Feeding station

Abstract

The utility model discloses a feeding station and relates to the field of part feeding, the feeding station comprises a case and an opening and closing door, a flexible vibration disc is installed in the middle of the inner side of the case, a fixing plate is installed on the upper portion of the inner side of the case, a visual photographing positioner is installed on the fixing plate, and the visual photographing positioner is located on the upper portion of the flexible vibration disc; a feeding device is installed on the portion, located on the side face of the flexible vibration disc, of the inner side of the machine box, a transverse moving device is further installed on the inner side of the machine box, a longitudinal moving device is movably installed on the transverse moving device, a telescopic mechanical gripper is installed on the longitudinal moving device, a discharging belt is further installed in the machine box, and one end of the discharging belt extends out of the machine box. The front face and the back face of the material are photographed and determined through the visual photographing positioner on the upper portion, if the material is the back face, the back face is vibrated through the flexible vibration disc, then the position of the material is determined through the visual photographing positioner, the manual participation degree is reduced, and the overall efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of parts loading, and in particular to a loading station. Background Technology

[0002] Loading refers to the process of delivering the workpiece to the working position and achieving positioning and clamping.

[0003] The current feeding solution for thermoformed parts is as follows: Workers separate each workpiece individually and place them on the conveyor in sequence. The workpieces are automatically transported, and the robot, in conjunction with a vision guidance system, feeds the parts. Alternatively, workers can separate each workpiece individually and place it on a precision positioning trolley. The robot gripper is a common clamping cylinder structure, used in conjunction with positioning pins and limit blocks. All of these steps require worker participation, which consumes a lot of manpower, is labor-intensive, has long auxiliary time, and results in low production efficiency. Utility Model Content

[0004] To address the issues of high labor intensity, long auxiliary time, and low production efficiency caused by the need for workers to participate in each step, this application provides a material loading station.

[0005] The feeding station provided in this application adopts the following technical solution:

[0006] The device includes a chassis and a hinged door. A flexible vibratory feeder is installed in the middle of the inner side of the chassis. A fixed plate is installed on the upper inner side of the chassis, and a visual imaging locator is installed on the fixed plate. The visual imaging locator is located above the flexible vibratory feeder. A feeding device is installed on the side of the flexible vibratory feeder on the inner side of the chassis. A lateral moving device is also installed on the inner side of the chassis. A longitudinal moving device is movably installed on the lateral moving device. A telescopic mechanical gripper is installed on the longitudinal moving device. A discharge belt is also installed inside the chassis, with one end of the discharge belt extending to the outside of the chassis.

[0007] By adopting the above technical solution, the lateral moving device can drive the telescopic mechanical gripper to move laterally, and the longitudinal moving device can drive the telescopic mechanical gripper to move longitudinally. This allows the telescopic mechanical gripper to be easily moved to the top of the material, and then the material can be gripped and moved by the telescopic mechanical gripper.

[0008] Preferably, the lateral moving device includes a lateral seat, a lateral screw is rotatably mounted on the inner side of the lateral seat, a lateral moving seat is threaded onto the lateral screw, a first guide rail is mounted on the lateral seat, the lateral moving seat and the first guide rail are slidably connected, and the longitudinal moving device is connected to the lateral moving seat.

[0009] By adopting the above technical solution, the first drive motor is started, which drives the transverse screw to rotate. When the transverse screw rotates, it can drive the transverse moving seat to translate. When the transverse moving seat translates, it drives the longitudinal moving device to translate.

[0010] Preferably, one end of the transverse screw is connected to a first drive motor, the output end of the first drive motor is connected to one end of the transverse screw, and the first drive motor is connected to one end of the transverse seat.

[0011] By adopting the above technical solution, the first drive motor is started, which drives the transverse screw to rotate. When the transverse screw rotates, it can drive the transverse moving seat to move horizontally.

[0012] Preferably, the longitudinal moving device includes a longitudinal seat, a longitudinal screw is rotatably mounted inside the longitudinal seat, a longitudinal moving seat is threaded onto the longitudinal screw, and the telescopic mechanical gripper is connected to the longitudinal moving seat.

[0013] By adopting the above technical solution, the second drive motor is started, which can drive the longitudinal screw to rotate. When the longitudinal screw rotates, it can drive the longitudinal moving seat to move longitudinally.

[0014] Preferably, a second guide rail is also installed on the longitudinal seat, and the longitudinal moving seat and the second guide rail are slidably connected.

[0015] By adopting the above technical solution, the longitudinal movement of the longitudinal moving seat can be made more stable by using the second guide rail.

[0016] Preferably, one end of the longitudinal screw is connected to a second drive motor, the output end of the second drive motor is connected to the longitudinal screw, and the second drive motor is connected to the longitudinal base.

[0017] By adopting the above technical solution, the second drive motor is started, which can drive the longitudinal screw to rotate.

[0018] Preferably, the feeding device includes a feeding belt and an auxiliary belt. A driven wheel is installed on one side of both the feeding belt and the auxiliary belt. A synchronous belt is driven to the side of the driven wheel. A driving wheel is also installed on the feeding device. The driven wheel is driven to the driving wheel through the synchronous belt. A hopper is also installed on the feeding belt.

[0019] By adopting the above technical solution, the material is placed inside the hopper and falls onto the feeding belt. When the drive wheel rotates, it can drive the driven wheel to rotate through the synchronous belt. At this time, the feeding belt and the auxiliary belt drive the material to move and move the material into the flexible vibrating plate.

[0020] In summary, this application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

[0021] 1. This application uses a feeding belt and an auxiliary belt to move the material into a flexible vibrating plate. The front and back of the material are photographed and determined by a visual camera at the top. If the material is reversed, the flexible vibrating plate is vibrated to reverse the material. Then, the position of the material is determined by the visual camera, which reduces the degree of manual intervention and improves the overall efficiency.

[0022] 2. This application uses a lateral moving device to drive the telescopic mechanical gripper to move laterally, and a longitudinal moving device to drive the telescopic mechanical gripper to move longitudinally, which can easily adjust the position of the telescopic mechanical gripper to facilitate the gripping of materials. Attached Figure Description

[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall internal structure of a feeding station according to an embodiment of this application;

[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the overall external front structure of the embodiments of this application;

[0025] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the main inner structure of the embodiments of this application;

[0026] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of the lateral moving device and the longitudinal moving device, which are the main embodiments of this application.

[0027] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the main structure of the feeding device in the embodiments of this application;

[0028] Reference numerals: 1. Chassis; 2. Opening / closing door; 3. Flexible vibratory feeder; 4. Fixed plate; 5. Visual image positioning device; 6. Feeding device; 7. Horizontal seat; 8. Horizontal screw; 9. Horizontal moving seat; 10. Longitudinal seat; 11. Longitudinal screw; 12. Longitudinal moving seat; 13. First guide rail; 14. Second guide rail; 15. Telescopic mechanical gripper; 16. Hopper; 17. Feeding belt; 18. Auxiliary belt; 19. Drive wheel; 20. Synchronous belt; 21. Driven wheel; 22. Horizontal moving device; 23. Longitudinal moving device; 24. First drive motor; 25. Second drive motor; 26. Discharge belt. Detailed Implementation

[0029] The following is combined with Figure 1-Figure 5 This application will be described in further detail.

[0030] This application discloses a material loading station; please refer to... Figure 1 and Figure 2The system includes a housing 1 and an opening / closing door 2. A flexible vibrating plate 3 is installed in the middle of the inner side of the housing 1. A fixing plate 4 is installed on the upper inner side of the housing 1, and a visual imaging locator 5 is installed on the fixing plate 4. The visual imaging locator 5 is located above the flexible vibrating plate 3. The flexible vibrating plate 3 has four voice coil motors built in, which can vibrate and reverse the material. This type of vibrating plate is existing technology and is not shown in detail in the figure. A feeding device 6 is installed on the inner side of the housing 1, located on the side of the flexible vibrating plate 3. A further device is installed on the inner side of the housing 1. A lateral moving device 22 is provided, and a longitudinal moving device 23 is movably mounted on the lateral moving device 22. A telescopic mechanical gripper 15 is mounted on the longitudinal moving device 23. A discharge belt 26 is also installed inside the housing 1, with one end of the discharge belt 26 extending to the outside of the housing 1. The lateral moving device 22 can drive the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 to move laterally, and the longitudinal moving device 23 can drive the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 to move longitudinally. The position of the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 can be easily adjusted to facilitate the gripping of materials.

[0031] Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4 The lateral moving device 22 includes a lateral seat 7, a lateral screw 8 rotatably mounted on the inner side of the lateral seat 7, a lateral moving seat 9 threadedly connected to the lateral screw 8, a first guide rail 13 mounted on the lateral seat 7, and the lateral moving seat 9 and the first guide rail 13 slidably connected. The longitudinal moving device 23 is connected to the lateral moving seat 9. One end of the lateral screw 8 is connected to a first drive motor 24, the output end of the first drive motor 24 is connected to one end of the lateral screw 8, and the first drive motor 24 is connected to one end of the lateral seat 7. When the first drive motor 24 is started, the lateral screw 8 is driven to rotate. When the lateral screw 8 rotates, it can drive the lateral moving seat 9 to translate. When the lateral moving seat 9 translates, it drives the longitudinal moving device 23 to translate. At this time, it can drive the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 to move laterally.

[0032] Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4 The longitudinal moving device 23 includes a longitudinal seat 10, a longitudinal screw 11 rotatably mounted inside the longitudinal seat 10, a longitudinal moving seat 12 threadedly connected to the longitudinal screw 11, a telescopic mechanical gripper 15 connected to the longitudinal moving seat 12, a second guide rail 14 also mounted on the longitudinal seat 10, the longitudinal moving seat 12 and the second guide rail 14 slidably connected, a second drive motor 25 connected to one end of the longitudinal screw 11, the output end of the second drive motor 25 being drively connected to the longitudinal screw 11, the second drive motor 25 being connected to the longitudinal seat 10, starting the second drive motor 25, the second drive motor 25 can drive the longitudinal screw 11 to rotate, when the longitudinal screw 11 rotates it can drive the longitudinal moving seat 12 to move longitudinally, the longitudinal moving seat 12 drives the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 to move longitudinally.

[0033] Please refer to Figure 5 The feeding device 6 includes a feeding belt 17 and an auxiliary belt 18. A passive wheel 21 is installed on one side of both the feeding belt 17 and the auxiliary belt 18. A synchronous belt 20 is connected to the side of the passive wheel 21. The feeding device 6 also has a driving wheel 19 installed on it. The passive wheel 21 is connected to the driving wheel 19 through the synchronous belt 20. A hopper 16 is also installed on the feeding belt 17. When the driving wheel 19 rotates, it can drive the passive wheel 21 to rotate through the synchronous belt 20. At this time, the feeding belt 17 and the auxiliary belt 18 drive the material to move into the flexible vibrating plate 3.

[0034] The implementation principle of a feeding station according to an embodiment of this application is as follows: First, the material is placed inside the hopper 16 and falls onto the feeding belt 17. Then, the servo motor drives the drive wheel 19 to rotate. The connection method between the servo motor and the drive wheel 19 is existing technology and will not be described in detail here. When the drive wheel 19 rotates, it can drive the driven wheel 21 to rotate through the synchronous belt 20. At this time, the feeding belt 17 and the auxiliary belt 18 drive the material to move, so that the material moves to the flexible vibrating plate 3. The upper visual image positioning device 5 takes pictures of the front and back of the material to determine the position. If the material is on the back, the flexible vibrating plate 3 vibrates the back side. Then, the visual image positioning device 5 determines the position of the material. After determination, the first drive motor 24 is started to drive the material to rotate. When the transverse screw 8 rotates, it drives the transverse moving seat 9 to move horizontally. When the transverse moving seat 9 moves horizontally, it drives the longitudinal moving device 23 to move horizontally. At this time, it drives the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 to move horizontally. The second drive motor 25 is started, and the second drive motor 25 drives the longitudinal screw 11 to rotate. When the longitudinal screw 11 rotates, it drives the longitudinal moving seat 12 to move vertically. The longitudinal moving seat 12 drives the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 to move vertically. When the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 moves to the top of the material, it picks up the material and moves it to the top of the discharge belt 26. At this time, the telescopic mechanical gripper 15 is released, and the material falls onto the discharge belt 26. The material is then removed through the discharge belt 26.

[0035] The above are all preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, any equivalent changes made based on the structure, shape, and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A feeding station, characterized in that: The device includes a housing (1) and an opening / closing door (2). A flexible vibrating plate (3) is installed in the middle of the inner side of the housing (1). A fixing plate (4) is installed on the upper inner side of the housing (1). A visual imaging locator (5) is installed on the fixing plate (4). The visual imaging locator (5) is located on the upper part of the flexible vibrating plate (3). A feeding device (6) is installed on the inner side of the housing (1) on the side of the flexible vibrating plate (3). A transverse moving device (22) is also installed on the inner side of the housing (1). A longitudinal moving device (23) is movably installed on the transverse moving device (22). A telescopic mechanical gripper (15) is installed on the longitudinal moving device (23). A discharge belt (26) is also installed inside the housing (1). One end of the discharge belt (26) extends to the outside of the housing (1).

2. The feeding station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lateral moving device (22) includes a lateral seat (7), a lateral screw (8) is rotatably mounted on the inner side of the lateral seat (7), a lateral moving seat (9) is threadedly connected to the lateral screw (8), a first guide rail (13) is mounted on the lateral seat (7), the lateral moving seat (9) and the first guide rail (13) are slidably connected, and the longitudinal moving device (23) is connected to the lateral moving seat (9).

3. A feeding station according to claim 2, characterized in that: One end of the transverse screw (8) is connected to a first drive motor (24), the output end of the first drive motor (24) is connected to one end of the transverse screw (8), and the first drive motor (24) is connected to one end of the transverse seat (7).

4. A feeding station according to claim 3, characterized in that: The longitudinal moving device (23) includes a longitudinal seat (10), a longitudinal screw (11) is rotatably mounted inside the longitudinal seat (10), a longitudinal moving seat (12) is threaded onto the longitudinal screw (11), and the telescopic mechanical gripper (15) is connected to the longitudinal moving seat (12).

5. A feeding station according to claim 4, characterized in that: A second guide rail (14) is also installed on the longitudinal seat (10), and the longitudinal moving seat (12) and the second guide rail (14) are slidably connected.

6. A feeding station according to claim 5, characterized in that: One end of the longitudinal screw (11) is connected to a second drive motor (25), the output end of the second drive motor (25) is connected to the longitudinal screw (11) in a transmission connection, and the second drive motor (25) is connected to the longitudinal seat (10).

7. A feeding station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding device (6) includes a feeding belt (17) and an auxiliary belt (18). A driven wheel (21) is installed on one side of both the feeding belt (17) and the auxiliary belt (18). A synchronous belt (20) is connected to the side of the driven wheel (21). A driving wheel (19) is also installed on the feeding device (6). The driven wheel (21) is connected to the driving wheel (19) through the synchronous belt (20). A hopper (16) is also installed on the feeding belt (17).

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