Automatic overturning device for metal can

By designing an automatic turning device for metal cans and adopting a workpiece turning plate and a pneumatic clamping system, the problems of high labor consumption and low production capacity in the existing technology are solved, and efficient automatic processing of metal cans is achieved.

CN223338982UActive Publication Date: 2025-09-16ZHUHAI XINYIDAI COMPOSITE MATERIAL CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422599962.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-28
Publication Date
2025-09-16
Estimated Expiration
2034-10-28

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Technical Problem

Existing metal can processing equipment lacks automatic turning devices, resulting in high labor consumption and low work efficiency, and the manual clamping and fixing method affects production capacity.

Method used

An automatic turning device for metal cans was designed. It adopted a workpiece turning plate, a circular hole fixed groove, a semicircular clamping plate, a pneumatic clamping system and a servo motor drive to achieve the synchronous clamping and turning of multiple metal cans. Combined with an anti-slip disc and gear transmission, it realized automatic unloading and circular rotation.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the automatic clamping, fixing and flipping of multiple metal cans, improves processing efficiency, reduces manual operations, and increases production progress and capacity.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic metal can overturning device which comprises an overturning machine table, a workpiece overturning plate used for clamping and overturning metal cans is rotationally arranged on the inner side of the overturning machine table, and the workpiece overturning plate is provided with round hole positioning grooves used for synchronously placing and positioning the multiple metal cans. Metal cans are sequentially placed in the circular hole fixing grooves and supported by the protective discs, an external air pump control system controls an air cylinder A to retract to drive a driving strip-shaped rod to move back, and therefore the semicircular movable clamping plates on one sides of the multiple circular hole fixing grooves can synchronously move in the positioning sliding grooves through positioning sliding blocks; therefore, the metal cans in the multiple round hole fixing grooves can be synchronously and automatically clamped and fixed, workers do not need to manually operate the clamps one by one for clamping, automatic discharging can be carried out after the metal cans are machined and turned over through the workpiece turnover plate, and the production and machining progress and the work progress of the metal cans are further improved.
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Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of metal can processing equipment, and particularly relates to an automatic turning device for metal cans. Background Art

[0002] A metal can, commonly known as a pop-top can, has a lid and body produced separately and then assembled together. There are two materials used in pop-top cans: aluminum and tinplate. Aluminum's high recycling value has led to its widespread use in pop-top cans for environmental reasons. Aluminum can be recycled and reused, reducing material costs. However, existing production lines lack automatic can flipping devices during polishing or painting. Workers often manually handle the cans on sandpaper during recycling and polishing. Furthermore, when painting, workers rotate the cans beneath the paint sprayer, holding them in their hands. This manual rotation not only consumes significant labor but also leads to low efficiency.

[0003] To this end, an automatic turning device for metal cans with the announcement number "CN213647031U" includes a workbench, a fixed plate fixedly connected to the upper end of the workbench, and a rotating column 1, a rotating column 2, a rotating column 3 and a rotating column 4 rotatably connected inside the fixed plate, the circumferential surface of the rotating column 1 is fixedly connected to the sprocket 1, the rear end of the rotating column 1 is fixedly connected to the motor, and the lower end of the motor is fixedly connected to the motor base; the circumferential surface of the rotating column 4 is fixedly connected to the pulley 2, and the pulley 1 and the pulley 2 are connected by a belt; the front end of the rotating column 2 is fixedly connected to a circular plate, the front end of the circular plate is fixedly connected to a sleeve, and the sleeve is rotatably connected to a rotating shaft inside the sleeve, the upper end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected to a handle, the lower end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected to a bevel gear, the bevel gear is meshed with a toothed disc, the front end of the toothed disc is fixedly connected to a volute tooth, and the volute tooth is meshed with a slider, thereby realizing automation to replace manpower in turning over the metal cans, and multiple metal cans can be turned over at the same time.

[0004] However, for the above-mentioned automatic flipping device for metal cans, although the rotating shaft is rotated by turning the handle, causing the gear disc engaged with it to rotate, since the gear disc is engaged with volute teeth, the volute teeth rotate accordingly under the rotation of the gear disc, and then the slider moves under the guidance of the slide groove, and the movement of the slider drives the movement of the clamping block, completing the clamping and fixing of the metal can, the following more obvious defects still exist during use: However, the above-mentioned clamping and fixing method requires manual clamping and fixing of multiple metal cans one by one, and after the processing is completed, personnel are required to manually remove the metal cans from the clamp one by one. Although this method can be used for flipping and spraying, the problem of slowing down the spraying process progress due to hand clamping of the metal can will affect the production capacity of the metal can. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of the utility model is to provide an automatic turning device for metal cans to solve the problems raised in the above background technology.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: an automatic turning device for metal cans, comprising:

[0007] A turning machine, wherein a workpiece turning plate for clamping and turning the metal cans is provided on the inner side of the turning machine, and the workpiece turning plate is provided with a circular hole fixed groove for synchronously placing and positioning multiple metal cans. Both sides of the end of the circular hole fixed groove and located on the surface of the turning machine are respectively provided with a fixed semicircular clamping plate and a movable semicircular clamping plate for pneumatically clamping the placed metal cans;

[0008] The flip base plate is fixed to the bottom of the workpiece flip plate through the columns arranged at the corners, and the positions of the flip base plate corresponding to the circular hole fixed grooves are rotated to provide an anti-slip disc with anti-slip bumps for rotating the metal can in a circular direction. One side of the rotating shaft of the anti-slip disc is provided with a strip-shaped tooth groove for driving the anti-slip disc to rotate.

[0009] Preferably, a flip servo motor is provided on the outside of one end of the flip machine, and a gear A for driving the flipping of the workpiece flipping plate is provided on the rotating shaft of the flip servo motor. The rotating shaft at one end of the workpiece flipping plate extends through to the outside side of the flip machine and is provided with a gear B that engages and rotates with the gear A, so that the workpiece flipping plate can be flipped to flip the overall orientation of the metal can.

[0010] Preferably, cylinder A is provided on both sides of one end of the surface of the workpiece flip plate, and one end of cylinder A is connected to a driving strip rod. The semicircular movable splint and the corresponding side of the semicircular splint are movably embedded with auxiliary balls to achieve clamping and fixation of the metal can, and the auxiliary balls can be used for circular rotation.

[0011] Preferably, a positioning slider is provided in the middle of the bottom surface of the semicircular movable splint, and a positioning groove is provided at the position of the positioning slider corresponding to the workpiece flip plate to enable the positioning slider to slide in a positioning manner. The connecting blocks provided at both ends of the semicircular movable splint are fixedly connected to the inner side surface of the driving strip rod to realize automatic clamping of the metal can.

[0012] Preferably, a rotating shaft rod is fixed to the bottom of the anti-slip disc, and the rotating shaft rod is rotatably installed on the end of the flip base plate through a bearing seat, and a driving gear disc is provided on the rotating shaft rod to realize the rotation of the metal can after clamping for spraying paint.

[0013] Preferably, a rack is provided on the inner side of the strip-shaped tooth groove to drive the driving gear disc to rotate, and one end of the strip-shaped tooth groove is provided with a cylinder B fixed on the flip bottom plate and arranged at equal distances, which can make the rotating shaft rod rotate in a circle for painting operation.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the technical effects and advantages of the utility model are as follows: the automatic turning device for metal cans can place the metal cans in the circular hole fixed groove in turn and support them with the protective disc through the coordinated use of the workpiece turning plate, the circular hole fixed groove on the workpiece turning plate, the semicircular splint, the semicircular movable splint, the driving bar rod, the cylinder A, the positioning slide groove and the positioning slider, so that the external air pump control system controls the cylinder A to retract and drive the driving bar rod to move back, so that the semicircular movable splints on one side of the circular hole fixed groove can move synchronously, and the semicircular movable splint can move synchronously in the positioning slide groove using the positioning slider, so that the metal cans in the multiple circular hole fixed grooves can be clamped and fixed synchronously and automatically, without the need for personnel to manually operate the clamps one by one to clamp them, and after the metal can is processed, the workpiece turning plate can be turned over for automatic unloading, further improving the production and processing progress of the metal can and the work progress.

[0015] By rotating the workpiece flip plate, a combination of a flip servo motor, gear A, and gear B arranged on the inner side of the flip machine and the flip machine, and at the same time a combination of a rotating shaft rod, an anti-slip disc, a rack, a driving gear disc, a strip-shaped tooth groove, and a cylinder B at the bottom of the workpiece flip plate, the direction and angle of the metal can can be arbitrarily adjusted during processing according to the different positions of the processing equipment, and multiple metal cans can be flipped to the bottom and automatically unloaded synchronously without manual unloading by personnel. At the same time, the metal can uses the anti-slip disc set at the bottom to rotate at a circular processing angle during clamping, without the need for manual unloading, thereby further improving the processing efficiency of the metal can. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is a structural diagram of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the main structure of the workpiece turning plate of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the main structure of the rotating shaft rod of the utility model.

[0019] In the figure: 1. Flipping machine; 2. Workpiece flipping plate; 3. Round hole fixed groove; 4. Semicircular splint; 5. Flipping base plate; 6. Anti-slip disc; 7. Strip tooth groove; 8. Flipping servo motor; 9. Gear A; 10. Gear B; 11. Cylinder A; 12. Driving strip rod; 13. Positioning slider; 14. Positioning slide; 15. Auxiliary ball; 16. Rotating shaft rod; 17. Driving gear disc; 18. Rack; 19. Cylinder B; 20. Semicircular movable splint. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0021] See also Figure 1-3 The utility model provides a technical solution: an automatic turning device for metal cans, comprising:

[0022] The turning machine 1 is provided with a workpiece turning plate 2 on the inner side of the turning machine 1 for clamping and turning the metal can, so that the metal can can be turned over and adjusted at the processing angle, and rotating shafts are provided at both ends of the workpiece turning plate 2, and the rotating shafts are rotatably fixed to the upper end of the inner side of the turning machine 1. The workpiece turning plate 2 is provided with a circular hole fixing groove 3 for synchronously placing and positioning multiple metal cans, which can position multiple metal cans and avoid position and clamping deformation during clamping. Both sides of the end of the circular hole fixing groove 3 and the surface of the turning machine 1 are respectively provided with a fixed semicircular clamping plate 4 and a semicircular movable clamping plate 20 for moving to pneumatically clamp the placed metal can, which can clamp and position the positioned metal can to ensure firmness during processing and turning adjustment;

[0023] The flip base plate 5 is fixed to the bottom of the workpiece flip plate 2 by the columns arranged at the corners, and the positions of the flip base plate 5 corresponding to the circular hole fixed grooves 3 are all rotated to provide an anti-skid disc 6 with anti-skid protrusions for rotating the metal can in the circumferential direction, so that the bottom of the positioned metal can can rotate in the circumferential direction after clamping by utilizing the anti-skid effect of the anti-skid disc 6. A strip-shaped tooth groove 7 is provided on one side of the rotating shaft of the anti-skid disc 6 for driving the anti-skid disc 6 to rotate, which can provide driving force for the rotation of the anti-skid disc 6.

[0024] A flip servo motor 8 is provided on the outside of one end of the flip machine 1 to drive the gear A9 to rotate, and a gear A9 for driving the workpiece flip plate 2 to flip is provided on the rotating shaft of the flip servo motor 8, and the gear A9 engages with the gear B10 to rotate. The rotating shaft at one end of the workpiece flip plate 2 extends through and extends to the outside side of the flip machine 1 and is provided with a gear B10 that engages and rotates with the gear A9, driving the workpiece flip plate 2 to flip, and cylinders A11 are provided on both sides of one end of the surface of the workpiece flip plate 2 to push the driving strip rod 12 to move back and forth, and one end of the cylinder A11 is connected to the driving strip rod 12, driving the semicircular movable splint 20 to move synchronously to clamp the metal can, and the semicircular movable splint 20 and the corresponding side of the semicircular splint 4 are movably embedded with auxiliary balls 15 to rotate the clamped metal can.

[0025] The middle part of the bottom surface of the semicircular movable splint 20 is provided with a positioning slide block 13, which allows the semicircular movable splint 20 to move in a horizontal positioning manner. The positioning slide block 13 is provided with a positioning slot 14 at the position corresponding to the position of the workpiece flip plate 2, which allows the positioning slide block 13 to slide in a positioning manner, so that the positioning slide block 13 can move stably in the positioning slot 14. The connecting blocks at both ends of the semicircular movable splint 20 are fixedly connected to the inner side of the driving strip rod 12. The bottom of the anti-slip disc 6 is fixed with a rotating shaft rod 16. The rotating shaft rod 16 is rotatably mounted on the end of the flip base plate 5 through a bearing seat, and a driving gear disc 17 is provided on the rotating shaft rod 16, which can make the rotating shaft rod 16 rotate. The inner side of the strip tooth groove 7 is provided with a rack 18 for driving the driving gear disc 17 to rotate, driving the driving gear disc 17 to rotate. One end of the strip tooth groove 7 is provided with a cylinder B19 equidistantly arranged on the flip base plate 5, which pushes the strip tooth groove 7 to move back and forth.

[0026] Specifically, when in use, first place multiple metal cans in sequence in the circular hole fixed groove 3 for positioning, and use the anti-skid disc 6 to tighten them, then retract the cylinder A11 to drive the driving strip rod 12 to move back, and the moving back of the driving strip rod 12 synchronously drives the semicircular movable clamp 20 to approach one side of the metal can and clamp it, so that multiple metal cans can be clamped synchronously by pneumatic means, without the need for personnel to manually operate the clamp to clamp each metal can one by one, thereby realizing the synchronous automatic clamping of multiple metal cans, and thereafter, when the orientation adjustment is required for the processing of the can, the flip servo motor 8 drives the gear A9 to rotate, the gear A9 engages to drive the gear B10 to rotate and the workpiece flip plate 2 Then the angle is flipped and adjusted, so that equipment in different positions can process the metal can. After the metal can is processed, the workpiece flipping plate 2 can be flipped to make its direction downward, so that the fixture can automatically detach from the circular hole fixed groove 3 after pneumatic loosening, thereby realizing automatic flipping and unloading of the metal can, further improving the efficiency of metal can processing. At the same time, the cylinder B19 pushes the strip-shaped tooth groove 7 and the rack 18 inside it to move back and forth, so that the driving gear plate 17 rotates and drives the rotating shaft rod 16 to rotate, and at the same time makes the anti-slip disc 6 rotate and uses its anti-slip property to drive the metal can to rotate in the circumferential direction in the splint, and uses the auxiliary ball 15 that is movable in the splint to make the metal can rotate easier.

[0027] Finally, it should be noted that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments or make equivalent replacements for some of the technical features therein. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic turning device for metal cans, characterized in that: include: A turning machine (1), wherein a workpiece turning plate (2) for clamping and turning a metal can is provided on the inner side of the turning machine (1), the workpiece turning plate (2) is provided with a circular hole fixed groove (3) for synchronously placing and positioning a plurality of metal cans, and a semicircular clamping plate (4) for fixing and a semicircular movable clamping plate (20) for moving and pneumatically clamping the placed metal cans are provided on both sides of the end of the circular hole fixed groove (3) and on the surface of the turning machine (1); A flip base plate (5) is fixed to the bottom of the workpiece flip plate (2) through columns arranged at the corners, and the flip base plate (5) is rotated at positions corresponding to the circular hole fixed grooves (3) to provide an anti-skid disc (6) with anti-skid protrusions for rotating the metal can in a circumferential direction, and a strip-shaped tooth groove (7) is provided on one side of the rotating shaft of the anti-skid disc (6) for driving the anti-skid disc (6) to rotate.

2. The automatic turning device for metal cans according to claim 1, characterized in that: A turning servo motor (8) is provided on the outside of one end of the turning machine (1), and a gear A (9) for driving the workpiece turning plate (2) to turn is provided on the rotating shaft of the turning servo motor (8). The rotating shaft at one end of the workpiece turning plate (2) extends through and extends to the outside of the turning machine (1) and is provided with a gear B (10) that meshes and rotates with the gear A (9).

3. The automatic turning device for metal cans according to claim 1, characterized in that: Cylinders A (11) are provided on both sides of one end of the surface of the workpiece turning plate (2), and one end of the cylinder A (11) is connected to a driving bar rod (12). Auxiliary balls (15) are movably embedded in the corresponding surfaces of the semicircular movable clamping plate (20) and the semicircular clamping plate (4).

4. The automatic turning device for metal cans according to claim 3, characterized in that: A positioning slide block (13) is provided in the middle of the bottom surface of the semicircular movable splint (20), and a positioning groove (14) is provided at a position of the positioning slide block (13) corresponding to the workpiece flip plate (2) for positioning and sliding the positioning slide block (13). Connecting blocks are provided at both ends of the semicircular movable splint (20) and are fixedly connected to the inner side surface of the driving strip rod (12).

5. The automatic turning device for metal cans according to claim 1, characterized in that: A rotating shaft rod (16) is fixed to the bottom of the anti-slip disc (6). The rotating shaft rod (16) is rotatably mounted on the end of the flip base plate (5) through a bearing seat, and a driving gear disc (17) is provided on the rotating shaft rod (16).

6. The automatic turning device for metal cans according to claim 5, characterized in that: A rack (18) for driving the driving toothed disc (17) to rotate is provided on the inner side of the strip-shaped toothed groove (7), and a cylinder B (19) is provided at one end of the strip-shaped toothed groove (7) and is fixed on the flip bottom plate (5) at equal intervals.

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  • Automatic overturning device for metal can

    CN213647031U