Intelligent carton stacking machine

Abstract

The intelligent carton stacking machine comprises a PLC control table, a conveying section, a camera, a kicking mechanism, a stacking section, a placing mechanism, a stacking car and the like, an advanced PLC control system is adopted for conducting comprehensive analysis and operation control on the conveying section, the stacking section, the placing mechanism and the stacking car, and the multiple equipment structures work cooperatively; according to the carton stacking machine, the cartons are stacked in an intelligent and full-automatic mode, traditional manual stacking is replaced, high-efficiency and high-precision carton stacking operation is achieved, the undesirable phenomena that stacking is unstable, and the cartons are prone to being damaged are reduced, meanwhile, manpower output is reduced, and the labor intensity of workers is relieved; the conveying section is provided with a camera and a kicking mechanism, unqualified products can be kicked out of the stacking section under the control of the PLC console, only qualified products are stacked, manual inspection is replaced, and the working intensity of workers is reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of carton palletizing, and particularly to an intelligent carton palletizer. Background Art

[0002] In the modern production process, as an important packaging material, cartons are widely used in various industries. Especially in the fields of logistics, warehousing and transportation, the usage of cartons is very large. However, there are many problems with the traditional manual palletizing method, such as low efficiency, poor accuracy, high labor cost, and manual palletizing may also cause quality problems due to human factors, such as unstable palletizing and easy damage. Therefore, an intelligent carton palletizer has been developed. Content of the Utility Model

[0003] This application provides an intelligent carton palletizer, which uses an advanced PLC control system to comprehensively analyze and operationally control the transportation section, palletizing section, placement mechanism, stacker truck, etc., enabling multiple equipment structures to cooperate with each other to palletize cartons in an intelligent and fully automatic manner, replacing traditional manual palletizing, achieving high-efficiency and high-precision carton palletizing operations, reducing the occurrence of adverse phenomena such as unstable palletizing and easy damage, and at the same time reducing the labor output and lowering the labor intensity of workers.

[0004] This application provides an intelligent carton palletizer, including a transportation section, a palletizing section, and a stacker truck. The transportation section includes a transportation section support frame. Multiple transportation section legs are welded to the bottom of the transportation section support frame. Three rollers are arranged inside the transportation section support frame, and the three rollers are equipped with the same conveyor belt. The input end of one of the rollers is connected to a motor. Cameras are arranged on both sides of the top of the transportation section support frame, and a fixed frame is arranged on one side. A kicking mechanism is installed on the fixed frame, and a collection basket is placed below the kicking mechanism;

[0005] The end of the transportation section is provided with a palletizing section. The palletizing section includes a palletizing section support frame. Multiple palletizing section legs are welded to the bottom of the palletizing section support frame. Four pushing mechanisms are fixed on the four sides inside the palletizing section support frame. A clamping plate is fixed to the output end of each pushing mechanism. The same electric bottom plate is arranged at the bottom of the four clamping plates. A support plate is arranged on the opposite side of the electric bottom plate and is fixed to the inner wall of one side of the palletizing section support frame.

[0006] The same placement mechanism is installed on the top of the transportation section and the palletizing section. The placement mechanism includes a placement mechanism mounting frame. A mobile telescopic mechanism is installed on the placement mechanism mounting frame. The output end of the mobile telescopic mechanism is connected to a rotating mechanism, and an adhesive plate is arranged at the bottom of the rotating mechanism.

[0007] A stacker truck is placed below the palletizing section support frame. The stacker truck includes a mobile bottom plate frame. Four elevators are arranged on the mobile bottom plate frame, and the same stacking bottom plate is fixed to the output ends of the four elevators.

[0008] The motor, the camera, the kicking mechanism, each pushing mechanism, the electric bottom plate, the mobile telescopic mechanism, the rotating mechanism, the sticking plate and each lifter are all electrically connected to the same PLC control console.

[0009] Furthermore, the motor is specifically a servo motor.

[0010] Furthermore, the movable telescopic mechanism can be moved horizontally and vertically on the placement mechanism mounting frame.

[0011] Furthermore, the output end of the movable telescopic mechanism can be vertically telescopic under the control of the movable telescopic mechanism.

[0012] Furthermore, after every two adjacent splints are combined with each other, a "cube" empty frame is formed inside.

[0013] Furthermore, there are multiple stacker trucks.

[0014] Furthermore, the two cameras are arranged in axisymmetric manner.

[0015] It can be seen from the above technical scheme that the present application provides an intelligent carton palletizer, including a conveying section, a palletizing section and a stacker. The conveying section is a conveying line for conveying cartons to the palletizing section, and the stacking section is a palletizing line for palletizing the cartons conveyed by the conveying section. The stacker, used in conjunction with the stacking section, can complete the palletizing operation and achieve the purpose of palletizing. It is used to receive the carton layers that have been orderly placed by the placing mechanism in the stacking section. The conveying section includes a conveying section support frame, an installation body of structures such as a conveying belt, a camera and a kicking mechanism. A plurality of conveying section legs are welded to the bottom of the conveying section support frame to support the conveying section support frame. Three rollers are arranged inside the conveying section support frame for installing the conveying belt. The three rollers are installed with the same conveying belt. Driven by a motor, the cartons are transported from a receiving point to the stacking section, and the stacking section is allowed to stack the cartons. One of them The input end of the roller is connected to a motor and a power output mechanism. When transporting cartons, kinetic energy is output to drive the roller to rotate, thereby driving the mobile conveyor belt to work normally and transporting the water tank cartons. A camera is set on each side of the top of the transport section support frame to simultaneously monitor and shoot the passing cartons in multiple directions, so that the PLC console can make accurate judgments and command the kicking mechanism to work and kick out unqualified products. A fixed frame and a mounting frame for the kicking mechanism are set on one side. The kicking mechanism is installed on the fixed frame. The power structure for kicking out unqualified products. When the camera captures unqualified products, it can kick out the unqualified products under the control of the PLC console to ensure the quality of the stacked products. A collection basket is placed under the kicking mechanism, which is a collection container for unqualified products kicked out by the kicking mechanism, so that the staff can handle them in a centralized manner.

[0016] A stacking section is arranged at the end of the conveying section. The stacking section includes a stacking section support frame, a pushing mechanism, an electric bottom plate and other structural installation bodies. A plurality of stacking section legs are welded at the bottom of the stacking section support frame to support the stacking section support frame. A pushing mechanism is fixed on each of the four sides of the stacking section support frame to push the kinetic energy output structure for moving the clamping plates, and push the clamping plates to move mutually between each other to realize the scaling of the "hollow frame" to achieve the purpose of limiting and clamping the placed cartons, so as to facilitate the opening of the electric bottom plate and let a layer of cartons placed by the placing mechanism fall on the stacking bottom plate of the stacker. A clamping plate and a limiting structure are fixed on the output end of each pushing mechanism. Under the action of the structure, a "cube" empty frame can be formed, which is conducive to the placement mechanism to place qualified carton placement layers under the control of the PLC console, which is convenient for later stacking. The bottom of the four plywood is provided with the same electric bottom plate. When the placement mechanism is placing the cartons, it is closed to play a supporting role. After the placement is completed, it is opened to play a releasing role, so as to facilitate the stacking of the placed cartons on the stacker. A support plate is provided on the opposite side of the electric bottom plate. When the electric bottom plate is closed, the support plate of the movable bottom plate is fixed to the inner wall of one side of the stacking section support frame. In the process of placing the cartons, the electric bottom plate is prevented from being deformed under the pressure of the cartons.

[0017] The same placing mechanism is installed on the top of the conveying section and the stacking section. Under the control of the PLC console, the placing device is used to place and process the qualified cartons transported from the conveying section according to the prescribed placing rules. The placing mechanism includes a placing mechanism mounting frame, a mobile telescopic mechanism, a rotating mechanism and other structures. The placing mechanism mounting frame is installed with a mobile telescopic mechanism. Under the control of the PLC console, it moves horizontally and vertically on the placing mechanism mounting frame, and transports each carton to the top of the corresponding position to be placed according to the placing rules, and then outputs the carton vertically to the corresponding position. The output end of the mobile telescopic mechanism is connected with a rotating mechanism. During the lowering process, it can rotate and adjust the direction of the carton to facilitate stacking of a solid carton stack to avoid collapse and other adverse conditions in the later stage. A sticky plate is provided at the bottom of the rotating mechanism. The placing mechanism takes and releases the carton. The picking and releasing structure of the placing mechanism takes and releases the carton. Under the control of the PLC console, when taking the carton, the carton is firmly glued to the placing mechanism to avoid falling from the placing mechanism during the placing process. After the placing is completed, the carton is separated so as to be picked up again;

[0018] A stacker is placed under the support frame of the stacking section. The stacker includes a mobile bottom plate frame and a support lifter to support the stacking bottom plate, and facilitate the staff to move the cartons to the specified position after a stack is made for unloading, thereby reducing the work intensity of the staff. Four lifters are arranged on the mobile bottom plate frame, and the kinetic energy output structure can be vertically lifted and lowered in an orderly manner under the control of the PLC console during the stacking process. Combined with the stacking section, the placed cartons are stacked layer by layer in an orderly manner on the stacking bottom plate of the stacker to achieve the purpose of stacking. The output ends of the four lifters are fixed with the same stacking bottom plate, which is the support plate of the cartons during the stacking process.

[0019] The motor, camera, kicking mechanism, each pushing mechanism, electric bottom plate, mobile telescopic mechanism, rotating mechanism, sticking plate and each lifter are all electrically connected to the same PLC console and control mechanism, which controls the coordinated operation of each structure to perform intelligent and fully automatic palletizing of cartons, realize high-efficiency and high-precision carton palletizing operations, reduce manual labor output, and reduce the work intensity of staff.

[0020] In summary, the beneficial effects produced by this application are as follows:

[0021] 1. Use advanced PLC control system to conduct comprehensive analysis and calculation control on the transport section, stacking section, placement mechanism and stacker, so that multiple equipment structures can work together to stack cartons in an intelligent and fully automatic way, replacing traditional manual stacking, achieving high-efficiency and high-precision carton stacking operations, reducing the occurrence of unfavorable phenomena such as unstable stacking and easy damage, while also reducing manpower output and labor intensity.

[0022] 2. The conveying section is equipped with cameras and kick-out mechanisms, which can kick unqualified products out of the stacking section under the control of the PLC console. Only qualified products will be stacked, replacing manual inspection and reducing the workload of staff.

[0023] 3. There are multiple stacker trucks, which can be replaced and moved, which is conducive to the uninterrupted operation of the palletizing line. It not only improves the palletizing efficiency, but also makes it convenient for the staff to transfer the stacked pallets to the specified location. It is very convenient to use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present application, the following is a brief introduction to the drawings required for use in the implementation cases. Obviously, for ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0025] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of this application.

[0026] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the PLC control console structure of this application.

[0027] Illustration:

[0028] Among them, 1 - support frame of the conveying section, 2 - legs of the conveying section, 3 - roller, 4 - conveyor belt, 5 - motor, 6 - camera, 7 - fixing frame, 8 - kicking mechanism, 9 - collection basket, 10 - support frame of the palletizing section, 11 - legs of the palletizing section, 12 - pushing mechanism, 13 - clamping plate, 14 - electric bottom plate, 15 - support plate, 16 - mounting frame of the placing mechanism, 17 - mobile telescopic mechanism, 18 - rotating mechanism, 19 - sticky plate, 20 - mobile bottom plate frame, 21 - lifter, 22 - stacking bottom plate, 23 - PLC control console. Specific implementation manners

[0029] In order to enable those skilled in the art of this technology to better understand the technical solutions in this application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0030] It can be seen from the above technical solutions that:

[0031] Embodiment 1:

[0032] See Figure 1 、 Figure 2 。

[0033] The invention relates to an intelligent carton palletizer, comprising a conveying section, a palletizing section and a stacking truck. The conveying section is a conveying line for conveying cartons to the palletizing section. The palletizing section is a palletizing line for palletizing cartons conveyed by the conveying section. The stacking truck cooperates with the palletizing section to complete the palletizing operation and achieve the purpose of palletizing. The palletizing truck is used to receive the carton layers that are orderly placed by the placing mechanism in the palletizing section. The conveying section comprises an installation body of structures such as a conveying section support frame 1, a conveying belt 4, a camera 6 and a kicking mechanism 8. A plurality of conveying section legs 2 are welded to the bottom of the conveying section support frame 1 to support the conveying section support frame 1. Three rollers 3 are arranged inside the conveying section support frame 1 for installing the conveying belt 4. The three rollers 4 are installed with the same conveying belt 4. Driven by a motor 5, the cartons are conveyed from a receiving point to the palletizing section so that the palletizing section can perform palletizing on the cartons. The input end of one of the rollers 3 is connected to a motor. 5. The power output mechanism outputs kinetic energy when transporting cartons, drives the roller 3 to rotate, thereby driving the mobile conveyor belt 4 to work normally and transport the water tank cartons. A camera 6 is arranged on each side of the top of the transport section support frame 1, and the passing cartons are monitored and photographed in multiple directions at the same time, so that the PLC console 23 can make accurate judgments and command the kicking mechanism 8 to work and kick out the unqualified products. A fixed frame 7 and a mounting frame for the kicking mechanism 8 are arranged on one side. The kicking mechanism 8 is installed on the fixed frame 7. The power structure for kicking out the unqualified products. When the camera 6 photographs the unqualified products, it can kick out the unqualified products under the control of the PLC console 23 to ensure the quality of the stacked products. A collection basket 9 is placed under the kicking mechanism 8, which is a collection container for the unqualified products kicked out by the kicking mechanism 8, so that the staff can conveniently handle them in a centralized manner.

[0034] A palletizing section is provided at the end of the conveying section. The palletizing section includes an installation main body with structures such as a palletizing section support frame 10, a pushing mechanism 12, and an electric bottom plate 14. A plurality of palletizing section legs 11 are welded to the bottom of the palletizing section support frame 10 to support the palletizing section support frame 10. Inside the palletizing section support frame 10, a pushing mechanism 12 is fixed on each of the four sides, which is a kinetic energy output structure for moving the pushing splints 13. The pushing splints 13 move relative to each other in pairs to realize the scaling of the "hollow frame" to achieve the purpose of limiting and clamping the placed cartons, so as to facilitate the opening of the electric bottom plate 14 and let a layer of cartons placed by the placing mechanism fall onto the stacking bottom plate 22 of the stacking vehicle. A splint 13 is fixed to the output end of each pushing mechanism 12, which is a limiting structure. Under the action of the pushing mechanism 12, a "cube" empty frame can be formed, which is beneficial for the placing mechanism to place a qualified layer of cartons under the control of the PLC console 23, facilitating subsequent stacking. The same electric bottom plate 14 is provided at the bottom of the four splints 13. When the placing mechanism processes the cartons, it closes to play a supporting role, and after the placement is completed, it opens to play a releasing role to facilitate the stacked cartons to fall onto the stacking vehicle. A support plate 15 is provided on the opposite side of the electric bottom plate 14. When the electric bottom plate 14 is closed, it is the support plate of the moving bottom plate 14 and is fixed to the inner wall of one side of the palletizing section support frame 10 to prevent the electric bottom plate 14 from deforming under the pressure of the cartons during the process of placing the cartons.

[0035] The same placing mechanism is installed at the top of the conveying section and the palletizing section. It is a placing device that processes the qualified cartons conveyed by the conveying section according to the specified placing rules under the control of the PLC console 23. The placing mechanism includes an installation main body with structures such as a placing mechanism mounting frame 16, a mobile telescopic mechanism 17, and a rotating mechanism 18. A mobile telescopic mechanism 17 is installed on the placing mechanism mounting frame 16. Under the control of the PLC console 23, it moves horizontally and vertically on the placing mechanism mounting frame 16, conveys each carton to the corresponding position above the position where it needs to be placed according to the placing rules, and then outputs vertically to place the carton in the corresponding position. The output end of the mobile telescopic mechanism 17 is connected to a rotating mechanism 18. During the lowering process, it can rotate to adjust the direction of the carton to facilitate the stacking of a firm carton stack and avoid bad situations such as collapse in the later stage. A sticky plate 19 is provided at the bottom of the rotating mechanism 18, which is a taking and releasing structure for the placing mechanism to take and release the cartons. Under the control of the PLC console 23, when taking the cartons, it firmly adheres and sucks the cartons onto the placing mechanism to prevent them from falling off the placing mechanism during the placing process. After the placement is completed, it disengages from the cartons to facilitate the next taking operation;

[0036] A stacker truck is placed under the support frame of the palletizing section. The stacker truck includes a mobile bottom plate frame 20 and a support lifter 21, which supports the stacking bottom plate 22. This facilitates the staff to move the stacked cartons to the specified position for unloading after a stack of cartons is completed, reducing the work intensity of the staff. Four lifters 21 are arranged on the mobile bottom plate frame 20, and a kinetic energy output structure. During the palletizing process, under the control of the PLC console 23, they can be vertically lifted in an orderly manner, combined with the palletizing section, and stack the placed carton layers one by one on the stacking bottom plate 22 of the stacker truck to achieve the purpose of palletizing. The output ends of the four lifters 21 are fixed with the same stacking bottom plate 22, which is the support plate of the cartons during the palletizing process;

[0037] The motor 5, camera 6, ejection mechanism 8, each pushing mechanism 12, electric bottom plate 14, mobile telescopic mechanism 17, rotating mechanism 18, sticky plate 19 and each lifter 21 are all electrically connected to the same PLC console 23, a control mechanism, which controls the coordinated operation of each structure to perform intelligent and fully automatic palletizing of cartons, realizing high-efficiency and high-precision carton palletizing operations, reducing manual labor output, and reducing the work intensity of the staff.

[0038] As a preferred embodiment, the motor 5 is specifically a servo motor, with closed-loop control of speed and torque, overcoming the problem of step motor out-of-step, meeting the characteristics of orderly transportation of cartons, etc., and ensuring the normal operation of the palletizing work of this equipment.

[0039] As a preferred embodiment, the mobile telescopic mechanism 17 can move horizontally and vertically on the mounting frame 16 of the placing mechanism. Combined with its vertical telescoping, under the control of the PLC console 23, it can place the cartons transported by the transportation section in the "cube frame" according to the specified placement rules, providing strong support for palletizing.

[0040] As a preferred embodiment, the output end of the mobile telescopic mechanism 17 can be vertically telescoped under the control of the mobile telescopic mechanism 17. Combined with its horizontal and vertical movement, under the control of the PLC console 23, it can place the cartons transported by the transportation section in the "cube frame" according to the specified placement rules, providing strong support for palletizing.

[0041] As a preferred embodiment, after every two adjacent clamping plates 13 are combined with each other, the inside forms a "cube" empty frame, which is conducive to the placing mechanism to place the cartons transported by the transportation section in the "cube frame" according to the specified placement rules under the control of the PLC console 23. After the placement is completed, it is convenient to stack them on the stacker truck and perform cyclic operations in turn, ultimately achieving the purpose of palletizing.

[0042] As a preferred embodiment, there are multiple stacker trucks that can be replaced for use, which is conducive to the uninterrupted operation of the palletizing line and improves the palletizing efficiency.

[0043] As a preferred embodiment, the two cameras 6 are arranged in axial symmetry, which is beneficial to simultaneously monitor and photograph the passing cardboard boxes from multiple directions, facilitating the PLC console 23 to make more accurate judgments and command the kicking mechanism 8 to work, so as to kick out unqualified products.

[0044] After considering the specification and practicing the application disclosed herein, those skilled in the art will readily conceive of other embodiments of the present application. The present application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present application, which follow the general principles of the present application and include common general knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field not disclosed in the present application. The specification and examples are only regarded as exemplary, and the true scope of the present application is pointed out by the claims.

[0045] It should be understood that the present application is not limited to the exact structures already described and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from its scope. The above-described embodiments of the present application do not constitute a limitation on the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An intelligent carton palletizer, comprising a conveying section, a palletizing section and a stacking vehicle, characterized in that, The conveying section includes a conveying section support frame (1), multiple conveying section legs (2) are welded to the bottom of the conveying section support frame (1), three rollers (3) are arranged inside the conveying section support frame (1), and the three rollers (3) are equipped with the same conveyor belt (4). The input end of one of the rollers (3) is connected to a motor (5). On both sides of the top of the conveying section support frame (1), a camera (6) is arranged on each side, and a fixing frame (7) is arranged on one side. A kicking mechanism (8) is installed on the fixing frame (7), and a collection basket (9) is placed below the kicking mechanism (8). The stacking section is arranged at the end of the conveying section. The stacking section includes a stacking section support frame (10), multiple stacking section legs (11) are welded to the bottom of the stacking section support frame (10), and a pushing mechanism (12) is fixed on each of the four sides inside the stacking section support frame (10). A clamping plate (13) is fixed to the output end of each pushing mechanism (12). The same electric bottom plate (14) is arranged at the bottom of the four clamping plates (13), and a support plate (15) is arranged on the opposite side of the electric bottom plate (14), which is fixed to the inner wall of one side of the stacking section support frame (10). The same placing mechanism is installed on the tops of the conveying section and the stacking section. The placing mechanism includes a placing mechanism mounting frame (16), a mobile telescopic mechanism (17) is installed on the placing mechanism mounting frame (16), the output end of the mobile telescopic mechanism (17) is connected to a rotating mechanism (18), and an adhesive plate (19) is arranged at the bottom of the rotating mechanism (18). A stacker is placed below the stacking section support frame (10). The stacker includes a mobile bottom plate frame (20), four elevators (21) are arranged on the mobile bottom plate frame (20), and the same stacking bottom plate (22) is fixed to the output ends of the four elevators (21). The motor (5), the camera (6), the kicking mechanism (8), each pushing mechanism (12), the electric bottom plate (14), the mobile telescopic mechanism (17), the rotating mechanism (18), the adhesive plate (19) and each elevator (21) are all electrically connected to the same PLC control console (23).

2. The intelligent carton palletizer according to claim 1, characterized in that, The motor (5) is specifically a servo motor.

3. The intelligent carton palletizer according to claim 1, characterized in that, The mobile telescopic mechanism (17) can move horizontally and vertically in a cross manner on the placing mechanism mounting frame (16).

4. The intelligent carton palletizer according to claim 3, wherein, The output end of the mobile telescopic mechanism (17) can be vertically telescoped under the control of the mobile telescopic mechanism (17).

5. The intelligent carton palletizer according to claim 1, characterized in that, After every two adjacent clamping plates (13) are combined with each other, a "cube" empty frame is formed inside.

6. The intelligent carton palletizer according to claim 1, characterized in that, There are multiple stackers.

7. The intelligent carton palletizer according to claim 1, wherein The two cameras (6) are arranged in an axisymmetric manner.

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