, a lifting device 14 for driving the support bar 11 to rise and fall in the vertical direction, and a Y-axis linear drive device 15 for driving the lifting device 14 to translate in a set direction. When the visual inspection device 2 detects the oil cup clamped by the clamping claw assembly 12, the oil cup clamped by the clamping claw assembly 12 is located directly above the carrier. In this way, after detecting that the rotation angle of the oil cup is correct, the loading robot 1 drives the support bar 11 to descend to conveniently place the oil cup on the carrier.

[0047] Optionally, a feeding device 5 is also provided between the loading tray device 4 and the conveyor belt assembly 3; the feeding device 5 includes a feeding supporting plate 51, on which N storage holes for positioning oil cups are arranged, and each storage hole is provided with an oil cup; the conveyor belt assembly 3 is also provided with a feeding driving device 52 for driving the feeding supporting plate 51 to move back and forth along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt.

[0048] It should be noted that some oil cups may be detected as unqualified during the visual inspection process. The unqualified oil cups will be placed in a recycling box, and then the empty clamping jaw assembly 12 will clamp an oil cup from the feed carrier plate 51, thereby avoiding the occurrence of a situation where the carrier plate is partially empty.

[0049] Optionally, the loading tray device 4 includes an oil cup loading belt 41 and a lifting device 42 for lifting the material tray of the oil cup loading belt 41 to facilitate the loading robot 1 to take materials. At this time, other loading trays can be transported to the cache position by the loading robot 1.

[0050] Optionally, clamping devices 43 for clamping and fixing the lifted tray are also provided on both sides of the oil cup feeding belt 41. The clamping device 43 clamps the tray, which is equivalent to positioning the tray to prevent the tray from deflecting during the feeding process.

[0051] Optionally, the clamp assembly 12 is a pneumatic clamp or an electric clamp to facilitate the control of the opening and closing of the clamp assembly 12 .

[0052] Embodiment 2

[0053] This embodiment discloses an oil cup production line, including the oil cup loading device as described in the first embodiment.

[0054] As described above, the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the utility model, rather than to limit it. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments can still be modified, or some of the technical features can be replaced by equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the utility model.

Claims

1. An oil cup feeding device, characterized in that: It comprises a feeding robot (1) and a visual detection device (2); The feeding robot (1) comprises a support bar (11) and a plurality of clamping jaw assemblies (12), wherein the plurality of clamping jaw assemblies (12) are arranged on the support bar (11) at intervals, and each of the clamping jaw assemblies (12) can be rotatably mounted on the support bar (11); the feeding robot (1) also comprises a rotation driving device (13) mounted on the support bar (11) to drive all the clamping jaw assemblies (12) to rotate synchronously in the same direction; The visual detection device (2) is arranged on one side of the loading robot (1) to detect the rotation angle of the oil cup clamped by the clamping jaw assembly (12), and the visual detection device (2) is electrically connected to the rotation driving device (13) and each clamping jaw assembly (12) respectively.

2. The oil cup feeding equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The support bar (11) is provided with a plurality of mounting through holes; The clamping jaw assembly (12) comprises a rotating shaft (101) rotatably mounted in the mounting through hole, a clamping cylinder mounted on the rotating shaft (101), and a vent hole connected to the clamping cylinder is provided on the rotating shaft (101), and a vent joint (102) is provided at one end of the rotating shaft (101) away from the clamping cylinder.

3. The oil cup feeding equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The rotary drive device (13) comprises a drive motor, a driving synchronous pulley mounted on the drive shaft of the drive motor, and a passive synchronous pulley mounted on each of the rotating shafts (101). The rotary drive device (13) drives all the clamping jaw assemblies (12) to rotate synchronously and in the same direction via a synchronous belt.

4. The oil cup feeding equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The visual inspection device (2) comprises a support frame (21), a detection camera mounted on the support frame (21), and a linear module (22) used to drive the support frame (21) to move back and forth in a linear manner along the arrangement direction of the plurality of clamping jaw assemblies (12).

5. The oil cup feeding equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a conveyor belt assembly (3) for conveying the carrier plate; The visual inspection device (2) is arranged on one side of the conveyor belt assembly (3), and the loading robot (1) also includes a gantry spanning the conveyor belt assembly (3), a lifting device (14) for driving the support bar (11) to rise and fall in a vertical direction, and a Y-axis linear drive device (15) for driving the lifting device (14) to translate in a set direction; When the visual inspection device (2) inspects the oil cup clamped by the clamping jaw assembly (12), the oil cup clamped by the clamping jaw assembly (12) is located directly above the carrier plate.

6. The oil cup feeding device according to claim 5, characterized in that: It also includes a loading tray device (4) for supplying the oil cup, and a feeding device (5) is provided between the loading tray device (4) and the conveyor belt assembly (3); The feeding device (5) comprises a feeding bearing plate (51), on which N material storage holes for positioning oil cups are arranged in an array, and each material storage hole is provided with an oil cup; The conveyor belt assembly (3) is also provided with a material replenishment driving device (52) for driving the material replenishment carrying plate (51) to move back and forth along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt.

7. The oil cup feeding device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The loading tray device (4) comprises an oil cup loading belt (41) and a lifting device (42) for lifting the tray of the oil cup loading belt (41).

8. The oil cup feeding device according to claim 7, characterized in that: Clamping devices (43) for clamping and fixing the lifted material tray are also provided on both sides of the oil cup loading belt (41).

9. The oil cup feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping jaw assembly (12) is a pneumatic clamping jaw or an electric clamping jaw.

10. An oil cup production line, characterized in that: The invention comprises an oil cup loading device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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