Automatic sleeving equipment for annular tensioning component

Abstract

The utility model relates to automatic sleeving equipment for an annular tensioning component. The automatic sleeving equipment comprises a rack; the storage mechanism is mounted on the rack to store the annular tensioning component; the carrier grabbing mechanism is mounted on the rack to grab a component carrier; the material taking mechanism is installed on the rack, located between the material storage mechanism and the carrier grabbing mechanism and close to the feeding mechanism so as to obtain the annular tensioning component from the feeding mechanism; the sleeving mechanism is mounted on the rack, located between the storage mechanism and the carrier grabbing mechanism and close to the carrier grabbing mechanism so as to sleeve the annular tensioning component on the component carrier; the feeding mechanism is installed on the rack and located between the material taking mechanism and the sleeving mechanism so as to transfer the annular tensioning components obtained by the material taking mechanism to the sleeving mechanism. The feed mechanism includes a rotation assembly to drive rotation of an annular tensioning member. The device has the effect that the efficiency of sleeving the annular tensioning component to the component carrier is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of inflatable product production, and in particular to an automatic sleeve installation device for an annular tensioning member. Background Art

[0002] Inflatable products are common recreational or functional products with a certain shape on the market. Due to their portability and flexibility, they have different applications in various fields. Most inflatable products, such as inflatable pools, inflatable mattresses, inflatable camping mats, etc., are equipped with tensioning components in the gas chamber inside them in order to maintain a stable shape after inflation.

[0003] refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 The annular tension member 22 is one of the most widely used tension members 20 in an inflatable product 10, especially in an inflatable mattress. It is usually formed by welding a pair of side edges of two sheet-like tension members 21 to each other. In the production process of the inflatable product 10, the annular tension member 22 needs to be welded or bonded to the two opposite upper walls 11 and lower walls 12 of the inflatable product 10. In the initial production, the annular tension member 22 is manually aligned with the upper wall 11 and lower wall 12 of the inflatable product 10 according to the welding position and then the welding machine is operated for welding. With the development of technology, such as Figure 3 The component carrier 30 shown appears in production, and workers put the annular tensioning members 22 on the component carrier 30 one by one, and then put the component carrier 30 with the annular tensioning members 22 on the welding equipment, so that multiple annular tensioning members 22 can be welded to the upper wall 11 and the lower wall 12 of the inflatable product in sequence, and even all the annular tensioning members 22 required for an inflatable product 10 can be welded at one time. With the support of the component carrier 30, the welding process of the annular tensioning members 22 becomes more stable. However, in some inflatable products 10, the number of annular tensioning members 22 required is relatively large, and a large amount of manual labor is consumed in the installation process of the annular tensioning members 20, and the proficiency of the workers' movements also affects the installation efficiency. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to improve the efficiency of sleeve installation of annular tensioning components onto a component carrier, the present application provides an automatic sleeve installation device for annular tensioning components.

[0005] The present application provides an automatic sleeve installation device for annular tensioning members, which adopts the following technical solution:

[0006] An automatic sleeve installation device for annular tensioning components, comprising: a frame; a material storage mechanism, installed on the frame to store annular tensioning components; a carrier grasping mechanism, installed on the frame to grasp a component carrier; a material picking mechanism, installed on the frame, located between the material storage mechanism and the carrier grasping mechanism and close to a position of a loading mechanism to obtain annular tensioning components from the loading mechanism; a sleeve installation mechanism, installed on the frame, located between the material storage mechanism and the carrier grasping mechanism and close to a position of a carrier grasping mechanism to sleeve the annular tensioning components onto the component carrier; a feeding mechanism, installed on the frame, located between the material picking mechanism and the sleeve installation mechanism to transfer the annular tensioning components obtained by the material picking mechanism to the sleeve installation mechanism; the feeding mechanism comprises a rotating assembly, the rotating assembly comprises a rotating driving member and a rotating carrier, the rotating carrier is used to carry the annular tensioning components obtained by the material picking mechanism, and the rotating driving member is used to drive the rotating carrier to rotate.

[0007] By adopting the above technical solution, the annular tensioning members are stacked on the storage mechanism, the top annular tensioning member is taken out by the picking mechanism, and the picking mechanism transfers the annular tensioning members to the feeding mechanism; at the feeding mechanism, the annular tensioning members are subjected to rotational adjustment by the rotating assembly, and then the feeding mechanism transfers the annular tensioning members to the sleeve loading mechanism, at the same time, the component carrier is located under the carrier grasping mechanism and is grasped by the carrier grasping mechanism, and finally the sleeve loading mechanism sleeves the annular tensioning members onto the component carrier; the above process of sleeve loading the annular tensioning members onto the component carrier is automatically completed, which saves a lot of manual operations and improves the efficiency of sleeve loading the annular tensioning members onto the component carrier.

[0008] Preferably, the frame includes a bearing frame and a load frame, the material storage mechanism is installed on the bearing frame, the carrier grabbing mechanism is installed on the load frame, the material taking mechanism is installed on the load frame, the sleeve mounting mechanism is installed on the load frame, and the feeding mechanism is installed on the bearing frame.

[0009] By adopting the above technical solution, the material storage mechanism, material taking mechanism, material feeding mechanism, and sleeve loading mechanism are alternately distributed on the carrier frame and the load frame, so that the above mechanisms have higher utilization rate in the vertical space and are arranged more compactly with each other, thereby reducing the operating stroke of each mechanism, thereby further improving the efficiency of equipment operation. Since the stroke of each mechanism is shorter, its structural stability is also higher.

[0010] Preferably, the material storage mechanism comprises a material storage assembly for storing the annular tensioning members and a material lifting assembly for driving the annular tensioning members stored in the material storage assembly to rise.

[0011] By adopting the above technical scheme, the stacked annular tensioning members are accommodated in the material storage assembly. During the operation of the equipment, whenever the top of the stacked annular tensioning members is taken away by the material taking mechanism, the lifting assembly will lift the stacked annular tensioning members by the thickness of an annular tensioning member, so that the top of the stacked annular tensioning members is kept at a uniform height for the material taking mechanism to take materials, thereby ensuring the stability of the operation of the material taking mechanism. In addition, the material storage assembly can stack a large number of annular tensioning members, reducing the frequency of replenishing the annular tensioning members to the material storage assembly, and further reducing the manual demand for replenishing materials.

[0012] Preferably, the material picking mechanism includes a material picking drive assembly, the number of the material storage assemblies is twice the number of the material picking drive assemblies, and one material picking drive assembly corresponds to every two material storage assemblies, and the material storage mechanism also includes a storage change assembly for driving the material storage assemblies to move, so that the material picking drive assembly can respectively obtain the annular tensioning member from the corresponding two material storage assemblies.

[0013] By adopting the above technical scheme, every two material storage assemblies correspond to a material taking drive assembly, and when one of the two material storage assemblies runs out of stored annular tensioning members, the storage changing assembly drives the material storage assembly to move, so as to replace the material storage assembly that has run out of annular tensioning members with a material storage assembly that has not run out of annular tensioning members; at this time, the material taking mechanism does not have to stop operating, but continues to take materials from the annular tensioning members stacked by the replaced material storage assembly, and at the same time, the staff can replenish the annular tensioning members to the replaced material storage assembly, and when the annular tensioning members are exhausted next time, the storage changing assembly drives the two material storage assemblies to move again for replacement, thereby performing a cyclic replacement and replenishment of the annular tensioning members, and the material taking mechanism and other mechanisms do not have to stop when replenishing the annular tensioning members, that is, the equipment can work uninterruptedly, thereby achieving more efficient production efficiency.

[0014] Preferably, the storage-changing assembly comprises a storage-changing cylinder and a plurality of carrier plates, a group of the storage assemblies is mounted on each of the carrier plates, the plurality of carrier plates are connected to each other, and the output end of the storage-changing cylinder is connected to one of the plurality of carrier plates.

[0015] By adopting the above technical solution, multiple carrier plates are interconnected and driven by a storage cylinder. When the storage components are replaced, all the interconnected carrier plates move at the same time, that is, multiple groups of storage components are replaced at the same time, so that the multiple groups of storage components move synchronously, and the operation of the equipment has a stable synchronization rate.

[0016] Preferably, the material lifting assembly includes a material lifting drive motor fixedly mounted on the frame; a material lifting active wheel fixedly mounted on the output shaft of the material lifting drive motor; a material lifting screw rotatably mounted on the frame; a material lifting driven wheel fixedly mounted on the material lifting screw; a threaded plate threadedly connected to the material lifting screw; a guide connecting column fixedly mounted on the frame and the bottom end of which is connected to the threaded plate; and a lifting plate fixed to the top of the guide connecting column.

[0017] By adopting the above technical scheme, under the drive of the driving motor, the lifting screw is driven to rotate through the transmission of the lifting active wheel and the lifting driven wheel. Under the cooperation of the threads of the lifting screw and the threaded plate, the threaded plate, the guide connecting column and the lifting plate rise at the same time to lift the stacked annular tensioning assembly in the storage assembly; when the annular tensioning assembly in the storage assembly is exhausted, the driving motor drives the threaded plate, the guide connecting column and the lifting plate to descend at the same time to replenish the annular tensioning component.

[0018] Preferably, the frame is provided with sensing elements on the upper and lower sides of the threaded plate respectively to limit the lifting height of the threaded plate.

[0019] By adopting the above technical solution, the height difference of the sensing element is equal to the total thickness of the stacked annular tensioning members, that is, the moving distance of the threaded plate in the vertical direction is equal to the total thickness of the stacked annular tensioning members. When the annular tensioning members stored in the storage assembly are consumed, the sensor located on the upper side of the threaded plate senses the position of the threaded plate and sends an electrical signal to the controller, and the controller controls the drive motor to stop or reverse operation, thereby preventing the threaded plate or the lifting plate from continuing to rise and colliding with the frame or the material taking assembly to cause damage; similarly, in the process of the drive motor driving the threaded plate and the lifting plate to descend to replenish the annular tensioning members, when the threaded plate and the lifting plate reach the lowest point, the sensor located on the lower side of the threaded plate senses the position of the threaded plate and sends an electrical signal to the controller, and the controller controls the drive motor to stop or reverse operation, thereby preventing the threaded plate or the lifting plate from continuing to descend and colliding with the frame to cause damage, thereby improving the stability and safety of the equipment operation.

[0020] Preferably, the carrier grasping mechanism comprises an even number of grasping cylinders, and the grasping cylinders are arranged in groups of two, and the two grasping cylinders in each group grasp one component carrier simultaneously.

[0021] By adopting the above technical solution, since the component carrier is usually long and narrow, two grabbing cylinders can grab one component carrier at the same time, so that when the sleeve installation mechanism sleeves the annular tensioning component onto the component carrier, the component carrier can be in a stable position, that is, the action of sleeved the annular tensioning component onto the component carrier is more stable, that is, the operation of the equipment is more stable.

[0022] Preferably, the sleeve installation mechanism comprises a stretching assembly, and the stretching assembly comprises a stretching cylinder and at least one pair of stretching suction cups for adsorbing two sides of the annular tensioning member.

[0023] By adopting the above technical solution, in the process of the sleeve mechanism sleeveing ​​the annular tensioning member onto the component carrier, the annular tensioning member is first unfolded by the stretching assembly and then sleeved, so as to prevent the annular tensioning member from colliding with the component carrier during sleeve installation and affecting the sleeve installation effect, thereby further improving the operating stability of the equipment.

[0024] Preferably, a protective plate is fixedly provided on the frame at a position close to the material storage mechanism.

[0025] By adopting the above technical solution, the protective plate can prevent foreign matter from entering the storage mechanism, especially prevent foreign matter from falling onto the stacked annular tensioning members, thereby reducing the possibility of damage to the stacked annular tensioning members and further improving the safety and stability of the equipment during operation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 is a structural diagram of an inflatable product having an annular tension member.

[0027] Figure 2 It is a structural diagram of an annular tension member.

[0028] Figure 3 It is a diagram showing that the annular tensioning member is mounted on a member carrier.

[0029] Figure 4 It is a plan view of the set equipment in the embodiment.

[0030] Figure 5 It is a three-dimensional structural view of the casing equipment in the embodiment.

[0031] Figure 6 It is a three-dimensional view of the material storage mechanism and the material changing mechanism of the casing equipment in the embodiment.

[0032] Figure 6a 3. It is a top three-dimensional view of the material storage mechanism in the embodiment.

[0033] Figure 6b It is a bottom-up stereoscopic view of the material storage mechanism in the embodiment.

[0034] Figure 7 It is a three-dimensional view of the material taking mechanism in the embodiment.

[0035] Figure 7a This is a view of the annular tensioning member in the embodiment when it is located at the material taking mechanism.

[0036] Figure 8 It is a three-dimensional view of the feeding mechanism in the embodiment.

[0037] Figure 8a 3 is a view showing the annular tensioning member in the embodiment in the first state of the rotating assembly.

[0038] Figure 8b 3 is a view showing the annular tensioning member in the embodiment in the second state of the rotating assembly.

[0039] Fig. 9 It is a three-dimensional view of the sleeve loading mechanism and the carrier grabbing mechanism in the embodiment.

[0040] Figure 9a This is a view of the annular tensioning member in the embodiment when it is located in the sleeve installation mechanism.

[0041] Figure 9b It is a three-dimensional view of the component carrier located at the carrier grasping mechanism in the embodiment.

[0042] Description of reference numerals:

[0043] 10. Inflatable product; 11. First wall; 12. Second wall;

[0044] 20. Tension member; 21. Sheet-shaped tension member; 22. Ring-shaped tension member;

[0045] 30. Component carrier;

[0046] 100, rack; 110, load-bearing frame; 111, load-bearing panel; 112, mounting plate; 113, protective plate; 120, load frame;

[0047] 200, material storage mechanism; 210, material storage assembly; 211, limiting rod; 212, material carrier; 220, material lifting assembly; 221, material lifting driving motor; 222, material lifting active wheel; 223, material lifting transmission belt; 224, material lifting driven wheel; 225, material lifting screw; 226, threaded plate; 227, guide connecting column; 228, material lifting plate; 230, induction component; 240, storage exchange assembly; 241, storage exchange cylinder; 242, carrier; 2421, clearance hole; 243, storage exchange slide rail; 244, storage exchange slider;

[0048] 300, material taking mechanism; 310, material taking drive assembly; 311, material taking drive member; 312, material taking cylinder; 320, material taking tray; 321, material taking nozzle; 330, guide assembly; 331, guide rail; 332, guide slide block;

[0049] 400, feeding mechanism; 410, pushing assembly; 411, pushing cylinder; 412, pushing slide rail; 413, pushing slider; 420, rotating assembly; 421, rotating cylinder; 422, rotating carrier;

[0050] 500, sleeve installation mechanism; 510, sleeve installation assembly; 511, sleeve installation driving member; 512, sleeve installation slide rail; 513, sleeve installation slider; 520, stretching assembly; 521, stretching cylinder; 522, stretching suction cup;

[0051] 600, carrier grabbing mechanism; 610, grabbing cylinder; 620, lifting assembly; 621, lifting cylinder; 622, guide rod. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0052] The following is an explanation of the implementation of the present invention by specific specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and functions of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification. Although the description of the present invention will be introduced in conjunction with the preferred embodiment, this does not mean that the features of this utility model are limited to this implementation. On the contrary, the purpose of introducing the utility model in conjunction with the implementation is to cover other options or modifications that may be extended based on the claims of the present invention. In order to provide a deep understanding of the present invention, the following description will include many specific details. The present invention can also be implemented without using these details. In addition, in order to avoid confusion or blurring the focus of the present invention, some specific details will be omitted in the description. It should be noted that, in the absence of conflict, the embodiments in the present invention and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

[0053] It should be noted that in this specification, similar reference numerals and letters denote similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further defined and explained in the subsequent drawings.

[0054] In the description of this embodiment, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "bottom", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or are the orientations or positional relationships in which the utility model product is usually placed when in use. They are only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply 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 utility model.

[0055] The terms “first”, “second”, etc. are only used for distinguishing descriptions and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0056] In the description of this embodiment, it is also necessary to explain that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "set", "connected", and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in this embodiment can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0057] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present invention more clear, the implementation mode of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0058] In the description of this application, reference is made to Figure 1 The inflatable product 10 includes at least one first wall 11, a second wall 12 and an inflation chamber 13 defined by the first wall 11 and the second wall 12. After the pressure of the gas (e.g., air) in the inflation chamber 13 reaches a desired value, the inflatable product 10 is in an inflated state and maintains a preset shape; and when the gas in the inflation chamber 13 is discharged, the inflatable product 10 is in a deflated state, and the volume of the inflatable product 10 is greatly reduced relative to when it is in the inflated state, thereby facilitating the storage of the inflatable product 10.

[0059] A plurality of tensioning members 20 are provided in the inflation chamber 13 of the inflatable product 10, and the tensioning members 20 are connected to the first wall 11 and the second wall 12 by high-frequency welding, hot melting, gluing or other connection methods. After being tensioned, the tensioning members 20 provide a pulling force to the first wall 11 and the second wall 12 to limit the deformation of the inflatable product 10, so that the inflatable product 10 can maintain a preset shape after being inflated.

[0060] Optionally, the plurality of tension members 20 have different structures in different embodiments. For example, each tension member 20 is a sheet-like tension member 21. The sheet-like tension member 21 may have a single-layer or composite-layer structure according to actual needs.

[0061] When the sheet-like tension member 21 is a single-layer sheet, it can be made of a polymer material, which can include but is not limited to one or more of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), thermoplastic urethanes (TPU), polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer and nylon. It can be understood that the main body of the single-layer sheet-like tension member 21 can also be made of other materials other than polymer materials in other embodiments, such as a fabric material, wherein the fabric material can be finely woven or formed into a mesh structure. The fabric material can be but is not limited to a natural fiber fabric (for example, but not limited to, cotton fabric, linen fabric, wool fabric, silk fabric) or a synthetic fiber fabric (for example, but not limited to, polyester fiber fabric, polyethylene fiber fabric, polypropylene fiber fabric).

[0062] When the sheet-like tension member 21 is a composite sheet, it is composed of two or more layers of sheets bonded together by gluing, welding or other means, and each layer of the multi-layer sheet can be made of the polymer material or other materials as described above.

[0063] Reference Figure 2 The annular tension member 22 in the present application is formed by connecting the sides of two independent sheet-like tension members 21, and the two independent sheet-like tension members 21 can be single-layer sheets or composite sheets.

[0064] The following is combined with Figure 4-9b This application is described in further detail.

[0065] This embodiment discloses an automatic sleeve installation device for an annular tensioning member, referring to Figure 4, including a frame 100, the frame 100 is fixed on the ground, and the automatic sleeve installation device for annular tensioning members also includes a material storage mechanism 200, a material taking mechanism 300, a material feeding mechanism 400, a sleeve installation mechanism 500 and a carrier grabbing mechanism 600 arranged in sequence on the frame 100. The frame 100 includes a carrier frame 110 and a load frame 120, the carrier frame 110 is fixed on the ground, and the load frame 120 is fixed on the carrier frame 110. The material storage mechanism 200 is installed on the carrier frame 110, the material taking mechanism 300 is installed on the load frame 120, the material feeding mechanism 400 is installed on the carrier frame 110, and the sleeve installation mechanism 500 is installed on the load frame 120. The above mechanisms are alternately installed on the carrier frame 110 and the load frame 120 to achieve an alternating spatial distribution up and down, so that the arrangement of the above mechanisms is compact, the size of the frame 100 can be smaller, that is, the space occupation of the entire device is minimized.

[0066] In this embodiment, the carrier frame and the load frame are frames formed by welding a plurality of square through pipes. A person skilled in the art can also form a frame by, for example, a casting machine. In actual production, the component carrier 30 passes directly under the carrier grabbing mechanism 600 in an assembly line automatic transmission manner, and when it reaches directly under the carrier grabbing mechanism 600, the sleeve mechanism 500 sleeves the annular tensioning member 22 onto the component carrier 30 at the corresponding position.

[0067] Reference Figure 5 and Figure 6 The storage mechanism 200 includes a plurality of storage assemblies 210, and the storage assemblies 210 are preferably provided with 2n, and the 2n storage assemblies 210 are provided in groups of two, that is, a total of n groups of storage assemblies 210 are provided. The storage mechanism 200 further includes n lifting assemblies 220 and at least one storage exchange assembly 240, and the n lifting assemblies 220 correspond to the positions of the n storage assemblies 210. Exemplarily, the storage mechanism 200 includes four groups of storage assemblies 210, four groups of lifting assemblies 220 and one storage exchange assembly 240.

[0068] Reference Figure 6 The carrier frame 110 has a carrier panel 111, the storage component 240 is slidably disposed on the carrier panel 111, the material storage component 210 is disposed on the storage component 240, and the material lifting component 220 is located below the carrier panel 111. Figure 6aThe storage exchange assembly 240 includes: two storage exchange slide rails 243 fixed on the bearing panel 111, a storage exchange slider 244 slidably matched with the storage exchange slide rails 243, a carrier plate 242 fixedly arranged on the storage exchange slider 244, and a storage exchange cylinder 241 for driving the carrier plate 242 to slide. The storage exchange cylinder 241 has a cylinder body and a piston rod. The cylinder body of the storage exchange cylinder 241 is fixed on the bearing panel 111, and the end of the piston rod of the storage exchange cylinder 241 is fixedly connected to the carrier plate 242, so that the carrier plate 242 is driven to slide on the bearing panel 111 through the storage exchange cylinder 241. When the storage exchange cylinder 241 is inhaled or discharged, the piston rod of the storage exchange cylinder 241 is extended and retracted, and drives the carrier plate 242 to move along the storage exchange slide rails 243.

[0069] In the present embodiment, the extension and retraction direction of the piston rod of the air changing cylinder 241 is arranged parallel to the sliding direction of the carrier plate 242, and the piston rod of the air changing cylinder 241 is fixedly connected to the carrier plate 242 via a connecting block. In other embodiments, the air changing cylinder 241 and the carrier plate 242 can also be arranged on a line, and the end of the piston rod of the air changing cylinder 241 can be directly fixed to the carrier plate 242.

[0070] Further, see Figure 5 In order to improve the safety of the equipment, protective plates 113 are fixedly installed at the positions near the storage mechanism 200 on the two side edges of the carrier 110. In this embodiment, there are multiple protective plates 113, which are distributed at the edges of the carrier, and a protective plate 113 is installed directly below each material-retrieving mechanism. The protective plate 113 is located on the outside of the storage mechanism. When the material-retrieving mechanism is performing a material-retrieving action, the protective plate 113 blocks the storage assembly directly below the material-retrieving mechanism to prevent the annular tensioning member being retrieved from being accidentally touched by the staff.

[0071] Reference Figure 6 and Figure 6a , each carrier plate 242 is provided with two clearance holes 2421, and a material storage assembly 210 is correspondingly arranged at each clearance hole 2421. The material storage assembly 210 includes a carrier plate 212 and a plurality of limiting rods 211, the carrier plate 212 is arranged directly above the clearance hole 2421, and the outline size of the carrier plate 212 exceeds the outline size of the clearance hole 2421. The plurality of limiting rods 211 are arranged around the clearance hole 2421 and the carrier plate 212, and the plurality of limiting rods 211 are all fixed to the carrier plate 242, that is, the plurality of limiting rods 211 limit the carrier plate 212 horizontally, so that the carrier plate 212 can only move in the vertical direction. Furthermore, the stroke of the air exchange cylinder 241 is the distance between the center points of the two clearance holes 2421 on the carrier plate 242, so that a single stroke of the air exchange cylinder 241 satisfies the material exchange distance, that is, each time the air exchange cylinder 241 inhales and exhales air, the two carrier plates 212 are alternately placed under the material taking mechanism 300.

[0072] In this embodiment, four carrier plates 242 are provided on a bearing panel 111, and the four carrier plates 242 are fixedly connected to each other, and the piston shaft end of the exchange storage cylinder 241 is fixedly connected to one of the four carrier plates 242, thereby driving the four carrier plates 242 to slide back and forth simultaneously through one cylinder, so that the four carrier plates 242 simultaneously reciprocate at the center distance of the centers of the two clearance holes 2421. In other embodiments, different numbers of exchange storage cylinders 241 can also be provided as needed, and the positions and connection relationships between the exchange storage cylinders 241 and the carrier plates 242 can also be adjusted accordingly, for example, the four carrier plates are fixedly connected to each other in pairs, and exchange storage cylinders 241 are respectively provided at both ends of the bearing panel 111, and the two exchange storage cylinders 241 are respectively connected to two groups of carrier plates 242, that is, each exchange storage cylinder 241 drives two carrier plates 242 to move.

[0073] Reference Figure 6 The carrier frame 110 includes a mounting plate 112 disposed below the carrier panel 111 for mounting the lifting assembly 220. Figure 5 In this embodiment, four mounting plates 112 are provided, and the positions of the four mounting plates 112 correspond to the positions of the four carrier plates 242. A material lifting assembly 220 is installed on each mounting plate 112.

[0074] Reference Figure 6a and Figure 6bThe material lifting assembly 220 includes a material lifting drive motor 221, a material lifting active wheel 222, a material lifting transmission belt 223, a material lifting driven wheel 224, a material lifting screw 225, a threaded plate 226 and a material lifting plate 228. The housing of the material lifting drive motor 221 is fixed to the mounting plate 112, and the rotating shaft of the material lifting drive motor 221 vertically passes through the mounting plate 112 to the bottom of the mounting plate 112. The material lifting active wheel 222 is coaxially fixed to the end of the rotating shaft of the material lifting drive motor 221; the material lifting screw 225 is parallel to the rotating shaft of the material lifting drive motor 221, the top of the material lifting screw 225 is rotatably connected to the bearing panel 111, the bottom of the material lifting screw 225 is rotatably connected to the mounting plate 112, and the bottom end of the material lifting screw 225 passes through to the bottom of the mounting plate 112. The material lifting driven wheel 224 is coaxially fixed to the bottom end of the material lifting screw 225. The material lifting transmission belt 223 covers the material lifting driving wheel 222 and the material lifting driven wheel 224. The material lifting driving motor 221 drives the material lifting driving wheel 222 to rotate, and drives the material lifting driven wheel 224 to rotate under the transmission action of the material lifting transmission belt 223, thereby driving the material lifting lead screw 225 to rotate. The threaded plate 226 is arranged below the bearing panel 111, and the threaded plate 226 is provided with a threaded hole and is threadedly matched with the threaded lead screw 225. The material lifting plate 228 is arranged above the bearing panel 111, and the contour of the material lifting plate 228 is smaller than the contour of the clearance hole 2421 on the carrier plate 242, and the material lifting plate 228 can be accommodated in the clearance hole 2421. The lifting plate 228 is connected to the threaded plate 226 through a guide connecting column 227. Specifically, the lifting plate 228 and the threaded plate 226 are parallel to each other and to the supporting panel 111. The supporting panel 111 is vertically penetrated with a guide hole. The guide connecting column 227 slides through the guide hole. The guide connecting column 227 is parallel to the threaded screw 225. The top end of the guide connecting column 227 is fixed to the bottom surface of the lifting plate 228, and the bottom end of the guide connecting column 227 is fixed to the top surface of the threaded plate 226.

[0075] When the material lifting driving motor 221 is started, the material lifting driving wheel 222 rotates and drives the material lifting driven wheel 224 to rotate through the transmission of the material lifting transmission belt 223, the material lifting screw 225 rotates coaxially with the material lifting driven wheel 224, and the threaded plate 226 moves along the axial direction of the material lifting screw 225. At the same time, the material lifting plate 228 and the guide connecting column 227 move together with the threaded plate 226. In this way, when the annular tensioning member 22 is stacked on the material carrying plate 212, the annular tensioning member 22 can be driven to be lifted, and after the annular tensioning member 22 on the material carrying plate 212 is used up, the material carrying plate 212 can be driven to be lowered.

[0076] In this embodiment, the threaded plate 226 is in the shape of a rectangular plate, and the lifting plate 228 is also in the shape of a rectangular plate, and the threaded plate 226 and the lifting plate 228 are of similar size, and there are four guide connecting posts 227, the bottom ends of which are sequentially connected to the four corners of the threaded plate 226 and the top ends are sequentially connected to the four corners of the lifting plate 228, thereby making the connection between the threaded plate 226 and the lifting plate 228 stable. In other embodiments, the shapes of the threaded plate 226 and the lifting plate 228 can also be designed to other shapes as needed, and the number and distribution of the guide connecting posts 227 can also be changed as needed.

[0077] Furthermore, two sensing members 230 are provided near each threaded screw 225 of the carrier frame 110. The two sensing members 230 are respectively located on the upper and lower sides of the threaded plate 226 to sense the lifting distance of the threaded plate 226. In this embodiment, the distance between the two sensing members 230 is less than or equal to the stacking height of the annular tensioning members 22 on the carrier plate 212. The length of the sensing member 230 on the lower side of the threaded plate 226 from the carrier panel 111 is approximately the length of the connecting guide column 227, that is, when the lifting plate 228 is located in the clearance hole 2421, the threaded plate 226 is at the lowest position, and when the lifting drive motor 221 drives the threaded plate 226 to continue to move downward, the sensing member 230 on the lower side of the threaded plate 226 can sense the threaded plate 226. At this time, the lower sensing member 230 generates an electrical signal and The electrical signal is transmitted to the controller to control the lifting drive motor 221 to stop operating; when the lifting plate 228 rises from the clearance hole 2421 to the height of the stacked annular tensioning members 22, that is, the stacked annular tensioning members 22 on the carrier plate 212 are exhausted, the threaded plate 226 is at the highest position, and when the lifting drive motor 221 drives the threaded plate 226 to continue to move upward, the sensing member 230 on the upper side of the threaded plate 226 can sense the threaded plate 226, and at this time, the upper sensing member 230 generates an electrical signal and transmits the electrical signal to the controller to control the lifting drive motor 221 to stop operating. The sensing members 230 on the upper and lower sides of the threaded plate 226 sense and limit the lifting distance of the threaded plate 226, that is, limit the lifting distance of the lifting plate 228, to prevent the threaded plate 226 or the lifting plate 228 from moving beyond the safe range and causing collisions that cause equipment damage, thereby improving the safety of the equipment. In other embodiments, the sensing element 230 may also be configured to directly sense the movement of the lifting plate 228 , or use an image sensor to directly sense the number of the annular tensioning members 22 stacked on the carrier plate 212 , or other sensing methods.

[0078] The material taking mechanism 300 includes a material taking drive assembly 310 and a material taking tray 320. Figure 7The material taking drive assembly 310 includes a material taking drive member 311 and four material taking cylinders 312. The material taking drive member 311 has a fixed portion and a movable portion. The fixed portion of the material taking drive member 311 is mounted on the load frame 120. The movable portion of the material taking drive member 311 is fixedly connected to an integrated rod. The cylinder bodies of the four material taking cylinders 312 are all fixed to the integrated rod. The positions of the four material taking cylinders 312 correspond to the positions of the four carrier plates 242. The number of the material taking cylinders 312 in this embodiment is an example but not a limitation. In other embodiments, the material taking cylinders 312 may also be provided, for example, 1, 2, 3, or 5. When the number of the material taking cylinders 312 is 1, the material taking cylinder 312 may be directly installed on the movable portion of the material taking drive member 311 without providing the integrated rod. The number of the material taking trays 320 is equal to the number of the material taking cylinders 312, that is, in the present embodiment, a total of four material taking trays 320 are provided, and a material taking tray 320 is fixed to the piston shaft end of each material taking cylinder 312. The material taking trays 320 are provided with material taking suction nozzles 321 distributed in an array. Further, the material taking mechanism 300 also includes a guide assembly 330, and the guide assembly 330 includes a guide rail 331 and a guide slider 332 that are slidably matched. The guide rail 331 is fixed to the load frame 120, and the guide slider 332 is fixed to the integrated rod. Preferably, two guide assemblies 330 are provided, and the two guide assemblies 330 are respectively located on both sides of the material taking drive member 311 and are parallel to the material taking drive member 311. The material picking drive 311 drives the material picking cylinder 312 to move horizontally, and the material picking cylinder 312 drives the material picking tray 320 to move vertically, thereby controlling the material picking tray 320 to move toward the storage mechanism 200 and obtain the annular tensioning member 22 from the material picking mechanism 300, and then controlling the material picking tray 320 to move the obtained annular tensioning member 22 toward the feeding mechanism 400. Figure 7a The state when the picking mechanism 300 picks up the annular tension member 22 is shown, and the annular tension member 22 maintains this state until it is transferred to the feeding mechanism 400.

[0079] Reference Figure 8The feeding mechanism 400 includes a push assembly 410 and a rotating assembly 420 which are arranged correspondingly, and the push assembly 410 is installed on the carrier 110. The push assembly 410 includes a push cylinder 411, a push slide rail 412 and a push slider 413. The cylinder body of the push cylinder 411 is fixed to the carrier 110, and the push slide rail 412 is also fixed to the carrier 110. The push slide rail 412 is arranged parallel to the piston shaft of the push cylinder 411. The push slider 413 is slidably arranged on the push slide rail 412, and the piston shaft end of the push cylinder 411 is fixedly connected to the push slider 413. The rotating assembly 420 is installed on the push slider 413. The rotating assembly 420 includes a rotating cylinder 421 and a rotating carrier 422. The outer shell of the rotating cylinder 421 is fixed to the pushing slider 413, and the rotating carrier 422 is fixed to the end of the rotating shaft of the rotating cylinder 421. After the picking mechanism 300 moves the annular tensioning member 22 to the front of the rotating carrier 422, the pushing cylinder 411 drives the pushing slider 413 and the rotating carrier 422 to move toward the annular tensioning member 22 until the rotating carrier 422 is inserted into the annular tensioning member 22. Then, the picking mechanism 300 leaves the feeding mechanism 400, and the rotating cylinder 421 drives the rotating carrier 422 to rotate to rotate the annular tensioning member 22 to a suitable angle for sleeve installation. Figure 8a The state when the annular tensioning member 22 reaches the rotating assembly 420 is shown. At this time, the rotating assembly 420 is in the first state. When the material picking mechanism 300 leaves the feeding mechanism 400, the rotating cylinder 421 drives the rotating carrier 422 to rotate until the rotating assembly 420 reaches the state shown in FIG. Figure 8b In the second state shown, the annular tensioning member 22 maintains this state until it is transferred to the sleeve installation mechanism 500.

[0080] In the present embodiment, four pushing assemblies 410 are provided, and are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the positions of the four material picking cylinders 312. In other embodiments, the number of pushing assemblies 410 is set according to the number of material picking cylinders 312. For example, when only one material picking cylinder 312 is provided, only one pushing assembly 410 is provided. When two material picking cylinders 312 are provided, two pushing assemblies 410 are also provided and are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the positions of the two material picking cylinders 312.

[0081] Reference Fig. 9 The sleeve installation mechanism 500 includes a sleeve installation component 510 and a stretching component 520. The sleeve installation component 510 includes a sleeve installation drive 511, a sleeve installation slide rail 512 and a sleeve installation slide block 513. The sleeve installation drive 511 has a fixed part and a movable part. The fixed part of the sleeve installation drive 511 is installed on the load frame 120, and the movable part of the sleeve installation drive 511 is connected to the integrated board. There are four stretching components 520, and the four stretching components 520 are fixedly installed on the integrated board. The four stretching components 520 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the four pushing components 410 (combined with Figure 5). The number of stretching components 520 in this embodiment is for example but not limiting. In other embodiments, the stretching components 520 may also be provided in 1, 2, 3, or 5 numbers, for example. When the number of the stretching components 520 is 1, it is not necessary to provide an integrated plate and the stretching component 520 may be directly installed on the movable part of the sleeve drive member 511. The sleeve slide rail 512 is fixed to the load frame 120, the sleeve slider 513 is fixed to the integrated plate, and the sleeve slide rail 512 is slidably connected to the sleeve slider 513. Each stretching component 520 includes a stretching cylinder 521 and two stretching suction cups 522. The stretching cylinder 521 is a finger cylinder. The cylinder body of the stretching cylinder 521 is fixed to the mover seat, and the two stretching suction cups 522 are respectively fixed to the two movable ends of the stretching cylinder 521. The sleeve assembly 510 drives the stretching assembly 520 to move toward the annular tension member 22 until the two stretching suction cups 522 reach both sides of the annular tension member 22 . The stretching suction cups 522 suck the annular tension member 22 and stretch the annular tension member 22 to sleeve the member carrier 30 . Figure 9a The drawing assembly 520 is shown to be in a state of drawing the annular tension member 22 , and the annular tension member 22 remains in this state until being mounted on the member carrier 30 .

[0082] Continue to refer to Fig. 9 The carrier grabbing mechanism 600 includes a lifting assembly 620 and a plurality of grabbing cylinders 610 installed on the lifting assembly 620. The lifting assembly 620 includes a lifting cylinder 621 and a guide rod 622. The cylinder body of the lifting cylinder 621 is fixed to the load frame 120. The piston shaft of the lifting cylinder 621 is vertically downward and fixedly connected to an integrated frame at the bottom. Two guide rods 622 are provided. The two guide rods 622 are respectively located on both sides of the lifting cylinder 621 and are parallel to the piston shaft of the lifting cylinder 621. The bottom end of the guide rod 622 is fixed to the integrated frame. The load frame 120 is provided with a through hole for the guide rod 622 to pass through at a position corresponding to the top of the guide rod 622. In this embodiment, the number of grabbing cylinders 610 is eight and four groups of two are arranged in a group. When the component carrier 30 reaches under the carrier grasping mechanism 600, the lifting cylinder 621 drives the integrated frame and the four groups of grasping cylinders 610 to descend at the same time. The four groups of lifting cylinders 621 clamp the four component carriers 30. The lifting cylinders 621 then drive the integrated frame to lift the grasping cylinders 610 and the four clamped component carriers 30 at the same time so that the sleeve mechanism 500 can sleeve the annular tensioning member 22. Figure 9b The state in which the component carrier 30 is clamped by the carrier gripping mechanism 600 is shown, and the component carrier 30 is maintained in this state until the annular tensioning member 22 is fitted onto the component carrier 30 . Figure 9bThe component carrier 30 shown is only exemplary. In actual production, the size or structure of the component carrier 30 can be adjusted as needed. However, as long as it is a component carrier 30 that can be clamped, it can be applied using the device in this application or a simple deformation of the device in this application.

[0083] The implementation principle of the automatic sleeve installation equipment of an annular tensioning member in the embodiment of the present application is as follows: the material lifting driving motor 221 drives the material lifting active wheel 222 to rotate, and under the transmission action of the material lifting transmission belt 223, the material lifting driven wheel 224 is driven to rotate, and then the material lifting screw 225 is driven to rotate, and the threaded plate 226 rises together with the material lifting plate 228, and the material lifting plate 228 pushes the material loading plate 212 to rise by the thickness of an annular tensioning member 22; the material picking driving part 311 drives the integrated rod together with the material picking cylinder 312 to move to the top of the stacked annular tensioning members 22, and the material picking cylinder 312 sucks the topmost annular tensioning member 22 through the material picking suction nozzle 321 and is in Figure 7a In the state shown, the material taking driving member 311 drives the material taking cylinder 312 and the annular tensioning member 22 to Figure 7a The state moves to the feeding mechanism 400, and then the annular tensioning member 22 is placed on the rotating carrier 422, so that the annular tensioning member 22 is in a Figure 8a The first state shown; the rotary cylinder 421 drives the rotary carrier 422 to rotate the annular tensioning member 22 by Figure 8a The first state shown changes to Figure 8b In the second state shown in FIG. 1 , the push cylinder 411 drives the push slider 413 to move together with the rotating carrier 422 toward the carrier grasping mechanism 600; the grasping cylinder 610 grasps the component carrier 30 and rises under the driving action of the lifting cylinder 621, so that the component carrier 30 and the annular tensioning member 22 on the rotating carrier 422 are at the same height; the stretching suction cup 522 absorbs both sides of the annular tensioning member 22, and the stretching cylinder 521 drives the two stretching suction cups 522 to move away from each other to unfold the annular tensioning member 22, so that the annular tensioning member 22 is in a state as shown in FIG. Figure 9a In the state shown, the sleeve driving member 511 drives the sleeve sliding block 513 together with the stretching cylinder 521 to move toward the component carrier 30 so as to sleeve the expanded annular tensioning member 22 onto the component carrier 30 .

[0084] In this embodiment, the number of each component is exemplary and can be increased or decreased according to the size and shape of the production site space and the production speed requirements.

[0085] The above are all preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Therefore, any equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape, and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic sleeve installation device for annular tensioning members, characterized in that: include: frame; A storage mechanism, mounted on the frame to store the annular tensioning member; A carrier grabbing mechanism, mounted on the frame to grab the component carrier; A material taking mechanism is installed on the frame and is located between the material storage mechanism and the carrier grabbing mechanism and close to the feeding mechanism to obtain the annular tensioning member from the feeding mechanism; A sleeve installation mechanism is installed on the frame and is located between the material storage mechanism and the carrier gripping mechanism and close to the carrier gripping mechanism to sleeve the annular tensioning member onto the member carrier; A feeding mechanism is installed on the frame and is located between the material taking mechanism and the sleeve loading mechanism to transfer the annular tensioning member obtained by the material taking mechanism to the sleeve loading mechanism; The feeding mechanism includes a rotating assembly, and the rotating assembly includes a rotating driving member and a rotating carrier. The rotating carrier is used to carry the annular tensioning member obtained by the material taking mechanism, and the rotating driving member is used to drive the rotating carrier to rotate.

2. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 1, characterized in that: The frame includes a bearing frame and a load frame, the material storage mechanism is installed on the bearing frame, the carrier grabbing mechanism is installed on the load frame, the material taking mechanism is installed on the load frame, the sleeve installation mechanism is installed on the load frame, and the feeding mechanism is installed on the bearing frame.

3. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material storage mechanism comprises a material storage assembly for storing annular tensioning members and a material lifting assembly for driving the annular tensioning members stored in the material storage assembly to rise.

4. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 3, characterized in that: The material picking mechanism includes a material picking drive assembly, the number of the material storage assemblies is twice the number of the material picking drive assemblies, and one material picking drive assembly corresponds to every two material storage assemblies. The material storage mechanism also includes a storage change assembly for driving the material storage assemblies to move, so that the material picking drive assembly can obtain the annular tensioning member from the corresponding two material storage assemblies respectively.

5. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 4, characterized in that: The storage-changing assembly comprises a storage-changing cylinder and a plurality of carrier plates, a group of the material storage assemblies is mounted on each of the carrier plates, the plurality of carrier plates are connected to each other, and the output end of the storage-changing cylinder is connected to one of the plurality of carrier plates.

6. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 3, characterized in that: The material lifting assembly comprises: A material lifting drive motor is fixedly mounted on the frame; A material lifting driving wheel, fixedly mounted on the output shaft of the material lifting driving motor; A material lifting screw, rotatably mounted on the frame; A material lifting driven wheel, fixedly mounted on the material lifting lead screw; A threaded plate, threadedly connected to the lifting screw; A guide connecting column, fixedly mounted on the frame and having a bottom end connected to the threaded plate; A lifting plate is fixed on the top of the guide connecting column.

7. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 6, characterized in that: The frame is provided with sensing members on the upper and lower sides of the threaded plate respectively to limit the lifting height of the threaded plate, and the height difference of the sensing members is the total thickness of the stacked annular tensioning members.

8. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 1, characterized in that: The carrier grasping mechanism comprises a plurality of grasping cylinders, wherein the grasping cylinders are arranged in groups of two, and the two grasping cylinders in each group grasp a component carrier at the same time.

9. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sleeve installation mechanism comprises a stretching assembly, and the stretching assembly comprises a stretching cylinder and at least one pair of stretching suction cups for adsorbing two sides of the annular tensioning member.

10. The automatic sleeve-mounting device for annular tensioning members according to claim 1, characterized in that: The frame is fixedly provided with a protective plate at a position close to the material storage mechanism.

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