Automatic adjusting and correcting labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cup

Abstract

The automatic adjusting and correcting labeling machine for the contact lens outer packaging cups is characterized in that a feeding assembly, a discharging assembly and a labeling assembly are arranged on the outer side of a tool rotary table in the middle of the labeling machine, the labeling machine is arranged between the feeding assembly and the discharging assembly, and the labeling assembly comprises a sticker discharging machine, a sticker position camera and a multi-axis mechanical arm; a gap is formed between the leading-out plate and the left side of the tool rotary table, a paper pasting position camera is arranged below the gap between the leading-out plate and the tool rotary table, and a labeling assembly capable of controlling the position of a label is additionally arranged on the outer side of an existing automatic rotary table type labeling machine, so that linkage adjustment is conducted through a mechanical arm in a linkage mode; therefore, it is guaranteed that the position of the sticker pasted to the upper surface of the contact lens body is accurate, the situation that the sticker is pasted obliquely is avoided, and the pasting accuracy of overall automation is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This article belongs to the technical field of automatic labeling machines, specifically an automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cups Background Art

[0002] Contact lenses are lenses that attach directly to the tear layer on the surface of the cornea. They alter the eye's refractive power to correct myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and treat certain eye diseases. They come in three types: rigid, semi-rigid, and soft, depending on the hardness of the material. After production and processing, they must be stored in PP outer packaging cups. However, as medical devices, regulations require that each lens label be adhered to the top surface of the PP cup. Before the PP cups are finally boxed, a labeling machine is used to apply the corresponding lens parameters and specifications.

[0003] However, due to the material of the stickers themselves, the stickers are all pasted in rolls on the adhesive backing roll. The stickers are drawn out one by one through a discharging machine to facilitate automatic pasting. In the existing automatic pasting process, a fixed small robotic arm is used to remove the stickers from the adhesive backing and press them down to the top cover of the PP cup.

[0004] However, if you remove the sticker directly in this way, the sticker will shift during the process of removing the sticker due to the vibration of the robot arm and the adhesive damping on the backing. These shifted positions are usually irregular, which will cause the sticker to shift during the pasting process of the robot arm. Because the PP cup itself is small in size and each PP cup needs to be pasted, the sticker is completely covered on the surface of the PP cup. The content of the sticker is also large and dense, and the sticker shift cannot be avoided by shrinking the sticker. Therefore, when the sticker shifts, it will leak from the top surface of the PP cup to form a corner, thus resulting in defective products. Utility Model Content

[0005] In order to solve the above problems, this paper proposes an automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cups. The labeling machine is a disc automatic circulation labeling machine. The upper surface of the base of the labeling machine is provided with a tooling turntable. The outside of the tooling turntable in the middle of the labeling machine is provided with a feeding component, a discharging component and a labeling component. The labeling machine is arranged between the feeding component and the discharging component. The labeling component includes a sticker discharging machine, a sticker position camera and a multi-axis robotic arm. The sticker discharging machine is horizontally arranged on the left side of the horizontal center line of the tooling turntable. The right end of the sticker discharging machine is provided with a lead-out plate. The lead-out plate is arranged above the upper surface of the tooling turntable. There is a gap between the lead-out plate and the left side of the tooling turntable. A sticker position camera is provided below the gap between the lead-out plate and the tooling turntable. The sticker position camera is vertically upwardly arranged on the surface of the base A multi-axis robotic arm is provided above the sticker position camera, and the multi-axis robotic arm is provided on the outside of the tooling turntable, and the axial direction of the multi-axis robotic arm is fixedly provided on the upper surface of the base, and the clamping claws of the multi-axis robotic arm move horizontally in parallel between the lead-out plate and the right side of the tooling turntable. By additionally adding a labeling component capable of controlling the label position on the outside of the existing automated turntable labeling machine, a sticker position camera and a multi-axis robotic arm are provided between the sticker discharging machine and the adjacent tooling turntable, and the position of the sticker taken out by the multi-axis robotic arm is directly determined by the sticker position camera based on the clamping claw of the robotic arm, and the position of the sticker is linked and adjusted by the robotic arm, so as to ensure that the position of the sticker is accurately pasted to the upper surface of the contact lens cup body, and the sticker will not be skewed, thereby improving the overall automated pasting accuracy.

[0006] The base is in the shape of a horizontal rectangular table top, and a tooling turntable is provided on the right side of the horizontal axis of the upper surface of the base. The shape of the tooling turntable is a circular turntable, and a plurality of positioning grooves are provided in a circular and equidistant manner on the outer edge of the upper surface of the tooling turntable. The shape of the positioning grooves is nested with the outer packaging cup. By using a tooling table that rotates in equidistant sections, the positioning grooves above the tooling table can be rotated in sections at fixed angles, thereby realizing cyclic automated production and efficient automated operation.

[0007] A feed conveyor is provided vertically in the front of the tooling turntable, and a discharging conveyor is provided vertically in the right side of the tooling turntable. A feeder is provided on the left side of the feed conveyor, and a discharging machine is provided on the right side of the discharging conveyor. Both the feeder and the discharging machine are rotating and translational material picking arms, and the front ends of the feeder and the discharging machine are vertically provided with vacuum suction heads. By respectively arranging the feeding assembly and the discharging assembly on the front side and the right side of the tooling turntable, automatic feeding and discharging in the form of a conveyor belt can be realized, and automatic clamping feeding and discharging into the tooling turntable can also be realized through the feeder and the discharging machine, thereby realizing the automatic operation of the entire tooling turntable.

[0008] A sticker discharging machine is horizontally provided on the left side of the tooling turntable. The sticker discharging machine is a self-winding sticker machine. A material roll is provided on the upper left side of the sticker discharging machine, and a waste roll is provided below the material roll of the sticker discharging machine. A lead-out plate is provided horizontally on the right side of the waste pipe of the sticker discharging machine. The material roll is cyclically connected to the waste roll through the lead-out plate. The sticker discharging machine arranged on the left side of the tooling turntable realizes self-discharging and self-retracting stickers, and can also lead out the corresponding stickers separately through the lead-out plate, which is convenient for the multi-axis robot arm to perform planar suction. A gap is also provided between the lead-out plate and the tooling turntable to facilitate camera detection.

[0009] The sticker position camera is a flat angle camera. The lens of the sticker position camera is vertically installed between the sticker discharger and the tooling table. The sticker camera is connected to the multi-axis robotic arm through a wire. By setting the sticker position camera below the sticker discharger and the tooling turntable, the position of the removed stickers can be detected from bottom to top, so that the multi-axis robotic arm can be controlled in conjunction to perform automatic adjustments to ensure the accuracy of sticker pasting.

[0010] The multi-axis robotic arm is a linkage-controlled robotic arm. A flat suction head is provided at the end of the multi-axis robotic arm. The bottom area of ​​the flat suction head is larger than the area of ​​the sticker. The multi-axis robotic arm vacuum-sucks the top surface of the sticker through the flat suction head. The color depth of the flat suction head is greater than the color depth of the bottom surface of the sticker. The multi-axis robotic arm can realize multi-angle automatic adjustment after the sticker is taken up, and the flat suction head can conveniently clamp the flat flexible material such as the sticker in a flat manner. The dark-colored flat suction head can effectively improve the detection effect of the sticker by the camera, and can accurately detect the offset angle of the sticker.

[0011] Beneficial effects:

[0012] By adding an additional labeling component that can control the label position on the outside of the existing automated turntable labeling machine, a sticker position camera and a multi-axis robotic arm are set between the sticker discharging machine and the adjacent tooling turntable. The sticker position camera directly determines the position of the sticker taken out by the multi-axis robotic arm based on the gripper of the robotic arm, and then the robotic arm is linked to make adjustments, thereby ensuring that the sticker is accurately positioned on the upper surface of the contact lens cup body without being skewed, thereby improving the overall automated pasting accuracy.

[0013] By using a tooling table that rotates in equidistant segments, the positioning slots above the tooling table can be rotated in segments at fixed angles, thereby realizing cyclic automated production and efficient automated operation.

[0014] By arranging the feeding assembly and the discharging assembly on the front side and the right side of the tooling turntable respectively, automatic feeding and discharging can be achieved through the conveyor belt. In addition, the feeding machine and the discharging machine can be used to realize automatic clamping feeding and discharging into the tooling turntable, thereby realizing the automatic operation of the entire tooling turntable.

[0015] The sticker discharger set on the left side of the tooling turntable can realize the self-discharging and self-collecting of stickers, and can also lead out the corresponding stickers individually through the lead-out plate, which is convenient for the multi-axis robot arm to carry out flat suction. There is also a gap between the lead-out plate and the tooling turntable to facilitate camera detection.

[0016] By setting a sticker position camera below the sticker discharging machine and the tooling turntable, the position of the removed stickers can be detected from bottom to top, so that the multi-axis robotic arm can be controlled to perform automatic adjustments to ensure the accuracy of sticker pasting.

[0017] The multi-axis robotic arm can realize multi-angle automatic adjustment after sticker picking, and the flat suction head can easily clamp flat flexible materials such as stickers. The dark flat suction head can also effectively improve the detection effect of stickers by the camera and accurately detect the offset angle of the sticker. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 The left side schematic diagram is a machine for automatically adjusting and correcting labeling of contact lens outer packaging cups;

[0019] Figure 2 The right side schematic diagram of an automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cups;

[0020] In the figure; 1. Base, 2. Tooling turntable, 3. Feed conveyor belt, 4. Feeder, 5. Sticker discharger, 6. Sticker position camera, 7. Multi-axis robotic arm, 8. Discharger, 9. Discharge conveyor belt. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In order to deepen the understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to embodiments and drawings. The embodiments are only used to explain the present invention and do not constitute a limitation on the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0022] Base 1, tooling turntable 2, feed conveyor belt 3, feeder 4, sticker discharging machine 5, sticker position camera 6, multi-axis robotic arm 7, discharging machine 8, discharging conveyor belt 9.

[0023] like Figure 1 、 2 As shown;

[0024] An automated adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cups, the labeling machine is a disc automatic circulation labeling machine, the upper surface of the base 1 of the labeling machine is provided with a tooling turntable 2, the outer side of the tooling turntable 2 in the middle of the labeling machine is provided with a feeding component, a discharging component and a labeling component, the labeling machine is arranged between the feeding component and the discharging component, the labeling component includes a sticker discharging machine 85, a sticker position camera 6 and a multi-axis robotic arm 7, the sticker discharging machine 85 is horizontally arranged on the left side of the horizontal center line of the tooling turntable 2, the right end of the sticker discharging machine 85 is provided with a lead-out plate, the lead-out plate is arranged above the upper surface of the tooling turntable 2, and a gap is provided between the lead-out plate and the left side of the tooling turntable 2. A sticker position camera 6 is provided below the gap between the lead-out plate and the tooling turntable 2. The sticker position camera 6 is vertically and upwardly provided on the surface of the base 1. A multi-axis robotic arm 7 is provided above the sticker position camera 6. The multi-axis robotic arm 7 is provided on the outside of the tooling turntable 2. The axial direction of the multi-axis robotic arm 7 is fixed on the upper surface of the base 1. The clamping claws of the multi-axis robotic arm 7 move horizontally between the lead-out plate and the right side of the tooling turntable 2 in a horizontal parallel manner. The shape of the base 1 is a horizontal rectangular table top. The tooling turntable 2 is provided on the right side of the horizontal axis of the upper surface of the base 1. The shape of the tooling turntable 2 is a circular turntable. The outer edge of the upper surface of the tooling turntable 2 is provided with several rings equidistantly. Dry positioning groove, the shape of the positioning groove is nested with the outer packaging cup, the front side of the tooling turntable 2 is provided with a feed conveyor belt 3 in a longitudinal vertical manner, and the right side of the tooling turntable 2 is provided with a discharge conveyor belt 9 in a longitudinal vertical manner, and the left side of the feed conveyor belt 3 is provided with a feed machine, and the right side of the discharge conveyor belt 9 is provided with a discharge machine 8, the feed machine 4 and the discharge machine 8 are both rotating and translational material taking arms, and the front ends of the feed machine 4 and the discharge machine 8 are both vertically provided with vacuum suction heads, and the left side of the tooling turntable 2 is provided with a sticker discharger 85 in a horizontal manner, and the sticker discharger 85 is a self-winding sticker machine, and a material roll roller is provided on the upper left side of the sticker discharger 85. A waste roller is provided below the material roll roller of 85, and a lead-out plate is provided horizontally on the right side of the waste pipe of the sticker discharging machine 85. The material roll roller is cyclically connected to the waste roller through the lead-out plate. The sticker position camera 6 is a planar angle camera. The lens of the sticker position camera 6 is vertically arranged between the sticker discharging machine 85 and the workbench. The sticker camera is connected to the multi-axis robot arm 7 through a wire. The multi-axis robot arm 7 is a linkage-controlled robot arm. A planar suction head is provided at the end of the multi-axis robot arm 7. The bottom area of ​​the planar suction head is larger than the area of ​​the sticker. The multi-axis robot arm 7 vacuum sucks the top surface of the sticker through the planar suction head, and the color depth of the planar suction head is greater than the color depth of the bottom surface of the sticker.

[0025] Implementation examples;

[0026] During use, the outer packaging cup of the contact lens is first conveyed to the outside of the feeder 4 through the feed conveyor belt 3, and the outer packaging cup on the conveyor belt is placed on the tooling turntable 2 using the feeder 4. Then the tooling turntable 2 rotates and moves until it reaches the adjacent side of the sticker discharging machine 85, ready for labeling. The sticker discharging machine 85 leads the sticker to be pasted to the lead-out plate, and the multi-axis robot arm 7 uses the flat suction head to completely absorb the sticker on the lead-out plate, and then extracts it from the top. In the process of moving toward the tooling turntable 2, the multi-axis robot arm 7 passes through the sticker position camera 6 horizontally. The sticker position camera 6 locates the position of the sticker through the color difference between the flat suction head and the bottom surface of the sticker. The multi-axis robot arm 7 adjusts the angle of the sticker to the upper surface of the outer packaging cup according to the position information given by the sticker position camera 6, and then presses down to stick. After the sticking is completed, the tooling turntable 2 is directly rotated to take the material and discharge it through the discharging machine 8 and the discharging conveyor belt 9, completing the entire automatic labeling effect.

[0027] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. 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 adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cups, the labeling machine is a disc automatic circulation labeling machine, the upper surface of the base of the labeling machine is provided with a tooling turntable, and the outer side of the tooling turntable in the middle of the labeling machine is provided with a feeding component, a discharging component and a labeling component, characterized in that: The labeling machine is arranged between the feeding component and the discharging component. The labeling component includes a sticker discharging machine, a sticker position camera and a multi-axis robotic arm. The sticker discharging machine is horizontally arranged on the left side of the horizontal center line of the tooling turntable. A lead-out plate is provided at the right end of the sticker discharging machine. The lead-out plate is arranged above the upper surface of the tooling turntable. A gap is provided between the lead-out plate and the left side of the tooling turntable. A sticker position camera is provided below the gap between the lead-out plate and the tooling turntable. The sticker position camera is vertically arranged on the surface of the base. A multi-axis robotic arm is provided above the sticker position camera. The multi-axis robotic arm is arranged on the outside of the tooling turntable. The axial direction of the multi-axis robotic arm is fixed on the upper surface of the base. The clamping claws of the multi-axis robotic arm move horizontally between the lead-out plate and the right side of the tooling turntable in a horizontal and parallel manner.

2. The automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: The base is shaped like a horizontal rectangular table top, and a tooling turntable is provided on the right side of the horizontal axis of the upper surface of the base. The tooling turntable is shaped like a circular turntable, and a plurality of positioning grooves are provided in an annular and equidistant manner on the outer edge of the upper surface of the tooling turntable. The shape of the positioning grooves is nested with the outer packaging cup.

3. The automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: A feed conveyor belt is provided vertically in the front of the tooling turntable, and a discharging conveyor belt is provided vertically in the right side of the tooling turntable. A feed machine is provided on the left side of the feed conveyor belt, and a discharging machine is provided on the right side of the discharging conveyor belt. Both the feed machine and the discharging machine have rotating and translational material picking arms, and the front ends of the feed machine and the discharging machine are vertically provided with vacuum suction heads.

4. The automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: A sticker discharging machine is horizontally provided on the left side of the tooling turntable. The sticker discharging machine is a self-winding sticker discharging machine. A material roll roller is provided on the upper left side of the sticker discharging machine, and a waste roller is provided below the material roll roller of the sticker discharging machine. A lead-out plate is horizontally provided on the right side of the waste pipe of the sticker discharging machine, and the material roll roller is cyclically connected to the waste roller through the lead-out plate.

5. The automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sticker position camera is a flat angle camera, and the lens of the sticker position camera is vertically arranged between the sticker discharge machine and the tooling table. The sticker camera is connected to the multi-axis robotic arm through a wire.

6. The automatic adjustment and correction labeling machine for contact lens outer packaging cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: The multi-axis robotic arm is a linkage-controlled robotic arm. A flat suction head is provided at the end of the multi-axis robotic arm. The bottom area of ​​the flat suction head is larger than the area of ​​the sticker. The multi-axis robotic arm grasps the sticker through vacuum suction between the flat suction head and the top surface of the sticker. The color depth of the flat suction head is greater than the color depth of the bottom surface of the sticker.

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