Conveying device and processing equipment

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of conveying, and discloses a conveying device and machining equipment. The conveying device comprises a base frame. The base frame is provided with at least two carriers moving along an annular conveying path in a vertical plane. The conveying path sequentially passes through a feeding station used for placing workpieces to be machined on the passing carriers and a machining station used for machining the workpieces to be machined. The two carrying pieces are arranged to be alternately switched between the feeding station and the machining station. According to the conveying device and the machining equipment, the conveying efficiency of the workpieces to be machined is high, and the machining efficiency is high.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of conveying devices, and in particular to a conveying device and a processing apparatus. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the related art, especially in the process of processing a workpiece by a processing device, the conveying device is required to convey the workpiece located in a feeding station to a processing station adjacent to the processing device, so as to facilitate the processing of the workpiece by the processing device.

[0003] However, the carrier in the conveying device, which is movable and used to load the workpiece, needs to return to the feeding station to receive the next workpiece and then convey the next workpiece to the processing station after conveying the workpiece to the processing station and completing the processing. This results in low efficiency of conveying the workpiece, and the processing device needs to wait for a long time during the process of returning the carrier to convey the workpiece, which results in low efficiency of processing the workpiece by the processing device. SUMMARY

[0004] One advantage of the present disclosure is to provide a conveying device and a processing apparatus, which has high efficiency of conveying a workpiece.

[0005] To achieve at least one of the above advantages of the present disclosure, the present disclosure provides a conveying device, comprising: a base frame provided with at least two carriers moving along a ring-shaped conveying path in a vertical plane; wherein the conveying path sequentially passes through a feeding station for placing a workpiece on a passing carrier and a processing station for processing the workpiece; and the two carriers are arranged to alternately switch between the feeding station and the processing station.

[0006] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the ring-shaped conveying path comprises: a first path located in a first horizontal plane; and a second path around a second horizontal plane different from the first horizontal plane and connected with the first path to form a ring-shaped path in a vertical plane, and the two connection positions of the first path and the second path are respectively provided with the feeding station and the processing station.

[0007] The at least two carriers comprise: a first carrier movably arranged in the base frame along the first path to switch between the feeding station and the processing station; and a second carrier movably arranged in the base frame along the second path to move to the feeding station when the first carrier moves away from the feeding station, and to move to the processing station when the first carrier moves away from the processing station.

[0008] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first path extends along a straight line, and the second path extends in a bent manner.

[0009] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the base frame is provided with a first shelf layer and a second shelf layer arranged in a vertical direction, the first shelf layer is provided with the feeding station and the processing station arranged in a first horizontal direction; the at least two carriers include: a first carrier arranged in the first shelf layer in a first horizontal direction to be reciprocally movable to switch between the feeding station and the processing station; and a second carrier arranged in the second shelf layer in a vertical direction and a first horizontal direction to be reciprocally movable to move to the feeding station when the first carrier is separated from the feeding station, and to move to the processing station when the first carrier is separated from the processing station.

[0010] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the base frame is provided with a first shelf layer and a second shelf layer arranged in a vertical direction, the first shelf layer is provided with the feeding station and the processing station arranged in a first horizontal direction; the at least two carriers include: a first carrier arranged in the first shelf layer in a first horizontal direction to be reciprocally movable to switch between the feeding station and the processing station; and a second carrier arranged in the second shelf layer in a vertical direction and a first horizontal direction to be reciprocally movable to move to the feeding station when the first carrier is separated from the feeding station, and to move to the processing station when the first carrier is separated from the processing station.

[0011] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the driving member includes: a gear member fixedly arranged in the moving member; a rack fixedly connected with the second carrier and extending in the vertical direction, and engaged with the gear member to drive the second carrier to move in the vertical direction when the gear member is driven; and a driving rotating member connected with the gear member to drive the gear member.

[0012] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the rack is a plurality of racks arranged in a second horizontal direction different from the first horizontal direction, and each of the racks is connected with the second carrier and corresponds to one of the gear members.

[0013] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second shelf layer is provided with at least one guide sliding part extending in the first horizontal direction, and the moving member is provided with at least one sliding part slidingly matched with the guide sliding part; and / or the first shelf layer is provided with at least one sliding guide part extending in the first horizontal direction, and the first carrier is provided with at least one sliding part slidingly matched with the sliding guide part.

[0014] The present disclosure further provides a processing device, which includes: the conveying device as described above; and a processing device located beside the processing station to process the workpiece.

[0015] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the processing device includes: an assembling mechanism to perform an assembling operation on the workpiece.

[0016] Advantages:

[0017] (1) The conveying device of the present disclosure has high conveying efficiency for workpieces.

[0018] (2) The machining equipment of the present disclosure has high machining efficiency for the workpiece to be machined without spending a long time waiting for the workpiece to be machined. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of a conveying device of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] Figure 2 is a side view of a machining equipment of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] Figure 3 is a structural schematic view of part of an assembly of a conveying device of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] 11, base frame; 111, feeding station; 112, machining station; 113, first shelf layer; 1131, sliding guide part; 114, second shelf layer; 1141, guide sliding part;

[0023] 12, first carrier; 121, sliding part;

[0024] 13, second carrier;

[0025] 14, moving part; 141, sliding part;

[0026] 15, driving part; 151, gear member; 152, rack; 153, driving rotating member; 1531, rotating shaft; 1532, driving motor;

[0027] 81, conveying path; 811, first path; 812, second path;

[0028] 900, machining device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The following description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the present disclosure. The preferred embodiments in the following description are only examples of implementing the present disclosure and other obvious modifications are possible to those skilled in the art. The principles defined in the following description can be applied to other embodiments, variations, improvements, equivalents and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

[0030] Those skilled in the art should understand that, in the disclosure of the present disclosure, the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms “longitudinal”, “transverse”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer” and the like are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, therefore the above terms cannot be understood as a limitation of the present disclosure.

[0031] It can be understood that the term "one" should be understood as "at least one" or "one or more", that is, in one embodiment, the number of one element can be one, and in another embodiment, the number of the element can be multiple, and the term "one" cannot be understood as a limitation on the number.

[0032] In the present disclosure, unless specifically defined and limited otherwise, the terms "mount", "connect", "connect", "fix", and other terms should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or it can be integrated; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected or can communicate with each other; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0033] In the related art, especially in the process of processing the workpiece to be processed by the processing device, the processing device needs to be transported by the conveying device to the workpiece to be processed in the feeding station to the processing station adjacent to the processing device, so as to facilitate the processing device to process the workpiece to be processed. The carrier in the conveying device which can move and is used to load the workpiece to be processed needs to be returned to the feeding station to accept the next workpiece to be processed and then transport the next workpiece to be processed to the processing station after transporting the workpiece to be processed to the processing station and completing the processing. The conveying efficiency of the workpiece to be processed is low, and the processing device needs to wait for a long time during the process of returning the carrier to transport the material, which leads to low processing efficiency of the processing device to the workpiece to be processed.

[0034] In view of this, the present disclosure provides a conveying device, which has high conveying efficiency for the workpiece to be processed and is beneficial to improve the processing efficiency of the workpiece to be processed.

[0035] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of the conveying device of the embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 2 is a side view of the processing equipment of the embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 2 The conveying device of the present disclosure comprises a base frame 11. The base frame 11 is provided with at least two carriers moving along a ring-shaped conveying path 81 in a vertical plane. The conveying path 81 sequentially passes through a feeding station 111 for placing the workpiece to be processed on the passing carrier and a processing station 112 for processing the workpiece to be processed.

[0036] In other words, at least two of the carriers are movably arranged on the base frame 11, and when the carriers move to the loading station 111, the workpieces to be processed can be placed on the carriers, so as to realize loading of the workpieces to be processed on the carriers, so that the workpieces to be processed can move with the carriers. Specifically, the workpieces to be processed can be automobile parts or other parts to be processed, and in order to improve the stability of the workpieces to be processed when placed on the carriers, clamps can be arranged on the carriers, and the workpieces to be processed can be clamped and fixed on the carriers by the clamps. When the carriers move to the processing station 112, the processing device 900 can process the workpieces to be processed on the carriers, and after processing is completed, the processed workpieces to be processed can be separated from the carriers. Specifically, when the workpieces to be processed are clamped and fixed on the clamps on the carriers, after processing is completed, the clamped workpieces to be processed can be released by the clamps, so as to be separated from the carriers. And the conveying path 81 formed by movement of the at least two carriers is formed as a loop path passing through the loading station 111 and the processing station 112 in a vertical plane, and via movement of the at least two carriers, the at least two carriers can alternately convey the workpieces to be processed from the loading station 111 to the processing station 112 for processing by the processing device 900.

[0037] Optionally, the loop conveying path 81 includes a first path 811 and a second path 812. The first path 811 is located in a first horizontal plane. The second path 812 passes through a second horizontal plane different from the first horizontal plane, and is connected with the first path 811 to form a loop path in a vertical plane, and the two connection positions of the first path 811 and the second path 812 are respectively provided with the loading station 111 and the processing station 112. The first carrier 12 is movably arranged on the base frame 11 along the first path 811, and specifically, the movement direction of the first carrier 12 on the first path 811 is shown by the solid arrow on the first path 811, and the first carrier 12 can move on the first path 811 in the direction from the loading station 111 to the processing station 112, or in the direction from the processing station 112 to the loading station 111, so that the first carrier 12 can be switched between the loading station 111 and the processing station 112.

[0038] The second carrier 13 is reciprocally arranged along a second path 812 of the base frame 11. Specifically, the second carrier 13 can move along the second path 812 in the direction as shown by the solid arrow at the second path 812, i.e. from the loading station 111 to the processing station 112. The second carrier 13 can also move along the second path 812 in the direction as shown by the dotted arrow at the second path 812, i.e. from the processing station 112 to the loading station 111. In this way, the second carrier 13 can be alternately arranged at the loading station 111 and the processing station 112, respectively, when the first carrier 12 is arranged at the processing station 112 or the loading station 111.

[0039] For example, when processing the workpieces, a workpiece can be placed on the first carrier 12 at the loading station 111, and then the first carrier 12 can move towards the processing station 112 to provide the workpiece to the processing device 900 for processing. When the processing device 900 is processing the workpiece, the second carrier 13 can move from the processing station 112 to the loading station 111 to place another workpiece on the second carrier 13. When the processing of the workpiece is about to be completed, the second carrier 13 can move from the loading station 111 to the processing station 112 to provide another workpiece to the processing device 900 for processing. In this way, the first carrier 12 and the second carrier 13 can be alternately arranged at the processing station 112 and the loading station 111, respectively, thereby improving the conveying efficiency of the workpieces.

[0040] Optionally, the base frame 11 is provided with a first shelf layer 113 and a second shelf layer 114 arranged in a vertical direction. The first shelf layer 113 is provided with the loading station 111 and the processing station 112 arranged in a first horizontal direction.

[0041] The first carrier 12 is arranged in the first shelf layer 113 in a reciprocating manner along a first horizontal direction, so as to switch between the feeding station 111 and the processing station 112, and the moving path of the first carrier 12 forms the first path 811 in a straight line. Therefore, the moving path of the first carrier 12 is short and the moving efficiency is high. Of course, it can be understood that the movement mode of the first carrier 12 includes but is not limited to this, and the trajectory shape of the first path 811 includes but is not limited to this. For example, the first path 811 can also be in a zigzag line or other shapes.

[0042] The second carrier 13 is arranged in the second shelf layer 114 in a reciprocating manner along a vertical direction and a first horizontal direction, so as to move to the feeding station 111 when the first carrier 12 is separated from the feeding station 111, and move to the processing station 112 when the first carrier 12 is separated from the processing station 112, and the moving path of the second carrier 13 forms the second path 812 in a zigzag line. Of course, it can be understood that the movement mode of the second carrier 13 includes but is not limited to this, and the trajectory shape of the second path 812 includes but is not limited to this. The second path 812 can also be in other shapes.

[0043] Therefore, by the alternating movement of the above-mentioned multiple carriers (the first carrier 12 and the second carrier 13) to the feeding station 111 and the processing station 112, the workpiece to be processed can be continuously conveyed to the processing device, the conveying efficiency of the workpiece to be processed is high, and the processing efficiency of the workpiece to be processed is improved.

[0044] Optionally, referring to Figure 1 The first shelf layer 113 is provided with at least one sliding guide part 1131 extending along the first horizontal direction, and the first carrier 12 is provided with at least one sliding part 121 in sliding cooperation with the sliding guide part 1131. For example, the sliding guide part 1131 is multiple, and multiple sliding guide parts 1131 are arranged in a second horizontal direction different from the first horizontal direction and correspond to multiple sliding parts 121 one by one. Specifically, the second horizontal direction is perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, the sliding guide part 1131 is a guide rail or a guide rod, and the sliding part 121 can be a sliding block or a sliding sleeve in sliding cooperation with the guide rail or the guide rod. Therefore, the first carrier 12 can stably slide in a predetermined direction and is difficult to deviate.

[0045] Figure 3 is a structure schematic view of part of the conveying device of the embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to Figure 2 and Figure 3The conveying device further comprises a moving member 14 and a driving member 15. The moving member 14 is movably arranged in the second shelf layer 114 along a first horizontal direction. The driving member 15 is arranged on the moving member 14 and connected with the second carrier 13, for driving the second carrier 13 to move along a vertical direction, and driving the second carrier 13 to move along the first horizontal direction when the moving member 14 moves. Thus, the second carrier 13 can move reciprocally along the vertical direction and the first horizontal direction by the driving of the moving member 14 and the driving member 15.

[0046] Optionally, the second shelf layer 114 is provided with at least one guide sliding part 1141 extending along the first horizontal direction, and the moving member 14 is provided with at least one sliding part 141 slidingly matched with the guide sliding part 1141. For example, the guide sliding part 1141 is a plurality of guide sliding parts 1141, which are arranged in a second horizontal direction at intervals and correspondingly arranged with a plurality of sliding parts 141. The guide sliding part 1141 is a guide rail or a guide rod, and the sliding part 141 can be a sliding block or a sliding sleeve slidingly matched with the guide rail or the guide rod. Thus, the second carrier 13 can stably slide along the preset direction and is difficult to deviate.

[0047] Optionally, the driving member 15 comprises a gear member 151, a rack 152 and a driving rotating member 153. The gear member 151 (for example, a transmission gear box or a transmission gear internally provided with a transmission gear) is fixedly arranged on the moving member 14. The rack 152 is fixedly connected with the second carrier 13 and extends along the vertical direction, and is engaged with the gear member 151, so as to drive the second carrier 13 to move along the vertical direction when the gear member 151 is driven. The driving rotating member 153 is connected with the gear member 151, for driving the gear member 151. Thus, the driving member 15 can drive the second carrier 13 to move along the vertical direction. And due to the engagement and high precision of the gear member 151 and the rack 152, the driving precision of the driving member 15 is high and the stability is strong. Of course, it can be understood that the driving member 15 can also be other driving mechanisms, for example, a driving cylinder, and the second carrier 13 can move along the vertical direction under the driving of the driving cylinder.

[0048] Optionally, the plurality of racks 152 are arranged in a second horizontal direction (length direction of the second carrier 13) different from the first horizontal direction, and are connected to the second carrier 13 and correspond to the plurality of gear members 151 one by one. The driving member 153 comprises a rotating shaft 1531 and a driving motor 1532. The rotating shaft 1531 is connected to the plurality of gear members 151, and the driving motor 1532 is connected to the rotating shaft 1531 to drive the rotating shaft 1531 to rotate and drive the gear members 151 to rotate.

[0049] With reference to Figure 2 The present disclosure also provides a processing device, which comprises the conveying device and the processing device 900 according to any one of the examples above. The processing device 900 is arranged beside the processing station 112 to process the workpiece to be processed. Thus, the conveying device can alternately convey the workpiece to be processed to the processing device, and the conveying efficiency of the workpiece to be processed is high. The processing device 900 does not need to wait for a long time, and thus the processing efficiency of the workpiece to be processed by the processing device 900 is high.

[0050] Optionally, the processing device 900 comprises an assembling mechanism. The assembling mechanism is used to perform an assembling operation on the workpiece to be processed. For example, the assembling operation can be screwing or pinning the workpiece to be processed. Thus, the conveying device can alternately convey the workpiece to be processed to the processing device, and the conveying efficiency of the workpiece to be processed is high. The assembling mechanism does not need to wait for a long time during the screwing or pinning process, and thus the assembling efficiency of the workpiece to be processed by the assembling mechanism is high.

[0051] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above description and the embodiments of the present disclosure shown in the drawings are only examples and do not limit the present disclosure. The advantages of the present disclosure have been fully and effectively achieved. The functions and structural principles of the present disclosure have been shown and described in the embodiments, and any modification or change of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be made without departing from the principles.

Claims

1. A conveying device, characterized in that, include: The base frame is equipped with at least two carriers that move along a circular conveying path in a vertical plane; The conveying path passes sequentially through a loading station for placing the workpiece to be processed on the passing carrier and a processing station for processing the workpiece; the two carriers are configured to alternate between the loading station and the processing station.

2. The conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The annular conveying path includes: The first path lies within the first horizontal plane; The second path passes through a second horizontal plane different from the first horizontal plane and connects with the first path to form a loop path located in a vertical plane. The loading station and the processing station are respectively provided at the two connection points between the first path and the second path. At least two of the said carriers include: The first carrier is reciprocally mounted on the base frame along a first path to switch between the loading station and the processing station; The second carrier is disposed on the base frame and can reciprocate along the second path, so that it moves to the loading station when the first carrier leaves the loading station and moves to the processing station when the first carrier leaves the processing station.

3. The conveying device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The first path extends in a straight line, while the second path extends in a bend.

4. The conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The base frame has a first shelf and a second shelf arranged at intervals along the vertical direction. The first shelf has the loading station and the processing station arranged at intervals along the first horizontal direction. At least two of the said carriers include: A first carrier is reciprocally movable along a first horizontal direction on the first shelf to switch between the processing station and the processing station; The second carrier is reciprocally disposed on the second shelf in a vertical direction and a first horizontal direction, so as to move to the loading station when the first carrier is removed from the loading station, and to the processing station when the first carrier is removed from the processing station.

5. The conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that, Also includes: The movable component is movably disposed on the second shelf along the first horizontal direction; A driving member is provided on the moving member and connected to the second carrier, for driving the second carrier to move in a vertical direction, and for driving the second carrier to move in a first horizontal direction when the moving member moves.

6. The conveying device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The driving component includes: The gear component is fixedly mounted on the moving part; A rack is fixedly connected to the second carrier and extends along the vertical direction, meshing with the gear component to drive the second carrier to move along the vertical direction when driven by the gear component. A drive component, connected to the gear component, is used to drive the gear component.

7. The conveying device according to claim 6, characterized in that, There are multiple racks, which are spaced apart along a second horizontal direction different from the first horizontal direction, and are all connected to the second carrier and are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the multiple gear components.

8. The conveying device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The second shelf is provided with at least one guide slide extending along the first horizontal direction, and the moving member is provided with at least one sliding part that slides in cooperation with the guide slide; and / or The first shelf is provided with at least one sliding guide extending along the first horizontal direction, and the first carrier is provided with at least one sliding part that slides in cooperation with the sliding guide.

9. Processing equipment, characterized in that, include: The conveying device as described in any one of claims 1 to 8; A processing device is located next to the processing station and is used to process the workpiece.

10. The processing equipment according to claim 9, characterized in that, The processing device includes an assembly mechanism for performing assembly operations on the workpiece to be processed.

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