Continuous feeding equipment

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic production, and discloses continuous feeding equipment. The continuous feeding equipment comprises a machine table, a production conveying line and a tray conveying line, wherein the production conveying line and the tray conveying line are arranged on the machine table in parallel; two groups of feeding mechanisms which are arranged in a mirror image manner are erected above the tray conveying line; a tray discharging device is arranged at one end of the tray conveying line, and a tray collecting device is arranged at the other end of the tray conveying line; the feeding mechanism comprises a three-axis linkage module and a material taking assembly. The three-axis linkage module is used for driving the material taking assembly to move in the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction and the Z-axis direction so as to drive the material taking assembly to transfer workpieces on the material disc conveying line to the production conveying line. According to the continuous feeding equipment, materials are taken and placed circularly and alternately through the two feeding mechanisms, uninterrupted continuous feeding is achieved, and the feeding efficiency is improved; and full-automatic discharging and collecting of the trays are achieved through the tray discharging device and the tray collecting device, the feeding efficiency is further improved, and the production cost is reduced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to automatic production technical field, concretely is a kind of continuous feeding equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] The application of automatic feeding equipment in production line mainly reflects in improving production efficiency, reducing labor cost, reducing operation error, improving safety and increasing production flexibility etc.;Therefore, feeding device is the most important part in realizing industrial automation production;At present, more and more factories begin to introduce automatic feeding equipment to realize the goal of high-efficiency production processing and labor cost saving.

[0003] However, the existing automatic feeding equipment is single in function, usually by a carrying module reciprocating carrying material, and the material tray for holding material needs to be manually taken and replaced;With the increasing degree of industrial automation, the existing automatic feeding equipment not only cannot meet the current high-efficiency production demand in feeding speed, but also reduces the feeding efficiency of products in production line by manually taking and replacing material tray.

[0004] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a continuous feeding equipment to solve the above problems. INVENTION CONTENTS

[0005] Based on the above, the purpose of the utility model is to provide a kind of continuous feeding equipment, to solve the technical problems that the single carrying module of the feeding equipment in prior art and the way of manually taking and replacing material tray cannot meet high-efficiency feeding.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0007] The utility model provides a kind of continuous feeding equipment, comprising: machine table, the machine table is equipped with the production conveying line and material tray conveying line that are relatively parallel;Two groups of feeding mechanisms are arranged in mirror image above the material tray conveying line;Material tray unloading device is arranged at one end of the material tray conveying line, and material tray collecting device is arranged at the other end thereof;

[0008] The feeding mechanism includes a three-axis linkage module and a material taking assembly installed at the moving end of the three-axis linkage module;The three-axis linkage module is used to drive the material taking assembly to move in X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions to drive the material taking assembly to transfer workpieces on the material tray conveying line to the production conveying line.

[0009] As an optional technical scheme of a kind of continuous feeding equipment, the three-axis linkage module includes Y-axis linear module, X-axis linear module installed at the moving end of Y-axis linear module and slide table air cylinder installed at the moving end of X-axis linear module, and the material taking assembly is installed on the slider of the slide table air cylinder.

[0010] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, the material taking assembly comprises a rotary motor and a rotary support connected to an output shaft of the rotary motor, and a plurality of suction nozzles are mounted on the bottom of the rotary support.

[0011] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, a fixed plate is arranged on the sliding block of the sliding table air cylinder, and an annular upper support and an annular lower support for mounting the rotary motor are arranged on the two sides and the bottom of the fixed plate.

[0012] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, a limit sensor is arranged on the bottom of the annular lower support, and a sensing sheet matched with the limit sensor is arranged on the rotary support.

[0013] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, the X-axis linear module comprises a bottom plate, a driving motor, a screw rod, a rolling screw bearing and a driving plate, the bottom plate is fixedly arranged on the moving end of the Y-axis linear module, the screw rod is rotatably arranged on the bottom plate and connected to the output end of the driving motor, the rolling screw bearing is rotatably sleeved on the screw rod, and the driving plate is fixedly connected to the rolling screw bearing and slidably connected to the bottom plate on the bottom.

[0014] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, the tray discharging device comprises a jacking mechanism and two sets of limiting mechanisms, the jacking mechanism is arranged below the tray conveying line, the two sets of limiting mechanisms are reciprocally arranged on the two sides of the tray conveying line along the Y-axis direction, and the tray limiting mechanism is used for bearing the tray.

[0015] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, the jacking mechanism comprises a jacking air cylinder vertically arranged below the tray conveying line, a jacking plate is arranged on the telescopic end of the jacking air cylinder, and the jacking air cylinder can drive the jacking plate to abut against the tray conveying line and the tray.

[0016] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, the limiting mechanism comprises a limiting air cylinder and a limiting support, the limiting air cylinder is arranged below the tray conveying line along the Y-axis direction and located on the left and right sides of the jacking air cylinder, the bottom end of the limiting support is connected to the output end of the limiting air cylinder, the top end of the limiting support extends above the tray conveying line, and a limiting block is arranged on the top end of the limiting support.

[0017] As an optional technical scheme of the continuous feeding equipment, a plurality of guide members are arranged on the two ends of the tray conveying line, and the tray feeding device and the tray collecting device have the same structure.

[0018] The beneficial effects of the present application are as follows:

[0019] The utility model provides a kind of continuous feeding equipment, which comprises a machine table, a production conveying line and a tray conveying line installed on the machine table in a relative parallel manner. Two groups of feeding mechanisms are arranged above the tray conveying line in a mirror image. A tray unloading device is provided at one end of the tray conveying line, and a tray collecting device is provided at the other end. The feeding mechanism comprises a three-axis linkage module and a material taking assembly installed at the moving end of the three-axis linkage module. The three-axis linkage module is used to drive the material taking assembly to move in three directions of X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis to drive the material taking assembly to transfer the workpiece on the tray conveying line to the production conveying line.

[0020] With the above structure, the continuous feeding equipment only needs to pre-place the trays loaded with workpieces on the tray unloading device. Each tray loaded with workpieces is individually unloaded by the tray unloading device to the tray conveying line. When the tray loaded with workpieces is conveyed between the two groups of feeding mechanisms, the workpiece is transferred to the production conveying line by the three-axis linkage module driving the material taking assembly. Since the two groups of feeding mechanisms are mirror image arranged, the two material taking assemblies can cyclically and alternately transfer the workpiece in the tray to the production conveying line under the driving of the corresponding two groups of three-axis linkage modules. The workpiece can also be orderly placed according to the requirement. When the workpiece in the tray is transferred, the tray conveying line conveys the empty tray to the end, and the empty tray is stacked and collected by the tray collecting device. Thus, the automatic feeding process of the workpiece is completed. The continuous feeding equipment cyclically and alternately takes and places the material by the two groups of feeding mechanisms, realizes uninterrupted continuous feeding, and improves the feeding efficiency. The tray unloading and collection are realized automatically by the tray unloading device and the tray collecting device, which further improves the feeding efficiency and reduces the production cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 It is a whole structure schematic view of the continuous feeding equipment in the utility model embodiment.

[0022] Figure 2 It is a structure schematic view of the feeding mechanism in the utility model embodiment.

[0023] Figure 3 It is an exploded schematic view of the X-axis linear module in the utility model embodiment.

[0024] Figure 4 It is a structure schematic view of the material taking assembly in the utility model embodiment.

[0025] Figure 5 It is a structure schematic view of the tray unloading device in the utility model embodiment.

[0026] In the figure:

[0027] 1, machine table; 2, feeding mechanism; 20, three-axis linkage module; 21, Y-axis linear module; 22, X-axis linear module; 220, bottom plate; 221, driving motor; 222, screw rod; 223, rolling screw bearing; 224, driving plate; 23, sliding table cylinder; 231, fixed plate; 232, annular upper support; 233, annular lower support; 24, material taking assembly; 241, rotary motor; 242, rotary support; 243, suction nozzle; 244, limit sensor; 245, inductive sheet; 3, tray unloading device; 30, jacking mechanism; 301, jacking cylinder; 302, jacking plate; 31, limiting mechanism; 310, limiting cylinder; 311, limiting support; 312, limiting block; 32, guide; 33, tray; 4, tray collecting device; 5, tray conveying line; 6, production conveying line. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The utility model will be described in further detail below in combination with the drawings and examples. It can be understood that the specific examples described here are only used to explain the utility model, and not to limit the utility model. In addition, it should be noted that, in order to facilitate the description, only the part related to the utility model is shown in the drawings, not all structures.

[0029] In the description of the utility model, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "connected", "connected", "fixed" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or it can be integrated; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship of two elements. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0030] In the utility model, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the first feature "on" or "below" the second feature can include that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact through another feature between them. Moreover, the first feature "on", "above" and "above" the second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or only indicates that the horizontal height of the first feature is higher than that of the second feature. The first feature "below", "below" and "below" the second feature includes that the first feature is directly below and obliquely below the second feature, or only indicates that the horizontal height of the first feature is less than that of the second feature.

[0031] In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right" and the like orientation or positional relationship are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of description and simplification of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present utility model.

[0032] In the description of the present utility model, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more than two. In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only used to distinguish in the description, and have no special meaning.

[0033] As Figures 1-5 shown, the utility model provides a kind of continuous feeding equipment, this kind of continuous feeding equipment, including machine table 1, machine table 1 is equipped with relatively parallel production conveying line 6 and tray conveying line 5;Two groups of feeding mechanism 2 are erected above tray conveying line 5 and are mirror image arrangement;Tray conveying line 5 one end is equipped with tray unloading device 3, and its other end is equipped with tray collecting device 4;Feeding mechanism 2 includes three-axis linkage module 20 and is equipped with material taking assembly 24 in the mobile end of three-axis linkage module 20;Three-axis linkage module 20 is used to drive material taking assembly 24 to move in X axis, Y axis and Z axis three directions to drive material taking assembly 24 to transfer workpiece on tray conveying line 5 to production conveying line 6.

[0034] The continuous feeding equipment provided by the utility model only needs to preplace the tray 33 loaded with workpiece on tray unloading device 3, and then separately transfer each tray 33 loaded with workpiece to tray conveying line 5 by tray unloading device 3, when the tray 33 loaded with workpiece is conveyed between two groups of feeding mechanism 2, the workpiece is transferred to production conveying line 6 by three-axis linkage module 20 driving material taking assembly 24, since two groups of feeding mechanism 2 are mirror image arrangement, therefore, two material taking assemblies 24 can be driven by corresponding two groups of three-axis linkage module 20 to cyclically and alternately transfer workpiece in tray 33 to production conveying line 6, and workpiece can also be orderly placed according to demand;When the workpiece in the tray 33 is transferred, tray conveying line 5 conveys empty tray 33 to its end, and then stacks and collects empty tray 33 by tray collecting device 4, thus completing the automatic feeding process of workpiece. The continuous feeding equipment cyclically and alternately takes and places material by two groups of feeding mechanism 2, realizes uninterrupted continuous feeding, improves feeding efficiency;Tray 33 is automatically unloaded and collected by tray unloading device 3 and tray collecting device 4, which further improves feeding efficiency and reduces production cost.

[0035] In the present embodiment, as Figure 1As shown, two sets of feeding mechanisms 2 are mounted in a mirror image above the tray conveyor line 5 and located in the middle. The distance between the two sets of feeding mechanisms 2 is preferably the width or length of a tray 33. This allows both sets of feeding mechanisms 2 to pick up workpieces located on the tray conveyor line 5 and in the same tray 33. Alternatively, a vision system can be installed on the feeding mechanism 2 to control the feeding mechanism 2 to pick up workpieces in the tray 33. Both of these methods enable the feeding mechanism 2 to cyclically and alternately feed workpieces in the tray 33, achieving uninterrupted continuous feeding and improving the feeding speed of the continuous feeding equipment.

[0036] Specifically, such as Figure 2 As shown, the three-axis linkage module 20 includes a Y-axis linear module 21, an X-axis linear module 22, and a slide cylinder 23 mounted on the moving end of the X-axis linear module 22. The Y-axis linear module 21 is mounted above the material tray conveyor line 5 along the Y-axis direction via an "I"-shaped bracket. The X-axis linear module 22 is mounted on the moving end of the Y-axis linear module 21 along the X-axis direction. The slide cylinder 23 is mounted on the moving end of the X-axis linear module 22 along the Z-axis direction. The material picking component 24 is mounted on the slider of the slide cylinder 23 along the Z-axis direction. With the above structure, the Y-axis linear module 21, the X-axis linear module 22, and the slide cylinder 23 drive the material picking component 24 to move in a targeted manner in the X, Y, and Z axes, so that the two sets of material picking components 24 can cyclically and alternately transfer the workpieces in the material tray 33 in an orderly manner, thereby improving the transfer speed of the workpieces.

[0037] Furthermore, such as Figure 3 As shown, the X-axis linear module 22 includes a base plate 220 mounted on the moving end of the Y-axis linear module 21. A lead screw 222 is rotatably mounted on the base plate 220, and a matching thread rolling bearing 223 is sleeved on the lead screw 222. Sliding components are provided on the base plate 220 on both sides of the lead screw 222. A drive plate 224 is connected between the two sets of sliding components. The thread rolling bearing 223 and the drive plate 224 are fixedly connected. A driven wheel is mounted on one end of the lead screw 222, and a drive wheel is mounted above the driven wheel. The motor 221 has a drive wheel mounted on its rotating shaft. The drive wheel and the driven wheel are connected by a belt drive. The slide cylinder 23 is mounted on the end of the drive plate 224. The drive motor 221 drives the lead screw 222 to rotate, thereby driving the drive plate 224 to move along the X-axis, which in turn drives the slide cylinder 23 and the material picking assembly 24 to reciprocate along the X-axis. The lead screw 222 drive structure enables the material picking assembly 24 to move accurately in the X-axis direction, improving the accuracy of material picking.

[0038] Furthermore, such as Figure 4As shown, the taking-out assembly 24 is provided with a rotary motor 241 and a rotary support 242 mounted on the output shaft of the rotary motor 241, the bottom of the rotary support 242 is provided with two suction nozzles 243, the number of the suction nozzles 243 can be adjusted according to the requirement of the feeding, the suction nozzles 243 are connected with an external pneumatic driving source to realize the adsorption and separation of the workpieces; the rotary motor 241 can drive the workpieces adsorbed by the suction nozzles 243 to rotate at any angle to meet the requirement of the material placing of the production conveying line 6. Specifically, the sliding block of the sliding table air cylinder 23 is provided with a fixed plate 231, the two sides of the fixed plate 231 are connected with an annular upper support 232, the bottom of the annular upper support 232 is provided with an annular lower support 233, the rotary motor 241 is mounted between the annular upper support 232 and the annular lower support 233, in order to improve the accuracy of the angle rotated by the rotary motor 241, a limit sensor 244 is mounted on the annular lower support 233, and a sensing sheet 245 is mounted on the rotary support 242, the rotary motor 241 is controlled to rotate at a precise angle through the cooperation between the limit sensor 244 and the sensing sheet 245, so as to improve the feeding effect of the continuous feeding equipment.

[0039] In the embodiment, as shown in the drawings, Figure 5 The tray unloading device 3 and the tray collecting device 4 are both composed of a jacking mechanism 30 and two sets of limiting mechanisms 31. Specifically, the jacking mechanism 30 is hoisted below the tray conveying line 5 through a mounting bracket, and includes a jacking cylinder 301 vertically mounted on the mounting bracket and a jacking plate 302 arranged at the telescopic end of the jacking cylinder 301. The jacking plate 302 can move up and down in the tray conveying line 5 to realize the abutment and taking and placing of the tray 33 through the telescopic movement of the jacking cylinder 301. In order to realize the taking and placing of the tray 33 at different strokes, two or more jacking cylinders 301 located on the same axis can also be arranged. The limiting mechanism 31 includes a limiting cylinder 310 mounted along the Y-axis direction on the mounting bracket and located on the left and right sides of the jacking cylinder 301, and a limiting support 311 vertically mounted on the telescopic end of the limiting cylinder 310. The limiting support 311 is provided with a limiting block 312 on the top, and the tray 33 is clamped through the limiting block 312. Further, a plurality of guide members 32 are arranged on the both sides and the ends of the tray conveying line 5 above the tray unloading device 3 and the tray collecting device 4. The guide members 32 can make the plurality of trays 33 more orderly stacked.

[0040] In the utility model, first, the tray 33 loaded with workpieces is stacked on the limiting block 312 on the tray discharging device 3 through the mechanical arm or manual work, when it is needed to discharge the tray 33 to the tray conveying line 5 alone, the jacking cylinder 301 on the tray discharging device 3 drives the jacking plate 302 to move upwards and jacks up the tray 33 to move upwards, at this time, the two sets of limiting cylinders 310 drive the limiting supports 311 to move away from the tray 33 respectively, then the jacking cylinder 301 moves downwards by the stroke of one tray 33 relative to the height of the limiting block 312, the limiting cylinder 310 drives the limiting support 311 to move towards the tray 33 to reset, so that the limiting block 312 abuts and fixes the tray 33 above the bottommost tray 33, the jacking cylinder 301 continues to move downwards to discharge the bottommost tray 33 to the tray conveying line 5, and the tray 33 discharging process is completed, then the tray 33 is conveyed to between the two sets of feeding mechanisms 2 through the tray conveying line 5, the workpieces in the tray 33 are orderly transferred to the production conveying line 6 through the cyclic alternation of the two sets of feeding mechanisms 2, and the empty tray 33 is conveyed to the end of the tray conveying line 5, finally, the empty tray 33 is jacked up below the limiting block 312 through the jacking cylinder 301 on the tray collecting device 4, the two sets of limiting cylinders 310 drive the two sets of limiting supports 311 to move away from each other to provide a space for the jacking cylinder 301 to continue to move the empty tray 33 upwards above the limiting block 312, then the limiting cylinder 310 drives the two sets of limiting supports 311 to move close to each other to reset, at this time, the jacking cylinder 301 resets and discharges the empty tray 33 to the limiting block 312 for collection, under the above structure, the full-automatic feeding of the workpieces is completed in a cycle, so that the continuous feeding equipment realizes uninterrupted cyclic feeding, and the feeding efficiency is improved.

[0041] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and does not limit the utility model in any form, although the utility model discloses the above preferred embodiment, however, it is not used to limit the utility model, any skilled person in the art can make slight changes or modifications to the above disclosed technical content to obtain equivalent embodiments without departing from the technical scheme of the utility model, as long as the changes or modifications do not depart from the technical scheme of the utility model, and the technical scheme of the utility model refers to any simple modification, equivalent change and modification of the above embodiment, which belongs to the range of the technical scheme of the utility model.

Claims

1. A continuous feeding apparatus, characterized by, The utility model relates to a kind of production line for the production of workpiece, including: Machine table, which is equipped with relatively parallel production conveying line and tray conveying line; Two groups of feeding mechanisms are arranged above the tray conveying line in a mirror image; The tray conveying line is provided with a tray discharging device at one end, and a tray collecting device at the other end; The feeding mechanism includes a three-axis linkage module and a material taking assembly installed at the moving end of the three-axis linkage module; The three-axis linkage module is used to drive the material taking assembly to move in X, Y and Z axes to drive the material taking assembly to transfer the workpiece on the tray conveying line to the production conveying line.

2. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The three-axis linkage module includes a Y-axis linear module, an X-axis linear module installed at the moving end of the Y-axis linear module, and a slide table cylinder installed at the moving end of the X-axis linear module; The material taking assembly is installed on the slide block of the slide table cylinder.

3. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein The material taking assembly includes a rotary motor and a rotary bracket connected to the output shaft of the rotary motor; The bottom of the rotary bracket is provided with a plurality of suction nozzles.

4. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein The slide block of the slide table cylinder is equipped with a fixed plate; The two sides and the bottom of the fixed plate are respectively provided with an annular upper bracket and an annular lower bracket for mounting the rotary motor.

5. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 4, wherein The bottom of the annular lower bracket is provided with a limit sensor; The rotary bracket is provided with a sensing sheet matched with the limit sensor.

6. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein The X-axis linear module includes a base plate, a drive motor, a screw, a thread rolling bearing and a drive plate; The base plate is fixedly arranged at the moving end of the Y-axis linear module; The screw is rotatably arranged on the base plate, and one end of the screw is connected to the output end of the drive motor; The thread rolling bearing is rotatably sleeved on the screw; The drive plate is fixedly connected to the thread rolling bearing, and the bottom of the drive plate is slidably connected to the two sides of the base plate.

7. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The tray discharging device includes a jacking mechanism and two sets of limiting mechanisms; The jacking mechanism is arranged below the tray conveying line; The two sets of limiting mechanisms are reciprocally movable along the Y-axis direction and arranged on both sides of the tray conveying line; The tray limiting mechanism is used to carry the tray.

8. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 7, wherein The jacking mechanism includes a jacking cylinder vertically arranged below the tray conveying line; The jacking cylinder is provided with a jacking plate at the telescopic end; The jacking cylinder can drive the jacking plate to abut against the tray conveying line and the tray.

9. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 8, wherein The limiting mechanism includes a limiting cylinder and a limiting bracket; The limiting cylinder is arranged below the tray conveying line along the Y-axis direction and located on the left and right sides of the jacking cylinder; The bottom end of the limiting bracket is connected to the output end of the limiting cylinder; The top end of the limiting bracket extends above the tray conveying line; The top end of the limiting bracket is provided with a limiting block.

10. The continuous feeding apparatus according to claim 9, wherein The tray conveying line is provided with a plurality of guide members at both ends; The tray discharging device and the tray collecting device have the same structure.

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