Automatic spacing adjusting mechanism for mixed production of catalyst carriers

By designing a catalyst carrier mixed production of an automatic spacing adjustment mechanism, and using laser sensors and cylinder combinations, the problem of inaccurate robot grasping the catalyst carrier when the visual system fails, the accurate positioning and guidance of the workpiece is achieved, and the practicality of the automatic spacing adjustment mechanism is improved.

CN223086993UActive Publication Date: 2025-07-11AVINA INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY (QINGDAO) CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422118473.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-08-30
Publication Date
2025-07-11
Estimated Expiration
2034-08-30

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Technical Problem

The existing automatic spacing adjustment mechanism is prone to impact damage or grasping errors when the vision system is temporarily invalid or without the vision system.

Method used

A catalyst carrier hybrid production automatic spacing adjustment mechanism is designed, including a conveying component, a three-work piece spacing adjustment component and a four-work piece spacing adjustment component. The laser sensor and cylinder combination are used to realize automatic guidance and positioning of the workpiece to ensure that the robot can still accurately grasp the visual system when it fails.

Benefits of technology

In the case of failure of the visual system or without the visual system, the accurate positioning and guidance of the workpiece is achieved, ensuring that the robot can accurately grasp the catalyst carrier, and improving the practicality of the automatic spacing adjustment mechanism.

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Abstract

The utility model provides an automatic spacing adjusting mechanism for mixed production of catalyst carriers, relates to the technical field of catalyst conveying, and aims to solve the problem that a robot can still accurately grab the carriers under the condition that a visual system temporarily fails. A conveyor belt is mounted on the main body; the mounting bracket is fixedly connected with a mounting plate on the conveying assembly; the guide rail is connected with an air cylinder in the fixing piece. The fixing plate is connected with the second connecting plate; the second protection piece is connected with the fixing plate. When three workpieces are conveyed, signals are transmitted through a laser sensor on a top plate, an air cylinder on a mounting support stretches out and draws back to drive a connecting plate and a spacing partition plate to move, and the three workpieces are positioned and guided by making contact with the three workpieces through a protection piece; the air cylinder on the fixing piece stretches out and draws back to drive the second protection piece to make contact with the four workpieces, then automatic adjusting and positioning of the workpieces with different types of intervals are achieved, and it is guaranteed that the robot clamps the workpieces more accurately.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of catalyst transportation, and more specifically, particularly relates to an automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for mixed production of catalyst carriers. Background Art

[0002] A supported catalyst is a solid catalyst made by loading catalyst active components and cocatalysts on a carrier material by physical and chemical methods; the role of the carrier is to support the main catalyst, cocatalyst, and various promoter components. The catalyst carrier coating production line automatically grabs the carrier by a robot, and at this time, an automatic spacing adjustment mechanism is required.

[0003] Based on the prior art, it is found that when the existing automatic spacing adjustment mechanism is in use, during the coating production of carriers of different sizes, in the case where the vision system fails temporarily or there is no vision system, when the robot automatically grabs the carrier, due to the fluctuations generated during the transportation of the conveyor line, it will cause impact damage or grasping errors of the coated carrier. To solve the problem that the robot can still accurately grab the carrier in the case where the vision system fails temporarily. Summary of the Utility Model

[0004] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides an automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for mixed production of catalyst carriers to solve the problem that when the existing automatic spacing adjustment mechanism is in use, the robot can still accurately grab the carrier in the case where the vision system fails temporarily.

[0005] The automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for mixed production of catalyst carriers of the utility model is achieved by the following specific technical means:

[0006] An automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for mixed production of catalyst carriers includes a conveying component, a three-workpiece spacing adjustment component, a four-workpiece spacing adjustment component, and a detection component;

[0007] The conveying component includes: a main body, on which a conveyor belt is installed; the three-workpiece spacing adjustment component is installed on the conveying component, and the three-workpiece spacing adjustment component includes: a mounting bracket, and the mounting bracket is fixedly connected to the mounting plate on the conveying component; the four-workpiece spacing adjustment component is installed on the conveying component; the detection component is installed on the conveying component.

[0008] Further, the conveying component further includes:

[0009] A mounting plate, on which mounting holes are provided, and the mounting plate is fixedly installed on both sides of the main body.

[0010] Further, the three-workpiece spacing adjustment component further includes:

[0011] Height compensation block, which is fixedly connected to the mounting bracket; connecting plate, on which a rectangular through groove is provided, and the connecting plate is connected to the mounting bracket through a cylinder.

[0012] Furthermore, the three-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly further includes:

[0013] Spacing separator, which is connected to the connecting plate; protective part, which is connected to the spacing separator; centering plate, which is connected to the spacing separator.

[0014] Furthermore, the four-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly includes:

[0015] Fixing part, which is fixedly installed on the mounting plate, and a cylinder is installed inside the fixing part; guide rail, which is slidably installed inside the fixing part, and the guide rail is connected to the cylinder inside the fixing part; connecting plate two, which is fixedly connected to the guide rail.

[0016] Furthermore, the four-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly further includes:

[0017] Fixing plate, which is connected to the connecting plate two; protective part two, which is connected to the fixing plate.

[0018] Furthermore, the detection assembly includes:

[0019] Support frame, which is fixedly connected to the main body; top plate, which is fixedly installed between the support frames, and a laser sensor is installed on the top plate through a cylinder.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0021] 1. In this device, a three-workpiece spacing adjustment component and a four-workpiece spacing adjustment component are provided. Through the automatic operation of the background system, automatic guiding and positioning of three or four workpieces can be achieved. According to the actual production situation, the system automatically switches according to the production product model. In the case of temporary failure or absence of the vision system, the workpieces can still be effectively guided and positioned, realizing the automatic and accurate grasping of the robot, significantly improving the practicability of the mechanism. Specifically, when three workpieces are conveyed, signals are transmitted through the laser sensor on the top plate, causing the cylinder on the mounting bracket to expand and contract, driving the connecting plate and the spacing separator to move, so that the three workpieces can be contacted through the protective part, thereby positioning and guiding the three workpieces. When four workpieces are conveyed, the cylinder on the fixing part expands and contracts to drive the protective part two to contact the four workpieces, thereby realizing automatic adjustment and positioning for workpieces with different types of spacing, ensuring more accurate clamping by the robot. Description of the Drawings

[0022] Figure 1It is a schematic perspective view of the front view of the present utility model.

[0023] Figure 2 It is a schematic perspective view of the three-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly of the present utility model.

[0024] Figure 3 It is a schematic view of the four-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly of the present utility model.

[0025] Figure 4 It is a schematic perspective view of the detection assembly of the present utility model.

[0026] In the figure, the corresponding relationship between the component names and the drawing reference numerals is as follows:

[0027] 1. Conveyor assembly; 101. Main body; 102. Mounting plate;

[0028] 2. Three-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly; 201. Mounting bracket; 202. Height compensation block; 203. Connecting plate; 204. Spacing separator; 205. Protective part; 206. Centering plate;

[0029] 3. Four-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly; 301. Fixing part; 302. Guide rail; 303. Second connecting plate; 304. Fixed plate; 305. Second protective part;

[0030] 4. Detection assembly; 401. Support frame; 402. Top plate. Specific implementation mode

[0031] The following further describes in detail the implementation mode of the present utility model in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments.

[0032] Embodiment:

[0033] As shown in the attached Figure 1 to the attached Figure 4 shown:

[0034] The present utility model provides an automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of catalyst carriers, including a conveyor assembly 1, a three-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly 2, a four-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly 3, and a detection assembly 4; the conveyor assembly 1 includes: a main body 101, and a conveyor belt is installed on the main body 101; the main body 101 here is used to convey catalyst carriers through the conveyor belt, which is a mature prior art; the three-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly 2 is installed on the conveyor assembly 1, and the three-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly 2 includes: a mounting bracket 201, and the mounting bracket 201 is fixedly connected to the mounting plate 102 on the conveyor assembly 1; the mounting bracket 201 here is used to install the connecting plate 203 through a cylinder; the four-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly 3 is installed on the conveyor assembly 1; the detection assembly 4 is installed on the conveyor assembly 1.

[0035] Among them, as Figure 1As shown, the conveying assembly 1 further includes: a mounting plate 102, which is provided with mounting holes and is fixedly installed on both sides of the main body 101; the mounting plate 102 here is used to fixedly install the mounting bracket 201 and the fixing member 301.

[0036] Among them, as Figure 2 shown, the three-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly 2 further includes: a height compensation block 202, which is fixedly connected to the mounting bracket 201; the height compensation block 202 here is used to compensate for the height of the mounting bracket 201; a connecting plate 203, which is provided with a rectangular through groove and is connected to the mounting bracket 201 through a cylinder; the connecting plate 203 here is used to drive the movement through the cylinder, thereby driving the spacing partition plate 204 and the protective member 205 at the bottom to move downward, so as to position and guide the three workpieces, and the spacing of the spacing partition plate 204 can be adjusted left and right through the provided rectangular through groove; a spacing partition plate 204, which is connected to the connecting plate 203; the spacing partition plate 204 here is used to cooperate with the protective member 205 to position the three workpieces; a protective member 205, which is connected to the spacing partition plate 204; the protective member 205 here is used to position the workpiece; a centering plate 206, which is connected to the spacing partition plate 204.

[0037] Among them, as Figure 3 shown, the four-workpiece spacing adjustment assembly 3 includes: a fixing member 301, which is fixedly installed on the mounting plate 102 and has a cylinder installed inside; the fixing member 301 here is used to slidably install the guide rail 302 through the internally installed cylinder; a guide rail 302, which is slidably installed inside the fixing member 301 and is connected to the cylinder inside the fixing member 301; the guide rail 302 here is used to drive the telescopic movement through the cylinder, thereby driving the connecting plate two 303, the fixing plate 304 and the protective member two 305 to move; a connecting plate two 303, which is fixedly connected to the guide rail 302; the connecting plate two 303 here is used to install the fixing plate 304; a fixing plate 304, which is connected to the connecting plate two 303; the fixing plate 304 here is used to cooperate with the protective member two 305 to position and guide the four workpieces; a protective member two 305, which is connected to the fixing plate 304; the protective member two 305 here is used to position the workpiece.

[0038] Among them, as Figure 4As shown in the figure, the detection component 4 includes: a support frame 401, which is fixedly connected to the main body 101; the support frame 401 here is used to support the top plate 402; a top plate 402, which is fixedly installed between the support frames 401, and a laser sensor is installed on the top plate 402 through a cylinder; the top plate 402 here is used to install the laser sensor through a cylinder. The workpiece conveyed can be detected by the laser sensor, and then the signal can be transmitted to the background, and the background system can be used to control the positioning and guiding of three or four workpieces. The model of the laser sensor here is set as the LR-TB2000 model laser sensor.

[0039] Specific usage method and function of this embodiment:

[0040] In the present utility model, when using this device, the workpiece is conveyed through the conveyor belt on the main body 101, and the sensor is driven to move left and right by the cylinder on the top plate 402, so that the conveyed workpiece can be detected, and the signal is transmitted to the background. Through the control of the background program, the cylinder on the mounting bracket 201 expands and contracts to drive the connecting plate 203 and the spacing partition plate 204 to move, so that the protective part 205 can contact the three workpieces, and the three workpieces can be positioned and guided. When conveying four workpieces, the cylinder on the fixing part 301 expands and contracts to drive the guide rail 302 to move, and the guide rail 302 drives the protective part two 305 to contact the four workpieces, so as to realize the automatic adjustment of positioning for workpieces with different types of spacing, ensure more accurate clamping by the robot, and still effectively guide and position the workpiece in the case of temporary failure of the vision system or no vision system, realizing the automatic and accurate grasping of the robot, and significantly improving the practicability of this mechanism.

Claims

1. An automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of a catalyst carrier, characterized in that: It includes a conveying component (1), a three-workpiece spacing adjustment component (2), a four-workpiece spacing adjustment component (3) and a detection component (4); The conveying component (1) includes: a main body (101) with a conveyor belt mounted thereon; the three-workpiece spacing adjustment component (2) is mounted on the conveying component (1), and the three-workpiece spacing adjustment component (2) includes: a mounting bracket (201) fixedly connected to a mounting plate (102) on the conveying component (1); the four-workpiece spacing adjustment component (3) is mounted on the conveying component (1); the detection component (4) is mounted on the conveying component (1).

2. The automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of a catalyst carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that: The conveying component (1) further includes: A mounting plate (102) provided with mounting holes and fixedly mounted on both sides of the main body (101).

3. An automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of a catalyst carrier according to claim 2, characterized in that: The three-workpiece spacing adjustment component (2) further includes: A height compensation block (202) fixedly connected to the mounting bracket (201); a connecting plate (203) provided with a rectangular through slot and connected to the mounting bracket (201) through a cylinder.

4. An automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of a catalyst carrier according to claim 3, wherein: The three-workpiece spacing adjustment component (2) further includes: A spacing separator (204) connected to the connecting plate (203); a protective member (205) connected to the spacing separator (204); a centering plate (206) connected to the spacing separator (204).

5. An automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of a catalyst carrier, as described in claim 4, wherein: The four-workpiece spacing adjustment component (3) includes: A fixing member (301) fixedly mounted on the mounting plate (102) with a cylinder installed inside; a guide rail (302) slidably mounted inside the fixing member (301) and connected to the cylinder inside the fixing member (301); a connecting plate two (303) fixedly connected to the guide rail (302).

6. An automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of a catalyst carrier, according to claim 5, characterized in that: The four-workpiece spacing adjustment component (3) further includes: A fixing plate (304) connected to the connecting plate two (303); a protective member two (305) connected to the fixing plate (304).

7. An automatic spacing adjustment mechanism for the mixed production of a catalyst carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that: The detection component (4) includes: A support frame (401) fixedly connected to the main body (101); a top plate (402) fixedly mounted between the support frames (401), and a laser sensor is installed on the top plate (402) through a cylinder.