A rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic positioning and rotating feeding device for rod-shaped workpieces, comprising: a feeding group and a discharging group; the feeding group comprises: a group of horizontally arranged transfer mechanisms; a group of feeding clamps is nested and installed on the transfer shaft, and a plurality of clamping positions arranged around the axis of the feeding clamps are formed in the feeding clamps; the discharging group comprises: a group of material picking linear modules arranged in parallel with the transfer mechanisms and a material picking module installed on the material picking linear modules; a material picking position is arranged between the feeding group and the discharging group, and the material picking linear modules can be used to drive the material picking module to move along the working direction of the material picking linear modules; the material turning mechanism in the feeding group cooperates with the material picking linear modules in the discharging group and the material picking modules to realize the processing procedures of feeding, picking and fast positioning and feeding of the rod-shaped workpiece.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of feeding equipment and relates to an automatic positioning and rotating feeding device for rod-shaped workpieces. Background Art

[0002] In modern industrial production, rod-shaped parts are the most common structural parts. In the processing of rod-shaped parts, most production lines on the market currently need to arrange workers to be responsible for the positioning and loading of rod-shaped products. During the loading process, the manual positioning and loading processing method is not only labor-intensive, but also requires high loading accuracy. For the manual loading method, the loading efficiency is low and cannot meet the needs of mass production. At the same time, the yield rate of processing and production is difficult to control, which does not meet the current market demand. Utility Model Content

[0003] In order to solve the implementation technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0004] An automatic positioning and rotating feeding device for rod-shaped workpieces, comprising: a feeding group and a discharging group;

[0005] The material discharging group includes: a set of horizontally arranged material transfer mechanisms; a set of material discharging clamps are installed on the material transfer mechanisms, and a plurality of material clamping positions arranged around the axis of the material discharging clamps are formed in the material discharging clamps; the material transfer mechanisms can drive the material discharging clamps to rotate, so that the relative positions of the material clamping positions in the material discharging clamps are converted;

[0006] The material discharging group includes: a material taking linear module arranged in parallel with the material transfer mechanism and a material taking module installed on the material taking linear module; the material taking module can realize the material taking action from the material discharging fixture;

[0007] A discharging position is arranged between the material discharging group and the material discharging group. The material discharging linear module can drive the material discharging module to move along the working direction of the material discharging linear module to complete the discharging action from the discharging position.

[0008] As a further solution of the utility model: the material transfer mechanism includes: a material transfer shaft and a material transfer motor; the material transfer motor and the material transfer shaft are matched with each other through a coupling, and the material transfer motor drives the material transfer shaft to rotate;

[0009] The unloading fixture is installed on the rotating shaft, and the relative positions of each clamping position in the unloading fixture are changed by the rotation of the rotating shaft.

[0010] As a further solution of the utility model: the material unloading fixture comprises: a fixture shaft sleeve and a material clamping plate arranged on the fixture shaft sleeve;

[0011] A plurality of clamping seats arranged around the center of the clamping disc are formed on the side surface, and each clamping seat corresponds to a clamping position; the clamping seat is a "concave" structure, and a clamping groove for realizing clamping work is formed on the clamping seat.

[0012] As a further solution of the utility model: a group of supporting jigs is also arranged at the middle section of the material transfer mechanism, which includes: a jig shaft sleeve and a supporting plate arranged on the jig shaft sleeve;

[0013] A plurality of supporting seats arranged around the center of the supporting tray are formed on the side surface, and the supporting seats correspond to the clamping seats one by one; the supporting seats are of a "concave" structure, and a supporting groove that cooperates with the clamping groove is formed on the supporting seats.

[0014] As a further solution of the utility model: a fixed clamping groove communicating with the clamping groove is formed on one side of the clamping seat, and the upper end surface of the fixed clamping groove is through-connected;

[0015] A fixing pin extending outward is provided at the beginning of the workpiece clamped in the clamping position; when the workpiece is clamped in the clamping groove, the fixing pin is fixed in the fixing clamping groove.

[0016] As a further solution of the utility model: the material taking linear module is composed of a driving motor, a transmission belt and a guide rail;

[0017] The transmission belt is arranged in parallel with the guide rail, and the material taking module is installed on the transmission belt and the guide rail. The transmission belt is driven by the driving motor to make the material taking module move along the guide rail.

[0018] As a further solution of the utility model: the material taking module comprises: a material taking base, a material taking front top cylinder and a material taking clamping claw;

[0019] The material picking base is installed on the material picking linear module, the material picking front push cylinder is installed on the material picking base, and the material picking clamping claw is installed on the material picking front push cylinder. The material picking clamping claw is driven by the material picking front push cylinder to move toward the material discharge group.

[0020] As a further solution of the utility model: a material taking sensor for detecting the direction of the material taking group is also arranged on the material taking module.

[0021] As a further solution of the utility model: a tail end clamping mechanism is also arranged at the end position of the discharging group, which includes: a front pushing cylinder for clamping materials and a clamping claw installed on the front pushing cylinder for clamping materials, and the clamping claw is driven by the front pushing cylinder for clamping materials to move toward the discharging position.

[0022] As a further solution of the utility model: a group of discharge sensors are arranged at the end of the discharge position.

[0023] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: through the material transfer mechanism in the material discharge group cooperating with the material picking linear module and the material picking module in the material discharge group, the processing procedures of discharge, picking and rapid positioning and loading of rod-shaped workpieces can be realized; it can effectively solve the problems of greater difficulty in loading and difficulty in controlling the loading accuracy in traditional manual positioning and loading work; and the loading device can be applied to existing equipment such as rod changing platforms and tool changing devices of processing machine tools, and can also be used as a feeding device such as rotary loading and unloading and multi-station assembly loading and unloading; the overall feeding structure is simpler, more stable and more efficient; it can adapt to different scopes of application and is more in line with current market demand. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the utility model.

[0025] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the material clamping position in the utility model.

[0026] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the material taking module in the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. It should be understood that the present application is not limited to the example embodiments disclosed herein. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0028] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", etc., indicating the orientation or position relationship, are based on the orientation or position relationship 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 orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0029] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0030] In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like 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 an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0031] The utility model provides Figures 1 to 3 In the embodiment of the utility model, a rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device comprises: a discharge group 1 and a discharge group 2; a discharge position 3 is arranged between the discharge group 1 and the discharge group 2;

[0032] The material discharging group 1 comprises: a set of horizontally arranged material transfer mechanisms; a set of material discharging fixtures 13 are nested and installed on the material transfer mechanisms, and a plurality of material clamping positions arranged around the axis of the material discharging fixture 13 are formed in the material discharging fixture 13; the material transfer mechanism can drive the material discharging fixture 13 to rotate, so that the relative positions of each material clamping position in the material discharging fixture 13 are converted;

[0033] The material discharging group 2 includes: a material taking linear module arranged in parallel with the material transfer mechanism and a material taking module 25 installed on the material taking linear module; the material taking module 25 can realize the material taking action from the material discharging fixture 13;

[0034] The structural device can be applied to existing equipment such as rod changing platforms and tool changing devices of processing machine tools, and can also be used as a feeding device such as rotary loading and unloading, multi-station assembly loading and unloading, etc.

[0035] In the specific implementation, a rod-shaped product, material or tool or other workpiece is manually installed in the clamping position of the material discharge fixture 13; the material transfer mechanism drives the workpiece to rotate, so that the relative position of the clamping position loaded with the workpiece in the material discharge fixture 13 is transferred to a position close to the material discharge position 3; then the material taking module 25 works to take the workpiece in the clamping position out of the clamping position and put it into the material discharge position 3;

[0036] Then, the material picking linear module can drive the material picking module 25 to move along the working direction of the material picking linear module to complete the material discharging action from the material discharging position 3; and in the process of discharging, the material discharging length and the material discharging speed can be achieved by controlling the relative position and the travel speed of the material picking module 25 on the material picking linear module.

[0037] Furthermore, the material transfer mechanism includes: a material transfer shaft 14 and a material transfer motor 11; the material transfer motor 11 and the material transfer shaft 14 are matched with each other through a coupling 12, and the material transfer motor 11 drives the material transfer shaft 14 to rotate;

[0038] The material discharge fixture 13 is installed on the material transfer shaft 14 , and the relative positions of the material clamping positions in the material discharge fixture 13 are changed by the rotation of the material transfer shaft 14 .

[0039] Furthermore, the material discharging fixture 13 includes: a fixture shaft sleeve 131 and a material clamping plate 132 disposed on the fixture shaft sleeve 131; the material clamping plate 132 is installed on the material transfer shaft 14 through the fixture shaft sleeve 131;

[0040] A plurality of clamping seats 135 arranged around the center of the clamping plate 132 are formed on the side surface, and each clamping seat 135 corresponds to a clamping position; the clamping seat 135 is a "concave" structure, and a clamping groove 133 for realizing clamping work is formed on the clamping seat 135. During specific work, the clamping groove 133 will clamp the end of the workpiece, thereby realizing the clamping work of the discharge fixture 13 on the workpiece.

[0041] Furthermore, in order to ensure that the long rod-shaped workpiece can be firmly clamped in the material discharging fixture 13, a set of supporting fixtures 15 is also provided at the middle section of the material transfer mechanism, which includes: a fixture sleeve 151 and a supporting plate 152 provided on the fixture sleeve 151;

[0042] A plurality of supporting seats 153 arranged around the center of the supporting tray 152 are formed on the side surface, and the supporting seats 153 correspond to the clamping seats 135 one by one; the supporting seats 153 are in a "concave" structure, and a supporting groove 154 is formed on the supporting seat 153 to cooperate with the clamping groove 133; the middle section of the workpiece is lifted up by the supporting groove 154 to achieve a stable installation effect of the workpiece.

[0043] In order to prevent the workpiece on the clamping seat 135 from being separated from the clamping groove 133 during the rotation of the material unloading fixture 13, a fixed clamping groove 134 communicating with the clamping groove 133 is formed on one side of the clamping seat 135, and the upper end surface of the fixed clamping groove 134 is through-connected;

[0044] A fixing pin extending outward is provided at the beginning of the workpiece clamped in the clamping position; when the workpiece is clamped in the clamping groove 133, the fixing pin is fixed in the fixing clamping groove 134, and the clamping stability of the clamping seat 135 can be improved by the double clamping cooperation of the fixing clamping groove 134 and the clamping groove 133.

[0045] Furthermore, the material taking linear module is composed of a driving motor 22, a transmission belt 22 and a guide rail 23;

[0046] The transmission belt 22 and the guide rail 23 are arranged in parallel, and the material taking module 25 is installed on the transmission belt 22 and the guide rail 23;

[0047] The driving motor 22 and the transmission belt 23 are matched with each other through the transmission wheel; during operation, the driving motor 22 drives the transmission belt 22 as a power source to drive the material taking module 25 to move along the guide rail 23 to realize the discharging work.

[0048] Furthermore, the material taking module 25 includes: a material taking base 252, a material taking front top cylinder 254 and a material taking clamping claw 251;

[0049] The material picking base 252 is installed on the material picking linear module, the material picking front push cylinder 254 is installed on the material picking base 252, and the material picking clamp 251 is installed on the material picking front push cylinder 254. The material picking clamp 251 is driven by the material picking front push cylinder 254 to move toward the material discharge group 1, and the material picking clamp 251 completes the material picking action from the clamping position, and during the feeding process, the material picking clamp 251 will continue to clamp the workpiece until it completes the material discharge work.

[0050] Furthermore, the material taking module 25 is also provided with a material taking sensor 253 for detecting the direction of the material taking group. During the material discharging operation, the material taking sensor 253 will continuously monitor the clamping position which is relatively closer to the material discharging position 3;

[0051] During the material transfer process of the material transfer mechanism, when a workpiece appears at the clamping position at the detection position, the material taking sensor 253 will drive the material discharging group 2 to perform the material discharging processing action, thereby achieving a continuous automatic feeding processing effect.

[0052] Furthermore, a group of tail end clamping mechanisms 26 are also provided at the end position of the discharging group 2, which include: a front pushing cylinder 261 for clamping materials and a clamping claw 262 installed on the front pushing cylinder 261, and the clamping claw 262 is driven by the front pushing cylinder 261 to move toward the discharging position 3; during the discharging process, the tail end clamping mechanism 26 can provide supporting force for the workpiece at the end position of the discharging position 3.

[0053] Furthermore, a group of discharge sensors 24 are arranged at the end position of the discharge position 3, and the discharge status of the discharge group 2 is detected by the discharge sensor 24. When the discharge group 2 completes the discharge work, the discharge sensor 24 will drive the discharge group 1 to perform the material transfer work, thereby realizing the processing effect of continuous and automatic material transfer.

[0054] It should also be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the statement "including a ..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0055] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to implement or use the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the present application will not be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but will conform to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device, characterized in that: include: Unloading group and discharging group; The material discharging group includes: a set of horizontally arranged material transfer mechanisms; a set of material discharging clamps are installed on the material transfer mechanisms, and a plurality of material clamping positions arranged around the axis of the material discharging clamps are formed in the material discharging clamps; the material transfer mechanisms can drive the material discharging clamps to rotate, so that the relative positions of the material clamping positions in the material discharging clamps are converted; The material discharging group includes: a material taking linear module arranged in parallel with the material transfer mechanism and a material taking module installed on the material taking linear module; the material taking module can realize the material taking action from the material discharging fixture; A discharging position is arranged between the material discharging group and the material discharging group. The material discharging linear module can drive the material discharging module to move along the working direction of the material discharging linear module to complete the discharging action from the discharging position.

2. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The material transfer mechanism includes: a material transfer shaft and a material transfer motor; the material transfer motor and the material transfer shaft are matched with each other through a coupling, and the material transfer motor drives the material transfer shaft to rotate; The unloading fixture is installed on the rotating shaft, and the relative positions of each clamping position in the unloading fixture are changed by the rotation of the rotating shaft.

3. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material discharging fixture comprises: a fixture shaft sleeve and a material clamping plate arranged on the fixture shaft sleeve; A plurality of clamping seats arranged around the center of the clamping plate are formed on the side surface, and each clamping seat corresponds to a clamping position; the clamping seat is a "concave" structure, and a clamping groove for clamping is formed on the clamping seat.

4. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: A set of supporting jigs is also arranged at the middle section of the material transfer mechanism, which includes: a jig shaft sleeve and a supporting plate arranged on the jig shaft sleeve; A plurality of supporting seats arranged around the center of the supporting tray are formed on the side surface, and the supporting seats correspond to the clamping seats one by one; the supporting seats are of a "concave" structure, and a supporting groove that cooperates with the clamping groove is formed on the supporting seats.

5. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: A fixed clamping groove communicating with the clamping groove is formed on one side of the clamping seat, and the upper end surface of the fixed clamping groove is through-connected; A fixing pin extending outward is provided at the beginning of the workpiece clamped in the clamping position; when the workpiece is clamped in the clamping groove, the fixing pin is fixed in the fixing clamping groove.

6. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The linear module for retrieving materials is composed of a drive motor, a transmission belt and a guide rail; The transmission belt is arranged in parallel with the guide rail, and the material taking module is installed on the transmission belt and the guide rail. The transmission belt is driven by the driving motor to make the material taking module move along the guide rail.

7. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material taking module includes: a material taking base, a front top cylinder for taking material and a material taking clamping claw; The material picking base is installed on the material picking linear module, the material picking front push cylinder is installed on the material picking base, and the material picking clamping claw is installed on the material picking front push cylinder. The material picking clamping claw is driven by the material picking front push cylinder to move toward the material discharge group.

8. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material taking module is also provided with a material taking sensor for detecting the direction of the material taking group.

9. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 7, characterized in that: A tail clamping mechanism is also provided at the end position of the discharging group, which includes: a front-end cylinder for clamping materials and a clamping claw installed on the front-end cylinder for clamping materials, and the clamping claw is driven by the front-end cylinder for clamping materials to move toward the discharging position.

10. The rod-shaped workpiece automatic positioning and rotating feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A set of discharge sensors is arranged at the end of the discharge position.

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