Nylon tube injection molding blanking device
By designing automated feeding, injection molding, and unloading devices, and utilizing robotic arms and cylinder-driven gripper assemblies, the problems of low efficiency and uneven unloading of nylon tube injection molded products have been solved, achieving a fully automated and efficient unloading process.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422801288.4
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-18
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-21
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-11-18
AI Technical Summary
In the existing technology, the blanking process of injection-molded nylon tubes relies on manual operation, which is inefficient. In addition, the nylon tubes are soft and easy to bend, resulting in uneven blanking.
An automated device including feeding, injection molding, unloading, and handling mechanisms was designed. The device achieves automatic feeding, injection molding, and unloading of nylon tubes through a robotic arm and a cylinder-driven gripper assembly. The device utilizes a transfer, separation, and stacking assembly to achieve automated transfer and stacking of material trays, ensuring that the ends of the nylon tubes are fixed.
The process of injection molding nylon tubes has been fully automated, which has improved work efficiency, reduced labor costs, and ensured the neatness and fixation of the material.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to nylon pipe production technical field especially is related to a nylon pipe injection molding unloading device. BACKGROUND
[0002] Nylon pipe is a kind of synthetic fiber, has good physical and chemical and mechanical properties: wear resistance, can be used under the condition of sand, scrap iron;Surface smooth, reduce resistance, can prevent rust and scale accumulation;Soft, easy to bend, easy to install, simple processing, therefore, it is widely used in industrial production.
[0003] Before nylon pipe is put into use, the both ends of nylon pipe need to be injection molded and coated, and after injection molding is completed, finished product unloading is carried out.In prior art, since nylon pipe is soft and easy to bend, when injection molding finished product is unloaded, nylon pipe is usually taken out from injection molding fixture by artificial, and then it is sequentially manually placed into unloading tray, both ends of nylon pipe are clamped in accommodating groove of tray, position of nylon pipe is fixed, and overall unloading process is low in working efficiency. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0004] To solve the above problems, the utility model provides a kind of nylon pipe injection molding unloading device with high degree of automation, effectively improve work efficiency.
[0005] The main content of the utility model includes: feeding mechanism, injection molding mechanism, unloading mechanism and handling mechanism, the feeding mechanism is used to discharge the nylon pipe to be injection molded, the injection molding mechanism is used to injection molding processing to the both ends of nylon pipe, the unloading mechanism is used to code finished product of injection molding into tray for unloading, the handling mechanism is used to transfer the nylon pipe to be injection molded from the feeding mechanism to the injection molding mechanism, and then transfer finished product of injection molding from the injection molding mechanism to the unloading mechanism;
[0006] The unloading mechanism includes unloading machine table, two groups of parallel support plates are arranged on the unloading machine table, the support plate between two constitutes tray transfer channel, transfer assembly is configured in the tray transfer channel, for the transmission of tray, the tray transfer channel is configured with separation assembly that tray is separated from bottom to top in sequence in one end, the other end is configured with the stacking assembly that can be lifted in vertical direction to be transferred tray of transfer assembly is received one by one and is stacked, the machine table is also configured with temporary storage assembly and material placing assembly, the temporary storage assembly is used to receive the product handled by handling mechanism, the material placing assembly sequentially transfers and places the product in the temporary storage assembly into the tray supported by stacking assembly.
[0007] Preferably, the transferring assembly comprises a first horizontal moving module arranged on the unloading machine table, and a supporting plate for supporting the tray is arranged on the moving end of the first horizontal moving module, and a protruding tray pushing block is arranged on the side of the supporting plate away from the stacking assembly, and the first horizontal moving module drives the supporting plate to move from the side of the separating assembly to the side of the stacking assembly.
[0008] Preferably, the separating assembly comprises an empty tray fixing plate arranged on the supporting plate, the center of the empty tray fixing plate is provided with a tray falling channel for allowing the tray to fall, and the opposite sides of the empty tray fixing plate are provided with separating members, the separating member comprises a separating plate which can be inserted above the tray to be separated and a first horizontal moving cylinder which drives the separating plate to move towards and away from the tray falling channel, and a lifting member is arranged below the tray falling channel on the unloading machine table, the lifting member comprises a lifting plate for lifting the empty tray group and a first lifting cylinder which drives the lifting plate to lift.
[0009] Preferably, the stacking assembly comprises a receiving member arranged on the two groups of supporting plates and a stacking member arranged below the tray transferring channel, the receiving member comprises a second horizontal moving cylinder arranged on the two groups of supporting plates, the output end of the second horizontal moving cylinder is arranged towards the side of the tray transferring channel and is provided with a receiving plate, and the stacking member comprises a first lifting module arranged below the unloading machine table, and a stacking tray is arranged on the lifting end of the first lifting module.
[0010] Preferably, the temporary storage assembly is arranged on the side of the supporting plate, and the temporary storage assembly comprises a temporary storage jig, and the temporary storage jig is provided with a plurality of temporary storage grooves for placing the nylon tubes.
[0011] Preferably, the material placing assembly comprises a supporting frame arranged on the unloading machine table, a second horizontal moving module is arranged on the supporting frame, a connecting plate is arranged on the moving end of the second horizontal moving module, a second lifting cylinder is arranged on the connecting plate, and a material taking member is arranged on the output end of the second lifting cylinder.
[0012] Preferably, the material taking member comprises a material taking mounting plate, two groups of material taking clamping jaw groups are arranged on the lower end surface of the material taking mounting plate, and the material taking clamping jaw group comprises a plurality of staggered material taking clamping jaws.
[0013] Preferably, the material taking clamping jaw comprises a clamping cylinder, a clamping plate is arranged on the clamping arm of the clamping cylinder, an extension plate is further arranged on the clamping cylinder, one end of the extension plate extends to between the corresponding two groups of clamping arms, the end is connected with a retractable pushing column through a spring, and when the pushing column is not subjected to external force, the lower end of the pushing column is below the clamping plate.
[0014] Preferably, the injection molding mechanism comprises an injection molding machine table, an injection molding machine and a rotatable index plate are arranged on the injection molding machine table, the index plate has two sets of injection molding jigs arranged oppositely and used for placing nylon tubes, and the index plate drives a set of injection molding jigs to rotate to below the output end of the injection molding machine.
[0015] The nylon tube feeding, injection molding and discharging processes are fully automated, manual operation is not needed, work efficiency is effectively improved, and labor cost is reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment;
[0017] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment;
[0018] Figure 3 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment;
[0019] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment;
[0020] Figure 5 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment;
[0021] Figure 6 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment;
[0022] REFERENCE SIGNS:
[0023] 1, feeding mechanism; 2, injection molding mechanism; 3, discharging mechanism; 4, carrying mechanism; 5, tray; 51, accommodating groove;
[0024] 31, discharging machine table; 32, support plate; 320, tray transfer channel; 33, transfer assembly; 34, separation assembly; 35, stacking assembly; 36, temporary storage assembly; 37, material arrangement assembly;
[0025] 331, first horizontal movement module; 332, supporting plate; 333, tray push block;
[0026] 341. Empty tray fixing plate; 342. Material dropping channel; 343. First transverse movement cylinder; 344. Material distribution plate; 345. First lifting cylinder; 346. Lifting plate;
[0027] 351. Second transverse cylinder; 352. Receiving plate; 353. First lifting module; 354. Palletizing pallet;
[0028] 361. Temporary storage fixtures;
[0029] 371. Support frame; 372. Second transverse module; 373. Connecting plate; 374. Second lifting cylinder; 375. Material handling plate; 376. Material handling gripper; 3761. Clamping cylinder; 3762. Clamping plate; 3763. Extension plate; 3764. Pushing column;
[0030] 21. Injection molding machine stand; 22. Injection molding machine; 23. Indexing plate; 24. Injection molding fixture. Detailed Implementation
[0031] The technical solution protected by this utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0032] like Figure 1 As shown, this application proposes a nylon tube injection molding unloading device, which includes: a feeding mechanism 1 for feeding nylon tubes, an injection molding mechanism 2 for injection molding both ends of the nylon tubes, an unloading mechanism for stacking the finished injection-molded nylon tubes onto a material tray and unloading the tray, and a conveying mechanism 4 for transferring the nylon tubes to be injected from the feeding mechanism 1 to the injection molding mechanism 2, and then transferring the finished injection-molded nylon tubes from the injection molding mechanism 2 to the unloading mechanism 3. This application enables automated feeding, injection molding, and unloading of nylon tubes, effectively improving work efficiency and the neatness of the unloaded nylon tube arrangement.
[0033] like Figure 1 As shown, in this embodiment, the feeding mechanism 1 includes a feeding platform, on which a material roll rack for placing nylon tube rolls and a cutting mechanism for cutting the nylon tube rolls can be configured to quantitatively cut the nylon tube rolls to the required length. The nylon tube cutting mechanism is prior art and will not be described in detail here.
[0034] like Figure 1As shown, the injection molding mechanism 2 comprises an injection molding machine 21, and an injection molding machine 22 and a rotatable index plate 23 are correspondingly arranged on the injection molding machine 21. The index plate 23 has two sets of injection molding jigs 24 arranged oppositely, and the injection molding jigs 24 have injection molding grooves for placing nylon tubes. The index plate 23 rotates to drive a set of injection molding jigs 24 to the processing end below the injection molding machine 22 to perform injection molding on both ends of the nylon tube. Another set of injection molding jigs 24 is located on the opposite side to perform feeding and discharging of the nylon tube, so that feeding and discharging of the nylon tube and injection molding are performed synchronously, and the working efficiency is effectively improved. The injection molding machine belongs to the prior art, and will not be described here.
[0035] As shown in Figure 1 , the conveying mechanism 4 comprises a mechanical arm, and the end of the mechanical arm is provided with a conveying connecting plate. The lower end surface of the conveying connecting plate is provided with a feeding clamp jaw set and a discharging clamp jaw set. The feeding clamp jaw set clamps the nylon tube to be injection molded at the feeding mechanism and places it into the injection molding jig. The discharging clamp jaw set clamps the nylon tube that has completed injection molding in the injection molding jig and transfers and places it into the discharging mechanism.
[0036] As shown in Figure 1 , 2 and 6, the discharging mechanism 3 comprises a discharging machine table 31, and the discharging machine table 31 is provided with two sets of parallel support plates 32. The two sets of support plates 32 form a tray transfer channel 320 therebetween, and the tray transfer channel 320 is provided with a transfer assembly 33 for transferring the tray 5. One end of the tray transfer channel 320 is provided with a separation assembly 34 for separating the trays from bottom to top in sequence, and the other end is provided with a stacking assembly 35 capable of lifting in the vertical direction to receive and stack the trays 5 transferred by the transfer assembly 33 one by one. The discharging machine table 31 is further provided with a temporary storage assembly 36 and a tray arrangement assembly 37 on one side of the support plate 32. The temporary storage assembly 36 is used to receive the products conveyed by the conveying mechanism 4, and the tray arrangement assembly 37 sequentially transfers and places the products in the temporary storage assembly 36 into the tray supported by the stacking assembly 35. The tray 5 is provided with a plurality of accommodation grooves 51 arranged in sequence for placing the nylon tube. The two ends of the accommodation groove 51 have clamping blocks, and the end of the nylon tube can be clamped between the clamping blocks to fix the two ends of the nylon tube, so that the nylon tube is stacked in the extension direction of the accommodation groove 51 to prevent the nylon tube from bending.
[0037] As shown in Figures 1-3As shown, the transfer assembly 33 includes a first horizontal transfer module 331 arranged on the unloading platform 31, and a supporting plate 332 for supporting the tray is arranged on the moving end of the first horizontal transfer module 331. The side of the supporting plate 332 away from the stacking assembly 35 is provided with a protruding tray pushing block (not shown), and the first horizontal transfer module 331 drives the supporting plate 332 to move from the side of the separating assembly 34 to the side of the stacking assembly 35. The empty tray falls on the supporting plate 332, and the tray pushing block defines the side of the empty tray. During the horizontal movement of the supporting plate 332, the empty tray is synchronously moved to realize the transfer of the empty tray.
[0038] As shown in the figure, Figures 1-3 The separating assembly 34 includes an empty tray fixing plate 341 arranged on the supporting plate 32, and a tray falling channel 342 is arranged at the center of the empty tray fixing plate 341. The empty tray fixing plate 341 is provided with a separating piece on the opposite sides, which is used to support the empty tray group and separate the lowermost empty tray. The separating piece includes a separating plate 344 inserted between the trays and a first horizontal transfer cylinder 343 for driving the separating plate 344 to approach and move away from the tray falling channel 342. The first horizontal transfer cylinder 343 drives the separating plate 344 to be inserted above the tray to be separated, so that the tray falls from the tray falling channel to the supporting plate 332 below. The unloading platform 31 is provided with a lifting piece below the tray falling channel 342, which is used to pre-support the empty tray group, provide external supporting force for the empty tray group during the separating process of the separating plate 344, and provide buffering force for the falling of the separated tray. Preferably, the lifting piece includes a lifting plate 346 and a first lifting cylinder 345 for driving the lifting plate 346 to ascend and descend.
[0039] As shown in the figure, Figures 1-3 The stacking assembly 35 includes a receiving piece arranged on the two groups of supporting plates 32 and a stacking piece arranged below the tray transfer channel 320. The receiving piece includes a second horizontal transfer cylinder 351 arranged on the supporting plate 32, and the output end of the second horizontal transfer cylinder 351 is arranged toward the side of the tray transfer channel 320 and is provided with a receiving plate 352. The stacking piece includes a first lifting module 353 arranged below the unloading platform 31, and a stacking tray 354 is arranged on the lifting end of the first lifting module 353. The transfer assembly 33 transfers the empty tray to the two groups of receiving pieces, the second horizontal transfer cylinder 351 drives the receiving plate 352 to move toward the tray transfer channel 320, the receiving plate supports the two sides of the empty tray, the first horizontal transfer module 331 drives the supporting plate 332 to retreat to the side of the separating assembly 34, and the empty tray on the supporting plate 332 is stacked with the nylon pipe. After the tray is full, the first lifting module 353 drives the stacking tray 354 to ascend, and at the same time, the second horizontal transfer cylinder 351 drives the receiving plate 352 to retreat, and the full tray falls on the stacking tray 354.
[0040] As shown in the figure, Figures 1-3As shown, the temporary storage assembly 36 includes a temporary storage jig 361 arranged on the unloading machine table 31, and the temporary storage jig 361 has a plurality of temporary storage slots for receiving the nylon tubes carried from the injection molding mechanism by the carrying mechanism, so as to facilitate the subsequent placement of the nylon tubes on the temporary storage jig into the trays by the tray placement assembly.
[0041] As shown in Figures 2-4 The tray placement assembly 37 includes a support frame 371 arranged on the unloading machine table 31, and the support frame 371 is configured with a second horizontal movement module 372. The moving end of the second horizontal movement module 372 is configured with a connecting plate 373, and the connecting plate 373 is provided with a second lifting cylinder 374. The output end of the second lifting cylinder 374 is configured with a material taking member. The second horizontal movement module 372 drives the material taking member to reciprocate between the above of the temporary storage assembly and the above of the receiving member tray. The second lifting cylinder 374 drives the material taking member to take material upward and downward.
[0042] As shown in Figures 2-4 The material taking member includes a material taking mounting plate 375, and the lower end surface of the material taking mounting plate 375 is configured with a material stacking clamp jaw set. The material stacking clamp jaw set is provided with two groups along the length direction of the nylon tube, for clamping the two ends of the nylon tube, so as to maintain the shape of the nylon tube and prevent it from curling. The material stacking clamp jaw set includes a plurality of staggered material taking clamp jaws 376, which can simultaneously clamp a plurality of nylon tubes and prevent the material taking clamp jaws 376 from interfering with each other during clamping.
[0043] As shown in Figures 2-6 The material taking clamp jaw 376 includes a clamping cylinder 3761, and the clamping arm of the clamping cylinder 3761 is configured with a clamping plate 3762. The clamping cylinder 3761 is provided with an extension plate 3763, and one end of the extension plate 3763 extends between the two clamping arms and is connected at the end with a retractable pushing column 3764 through a spring, for pushing the nylon tube. When the pushing column 3764 is not subjected to external force, the lower end of the pushing column 3764 is below the clamping plate 3762. When clamping the nylon tube, the material taking clamp jaw 376 is downward, the lower end of the pushing column 3764 first abuts against the end surface of the nylon tube, the end of the pushing column 3764 is upward, the spring is contracted, and the clamping cylinder 3761 drives the clamping plate 3762 to clamp the two sides of the nylon tube. When the nylon tube is stacked into the tray, the material taking clamp jaw 376 is above the accommodating slot, the clamping cylinder 3761 drives the clamping plate 3762 to open, the nylon tube falls into the accommodating slot, the elastic force of the spring drives the pushing column 3764 to restore downward, and the lower end of the pushing column 3764 acts on the nylon tube to push the nylon tube into the accommodating slot 51, so as to ensure that the nylon tube is clamped in place.
[0044] In this embodiment, the upper clamp jaw set, the lower clamp jaw set and the material stacking clamp jaw set have the same structure, which can clamp the nylon tube and drive it to move. When the nylon tube is discharged, it is correspondingly pushed into the injection mold jig, the temporary storage jig and the tray.
[0045] The above merely describes the embodiments of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application, and any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation, or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields, which are made by using the content of the present application specification and drawings, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A nylon tube injection molding feeding device, characterized in that, Mainly includes: The system includes a feeding mechanism, an injection molding mechanism, an unloading mechanism, and a conveying mechanism. The feeding mechanism is used to discharge the nylon tube to be injection molded. The injection molding mechanism is used to perform injection molding on both ends of the nylon tube. The unloading mechanism is used to stack the injection-molded product into a material tray for unloading. The conveying mechanism is used to transfer the nylon tube to be injection molded from the feeding mechanism to the injection molding mechanism, and then transfer the injection-molded product from the injection molding mechanism to the unloading mechanism. The unloading mechanism includes an unloading machine platform with two sets of parallel support plates. The two support plates form a tray transfer channel, and a transfer component is configured in the tray transfer channel for conveying the trays. One end of the tray transfer channel is configured with a separation component that separates the trays sequentially from bottom to top, and the other end is configured with a stacking component that can move vertically to receive and stack the trays conveyed by the transfer component. The machine platform is also configured with a temporary storage component and a placement component. The temporary storage component is used to receive the products transported by the handling mechanism, and the placement component sequentially transfers the products in the temporary storage component and places them into the trays supported by the stacking component.
2. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The transfer assembly includes a first transverse module placed on the unloading platform. The moving end of the first transverse module is equipped with a support plate for supporting the material tray. The support plate has a protruding tray pusher on the side away from the palletizing assembly. The first transverse module drives the support plate to move from the separation assembly side to the palletizing assembly side.
3. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The separation assembly includes an empty tray fixing plate mounted on the support plate. The empty tray fixing plate has a material drop channel at its center that can accommodate the falling trays. There are material separating components on opposite sides of the empty tray fixing plate. The material separating components include a material separating plate that can be inserted above the tray to be separated and a first transverse cylinder that drives the material separating plate to move closer to and away from the material drop channel. A lifting component is provided on the unloading machine platform below the material drop channel. The lifting component includes a lifting plate that lifts the empty tray assembly and a first lifting cylinder that drives the lifting plate to rise and fall.
4. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The palletizing assembly includes a receiving component disposed on two sets of support plates and a palletizing component disposed below the material tray transfer channel. The receiving component includes a second transverse cylinder disposed on the two sets of support plates. The output end of the second transverse cylinder faces the material tray transfer channel and is equipped with a receiving plate. The palletizing component includes a first lifting module disposed below the unloading machine platform. A palletizing tray is disposed on the lifting end of the first lifting module.
5. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The temporary storage component is disposed on one side of the support plate. The temporary storage component includes a temporary storage fixture with several temporary storage slots for placing nylon tubes.
6. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The material handling assembly includes a support frame mounted on the unloading machine platform. A second transverse module is mounted on the support frame. A connecting plate is mounted on the moving end of the second transverse module. A second lifting cylinder is mounted on the connecting plate. A material picking component is mounted on the output end of the second lifting cylinder.
7. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The material handling component includes a material handling plate, and two sets of material handling claws are arranged on the lower end surface of the material handling plate. The material handling claws include a number of staggered material handling claws.
8. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 7, characterized in that, The material handling gripper includes a clamping cylinder, and a clamping plate is disposed on the clamping arm of the clamping cylinder. An extension plate is also provided on the clamping cylinder. One end of the extension plate extends between the corresponding two sets of clamping arms. This end is connected to a retractable pusher column by a spring. When the pusher column is not subjected to external force, its lower end is below the clamping plate.
9. The nylon tube injection molding feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The injection molding mechanism includes an injection molding machine platform, on which an injection molding machine and a rotatable indexing plate are arranged. The indexing plate has two sets of injection molding fixtures arranged opposite each other for placing nylon tubes. The indexing plate drives one set of injection molding fixtures to rotate to below the output end of the injection molding machine.
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