Automatic feeding unit
By designing an automatic feeding unit in the grinding production line, including a conveyor belt device, a feeding mechanism and a feed tray lifting buffer device, the problem of poor feeding time is solved, efficient feeding is achieved, and working efficiency is improved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422131940.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-09-02
- Publication Date
- 2025-06-10
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-09-02
AI Technical Summary
In the grinding production line, due to the different grinding processing time of each process, there is a time difference in feeding, which leads to a waiting time set for processes with a longer grinding time, which reduces work efficiency.
An automatic feeding unit is designed, including a conveyor belt device, a feeding mechanism and a loading and unloading handling robot arm. The unprocessed material tray is cached through the material tray lifting buffer device to avoid waiting time and improve working efficiency.
It realizes automatic feeding in the grinding production line, reduces waiting time, improves work efficiency, and enables multiple grinders to supply materials efficiently.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the field of grinding equipment, and particularly relates to an automatic feeding unit. Background Art
[0002] During the processing of watch cases, it is necessary to grind the bottom line, ear nozzles, and thin body parts respectively. In the past, three grinding devices were used for processing respectively. After each processing is completed, the material needs to be transported to the next grinding device, and then the workpiece is placed in the grinding device for positioning and grinding. The overall process requires a large amount of labor, and the workpiece needs to be positioned and clamped multiple times, resulting in low efficiency. In view of this defect, a grinding production line is currently developed to automatically complete the grinding processing of each part. However, since the grinding processing time of each process is different, there is a time difference in feeding. When the grinding process with a longer grinding time has not completed the workpiece grinding, a waiting time needs to be set, resulting in that the working efficiency still cannot be greatly improved. Therefore, further improvement is needed. Content of the Utility Model
[0003] The purpose of the utility model is to provide an automatic feeding unit to solve the problems mentioned in the background art.
[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:
[0005] An automatic feeding unit includes a conveyor belt device, a feeding mechanism, and a loading and unloading handling robotic arm distributed from front to back; the conveyor belt device is arranged horizontally and is used to control the left - right direction transportation of the tray; the feeding mechanism includes a chassis and a tray lifting and buffering device, a tray handling manipulator, and a transfer handling robotic arm installed on the chassis; a tray positioning seat is arranged on the rear side of the chassis corresponding to the tray lifting and buffering device, and a workpiece transfer positioning seat is arranged behind the tray positioning seat; the tray handling manipulator includes a Y - axis driving device, a Z - axis driving device, a tray clamping device, and a tray limiting device; the Y - axis driving device is located beside the tray positioning seat and the tray lifting and buffering device, and its front end extends above the conveyor belt device; the Z - axis driving device is installed at the power output end of the Y - axis driving device; the tray clamping device is installed at the power output end of the Z - axis driving device; the tray limiting device is fixed at the front part of the Y - axis driving device and is used to limit the tray on the conveyor belt device; the workpiece transfer handling robotic arm is arranged behind the tray handling manipulator.
[0006] For a further description of the utility model, the loading and unloading handling robotic arm includes a six - axis robotic arm and a workpiece loading clamping device and a workpiece unloading clamping device installed at the power output end of the six - axis robotic arm.
[0007] For further description of the present utility model, a U-shaped opening is provided on one side of the middle part of the chassis; the tray lifting and buffering device includes a lifting driving device and a bracket; the lifting driving device is installed inside the chassis and the power output end is connected to the bracket; the bracket is located at the position of the U-shaped opening.
[0008] For further description of the present utility model, the workpiece transfer and handling robotic arm includes a four-axis robotic arm, and a workpiece transfer clamping device and a CCD photographing device installed at the power output end of the four-axis robotic arm.
[0009] For further description of the present utility model, the tray limiting device includes two groups of material blocking cylinders; the two groups of material blocking cylinders are arranged opposite to each other front and back and are located on the front and back sides of the conveyor belt device; a material blocking piece is installed at the power output end of the material blocking cylinder.
[0010] The beneficial effects of the present utility model are as follows:
[0011] This design of the automatic feeding unit is applied to the grinding production line. Multiple automatic feeding units distributed side by side left and right can supply materials for multiple grinding machines. The conveyor belt device is used to transport the trays filled with workpieces. In the feeding mechanism, the tray limiting device limits the trays on the conveyor belt device, and then the tray clamping device clamps the trays and places them in the tray positioning seat for positioning. The workpiece transfer and handling robotic arm takes out the workpieces in the trays and places them on the workpiece transfer positioning seat, waiting for the loading and unloading robotic arm to pick up the materials and feed them to the grinding machine.
[0012] The setting of the tray lifting and buffering device is to overcome the problem that waiting time needs to be set due to different grinding efficiencies of each grinding machine. When the tray is sent to this automatic feeding unit, if the previous tray of this automatic feeding unit has not been processed yet, the tray is first placed in the tray lifting and buffering device for buffering, and there is no need to set waiting time, which improves work efficiency. Description of the Drawings
[0013] Figure 1 is the overall structure diagram of the present utility model;
[0014] Figure 2 is the structure diagram of the tray lifting and buffering device of the present utility model. Detailed Embodiments
[0015] The present utility model will be further described below with reference to the drawings:
[0016] As Figure 1-2As shown in the figure, an automatic feeding unit includes a conveyor belt device 54, a feeding mechanism 52, and a loading and unloading handling robot arm 4 that are distributed from front to back; the conveyor belt device 54 is horizontally arranged and is used to control the left-right direction transportation of the tray; the feeding mechanism 52 includes a chassis 6 and a tray lifting and buffering device 7, a tray handling robot arm 8, and a transfer handling robot arm 9 that are installed on the chassis 6; a tray positioning seat 61 and a workpiece transfer positioning seat 62 located behind the tray positioning seat 61 are provided on the chassis 6 corresponding to the rear side of the tray lifting and buffering device 7; the tray handling robot arm 8 includes a Y-axis driving device 81, a Z-axis driving device 82, a tray clamping device 83, and a tray limiting device 84; the Y-axis driving device 81 is located beside the tray positioning seat 61 and the tray lifting and buffering device 7, and its front end extends above the conveyor belt device 54; the Z-axis driving device 82 is installed at the power output end of the Y-axis driving device 81; the tray clamping device 83 is installed at the power output end of the Z-axis driving device 82; the tray limiting device 84 is fixed at the front part of the Y-axis driving device 81 and is used to limit the tray on the conveyor belt device 54; the workpiece transfer handling robot arm 9 is arranged behind the tray handling robot arm 8; this designed automatic feeding unit is applied to a grinding production line. Multiple automatic feeding units distributed side by side left and right can supply materials for multiple grinding machines. The conveyor belt device 54 transports the trays filled with workpieces. In the feeding mechanism 52, the tray on the conveyor belt device 54 is limited by the tray limiting device 84, and then the tray is clamped by the tray clamping device 83 and placed in the tray positioning seat 61 for positioning. The workpiece transfer handling robot arm 9 takes out the workpieces in the tray and places them on the workpiece transfer positioning seat 62, waiting for the loading and unloading handling robot arm 4 to pick up the materials and feed them to the grinding machine; when the tray is sent to this automatic feeding unit, if the previous tray of this automatic feeding unit has not been processed yet, the tray is first placed in the tray lifting and buffering device for buffering, without setting a waiting time, improving work efficiency.
[0017] The loading and unloading handling robot arm 4 includes a six-axis robot arm 41 and a workpiece loading clamping device 42 and a workpiece unloading clamping device 43 installed at the power output end of the six-axis robot arm 41. The workpiece loading clamping device 42 picks up materials from the workpiece transfer positioning seat 62 and places them in the corresponding grinding machine for loading. The workpiece loading clamping device 42 clamps the processed workpieces from the grinding machine and places them in the tray on the tray positioning seat 61 for unloading. One-time handling realizes the synchronous progress of workpiece loading and unloading, improving efficiency.
[0018] One side of the middle part of the chassis 6 is provided with a U-shaped opening 63; the tray lifting and buffering device 7 includes a lifting driving device 71 and a bracket 72; the lifting driving device 71 is installed inside the chassis 6 and its power output end is connected to the bracket 72; the bracket 72 is located at the position of the U-shaped opening 63, and the setting of the U-shaped opening 63 is convenient for manual picking and placing of the tray.
[0019] The workpiece transfer and handling robotic arm 9 includes a four-axis robotic arm 91, a workpiece transfer clamping device 92 and a CCD photographing device 93 installed at the power output end of the four-axis robotic arm 91. The CCD photographing device 93 is used to photograph the workpieces in the tray for convenient material taking. The workpiece transfer clamping device 92 is used to pick up the workpieces from the tray on the tray positioning seat 61 and place them on the workpiece transfer positioning seat 62.
[0020] The tray limiting device 84 includes two groups of material blocking cylinders; the two groups of material blocking cylinders are arranged opposite to each other front and back and are located on the front and back sides of the conveyor belt device 54; a material blocking piece is installed at the power output end of the material blocking cylinder, and the material blocking cylinder controls the material blocking piece to push out to block and limit the tray.
[0021] The above does not impose any limitation on the technical scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present invention still fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.
Claims
1. An automatic feeding unit, characterized in that: It includes a conveyor belt device, a feeding mechanism and a loading and unloading material handling robot arm distributed from front to back; the conveyor belt device is arranged horizontally for controlling the left and right direction of the material tray; the feeding mechanism includes a chassis and a material tray lifting and caching device, a material tray handling robot and a transfer handling robot arm installed on the chassis; a material tray positioning seat and a workpiece transfer positioning seat located at the rear side of the material tray positioning seat are provided on the chassis corresponding to the rear side of the material tray lifting and caching device; the material tray handling robot arm includes a Y-axis driving device, a Z-axis driving device, a material tray clamping device and a material tray limiting device; the Y-axis driving device is located beside the material tray positioning seat and the material tray lifting and caching device and the front end extends to the top of the conveyor belt device; the Z-axis driving device is installed at the power output end of the Y-axis driving device; the material tray clamping device is installed at the power output end of the Z-axis driving device; the material tray limiting device is fixed at the front of the Y-axis driving device, and is used to limit the material tray on the conveyor belt device; the transfer handling robot arm is arranged at the rear side of the material tray handling robot arm.
2. An automatic feeding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that: The loading and unloading handling robot arm comprises a six-axis robot arm and a workpiece loading clamping device and a workpiece unloading clamping device installed at the power output end of the six-axis robot arm.
3. The automatic feeding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that: A U-shaped opening is provided on one side of the middle part of the chassis; the tray lifting and caching device includes a lifting drive device and a bracket; the lifting drive device is installed in the chassis and the power output end is connected to the bracket; the bracket is located at the U-shaped opening position.
4. The automatic feeding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer handling robot arm comprises a four-axis robot arm and a workpiece transfer clamping device and a CCD camera device installed at the power output end of the four-axis robot arm.
5. The automatic feeding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material tray limiting device includes two groups of material blocking cylinders; the two groups of material blocking cylinders are arranged opposite to each other front and back and are located on the front and back sides of the conveyor belt device; and a material blocking member is installed at the power output end of the material blocking cylinder.