Sucker gripper for automobile welding workstation

By designing a suction cup gripper for automobile welding workstations that combine manual quick change discs, universal rods and permanent magnet suction cups, the existing robot grippers have solved the problems of large weight, high cost and poor flexibility, and the ability to grab automobile accessories from multiple angles and directions is achieved.

CN222570799UActive Publication Date: 2025-03-07重庆衍数自动化设备有限公司
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202421139013.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-05-23
Publication Date
2025-03-07
Estimated Expiration
2034-05-23

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Technical Problem

The robotic grippers of existing automotive welding workstations are heavy and costly, and cannot grasp the molded surface of automobile accessories. They are poor in flexibility and cannot grasp from multiple angles and in multiple directions.

Method used

A suction cup gripper for automobile welding workstations is designed, which adopts a combination of manual quick change plate, connecting plate, crossbar, T-type adapter, connecting rod, universal rod and permanent magnet suction cup. Through the universal rod, the permanent magnet suction cup can absorb automobile accessories from all directions.

Benefits of technology

The ability to grab auto parts in multiple angles and directions is realized, adapting to complex surfaces of formed auto parts, avoiding position deviation of auto parts, reducing weight and cost, and improving flexibility.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a sucking disc gripper for an automobile welding workstation, which comprises a manual quick-change disc, a connecting plate and a cross rod, the connecting plate is arranged at the center of the cross rod, the manual quick-change disc is arranged on the connecting plate, T-shaped adapters are arranged at two ends of the cross rod, connecting rods are arranged on the T-shaped adapters, and the connecting rods are arranged on the connecting plate. A universal rod is arranged at the end of the connecting rod, and a permanent magnetic chuck used for sucking automobile parts is arranged at the end of the universal rod. According to the utility model, the cross rod, the T-shaped adapter and the connecting rod form the overall framework of the gripper, the permanent magnetic chuck and the framework are assembled together through the universal rod, the universal rod ensures that the permanent magnetic chuck can suck automobile parts from all directions, and the permanent magnetic chuck sucks the automobile parts to ensure that the positions of the automobile parts do not deviate; the multi-angle and multi-direction grabbing device can grab the automobile parts at multiple angles and in multiple directions and can adapt to the surfaces of the complex formed automobile parts, and therefore the problems that a conventional robot grabbing hand is large in weight, high in cost and poor in flexibility are solved.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of suction cup grippers, in particular to a suction cup gripper for an automobile welding workstation. Background Art

[0002] In the field of automotive sheet metal welding production, robot grippers are one of the commonly used picking tools; the main purpose of robot grippers is to save labor, improve efficiency and increase the stability of automatic production, and ensure the consistency of parts production quality.

[0003] Conventional robot grippers mainly use automatic quick-change discs as adapter elements, and octagonal tubes and strong clamping cylinders as connecting and actuators. They are heavy and costly, and can only grasp the edges of automotive parts but not the molded surfaces of automotive parts, and cannot grasp automotive parts at multiple angles and directions. Utility Model Content

[0004] The utility model aims to provide a suction cup gripper for an automobile welding workstation to solve the problems raised in the above-mentioned background technology.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solution: a suction cup gripper for an automobile welding workstation, comprising a manual quick-change disc, a connecting plate and a cross bar, wherein the connecting plate is arranged at the center of the cross bar, the manual quick-change disc is arranged on the connecting plate, T-shaped adapters are arranged at both ends of the cross bar, a connecting rod is arranged on the T-shaped adapter, a universal rod is arranged at the end of the connecting rod, and a permanent magnetic suction cup for sucking automobile accessories is arranged at the end of the universal rod.

[0006] Wherein, an electrical interface is provided on one side of the manual quick-change disk, and the electrical interface is used for quick connection and disconnection of the circuit and the gas circuit.

[0007] Wherein, the manual quick-change disc is used for quick switching between the robot arm and the gripper.

[0008] The crossbar, T-shaped adapter and connecting rod form an overall skeleton of the gripper.

[0009] The universal rod ensures that the permanent magnetic chuck can absorb the automobile parts from all directions.

[0010] Among them, the universal rod includes a first rod body and a second rod body, one end of the first rod body is rotatably connected to the end of the connecting rod through a self-locking rotating shaft, the first rod body and the connecting rod rotate in the left and right directions, the other end of the first rod body is rotatably connected to the end of the second rod body through a self-locking rotating shaft, the first rod body and the second rod body rotate in the front and back directions, and one end of the second rod body away from the first rod body is fixedly connected to the permanent magnetic suction cup.

[0011] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0012] The utility model is connected with the robot arm through a manual quick-change plate, and the overall skeleton of the gripper is constructed by a cross bar, a T-type adapter and a connecting rod. The permanent magnetic suction cup is assembled with the skeleton through a universal rod. The universal rod ensures that the permanent magnetic suction cup can absorb automobile accessories from all directions. By absorbing the automobile accessories through the permanent magnetic suction cup, the position of the automobile accessories is ensured not to be offset. The automobile accessories can be grasped at multiple angles and directions, and can adapt to the complex surface of molded automobile accessories, thereby solving the problems of large weight, high cost and poor flexibility of conventional robot grippers. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the axonometric structure of the utility model in the state of adsorbing automobile parts;

[0014] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the overall axonometric structure of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 This is a partial enlarged structural diagram of the manual quick-change disk of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the axonometric structure of the permanent magnetic chuck of the utility model in the first direction;

[0017] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the axonometric structure of the permanent magnetic chuck of the utility model in the second direction.

[0018] In the figure: 1. Manual quick-change plate; 2. Electrical interface; 3. Connecting plate; 4. Cross bar; 5. T-type adapter; 6. Connecting rod; 7. Universal rod; 8. Permanent magnetic suction cup; 9. Auto parts. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all of the embodiments.

[0020] See also Figure 1-5 The utility model provides a technical solution: a suction cup gripper for an automobile welding workstation, comprising a manual quick-change disc 1, a connecting plate 3 and a cross bar 4, the connecting plate 3 is arranged at the center of the cross bar 4, the manual quick-change disc 1 is arranged on the connecting plate 3, both ends of the cross bar 4 are provided with T-type adapters 5, the T-type adapter 5 is provided with a connecting rod 6, the end of the connecting rod 6 is provided with a universal rod 7, the end of the universal rod 7 is provided with a permanent magnetic suction cup 8 for sucking automobile accessories 9, the universal rod 7 ensures that the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 can suck the automobile accessories 9 from all directions, and sucks the automobile accessories 9 by the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 to ensure that the position of the automobile accessories 9 will not be offset, and the automobile accessories 9 can be grabbed at multiple angles and directions.

[0021] Among them, an electrical interface 2 is provided on one side of the manual quick-change disk 1, and the electrical interface 2 is used for quick connection and disconnection of the circuit and the gas circuit.

[0022] Among them, the manual quick-change plate 1 is used for rapid switching between the robot arm and the gripper, and can quickly replace the suction cup gripper corresponding to the end of the robot arm required to remove the product.

[0023] Among them, the cross bar 4, T-type adapter 5 and connecting rod 6 constitute the overall skeleton of the gripper, and the universal rod 7 ensures that the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 can absorb the auto parts 9 from all directions. The overall skeleton of the gripper is constructed by the cross bar 4, T-type adapter 5 and connecting rod 6, and the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 is assembled with the skeleton through the universal rod 7. The universal rod 7 ensures that the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 can absorb the auto parts 9 from all directions. By sucking the auto parts 9 by the permanent magnetic suction cup 8, it is ensured that the position of the auto parts 9 will not be offset, and the auto parts 9 can be grasped at multiple angles and directions, and can adapt to the complex surface of the molded auto parts 9.

[0024] Among them, the universal rod 7 includes a first rod body and a second rod body, one end of the first rod body is rotatably connected to the end of the connecting rod 6 through a self-locking shaft, the first rod body and the connecting rod rotate in the left and right directions, the first rod body can be rotated in the left and right directions, so as to adjust the angle of the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 in the left and right directions, the other end of the first rod body is rotatably connected to the end of the second rod body through a self-locking shaft, the first rod body and the second rod body rotate in the front and back directions, the second rod body can be rotated in the front and back directions, so as to adjust the angle of the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 in the front and back directions, the end of the second rod body away from the first rod body is fixedly connected to the permanent magnetic suction cup 8, the suction angle of the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 can be adjusted in any direction, to ensure that the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 can absorb the automotive accessories 9 from all directions.

[0025] Working principle: When in use, it is connected to the robot arm through the manual quick-change disc 1, and the overall skeleton of the gripper is constructed by the cross bar 4, T-type adapter 5 and connecting rod 6. The permanent magnetic suction cup 8 is assembled with the skeleton through the universal rod 7. The universal rod 7 ensures that the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 can absorb the auto parts 9 from all directions. The auto parts 9 are absorbed by the permanent magnetic suction cup 8 to ensure that the position of the auto parts 9 will not be offset. The auto parts 9 can be grasped at multiple angles and directions, and can adapt to the complex surface of the molded auto parts 9, thereby solving the problems of heavy weight, high cost and poor flexibility of conventional robot grippers.

[0026] Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in the field without making any creative work shall fall within the scope of protection of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A suction cup gripper for an automobile welding workstation, comprising a manual quick-change plate (1), a connecting plate (3) and a crossbar (4), characterized in that: The connecting plate (3) is arranged at the center of the cross bar (4), the manual quick-change plate (1) is arranged on the connecting plate (3), both ends of the cross bar (4) are provided with T-shaped adapters (5), the T-shaped adapters (5) are provided with connecting rods (6), the ends of the connecting rods (6) are provided with universal rods (7), and the ends of the universal rods (7) are provided with permanent magnetic suction cups (8) for absorbing automobile accessories (9).

2. The suction cup gripper for automobile welding workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that: An electrical interface (2) is provided on one side of the manual quick-change disk (1), and the electrical interface (2) is used for quickly connecting and disconnecting the electric circuit and the gas circuit.

3. The suction cup gripper for automobile welding workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The manual quick-change disc (1) is used for quick switching between the robot arm and the gripper.

4. The suction cup gripper for automobile welding workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cross bar (4), the T-shaped adapter (5) and the connecting rod (6) form an overall framework of the gripper.

5. The suction cup gripper for automobile welding workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The universal rod (7) ensures that the permanent magnetic suction cup (8) can absorb the automobile accessories (9) from all directions.

6. The suction cup gripper for automobile welding workstation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The universal rod (7) comprises a first rod body and a second rod body, one end of the first rod body is rotatably connected to the end of the connecting rod (6) via a self-locking rotating shaft, the first rod body and the connecting rod rotate in the left-right direction, the other end of the first rod body is rotatably connected to the end of the second rod body via a self-locking rotating shaft, the first rod body and the second rod body rotate in the front-back direction, and the end of the second rod body away from the first rod body is fixedly connected to the permanent magnetic suction cup (8).