Servo adjustment station conveyor and bottle unscrambler

Abstract

The utility model discloses a servo adjustment station conveyor and a bottle unscrambler, the servo adjustment station conveyor comprises at least three groups of independently controlled station conveyors which are adjacent in sequence and arranged side by side, and a conveying plane of each station conveyor is provided with station clapboards at equal intervals; the station partition plates are aligned and arranged in the conveying direction of the station conveyor, so that a plurality of bottle outlet stations with adjustable intervals are formed, bottle bodies of different sizes can be better compatible, the application range is wider, and the conveying efficiency of the bottle bodies can be improved. According to the bottle unscrambling machine, the bottle feeding conveyor and the servo adjusting station conveyor which are opposite in conveying direction are arranged side by side, so that the occupied area for bottle conveying is shortened, equipment miniaturization is achieved, the bottle transferring efficiency is improved through cooperative work of the multiple robot grabbing parts, and then the overall bottle unscrambling efficiency is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to packing machinery technical field especially relates to a kind of servo adjustment station conveyor and bottle unscrambler. BACKGROUND

[0002] Domestic bottle unscrambler is difficult to achieve compatibility for high-yield multi-bottle type problem, especially the case where the width difference between large and small bottle type is very large. At present, high-yield bottle unscrambler mainly includes rotary station type bottle unscrambler and robot bottle unscrambler. For the problem of multiple bottle types, the rotary station type bottle unscrambler can only solve the problem by replacing the corresponding mold. However, the mold not only has high manufacturing cost, but also takes a long time to replace the mold. The bottle outlet conveyor of the robot bottle unscrambler usually adopts fixed station or double servo adjustment station. The fixed station is suitable for single bottle type. When the bottle type needs to be switched, the fixed station also needs to be manually disassembled and assembled to adjust the distance between stations. The double servo adjustment station automatically adjusts the distance between adjacent stations through two independently operated servo motors. Although it can meet the problem of multiple bottle types to some extent, it cannot be compatible for the case where the width difference between large and small bottle type is very large. When conveying small size bottles, the distance between adjacent bottles will be large, which wastes the conveying space and reduces the efficiency of bottle conveying. Therefore, it cannot be compatible, which restricts the application range and efficiency of the bottle unscrambler. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at the deficiency of prior art and proposes a kind of servo adjustment station conveyor and bottle unscrambler, which can better compatible different sizes of bottle body, wider use range and can improve the conveying efficiency of bottle body.

[0004] The technical scheme for realizing the utility model is as follows:

[0005] A servo adjustment station conveyor includes at least three groups of independently controlled station conveyors arranged in sequence and adjacent to each other and side by side. Each station conveyor is equipped with a station partition plate at equal intervals on the conveying plane. The station partition plates are arranged in alignment along the conveying direction of the station conveyor, thereby forming a plurality of adjustable spacing bottle outlet stations.

[0006] Further, the station conveyor is a chain plate conveyor.

[0007] The bottle unscrambler comprises a servo adjusting station conveyor and a bottle conveying conveyor arranged side by side and in opposite directions, the bottle conveying conveyor is sequentially provided with a visual detection unit and a plurality of robot grabbing units connected with the visual detection unit in the conveying direction, a bottle screening unit is arranged at the inlet, side edges of the bottle screening unit are provided with bottle storage and feeding units, the outlet of the bottle storage and feeding unit is located above the bottle screening unit, the bottle storage and feeding unit is used for automatically feeding the bottles to the bottle screening unit, the bottle screening unit is used for adjusting the randomly distributed bottles to be arranged along the length direction of the bottles in the conveying direction, the visual detection unit is used for marking the state and position of the bottles, and the robot grabbing units are used for grabbing the bottles in a unified direction to corresponding bottle outlet stations of the servo adjusting station conveyor, the servo adjusting station conveyor is provided with a bottle conveying unit at the outlet, and the bottle conveying unit is used for conveying the bottles to a subsequent process.

[0008] Further, the bottle screening unit comprises a rack and a bottle screening conveyor fixed on the rack, the bottle screening conveyor is provided with bottle separating rods arranged at equal intervals on a conveying plane of the bottle screening conveyor, intervals between adjacent bottle separating rods are matched with the width of the bottles, and an inverted bottle assembly is arranged at the outlet and is arranged in a longitudinally adjustable manner.

[0009] Further, both ends of the bottle screening conveyor are symmetrically provided with equal interval adjusting mechanisms composed of scissor fork telescopic assemblies and screw rod adjusting assemblies, both ends of the bottle separating rods are connected with corresponding output nodes of the equal interval adjusting mechanisms respectively, and the rack is provided with a synchronization assembly, the two equal interval adjusting mechanisms are connected through the synchronization assembly to realize synchronous movement.

[0010] Further, the rack is provided with a support frame, a hand wheel screw rod assembly is arranged at the top of the support frame, an output end of the hand wheel screw rod assembly is fixedly connected with a frame, and the inverted bottle assembly is arranged on the frame to realize longitudinal adjustment and meet the inverted bottle requirements of different bottles.

[0011] Further, the inverted bottle assembly comprises an inverted bottle motor and a rotating shaft coaxially fixed with an output end of the inverted bottle motor, the rotating shaft is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the bottle screening conveyor, a plurality of inverted bottle plates are uniformly arranged on the rotating shaft in the circumferential direction, and the minimum interval between the inverted bottle plates and the conveying plane of the bottle screening conveyor is matched with the height of the bottles when the bottles are lying.

[0012] Further, the bottle conveying conveyor adopts a belt conveyor, and convex points are uniformly distributed on the conveying belt surface of the belt conveyor.

[0013] Further, the servo adjusting station conveyor is provided with a bottle righting assembly near the outlet, the bottle righting assembly comprises oppositely arranged bottle blocking guardrails and a bottle guide rail, the bottle guide rail is arranged on one side of the bottle opening direction of the servo adjusting station conveyor, is curvedly extended along the conveying direction towards the conveying center, and gradually increases in height.

[0014] Further, the bottle outlet conveying part is provided with a bottle outlet clamping part at the inlet, and the bottle outlet clamping part is a servo belt clamping machine.

[0015] Further, the bottle outlet conveying part is an air suction conveyor.

[0016] Further, the bottle outlet conveying part is an air suction conveyor.

[0017] By adopting the technical scheme, the bottle unscrambler has the following beneficial effects:

[0018] (1) The servo adjusting station conveyor is provided with at least three independently controlled conveyors, so that the spacing between the station partitions respectively installed on different conveyors can be adjusted, a plurality of adjustable bottle outlet stations are realized, compared with the existing double-row servo adjusting station, in the same conveying space, not only the bottle outlet stations are increased, but also more size bottle outlet stations can be realized, the use is more flexible, more small bottle stations can be realized under the condition that the large and small bottles and the maximum allowable conveying line speed exist at the same time, different sizes of bottle bodies can be better compatible, the use range is wider, the conveying efficiency of the bottle body is improved, and the purpose of high yield is realized.

[0019] (2) The chain plate conveyor is adopted as the station conveyor, the service life is longer, and since the surface of the chain plate is flat and separated, the correct positioning of the product can be better maintained, and the conveying precision is improved.

[0020] (3) The bottle unscrambler is provided with the bottle conveying machine and the servo adjusting station conveyor in parallel in opposite conveying directions, so that the land area occupied by the bottle conveying is shortened, the equipment is miniaturized, the bottle transfer efficiency is improved through the cooperation of the plurality of robot grabbing parts, and the overall bottle unscrambling efficiency is improved.

[0021] (4) The bottle unscrambler is provided with the bottle conveying machine and the servo adjusting station conveyor in parallel in opposite conveying directions, so that the land area occupied by the bottle conveying is shortened, the equipment is miniaturized, the bottle transfer efficiency is improved through the cooperation of the plurality of robot grabbing parts, and the overall bottle unscrambling efficiency is improved.

[0022] (5) The bottle unscrambler is provided with the bottle conveying machine and the servo adjusting station conveyor in parallel in opposite conveying directions, so that the land area occupied by the bottle conveying is shortened, the equipment is miniaturized, the bottle transfer efficiency is improved through the cooperation of the plurality of robot grabbing parts, and the overall bottle unscrambling efficiency is improved.

[0023] (6) The utility model discloses a structure design of increasing the convex point on the surface of the conveying belt of the belt conveyor, effectively solve the problem of bottle shaking on the belt and leading to the failure of grabbing, further improve the bottle sorting efficiency.

[0024] (7) The utility model discloses a bottle blocking guardrail and the bottle body, prevent falling, and adopt the guide bottle track and guide the bottle mouth, make it in the process of conveying forward natural righting.

[0025] (8) The utility model discloses a servo belt clamping machine as the bottle output clamping part, realize the righting bottle body and stably interval transportation to the bottle output conveying part, prevent the righting bottle body and appear the phenomenon of falling because of mutual extrusion.

[0026] (9) The utility model discloses a suction conveyor as the bottle output conveying part, so that the bottle body can be more stably kept in the upright state in the output process, avoid falling.

[0027] (10) The utility model discloses two bottle return conveyors and forms the bottle return channel, so that the bottle body not being transferred by the robot grabbing part can automatically return to the original position, re-feeding, realize automatic circulation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0028] In order to make the content of the utility model more easily be clearly understood, the following according to specific embodiment and combining with the drawings, the utility model is further detailed, wherein:

[0029] Figure 1 It is the perspective view of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 2 It is the structure schematic view of the bottle screening part of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 3 It is Figure 1 The local enlarged view of A in the among.

[0032] The label in the drawing is:

[0033] Servo adjusting station conveyor 1, station conveyor 1-1, station partition 1-2, bottle feeding conveyor 2, visual detection part 3, robot grabbing part 4, bottle screening part 5, rack 5-1, bottle screening conveyor 5-2, bottle separating rod 5-3, equidistance adjustment mechanism 5-4, synchronous assembly 5-5, support frame 5-6, hand wheel screw rod assembly 5-7, frame 5-8, bottle falling motor 5-9, rotating shaft 5-10, bottle falling plate 5-11, bottle storage and feeding part 6, bottle output conveying part 7, first bottle return conveyor 8, bottle blocking plate 8-1, second bottle return conveyor 9, bottle output clamping part 10. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] To better understand the above technical solutions, the following will provide a detailed explanation of the technical solutions in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0035] (Example 1)

[0036] like Figures 1 to 3 The bottle unscrambler shown includes a servo-adjustable station conveyor 1 and a bottle feeding conveyor 2 arranged side-by-side with the servo-adjustable station conveyor 1 and in the opposite direction of conveying. The bottle feeding conveyor 2 is equipped with a vision inspection unit 3 and three robot gripping units 4 connected to the vision inspection unit 3 in sequence along the conveying direction. A bottle screening unit 5 is provided at the inlet, and a bottle storage and loading unit 6 is provided on the side of the bottle screening unit 5. The outlet of the bottle storage and loading unit 6 is located above the bottle screening unit 5 and is used to automatically feed bottles to the bottle screening unit 5. The bottle screening unit 5 adjusts the randomly distributed bottles so that the length of the bottles is aligned with the conveying direction. After the vision inspection unit 5 marks the status and position of the bottles, the robot gripping units 4 grip the bottles in a uniform direction and place them onto the servo-adjustable station conveyor 1. The output end of the servo-adjustable station conveyor 1 is provided with a bottle delivery conveyor 7, which is used to transport the bottles to the next process. By using bottle conveyors 2 and servo-adjustable station conveyors 1 arranged side by side with opposite conveying directions, the footprint of bottle conveying is shortened, and the equipment is miniaturized. Multiple robotic grippers 4 work together to improve bottle transfer efficiency, thereby improving overall bottle handling efficiency.

[0037] Specifically, the bottle screening unit 5 includes a frame 5-1 and a bottle screening conveyor 5-2 fixed on the frame 5-1. Multiple parallel bottle separating rods 5-3 extending along the conveying direction are mounted on the conveying plane of the bottle screening conveyor 5-2. The distance between adjacent bottle separating rods is slightly larger than the width of the bottle. Symmetrically arranged at both ends are equal-distance adjustment mechanisms 5-4 composed of scissor fork telescopic components and screw adjustment components. The two ends of the bottle separating rods 5-3 are respectively connected to the corresponding output nodes of the equal-distance adjustment mechanisms. The frame 5-1 is also equipped with a synchronization component 5-5. The two equal-distance adjustment mechanisms 5-4 are connected through the synchronization component 5-5 to realize the equal-distance synchronous movement of the bottle separating rods 5-3, so as to meet the bottle separation requirements of different bottle sizes.

[0038] The bottle bodies output by the bottle upper part 6 are automatically combed by the bottle separating rod 5-3 in the process of falling to the sieve bottle conveyor 5-2, and basically can be arranged in length direction on the conveying plane, but a small amount of bottle bodies will be in a vertical state on the conveying plane, which is not conducive to the subsequent flattening operation. Therefore, a bottle overturning assembly is arranged at the outlet of the sieve bottle conveyor 5-2. Specifically, the rack 5-1 is provided with a support frame 5-6 near the outlet of the sieve bottle conveyor 5-2, the top of the support frame 5-6 is provided with a hand wheel screw rod assembly 5-7, the output end of the hand wheel screw rod assembly 5-7 is fixedly connected with a frame 5-8, the bottle overturning assembly is installed on the frame 5-8, and longitudinal adjustment is realized to meet the bottle overturning requirements of different bottle bodies. The bottle overturning assembly comprises a bottle overturning motor 5-9 fixedly connected with the frame 5-8 and a rotating shaft 5-10 coaxially fixedly connected with the output end of the bottle overturning motor 5-9 and rotatably installed on the frame 5-8, the rotating shaft 5-10 is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the sieve bottle conveyor 5-2, a plurality of bottle overturning plates 5-11 are uniformly arranged on the rotating shaft 5-10 in the circumferential direction, and the minimum distance between the bottle overturning plates 5-11 and the conveying plane of the sieve bottle conveyor 5-2 is slightly higher than the height of the bottle body when it is lying flat, so that the bottle body lying flat can be smoothly output to the bottle conveying conveyor 2, and the vertical bottle body is output after being laid down.

[0039] The bottle conveying conveyor 2 adopts a belt conveyor, and the conveying belt surface of the belt conveyor is uniformly provided with convex points, which effectively solves the problem that the bottles are easily shaken on the belt and cause the grabbing to fail, and further improves the bottle sorting efficiency. The robot grabbing part 4 adopts a spider robot, which has a simple structure and flexible grabbing. The first bottle returning conveyor 8 opposite to the conveying direction of the bottle conveying conveyor 2 is arranged below the bottle conveying conveyor 2, the input end of the first bottle returning conveyor 8 extends to the right end of the bottle conveying conveyor 2 and is provided with a bottle blocking plate 8-1, and the second bottle returning conveyor 9 is connected between the output end of the first bottle returning conveyor 8 and the bottle upper part 6. The two bottle returning conveyors form a bottle returning channel, so that the bottle bodies not transferred by the robot grabbing part can automatically return to the original position and be recharged, thereby realizing automatic circulation.

[0040] The servo adjusting station conveyor 1 comprises three groups of independently controlled station conveyors 1-1 arranged in sequence and side by side. The station conveyor is a chain plate conveyor, which has a longer service life and can better maintain the correct positioning of the product and improve the conveying accuracy because the surface of the chain plate is flat and separated. The conveying plane of each station conveyor 1-1 is provided with station partitions 1-2 at equal intervals, and the station partitions 1-2 are arranged in alignment along the conveying direction of the station conveyor 1-1, thereby forming a plurality of out-bottle stations with adjustable intervals. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the station partitions 1-2 are arranged in the conveying plane of the station conveyor 1-1, and the conveying plane is divided into a plurality of conveying channels 1-3, each conveying channel 1-3 is provided with a plurality of out-bottle stations 1-4, and the conveying channels 1-3 are arranged in parallel and are provided with a plurality of out-bottle stations 1-4. Figure 3, three work position conveyors are marked as 1-1a, 1-1b and 1-1c respectively, and the work position partitions are marked as 1-2a, 1-2b and 1-2c respectively, and the work position partitions 1-2b and 1-2c are adjusted through 1-1b and 1-1c to form different partition work positions, when the bottles are large, only the work positions formed by 1-2a and 1-2b in front are used, and when the bottles are small, two work positions formed between 1-2a and 1-2c and between 1-2b and 1-2c are used, in the same conveying space, not only the bottle output positions are increased, but also more size bottle output positions can be realized, the use is more flexible, different sizes of bottles can be better compatible, the use range is wider and the conveying efficiency of the bottles is improved.

[0041] The bottle righting assembly is provided near the outlet of the servo adjusting work position conveyor 1, the bottle righting assembly comprises a bottle blocking guardrail and a bottle guiding track arranged oppositely, the bottle guiding track is arranged on one side of the bottle mouth of the servo adjusting work position conveyor, and is curved and extended towards the conveying center in the conveying direction and gradually increases in height. The inlet of the bottle output conveying part 7 is provided with a bottle output clamping part 10, the bottle output clamping part 10 is a servo belt clamping machine, so that the bottles can be more stably kept in an upright state during output, and bottle falling is avoided.

[0042] The working process of the embodiment is as follows: the bottles in the bottle storage and feeding part 6 are uniformly conveyed to the bottle screening part 5, the bottle screening part 5 conveys the bottles to the bottle conveying machine 2 in a state that the length direction is parallel to the belt conveying direction, the visual detection part 3 records the bottle position information and transmits the information to the robot grabbing part 4, the suction cup at the end of the robot grabbing part 4 sucks and lays the bottles between the corresponding work position partitions of the servo adjusting work position conveyor 1, the flatly laid bottles are righted by the bottle righting assembly, the righted bottles are clamped and transferred to the bottle output conveying part 7 by the bottle output clamping part 10, and the bottles not grabbed are conveyed to the bottle storage and feeding part 6 again through the bottle returning channel.

[0043] The above specific embodiments further illustrate the purpose, technical scheme and beneficial effects of the utility model, and it should be understood that the above description is only for specific embodiments of the utility model and is not used to limit the utility model, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the utility model should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A servo-adjustable station conveyor, characterized in that: It includes at least three independently controlled station conveyors arranged side by side and adjacent to each other. Each station conveyor has station partitions installed at equal intervals on its conveying plane. The station partitions are aligned and arranged along the conveying direction of the station conveyor, thereby forming multiple bottle outlet stations with adjustable spacing.

2. The servo-adjustable station conveyor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The workstation conveyor is a chain conveyor.

3. A bottle unscrambler, characterized in that: The system includes a servo-adjustable station conveyor as described in any one of claims 1 to 2, and a bottle-feeding conveyor arranged side-by-side with the servo-adjustable station conveyor but in the opposite direction of conveying. The bottle-feeding conveyor is equipped with a vision inspection unit and multiple robot gripping units connected to the vision inspection unit in sequence along the conveying direction. A bottle screening unit is provided at the inlet, and a bottle storage and loading unit is provided on the side of the bottle screening unit. The outlet of the bottle storage and loading unit is located above the bottle screening unit and is used to automatically feed bottles to the bottle screening unit. The bottle screening unit adjusts the randomly distributed bottles so that the length direction of the bottles is aligned with the conveying direction. After the vision inspection unit marks the state and position of the bottles, the robot gripping unit grips the bottles in a uniform direction and places them into the corresponding bottle-out station of the servo-adjustable station conveyor. The output end of the servo-adjustable station conveyor is provided with a bottle-out conveying unit for conveying the bottles to the next process.

4. A bottle unscrambler according to claim 3, characterized in that: The bottle screening section includes a frame and a bottle screening conveyor fixed on the frame. The conveying plane of the bottle screening conveyor is equipped with equally spaced and adjustable bottle separating rods. The spacing between adjacent bottle separating rods is adapted to the width of the bottle. The outlet is equipped with a bottle inverting component that can be adjusted longitudinally.

5. A bottle unscrambler according to claim 4, characterized in that: The bottle-inverting assembly includes a bottle-inverting motor and a rotating shaft coaxially fixed to the output end of the bottle-inverting motor. The rotating shaft is horizontally arranged and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the bottle-screening conveyor. The rotating shaft is evenly provided with multiple bottle-inverting plates along the circumference. The minimum distance between the bottle-inverting plates and the conveying plane of the bottle-screening conveyor is adapted to the height of the bottle when it is lying flat.

6. A bottle unscrambler according to claim 3, characterized in that: The bottle conveyor is a belt conveyor, and the surface of the conveyor belt is evenly distributed with protrusions.

7. A bottle unscrambler according to claim 3, characterized in that: The servo-adjustable station conveyor is equipped with a bottle straightening component near the outlet. The bottle straightening component includes a bottle-blocking guardrail and a bottle-guided track arranged opposite each other. The bottle-guided track is located on the bottle-mouth side of the servo-adjustable station conveyor, and extends in a curved manner towards the conveying center along the conveying direction with its height gradually increasing.

8. A bottle unscrambler according to claim 7, characterized in that: The bottle-out conveying unit is equipped with a bottle-out clamping part at its entrance, which is a servo belt clamping machine.

9. A bottle unscrambler according to claim 8, characterized in that: The bottle delivery conveyor is a suction conveyor.

10. A bottle unscrambler according to claim 3, characterized in that: Below the bottle feeding conveyor is a first bottle return conveyor with the opposite conveying direction. The input end of the first bottle return conveyor extends to the outer end of the bottle feeding conveyor and is equipped with a bottle baffle. The output end is connected to the upper bottle section of the storage bottle by a second bottle return conveyor.

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