Automatic button assembling machine

Abstract

The utility model relates to an automatic button assembling machine. The automatic button assembling machine comprises a machine frame with a working table top and a rotating disc mechanism installed on the working table top. A button body feeding device is erected on the table top; a lock catch feeding device is erected on the table board; a spring feeding device is erected on the table top; a button feeding device is erected on the table top, the button feeding device and the button body feeding device are arranged in parallel, and the button feeding device is used for positioning a button, then rotating the button to a button body provided with a spring and pressing the button into the button body for forming; a finished product discharging device is erected on the table top and used for moving the assembled buttons away from the jigs on the rotary disc mechanism and stacking and storing the buttons. The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, cost saving, high working efficiency, reduced labor cost and labor intensity, low production cost, good product quality, high yield and high equipment utilization rate.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of switch button assembly production, in particular to an automatic button assembly machine. Background Art

[0002] At present, switch buttons are generally assembled manually with the assistance of positioning fixtures. The manual assembly of switch buttons has the problems of high workload for operators and low production efficiency.

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to develop a button automatic assembly machine to improve production efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0004] The utility model aims to provide a button automatic assembly machine which can reduce the working intensity of operators and improve production efficiency, so as to solve the above technical problems.

[0005] To realize the above technical solution, the technical solution of the utility model is as follows: a button automatic assembly machine, comprising a frame with a work surface and a turntable mechanism installed on the work surface;

[0006] A button body loading device is set up on the table to carry the button body to the turntable mechanism and transport it to the fixture;

[0007] A lock buckle loading device is set up on the table to transport and load the lock buckle onto a jig equipped with a button body and press it into the button body;

[0008] A spring loading device is set up on the table to carry the spring to the body equipped with the lock;

[0009] A button feeding device is set up on the table, and the button feeding device is arranged in parallel with the button body feeding device, and is used to position the button, transfer it to the button body equipped with a spring, and press it into shape;

[0010] A finished product unloading device is set up on the table to move the assembled buttons away from the jig on the turntable mechanism and stack them for storage.

[0011] Furthermore, the button body loading device includes a body stacking system located on one side of the turntable mechanism, and a button body handling robot is movably provided between the adjacent body stacking systems and the turntable mechanism, for carrying the button bodies of the body stacking system one by one and placing them in a jig on the turntable mechanism.

[0012] Furthermore, the lock loading device includes a lock handling robot and a lock pressing component which are sequentially arranged on the circumferential side along the rotation direction of the turntable mechanism; the lock handling robot is used to press the button body to fix it on the jig while carrying the lock to the corresponding hole on the button body; the lock pressing component is used to apply a downward extrusion force to the lock to deform it and then fix it on the button body.

[0013] Furthermore, the lock handling manipulator includes a lock vibrating loader; a handling component is movably provided above the output end of the lock vibrating loader; a pressing component is provided on one side of the handling component and can be reciprocated back and forth in the vertical direction; a button body detection component is provided on the other side of the handling component close to the button body feeding device;

[0014] The lock pressing component comprises a lock pressing bracket; a lock pressing cylinder is provided on one side of the lock pressing bracket; a lock pressing needle is telescopically provided on the lock pressing bracket; and the lock pressing cylinder can drive the lock pressing needle to move telescopically.

[0015] Furthermore, the spring feeding device includes a spring vibration loader arranged on one side of the turntable mechanism; a spring separation mechanism is provided at the output end of the spring vibration loader; a spring transfer robot is movably provided above the spring separation mechanism; a spring detection mechanism is mounted in front of the spring transfer robot along the rotating lateral direction of the turntable mechanism.

[0016] Furthermore, the button feeding device includes a direction adjustment mechanism and a button vibration feeding mechanism which are arranged on one side of the turntable mechanism and are arranged in a line horizontally; a button handling robot is provided above the adjacent direction adjustment mechanism and the button vibration feeding mechanism and can move in a step-by-step manner; a visual positioning mechanism is provided directly above the output end of the button vibration feeding mechanism; a button pressing mechanism is provided on one side of the direction adjustment mechanism and on the circumferential side along the rotation direction of the turntable mechanism.

[0017] Further, the direction adjustment mechanism comprises a direction adjustment bracket; the direction adjustment bracket is provided with an adjustment servo motor; the direction adjustment bracket is rotatably provided with a placement fixture; the adjustment servo motor can drive the placement fixture to rotate back and forth;

[0018] The button handling manipulator comprises a button handling bracket; a lateral movement cylinder is provided on one side of the button handling bracket; a first gripping part and a second gripping part are slidably provided on one side of the button handling bracket; the lateral movement cylinder can drive the first gripping part and the second gripping part to move back and forth;

[0019] The visual positioning mechanism comprises a visual detection bracket; the visual detection bracket is provided with an industrial camera for vertical shooting; a light source assembly is installed obliquely along the optical path shot by the industrial camera;

[0020] The button pressing mechanism comprises a button pressing bracket; button pressing cylinder assemblies are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the button pressing bracket; and a support assembly is arranged directly below the button pressing cylinder assembly.

[0021] Furthermore, the finished product unloading device includes a finished product stacking storage system mounted on the work surface; a finished product unloading robot is movably provided above the finished product stacking storage system; and a finished product detection component is provided on one side of the finished product unloading robot.

[0022] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: the utility model is applied to the fully automatic assembly production of buttons, and the automatic conveying of button bodies, lock buckle loading devices, spring loading devices, button loading devices, finished product unloading devices, PLC controllers and other equipment are realized through the coordinated action of the turntable mechanism, button body loading devices, lock buckle loading devices, spring loading devices, button loading devices, finished product unloading devices, PLC controllers and other equipment. 、 Spring feeding 、 The buttons are loaded and automatically assembled into shape, thereby replacing manual assembly, ensuring production quality, reducing production working time and improving production efficiency. The utility model has a simple structure, saves costs and has high work efficiency, reduces labor costs and labor intensity, has low production costs, good product quality, high yield rate, and high equipment utilization rate. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] To further illustrate the various embodiments, the present invention provides drawings. These drawings are part of the disclosure of the present invention, which are mainly used to illustrate the embodiments and can be used in conjunction with the relevant descriptions in the specification to explain the operating principles of the embodiments. With reference to these contents, a person of ordinary skill in the art should be able to understand other possible implementations and advantages of the present invention. The components in the figures are not drawn to scale, and similar component symbols are generally used to represent similar components.

[0024] Figure 1 This is a top view of the automatic button assembly machine of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the automatic button assembly machine of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the negative axis side of the automatic button assembly machine of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 4 It is a partial structural schematic diagram of the automatic button assembly machine of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0029] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present invention, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0030] Please see attached Figures 1 to 4 As shown: a button automatic assembly machine, including a frame 10 with a work surface 11, a turntable mechanism 20 installed on the work surface 11, and a plc controller installed inside the frame 10. The frame 10 is a common rectangular frame 10 structure with sheet metal parts on the outside and moving wheels on the bottom. The plc controller is used to control the operation of the button assembly equipment. The automated control part of the plc controller can be specifically set by those skilled in the art according to the requirements of the button assembly process, the structure of the button automatic assembly machine equipment and the working process below, which will not be repeated here. A button body loading device 30 is mounted on the table 11, which is used to transport the button body and place it on the turntable mechanism 20 to the jig; a lock buckle loading device 40 is mounted on the table 11, which is used to transport the lock buckle to the jig equipped with the button body and press it into the button body; a spring loading device 50 is mounted on the table 11, which is used to transport the spring to the body equipped with the lock buckle; a button loading device 60 is mounted on the table 11, and the button loading device 60 is arranged parallel to the button body loading device 30, and is used to position the button and then transfer it to the button body equipped with the spring, and press it into shape; a finished product unloading device 70 is mounted on the table 11, which is used to move the assembled buttons away from the jig on the turntable mechanism 20 and stack them for storage. Specifically, the button body feeding device 30 grabs the button body to be assembled and places it on the tooling fixture on the turntable mechanism 20, and transports it intermittently through the turntable mechanism 20, and sequentially passes through the loading station of the lock feeding device 40 to complete the lock assembly, passes through the spring feeding device 50 to complete the spring assembly, and completes the spring button loading and assembly at the spring button feeding device 60, and finally enters the finished product unloading device 70 to stack and store the assembled finished products. This embodiment realizes the automatic conveying of button bodies, lock feeding, spring feeding, button feeding, finished product unloading, PLC controller and other equipment through the cooperation of the turntable mechanism, button body feeding device, lock feeding device, spring feeding device, button feeding device, finished product unloading device, PLC controller and other equipment. 、 Spring feeding 、The buttons are loaded and automatically assembled into shape, thereby replacing manual assembly, ensuring production quality, reducing production working time and improving production efficiency. The utility model has a simple structure, saves costs and has high work efficiency, reduces labor costs and labor intensity, has low production costs, good product quality, high yield rate, and high equipment utilization rate.

[0031] On the basis of the above embodiment, the button body loading device 30 includes a body stacking system 301 located on one side of the turntable mechanism 20, which is used to store the button bodies to be assembled, and a button body handling robot 302 is movably provided between the adjacent body stacking system 301 and the turntable mechanism 20, which is used to carry the button bodies of the body stacking system 301 one by one and place them in the fixture on the turntable mechanism 20, so as to realize fully automatic loading of the body and effectively improve production efficiency. In this embodiment, the body stacking system 301 and the button body handling robot 302 are prior art, which are well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail here.

[0032] Based on the above embodiment, the lock buckle feeding device 40 includes a lock buckle handling manipulator 401 and a lock buckle pressing component 402 arranged in sequence on the circumferential side along the rotation direction of the turntable mechanism 20; the lock buckle handling manipulator 401 is used to press the button body to fix it on the fixture and carry the lock buckle to the corresponding hole on the button body; the lock buckle pressing component 402 is used to apply downward squeezing force to the lock buckle to deform it and fix it on the button body. Such a setting effectively distributes the production rhythm, ensures smooth work, and does not cause material stagnation due to different efficiency of a certain position.

[0033] On the basis of the above embodiment, the lock buckle handling manipulator 401 includes a lock buckle vibration loader, which is used to continuously output the lock buckle in a certain direction; a handling component is movably provided above the output end of the lock buckle vibration loader; a clamping component is provided on one side of the handling component, which can move back and forth in the vertical direction; a button body detection component is provided on the other side of the handling component, which is close to the button body feeding device 30;

[0034] The lock pressing component 402 includes a lock pressing bracket; a lock pressing cylinder is provided on one side of the lock pressing bracket; a lock pressing needle is telescopically provided on the lock pressing bracket; and the lock pressing cylinder can drive the lock pressing needle to move telescopically.

[0035] Based on the above embodiment, the spring feeding device 50 includes a spring vibration loader 501 arranged on one side of the turntable mechanism 20; a spring separation mechanism 502 is provided at the output end of the spring vibration loader 501; a spring transfer robot 503 is movably provided above the spring separation mechanism 502; a spring detection mechanism 504 is mounted in front of the spring transfer robot 503 along the rotating lateral direction of the turntable mechanism 20.

[0036] On the basis of the above embodiment, the button feeding device 60 includes a direction adjustment mechanism 601 and a button vibration feeding mechanism 602 which are arranged on one side of the turntable mechanism 20 and are arranged in a line horizontally; a button handling robot 603 is provided above the adjacent direction adjustment mechanism 601 and the button vibration feeding mechanism 602 and can move in a step-by-step manner; a visual positioning mechanism 604 is provided directly above the output end of the button vibration feeding mechanism 602; a button pressing mechanism 605 is mounted on one side of the direction adjustment mechanism 601 and on the circumferential side along the rotation direction of the turntable mechanism 20.

[0037] Based on the above embodiment, the direction adjustment mechanism 601 includes a direction adjustment bracket; the direction adjustment bracket is provided with an adjustment servo motor; the direction adjustment bracket is rotatably provided with a placement fixture; the adjustment servo motor can drive the placement fixture to rotate back and forth;

[0038] The button handling manipulator 603 comprises a button handling bracket; a lateral moving cylinder is provided on one side of the button handling bracket; a first gripping part and a second gripping part are slidably provided on one side of the button handling bracket; the lateral moving cylinder can drive the first gripping part and the second gripping part to move back and forth;

[0039] The visual positioning mechanism 604 includes a visual detection bracket; the visual detection bracket is provided with an industrial camera for vertical shooting; a light source assembly is installed obliquely along the optical path of the industrial camera;

[0040] The button pressing mechanism 605 comprises a button pressing bracket; button pressing cylinder assemblies are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the button pressing bracket; and a supporting assembly is arranged directly below the button pressing cylinder assembly.

[0041] Based on the above embodiment, the finished product unloading device 70 includes a finished product stacking storage system mounted on the work surface 11; a finished product unloading robot is movably provided above the finished product stacking storage system; and a finished product detection component is provided on one side of the finished product unloading robot.

[0042] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed as a preferred embodiment, it is not used to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art should be able to use the technical content disclosed above to make equivalent embodiments that are equivalent changes by slight changes or modifications without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention. However, any brief modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present invention without departing from the content of the technical solution of the present invention still fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A button automatic assembly machine, comprising a frame (10) having a work surface (11) and a turntable mechanism (20) mounted on the work surface (11); characterized in that: A button body loading device (30) is mounted on the work surface (11) to carry the button body onto the turntable mechanism (20) and transport it to the fixture; A lock buckle loading device (40) is mounted on the work surface (11) to transport and load the lock buckle onto a jig equipped with a button body, and press the lock buckle into the button body; A spring loading device (50) is mounted on the work surface (11) for transporting the spring to the body equipped with the lock; A button loading device (60) is mounted on the work surface (11), and the button loading device (60) is arranged in parallel with the button body loading device (30), and is used to position the button, transfer it to the button body equipped with a spring, and press it into shape; A finished product unloading device (70) is mounted on the work surface (11) to remove the assembled buttons from the jig on the turntable mechanism (20) and stack them for storage.

2. The button automatic assembly machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The button body loading device (30) comprises a body stacking system (301) located on one side of the turntable mechanism (20), and a button body transporting robot (302) is movably provided between the adjacent body stacking system (301) and the turntable mechanism (20), for transporting the button bodies of the body stacking system (301) one by one and placing them in a jig on the turntable mechanism (20).

3. The button automatic assembly machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The buckle loading device (40) comprises a buckle handling robot (401) and a buckle pressing component (402) which are sequentially arranged on the circumferential side along the rotation direction of the turntable mechanism (20); the buckle handling robot (401) is used to press the button body to fix it on the fixture and to carry the buckle to the corresponding hole on the button body; the buckle pressing component (402) is used to apply a downward squeezing force to the buckle to deform it and fix it on the button body.

4. The button automatic assembly machine as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The lock handling robot (401) comprises a lock vibrating loader; a handling component is movably provided above the output end of the lock vibrating loader; a pressing component is provided on one side of the handling component and can reciprocate back and forth in the vertical direction; and a button body detection component is provided on the other side of the handling component close to the button body feeding device (30); The lock pressing component (402) comprises a lock pressing bracket; a lock pressing cylinder is provided on one side of the lock pressing bracket; a lock pressing needle is telescopically provided on the lock pressing bracket; and the lock pressing cylinder can drive the lock pressing needle to move telescopically.

5. The button automatic assembly machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The spring feeding device (50) comprises a spring vibration feeder (501) arranged on one side of the turntable mechanism (20); a spring separation mechanism (502) is provided at the output end of the spring vibration feeder (501); a spring transfer robot (503) is movably provided above the spring separation mechanism (502); and a spring detection mechanism (504) is mounted in front of the spring transfer robot (503) along the rotational lateral direction of the turntable mechanism (20).

6. The button automatic assembly machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The button feeding device (60) comprises a direction adjustment mechanism (601) and a button vibration feeding mechanism (602) which are arranged on one side of the turntable mechanism (20) and are arranged in a horizontal line; a button handling robot (603) is provided above the adjacent direction adjustment mechanism (601) and the button vibration feeding mechanism (602) and can move in a step-by-step manner; a visual positioning mechanism (604) is provided directly above the output end of the button vibration feeding mechanism (602); and a button pressing mechanism (605) is provided on one side of the direction adjustment mechanism (601) and on the circumference along the rotation direction of the turntable mechanism (20).

7. The button automatic assembly machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The direction adjustment mechanism (601) comprises a direction adjustment bracket; the direction adjustment bracket is provided with an adjustment servo motor; the direction adjustment bracket is rotatably provided with a placement fixture; the adjustment servo motor can drive the placement fixture to rotate back and forth; The button handling manipulator (603) comprises a button handling bracket; a lateral movement cylinder is provided on one side of the button handling bracket; a first gripping part and a second gripping part are slidably provided on one side of the button handling bracket; the lateral movement cylinder can drive the first gripping part and the second gripping part to move back and forth; The visual positioning mechanism (604) comprises a visual detection bracket; the visual detection bracket is provided with an industrial camera for vertical shooting; a light source assembly is installed obliquely along the optical path of the industrial camera; The button pressing mechanism (605) comprises a button pressing bracket; button pressing cylinder assemblies are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the button pressing bracket; and a support assembly is arranged directly below the button pressing cylinder assembly.

8. The button automatic assembly machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The finished product unloading device (70) comprises a finished product stacking storage system mounted on the work surface (11); a finished product unloading robot is movably provided above the finished product stacking storage system; and a finished product detection component is provided on one side of the finished product unloading robot.

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