Aluminum pipe joint automatic assembly machine
By designing a fully automatic intelligent aluminum pipe joint automatic assembly machine, the problems of inaccurate screw lock payment and inconsistent assembly process in the production of aluminum pipe joints are solved, and a high-precision and automated assembly process is achieved, which improves production efficiency and product quality.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202420992397.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-05-09
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-08
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-05-09
AI Technical Summary
In the production and processing of aluminum pipe joints, the prior art has inaccurate screw locking, poor reliability and consistency of the production and assembly process, resulting in unstable product quality and low production efficiency.
A fully automatic and intelligent aluminum pipe joint automatic assembly machine is designed. The machine includes a main frame, a turntable clamp, a nut assembly part, a lower and upper shell assembly part, a screw lock payment part and a feeding part. Through components such as a multi-station circumferential indexing plate and a grab robot, the automatic process of loading, positioning, processing and cutting is realized.
It realizes full automatic assembly of aluminum pipe joints, strictly follows the production process requirements, improves assembly accuracy and consistency, and improves production efficiency and product quality.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical field]
[0002] The utility model relates to the technical field of machining, in particular to an automatic assembly technology for the production and processing of aluminum pipe joints. [Background technology]
[0004] Aluminum tube structures are used for rapid modular construction and connection of industrial pipelines. There are various types, such as external direct connectors, double external direct connectors, 45° reinforced connectors, parallel external connectors, 90° cross connectors and parallel fixed connectors. In the production and processing of aluminum tube connectors, there are quite a lot of accessories to assemble, involving the assembly of upper shells, lower shells, screws and nuts. When assembling the screws of aluminum tube connectors, each screw needs to be locked manually by fixture positioning. Due to the limitations of manual assembly process, there are differences in the torque accuracy of the screws of aluminum tube connectors and the reliability consistency of the production and assembly process, which restricts the production efficiency, quality and product consistency of mass-produced products; therefore, this ordinary assembly process also plays an important role in the quality and assembly of products. It has a great impact on the product quality, production cost and production time of the enterprise.
[0005] Therefore, from the perspective of industrial mass production, it is urgent to design a device that can meet the processing processes of aluminum pipe joints to realize automatic screw locking, automatic loading and unloading of upper and lower shells, etc., and it is also an important guarantee for improving processing efficiency and production product quality. [Summary of the invention]
[0007] In view of the existing problems, the utility model proposes an automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints with fully automatic and intelligent loading, positioning, processing, unloading and other processes. The automatic assembly machine is applied to the aluminum pipe joint production industry, completely replaces manual operation, and strictly follows the production process requirements and the processing sequence to automatically, highly accurately and completely complete the automation process involving the assembly and processing of the aluminum pipe joints.
[0008] The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model is characterized in that the automatic assembly machine comprises:
[0009] Main frame part: the base that carries all instruments and equipment, with an operating platform surface;
[0010] Operation buttons: There are several operation buttons on the main frame;
[0011] The turntable fixture part is arranged in the center of the operating platform surface of the main frame part, and includes a driving component and a multi-station circular indexing plate. The driving component drives the circular indexing plate to rotate, and there are multiple processing stations on the circular indexing plate;
[0012] Nut assembly part: including a nut distributing cylinder and a grabbing manipulator, wherein the grabbing manipulator moves directionally between the nut distributing cylinder and the circular indexing plate, grabs the nut at the nut distributing cylinder, and loosens the nut at the station of the circular indexing plate;
[0013] Lower shell assembly part: including a lower shell vibration plate and a lower shell grabbing manipulator, wherein the lower shell grabbing manipulator moves directionally between the lower shell vibration plate and the circumferential indexing plate;
[0014] Upper shell assembly part: including an upper shell vibration plate and an upper shell grabbing manipulator, wherein the upper shell grabbing manipulator moves directionally between the upper shell vibration plate and the circumferential indexing plate;
[0015] Screw locking part: including a screw feeder, an intelligent screwdriver and a screw locking component fixing seat, wherein the screw feeder is arranged on the operating platform surface of the main frame, and the intelligent screwdriver is fixed on the operating platform surface through the screw locking component fixing seat, wherein the locking bit of the intelligent screwdriver is aligned with the station of the circular indexing disk;
[0016] Unloading part: the unloading part includes a grasping manipulator for unqualified unloading and a grasping manipulator for finished product unloading. The grasping manipulator for unqualified unloading and the grasping manipulator for finished product unloading are directed to move between the work station of the circular dividing plate and the unloading trough.
[0017] The driving components in the turntable fixture part include a driving motor, a motor mounting seat, a driving synchronous belt, a driving synchronous wheel and a rotating shaft assembly of a circular indexing plate. The driving motor is fixedly mounted on the operating platform through the motor mounting seat. The rotating shaft of the driving motor drives the driving synchronous belt, and the driving synchronous belt is transmitted to the driving synchronous wheel. The driving synchronous wheel drives the rotating shaft assembly of the circular indexing plate, and the rotating shaft assembly finally drives the circular indexing plate to rotate.
[0018] A rotating shaft assembly is arranged below the circular dividing plate, and a return-to-original position induction switch for rotating back to the original position is arranged below the circular dividing plate.
[0019] The circular dividing plate is an 8-station circular dividing plate, in which 8 processing stations are evenly distributed on the circumference of the dividing plate surface, namely: nut loading station, lower shell assembly station, first cache transition station, upper shell assembly work, second cache transition station, screw locking station, unqualified product unloading station, and finished product unloading station.
[0020] The nut assembly part includes a nut vibration plate, a nut vibration plate fixing seat, a nut distribution cylinder, a nut distribution cylinder fixing seat, a nut incoming material sensor, and a nut grabbing manipulator, wherein the nut vibration plate is fixed to the operating platform surface by the nut vibration plate fixing seat, a nut material rail extends from the nut vibration plate and is connected to the nut distribution cylinder, the nut distribution cylinder is fixed to the operating platform surface by the nut distribution cylinder fixing seat, and a nut incoming material sensor is provided at the grabbing positioning point corresponding to the nut grabbing manipulator on the nut distribution cylinder, and the nut grabbing manipulator is directionally moved to the corresponding grabbing positioning point and the nut loading station of the circular dividing plate to complete the grabbing and discharging operations.
[0021] The lower shell assembly part includes a lower shell component frame, a lower shell vibration plate, a lower shell vibration plate fixing seat, a lower shell straight vibration material rail, a lower shell material dividing fixing seat, a lower shell incoming material sensor, and a lower shell grabbing robot, wherein the lower shell component frame is mounted next to the main frame, the lower shell vibration plate is fixed to the lower shell component frame through the lower shell vibration plate fixing seat, the lower shell vibration plate outlet is connected to the lower shell straight vibration material rail, and the lower shell straight vibration material rail feeds the material to the lower shell material dividing fixing seat, a lower shell incoming material sensor is provided at the lower shell material dividing fixing seat, and the lower shell grabbing robot moves directionally between the lower shell material dividing fixing seat and the lower shell assembly station, grabs at the lower shell material dividing fixing seat, and moves to the lower shell assembly station to discharge the material.
[0022] The lower shell assembly part also includes a lower shell material replenishment bin, a lower shell material replenishment bin fixing seat and a lower shell material shortage sensor. The lower shell material replenishment bin is mounted on the lower shell component frame through the lower shell material replenishment bin fixing seat, and the outlet of the lower shell material replenishment bin faces the lower shell vibration plate. A lower shell material shortage sensor is provided on the lower shell vibration plate.
[0023] The upper shell assembly part includes an upper shell component frame, an upper shell vibration plate fixing seat, an upper shell straight vibration material rail, an upper shell material dividing fixing seat, an upper shell incoming material sensor, and an upper shell grabbing robot, wherein the upper shell component frame is mounted next to the main frame, the upper shell vibration plate is fixed to the upper shell component frame through the upper shell vibration plate fixing seat, the upper shell vibration plate outlet is connected to the upper shell straight vibration material rail, and the upper shell straight vibration material rail feeds the material to the upper shell material dividing fixing seat, an upper shell incoming material sensor is provided at the upper shell material dividing fixing seat, and the upper shell grabbing robot moves directionally between the upper shell material dividing fixing seat and the upper shell assembly station, grabs at the upper shell material dividing fixing seat, and moves to the upper shell assembly station to discharge the material.
[0024] The screw feeder in the screw locking part is a push-type air-blowing screw feeder. The intelligent screwdriver also includes a screw clamp, an upper and lower offset cylinder, and a screw floating height sensor. The screw clamp is set under the locking bit and has a nail entry port. The screw feeder is connected to the nail entry port of the screw clamp through a nail guide tube.
[0025] The upper and lower offset cylinders can realize the displacement of the screw locking part and separate the screw from the product when the screw locking is completed.
[0026] Screw floating height sensor: There will be a compression amount when tightening the screw. If the locking screw cannot reach this compression amount, it can be determined that the screw is floating locked. This can achieve a more accurate determination of whether the screw locking meets the qualified standards.
[0027] Below the circular indexing plate, a turntable auxiliary support frame is provided below the screw locking station corresponding to the cutting direction of the smart screwdriver to withstand the locking impact force of the smart screwdriver.
[0028] The unqualified material unloading grasping robot and the finished product unloading grasping robot both include a material unloading claw, a material unloading claw mounting plate, a front and rear offset cylinder, an upper and lower offset cylinder, and a cylinder assembly fixing seat, wherein the cylinder assembly fixing seat is fixed on the operating platform surface of the main frame part, the upper and lower offset cylinder is fixed on the cylinder assembly fixing seat, and the front and rear offset cylinder is installed on the upper and lower offset cylinder, and the front and rear offset cylinder drives the material unloading cylinder mounting plate, and the material unloading claw is installed on the material unloading cylinder mounting plate, and a connecting claw wiring pipe is provided between the upper and lower offset cylinders and the material unloading claw mounting plate.
[0029] The unqualified material unloading grasping robot arm is directionally moved between the unqualified material unloading station and the unqualified material unloading trough, and the finished product unloading grasping robot arm is directionally moved between the finished product unloading station and the finished product unloading trough.
[0030] The front-to-back offset cylinders and the upper-lower offset cylinders can alternately grasp, lift and move the product to avoid motion interference problems.
[0031] The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model is a fully automatic and intelligent automated equipment that integrates the processing processes of loading, positioning, processing, and unloading. The automatic assembly machine is used in the aluminum pipe joint production industry and can completely replace manual operation. It strictly follows the production process requirements and the processing sequence to automatically, highly accurately, and complete the automated process involving the assembly and processing of aluminum pipe joints.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[0033] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall three-dimensional structure of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0034] Figure 2 This is an overall top view of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0035] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the turntable clamp part of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0036] Figure 4It is a top view of the turntable fixture part of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0037] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the nut assembly part of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0038] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic diagram of the lower shell assembly part of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0039] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of the upper shell assembly part of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0040] Figure 8 It is a structural schematic diagram of the screw locking part of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0041] Fig. 9 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the material-cutting and grabbing manipulator of the automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model;
[0042] Among them: 10, main frame part; 11, operation platform surface; 20, operation button;
[0043] 30. Turntable fixture part; 31. Driving motor; 32. Motor mounting seat; 33. Driving synchronous belt; 34. Driving synchronous wheel; 35. Rotating shaft assembly; 36. Circular indexing plate; 361. Nut loading station; 362. Lower shell assembly station; 363. First buffer transition station; 364. Upper shell assembly work; 365. Second buffer transition station; 366. Screw locking station; 367. Unqualified product unloading station; 368. Finished product unloading station; 37. Return to original induction switch; 38. Turntable auxiliary support frame;
[0044] 40. Nut assembly part; 41. Nut vibration plate; 411. Nut material rail; 42. Nut vibration plate fixing seat; 43. Nut material distribution cylinder; 44. Nut material distribution cylinder fixing seat; 45. Nut material sensor; 46. Nut grabbing manipulator;
[0045] 50. Lower shell assembly part; 51. Lower shell assembly rack; 52. Lower shell vibration plate; 521. Lower shell straight vibration material rail; 53. Lower shell vibration plate fixing seat; 54. Lower shell material separation fixing seat; 55. Lower shell incoming material sensor; 56. Lower shell grabbing manipulator; 57. Lower shell material replenishment bin; 58. Lower shell material replenishment bin fixing seat; 59. Lower shell material shortage sensor;
[0046] 60. Upper shell assembly part; 61. Upper shell assembly rack; 62. Upper shell vibration plate; 621. Upper shell straight vibration material rail; 63. Upper shell vibration plate fixing seat; 64. Upper shell material separation fixing seat; 65. Upper shell incoming material sensor; 66. Upper shell grabbing manipulator; 67. Upper shell replenishment bin; 68. Upper shell replenishment bin fixing seat; 69. Upper shell lack of material sensor;
[0047] 70. Screw locking part; 71. Screw feeder; 711. Nail guide tube; 72. Smart screwdriver; 721. Locking bit; 73. Screw locking component fixing seat; 74. Screw clamping nozzle; 741. Nail entry; 75. Up and down displacement cylinder; 76. Screw floating height sensor;
[0048] 81. Unqualified material handling robot;
[0049] 82. Finished product unloading grabbing manipulator;
[0050] 83. Unloading air gripper; 84. Unloading air gripper mounting plate; 85. Air gripper wiring tube; 86. Front and rear offset cylinder; 87. Up and down offset cylinder; 88. Cylinder assembly fixing seat. [Specific implementation method]
[0052] The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments, examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present invention, and cannot be understood as limiting the present invention.
[0053] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", etc., indicating directions or positional relationships, are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.
[0054] Please refer to the attached Figure 1 and attached Figure 2 The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to the utility model is shown, and the automatic assembly machine comprises:
[0055] Main frame part 10: the base for carrying all instruments and equipment, with an operating platform surface 11;
[0056] Operation buttons 20: Several operation buttons are provided on the main frame;
[0057] Please refer to the attached Figure 3 and attached Figure 4 , which illustrates a turntable fixture part 30: it is arranged in the center of the operating platform surface of the main frame part 10, including a driving component and a multi-station circular indexing plate 31, and the driving component drives the circular indexing plate 36 to rotate, and there are multiple processing stations on the circular indexing plate 31; the role of the turntable fixture part 30 is to allow each component to be assembled and processed to be loaded, processed, assembled and unloaded in order and orientation.
[0058] The driving components in the turntable fixture part 30 include a driving motor 31, a motor mounting seat 32, a driving synchronous belt 33, a driving synchronous wheel 34, and a rotating shaft assembly 35 of a circular indexing plate. The driving motor 31 is fixedly mounted on the operating platform surface 11 through the motor mounting seat 32. The rotating shaft of the driving motor 31 drives the driving synchronous belt 32, and the driving synchronous belt 32 is transmitted to the driving synchronous wheel 34. The driving synchronous wheel 34 drives the rotating shaft assembly 35 of the circular indexing plate, and the rotating shaft assembly 35 finally drives the circular indexing plate 36 to rotate. The rotating shaft assembly 35 is provided below the circular indexing plate 36, and a return-to-origin induction switch 37 for rotating back to the original position is provided below the circular indexing plate 36. The return-to-origin induction switch 37 is used to sense whether the circular indexing plate 36 rotates back to the initial position.
[0059] The circular indexing plate 36 is an 8-station circular indexing plate, wherein 8 processing stations are evenly distributed on the circumference of the indexing plate, namely: nut loading station 361, lower shell assembly station 362, first buffer transition station 363, upper shell assembly 364, second buffer transition station 365, screw locking station 366, unqualified product unloading station 367, finished product unloading station 368. Remember that the 8 different stations on the circular indexing plate 36, the subsequent parts to be connected are arranged and arranged according to this position and order.
[0060] Please refer to the attached Figure 5 , which shows the nut assembly part 40: it includes a nut dividing cylinder 41 and a grabbing robot 42, wherein the grabbing robot 42 is directed to move between the nut dividing cylinder 41 and the circular dividing plate 36, specifically, it moves to the nut loading station 361 of the circular dividing plate 36.
[0061] The nuts are grabbed at the nut distributing cylinder 41 and loosened at the nut loading station 361 of the circular indexing plate 36; in fact, the work that the nut assembly part 40 needs to complete is to arrange the nuts one by one and grab them to the processing position to complete the loading work.
[0062] The nut assembly part 40 includes a nut vibration disk 41, a nut vibration disk fixing seat 42, a nut distribution cylinder 43, a nut distribution cylinder fixing seat 44, a nut incoming material sensor 45, and a nut grabbing manipulator 46, wherein the nut vibration disk 41 is fixed to the operating platform surface 11 through the nut vibration disk fixing seat 42, a nut material rail 411 extends from the nut vibration disk 41 and is connected to the nut distribution cylinder 43, and the nut distribution cylinder 43 is fixed to the operating platform surface 11 through the nut distribution cylinder fixing seat 44, and a nut incoming material sensor 45 is provided at the grabbing positioning point corresponding to the nut grabbing manipulator 46 on the nut distribution cylinder 43, and the nut grabbing manipulator 46 is directed to move to the corresponding grabbing positioning point and the nut loading station 361 of the circular dividing disk 36 to complete the grabbing and discharging operations.
[0063] From the working process, first, the nuts are arranged in sequence and sent to the nut material rail 411 through the vibration of the nut vibration plate 41. At this time, the nuts are already arranged in a certain direction and placed one by one on the nut material rail 411. The nut material rail 411 is connected to the nut dividing cylinder 43. There are holes on the nut dividing cylinder 43 for separating the nuts. Each nut is moved in one at a time to the position corresponding to the nut incoming sensor 45. The nut sensor 45 senses that the nut is in place and can be grabbed by the nut grasping robot 46. Therefore, the nut grasping robot 46 grabs a nut from the position of the nut incoming sensor 45 corresponding to the nut dividing cylinder 43, and sends it to the nut loading station 361 of the circular dividing disk 36 at a fixed point. The nut is loosened to complete the nut loading process.
[0064] Please refer to the attached Figure 6 , in which the lower shell assembly part 50 is shown: it includes a lower shell vibration plate 52 and a lower shell grabbing robot 56, wherein the lower shell grabbing robot 56 is directed to move between the lower shell vibration plate 52 and the circular dividing plate 36, and the lower shell grabbing robot 56 grabs the lower shell and sends it to the lower shell assembly station 362 of the circular dividing plate 36 at a fixed point.
[0065] The lower shell assembly part 50 includes a lower shell component frame 51, a lower shell vibration plate 52, a lower shell vibration plate fixing seat 53, a lower shell straight vibration material rail 521, a lower shell material dividing fixing seat 54, a lower shell material incoming sensor 55, and a lower shell grabbing robot 56, wherein the lower shell component frame 52 is erected next to the main frame 10, the lower shell vibration plate 52 is fixed on the lower shell component frame 51 through the lower shell vibration plate fixing seat 53, the lower shell vibration plate 52 is connected to the lower shell straight vibration material rail 521 at the outlet, and the lower shell straight vibration material rail 521 feeds the material to the lower shell material dividing fixing seat 54, a lower shell material incoming sensor 55 is provided at the lower shell material dividing fixing seat 54, and the lower shell grabbing robot 56 is directionally moved between the lower shell material dividing fixing seat 54 and the lower shell assembly station 362, grabs at the lower shell material dividing fixing seat 54, and moves to the lower shell assembly station 362 to discharge the material.
[0066] The lower shell assembly part 50 further includes a lower shell replenishing bin 57, a lower shell replenishing bin fixing seat 58 and a lower shell shortage sensor 59. The lower shell replenishing bin 57 is mounted on the lower shell assembly frame 51 through the lower shell replenishing bin fixing seat 58, and the outlet of the lower shell replenishing bin 57 faces the lower shell vibration plate 52. A lower shell shortage sensor 59 is provided on the lower shell vibration plate 52. The lower shell shortage sensor senses the quantity of lower shells in the lower shell vibration plate 52 in real time. Once the lower shell vibration plate 52 is short of material, the lower shell replenishing bin 57 is opened to replenish the material.
[0067] Please refer to the attached Figure 7 The upper shell assembly part 60 is shown, which includes an upper shell vibration plate 62 and an upper shell grabbing manipulator 66, wherein the upper shell grabbing manipulator 66 is directed to move between the upper shell vibration plate 62 and the upper shell assembly station 364 of the circumferential indexing plate 36;
[0068] The upper shell assembly part 60 as a whole includes an upper shell component frame 61, an upper shell vibration plate 62, an upper shell vibration plate fixing seat 63, an upper shell straight vibration material rail 621, an upper shell material dividing fixing seat 64, an upper shell incoming material sensor 65, and an upper shell grabbing robot 66, wherein the upper shell component frame 61 is erected next to the main frame 10, the upper shell vibration plate 62 is fixed to the upper shell component frame 61 through the upper shell vibration plate fixing seat 63, the upper shell vibration plate 62 is connected to the upper shell straight vibration material rail 621 at the outlet, and the upper shell straight vibration material rail 621 feeds the material to the upper shell material dividing fixing seat 64, an upper shell incoming material sensor 65 is provided at the upper shell material dividing fixing seat 64, and the upper shell grabbing robot 66 is directionally moved between the upper shell material dividing fixing seat 64 and the upper shell assembly station 364, grabs at the upper shell material dividing fixing seat 64, and moves to the upper shell assembly station 364 to discharge the material.
[0069] The upper shell assembly part 60 also includes an upper shell replenishing bin 67, an upper shell replenishing bin fixing seat 68 and an upper shell shortage sensor 69. The upper shell replenishing bin 67 is mounted on the upper shell assembly frame 61 through the upper shell replenishing bin fixing seat 68, and the outlet of the upper shell replenishing bin 67 faces the upper shell vibration plate 62. An upper shell shortage sensor 69 is provided on the upper shell vibration plate 62. The upper shell shortage sensor senses the amount of upper shells in the upper shell vibration plate 62 in real time. Once the upper shell vibration plate 62 is short of material, the upper shell replenishing bin 67 is opened to replenish the material.
[0070] Please refer to the attached Figure 8The screw locking part 70 is shown, which includes a screw feeder 71, an intelligent screwdriver 72 and a screw locking component fixing seat 73, wherein the screw feeder 71 is arranged on the operating platform surface 11 of the main frame 10, and the intelligent screwdriver 72 is fixed on the operating platform surface 11 through the screw locking component fixing seat 73, wherein the screw locking bit 721 of the intelligent screwdriver 72 is aligned with the screw locking station 366 of the circumferential indexing plate 36;
[0071] The screw feeder 71 in the screw locking part is a push-type air-blowing screw feeder. The smart screwdriver 72 also includes a screw clamp 74, an upper and lower offset cylinder 75, and a screw floating height sensor 76. The screw clamp 74 is sleeved under the locking bit 721 and has a nail entry port 741. The screw feeder 71 is connected to the nail entry port 741 of the screw clamp 74 through a nail guide tube 711.
[0072] The upper and lower offset cylinders can realize the displacement of the screw locking part and separate the screw from the product when the screw locking is completed.
[0073] Screw floating height sensor: There will be a compression amount when tightening the screw. If the locking screw cannot reach this compression amount, it can be determined that the screw is floating locked. This can achieve a more accurate determination of whether the screw locking meets the qualified standards.
[0074] Please refer to the attached Fig. 9 , which shows the unloading part: the unloading part includes an unqualified unloading grasping robot 81 and a finished product unloading grasping robot 82, and the unqualified unloading grasping robot 81 and the finished product unloading grasping robot 82 are directed to move between the work station of the circular dividing plate and the unloading trough.
[0075] Below the circular indexing plate 36 , a turntable auxiliary support frame 38 is provided below the screw locking station corresponding to the downward cutting direction of the smart screwdriver 72 to withstand the locking impact force of the smart screwdriver 72 .
[0076] The unqualified material unloading grasping robot and the finished product unloading grasping robot both include a material unloading claw 83, a material unloading claw mounting plate 84, a claw wiring tube 85, a front-to-rear offset cylinder 86, an upper-lower offset cylinder 87, and a cylinder assembly fixing seat 88, wherein the cylinder assembly fixing seat 88 is fixed on the operating platform surface 11 of the main frame part, the upper-lower offset cylinder 87 is fixed on the cylinder assembly fixing seat 88, and the front-to-rear offset cylinder 86 is installed on the upper-lower offset cylinder 87, and the front-to-rear offset cylinder 86 drives the material unloading cylinder mounting plate 84, and the material unloading claw 83 is installed on the material unloading cylinder mounting plate 84, and a connecting claw wiring tube 85 is provided between the upper-lower offset cylinder 87 and the material unloading claw mounting plate 84.
[0077] The unqualified material unloading grasping robot arm is directionally moved between the unqualified material unloading station and the unqualified material unloading trough, and the finished product unloading grasping robot arm is directionally moved between the finished product unloading station and the finished product unloading trough.
[0078] The front-to-rear offset cylinders 86 and the upper-lower offset cylinders 87 can alternately grasp, lift and move the product to avoid motion interference problems.
[0079] The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints involved in the utility model is a fully automatic and intelligent automated equipment that integrates the processing processes of loading, positioning, processing, and unloading. The automatic assembly machine is used in the aluminum pipe joint production industry and can completely replace manual operation. It strictly follows the production process requirements and the processing sequence to automatically, highly accurately, and complete the automated process involving the assembly and processing of aluminum pipe joints.
[0080] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the utility model, and does not limit the utility model in any form. Although the utility model is disclosed as a preferred embodiment as above, it is not used to limit the utility model. Any technician familiar with the profession can make some changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments of equivalent changes by using the technical content disclosed above without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the utility model. However, any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments according to the technology of the utility model, which does not depart from the content of the technical solution of the utility model, belongs to the scope of the technical solution of the utility model.
Claims
1. An automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints, characterized in that: The automatic assembly machine comprises: Main frame part: the base that carries all instruments and equipment, with an operating platform surface; Operation buttons: There are several operation buttons on the main frame; The turntable fixture part is arranged in the center of the operating platform surface of the main frame part, and includes a driving component and a multi-station circular indexing plate. The driving component drives the circular indexing plate to rotate, and there are multiple processing stations on the circular indexing plate; Nut assembly part: including a nut distributing cylinder and a grabbing manipulator, wherein the grabbing manipulator moves directionally between the nut distributing cylinder and the circular indexing plate, grabs the nut at the nut distributing cylinder, and loosens the nut at the station of the circular indexing plate; Lower shell assembly part: including a lower shell vibration plate and a lower shell grabbing manipulator, wherein the lower shell grabbing manipulator moves directionally between the lower shell vibration plate and the circumferential indexing plate; Upper shell assembly part: including an upper shell vibration plate and an upper shell grabbing manipulator, wherein the upper shell grabbing manipulator moves directionally between the upper shell vibration plate and the circumferential indexing plate; Screw locking part: including a screw feeder, an intelligent screwdriver and a screw locking component fixing seat, wherein the screw feeder is arranged on the operating platform surface of the main frame, and the intelligent screwdriver is fixed on the operating platform surface through the screw locking component fixing seat, wherein the locking bit of the intelligent screwdriver is aligned with the station of the circular indexing disk; Unloading part: The unloading part includes an unqualified unloading grasping robot and a finished product unloading grasping robot. The unqualified unloading grasping robot and the finished product unloading grasping robot are directed to move between the work station of the circular dividing plate and the unloading trough.
2. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving components in the turntable type clamp part include a driving motor, a motor mounting seat, a driving synchronous belt, a driving synchronous wheel and a rotating shaft assembly of a circular dividing plate. The driving motor is fixedly mounted on the operating platform through the motor mounting seat. The rotating shaft of the driving motor drives the driving synchronous belt, and the driving synchronous belt is transmitted to the driving synchronous wheel. The driving synchronous wheel drives the rotating shaft assembly of the circular dividing plate, and the rotating shaft assembly finally drives the circular dividing plate to rotate; a rotating shaft assembly is provided below the circular dividing plate, and a return-to-original induction switch for rotating back to the original position is provided below the circular dividing plate; a turntable auxiliary support frame is provided below the circular dividing plate.
3. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 2, characterized in that: The circular dividing plate is an 8-station circular dividing plate, in which 8 processing stations are evenly distributed on the circumference of the dividing plate surface, namely: nut loading station, lower shell assembly station, first cache transition station, upper shell assembly work, second cache transition station, screw locking station, unqualified product unloading station, and finished product unloading station.
4. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 3, characterized in that: The nut assembly part includes a nut vibration plate, a nut vibration plate fixing seat, a nut distribution cylinder, a nut distribution cylinder fixing seat, a nut incoming material sensor, and a nut grabbing robot, wherein the nut vibration plate is fixed to the operating platform surface by the nut vibration plate fixing seat, a nut material rail extends from the nut vibration plate and is connected to the nut distribution cylinder, the nut distribution cylinder is fixed to the operating platform surface by the nut distribution cylinder fixing seat, a nut incoming material sensor is provided at the grabbing positioning point corresponding to the nut grabbing robot on the nut distribution cylinder, and the nut grabbing robot moves to the corresponding grabbing positioning point and the nut loading station of the circular dividing plate.
5. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 3, characterized in that: The lower shell assembly part includes a lower shell component frame, a lower shell vibration plate, a lower shell vibration plate fixing seat, a lower shell straight vibration material rail, a lower shell material dividing fixing seat, a lower shell incoming material sensor, and a lower shell grabbing robot, wherein the lower shell component frame is mounted next to the main frame, the lower shell vibration plate is fixed to the lower shell component frame through the lower shell vibration plate fixing seat, the lower shell vibration plate outlet is connected to the lower shell straight vibration material rail, and the lower shell straight vibration material rail feeds the material to the lower shell material dividing fixing seat, a lower shell incoming material sensor is provided at the lower shell material dividing fixing seat, and the lower shell grabbing robot moves directionally between the lower shell material dividing fixing seat and the lower shell assembly station, grabs at the lower shell material dividing fixing seat, and moves to the lower shell assembly station to discharge the material.
6. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 5, characterized in that: The lower shell assembly part also includes a lower shell material replenishment bin, a lower shell material replenishment bin fixing seat and a lower shell material shortage sensor. The lower shell material replenishment bin is mounted on the lower shell component frame through the lower shell material replenishment bin fixing seat, and the outlet of the lower shell material replenishment bin faces the lower shell vibration plate. A lower shell material shortage sensor is provided on the lower shell vibration plate.
7. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 3, characterized in that: The upper shell assembly part includes an upper shell component frame, an upper shell vibration plate fixing seat, an upper shell straight vibration material rail, an upper shell material dividing fixing seat, an upper shell incoming material sensor, and an upper shell grabbing robot, wherein the upper shell component frame is mounted next to the main frame, the upper shell vibration plate is fixed to the upper shell component frame through the upper shell vibration plate fixing seat, the upper shell vibration plate outlet is connected to the upper shell straight vibration material rail, and the upper shell straight vibration material rail feeds the material to the upper shell material dividing fixing seat, an upper shell incoming material sensor is provided at the upper shell material dividing fixing seat, and the upper shell grabbing robot moves directionally between the upper shell material dividing fixing seat and the upper shell assembly station.
8. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 7, characterized in that: The upper shell assembly part also includes an upper shell material replenishment bin, an upper shell material replenishment bin fixing seat and an upper shell material shortage sensor. The upper shell material replenishment bin is mounted on the upper shell component frame through the upper shell material replenishment bin fixing seat, and the outlet of the upper shell material replenishment bin faces the upper shell vibration plate. An upper shell material shortage sensor is provided on the upper shell vibration plate.
9. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 3, characterized in that: The screw feeder in the screw locking part is a push-type air-blowing screw feeder. The intelligent screwdriver also includes a screw clamp, an upper and lower offset cylinder, and a screw floating height sensor. The screw clamp is set under the locking bit and has a nail entry port. The screw feeder is connected to the nail entry port of the screw clamp through a nail guide tube.
10. The automatic assembly machine for aluminum pipe joints according to claim 3, characterized in that: The unqualified material unloading grasping robot and the finished product unloading grasping robot both include unloading claws, unloading claw mounting plates, front and rear offset cylinders, upper and lower offset cylinders, and cylinder assembly fixing seats, wherein the cylinder assembly fixing seats are fixed on the operating platform surface of the main frame part, the upper and lower offset cylinders are fixed on the cylinder assembly fixing seats, and the front and rear offset cylinders are installed on the upper and lower offset cylinders, and the front and rear offset cylinders drive the unloading cylinder mounting plates, and the unloading claws are installed on the unloading cylinder mounting plates, and a connecting claw wiring pipe is provided between the upper and lower offset cylinders and the unloading claw mounting plates; wherein the unqualified material unloading grasping robot arm is directionally moved between the unqualified material unloading station and the unqualified material unloading trough, and the finished product unloading grasping robot is directionally moved between the finished product unloading station and the finished product unloading trough.