Automatic feeding and discharging mechanism for impeller turning and milling
By coordinating the feeding elevator, vibratory feeder, and six-axis robot with the CNC lathe, the fully automated loading and unloading of the impeller lathe is achieved, solving the problems of low efficiency and poor consistency of traditional feeding devices, and improving processing efficiency and safety.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422997698.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-05
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-16
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-05
AI Technical Summary
When machining impeller lathes, traditional feeding devices result in uneven feeding, excessively long time intervals, high damage rates, high manual operation costs, low product processing efficiency, and poor product consistency.
The system employs a collaborative operation of a feeding elevator, vibratory feeder, six-axis robot, and CNC lathe to achieve a fully automated loading and unloading process. It utilizes a flange design, impeller feeding guide rail, and lever coordination, with the gripper assembly featuring a V-shaped clamping block to ensure precise positioning and stable gripping.
It improves impeller processing efficiency, reduces manual intervention, lowers the risk of damage, ensures processing consistency and precision, reduces equipment modification costs and the probability of workplace accidents, and provides a safe production environment.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to impeller processing technical field mainly relates to a kind of impeller milling automatic feeding and discharging mechanism. BACKGROUND
[0002] When impeller is carried out lathe processing, the disc-shaped workpiece needs to be fed, and then processing can be carried out. Since the workpiece is solid and has a specific shape, feeding is difficult. The traditional feeding device uses a conveyor belt, and then the workpiece is placed manually for feeding operation. This method cannot achieve uniform feeding, resulting in a long time interval or feeding of the next workpiece while the previous workpiece is being processed, resulting in a high damage rate. Manual operation, high labor cost, low product processing efficiency and poor product processing consistency. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0003] The utility model provides an impeller milling automatic feeding and discharging mechanism to solve the above problems.
[0004] The specific technical solutions are as follows:
[0005] An impeller milling automatic feeding and discharging mechanism includes a feeding elevator, a vibrating tray, a six-axis robot and a numerical control lathe. The feeding elevator includes an elevator bracket and a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt has a flange. One end of the conveyor belt has a large-capacity feeding bin, and the other end has a discharging bin. The discharging bin of the feeding elevator is located directly above the vibrating tray. The six-axis robot is located between the vibrating tray and the numerical control lathe and is used in conjunction with the vibrating tray and the numerical control lathe.
[0006] The vibrating tray includes a vibrating main tray, an impeller feeding guide rail and a lever. One end of the impeller feeding guide rail is used in conjunction with the vibrating main tray, and the other end has an impeller positioning device. The lever is located directly above the main tray and is used in conjunction with the main tray.
[0007] The six-axis robot includes a robot base, a mechanical arm and a gripper assembly.
[0008] The gripper assembly is used in conjunction with the impeller positioning device of the vibrating tray.
[0009] The gripper assembly includes a gripper main plate, mounting holes and gripper cylinders. The gripper cylinders have gripper blocks. The gripper blocks have a V-shaped structure.
[0010] The number of gripper cylinders is two, and they are located at both ends of the gripper main plate. One gripper cylinder is a feeding gripper, and the other is a discharging gripper.
[0011] The utility model has the following advantages:
[0012] The utility model discloses a kind of automatic feeding and discharging mechanisms of impeller vehicle milling, by the collaborative work of feeding elevator, vibration disc, six-axis robot and numerical control lathe, realize the full-automatic process from raw material feeding to finished product discharging in impeller processing process, greatly improve production efficiency, reduce the time waste and error caused by manual intervention, can produce more qualified impeller product in unit time.
[0013] The blocking edge design of the feeding elevator and the large-capacity feeding bin can effectively prevent the materials from sliding during transportation, ensuring that the materials are stably conveyed to the vibration disc. The impeller feeding guide rail of the vibration disc cooperates with the push rod, accurately conveying the impellers one by one to the impeller positioning device, providing a precise positioning basis for the subsequent six-axis robot's grabbing, ensuring the consistency and precision of processing.
[0014] The number of clamping jaw cylinders of the clamping jaw assembly is two, and they are respectively arranged at both ends of the clamping jaw main plate. One serves as a feeding clamping jaw, and the other serves as a discharging clamping jaw. This design enables the robot to complete feeding and discharging operations in one action cycle, reducing the number of action steps and time consumption. The clamping block adopts a V-shaped structure, which can better adapt to the shape of the impeller, ensuring firm and stable clamping, improving the reliability of material handling, and reducing the risk of product damage during feeding and discharging. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0015] Figure 1 It is the overall structure diagram of the utility model.
[0016] Figure 2 It is the structure diagram of the feeding elevator of the utility model.
[0017] Figure 3 It is the structure diagram of the six-axis robot of the utility model.
[0018] Figure 4 It is the structure diagram of the clamping jaw assembly of the six-axis robot of the utility model.
[0019] In the figure: feeding elevator 1, vibration disc 2, six-axis robot 3, numerical control lathe 4, elevator support 5, conveying belt 6, blocking edge 7, large-capacity feeding bin 8, discharging bin 9, vibration main disc 10, impeller feeding guide rail 11, push rod 12, impeller positioning device 13, robot base 14, mechanical arm 15, clamping jaw assembly 16, clamping jaw main plate 17, mounting through hole 18, clamping jaw cylinder 19, clamping block 20. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] To make the technical scheme of the utility model more clear and explicit, the utility model will be further described below in combination with the drawings. Any solution obtained by equivalent replacement and conventional reasoning of the technical features of the technical scheme of the utility model falls within the protection scope of the utility model.
[0021] With reference to the drawings and the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described, obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the present application.
[0022] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "middle", "outer", "inner", "lower", "periphery" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship, which are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the components or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the present application.
[0023] A impeller automatic feeding and discharging mechanism for a turning and milling machine, comprising a feeding elevator 1, a vibrating disc 2, a six-axis robot 3 and a numerical control lathe 4, the feeding elevator 1 comprises an elevator support 5 and a conveying belt 6, the conveying belt 6 is provided with a baffle 7, one end of the conveying belt 6 is provided with a large-capacity feeding bin 8, the other end is provided with a discharging bin 9, and the discharging bin 9 of the feeding elevator 1 is located directly above the vibrating disc 2.
[0024] The vibrating disc 2 comprises a vibrating main disc 10, an impeller feeding guide rail 11 and a push rod 12, one end of the impeller feeding guide rail 11 is used in cooperation with the vibrating main disc 10, and the other end is provided with an impeller positioning device 13, and the push rod 12 is located directly above the vibrating main disc 10 and is used in cooperation with the vibrating main disc 10.
[0025] The six-axis robot 3 is located between the vibrating disc 2 and the numerical control lathe 4 and is used in cooperation with the vibrating disc 2 and the numerical control lathe 4 respectively, the six-axis robot 3 comprises a robot base 14, a mechanical arm 15 and a clamping jaw assembly 16, and the clamping jaw assembly 16 is used in cooperation with the impeller positioning device 13 of the vibrating disc 2.
[0026] The clamping jaw assembly 16 comprises a clamping jaw main plate 17, the clamping jaw main plate 17 is provided with a mounting hole 18 and a clamping jaw cylinder 19, a clamping block 20 is arranged at the clamping jaw cylinder 19, and the clamping block 20 is of a V-shaped structure.
[0027] The number of the clamping jaw cylinders 19 is two, which are arranged at two ends of the clamping jaw main plate 17 respectively, one of the clamping jaw cylinders 19 is a feeding clamping jaw, and the other is a discharging clamping jaw.
[0028] Working principle: during daily production, firstly, the unprocessed impeller is manually put into the hopper of the feeding elevator, and then is conveyed to the vibration disc by the blocking strip belt of the feeding elevator; after the unprocessed impeller enters the vibration disc, the vibration disc starts to vibrate the unprocessed impeller to the outlet of the vibration disc, and the outlet positioning assembly fixes the unprocessed impeller, and then the vibration disc stops working; after the unprocessed impeller is fixed at the outlet of the vibration disc, the robot opens the clamping jaw to clamp the unprocessed impeller, and then clamps the unprocessed impeller into the clamping jaw of the numerical control lathe; after the numerical control lathe clamps the unprocessed impeller, the cutter extends to cut the impeller; after the cutting is completed, the robot enters the numerical control lathe to clamp the impeller, the numerical control lathe releases the clamping jaw, and then takes out the processed impeller, and meanwhile, the other end of the clamping jaw of the robot clamps the unprocessed impeller into the clamping jaw of the numerical control lathe for next cutting; the robot puts the processed impeller taken out into the designated place, and then the next round of production is circularly carried out.
[0029] Meanwhile, the mechanism combines the feeding elevator, the vibration disc, the six-axis robot and the numerical control lathe organically, the parts are closely matched, and the compatibility is strong; the mechanism can be conveniently integrated into the existing impeller turning and milling production line, the original equipment does not need to be massively modified, the equipment upgrading cost of the enterprise is reduced, and meanwhile, the automatic management and maintenance of the whole production system are also beneficial.
[0030] The synchronous reduction of the manual direct operation links reduces the contact opportunity between the operators and the high-speed running machine tool and the material handling process, thereby effectively reducing the probability of occurrence of work injury accidents, creating a safer production environment for the enterprise, and being helpful for the enterprise to long-term and stable production activities and meeting the requirements of the safety production regulations.
[0031] The above only describes the preferred specific implementation manner of the utility model, but the protection scope of the utility model is not limited to this, any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed by the utility model, which should be covered in the protection scope of the utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the utility model should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
Claims
1. An automatic feeding and discharging mechanism for a cutter-miller with an impeller, comprising a feeding elevator (1), a vibrating disc (2), a six-axis robot (3) and a numerical control lathe (4), characterized in that, The feeding elevator (1) comprises an elevator support (5) and a conveying belt (6), the conveying belt (6) is provided with a baffle (7), one end of the conveying belt (6) is provided with a large-capacity feeding bin (8), the other end is provided with a discharging bin (9), and the discharging bin (9) of the feeding elevator (1) is located directly above the vibration disc (2).
2. The automatic loading and unloading mechanism of the impeller milling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The vibration disc (2) comprises a vibration main disc (10), an impeller feeding guide rail (11) and a push rod (12), one end of the impeller feeding guide rail (11) is used in cooperation with the vibration main disc (10), the other end is provided with an impeller positioning device (13), and the push rod (12) is located directly above the vibration main disc (10) and is used in cooperation with the vibration main disc (10).
3. The automatic loading and unloading mechanism of the impeller car milling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The six-axis robot (3) is located between the vibration disc (2) and the numerical control lathe (4) and is used in cooperation with the vibration disc (2) and the numerical control lathe (4) respectively, the six-axis robot (3) comprises a robot base (14), a mechanical arm (15) and a gripper assembly (16), and the gripper assembly (16) is used in cooperation with the impeller positioning device (13) of the vibration disc (2).
4. The automatic loading and unloading mechanism of the impeller milling machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, The gripper assembly (16) comprises a gripper main plate (17), the gripper main plate (17) is provided with a mounting through hole (18) and a gripper cylinder (19), and the gripper cylinder (19) is provided with a clamping block (20).
5. The automatic loading and unloading mechanism of the impeller milling machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The clamping block (20) is a V-shaped structure.
6. The automatic loading and unloading mechanism of the impeller car milling machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The number of the gripper cylinders (19) is two, which are arranged at two ends of the gripper main plate (17) respectively, one of the gripper cylinders (19) is a feeding gripper, and the other is a discharging gripper.