Copper pipe feeding device

Abstract

The utility model discloses a copper pipe feeding device in the technical field of copper pipe machining equipment. The copper pipe feeding device aims at solving the problem that in the prior art, copper pipes are difficult to feed automatically. The copper pipe feeding device comprises a copper pipe feeding device, the copper pipe feeding device comprises a stacking part and a feeding part, the stacking part is used for placing disordered copper pipes, and the feeding part is used for picking up the disordered copper pipes for orderly feeding; and the pushing device comprises a copper pipe containing block and a pushing mechanism arranged on one side of the copper pipe containing block, an arc groove is formed in the copper pipe containing block and used for limiting the copper pipe at a certain preset straightness, and the pushing mechanism is used for pushing the copper pipe in the axis direction of the copper pipe. The automatic feeding device is used for converting disordered copper pipes into ordered copper pipes and then supplying the copper pipes to a positioning mold, the copper pipes can be automatically converted from disordered copper pipes to ordered copper pipes, and the copper pipes can be automatically fed to the mold, so that the automatic coverage rate of equipment can be improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a copper pipe feeding device belongs to copper pipe processing equipment technical field. BACKGROUND

[0002] The copper pipe is assembled with the compressor pipe, usually first knurling is carried out on the surface of the copper pipe, then the knurled pattern is used to assemble the silver ring and the annular iron piece, finally the annular iron piece is tightly assembled on the copper pipe through the welding step, because the assembly mode is complex, therefore the copper pipe is taken manually and is gradually processed on each machine table to complete the processing, but this mode has low coordination efficiency, and multiple workers need to work on different machine tables at the same time to guarantee the production efficiency, therefore the present application proposes an automatic copper pipe assembly scheme to improve the automation coverage of production, thereby improving the assembly efficiency and the operation safety.

[0003] There is a problem in the above mode, the copper pipe needs to be clamped by the related positioning mold during processing, and the copper pipe during feeding is disordered and messy, how to stably supply the disordered copper pipe to the positioning mold of the copper pipe becomes a technical problem to be solved. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model aims at overcoming the deficiency in the prior art, providing a copper pipe feeding device for changing the disordered copper pipe into an ordered one to be supplied to the positioning mold, which can automatically change the copper pipe from disorder to order and automatically feed the mold, thereby improving the automation coverage of the equipment, reducing the labor cost, and improving the operation safety.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model is adopted the following technical scheme:

[0006] The utility model provides a copper pipe feeding device, which comprises:

[0007] The copper pipe feeding device comprises a stacking part and a feeding part, the stacking part is used for placing disordered copper pipes, and the feeding part is used for picking up the disordered copper pipes for ordered feeding;

[0008] The pushing device comprises a copper pipe placing block and a pushing mechanism arranged on one side of the copper pipe placing block, the copper pipe placing block is provided with a circular arc groove, the circular arc groove is used for limiting the straightness of the copper pipe in a certain preset direction, and the pushing mechanism is used for pushing the copper pipe along its axial direction;

[0009] The carrying mechanism is used for grabbing and placing the ordered material supplied by the copper pipe feeding device in the circular arc groove of the placing block.

[0010] Specifically, the stacking part comprises an open-top box, the bottom of the interior of the box is provided with an inclined plate for placing disordered copper pipes, the interior of the box and the side close to the bottom of the inclined plate are provided with a plurality of adjacent and different height position baffles, the height positions of the plurality of baffles gradually increase towards the direction close to the wall surface of the box, the top surface of each baffle is provided as an inclined surface with the same inclination direction as the inclined plate, the feeding part comprises a plurality of vertical sliding push plates, the upper surface of each push plate is an inclined surface with the same inclination direction as the inclined plate, and each push plate is correspondingly arranged on one side of the corresponding baffle, the lower side of the box is provided with a first driving device, the first driving device is used to drive the plurality of push plates to perform lifting actions so that the copper pipes rolled off from the inclined plate can be gradually lifted to the upper side of the corresponding baffle, and finally flow out from the opening position of the side of the box.

[0011] Specifically, the opening position of the copper pipe flowing out of the box is provided with a mounting plate, the mounting plate is provided with a second driving device, the output end of the second driving device is provided with a discharging plate, and the second driving device is used to control the lifting of the discharging plate to control the height of the discharging opening.

[0012] Specifically, the mounting strip is arranged on the box and at the bottom position of the discharging opening, the mounting strip is provided with a conveying line, the mounting strip is used to guide the copper pipes placed in the discharging opening to the belt of the conveying line, a limiting strip is mounted on the mounting strip, and the limiting strip is used to limit the conveying width of the belt to be greater than the diameter of one copper pipe and less than the diameter of two copper pipes.

[0013] Specifically, a limiting plate is mounted on the box, the bottom end of the limiting plate extends to the upper side of the belt, and the distance between the bottom surface of the limiting plate and the top surface of the belt is greater than the diameter of one copper pipe and less than the diameter of two copper pipes.

[0014] Specifically, a mounting piece is mounted on the side away from the box of the mounting strip, an adjusting plate is mounted on the mounting piece, the adjusting plate can be length-adjusted along the conveying direction of the belt, an end of the adjusting plate is further provided with a limiting piece, and the limiting piece is used to limit the position of the copper pipe at the end of the belt conveying.

[0015] Specifically, the carrying mechanism comprises a third driving device and a fourth driving device, the driving directions of the third driving device and the fourth driving device are the same, the output end of the fourth driving device is provided with a fixed plate and a clamping plate, the clamping plate is fixedly arranged on the movable end of the fourth driving device, the third driving device is used to drive the fourth driving device and the fixed plate to perform translation as a whole, and the fourth driving device is used to drive the clamping plate to approach or move away from the fixed plate, so that the copper pipe conveyed to the end of the belt can be clamped.

[0016] Specific, the clamping plate near the fixed plate side is equipped with guide port.

[0017] Specific, the pushing device further includes a fifth driving device, and the fifth driving device is used for driving the placing block to translate along the axis direction of the copper pipe.

[0018] Specific, the pushing device further includes a sixth driving device and a positioning support, the positioning support is equipped with a detection mechanism for detecting the orientation of the copper pipe placed on the placing block, and the sixth driving device can drive the placing block to rotate the copper pipe by 180 degrees.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has reached the beneficial effects of:

[0020] The copper pipe feeding device is set to realize automatic copper pipe feeding, the unordered stacking part and the ordered feeding part are divided by setting the copper pipe feeding device, the copper pipe can be in a relatively accurate material taking position when discharging, the pushing device is set on the device to temporarily place the copper pipe and ensure the straightness position, when the mold is waiting for clamping, the pushing mechanism of the material returning device can push the copper pipe along the axis direction, so that the copper pipe is orderly changed from the unordered state to the clamping position of the mold, the automatic feeding of the copper pipe is realized, the automatic coverage of the equipment is improved, and the automatic production operation is promoted. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 It is the overall structure schematic view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the utility model embodiment;

[0022] Figure 2 It is the overall structure schematic view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the utility model Figure 1 Embodiment;

[0023] Figure 3 It is the local structure schematic view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the utility model embodiment;

[0024] Figure 4 It is the local structure schematic view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the utility model Figure 2 Embodiment;

[0025] Figure 5 It is the local structure schematic view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the utility model Figure 2 Embodiment;

[0026] Figure 6 It is the front view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the utility model embodiment;

[0027] Figure 7 It is the front view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the utility model Figure 6The D-D direction sectional view of the copper pipe feeding device provided by the embodiment is shown in the figure;

[0028] Fig. 1 is a copper pipe feeding device; 101 is a box body; 102 is an inclined plate; 103 is a baffle; 104 is a push plate; 105 is a first driving device; 106 is a mounting plate; 107 is a second driving device; 108 is a feeding plate; 109 is a mounting strip; 110 is a limiting plate; 111 is a limiting strip; 2 is a conveying line; 201 is a belt; 202 is a mounting piece; 203 is an adjusting plate; 204 is a limiting piece; 3 is a carrying mechanism; 301 is a third driving device; 302 is a fourth driving device; 303 is a fixed plate; 304 is a clamping plate; 4 is a pushing device; 401 is a placing block; 402 is a pushing mechanism; 403 is a fifth driving device; 404 is a sixth driving device; 405 is a positioning support; 406 is a detection mechanism. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The utility model will be described further below in conjunction with the drawings. The following examples are only used to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme of the utility model, and cannot be used to limit the protection scope of the utility model.

[0030] In the description of the utility model, it is understood that the orientation or position relationship indicated by the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like is based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting or implying that the indicated device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the utility model. In addition, the terms "first", "second" and the like are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first", "second" and the like can explicitly or implicitly include one or more features. In the description of the utility model, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more.

[0031] In the description of the utility model, it should be noted that, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection" and "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; 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; it can be the communication between 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.

[0032] Embodiment:

[0033] The copper pipe feeding device provided by the embodiment of the utility model is used for changing disordered copper pipes into ordered copper pipes for feeding to a backward positioning mold, can automatically change the copper pipes from disorder to order and can automatically feed the mold, so as to improve the automation coverage of the equipment, reduce the labor cost, improve the operation safety, in order to realize the mechanism function of the device, here setting includes: copper pipe feeding device 1, copper pipe feeding device 1 includes a stacking part and a feeding part, the stacking part is used for placing disordered copper pipes, and the feeding part is used for picking up the disordered copper pipes for ordered feeding, the feeding part can change the disordered copper pipes into ordered copper pipes for material preparation in the mode of a visual camera cooperating with a mechanical hand, and other operable modes are not limited here; the pushing device 4, here setting the pushing device 4 includes a copper pipe placing block 401 and a pushing mechanism 402 arranged on one side of the copper pipe placing block 401, specifically, here an arc groove is arranged on the copper pipe placing block 401, the arc groove is used for limiting the straightness of the copper pipe in a certain preset straightness, and the pushing mechanism 402 (which can adopt the mode of pushing by a pneumatic cylinder) is used for pushing the copper pipe along the axial direction of the copper pipe when the mold needs to clamp the copper pipe. Figure 5 When the mold needs to clamp the copper pipe, the pushing mechanism 402 (which can adopt the mode of pushing by a pneumatic cylinder) is used for pushing the copper pipe along the axial direction of the copper pipe; in order to enable the copper pipe to be placed in the arc groove of the placing block 401 from the material preparation station, here a device needs to be arranged, and the device includes a carrying mechanism 3, and at this time, the carrying mechanism 3 is used for grabbing and placing the ordered material supplied by the copper pipe feeding device 1 in the arc groove of the placing block 401, and the carrying mechanism 3 can also be a mechanical hand, and other embodiments are not limited here. Through the arrangement of the above mechanism, the copper pipe can be accurately prepared on the placing block 401 from the disordered and chaotic state, and the pushing mechanism 402 can be used for feeding when the copper pipe needs to be clamped and processed, so that the high automation coverage of the equipment is realized, the labor cost of personnel can be effectively reduced, manual interaction with the mechanical equipment is not needed, and the safety of the processing operation is also improved.

[0034] The copper pipe feeding device provided by the embodiment of the utility model can reduce the cost of changing the disordered copper pipes into ordered copper pipes by the visual camera cooperating with the mechanical hand, and specifically provides another feeding mode, and the stacking part of the device includes an open-top box body 101, and the bottom of the inside of the box body 101 is provided with an inclined plate 102 for placing the disordered copper pipes, and the pushing mechanism 402 is arranged on one side of the copper pipe placing block 401. Figure 7As shown in the layout of the parts, the inside of the box 101 and the side close to the bottom of the inclined plate 102 are provided with a plurality of adjacent and different height baffles 103, the height of the plurality of baffles 103 gradually increases towards the wall surface of the box 101, the top surface of each baffle 103 is provided as a slope with the same inclination direction as the inclined plate 102, the feeding part includes a plurality of sliding push plates 104 in the vertical direction, the upper surface of each push plate 104 is a slope with the same inclination direction as the inclined plate 102, and each push plate 104 is correspondingly arranged on one side of the corresponding baffle 103, and the lower side of the box 101 is provided with a first driving device 105, the first driving device 105 is used to drive the plurality of push plates 104 to make lifting action so that the copper pipe rolled off from the inclined plate 102 can be gradually lifted to the upper side of the corresponding baffle 103, and finally flow out from the opening position of the side of the box 101. Through the cooperation of the above-mentioned mechanism parts, Figure 7 For example, the disordered copper pipe is fed from the right side of the opening of the box 101, rolls down under the action of the inclined plate 102, at this time, the bottom push plate 104 can receive the falling copper pipe and form a placing groove with the adjacent baffle 103 to push the copper pipe upward, when the push plate 104 moves to the top surface position of the adjacent baffle 103, the placing groove automatically disappears, and the copper pipe falls from the slope to the top surface position of the next corresponding baffle 103, through the interaction, the copper pipe can be gradually lifted upward, and in the lifting process, the copper pipe is automatically aligned with the side of the baffle 103, so that the disordered copper pipe at the bottom can be converted into a copper pipe with uniform straightness and finally flow out from the opening position of the box 101, without the cooperation of the visual camera and the mechanical hand, the control cost and the part cost are simplified, the structure is also simpler and more compact, which is beneficial to reduce the cost of the whole machine.

[0035] The copper pipe feeding device provided by the embodiment of the utility model prevents the push plate 104 from simultaneously discharging the stacked copper pipe when lifting the copper pipe material, and the mounting plate 106 is arranged at the copper pipe outflow opening position of the box 101, and the second driving device 107 is arranged on the mounting plate 106, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 7 The output end of the second driving device 107 is provided with a discharging plate 108, the second driving device 107 is used to control the lifting of the discharging plate 108 to control the height of the discharging opening, in the processing, the height of the opening is controlled according to the thickness of the different copper pipes, so that the opening gap can pass one copper pipe, so that only one copper pipe can be used in the material preparation area at a time, and the copper pipes in the material preparation area are orderly and will not be stacked and affected by each other.

[0036] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of copper pipe feeding device, specifically provides a mechanism for transferring copper pipe to material preparation area, specifically, installation strip 109 is provided on the bottom position of discharge opening on box 101 here, and conveying line 2 is equipped on installation strip 109, as shown in Figure 2 And Figure 7 Installation strip 109 is used to guide the copper pipe placed in discharge opening to the belt 201 of conveying line 2, so as to be conveyed to the material preparation end by the conveying effect of belt 201, in order to avoid that two copper pipes are transported by belt 201 simultaneously, here, limiting strip 111 is installed on installation strip 109, limiting strip 111 is used to limit the conveying width of belt 201 is greater than the diameter of one copper pipe and less than the diameter of two copper pipes, so as to prevent multiple copper pipes in horizontal direction when conveying. In order to avoid multiple copper pipes in height direction during conveying, here, limiting plate 110 is installed on box 101, as shown in Figure 1 、 Figure 2 And Figure 7 The bottom end of limiting plate 110 is designed to extend above the belt 201, and the bottom surface of limiting plate 110 is greater than the top surface of belt 201, which is greater than the diameter of one copper pipe and less than the diameter of two copper pipes, to avoid stacking in height direction after transverse position limitation, limiting plate 110 can automatically block and place stacked copper pipes in the rear position of belt 201, to ensure that there is only one copper pipe in the material preparation position.

[0037] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of copper pipe feeding device, to ensure the accuracy of final copper pipe material preparation position, as shown in Figure 1 And Figure 4 Installation piece 202 is installed on the side of installation strip 109 away from box 101, adjusting plate 203 is installed on installation piece 202, adjusting plate 203 can be length-adjusted along the conveying direction of belt 201, limiting piece 204 is also installed on the end of adjusting plate 203, limiting piece 204 is used to limit the position of copper pipe at the end of belt 201, that is, limiting piece 204 is used to limit the width of copper pipe conveyed in the upper area of belt 201 to be slightly greater than the diameter of copper pipe, so that it can guarantee the corresponding position accuracy at material preparation position.

[0038] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of copper pipe feeding device, to simplify the setting of carrying mechanism 3, here, carrying mechanism 3 can be provided with third driving device 301 and fourth driving device 302, as shown in Figure 1 And Figure 2As shown, specifically, the third drive device 301 and the fourth drive device 302 are driven and conveyed in the same direction. A fixed plate 303 and a clamping plate 304 are provided at the output end of the fourth drive device 302. The clamping plate 304 is fixedly installed on the movable end of the fourth drive device 302. The third drive device 301 is used to drive the fourth drive device 302 and the fixed plate 303 to move as a whole. The fourth drive device 302 is used to drive the clamping plate 304 to move closer to or away from the fixed plate 303 so as to clamp the copper tube conveyed to the end of the belt 201. In order to ensure the clamping effect, the side of the clamping plate 304 near the fixed plate 303 is provided with a guide opening so that the copper tube passes through the position of the guide opening during clamping to ensure clamping stability and prevent the clamping position from shifting. With the above configuration, the conveying mechanism 3 only needs two sets of drive mechanisms and two plate parts. The use of cylinders simplifies the equipment design cost. The clamping plate 304 is open above the belt 201 before clamping. After the copper tube is conveyed to this position, it is clamped, and the third drive device 301 moves the clamped entire piece towards the feeding position (i.e., the placement block 401). These mechanisms are designed to be located at similar heights to prevent the copper tube from being unable to be clamped or properly placed.

[0039] The copper tube feeding device provided in this embodiment of the utility model, in order to avoid the copper tube being unable to be directly pushed to the clamping position of the mold due to the excessive gap between the mold and the placement block 401, the pushing device 4 here also includes a fifth driving device 403. At this time, the fifth driving device 403 is used to drive the placement block 401 to translate along the axial direction of the copper tube, thereby ensuring that copper tubes of various lengths can be accurately transported to the clamping position. At this time, the pushing mechanism 402 should be able to move horizontally along with the fifth driving device 403 to ensure its pushing effect.

[0040] This utility model provides a copper tube feeding device. Considering that the knurled surface of the copper tube needs to be accurately positioned during assembly for automatic assembly, to avoid misalignment between the knurled surface position and the assembly direction, the pushing device 4 is provided, which also includes a sixth driving device 404 and a positioning bracket 405. The positioning bracket 405 is provided with a detection mechanism 406 for detecting the orientation of the copper tube placed on the placement block 401. This mechanism can be a digital laser sensor, which detects the reflected signal by sending a laser to the knurled area on the surface of the copper tube to determine whether the orientation is correct (the intensity of the reflected light from the knurled part and the smooth part is different, thus providing different signal sources). After determining the orientation, the sixth driving device 404 drives the placement block 401 to rotate the copper tube 180° to adjust the orientation of the copper tube.

[0041] The above merely is the preferred implementation manner of the present application, and it should be noted that, for the ordinary skilled in the art, without departing from the technical principles of the present application, a number of improvements and deformations can be made, and these improvements and deformations should also be considered as the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A copper tube feeding device, characterized in that, include: A copper tube feeding device (1) includes a stacking section and a feeding section. The stacking section is used to place disordered copper tubes, and the feeding section is used to pick up disordered copper tubes for orderly feeding. The pushing device (4) includes a copper tube placement block (401) and a pushing mechanism (402) disposed on one side of the copper tube placement block (401). The copper tube placement block (401) is provided with an arc groove, which is used to limit the copper tube in a certain preset straightness. The pushing mechanism (402) is used to push the copper tube along its axial direction. The conveying mechanism (3) is used to grab the orderly material supplied by the copper tube feeding device (1) and place it in the arc groove of the placement block (401).

2. The copper tube feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The stacking section includes a box (101) with an open top. The bottom of the box (101) has an inclined plate (102) for placing disordered copper tubes. Inside the box (101), on one side near the bottom of the inclined plate (102), there are several adjacent baffles (103) at different heights. The heights of these baffles (103) gradually increase towards the wall of the box (101). The top surface of each baffle (103) is set as an inclined surface with the same inclination direction as the inclined plate (102). The loading section includes several vertically oriented... The sliding push plate (104) has an upper surface that is inclined in the same direction as the inclined plate (102), and each push plate (104) is correspondingly arranged on one side of the corresponding baffle (103). A first driving device (105) is provided below the box body (101). The first driving device (105) is used to drive multiple push plates (104) to perform lifting and lowering actions so that the copper tubes rolling down from the inclined plate (102) can be lifted up step by step to the top of the corresponding baffle (103) and finally flow out from the opening position opened on one side of the box body (101).

3. The copper tube feeding device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The copper pipe outlet of the housing (101) is provided with an installation plate (106), and the installation plate (106) is provided with a second driving device (107). The output end of the second driving device (107) is provided with a feeding plate (108). The second driving device (107) is used to control the feeding plate (108) to lift and lower to control the height of the feeding opening.

4. The copper tube feeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that, An installation strip (109) is provided on the box body (101) at the bottom of the discharge opening. A conveyor line (2) is provided on the installation strip (109). The installation strip (109) is used to guide the copper tube placed in the discharge opening to the belt (201) of the conveyor line (2). A limit strip (111) is installed on the installation strip (109). The limit strip (111) is used to limit the conveying width of the belt (201) to be greater than the diameter of one copper tube and less than the diameter of two copper tubes.

5. A copper tube feeding device according to claim 4, characterized in that, A limiting plate (110) is installed on the housing (101). The bottom end of the limiting plate (110) extends above the belt (201). The position difference between the bottom surface of the limiting plate (110) and the top surface of the belt (201) is greater than the diameter of one copper pipe and less than the diameter of two copper pipes.

6. A copper tube feeding device according to claim 4, characterized in that, An installation component (202) is installed on the side of the installation strip (109) away from the housing (101). An adjustment plate (203) is installed on the installation component (202). The adjustment plate (203) can be adjusted in length along the conveying direction of the belt (201). A limiting component (204) is also installed at the end of the adjustment plate (203). The limiting component (204) is used to limit the position of the copper tube at the end of the conveying belt (201).

7. A copper tube feeding device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The conveying mechanism (3) includes a third drive device (301) and a fourth drive device (302). The third drive device (301) and the fourth drive device (302) have the same driving direction. The output end of the fourth drive device (302) is provided with a fixed plate (303) and a clamping plate (304). The clamping plate (304) is fixedly installed on the movable end of the fourth drive device (302). The third drive device (301) is used to drive the fourth drive device (302) and the fixed plate (303) to move as a whole. The fourth drive device (302) is used to drive the clamping plate (304) to move closer to or away from the fixed plate (303) so as to clamp the copper tube conveyed to the end of the belt (201).

8. A copper tube feeding device according to claim 7, characterized in that, The clamping plate (304) has a guide opening on the side near the fixing plate (303).

9. A copper tube feeding device according to any one of claims 1-8, characterized in that, The feeding device (4) further includes a fifth driving device (403), which is used to drive the placement block (401) to translate along the axial direction of the copper tube.

10. A copper tube feeding device according to claim 9, characterized in that, The feeding device (4) also includes a sixth driving device (404) and a positioning bracket (405). The positioning bracket (405) is provided with a detection mechanism (406) for detecting the orientation of the copper tube placed on the placement block (401). The sixth driving device (404) can drive the placement block (401) to rotate the copper tube by 180°.

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