Automatic assembling machine for tubular water segregator

Abstract

The utility model provides an automatic assembling machine for a tubular water segregator, and belongs to the field of automatic assembling. The problem that an existing water segregator is low in assembling efficiency is solved. The automatic assembly machine for the tubular water segregator comprises a control system, a workbench, a translation mechanism capable of driving a water segregator main body to move, and a plurality of vibration discs for moving and feeding nuts, clamping rings, water outlet connectors and lock caps respectively, the automatic assembling machine for the tubular water segregator further comprises a movable moving device and a feeding mechanism which is matched with the moving device and used for preassembling the nuts, the clamping rings and the water outlet connectors, and a plurality of tool barrels for preassembling the nuts, the clamping rings and the water outlet connectors are sequentially arranged on the moving device at intervals. The workbench is provided with an assembling mechanism facilitating screwing and assembling of the two sides of the water segregator body, and the workbench is further provided with a material taking mechanism used for taking materials and moving the materials after nuts, clamping rings and water outlet connectors are preassembled. The assembling device has the advantage of being efficient and accurate in assembling.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the field of automation assembly, relates to an assembly machine, especially relates to a tubular water distributor automatic assembly machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] The water distributor is a key component in fluid control and is widely used in many fields. The traditional manual assembly method is inefficient and cannot meet the needs of modern industry for efficient and accurate production. Among them, the assembly of the water distributor nut, the snap ring, the water outlet connector and the lock cap is the key link of the installation of the water distributor in the floor heating or heating system, which ensures the close and stable connection between the water distributor and the pipeline and the smooth distribution of water flow.

[0003] With the development of automation technology, the development of the water distributor automatic assembly equipment has become the key to improving production efficiency, reducing cost and ensuring assembly quality. The current market does not have a perfect automatic assembly solution for the water distributor, and the assembly efficiency is low. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop an efficient and accurate water distributor automatic assembly equipment. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model discloses a tubular water distributor automatic assembly machine to solve the above problems.

[0005] The utility model discloses a tubular water distributor automatic assembly machine, including control system, workstation, the translation mechanism that can drive water distributor main part moves, and a plurality of respectively for nut, snap ring, water outlet connector and lock cap mobile feeding vibration disc, its characterized in be that the tubular water distributor automatic assembly machine still includes movable mobile device and with mobile device cooperation and be used for nut, snap ring and water outlet connector preloading upper feeding mechanism, a plurality of are provided with nut, snap ring and water outlet connector preloading in the tool cylinder in order on the mobile device, the workstation is provided with the assembly mechanism that is convenient for water distributor main body both sides screwing assembly, and the workstation still is provided with the material taking mechanism that is used for nut, snap ring and water outlet connector preloading rear material taking and moving.

[0006] In the tubular water distributor automatic assembly machine, the upper feeding mechanism includes a synchronous feeding assembly that can simultaneously pre-feed the snap ring and the nut into the tool, and a water outlet connector feeding assembly for pre-feeding the water outlet connector, and the tool cylinder can automatically pre-feed the nut, the snap ring and the water outlet connector in the inside under the control of the control system, the mobile device, the synchronous feeding assembly, the water outlet connector feeding assembly and the vibration disc.

[0007] In the pipe water distributor automatic assembly machine, the synchronous feeding assembly comprises two feeding members arranged in a superposed structure and used for clamping the ring and the nut, a guide rod used for guiding and assisting and movable up and down, and a pushing plate matched with the outer part of the guide rod and movable up and down, the guide rod and the pushing plate are driven to move up and down by a driving cylinder respectively, and are in transmission cooperation with the feeding members, the connecting frame for movably mounting the guide rod, the feeding members and the pushing plate is arranged on the workbench, the driving cylinder is mounted on the connecting frame, the moving assembly for moving the feeding members is mounted on the connecting frame, the moving assembly is composed of a sliding plate, a guide rail and a cylinder, the limiting member for limiting the return movement stroke of the sliding plate is further mounted on the connecting frame, the clamping claws for conveniently clamping the ring and the nut and pre-fixing are movably connected to the opposite side ends of the feeding members, the clamping claws and the feeding members are matched to form the semicircular clamping grooves in a semicircular structure and convenient for clamping the ring and the nut, the elastic members for elastically resetting the clamping claws are further arranged between the clamping claws and the feeding members, the elastic members are in linkage cooperation with the movable hinged structure of the clamping claws and the feeding members, the ring and the nut can be clamped and moved, and the ring and the nut can be sequentially inserted into the inside of the ring and the nut by moving up and down through the guide rod, and the elastic force of the elastic members and the movable hinged structure of the clamping claws and the feeding members is utilized to realize the resetting after the ring and the nut are separated.

[0008] In the pipe water distributor automatic assembly machine, the water outlet connector feeding assembly comprises a feeding manipulator, a feeding support for movably mounting and supporting the feeding manipulator, and a sliding plate for moving the feeding manipulator, the lifting cylinder for lifting the feeding manipulator up and down is mounted on the sliding plate, the sliding plate is movably connected to the feeding support through a sliding rail, and the sliding plate and the feeding manipulator are moved by the cylinder.

[0009] In the pipe water distributor automatic assembly machine, the truss for movably mounting the material taking mechanism is further arranged on the workbench, the material taking mechanism comprises a material taking manipulator used for taking the material and moving into the assembly component one, and a cross slide plate movably arranged on the truss and used for moving the material taking manipulator up and down and transversely.

[0010] In the pipe water distributor automatic assembly machine, the assembly component one comprises a connecting seat mounted on the workbench, a screwing head used for screwing assembly, a turnover assembly used for turning over the screwing head, and a moving assembly used for moving the screwing head, the assembly component two comprises a screwing manipulator used for screwing, a moving sliding plate used for moving the screwing manipulator, and a rotating assembly used for turning over the screwing manipulator, the screwing head and the screwing manipulator are respectively turned over by the rotating assembly and the turnover assembly, and are used for switching the linkage of feeding and screwing assembly.

[0011] In the above-mentioned automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors, the assembly mechanism comprises assembly component one and assembly component two for screwing assembly, the translation mechanism cooperates with the assembly mechanism to form an assembly station for screwing assembly, the assembly component one and the assembly component two are located in the assembly station and arranged in opposite structure, and the assembly component one can screw the preassembled nut, the retaining ring and the water outlet joint into the water distributor body at one time, while the assembly component two screws the lock cap into the water distributor body.

[0012] In the above-mentioned automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors, the translation mechanism is installed on the workbench, the translation mechanism comprises a tool trolley for installing the water distributor body, a moving module for moving the tool trolley, two conveying belt mechanisms for conveying the water distributor body, and a loading and unloading mechanism for loading and unloading the water distributor body into the tool trolley, and the translation mechanism can realize the moving conveying and replacement of the water distributor body.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors integrates a control system, a vibration disc, a workbench, a synchronous feeding assembly, a water outlet joint feeding assembly, a material taking mechanism, an assembly mechanism and a translation mechanism, realizes the full-automatic feeding and preassembly of the nut, the retaining ring and the water outlet joint, and the synchronous screwing assembly of the lock cap on the water distributor body. This design greatly reduces manual operation, improves assembly production efficiency, and reduces the possibility of human error. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 is a perspective structural schematic diagram of the automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors.

[0015] Figure 2 is a perspective structural schematic diagram of the automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors.

[0016] Figure 3 is a partial perspective structural schematic diagram of the automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors.

[0017] Figure 4 is a perspective structural schematic diagram of the automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors.

[0018] Figure 5 is a perspective structural schematic diagram of the automatic assembly machine for tubular water distributors.

[0019] In the figure, 1, workbench; 2, translation mechanism; 3, vibration disc; 4, tool cylinder; 5, moving device; 6, material taking mechanism; 7, material receiving piece; 8, guide rod; 9, material pushing plate; 10, driving cylinder; 11, connecting frame; 12, moving assembly; 13, claw; 14, semicircular clamping groove; 15, elastic piece; 16, feeding manipulator; 17, feeding support; 18, sliding plate; 19, lifting cylinder; 20, truss; 21, material taking manipulator; 22, cross slide; 24, assembly one; 25, assembly two. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The following is a specific embodiment of the present application and further describes the technical scheme of the present application in combination with the drawings, but the present application is not limited to these embodiments.

[0021] As Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 , Figure 5As shown, the automatic assembly machine for the tubular water distributor includes a control system, a workbench 1, a translation mechanism 2 capable of moving the water distributor body, and a plurality of vibration discs 3 for feeding the nuts, circlips, water outlet joints and lock caps respectively. The automatic assembly machine for the tubular water distributor includes a plurality of tool barrels 4 for preassembling the nuts, circlips and water outlet joints, a moving device 5 capable of moving the tool barrels, and a feeding mechanism capable of feeding the nuts, circlips and water outlet joints into the tool barrels 4. The plurality of tool barrels 4 are sequentially and spacedly installed on the moving device 5. The workbench 1 is provided with an assembly component one 27 and an assembly component two 28 capable of being screwed and assembled. The workbench 1 is further provided with a material taking mechanism 6 between the assembly component one 27 and the moving device 5 for taking the preassembled nuts, circlips and water outlet joints, and moving the preassembled parts to the assembly component one 27. The mechanism combines a plurality of automatic components, such as the vibration disc 3, the tool barrel 4, the moving device 5, the feeding mechanism, etc., realizes the automatic preassembly and assembly of each part of the water distributor, significantly improves the assembly efficiency and accuracy, and utilizes the design of the synchronous feeding assembly and the water outlet joint feeding assembly to realize the precise control of the preassembly process of the circlips, nuts and water outlet joints, ensures the preassembly quality, realizes the simultaneous preassembly of a plurality of parts through the design of the tool barrel 4 and the moving device 5, improves the parallelism of the assembly, thereby shortens the overall assembly time, realizes the automatic preassembly of the nuts, circlips and water outlet joints, reduces the manual operation, and utilizes the design of the assembly component one 27 and the assembly component two 28 to realize the automatic screwing and assembly process of the water distributor body, improves the assembly efficiency, and utilizes the switching of the rotating assembly 28 and the overturning assembly 25 to realize the linkage of the feeding and screwing and assembly, further optimizes the assembly process. The control system precisely controls the entire assembly process to ensure the accurate assembly position of each part. The design of the synchronous feeding assembly and the water outlet joint feeding assembly realizes the precise control of the preassembly process of the circlips, nuts and water outlet joints, ensures the preassembly quality. The moving device 5 and the translation mechanism 2 enable the water distributor body and the preassembled parts to move flexibly, facilitating the assembly process. Meanwhile, the design of the material taking mechanism 6 and the assembly mechanism makes the entire assembly process more flexible, and can adapt to the assembly requirements of water distributors of different models and specifications.

[0022] The moving device 5 can be a rotating disc driven by a driving motor, or two moving assembly lines arranged in parallel to move the tool barrels 4 and sequentially perform the assembly.

[0023] Further, the feeding mechanism includes a synchronous feeding assembly for synchronously prefeeding the circlips and nuts into the tool barrels, and a water outlet joint feeding assembly for preassembling the water outlet joints. The tool barrels 4 automatically preassemble the nuts, circlips and water outlet joints in sequence under the control of the control system, the moving device 5, the synchronous feeding assembly, the water outlet joint feeding assembly and the vibration disc 3.

[0024] Further, in order to realize the synchronous assembly of the preassembled nut, snap ring and water outlet joint, the synchronous feeding assembly comprises two feeding members 7 arranged in a superposed structure and used for feeding the snap ring and the nut, a guide rod 8 which is movable up and down and used for guiding and assisting, and a pushing plate 9 which is movable up and down and externally matched with the guide rod 8. The guide rod 8 and the pushing plate 9 are driven to move up and down by a driving cylinder 10 respectively, and are in transmission cooperation with the feeding member 7. The workbench 1 is further provided with a connecting frame 11 for movably mounting the guide rod 8, the feeding member 7 and the pushing plate 9. The driving cylinder 10 is mounted on the connecting frame 11. The connecting frame 11 is further provided with a moving assembly 12 which can drive the feeding member 7 to move. The moving assembly 12 is composed of a sliding plate 18, a guide rail and a cylinder. The connecting frame 11 is further provided with a limiting member for limiting the return movement stroke of the sliding plate 18. The feeding member 7 is movably hinged with a claw 13 on the opposite side end, which is convenient for feeding and pre-fixing the snap ring and the nut. The claw 13 and the feeding member 7 are cooperatively formed with a semicircular groove 14 which is convenient for feeding the snap ring and the nut. The claw 13 and the feeding member 7 are further provided with an elastic member 15 for elastically resetting the claw 13. The claw 13 and the feeding member 7 are movably hinged with the elastic member 15 in linkage cooperation, so as to feed and move the snap ring and the nut, and to move up and down through the guide rod 8 and to be sequentially inserted into the inside of the snap ring and the nut. After the snap ring and the nut are separated, the claw 13 and the feeding member 7 are movably hinged and the elastic member 15 is elastically reset.

[0025] Preferably, in order to preassemble the water outlet joint in the tooling cylinder 4, the water outlet joint feeding assembly comprises a feeding manipulator 16 for grabbing and feeding the water outlet joint component, a feeding support 17 for movably mounting and supporting the feeding manipulator 16, and a sliding plate 18 for driving the feeding manipulator 16 to move. The sliding plate 18 is provided with a lifting cylinder 19 for driving the feeding manipulator 16 to move up and down. The sliding plate 18 is movably connected to the feeding support 17 through a sliding rail, and is provided with a cylinder for driving the sliding plate 18 and the feeding manipulator 16 to move.

[0026] Preferably, in order to move and convey the preassembled nut, snap ring and water outlet joint to the assembly component one 27, the workbench 1 is further provided with a truss 20 for movably mounting the taking mechanism 6. The taking mechanism 6 comprises a taking manipulator 21 for taking and moving to the assembly component one 27, and a cross slide 22 movably arranged on the truss 20 and capable of driving the taking manipulator 21 to move up and down and transversely.

[0027] Further, in order to realize high-efficiency and precise assembly efficiency, the assembly component one 27 comprises a connecting seat mounted on the workbench 1, a screw head capable of being assembled, a turnover assembly capable of turning over the screw head by 90°, and a moving unit capable of moving the screw head, the assembly component two 28 comprises a screwing mechanical hand capable of being rotated and tightened, a moving slide capable of moving the screwing mechanical hand, and a rotating assembly capable of turning over the screwing mechanical hand, the screw head and the screwing mechanical hand can be turned over by the rotating assembly and the turnover assembly respectively, which is used for switching the feeding and screwing assembly linkage, the water distributor body can be placed horizontally on the tool trolley, the assembly component one 27 and the assembly component two 28 are respectively located on both sides of the moving module, when the tool trolley moves the water distributor body to between the assembly component one 27 and the assembly component two 28, the water distributor body can be screwed and assembled synchronously, which greatly improves the assembly efficiency.

[0028] Preferably, the translation mechanism 2 is mounted on the workbench 1, the translation mechanism 2 comprises a tool trolley for mounting the water distributor body, a moving module capable of moving the tool trolley, two conveying belt mechanisms for conveying the water distributor body, and a loading and unloading device for loading and unloading the water distributor body into the tool trolley.

[0029] Assembly process steps

[0030] Part preparation and feeding: the vibration disc 3 sorts and supplies nuts, snap rings, water outlet joints and lock caps and the like, the water distributor bodies are arranged on the corresponding conveying belt mechanisms in sequence, and the loading and unloading device is responsible for loading and unloading the water distributor bodies into the tool trolley, so as to carry out the next assembly or transportation;

[0031] Nut and snap ring pre-assembly: the tool cylinder 4 is moved to below the guide rod 8 under the action of the moving device 5, the nuts and the snap rings are sorted into the semicircular grooves 14 in sequence by the vibration disc 3, and then moved to below the guide rod 8, and the guide rod 8 and the pushing plate 9 assist the nuts and the snap rings to be pre-assembled in the tool cylinder 4 synchronously;

[0032] Water outlet joint pre-assembly: after the nuts and the snap rings are pre-assembled in the tool cylinder 4, the tool cylinder 4 is moved to the water outlet joint pre-assembly position by the moving device 5, and the water outlet joint feeding assembly is responsible for grabbing and feeding the water outlet joint into the tool cylinder 4;

[0033] Material taking and moving: the taking mechanism 6 takes the pre-assembled parts from the tool cylinder 4 by the taking mechanical hand 21 and moves them to the assembly component one 27, and the truss 20 and the cross slide 22 provide support for the taking mechanism 6 to move up and down and horizontally;

[0034] Assembly and screwing: assembly component 1 27 includes a screwing head, a turnover component and a moving component, which are used for screwing assembly of parts to the distributor body; assembly component 2 28 is used for screwing assembly of another part through a screwing mechanical hand, a moving slide and a rotating component; the switching of the rotating component and the turnover component enables the feeding and screwing assembly to be carried out in linkage, thus improving the assembly efficiency;

[0035] Distributor body moving and disassembling: the translation mechanism 2 can drive the distributor body to move to the assembly component 1 27 and the assembly component 2 28 for assembly through a tool trolley, a moving module and a conveying belt mechanism; the disassembling device assists the distributor body to be disassembled to the corresponding conveying belt mechanism.

[0036] The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the present application. Those skilled in the art of the present application can make various modifications or supplements to the described specific embodiments or use similar ways to replace them, but will not deviate from the spirit of the present application or exceed the scope defined by the appended claims.

[0037] Although the terms are used more frequently herein, the possibility of using other terms is not excluded. The use of these terms is only for the convenience of describing and explaining the essence of the present application; any interpretation of them as any kind of additional limitation is contrary to the spirit of the present application.

Claims

1. A pipe type water distributor automatic assembly machine, comprising a control system, a workbench (1), a translation mechanism (2) capable of moving the water distributor main body, and a plurality of vibration plates (3) respectively for feeding and moving nuts, snap rings, water outlet joints and locking caps, characterized in that, The pipe type water distributor automatic assembly machine further comprises a movable moving device (5) and a feeding mechanism matched with the moving device (5) and used for pre-assembly of the nut, the snap ring and the water outlet joint, a plurality of tooling barrels (4) for pre-assembly of the nut, the snap ring and the water outlet joint are sequentially and spacedly arranged on the moving device (5), an assembly mechanism for facilitating screwing assembly of both sides of the water distributor main body is arranged on the workbench (1), and a material taking mechanism (6) for taking the nut, the snap ring and the water outlet joint after pre-assembly and moving is further arranged on the workbench (1).

2. The tube d iverter auto-assembly machine of claim 1, wherein, The feeding mechanism comprises a synchronous feeding assembly for synchronously pre-feeding the snap ring and the nut into the tooling and a water outlet joint feeding assembly for pre-assembly of the water outlet joint, and the tooling barrel (4) can automatically pre-assembly the nut, the snap ring and the water outlet joint in sequence inside under the control of a control system, the moving device (5), the synchronous feeding assembly, the water outlet joint feeding assembly and the vibrating disc (3).

3. The tube d iverter auto-assembly machine of claim 2, wherein, The synchronous feeding assembly comprises two receiving members (7) arranged in an upper-lower superposed structure and used for receiving the snap ring and the nut, a guide rod (8) which is movable up and down and used for guiding and assisting, and a pushing plate (9) which is movable up and down and matched with the outside of the guide rod (8), the guide rod (8) and the pushing plate (9) are driven to move up and down by a driving cylinder (10) respectively, and are in transmission cooperation with the receiving member (7), the workbench (1) is further provided with a connecting frame (11) for movably mounting the guide rod (8), the receiving member (7) and the pushing plate (9), the driving cylinder (10) is mounted on the connecting frame (11), the connecting frame (11) is provided with a moving assembly (12) for moving the receiving member (7), the moving assembly (12) is composed of a sliding plate (18), a guide rail and a cylinder, the connecting frame (11) is further provided with a limiting piece for limiting the back movement stroke of the sliding plate (18), the opposite side ends of the receiving member (7) are movably hingedly connected with clamping jaws (13) for facilitating receiving and pre-fixing of the snap ring and the nut, the clamping jaws (13) and the receiving member (7) are matched to form a semicircular clamping groove (14) in a semicircular structure and facilitating receiving of the snap ring and the nut, the clamping jaws (13) and the receiving member (7) are further provided with elastic members (15) for elastic resetting of the clamping jaws (13), the elastic members (15) are linked with the movable hinged structure of the clamping jaws (13) and the receiving member (7), the clamping jaws (13) and the receiving member (7) can receive and move the snap ring and the nut, and the guide rod (8) moves up and down and sequentially penetrates into the inside of the snap ring and the nut, and the elastic force of the elastic members (15) and the movable hinged structure of the clamping jaws (13) and the receiving member (7) is utilized to realize resetting after the snap ring and the nut are separated.

4. The tube d iverter auto-assembly machine of claim 2, wherein, The water outlet joint feeding assembly comprises a feeding manipulator (16), a feeding support (17) for movably mounting and supporting the feeding manipulator (16), and a sliding plate (18) for moving the feeding manipulator (16), the sliding plate (18) is provided with a lifting cylinder (19) for moving the feeding manipulator (16) up and down.

5. The tube d iverter auto-assembly machine of claim 1, wherein, The workbench (1) is further provided with a truss (20) movably installed with a material taking mechanism (6), the material taking mechanism (6) comprises a material taking manipulator (21) for taking material and moving into the assembling mechanism, and a cross slide (22) movably arranged on the truss (20) and capable of driving the material taking manipulator (21) to move up and down and transversely.

6. The tube d iverter auto-assembly machine of claim 1, wherein, The assembling mechanism comprises an assembling assembly one (24) and an assembling assembly two (25) for screwing assembly, the translation mechanism (2) is matched with the assembling mechanism to form an assembling station for screwing assembly, the assembling assembly one (24) and the assembling assembly two (25) are located in the assembling station and oppositely arranged, and the assembling assembly one (24) can screw the preassembled parts of the nut, the snap ring and the water outlet joint into the water distributor body at one time, and the assembling assembly two (25) screws the lock cap into the water distributor body.

7. The tube-type water diverter automatic assembly machine according to claim 6, characterized by, The assembling mechanism one comprises a connecting seat installed on the workbench (1), a screwing head capable of screwing assembly, a turnover assembly capable of driving the screwing head to turn over, and a moving assembly (12) capable of driving the screwing head to move, the assembling mechanism two comprises a screwing manipulator capable of screwing rotation, a moving slide (18) capable of driving the screwing manipulator to move, and a rotating assembly capable of driving the screwing manipulator to turn over, the screwing head and the screwing manipulator can be respectively driven to turn over by the rotating assembly and the turnover assembly, for linkage switching of feeding and screwing assembly.

8. The tube d iverter auto-assembly machine of claim 1, wherein, The translation mechanism (2) is installed on the workbench (1), the translation mechanism (2) comprises a tool trolley (23) for installing the water distributor body, a moving module capable of driving the tool trolley to move, two conveying belt mechanisms for conveying the water distributor body, and a loading and unloading mechanism for loading and unloading the water distributor body into the tool trolley (23), the translation mechanism (2) can realize movement and conveying and replacement of the water distributor body.

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