Sheet grabbing and feeding device

The automated feeding of thin sheets is achieved by using a suction cup assembly driven by a robotic arm and a vacuum pump, which solves the problem of low efficiency in traditional manual operation, improves production efficiency and consistency, and reduces costs and risks.

CN223813089UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-20WUJIANG JINCHUANG VISCOSE PROD CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520058264.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-10
Publication Date
2026-01-20
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-10

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Technical Problem

Traditional sheet handling methods rely on manual operation, which is inefficient, makes it difficult to guarantee consistency and accuracy, increases product defect rate and production costs, and poses potential risks to worker health.

Method used

A sheet gripping and feeding device was designed, which uses a robotic arm and a vacuum pump-driven suction cup assembly to realize the automated gripping and feeding of sheets. Combined with casters and stabilizing components, the device can be moved and positioned stably.

Benefits of technology

It has enabled automated gripping and efficient feeding of thin sheets, improving production efficiency, reducing product defect rate and production costs, and protecting worker health.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of sheet grabbing and feeding, and particularly relates to a sheet grabbing and feeding device which comprises a grabbing device, a machining device and a storage device, the storage device is arranged on the right side of the grabbing device, the machining device is arranged behind the grabbing device, the grabbing device is used for grabbing sheets, and the machining device is arranged behind the grabbing device. The storage device is used for storing and placing the sheets, and the processing device is used for processing the sheets; the vacuum pump is started, air in the suction cup is pumped out through the connecting pipe, in this way, the air pressure in the suction cup can be reduced, negative pressure is formed, then a thin sheet can be tightly adsorbed to the suction cup due to the difference between the external atmospheric pressure and the air pressure formed in the suction cup, and then the thin sheet can be clamped and grabbed. And after grabbing, feeding can be conducted through work of the mechanical arm, so that automatic grabbing and feeding of the sheets can be achieved, use is convenient, and the grabbing and feeding efficiency of the sheets is high.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to sheet material grabbing and feeding technology field, specifically a sheet material grabbing and feeding device. BACKGROUND

[0002] In modern manufacturing industry, especially in electronic, semiconductor, precision machinery and pharmaceutical industries, the grabbing and feeding of sheet materials (such as silicon wafers, circuit boards, film materials, and tablets) play a crucial role. Such materials often have small size, high precision, easy damage, and strict surface requirements. The sheet material is easily deformed, and the control of grabbing force, the material and shape of the grabbing tool, and the stability during the grabbing process are of high requirements.

[0003] However, the traditional sheet grabbing method mostly relies on manual operation, which not only has low efficiency, but also is difficult to ensure consistency and accuracy of grabbing due to human factors, increasing product failure rate and production cost. Long-term manual operation also poses potential risks to worker health. Therefore, a sheet grabbing and feeding device is proposed to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0004] To make up for the shortcomings of the prior art, the traditional sheet grabbing method mostly relies on manual operation, which not only has low efficiency, but also is difficult to ensure consistency and accuracy of grabbing due to human factors, increasing product failure rate and production cost. Long-term manual operation also poses potential risks to worker health. Therefore, a sheet grabbing and feeding device is proposed to solve the above problems.

[0005] The technical solution adopted by the utility model to solve its technical problems is: the sheet grabbing and feeding device comprises a grabbing device, a processing device, and a storage device. The storage device is arranged to the right of the grabbing device, and the processing device is arranged to the rear of the grabbing device. The grabbing device is used to grab sheet materials, the storage device is used to store and place sheet materials, and the processing device is used to process sheet materials.

[0006] The grabbing device comprises a support frame, a mechanical arm fixedly installed on the top of the support frame, a gas cylinder fixedly connected to the output end of the mechanical arm, a connecting plate fixedly connected to the output end of the gas cylinder, a clamping assembly fixedly installed on the bottom of the connecting plate, a control box arranged inside the support frame, and the control box is electrically connected with the mechanical arm.

[0007] Preferably, the clamping assembly comprises a housing fixedly connected to the bottom of the connecting plate, a vacuum pump fixedly installed on the side of the housing, a plurality of suction cups fixedly installed on the bottom of the housing, and the suction cups are connected with the vacuum pump through a connecting pipe.

[0008] Preferably, the vacuum pump is electrically connected with the control box.

[0009] Preferably, four universal wheels are arranged, which are fixedly connected with the support frame, and the support frame is provided with a stabilizing assembly on the side.

[0010] Preferably, the stabilizing assembly comprises a support plate fixedly connected to the side of the support frame, an electric lifting rod fixedly installed on the top of the support plate, a U-shaped plate fixedly connected to the bottom end of the electric lifting rod, stabilizing plates fixedly connected to the left and right sides of the bottom of the U-shaped plate, and stabilizing pads fixedly connected to the bottom of the stabilizing plates.

[0011] Preferably, through holes are arranged in the front and rear of the inside of the support plate, and a guide rod is slidably arranged in the through hole.

[0012] Preferably, the stabilizing pads are made of rubber.

[0013] The utility model discloses the beneficial effect lies in:

[0014] 1. The utility model discloses a vacuum pump is started through connecting pipe and is extracted the air in the sucking disc, and thus can cause the air pressure reduction in the sucking disc, forms the negative pressure, then due to the atmospheric pressure with the air pressure difference formed in the sucking disc, makes the sheet can be tightly adsorbed on the sucking disc, then can hold the sheet and snatch, and snatches the work of mechanical arm and can carry out feeding after, thereby can realize the automatic snatch feeding of sheet, and convenient to use, and make the snatch feeding efficiency of sheet be higher.

[0015] 2. The utility model discloses the electrification of electric lifting rod makes electric lifting rod work, and after electric lifting rod works, drives U-shaped plate movement, then U-shaped plate moves and drives stabilizing plate and stabilizing pad movement, and after stabilizing plate and stabilizing pad move and ground are pasted, hold the device and carry out the stable support of snatch, and make snatch device place stable, when needing to move the position of snatch device, through electric lifting rod, makes U-shaped plate and stabilizing plate and stabilizing pad movement and separate and paste with the ground, and again move through universal wheel. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model or prior art, the following will be briefly introduced the drawing needed to be used in the embodiment or prior art description, obviously, the drawing in the following description only some embodiments of the utility model, for ordinary skilled person in the art, under the premise of not paying the creative labor, still can obtain other drawings according to these drawings.

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the stereoscopic structure in embodiment one;

[0018] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the grabbing device structure in embodiment one;

[0019] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the Figure 2 enlarged structure at A in the middle;

[0020] Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the partial side section of the stabilizing assembly in embodiment two.

[0021] In the figure: 1, grabbing device; 11, support frame; 12, mechanical arm; 13, air cylinder; 14, connecting plate; 15, control box; 2, processing device; 3, feeding device; 4, clamping assembly; 41, shell; 42, vacuum pump; 43, suction cup; 5, stabilizing assembly; 51, electric lifting rod; 52, support plate; 53, guide rod; 54, U-shaped plate; 55, stabilizing plate; 56, stabilizing pad; 57, guide hole; 6, universal wheel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only 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.

[0023] Embodiment one

[0024] Please refer to Figures 1-3 A sheet grabbing and feeding device is shown in the figure, which comprises a grabbing device 1, a processing device 2 and a storage device 3. The storage device 3 is arranged on the right side of the grabbing device 1, and the processing device 2 is arranged on the rear side of the grabbing device 1. The grabbing device 1 is used for grabbing sheets, the storage device 3 is used for storing and placing sheets, and the processing device 2 is used for processing and handling sheets.

[0025] The grabbing device 1 comprises a support frame 11, a mechanical arm 12 is fixedly installed at the top of the support frame 11, a gas cylinder 13 is fixedly connected to the output end of the mechanical arm 12, a connecting plate 14 is fixedly connected to the output end of the gas cylinder 13, a clamping assembly 4 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the connecting plate 14, a control box 15 is arranged in the support frame 11, and the control box 15 is electrically connected with the mechanical arm 12; in operation, the grabbing device 1 is used to grab and feed the sheets in the storage device 3, and the sheets grabbed and fed into the processing device 2 can be processed by the processing device 2; when the grabbing device 1 is in operation, the control box 15 is used to control the mechanical arm 12 at the top of the support frame 11 to work, and the mechanical arm 12 drives the gas cylinder 13, the connecting plate 14 and the clamping assembly 4 to move after working, then the clamping assembly 4 can clamp the sheets, the clamped sheets are moved by the mechanical arm 12, and then the height of the sheets clamped by the clamping assembly 4 is adjusted by the gas cylinder 13, so that the sheets clamped by the clamping assembly 4 can be conveniently adjusted during grabbing and feeding, and the device has better use effect.

[0026] The clamping assembly 4 comprises a housing 41 fixedly connected to the bottom of the connecting plate 14, a vacuum pump 42 is fixedly installed on the side of the housing 41, a plurality of suction cups 43 are fixedly installed on the bottom of the housing 41, and the suction cups 43 are connected with the vacuum pump 42 through connecting pipes; in operation, when the clamping assembly 4 is used to clamp the sheets, the vacuum pump 42 is started first, then the air in the suction cups 43 is pumped out through the connecting pipes, so that the air pressure in the suction cups 43 is reduced to form negative pressure, the sheets are tightly adsorbed on the suction cups 43 due to the pressure difference between the outside atmospheric pressure and the air pressure in the suction cups 43, and then the sheets can be clamped, grabbed and fed.

[0027] The vacuum pump 42 is electrically connected with the control box 15; in operation, the vacuum pump 42 is started and stopped by the control box 15, and the clamping and placing of the sheets by the clamping assembly 4 can be controlled.

[0028] Embodiment two

[0029] Please refer to Figure 4 As another embodiment of the utility model, the comparison embodiment one further comprises four universal wheels 6, the universal wheels 6 are fixedly connected with the support frame 11, and the support frame 11 is provided with a stabilizing assembly 5 on the side; in operation, when it is needed to move the position of the grabbing device 1, the universal wheels 6 can be used to facilitate the movement, and after the position is moved, the grabbing device 1 can be placed stably at the designated position by the stabilizing assembly 5.

[0030] The stabilizing assembly 5 comprises a support plate 52 fixedly connected to the side of the support frame 11, the top of the support plate 52 is fixedly provided with an electric lifting rod 51, the output end of the electric lifting rod 51 penetrates through the bottom of the support plate 52, the bottom end of the electric lifting rod 51 is fixedly connected with a U-shaped plate 54, the bottom of the U-shaped plate 54 is fixedly connected with stabilizing plates 55 on the left and right sides, and the bottom of the stabilizing plate 55 is fixedly connected with a stabilizing pad 56; in working, the electric lifting rod 51 is energized to work, and after the electric lifting rod 51 works, the U-shaped plate 54 is driven to move, then the U-shaped plate 54 drives the stabilizing plate 55 and the stabilizing pad 56 to move after moving, and after the stabilizing plate 55 and the stabilizing pad 56 move and are attached to the ground, the grabbing device 1 is stably supported, and the grabbing device 1 is placed stably, when the position of the grabbing device 1 needs to be moved, the U-shaped plate 54, the stabilizing plate 55 and the stabilizing pad 56 are moved away from the attachment to the ground through the electric lifting rod 51, and then the universal wheel 6 is moved.

[0031] The support plate 52 is provided with a through-type guide hole 57 in front and rear inside, the guide hole 57 is slidably penetrated by a guide rod 53, and the bottom end of the guide rod 53 is fixedly connected with the top of the U-shaped plate 54; in working, the sliding connection of the guide rod 53 and the guide hole 57 limits the movement of the U-shaped plate 54, and the movement of the U-shaped plate 54 is more stable.

[0032] The stabilizing pad 56 is made of rubber material; in working, the stabilizing pad 56 made of rubber material has good anti-skid effect, the support effect of the stabilizing pad 56 is good, and the use effect of the stabilizing assembly 5 is good.

[0033] In the description of the present specification, the description of the terms "one embodiment", "example", "specific example" and the like means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in combination with the embodiment or example are contained in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In the present specification, the illustrative description of the above terms does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner.

[0034] The basic principles, main features and advantages of the present application have been shown and described. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, and the above embodiments and descriptions in the specification are only to illustrate the principles of the present application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, various changes and improvements can be made to the present application, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the claimed present application.

Claims

1. A sheet grabbing and feeding device, comprising a grabbing device (1), a processing device (2) and a storage device (3), the storage device (3) is arranged on the right side of the grabbing device (1), the processing device (2) is arranged on the rear side of the grabbing device (1), the grabbing device (1) is used for grabbing the sheet, the storage device (3) is used for storing and placing the sheet, and the processing device (2) is used for processing the sheet. characterized in that The grabbing device (1) comprises a support frame (11), a mechanical arm (12) is fixedly installed at the top of the support frame (11), a gas cylinder (13) is fixedly connected to the output end of the mechanical arm (12), a connecting plate (14) is fixedly connected to the output end of the gas cylinder (13), a clamping assembly (4) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the connecting plate (14), and a control box (15) is arranged in the support frame (11) and electrically connected with the mechanical arm (12).

2. The sheet grabbing and feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping assembly (4) comprises a housing (41) fixedly connected to the bottom of the connecting plate (14), a vacuum pump (42) is fixedly installed on the side of the housing (41), a plurality of suction cups (43) are fixedly installed on the bottom of the housing (41), and the suction cups (43) are connected with the vacuum pump (42) through connecting pipes.

3. The sheet grabbing and feeding device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The vacuum pump (42) is electrically connected with the control box (15).

4. The sheet grabbing and feeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: Universal wheels (6) are further arranged, the number of the universal wheels (6) is four, the universal wheels (6) are fixedly connected with the support frame (11), and a stabilizing assembly (5) is arranged on the side of the support frame (11).

5. The sheet grabbing and feeding device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The stabilizing assembly (5) comprises a support plate (52) fixedly connected to the side of the support frame (11), an electric lifting rod (51) is fixedly installed at the top of the support plate (52), the output end of the electric lifting rod (51) penetrates through the bottom of the support plate (52), a U-shaped plate (54) is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the electric lifting rod (51), stabilizing plates (55) are fixedly connected to the left and right sides of the bottom of the U-shaped plate (54), and stabilizing pads (56) are fixedly connected to the bottom of the stabilizing plates (55).

6. The sheet grabbing and feeding device according to claim 5, characterized in that: Through holes (57) are arranged in the front and rear of the support plate (52), and guiding rods (53) are slidably arranged in the through holes (57).

7. The sheet grabbing and feeding device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The stabilizing pads (56) are made of rubber.