Machining machine table capable of achieving automatic feeding

By designing an automated feeding machine, and utilizing transmission components and robotic arms to achieve automated feeding, the problems of low efficiency and high labor costs of manual feeding of CNC machine tools are solved, production efficiency is improved and labor costs are reduced, and the random sampling inspection requirements in the machining process are met.

CN223718985UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26SUZHOU LANGXIANG ELECTROMECHANICAL EQUIP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423049905.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-11
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-11

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Technical Problem

The current operating mode of CNC machine tools is manual loading and unloading, which makes it difficult to improve production efficiency and results in high labor costs.

Method used

Design an automated material feeding processing machine, including a transmission component and a material storage component. Automated material feeding is achieved using a robotic arm, and the transmission component supplies materials to multiple processing machines. Combined with a sampling inspection module, random sampling inspection is performed to reduce the need for manpower.

Benefits of technology

It enables batch feeding, improves feeding efficiency, reduces the number of operators, lowers labor costs, and meets the needs of random sampling inspection during the machining process.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a machining machine table capable of achieving automatic feeding. The machining machine table comprises a conveying assembly, a material storage assembly and a plurality of machining machine table bodies. The processing machine table is arranged on the supporting surface; the material storage assembly comprises a rack, a conveying belt, a recycling belt and a first mechanical arm. The rack is arranged on the supporting surface; the conveying belt and the recovery belt are arranged on the upper surface of the rack in parallel; the first manipulator is arranged on the upper surface of the rack; the conveying assembly comprises two first supporting frames, two X sliding rails, a Y sliding rail and a second mechanical arm. The X sliding rails are arranged on the first supporting frame, the two ends of the Y sliding rail are arranged on the two X sliding rails in a sliding mode, and the X sliding rails and the Y sliding rail form an I-shaped structure. And the second manipulator is arranged on the Y slide rail in an up-down sliding manner. And batch feeding operation can be achieved through the material storage assembly, a manual single-particle feeding module is changed, and the feeding efficiency is improved to a great extent.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of machining, concretely relates to a machining platform of automatic feeding. BACKGROUND

[0002] Numerical control lathe has the advantage of improving labor productivity and machining quality, shortening production preparation period and reducing the skilled degree of workers in processing complex shape parts in single piece and small batch production, therefore, numerical control machine tool has been widely popularized in the field of machining.

[0003] At present, the operation mode of numerical control machine tool is artificial feeding, machine tool processing and artificial unloading. This mode has the problem of difficult improvement of production efficiency on the one hand, and has the problem of high cost of human resources on the other hand because one operator needs to be configured for one numerical control machine tool.

[0004] Under the background of fierce market competition, higher production efficiency and lower production cost have become the problems that enterprises urgently need to solve. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0005] The utility model aims at providing a machining platform of automatic feeding, which can realize automatic feeding and supply material to multiple machining platforms, improve production efficiency and reduce labor cost.

[0006] In order to realize the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a transmission assembly, a storage assembly, a plurality of machining platforms are included.

[0007] The machining platform is arranged on the supporting surface.

[0008] The storage assembly includes a rack, a conveying belt, a recovery belt and a first mechanical hand. The rack is arranged on the supporting surface. The conveying belt and the recovery belt are arranged in parallel on the upper surface of the rack. The first mechanical hand is arranged on the upper surface of the rack.

[0009] The transmission assembly includes two first supporting frames, two X slide rails, a Y slide rail and a second mechanical hand. The X slide rails are arranged on the first supporting frames respectively. The two ends of the Y slide rail are slidably arranged on the two X slide rails respectively. The X slide rail and the Y slide rail form a I-shaped structure. The second mechanical hand is slidably arranged on the Y slide rail. The first supporting frame is arranged on the supporting surface. The Y slide rail is located directly above the storage assembly and the plurality of machining platforms, and spans the storage assembly and the plurality of machining platforms. The two first supporting frames are located at the outermost sides of the storage assembly and the plurality of machining platforms respectively.

[0010] Further, the number of the processing machine is two, and the processing machine is a numerical control machine tool; the numerical control machine tool is installed on two sides of the material storage assembly respectively.

[0011] Further, the material storage assembly further comprises a plurality of product trays; the length of the conveying belt is greater than or equal to 2 times the length of the product tray; and the length of the recycling belt is greater than or equal to 2 times the length of the product tray.

[0012] Further, the material storage assembly further comprises three guardrails arranged on the upper surface of the rack; the guardrails are sequentially arranged between the outer side of the conveying belt, the inner side of the conveying belt and the inner side of the recycling belt, and the outer side of the recycling belt.

[0013] Further, the material storage assembly further comprises a sampling module; the sampling module comprises a sampling slide rail and a sampling tray; the sampling slide rail is arranged on the upper surface of the guardrail; and the sampling tray is slidably arranged on the sampling slide rail.

[0014] Further, the first mechanical arm comprises a second support frame, a horizontal slide rail, a first connecting plate, a vertical slide rail and a suction cup; the second support frame is arranged on the upper surface of the rack, and the height of the second support frame is higher than the height of the guardrail; the horizontal slide rail is horizontally arranged on the upper surface of the second support; one end of the first connecting plate is slidably arranged on the horizontal slide rail, and the vertical slide rail is arranged on the other end of the first connecting plate; and the suction cup is slidably arranged on the vertical slide rail, and the suction cup is located directly above the conveying belt or the recycling belt.

[0015] Further, the second mechanical arm comprises a Z slide rail, a rotating disc, a second connecting plate, a first slide rail, a first clamping jaw, a second slide rail and a second clamping jaw; the Z slide rail is horizontally slidably arranged on the Y slide rail; the rotating disc is slidably arranged on the Z slide rail; the second connecting plate is arranged on the rotating disc; the first slide rail is arranged on the second connecting plate, the first clamping jaw is slidably arranged on the first slide rail, and the opening of the first clamping jaw faces downward; the second slide rail is arranged on the second connecting plate, and the second clamping jaw is slidably arranged on the second slide rail, and the opening of the second clamping jaw faces downward.

[0016] Further, the transmission assembly further comprises a blowing gun; the blowing gun is installed on the second connecting plate, and the blowing port of the blowing gun faces downward.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following beneficial effects:

[0018] (1) the material storage assembly can realize batch feeding operation, changes the manual single piece feeding module, and greatly improves the feeding efficiency;

[0019] (2) the second mechanical hand of the transmission assembly supplies materials to the processing machine table respectively, and the operator only needs to do good supervision work, so that one person can supervise multiple processing machine tables, and the purpose of reducing the number of operators is realized;

[0020] (3) the sampling module can take out the products to be sampled, and meets the needs of random sampling in the machining process;

[0021] (4) the utility model has reasonable structure and great industrial utilization value. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 it is the whole structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 2 it is the structure schematic view of the material storage assembly;

[0024] Figure 3 it is the structure schematic view of the first mechanical hand;

[0025] Figure 4 it is the structure schematic view of the sampling slide rail and the sampling tray in the sampling module;

[0026] Figure 5 it is the structure schematic view of the sampling slide rail and the sampling tray in the sampling module;

[0027] Figure 6 it is the structure schematic view of the transmission assembly;

[0028] Figure 7 it is the structure schematic view of the second mechanical hand;

[0029] In the drawing, 1: numerical control machine tool, 2: recovery station, 3: blanking station, 4: product tray, 5: recovery belt, 6: guardrail, 7: rack, 8: conveying belt, 9: feeding station, 10: operation station, 11: horizontal slide rail, 12: first connecting plate, 13: vertical slide rail, 14: suction cup, 15: second support frame, 16: sampling tray, 17: sampling slide rail, 18: Y slide rail, 19: Z slide rail, 20: second mechanical hand, 21: X slide rail, 22: first support frame, 23: turntable, 24: second slide rail, 25: second clamping jaw, 26: air gun, 27: first clamping jaw, 28: first slide rail, 29: second connecting plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] Clearly, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0031] Embodiment 1: please refer to Figures 1-7 The utility model provides a kind of technical scheme: a processing machine platform that can be automated feeding, including transmission component, material storage component, several processing machine platforms;

[0032] The processing machine platform is numerical control machine tool 1, the number of the processing machine platform is two (according to the need of production efficiency, the number of the processing machine platform can exceed 2);The processing machine platform is installed on support surface, the material storage component is installed on support surface, the material storage component is located in the center of two numerical control machine tools 1, the center line of the material storage component and the center line of the numerical control machine tool 1 are on a line (the support surface can be ground);

[0033] The storage assembly comprises a rack 7, a conveying belt 8, a recycling belt 5, a plurality of product trays 4 and a first mechanical arm. The rack 7 can be a rectangular box structure and is installed on a support surface. The conveying belt 8 and the recycling belt 5 are installed in parallel on the upper surface of the rack 7. The running direction of the conveying belt 8 and the recycling belt 5 is perpendicular to a line formed by the center line of the storage assembly and the center line of the numerical control machine tool 1. The product tray 4 can be a rectangular disc structure with a plurality of product carrying grooves. The product trays 4 carrying products to be processed are stacked and then placed at the front end of the conveying belt 8 to complete the feeding of dozens or even hundreds of products to be processed, thereby maximizing the work efficiency. In order to divide the conveying belt 8 into a feeding station 9 and a working station 10, the length of the conveying belt 8 can be 2 times the length of the product tray 4. The front section of the conveying belt 8 is the feeding station 9 and the rear section is the working station 10. After the stacked product trays 4 are placed in the feeding station of the conveying belt 8, the conveying belt 8 runs to transport the product trays 4 from the feeding station 9 to the working station 10 for subsequent operation. In order to divide the recycling belt 5 into a discharging station 3 and a recycling station 2, the length of the recycling belt 5 can be 2 times the length of the product tray 4. The front section of the recycling belt 5 is the discharging station 3 and the rear section is the recycling station 2. After all the products on the product tray 4 are processed, the first mechanical arm takes the product tray 4 to the recycling station 2 of the recycling belt 5. The recycling belt 5 runs to transport the product tray 4 from the recycling station 2 to the discharging station 3, and then the operator removes the product tray 4. Since the stacked product trays 4 may shake, guardrails 6 are installed between the outer side of the conveying belt 8, the inner side of the conveying belt 8 and the inner side of the recycling belt 5, and the outer side of the recycling belt 5, respectively. During the automatic processing, product sampling is necessary. Therefore, the storage assembly further comprises a sampling module. The sampling module comprises a sampling slide rail 17 and a sampling tray 16. The sampling slide rail 17 can be installed on the upper surface of any one of the guardrails 6. Preferably, the sampling slide rail 17 is installed on the upper surface of the guardrail 6 between the inner side of the conveying belt 8 and the inner side of the recycling belt 5. The length of the sampling slide rail 17 is equal to the length of the conveying belt 8. The sampling tray 16 is horizontally slidably installed on the sampling slide rail 17. The length of the sampling tray 16 is equal to the length of the product tray 4.The operator puts the sampling tray 16 into the front section of the sampling slide rail 17 in advance, the sampling slide rail 17 runs backward and drives the sampling tray 16 to move to the rear end of the sampling slide rail 17 to accommodate the sampled finished products, then the sampling slide rail 17 runs forward to drive the sampling tray 16 to move to the front end of the sampling slide rail 17 to facilitate the operator to take (in addition, the length of the sampling slide rail 17 can be less than the length of the guardrail 6, the sampling slide rail 17 is installed on the front section of the guardrail 6, and the rear section of the guardrail 6 is provided with a U-shaped frame with the same height as the sampling slide rail 17; the sampling tray 16 reciprocatingly moves along the sampling slide rail 17 and the U-shaped frame);

[0034] The first mechanical arm comprises a second support frame 15, a horizontal slide rail 11, a first connecting plate 12, a vertical slide rail 13 and a suction cup 14; the second support frame 15 is installed on the upper surface of the rack 7, and is close to the rear end of the conveying belt 8 and the recovery belt 5; the height of the second support frame 15 is higher than the height of the guardrail 6; the horizontal slide rail 11 is horizontally installed on the upper surface of the second support frame 15; the rear end of the first connecting plate 12 is horizontally slidably installed on the horizontal slide rail 11; the vertical slide rail 13 is installed on the front end of the first connecting plate 12; the suction cup 14 is slidably installed on the vertical slide rail 13; under the drive of the horizontal slide rail 11, the suction cup 14 can horizontally move above the rear section of the conveying belt 8 and the recovery belt 5; under the drive of the vertical slide rail 13, the suction cup 14 can move up and down;

[0035] The transmission assembly comprises two first support frames 22, two X slide rails 21, a Y slide rail 18 and a second mechanical arm 20; the X slide rails 22 are respectively installed on the first support frames 22; the two ends of the Y slide rail 18 are slidably installed on the two X slide rails 22 respectively; the X slide rails 22 and the Y slide rail 18 form a H-shaped structure;

[0036] The second mechanical arm 20 comprises a Z slide rail 19, a rotating disc 23, a second connecting plate 29, a first slide rail 28, a first clamping jaw 27, a second slide rail 24 and a second clamping jaw 25; the Z slide rail 19 is horizontally slidably installed on the Y slide rail 18; the rotating disc 23 is slidably installed on the Z slide rail 19; the second connecting plate 29 is installed on the rotating disc 23; the first slide rail 28 is installed on the second connecting plate 29; the first clamping jaw 27 is slidably installed on the first slide rail 28, and the opening of the first clamping jaw 27 faces downward; the second slide rail 24 is installed on the second connecting plate 29; the second clamping jaw 25 is slidably installed on the second slide rail 24, and the opening of the second clamping jaw 25 faces downward;

[0037] The first support frame 22 is installed on the support surface, and two first support frames 22 are respectively located on the outer side of two numerical control machine tools 1; the center line of the Y slide rail 18 is parallel to a line formed by the center line of the material storage assembly and the center line of the numerical control machine tool 1, at this time, the Y slide rail 18 is located directly above the material storage assembly and the two numerical control machine tools 1, and the Y slide rail 18 spans the material storage assembly and the two numerical control machine tools 1.

[0038] In the process of machining, in order to remove the cutting chips generated in the machining process, the conveying assembly further comprises a blowing gun 26; the blowing gun 26 is installed on the second connecting plate 29, and the blowing port of the blowing gun 26 faces downward; the removal of the cutting chips is realized by using the gas generated by the blowing gun 26.

[0039] Workflow:

[0040] (1) The operator places the products to be machined in the product tray 4; then stacks the product trays 4 together; the operator carries the stacked product trays 4 to the feeding station 9 at the front section of the conveying belt 8;

[0041] (2) The conveying belt 8 operates to transport the product trays 4 thereon from the feeding station 9 at the front section to the working station 10 at the rear section;

[0042] (3) The conveying assembly operates to drive the second mechanical arm 20 to move above the working station of the conveying belt 8; the second mechanical arm 20 moves downward, the first clamping jaw 27 takes the first product to be machined; the conveying assembly continues to operate and drives the second mechanical arm 20 to move directly above one of the numerical control machine tools 1; the second mechanical arm 20 moves downward to the machining area of the numerical control machine tool; the turntable 23 rotates and drives the first clamping jaw 27 and the second clamping jaw 25 to rotate until the opening of the first clamping jaw 27 faces the opening of the three-jaw chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the first slide rail 28 moves and drives the first clamping jaw 27 to move toward the three-jaw chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 until one end of the product to be machined is in the three-jaw chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the three-jaw chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 clamps the product to be machined, and the first clamping jaw 27 is released;

[0043] The first slide rail 28 reversely moves and drives the first clamping jaw 27 to move away from the three-jaw chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the turntable 23 reversely rotates to drive the openings of the first clamping jaw 27 and the second clamping jaw 25 downward; the Z slide rail 19 moves upward to drive the first clamping jaw 27 and the second clamping jaw 25 to move upward to directly above the numerical control machine tool 1; at this time, the numerical control machine tool 1 performs machining work;

[0044] (4) the transmission assembly moves the second robot 20 to the top of the work station 10 of the conveying belt 8; the second robot 20 moves downward, and the first gripper 27 picks up the second product to be processed; the transmission assembly continues to move the second robot 20 to the top of another numerical control machine tool 1; the second robot 20 moves downward to the machining area of the numerical control machine tool; the rotating disc 23 rotates and drives the first gripper 27 and the second gripper 25 to rotate until the opening of the first gripper 27 is opposite to the opening of the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the first slide rail 28 moves and drives the first gripper 27 to move toward the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 until one end of the product to be processed is in the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 clamps the product to be processed, and the first gripper 27 is released;

[0045] The first slide rail 28 reversely moves and drives the first gripper 27 to move away from the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the rotating disc 23 reversely rotates and drives the first gripper 27 and the second gripper 25 to open downward; the Z slide rail 19 moves upward and drives the first gripper 27 and the second gripper 25 to move upward to the top of the numerical control machine tool 1; at this time, the numerical control machine tool 1 performs machining work;

[0046] (5) repeat the step (3), and the difference between the step (5) and the step (3) is that, after the second robot 20 moves downward to the machining area of the numerical control machine tool, the rotating disc 23 rotates and drives the first gripper 27 and the second gripper 25 to rotate until the blowing opening of the air gun 26 is opposite to the finished product, and the air gun 26 blows the cutting chips on the finished product; then, the Z slide rail 19 moves until the opening of the second gripper 25 is opposite to the opening of the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the second slide rail 24 moves and drives the second gripper 25 to move toward the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 until the other end of the finished product is in the second gripper 25; after the second gripper 25 clamps the finished product, the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 is released; the second slide rail 24 moves and drives the finished product on the second gripper 25 to move away from the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1;

[0047] Then, the Z slide rail 19 moves until the opening of the first gripper 27 is opposite to the opening of the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the first slide rail 28 moves and drives the first gripper 27 to move toward the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 until one end of the product to be processed is in the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1; the chuck of the numerical control machine tool 1 clamps the product to be processed, and the first gripper 27 is released;

[0048] The above operation can realize taking down the finished product and feeding the product to be processed into the numerical control machine tool 1 to perform machining work;

[0049] (6) Repeat the step (4), the difference between this step and the step (4) is the same as the step (5):

[0050] (7) Repeat the step (5) and the step (6) until the whole product tray 4 is completed on the product to be processed operation;

[0051] The first mechanical hand moves: wherein the horizontal slide rail 11 drives the suction cup 14 to move horizontally above the work station 10 of the conveying belt 8; the vertical slide rail 13 drives the suction cup 14 to move downward until the suction cup 14 sucks the product tray 14; the vertical slide rail 13 drives the suction cup 14 to move upward, the horizontal slide rail 11 drives the suction cup 14 to move horizontally above the recovery station 2 of the recovery belt 5; the vertical slide rail 13 drives the suction cup 14 to move downward until the product tray 4 is put into the recovery station 2 of the recovery belt 5; the first mechanical hand resets;

[0052] (8) Repeat the step (7) until all the products to be processed on the work station of the conveying belt 8 are processed and are all transferred to the recovery station 2 of the recovery belt 5;

[0053] (9) The recovery belt 5 moves and transports the product tray 4 from the recovery station 2 of the rear section to the unloading station 3 of the front section.

[0054] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it is to be understood that for the purpose of the present application, the changes, modifications, replacements and variations of the embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A processing machine with automated material feeding capability, characterized in that: Including transmission assembly, material storage assembly, several processing machine; The processing machine is arranged on the support surface; The material storage assembly includes a rack, a conveying belt, a recycling belt and a first mechanical arm; the rack is arranged on the support surface; the conveying belt and the recycling belt are arranged in parallel on the upper surface of the rack; the first mechanical arm is arranged on the upper surface of the rack; The transmission assembly includes two first support frames, two X-slides, a Y-slide and a second mechanical arm; the X-slides are arranged on the first support frames respectively; the two ends of the Y-slide are slidably arranged on the two X-slides respectively; the X-slides and the Y-slide form a H-shaped structure; the second mechanical arm is slidably arranged on the Y-slide; the first support frames are arranged on the support surface; the Y-slide is located directly above the material storage assembly and the several processing machines, and the Y-slide spans the material storage assembly and the several processing machines; the two first support frames are located at the outermost sides of the material storage assembly and the several processing machines respectively.

2. The machine table of claim 1, wherein: The number of the processing machines is two, and the processing machines are numerical control machine tools; the numerical control machine tools are installed on the two sides of the material storage assembly respectively.

3. The machine table of claim 1, wherein: The material storage assembly further includes several product trays; the length of the conveying belt is greater than or equal to twice the length of the product trays; the length of the recycling belt is greater than or equal to twice the length of the product trays.

4. The machine table of claim 3, wherein: The material storage assembly further includes three guardrails arranged on the upper surface of the rack; the guardrails are located between the outer side of the conveying belt, the inner side of the conveying belt and the inner side of the recycling belt, and the outer side of the recycling belt in sequence.

5. The machine table of claim 4, wherein: The material storage assembly further includes a sampling module; the sampling module includes a sampling slide and a sampling tray; the sampling slide is arranged on the upper surface of the guardrail; the sampling tray is slidably arranged on the sampling slide.

6. The machine table of claim 4, wherein: The first mechanical arm includes a second support frame, a horizontal slide, a first connecting plate, a vertical slide and a suction cup; the second support frame is arranged on the upper surface of the rack, and the height of the second support frame is higher than the height of the guardrail; the horizontal slide is horizontally arranged on the upper surface of the second support; one end of the first connecting plate is slidably arranged on the horizontal slide, and the vertical slide is arranged on the other end of the first connecting plate; the suction cup is slidably arranged on the vertical slide, and the suction cup is located directly above the conveying belt or the recycling belt.

7. The machine table of claim 1, wherein: The second mechanical arm includes a Z-slide, a turntable, a second connecting plate, a first slide, a first clamp jaw, a second slide and a second clamp jaw; the Z-slide is horizontally slidably arranged on the Y-slide; the turntable is slidably arranged on the Z-slide; the second connecting plate is arranged on the turntable; the first slide is arranged on the second connecting plate; the first clamp jaw is slidably arranged on the first slide, and the opening of the first clamp jaw faces downward; the second slide is arranged on the second connecting plate; the second clamp jaw is slidably arranged on the second slide, and the opening of the second clamp jaw faces downward.

8. The machine table of claim 7, wherein: The transmission assembly further comprises a blowing gun; the blowing gun is installed on the second connecting plate, and a blowing port of the blowing gun faces downward.