Sheet metal part flattening device

By designing an automated sheet metal leveling device, and utilizing a gripping robot and a vision recognition mechanism, the automatic loading and unloading of sheet metal parts is achieved, solving the problems of high labor intensity and safety hazards in manual operation, and improving processing efficiency and safety.

CN223440929UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-17LOVOL HEAVY IND CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422986327.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-04
Publication Date
2025-10-17
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-04

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Technical Problem

The existing sheet metal straightening process suffers from problems such as high labor intensity, low efficiency, and safety hazards due to manual loading and unloading.

Method used

A sheet metal parts leveling device was designed, comprising a feeding and storage mechanism, a feeding and conveying mechanism, a feeding and palletizing platform, and a gripping mechanism. The device utilizes a gripping robot, a vision recognition mechanism, and an electromagnetic chuck to achieve automatic loading and unloading of sheet metal parts, reducing manual operation.

Benefits of technology

It improves the efficiency and safety of sheet metal straightening, reduces labor intensity, and avoids the dangers of manual operation.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of agricultural machinery part machining, and particularly relates to a sheet metal part flattening device which comprises a flattening machine, a feeding storage mechanism and a feeding conveying mechanism are arranged on the feeding end side of the flattening machine, and a discharging stacking platform and a discharging conveying mechanism are arranged on the discharging end side of the flattening machine. The feeding end side and the discharging end side of the leveler are each provided with a grabbing mechanism, the feeding conveying mechanism is used for conveying sheet metal parts to the feeding end of the leveler, and the discharging conveying mechanism is used for conveying the sheet metal parts discharged from the discharging end of the leveler. Automatic feeding and discharging of the sheet metal parts are achieved through the feeding conveying mechanism and the discharging conveying mechanism, automatic recognition of sheet metal part structures and grabbing of the sheet metal parts are achieved through the grabbing mechanism, manual carrying is reduced, efficiency is improved, and the sheet metal part grabbing device has the advantages of being high in working efficiency and good in safety performance. The problems that existing sheet metal part flattening machining is low in safety, high in manual labor intensity, low in working efficiency and the like are solved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a sheet metal part flattening device and belongs to the field of agricultural machinery parts processing technology. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the continuous updating iteration of wheeled grain combine harvester products, the sheet metal parts used for assembling the combine harvester also increase, and in sheet metal processing, the sheet metal plates cut by a laser machine need to be flattened to relieve stress. At present, the flattening of the sheet metal plates is achieved by manually feeding and discharging the sheet metal plates to a flattening machine. Manually feeding the sheet metal plates to the flattening machine is labor-intensive and inefficient, and there is a certain risk if the sheet metal parts fall during the feeding and discharging process, which brings many inconveniences to the operators.

[0003] Manual handling and feeding and discharging not only increase the labor intensity of workers, but also have safety hazards. Therefore, a sheet metal part flattening device is needed. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model discloses a sheet metal part flattening device to solve the technical problems of the prior art.

[0005] The technical scheme for solving the above technical problems is as follows: a sheet metal part flattening device, comprising a flattening machine, an upper storage mechanism and an upper conveying mechanism are arranged on the feeding end side of the flattening machine, a discharging and stacking platform and a discharging conveying mechanism are arranged on the discharging end side of the flattening machine, a grabbing mechanism is arranged on the feeding end side and the discharging end side of the flattening machine, the grabbing mechanism comprises a grabbing robot, a grabbing beam frame, a visual recognition mechanism and an electromagnetic chuck, the grabbing beam frame is arranged at the end of the grabbing robot, the visual recognition mechanism and the electromagnetic chuck are arranged on the grabbing beam frame, the upper storage mechanism is used for storing and conveying sheet metal parts to be flattened, the upper conveying mechanism is used for conveying the sheet metal parts to the feeding end of the flattening machine, the discharging conveying mechanism is used for conveying the sheet metal parts discharged from the discharging end of the flattening machine, the discharging and stacking platform is used for stacking and storing the flattened sheet metal parts, the grabbing mechanism arranged on the feeding end side of the flattening machine is used for grabbing the sheet metal parts on the upper storage mechanism and placing the sheet metal parts on the upper conveying mechanism, and the grabbing mechanism arranged on the discharging end side of the flattening machine is used for grabbing the sheet metal parts on the discharging conveying mechanism and stacking the sheet metal parts on the discharging and stacking platform.

[0006] The utility model discloses beneficial effect lies in: the utility model discloses through the feeding conveying mechanism and the unloading conveying mechanism realizes the automatic feeding and discharging of sheet metal parts, realizes the automatic identification of sheet metal part structure and the grabbing of sheet metal part through the grabbing mechanism, reduces manual handling, improves the efficiency, possesses work efficiency high and the advantage of good safety performance, solves the low safety, manual labor intensity, the low work efficiency of existing sheet metal part flattening processing and other problems.

[0007] Further, the feeding storage mechanism comprises a feeding rack, and a feeding platform is movably arranged on the feeding rack.

[0008] Further, the feeding rack is provided with a feeding motor and a platform guide groove, the bottom of the feeding platform is provided with a platform roller, the platform roller is rollingly arranged in the platform guide groove, and the feeding motor is in transmission connection with the feeding platform.

[0009] Further, a transmission belt is in transmission connection with the power output end of the feeding motor, and the transmission belt is connected with the feeding platform.

[0010] The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that the sheet metal parts to be flattened are stored on the feeding platform, the feeding platform is movably arranged on the feeding rack, the feeding platform is moved on the feeding rack through the feeding motor, the platform guide groove and the roller, and the conveying of the sheet metal parts on the feeding storage mechanism is realized.

[0011] Further, the unloading conveying mechanism comprises an unloading roller frame, the unloading roller frame is provided with an unloading conveying roller and a jacking mechanism, and the unloading conveying roller is rotatably arranged on the unloading roller frame.

[0012] The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that the sheet metal parts are conveyed through the unloading conveying roller, the sheet metal parts are jacked up through the jacking mechanism, the sheet metal parts are conveniently grabbed by the grabbing mechanism, and the situation that the sheet metal parts are moved on the unloading conveying roller to cause inaccurate grabbing or unstable grabbing of the grabbing mechanism is avoided.

[0013] Further, the jacking mechanism comprises a jacking cylinder and a jacking rod, the jacking cylinder is arranged on the unloading roller frame, the piston rod end of the jacking cylinder is in transmission connection with the jacking rod, and the jacking rod is arranged between the unloading conveying rollers.

[0014] The beneficial effect of adopting the further technical scheme is that the jacking rod is lifted and lowered through the extension and retraction of the piston rod of the jacking cylinder.

[0015] Further, a plurality of jacking rods are arranged, the piston rod end of the jacking cylinder is connected with a jacking frame, and the jacking frame is connected with the jacking rods.

[0016] The beneficial effects of adopting the further technical scheme are that the multiple jacking rods can stably jack up the sheet metal part, and can adapt to the sizes of more sheet metal parts; the jacking rods are connected to the jacking cylinders through the jacking frames, and the jacking frames can provide more stable support for the jacking rods in the process of driving the jacking rods to ascend and descend by the jacking cylinders, so that the jacking rods are prevented from shaking.

[0017] Further, the feeding conveying mechanism comprises a feeding roller frame and a feeding conveying roller, and the feeding conveying roller is rotatably arranged on the feeding roller frame.

[0018] The beneficial effects of adopting the further technical scheme are that the sheet metal part is conveyed by the feeding conveying roller. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 2 It is a top view of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 3 It is a front view of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 4 It is a front view of the grabbing mechanism;

[0023] Figure 5 It is a left view of the grabbing mechanism;

[0024] Figure 6 It is a top view of the grabbing mechanism;

[0025] Figure 7 It is a perspective view of the discharging conveying mechanism;

[0026] Figure 8 It is a front view of the discharging conveying mechanism;

[0027] Figure 9 It is a top view of the discharging conveying mechanism.

[0028] The record of the reference signs is as follows: 100, feeding storage mechanism; 101, feeding rack; 102, feeding platform; 103, feeding motor; 104, platform guide groove; 105, platform roller; 106, transmission belt; 200, grabbing mechanism; 201, grabbing robot; 202, grabbing beam frame; 203, visual recognition mechanism; 204, electromagnetic chuck; 300, feeding conveying mechanism; 301, feeding roller frame; 302, feeding conveying roller; 400, flattening machine; 500, discharging stacking platform; 600, discharging conveying mechanism; 601, discharging roller frame; 602, discharging conveying roller; 603, jacking cylinder; 604, jacking frame; 605, jacking rod. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The principles and characteristics of the present application are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and the examples are used to explain the present application and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

[0030] Referring to Figure 1 - Figure 9 A sheet metal part flattening device, comprising a flattening machine 400, a feeding storage mechanism 100 and a feeding conveying mechanism 300 are arranged on the feeding end side of the flattening machine 400, a discharging stacking platform 500 and a discharging conveying mechanism 600 are arranged on the discharging end side of the flattening machine 400, a grabbing mechanism 200 is arranged on the feeding end side and the discharging end side of the flattening machine 400 respectively, the grabbing mechanism 200 comprises a grabbing robot 201, a grabbing beam frame 202, a visual recognition mechanism 203 and an electromagnetic chuck 204, the grabbing beam frame 202 is arranged at the end of the grabbing robot 201, the visual recognition mechanism 203 and the electromagnetic chuck 204 are arranged on the grabbing beam frame 202 (see Figure 4 - Figure 6 ), specifically, in the embodiment, the grabbing robot 201 is a six-axis robot with a load of up to 80 Kg, the grabbing robot 201 identifies the sheet metal parts on the feeding storage mechanism 100 through the visual recognition mechanism 203, and according to the identification result and through the magnetic attraction of the electromagnetic chuck 204, the sheet metal parts are adsorbed and grabbed, realizing automatic identification and grabbing of the sheet metal parts. The feeding storage mechanism 100 is used for storing and conveying the sheet metal parts to be flattened, the feeding conveying mechanism 300 is used for conveying the sheet metal parts to the feeding end of the flattening machine 400, the discharging conveying mechanism 600 is used for conveying the sheet metal parts discharged from the discharging end of the flattening machine 400, the discharging stacking platform 500 is used for stacking and storing the flattened sheet metal parts, the grabbing mechanism 200 arranged on the feeding end side of the flattening machine 400 is used for grabbing the sheet metal parts on the feeding storage mechanism 100 and placing the sheet metal parts on the feeding conveying mechanism 300, and the grabbing mechanism 200 arranged on the discharging end side of the flattening machine 400 is used for grabbing the sheet metal parts on the discharging conveying mechanism 600 and stacking the sheet metal parts on the discharging stacking platform 500.

[0031] The feeding storage mechanism 100 comprises a feeding rack 101, and a feeding platform 102 is movably arranged on the feeding rack 101. A feeding motor 103 and a platform guide groove 104 are arranged on the feeding rack 101, the bottom of the feeding platform 102 is provided with platform rollers 105, the platform rollers 105 are rollingly arranged in the platform guide groove 104, and the feeding motor 103 is in driving connection with the feeding platform 102. A transmission belt 106 is in driving connection with the power output end of the feeding motor 103, and the transmission belt 106 is connected with the feeding platform 102.

[0032] Referring to Figure 7 - Figure 9The blanking conveying mechanism 600 comprises a blanking roller frame 601, a blanking conveying roller 602, a blanking roller power mechanism and a jacking mechanism, the blanking conveying roller 602 is rotationally arranged on the blanking roller frame 601, the blanking roller power mechanism is used for driving the blanking conveying roller 602 to rotate, and specifically, the blanking roller power mechanism of the embodiment is a motor. The jacking mechanism comprises a jacking cylinder 603 and a jacking rod 605, the jacking cylinder 603 is arranged on the blanking roller frame 601, and the piston rod end of the jacking cylinder 603 is in transmission connection with the jacking rod 605. The jacking rod 605 is provided with a plurality of jacking rods 605 arranged between the blanking conveying rollers 602, the piston rod end of the jacking cylinder 603 is connected with a jacking frame 604, the jacking frame 604 is connected with the jacking rod 605, and specifically, one jacking frame 604 can be connected with two or more parallel jacking rods 605, so that the jacking effect on the sheet metal part is improved.

[0033] The feeding conveying mechanism 300 comprises a feeding roller frame 301, a feeding conveying roller 302 and a feeding roller power mechanism, the feeding conveying roller 302 is rotationally arranged on the feeding conveying roller 302, and the feeding roller power mechanism is used for driving the feeding conveying roller 302 to rotate, and specifically, the feeding roller power mechanism of the embodiment is a motor.

[0034] The working process of the sheet metal part flattening device is as follows:

[0035] The sheet metal part to be flattened is placed on the feeding platform 102, after the sheet metal part is placed, the visual recognition mechanism 203 in the grabbing robot 201 first takes a photo to recognize the sheet metal part, after the sheet metal part is recognized, the electromagnetic chuck 204 on the grabbing robot 201 sucks the sheet metal part and sends it to the feeding conveying mechanism 300, the feeding conveying mechanism 300 sends the sheet metal part to the flattening machine 400 for flattening processing, after the processing is completed, the sheet metal part is conveyed to the blanking conveying mechanism 600, the jacking mechanism in the blanking conveying mechanism 600 jacks up the workpiece, specifically, the piston rod of the jacking cylinder 603 is elongated, drives the jacking frame 604 to lift the jacking rod 605, the visual recognition mechanism 203 takes a photo to recognize, then the sheet metal part is grabbed and sent to the blanking stacking platform 500 for stacking, and thus the flattening processing flow of one sheet metal part is completed.

[0036] The above only describes the preferred embodiment of the utility model and does not limit the utility model, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. within the spirit and principle of the utility model should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A sheet metal leveling device, comprising a leveling machine (400), characterized in that: The leveling machine (400) is provided with a loading storage mechanism (100) and a loading conveying mechanism (300) on the feeding end side, and a unloading stacking platform (500) and an unloading conveying mechanism (600) on the discharging end side. The leveling machine (400) is provided with a gripping mechanism (200) on the feeding end side and the discharging end side, respectively. The gripping mechanism (200) comprises a gripping robot (201), a gripping beam (202), a visual recognition mechanism (203) and an electromagnetic sucker (204). The gripping beam (202) is provided at the end of the gripping robot (201), the visual recognition mechanism (203) and the electromagnetic sucker (204) are provided on the gripping beam (202). The loading storage mechanism (100) is used for storing and The sheet metal parts to be leveled are conveyed, the loading conveying mechanism (300) is used to convey the sheet metal parts to the feeding end of the leveling machine (400), the unloading conveying mechanism (600) is used to convey the sheet metal parts discharged from the discharging end of the leveling machine (400), the unloading stacking platform (500) is used to stack and store the leveled sheet metal parts, the gripping mechanism (200) provided on the feeding end side of the leveling machine (400) is used to grip the sheet metal parts on the loading storage mechanism (100) and place the sheet metal parts on the loading conveying mechanism (300), and the gripping mechanism (200) provided on the discharging end side of the leveling machine (400) is used to grip the sheet metal parts on the unloading conveying mechanism (600) and stack the sheet metal parts on the unloading stacking platform (500).

2. The sheet metal leveling device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The loading and storage mechanism (100) comprises a loading frame (101), and a loading platform (102) is movably provided on the loading frame (101).

3. The sheet metal leveling device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The feeding frame (101) is provided with a feeding motor (103) and a platform guide groove (104); the bottom of the feeding platform (102) is provided with a platform roller (105); the platform roller (105) is rollingly arranged in the platform guide groove (104); the feeding motor (103) is transmission-connected to the feeding platform (102).

4. The sheet metal leveling device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The power output end of the feeding motor (103) is connected to a transmission belt (106), and the transmission belt (106) is connected to the feeding platform (102).

5. The sheet metal leveling device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The unloading conveying mechanism (600) comprises an unloading roller frame (601), on which an unloading conveying roller (602) and a lifting mechanism are provided, and the unloading conveying roller (602) is rotatably arranged on the unloading roller frame (601).

6. The sheet metal leveling device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The lifting mechanism includes a lifting cylinder (603) and a lifting rod (605), wherein the lifting cylinder (603) is arranged on the unloading roller frame (601), the piston rod end of the lifting cylinder (603) is transmission-connected to the lifting rod (605), and the lifting rod (605) is arranged between the unloading conveying rollers (602).

7. The sheet metal leveling device according to claim 6, characterized in that: There are multiple jacking rods (605), and the end of the piston rod of the jacking cylinder (603) is connected to a jacking frame (604), and the jacking frame (604) is connected to the jacking rods (605).

8. The sheet metal leveling device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The loading and conveying mechanism (300) comprises a loading and conveying roller frame (301) and a loading and conveying roller (302), and the loading and conveying roller (302) is rotatably arranged on the loading and conveying roller (302).