Screw assembling device and assembling production line

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of assembly, and discloses a screw assembly device and an assembly production line, comprising: a movable support table comprising a main body part and a sliding feeding assembly in sliding connection with the main body part; the main body part is provided with a screw feeding hole and a vacant area side by side; the sliding feeding assembly comprises a sliding carrying table and a driving device, wherein the sliding carrying table is arranged on one side of the bottom of the screw feeding hole and used for carrying screws, and the driving device is used for driving the sliding carrying table to move to the position under the vacant area. And the screwdriver assembly is mounted on one side of the top of the vacant area so as to adsorb the screw on the sliding carrying table through the vacant area and lock the screw to a set position. According to the screw assembling device and the assembling production line, the assembling efficiency of screws can be further improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of assembly, in particular to a screw assembly device and an assembly production line. Background Art

[0002] In the prior art, a screw assembly device realizes screw assembly by vacuum sucking nails and locking screws; that is, each assembly requires moving the screw assembly device to a feeding platform to suck the screws, and then moving the screw assembly device to a position where the screws need to be tightened, and a screwdriver assembly on the screw assembly device tightens the screws to complete the assembly; this method of assembling screws has the problems of too long moving distance of the screw assembly device and low locking efficiency, and the screw assembly device is prone to falling screws during movement, which is not conducive to improving assembly efficiency.

[0003] In view of this, it is necessary to design a screw assembly device and an assembly production line to further improve the screw assembly efficiency.

[0004] The above information is presented as background information only to assist with understanding the present disclosure and no determination or admission is made as to whether any of the above may be used as prior art with respect to the present disclosure. Utility Model Content

[0005] The utility model provides a screw assembly device and an assembly production line to further improve the screw assembly efficiency.

[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:

[0007] A screw assembly device, comprising:

[0008] The movable support platform comprises a main body and a sliding feeding assembly slidably connected to the main body; the main body is provided with a screw feeding hole and a vacant area side by side; the sliding feeding assembly comprises a sliding platform provided at one side of the bottom of the screw feeding hole to receive the screw and a driving device for driving the sliding platform to move to the position directly below the vacant area;

[0009] The screwdriver assembly is installed on one side of the top of the vacant area to absorb the screws on the sliding platform through the vacant area and lock the screws to a set position.

[0010] Optionally, the screwdriver assembly comprises:

[0011] A vacuum adsorption cylinder is installed on one side of the top of the vacant area and is used to adsorb the screws on the sliding platform;

[0012] An electric screwdriver, comprising an electric screw gun and a screwdriver bit, wherein the screwdriver bit is inserted into the vacuum adsorption cylinder, and the electric screw gun can drive the screwdriver bit to rotate relative to the vacuum adsorption cylinder and move along the axial direction of the screwdriver bit, so as to lock the screw;

[0013] The lifting device is used to drive the vacuum adsorption cylinder and the electric screwdriver to rise and fall along the center line direction of the screwdriver head, and the lifting device is fixedly connected to the movable support platform.

[0014] Optionally, the screw assembly device further comprises a screw feeder, and a feed port of the screw feeder is connected to the screw feed hole via a screw delivery pipe.

[0015] Optionally, the sliding platform includes a support frame and a top supporting plate mounted on the support frame; the top supporting plate has a conical positioning hole for positioning the head of a supporting screw, and the closer the conical positioning hole is to the screw feeding hole, the larger the opening is.

[0016] Optionally, the top supporting plate is detachably connected to the supporting frame.

[0017] Optionally, the driving device is a cylinder.

[0018] Optionally, the screw assembly device further includes an XYZ driving platform for driving the movable support platform to move in a three-dimensional space.

[0019] Optionally, the vacuum adsorption cylinder is connected to a vacuum generating device to absorb the screw with negative pressure.

[0020] Optionally, a horizontal slide rail is provided on one side of the bottom of the main body, and the sliding platform is slidably mounted on the horizontal slide rail.

[0021] An assembly production line comprises a screw assembly device as described in any one of the above items.

[0022] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0023] The screw assembly device and assembly production line provided by the utility model can allow the screws to be input from the screw feeding hole and then fall on the sliding platform, and the sliding platform carries the screws and moves to the bottom of the vacant area to facilitate the screwdriver component to absorb the screws; after the screwdriver component absorbs the screws, the sliding platform makes way and re-accepts the screws, and the screwdriver component locks the absorbed screws through the vacant area to the set position; the structure of this embodiment further reduces the material transfer distance of the screws, and can convey the screws while locking the screws, greatly improving the screw assembly efficiency.

[0024] The present invention has other characteristics and advantages, which will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and subsequent specific embodiments incorporated herein, or will be described in detail in the accompanying drawings and subsequent specific embodiments incorporated herein, which together are used to explain the specific principles of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0026] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a screw assembly device provided by an embodiment of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 A magnified schematic diagram of position A in the middle;

[0028] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the movable support platform provided in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the sliding feeding assembly provided in an embodiment of the utility model.

[0030] Figure numerals: 1. Movable support platform; 11. Main body; 111. Screw feeding hole; 112. Vacant area; 12. Sliding feeding assembly; 1201. Support frame; 1202. Top support plate; 1203. Conical positioning hole; 121. Sliding platform; 122. Driving device; 2. Screwdriver assembly; 21. Vacuum adsorption cylinder; 22. Electric screwdriver; 23. Lifting device; 31. Screw delivery pipeline; 4. XYZ driving platform. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] In order to explain in detail the possible application scenarios, technical principles, specific schemes that can be implemented, and the purposes and effects that can be achieved, the following is a detailed description of the specific embodiments listed in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described herein are only used to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and are therefore only used as examples, and cannot be used to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

[0032] Reference to "embodiment" herein means that the specific features, structures or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The term "embodiment" appearing in various places in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, nor does it particularly limit its independence or association with other embodiments. In principle, in the present application, as long as there is no technical contradiction or conflict, the various technical features mentioned in the embodiments can be combined in any way to form a corresponding implementable technical solution.

[0033] Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms used in this document have the same meanings as those generally understood by those skilled in the art to which this application belongs; the use of relevant terms in this document is only for describing specific embodiments and is not intended to limit this application.

[0034] In the description of this application, the term "and / or" is an expression used to describe the logical relationship between objects, indicating that three relationships may exist, for example, A and / or B, which means: A exists, B exists, and A and B exist at the same time. In addition, the character " / " in this article generally indicates that the objects before and after are in an "or" logical relationship.

[0035] In the present application, terms such as “first” and “second” are merely used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship of quantity, priority or sequence between these entities or operations.

[0036] Without further limitations, in this application, the words "include", "comprises", "has" or other similar expressions used in sentences are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. These expressions do not exclude the presence of additional elements in the process, method or product including the elements, so that the process, method or product including a series of elements may include not only those limited elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also include elements inherent to such process, method or product.

[0037] Similar to the understanding in the Examination Guidelines, in this application, expressions such as "greater than", "less than", "exceed" and the like are understood to exclude the number itself; expressions such as "above", "below", "within" and the like are understood to include the number itself. In addition, in the description of the embodiments of this application, "multiple" means more than two (including two), and similar expressions related to "multiple" are also understood in this way, such as "multiple groups", "multiple times", etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically limited.

[0038] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, space-related expressions used, such as "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "vertical", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., indicate the orientation or position relationship based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the specific embodiments or drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the specific embodiments of the present application or facilitating the reader's understanding, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or component must have a specific position, a specific orientation, or be constructed or operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the embodiments of the present application.

[0039] Unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, the terms such as "install", "connect", "connect", "fix", "set", etc. used should be understood in a broad sense. For example, the "connection" can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integrated setting; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or a communication connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For technicians in the technical field to which the present application belongs, the specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0040] Embodiment 1

[0041] In view of the defects of the existing screw assembly device, the applicant has actively conducted research and innovation based on many years of rich practical experience and professional knowledge in the design and manufacture of such products, and in conjunction with the application of academic theory, in the hope of creating a technology that can solve the defects in the existing technology and make the screw assembly device more practical. After continuous research and design, and after repeated trial production and improvement, the present utility model with real practical value was finally created.

[0042] Please refer to Figures 1 to 4 The embodiment of the utility model provides a screw assembly device, including: a movable support platform 1, including a main body 11 and a sliding feeding assembly 12 slidably connected to the main body 11; the main body 11 is provided with a screw feeding hole 111 and a vacant area 112 side by side; the sliding feeding assembly 12 includes a sliding platform 121 arranged at the bottom side of the screw feeding hole 111 to receive the screw and a driving device 122 for driving the sliding platform 121 to move to the bottom of the vacant area 112; a screwdriver assembly 2 is installed at the top side of the vacant area 112 to absorb the screw on the sliding platform 121 through the vacant area 112 and lock the screw to a set position.

[0043] In practical application, the steps for assembling screws are as follows;

[0044] ① The screws are fed into the screw feeding holes 111 one by one, and fall from the screw feeding holes 111 onto the sliding platform 121;

[0045] ② The sliding platform 121 is driven by the driving device 122 to move to the vacant area 112 and face the screwdriver assembly 2;

[0046] ③ The screwdriver assembly 2 absorbs the screw, and then the sliding platform 121 returns to the bottom of the screw feeding hole 111. Then the screwdriver assembly 2 performs the locking step to assemble the absorbed screw to the set position, and the assembly is completed;

[0047] ④ In steps ①, ② and ③, the movable support platform 1 can be moved along the horizontal plane so that the screwdriver assembly 2 is facing the required assembly position.

[0048] In this embodiment, the distance of the screw rotation is further reduced, and a new screw can be input into the screw feeding hole 111 while the screw is being tightened, which is beneficial to improving the screw assembly efficiency.

[0049] Optionally, the screwdriver assembly 2 includes: a vacuum adsorption cylinder 21, installed on the top side of the vacant area 112, and used to adsorb screws on the sliding carrier 121; an electric screwdriver 22, including an electric screw gun and a screwdriver bit, the screwdriver bit is inserted into the vacuum adsorption cylinder 21, and the electric screw gun can drive the screwdriver bit to rotate relative to the vacuum adsorption cylinder 21 and move along the axial direction of the screwdriver bit, so as to lock the screws; a lifting device 23, used to drive the vacuum adsorption cylinder 21 and the electric screwdriver 22 to rise and fall along the center line direction of the screwdriver bit, and the lifting device 23 is fixedly connected to the movable support platform 1.

[0050] Specifically, the screwdriver assembly 2 absorbs the screw as follows: the lifting device 23 drives the vacuum suction cylinder 21 and the electric screwdriver 22 to descend synchronously along the center line direction of the screwdriver bit, so that the vacuum suction cylinder 21 absorbs the screw. The screwdriver assembly 2 locks the screw as follows: the lifting device 23 drives the vacuum suction cylinder 21 and the electric screwdriver 22 to further descend along the center line direction of the screwdriver bit, and the electric screw gun drives the screwdriver bit to rotate, thereby locking the screw at a set position.

[0051] Optionally, the screw assembly device further comprises a screw feeder, and a feed port of the screw feeder is connected to the screw feed hole 111 through a screw delivery pipe 31. In this embodiment, screws are fed into the screw feed hole 111 one by one through the screw feeder.

[0052] Optionally, the sliding platform 121 includes a support frame 1201 and a top supporting plate 1202 mounted on the support frame 1201; the top supporting plate 1202 has a conical positioning hole 1203 for positioning the head of the supporting screw, and the opening of the conical positioning hole 1203 is larger as it is closer to the screw feeding hole 111. The conical positioning hole 1203 can accurately position the head of the screw, so that the screwdriver assembly 2 can accurately absorb the head of the screw.

[0053] Optionally, the top supporting plate 1202 is detachably connected to the support frame 1201. When the specification of the screws for assembly needs to be changed, the top supporting plate 1202 of the corresponding specification can be replaced.

[0054] Optionally, in this embodiment, the driving device 122 is a cylinder.

[0055] Optionally, the screw assembly device further includes an XYZ driving platform 4 for driving the movable support table 1 to move in a three-dimensional space, and the movable support table 1 is mounted on the XYZ driving platform 4. The XYZ driving platform 4 is used to drive the screw assembly device to move in a three-dimensional space to meet the needs of installing screws at different positions of different workpieces.

[0056] Optionally, the vacuum adsorption cylinder 21 is connected to a vacuum generating device to absorb the screw with negative pressure. Generally, the vacuum adsorption cylinder 21 is connected to the vacuum adsorption cylinder 21 through a pipeline.

[0057] Optionally, a horizontal slide rail is provided at one side of the bottom of the main body 11, and the slide platform 121 is slidably mounted on the horizontal slide rail. Of course, the horizontal slide rail can also be mounted on the driving device 122, and the horizontal slide rail is parallel to the telescopic axis of the driving device 122.

[0058] Embodiment 2

[0059] This embodiment discloses an assembly production line, including a screw assembly device as described in the first embodiment.

[0060] Finally, it should be noted that although the above embodiments have been described in the specification and drawings of this application, this does not limit the scope of patent protection of this application. All technical solutions generated by replacing or modifying equivalent structures or equivalent processes based on the essential concept of this application using the contents recorded in the specification and drawings of this application, as well as directly or indirectly implementing the technical solutions of the above embodiments in other related technical fields, are included in the scope of patent protection of this application.

Claims

1. A screw assembly device, characterized in that: include: A movable support platform (1) comprises a main body (11) and a sliding feeding assembly (12) slidably connected to the main body (11); the main body (11) is provided with a screw feeding hole (111) and a vacant area (112) side by side; the sliding feeding assembly (12) comprises a sliding platform (121) arranged at one side of the bottom of the screw feeding hole (111) to receive the screw and a driving device (122) for driving the sliding platform (121) to move to a position directly below the vacant area (112); The screwdriver assembly (2) is installed on one side of the top of the vacant area (112) so as to absorb the screws on the sliding platform (121) through the vacant area (112) and lock the screws to a set position.

2. A screw assembly device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The screwdriver assembly (2) comprises: A vacuum adsorption cylinder (21), installed on one side of the top of the vacant area (112), and used for adsorbing the screws on the sliding platform (121); An electric screwdriver (22) comprises an electric screw gun and a screwdriver bit, wherein the screwdriver bit is inserted into the vacuum adsorption cylinder (21), and the electric screw gun can drive the screwdriver bit to rotate relative to the vacuum adsorption cylinder (21) and move along the axial direction of the screwdriver bit, so as to lock the screw; The lifting device (23) is used to drive the vacuum adsorption cylinder (21) and the electric screwdriver (22) to move up and down along the center line direction of the screwdriver head. The lifting device (23) is fixedly connected to the movable support platform (1).

3. The screw assembly device according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a screw feeder, the feed port of which is connected to the screw feed hole (111) via a screw delivery pipe (31).

4. The screw assembly device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sliding platform (121) includes a support frame (1201) and a top supporting plate (1202) mounted on the support frame (1201); the top supporting plate (1202) has a conical positioning hole (1203) for positioning the head of the supporting screw, and the opening of the conical positioning hole (1203) becomes larger as it is closer to the screw feeding hole (111).

5. A screw assembly device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The top supporting plate (1202) is detachably connected to the support frame (1201).

6. The screw assembly device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving device (122) is a cylinder.

7. The screw assembly device according to claim 2, characterized in that: It also includes an XYZ driving platform (4) for driving the movable support platform (1) to move in a three-dimensional space.

8. The screw assembly device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The vacuum adsorption cylinder (21) is connected to a vacuum generating device to absorb the screw with negative pressure.

9. The screw assembly device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A horizontal slide rail is provided on one side of the bottom of the main body (11), and the sliding platform (121) is slidably mounted on the horizontal slide rail.

10. An assembly production line, characterized in that: The invention comprises a screw assembly device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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