Centering device for stamping production line

Abstract

The utility model discloses a centering device for a stamping production line, which belongs to the technical field of centering of stamping production lines and comprises a belt conveying mechanism and a support rack. The supporting rack comprises a lower connecting frame and an upper connecting frame; the lower connecting frame and the upper connecting frame are respectively connected with three lower connecting seats and three upper connecting seats; projections of the lower connecting seats and the upper connecting seats in the vertical direction are uniformly arranged at intervals; and two driving telescopic cylinders connected with two adjacent upper connecting seats are connected and mounted on each lower connecting seat. The belt conveying mechanism is controlled to adjust the position of the plate in the X direction, six-degree-of-freedom adjustment of the belt conveying mechanism is achieved through the cooperation of the six drive telescopic cylinders and the telescopic action, the actions of lifting, rotating, translation, inclining and the like of the belt conveying mechanism can be achieved, and flexible adjustment of the position of the plate is achieved. The whole structure is simple, plate poses can be adjusted flexibly, conveniently and efficiently, the application range is wide, the automation level of a stamping production line is effectively improved, and practicability is good.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of centering of a stamping production line, in particular to a centering device used in a stamping production line. Background Art

[0002] A stamping line is a production technology that uses a press and die to apply pressure to a material, causing it to plastically deform or separate, thereby creating a workpiece of the desired shape and size. Widely used in industries such as automotive manufacturing and metalworking, this line features high efficiency and a high degree of automation.

[0003] A stamping production line typically includes multiple units, such as depalletizing, loading and unloading, heating, stamping and cooling, and palletizing. These units are systematically integrated through industrial robots or manipulators to achieve automated production, thereby improving production efficiency and product quality.

[0004] There are three main types of stamping line automation: progressive die stamping, multi-station stamping, and tandem stamping. These methods, based on their respective characteristics, are applied to different production needs, such as the production of automotive sheet metal parts. Progressive die stamping is suitable for continuous production, multi-station stamping is suitable for processing complex parts, and tandem stamping is suitable for large-scale production.

[0005] In order to ensure that the sheet metal is accurately placed in the mold of the stamping equipment, the position of the sheet metal needs to be centered before the robot grabs it.

[0006] The traditional sheet metal centering method adopts a mechanical structure, that is, before the sheet metal enters the stamping equipment, the sheet metal is transferred to the block by a belt, and then the cylinders on the other three sides drive the punch to push it toward the center, so as to realize the centering of the sheet metal along the X-axis and Y-axis in the horizontal plane. Because the flapping distance of the flapping device of this centering method is relatively fixed, the fixed position of the flapping device needs to be adjusted accordingly for sheets of different sizes, and the operation is frequent and time-consuming; the stroke of the flapping cylinder is short. If the position deviation of the sheet metal is large, the flapping centering will fail. Utility Model Content

[0007] In order to solve the problem that the traditional method of centering sheet metal by beating is relatively fixed in its beating distance, the fixed position of the beating device needs to be adjusted accordingly for sheets of different sizes, and the operation is frequent and time-consuming; the stroke of the beating cylinder is short, and if the position deviation of the sheet metal is large, the beating centering will fail, and the use is relatively limited, the utility model provides a centering device for a stamping production line.

[0008] The utility model is realized through the following technical solutions:

[0009] A centering device for a stamping production line includes a belt conveyor mechanism and a support platform; the support platform includes a lower connecting frame at the bottom and an upper connecting frame connected to the bottom of the belt conveyor mechanism; three lower connecting seats with evenly arranged annular intervals are connected and installed on the lower connecting frame, and three upper connecting seats with evenly arranged annular intervals are connected and installed on the upper connecting frame; and the projections of the lower connecting seats and the upper connecting seats in the vertical direction are evenly spaced from each other; each lower connecting seat is connected and installed with two driving telescopic cylinders connected to two adjacent upper connecting seats.

[0010] A further improvement of the present invention is that the lower connecting frame includes three lower connecting beams, one end of the three lower connecting beams is fixedly connected, and the other end is connected and installed with the three lower connecting seats respectively; the upper connecting frame includes three upper connecting beams, one end of the three upper connecting beams is fixedly connected, and the other end is connected and installed with the three upper connecting seats respectively.

[0011] A further improvement of the present invention is that both the lower connecting beam and the upper connecting beam adopt an I-beam structure.

[0012] A further improvement of the present invention is that the upper connecting seat comprises an upper connecting seat base of an I-beam structure, and upper connecting seat end plates are welded to both ends of the upper connecting seat base.

[0013] A further improvement of the present invention is that the lower connecting seat includes a lower connecting seat base of an I-beam structure, a bottom plate is welded to the bottom of the lower connecting seat base, trapezoidal lower connecting seat end plates are welded to both ends of the lower connecting seat base, and the bottom of the lower connecting seat end plate is welded to the bottom plate.

[0014] A further improvement of the present invention is that both ends of the driving telescopic cylinder are connected and installed with the lower connecting seat and the upper connecting seat respectively through a universal connecting seat.

[0015] A further improvement of the present invention is that the projections of the upper connecting seat and the lower connecting seat in the vertical direction are on the same circumferential line.

[0016] A further improvement of the present invention is that the belt conveyor mechanism includes a mounting frame, several parallel conveyor belts installed on the upper side of the mounting frame, and a motor capable of driving the several conveyor belts forward and reverse, and the upper sides of the three upper connecting seats are connected to the bottom support of the mounting frame.

[0017] A further improvement of the present invention is that a plurality of support rollers spaced apart along the length direction of adjacent conveyor belts are installed between the adjacent conveyor belts.

[0018] A further improvement of the present invention is that the mounting frame is a frame structure, a plurality of support plates are welded to its lower side, a mounting plate is welded to the lower side of the plurality of support plates, and the lower side of the mounting plate is connected and mounted with three upper connecting seats.

[0019] It can be seen from the above technical solutions that the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0020] During use, the sheet metal is transferred by a transition belt to the belt conveyor mechanism of this alignment device, where laser scanning is used to collect information on the sheet metal's positional offset. The sheet metal's X-axis position is adjusted by controlling the belt conveyor mechanism. Six telescopic cylinders, acting in concert, enable six degrees of freedom adjustment of the belt conveyor mechanism, enabling movements such as lifting, rotating, translating, and tilting. This allows for flexible adjustment of the sheet metal's position to match the gripping robot's set gripping position, allowing the sheet metal to be placed in the stamping equipment for stamping operations. The device has a simple overall structure, offers flexible, convenient, and efficient adjustment of the sheet metal's position, and is suitable for a wide range of applications, effectively improving the automation level of stamping production lines and demonstrating excellent practicality. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the following is a brief introduction to the drawings required for the description. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

[0022] Figure 1 This is a schematic structural diagram from the first perspective of a specific implementation method of the utility model.

[0023] Figure 2 This is a schematic structural diagram from a second perspective of a specific implementation method of the utility model.

[0024] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the usage state of a specific embodiment of the utility model.

[0025] Figure 4 This is a schematic structural diagram of the support stand from the first perspective according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 5 This is a schematic structural diagram of the support stand from a second perspective according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 6 This is a structural schematic diagram of the belt conveyor mechanism from the first perspective according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0028] Figure 7 This is a structural schematic diagram of the belt conveyor mechanism from a second perspective according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the support plate arrangement according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] In the accompanying drawings: 100, belt conveyor mechanism, 11, mounting frame, 12, support plate, 13, mounting plate, 14, conveyor belt, 15, motor, 16, support roller, 200, support stand, 21, upper connecting frame, 22, upper connecting seat, 23, lower connecting frame, 24, lower connecting seat, 25, driving telescopic cylinder, 26, universal connecting seat, 300, stamping equipment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] In order to make the purpose, features, and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the specific embodiments. Obviously, the embodiments described below are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in this patent, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of this patent.

[0032] like Figure 1-8 As shown, the utility model discloses a centering device for a stamping production line, including a belt conveyor mechanism 100 and a support platform 200; the support platform 200 includes a lower connecting frame 23 at the bottom and an upper connecting frame 21 connected to the bottom of the belt conveyor mechanism 100; three lower connecting seats 24 evenly arranged at annular intervals are connected to and installed on the lower connecting frame 23, and three upper connecting seats 22 evenly arranged at annular intervals are connected to and installed on the upper connecting frame 21; and the projections of the lower connecting seats 24 and the upper connecting seats 22 in the vertical direction are evenly spaced from each other; each lower connecting seat 24 is connected to and installed with two driving telescopic cylinders 25 connected to two adjacent upper connecting seats 22.

[0033] During use, the sheet material is conveyed by the transition belt to the belt conveyor mechanism 100 of the centering device, and the sheet material position offset information is collected by laser scanning. The sheet material's position in the X direction is adjusted by controlling the belt conveyor mechanism 100. The six driving telescopic cylinders 25 cooperate with the telescopic action to achieve six-degree-of-freedom adjustment of the belt conveyor mechanism 100, thereby enabling the belt conveyor mechanism 100 to perform actions such as lifting, rotating, translating, and tilting, thereby achieving flexible adjustment of the sheet material position to match the set grasping position of the grasping robot, placing the sheet material into the stamping equipment 300 for stamping operations. The overall structure is simple, and the adjustment of the sheet material's posture is flexible, convenient, and efficient. It has a wide range of uses, effectively improves the automation level of the stamping production line, and has good practicality.

[0034] Among them, the centering device can be used in parallel, such as Figure 1-3 As shown, for longer plates, multiple centering devices are used to achieve reliable and stable support for the plates.

[0035] Among them, Figure 1 、2 As shown in Figures 6, 7, and 8, the belt conveyor mechanism 100 includes a mounting frame 11, a plurality of parallel conveyor belts 14 mounted on the upper side of the mounting frame 11, and a motor 15 capable of synchronously driving the plurality of conveyor belts 14 in forward and reverse rotation. The upper sides of three upper connecting seats 22 are connected to the bottom support of the mounting frame 11. By driving the plurality of conveyor belts 14 in forward and reverse directions by the motor 15, flexible adjustment of the X-direction of the supported sheet material can be achieved. When two centering devices are used, the conveyor belts 14 on the two centering devices rotate in opposite directions, enabling rotational adjustment of the long sheet material supported on the conveyor belts 14.

[0036] Among them, a plurality of support rollers 16 spaced apart along the length direction are installed between adjacent conveyor belts 14. Auxiliary rolling support for the sheet material is achieved to avoid excessive downward pressure on the conveyor belt 14 to damage it.

[0037] The mounting frame 11 is a frame structure with four support plates 12 welded to its lower side. A square mounting plate 13 is welded to the lower side of the four support plates 12. The lower side of the mounting plate 13 is connected to the three upper connecting seats 22. This ensures that the support frame 200 can reliably and stably support and connect the belt conveyor mechanism 100.

[0038] The lower connecting frame 23 comprises three lower connecting beams, each of which is fixed at one end and connected to three lower connecting seats 24 at the other end. Adjacent lower connecting beams have the same angle. The upper connecting frame 21 comprises three upper connecting beams, each of which is fixed at one end and connected to three upper connecting seats 22 at the other end. Adjacent upper connecting beams have the same angle. The lower connecting frame 23 and the upper connecting frame 21 have simple structures, are easy to form, and have good stability.

[0039] Furthermore, both the lower and upper connecting beams are made of I-beams, which are easy to form and have high structural strength, ensuring reliable and stable support.

[0040] The upper connecting seat 22 comprises an upper connecting seat base of an I-beam structure, with upper connecting seat end plates welded to both ends of the upper connecting seat base. The upper connecting seat 22 has a simple structure, is easy to form, and has high structural strength.

[0041] The lower connector 24 comprises an I-beam steel structure with a base plate welded to the bottom. Trapezoidal end plates are welded to each end of the base, and the bottoms of the end plates are welded to the base plate. The base plate is fixedly connected to the foundation. Lower connector 24 has a simple structure, is easy to form, and has high structural strength.

[0042] The two ends of the driving telescopic cylinder 25 are respectively connected to the lower connecting seat 24 and the upper connecting seat 22 through the universal connecting seat 26. This realizes the flexibility of the driving telescopic cylinder 25 in terms of telescopic and rotating movements, eliminates stress at both ends of the driving telescopic cylinder 25, and improves the service life of the driving telescopic cylinder 25.

[0043] The vertical projections of the upper connecting seat 22 and the lower connecting seat 24 are on the same circumference, that is, the distance between the upper connecting seat 22 and the center is equal to the distance between the lower connecting seat 24 and the center, thereby achieving flexible adjustment and a compact structure.

[0044] This centering device for a stamping production line is used. When in use, the sheet metal is conveyed by a transition belt to the belt conveyor mechanism 100 of this centering device, and the sheet metal position offset information is collected by laser scanning. The sheet metal position in the X direction is adjusted by controlling the belt conveyor mechanism 100. The six driving telescopic cylinders 25 cooperate with the telescopic action to achieve six-degree-of-freedom adjustment of the belt conveyor mechanism 100, thereby enabling the belt conveyor mechanism 100 to perform actions such as lifting, rotating, translating, and tilting, thereby achieving flexible adjustment of the sheet metal position to match the set grasping position of the grasping robot, placing the sheet metal into the stamping equipment 300, and performing the stamping operation. The overall structure is simple, the sheet metal posture adjustment is flexible, convenient, and efficient, and it has a wide range of uses. It effectively improves the automation level of the stamping production line and has good practicality.

[0045] The various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner. Each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. The same and similar parts between the various embodiments can be referenced to each other.

[0046] The terms "upper," "lower," "outer," "inner," and the like, if used in the specification and claims of the present invention and the accompanying drawings, are used to distinguish relative positions and do not necessarily define them. It should be understood that the terms used in this manner are interchangeable where appropriate, such that the embodiments of the present invention described herein can be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "including," "having," and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

[0047] The above description of the disclosed embodiments will enable one skilled in the art to implement or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown herein but is intended to conform to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A centering device for a stamping production line, characterized in that: The invention comprises a belt conveying mechanism (100) and a supporting frame (200); the supporting frame (200) comprises a lower connecting frame (23) at the bottom and an upper connecting frame (21) connected to the bottom of the belt conveying mechanism (100); three lower connecting seats (24) evenly arranged at annular intervals are connected to and installed on the lower connecting frame (23); three upper connecting seats (22) evenly arranged at annular intervals are connected to and installed on the upper connecting frame (21); and the projections of the lower connecting seats (24) and the upper connecting seats (22) in the vertical direction are evenly spaced from each other; and each lower connecting seat (24) is connected to and installed with two driving telescopic cylinders (25) connected to two adjacent upper connecting seats (22).

2. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lower connecting frame (23) includes three lower connecting beams, one end of the three lower connecting beams is fixedly connected, and the other end is connected and installed with the three lower connecting seats (24) respectively; the upper connecting frame (21) includes three upper connecting beams, one end of the three upper connecting beams is fixedly connected, and the other end is connected and installed with the three upper connecting seats (22) respectively.

3. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 2, characterized in that: Both the lower connecting beam and the upper connecting beam adopt I-beam structure.

4. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 2, characterized in that: The upper connecting seat (22) comprises an upper connecting seat base of an I-beam structure, and upper connecting seat end plates are welded to both ends of the upper connecting seat base.

5. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 2, characterized in that: The lower connecting seat (24) comprises a lower connecting seat base of an I-steel structure, a bottom plate is welded to the bottom of the lower connecting seat base, trapezoidal lower connecting seat end plates are welded to both ends of the lower connecting seat base, and the bottom of the lower connecting seat end plates is welded to the bottom plate.

6. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The two ends of the driving telescopic cylinder (25) are respectively connected and installed with the lower connecting seat (24) and the upper connecting seat (22) through the universal connecting seat (26).

7. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The projections of the upper connecting seat (22) and the lower connecting seat (24) in the vertical direction are on the same circumferential line.

8. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The belt conveyor mechanism (100) comprises a mounting frame (11), a plurality of parallel conveyor belts (14) mounted on the upper side of the mounting frame (11), and a motor (15) capable of driving the plurality of conveyor belts (14) in forward and reverse directions. The upper sides of three upper connecting seats (22) are connected to the bottom support of the mounting frame (11).

9. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 8, characterized in that: A plurality of support rollers (16) are installed between adjacent conveyor belts (14) and spaced apart along their length directions.

10. The centering device for a stamping production line according to claim 8, characterized in that: The mounting frame (11) is a frame structure, with a plurality of support plates (12) welded to its lower side, a mounting plate (13) welded to the lower side of the plurality of support plates (12), and the lower side of the mounting plate (13) is connected and mounted to three upper connecting seats (22).

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