Automatic gland taking and placing equipment

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of automation equipment, in particular to automatic gland taking and placing equipment which comprises a working rack. The streamline is located on one side of the top face of the workbench frame, penetrates through the workbench frame from the side end of the workbench frame in the width direction and is used for conveying a carrier, a product is borne on the carrier, and a gland covers the product; the material frame conveying mechanism is used for loading and unloading the material frame with the glands stacked inside and comprises a movable platform driven by a first lifting unit to move in the vertical direction and used for lifting the material frame and a push rod moving in the horizontal direction, and the push rod can movably penetrate through the material frame and push out the glands in the material frame. According to the utility model, the material frame conveying mechanism, the bearing platform and the carrying unit are mutually matched for operation, so that the operations of taking, identifying, picking, placing, recycling and the like of the glands can be automatically completed, and the production efficiency and the product percent of pass are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of automation equipment, in particular to an automatic taking and placing capping device. Background Art

[0002] In existing industrial production, many products need to be covered with caps for protection or packaging. Traditional capping methods are mostly manual, which is inefficient and prone to errors. With the development of automation technology, it is urgent to develop a device that can automatically pick up and place caps.

[0003] In view of this, we propose an automatic pick-and-place capping device to solve the existing problems. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to provide an automatic capping and placing device to solve the problems raised in the above background technology.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: an automatic pick-and-place capping device, comprising: a workbench;

[0006] A streamline, located on one side of the top surface of the workbench, passes through the workbench from the side end in the width direction of the workbench, and is used to transport a carrier, on which a product is carried, and on which a gland is covered;

[0007] The material frame conveying mechanism is used for loading and unloading the material frame with the pressure caps stacked inside, and includes a movable platform driven by the first lifting unit to move in the vertical direction for lifting the material frame and a push rod moving in the horizontal direction, and the push rod can move through the material frame and push the pressure caps out of the material frame;

[0008] The bearing platform is installed on the top surface of the workbench and is located between the material frame conveying mechanism and the flow line, and is used to carry the transfer gland between the material frame conveying mechanism and the flow line;

[0009] The transport unit is used for transporting the gland, and can move freely above the flow line and the carrying platform through the driving connection of the transfer unit arranged above the flow line and the carrying platform.

[0010] Preferably, the material frame conveying mechanism comprises:

[0011] The feeding platform is located at one end of the bottom surface of the workbench and is connected to the movable platform when the movable platform is located at the bottom end of the lifting path;

[0012] The discharging platform is located directly above the feeding platform, and the discharging platform is connected with the movable platform when the movable platform is at the top of the lifting path;

[0013] A first lever is slidably disposed above the feeding platform and is used to push the material frame on the feeding platform onto the movable platform;

[0014] A second lever is slidably disposed above the material discharging platform and is used to push the material frame carried on the movable platform onto the material discharging platform;

[0015] The protection sensor is located on the bottom side of the material frame conveying mechanism away from the feeding platform, and its detection direction is parallel to the lifting and lowering direction of the movable platform.

[0016] Preferably, the movable platform includes a fixed edge on one side, and a movable edge that can move closer to the fixed edge is provided on the opposite side of the fixed edge. A material frame fixing component is also provided above the movable platform, and the material frame fixing component includes columns arranged at the four corners of the movable platform, and the top of the column is connected to a cross bar, and a guard edge is slidably connected to the cross bar.

[0017] Preferably, the bearing platform includes a base plate fixedly mounted on a workbench, a driving cylinder is provided on the base plate, and the driving cylinder drives a bearing plate slidably connected to the base plate via a slide rail, and the movement direction of the bearing plate is perpendicular to the streamline.

[0018] Preferably, a fixed rib is provided at one end of the top surface of the bearing plate along the length direction, and an adjustment groove is deepened downward and perpendicular to the fixed rib on the top surface of the bearing plate. A plurality of adjustment holes are evenly distributed in the adjustment groove, and the movable rib is connected to the bearing plate through the adjustment holes.

[0019] Preferably, the transfer unit includes an X-axis slide rail arranged along the width direction of the workbench, and a Y-axis slide rail slidably connected to the X-axis slide rail through a slider, and the Y-axis slide rail is drivingly connected to the transport unit.

[0020] Preferably, the transport unit comprises a U-axis connected to the second lifting unit, a clamp fixing plate is installed on the U-axis, a clamping cylinder is installed on the clamp fixing plate, and an output end of the clamping cylinder is connected to a clamp for clamping or releasing the pressure cover.

[0021] The upper camera assembly includes a camera and a light source, and the camera and the light source are fixed to the side end of the second lifting unit through a bracket, and are used to identify and locate the carrier on the streamline.

[0022] Preferably, a detection sensor is fixed to the bottom of the clamp fixing plate.

[0023] Preferably, a lower camera assembly for identifying the pressure cover is provided on the streamline.

[0024] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effect that the utility model can automatically complete operations such as material retrieval, identification, picking, placement and recycling of the pressure caps by setting a material frame conveying mechanism, a load-bearing platform and a handling unit to cooperate with each other, thereby improving production efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 3 It is a partial top view structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the material frame conveying mechanism of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 5 It is an isometric side view structural diagram of the material frame conveying mechanism of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the load-bearing platform of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the transport unit of the utility model.

[0032] In the figure: 1. workbench; 2. material frame conveying mechanism; 21. material frame fixing assembly; 22. push rod; 23. first lifting unit; 24. feeding platform; 25. first lever; 26. second lever; 27. discharging platform; 28. movable platform; 29. ​​protection sensor; 3. bearing platform; 31. bearing plate; 32. fixed rib; 33. driving cylinder; 34. bottom plate; 35. adjusting rib; 36. limiting cylinder; 4. streamline; 41. lower camera assembly; 5. transfer unit; 6. handling unit; 61. second lifting unit; 62. U-axis; 63. fixture fixing plate; 64. detection sensor; 65. clamping cylinder; 66. upper camera assembly. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The technical solution of the utility model is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0034] Embodiment 1

[0035] like Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 , Figure 5 , Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the utility model provides an automatic pick-and-place capping device, comprising:

[0036] Workbench 1;

[0037] Streamline 4, located on one side of the top surface of the workbench 1, passes through the workbench 1 from the side end in the width direction of the workbench 1, and is used to transport a carrier, on which a product is carried, and the product is covered with a gland;

[0038] The material frame conveying mechanism 2 includes a first lifting unit 23, which drives a movable platform 28 to move in a vertical direction for lifting the material frame, and is used for loading and unloading the material frame with the pressure caps stacked inside, and a push rod 22 that moves in a horizontal direction, and the push rod 22 can move through the material frame and push the pressure caps out of the material frame;

[0039] The carrying platform 3 is installed on the top surface of the workbench 1 and is located between the material frame conveying mechanism 2 and the flow line 4, and is used to carry the transfer gland between the material frame conveying mechanism 2 and the flow line 4;

[0040] The push rod 22 is a C-shaped structure, with push blocks fixed at both ends, and the push blocks at both ends are connected by a strip, and the strip is slidably connected to the material frame conveying mechanism 2 through a slide rail, driving the push blocks at both ends to move inside the material frame conveying mechanism 2 and above the carrying platform 3 respectively;

[0041] The transport unit 6 is used for transporting the glands, and is driven and connected by a transfer unit 5 arranged above the flow line 4 and the carrying platform 3 so as to be able to move freely above the flow line 4 and the carrying platform 3 .

[0042] In an embodiment, Figure 4 As shown, the material frame conveying mechanism 2 also includes:

[0043] The feeding platform 24 is located at one end of the bottom surface of the workbench and is connected to the movable platform 28 when the movable platform 28 is located at the bottom end of the lifting path;

[0044] The discharging platform 27 is located directly above the feeding platform 24, and the discharging platform 27 is connected with the movable platform 28 when the movable platform 28 is located at the top of the lifting path;

[0045] The first lever 25 is slidably disposed above the feeding platform 24 and is used to push the material frame on the feeding platform 24 onto the movable platform 28;

[0046] The second lever 26 is slidably disposed above the material discharging platform 27 and is used to push the material frame carried on the movable platform 28 onto the material discharging platform 27;

[0047] The protection sensor 29 is located on the bottom side of the material frame conveying mechanism 2 away from the feeding platform 24. Its detection direction is parallel to the lifting direction of the movable platform 28. It is used to detect whether the pressure cover in the material frame protrudes outside the material frame when the movable platform 28 is lifted.

[0048] In an embodiment, Figure 2 As shown, the movable platform 28 includes:

[0049] A fixed edge is provided on one side of the movable platform 28, and a moving edge is provided on the opposite side of the fixed edge and can move close to the fixed edge;

[0050] The material frame fixing assembly 21 is located above the movable platform 28, and includes columns arranged at the four corners of the movable platform 28. The top of the column is connected to a crossbar, and the crossbar is slidably connected to a retaining edge. The retaining edge cooperates with the fixing edge to abut against both sides of the material frame to fix the material frame;

[0051] Specifically, the fixed side abuts against the lower edge of one side of the material frame, the movable side abuts against the lower edge of the other end of the material frame relative to the fixed side, the retaining edge is located above the movable side, and the upper side wall of the material frame is fixed, so that the material frame is stably installed on the movable platform 28.

[0052] In an embodiment, Figure 6 As shown, the supporting platform 3 includes a base plate 34 fixedly mounted on the workbench 1, and a driving cylinder 33 is arranged on the base plate 34. The driving cylinder 33 drives a supporting plate 31 which is slidably connected to the base plate 34 via a slide rail, and the sliding direction of the supporting plate 31 is perpendicular to the streamline 4.

[0053] In an embodiment, Figure 6 As shown, a fixed rib 32 is provided at one end of the top surface of the bearing plate 31 along the length direction, and an adjustment groove which deepens downward and is perpendicular to the fixed rib 32 is provided on the top surface of the bearing plate 31, and an adjustment rib 35 is installed on the adjustment groove. By changing the installation position of the adjustment rib 35 on the adjustment groove, the distance between the fixed rib 32 and the adjustment rib 35 is changed, so that it is suitable for carrying pressure covers of different sizes.

[0054] In an embodiment, Figure 6 As shown, the adjusting groove is provided with a plurality of adjusting holes distributed evenly, and the adjusting rib 35 is fixedly connected through the adjusting holes. The adjusting rib 35 is fixed with a plurality of equally distributed limiting cylinders 36, and the output end of the limiting cylinder 36 is arranged toward the fixed rib 32 for fixing the gland.

[0055] In an embodiment, Figure 2 As shown, the transfer unit 5 includes an X-axis slide rail arranged along the length direction of the workbench 1, and a Y-axis slide rail slidably connected to the X-axis slide rail through a slider, and the Y-axis slide rail is drivingly connected to the transport unit 6.

[0056] In an embodiment, Figure 7 As shown, the transport unit 6 comprises:

[0057] The second lifting unit 61 has a U-axis 62 at the bottom, a fixture fixing plate 63 is installed on the U-axis 62, a clamping cylinder 65 is installed on the fixture fixing plate 63, and the output end of the clamping cylinder 65 is connected to the clamping claws, and a clamping space is formed between the clamping claws for clamping or releasing the gland:

[0058] The upper camera assembly 66 includes a camera and a light source, both of which are fixed to the side end of the second lifting unit 61 through a bracket, and are used to position the carrier on the streamline 4 before clamping the gland to ensure correct clamping.

[0059] In an embodiment, Figure 7 As shown, a detection sensor 64 is fixed to the bottom of the fixture fixing plate 63 .

[0060] In an embodiment, Figure 2 As shown, a lower camera assembly 41 is provided on the streamline 4 for identifying the press caps gripped by the press cap transport unit 6 to ensure the accuracy of the placement position when placing them on the carrier or the carrying platform 3 .

[0061] The working principle of the automatic pick-and-place capping device based on the first embodiment is:

[0062] Working condition 1: when it is necessary to place a cap on the product, the staff places the material frame loaded with the cap on the feeding platform 24 of the material frame conveying mechanism 2, and lifts the material frame from the feeding platform 24 to the movable platform 28 by the first lever 25. After the sensor on the movable platform 28 detects that the material frame is in place, the first lifting unit 23 drives the movable platform 28 and the material frame to lift up. The movable platform 28 rises layer by layer so that the caps in the material frame are successively on the same horizontal plane with the carrying platform 3. The push rod 22 slides toward one side of the carrying platform 3 to push the caps in the material frame out of the material frame and push them onto the carrying platform 3. The adjusting rib 35 on the carrying plate 31 can be adjusted according to the size of the caps, and the adjusting rib 35, the limit cylinder 36 and the fixed rib 32 cooperate to fix the caps. The carrying platform 3 drives the carrying plate 31 to slide along the side of the slide rail like the streamline 4 through the driving cylinder 33. The transfer unit 5 drives the handling unit 6 to approach the bearing through the sliding of the X-axis slide rail and the Y-axis slide rail. Above the carrier plate 31, the second lifting unit 61 of the conveying unit 6 drives the clamp fixing plate 63 to descend, and the clamping cylinder 65 drives the clamping claw to close and clamp the pressure cap on the carrying platform 3. After clamping, the U-axis 62 rotates to reverse the pressure cap, and the conveying unit 6 moves to the top of the lower camera assembly 41. The lower camera assembly 41 identifies the passing pressure cap in the shooting area, identifies and locates the position of the pressure cap, and after confirmation, the conveying unit 6 continues to move above the streamline 4. Before releasing the pressure cap, the upper camera assembly 66 identifies and locates the position of the carrier on the streamline 4, and the second lifting unit 61 drives the clamp fixing plate 63 to descend, and the clamping claw places the pressure cap on the product on the carrier on the streamline 4; after the pressure cap is unloaded from the material frame, the movable platform 28 rises to the same horizontal plane as the discharge platform 27, and the second lever 26 drives the material frame to slide toward the side of the discharge platform 27, and pushes the material frame on the movable platform 28 onto the discharge platform 27, waiting for the staff to take away the material frame.

[0063] Working condition 2: When recovering the caps on the products, the transport unit 6 moves to the streamline 4, the upper camera assembly 66 first identifies and locates the carrier on the streamline 4, and then picks up the caps from the streamline 4, the U-axis 62 drives the caps to rotate, and after secondary detection by the lower camera assembly 41, the caps are driven by the transfer unit 5 to be transported to the carrying platform 3, the carrying platform 3 moves and extends to the side of the material frame conveying mechanism 2, and the push block of the push rod 22 located on the upper side of the carrying platform 3 moves to push the caps to the side of the material frame conveying mechanism 2; on one side of the material frame conveying mechanism 2, the staff first places the empty material frame on the side of the feeding platform 24, and the first lever 25 pushes the material frame to the movable platform 28. The movable platform 28 drives the material frame to be lifted under the drive of the first lifting unit 23, and is aligned with the carrying platform 3 layer by layer for recovering the caps. After the material frame is fully loaded, the material frame on the movable platform 28 is pushed out to the discharging platform 27 by the second lever 26, waiting for the staff to take away the material frame fully loaded with caps.

[0064] The above-mentioned specific embodiments are only several preferred embodiments of the present invention. Based on the technical solution of the present invention and the relevant inspiration of the above-mentioned embodiments, those skilled in the art can make various alternative improvements and combinations to the above-mentioned specific embodiments.

Claims

1. An automatic pick-and-place capping device, characterized in that: include: Workbench (1); A streamline (4) is located on one side of the top surface of the workbench (1), passes through the workbench (1) from the side end in the width direction of the workbench (1), and is used to transport a carrier, the carrier carries a product, and the product is covered with a pressure cover; The material frame conveying mechanism (2) comprises a first lifting unit (23), a movable platform (28) driven by the first lifting unit (23) to move in a vertical direction for lifting the material frame, and used for loading and unloading the material frame with the pressure caps stacked inside, and a push rod (22) moving in a horizontal direction, wherein the push rod (22) can move through the material frame and push the pressure caps out of the material frame; The carrying platform (3) is installed on the top surface of the workbench (1) and is located between the material frame conveying mechanism (2) and the flow line (4), and is used to carry the gland in transit between the material frame conveying mechanism (2) and the flow line (4); The transport unit (6) is used to transport the pressure cap and is connected to the transfer unit (5) arranged above the flow line (4) and the carrying platform (3) by driving and can move freely above the flow line (4) and the carrying platform (3).

2. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material frame conveying mechanism (2) further comprises: A feeding platform (24) is located at one end of the bottom surface of the workbench and is connected to the movable platform (28) when the movable platform (28) is located at the bottom end of the lifting path; A discharge platform (27) is located directly above the feed platform (24), and the discharge platform (27) is connected to the movable platform (28) when the movable platform (28) is located at the top of the lifting path; A first lever (25) is slidably disposed above the feeding platform (24) and is used to push the material frame on the feeding platform (24) onto the movable platform (28); A second lever (26) is slidably disposed above the material discharging platform (27) and is used to push the material frame carried on the movable platform (28) onto the material discharging platform (27); The protection sensor (29) is located on the bottom side of the material frame conveying mechanism (2) away from the feeding platform (24), and its detection direction is parallel to the lifting direction of the movable platform (28).

3. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The movable platform (28) comprises: A fixed edge is arranged on one side of the movable platform (28), and a movable edge is arranged on the opposite side of the fixed edge and is movable close to the fixed edge; The material frame fixing assembly (21) is located above the movable platform (28) and comprises upright posts arranged at the four corners of the movable platform (28). The top ends of the upright posts are connected to cross bars, and the cross bars are slidably connected to retaining edges. The retaining edges cooperate with the fixing edges to abut against two sides of the material frame to fix the material frame.

4. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bearing platform (3) comprises a base plate (34) fixedly mounted on the workbench (1), a driving cylinder (33) being arranged on the base plate (34), the driving cylinder (33) drivingly connected to a bearing plate (31) slidably connected to the base plate (34) via a slide rail, the sliding direction of the bearing plate (31) being perpendicular to the streamline (4).

5. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 4, characterized in that: A fixed rib (32) is provided at one end of the top surface of the bearing plate (31) along the length direction, and an adjustment groove which deepens downward and is perpendicular to the fixed rib (32) is provided on the top surface of the bearing plate (31). An adjustment rib (35) is installed on the adjustment groove. By changing the installation position of the adjustment rib (35) on the adjustment groove, the distance between the fixed rib (32) and the adjustment rib (35) is changed, so that it is suitable for carrying glands of different sizes.

6. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The adjusting groove has a plurality of adjusting holes distributed at equal intervals, and is fixedly connected to an adjusting rib (35) through the adjusting holes. The adjusting rib (35) has a plurality of equally distributed limiting cylinders (36) fixed thereon, and the output ends of the limiting cylinders (36) are arranged toward the fixed rib (32).

7. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer unit (5) comprises an X-axis slide rail arranged along the width direction of the workbench (1), and a Y-axis slide rail slidably connected to the X-axis slide rail via a slider, and the Y-axis slide rail is drivingly connected to the transport unit (6).

8. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The transport unit (6) comprises: The second lifting unit (61) has a U-axis (62) at its bottom, a fixture fixing plate (63) is mounted on the U-axis (62), a clamping cylinder (65) is mounted on the fixture fixing plate (63), an output end of the clamping cylinder (65) is connected to a clamping claw, and a clamping space is formed between the clamping claws for clamping or releasing the gland: The upper camera assembly (66) comprises a camera and a light source, wherein the camera and the light source are both fixed to the side end of the second lifting unit (61) via a bracket and are used to identify and locate the carrier on the streamline (4).

9. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 8, characterized in that: A detection sensor (64) is fixed to the bottom of the clamp fixing plate (63).

10. The automatic pick-and-place capping device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A lower camera assembly (41) for identifying the press cap is arranged on the streamline (4).

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