Automobile cooling fin feeding and discharging workbench

By designing a rotating platform and workpiece placement components for loading and unloading automotive radiators, the safety risks and low efficiency of manual loading and unloading were solved, enabling rapid and precise automated loading by robots, thus improving the efficiency and safety of electroplating processes.

CN223920433UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-17SUZHOU LINGRUIYUAN INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520462230.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-17
Publication Date
2026-02-17
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-17

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Technical Problem

In the current automotive heat sink manufacturing process, manual loading and unloading poses safety risks and is inefficient, failing to meet the needs of automated loading and unloading by industrial robots.

Method used

A loading and unloading workbench for automotive heat sinks was designed, comprising a rotating platform and multiple workpiece placement components. The workpiece position is sensed by sensors, and the workpiece is automatically rotated and positioned by a rotation drive component. A stop component ensures accurate material handling, and a protective shell and safety light curtain are provided for safety.

Benefits of technology

It improves the material handling speed of industrial robots and the efficiency of electroplating, ensures the positioning accuracy and safety of workpieces, and realizes an uninterrupted automated feeding process.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a feeding and discharging workbench for automobile cooling fins. The feeding and discharging workbench comprises a workbench body and a rotating platform rotationally arranged on the workbench body. A plurality of workpiece containing assemblies are arranged on the rotating platform, each workpiece containing assembly comprises a left supporting carrier and a right supporting carrier which are oppositely arranged, and the upper surfaces of the left supporting carriers and the upper surfaces of the right supporting carriers are downwards provided with first containing grooves used for containing second workpieces. And a placing groove II for placing a workpiece I is downwards formed in the bottom surface part of one side, close to each other, of each of the two placing grooves I. According to the utility model, the industrial robot can quickly take materials conveniently, and the feeding speed and the electroplating processing efficiency of the automobile cooling fins are improved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of automobile cooling fin processing, and particularly relates to an automobile cooling fin feeding and discharging workbench. BACKGROUND

[0002] The automobile cooling fin is a device for radiating the accessories prone to heat in the automobile, which is usually made of aluminum alloy, brass or bronze into a plate, a sheet or multiple sheets. The cooling fin often needs to be electroplated in the production process. The electroplating is a process of plating a thin layer of other metal or alloy on the surface of some metal by electrolysis. It is a technology of attaching a metal film to the surface of a metal or other material part by electrolysis, so as to prevent corrosion, improve wear resistance, electrical conductivity, light reflectivity and aesthetics. This technology can effectively improve the performance and appearance of automobile parts.

[0003] In the process of automobile cooling fin processing, workers usually manually put the workpieces into the dismounting workbench so that the workpieces can be placed in the corresponding carriers for subsequent electroplating. Such feeding and discharging process is manually operated, which is prone to cause safety accidents and risks, and the efficiency of manual operation is not high, which affects normal production. Therefore, a device capable of automatic feeding and discharging is needed. Therefore, the industrial robot is assisted to realize automatic feeding and discharging of the workpieces. However, a workbench for storing the workpieces is needed during the feeding and discharging process of the industrial robot, which is used for arranging and stacking the workpieces for the industrial robot to clamp and feed.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to provide an automobile cooling fin feeding and discharging workbench to solve the above problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] In order to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings, the utility model aims at providing an automobile cooling fin feeding and discharging workbench, which facilitates the industrial robot to quickly take materials and improves the feeding speed of the automobile cooling fin and the electroplating processing efficiency.

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purposes, the utility model adopts the technical scheme of an automobile cooling fin feeding and discharging workbench, which comprises a table body and a rotating platform rotatably arranged on the table body. A plurality of workpiece placing assemblies are arranged on the rotating platform. Each workpiece placing assembly comprises a left supporting carrier and a right supporting carrier arranged oppositely. A placing groove one for placing a workpiece two is formed downward on the upper surface of each of the left supporting carrier and the right supporting carrier. A placing groove two for placing a workpiece one is formed downward on the bottom surface of the side of the two placing grooves one close to each other.

[0007] Further, a left supporting carrier and a right supporting carrier are respectively provided with a left circular hole one and a right circular hole two along the height direction thereof. A positioning column is arranged on the placing groove two. Figure 4 With5 The setting of the first and second clearance holes can provide clearance for the placement of the workpiece two, and ensure that the workpiece two can be placed stably.

[0008] Further, the upper surface of the table body is provided with a plurality of sensors, and each sensor corresponds to the position below a workpiece placing assembly.

[0009] The sensor can sense in real time whether a workpiece is placed on the corresponding workpiece placing assembly, so as to avoid the phenomenon of material shortage.

[0010] Further, the workpiece placing assembly is arranged on the opposite two side edges of the rotating platform, so that the workpiece one or the workpiece two can be placed on the workpiece placing assembly by the worker.

[0011] Further, the bottom of the rotating platform is connected to the upper surface of the table body through a rotating driving member. The rotating driving member drives the rotating platform to rotate, so that the workpiece one or the workpiece two placed thereon can be rotated to the robot material taking area, which can effectively improve the feeding speed of the automobile heat sink and the material taking speed of the robot, and realize uninterrupted feeding of the automobile heat sink.

[0012] Further, the table body is symmetrically provided with two stop assemblies along a first direction thereof, and each stop assembly comprises a stop seat, a stop column horizontally arranged on the top of the stop seat, and a stop disc arranged on one side of the stop column close to the robot material taking area.

[0013] The first direction is a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the workpiece placing assembly.

[0014] Further, the lower surface of the rotating platform is provided with an abutting plate parallel to the length direction of the workpiece placing assembly. When the rotating platform rotates 180 degrees in the forward direction or the reverse direction, the front surface or the back surface of the abutting plate can contact one of the stop discs. When the rotating driving member drives the rotating platform to rotate 180 degrees, the abutting plate arranged on the rotating platform abuts against one of the stop discs and cannot continue to rotate in the original direction, so as to ensure that the workpiece placed on the rotating platform is placed in place and the accuracy of the robot material taking is ensured.

[0015] Further, the table body is further provided with a protective shell, and the protective shell is provided with a safety light curtain.

[0016] The utility model discloses the beneficial effects of:

[0017] The utility model discloses a plurality of workpiece placing assemblies cooperate with each other, and the two ends of workpiece one can be directly placed in the placing groove no. 2 on the left supporting tool and the right supporting tool, the two ends of workpiece two can be directly placed in the placing groove no. 1 on the left supporting tool and the right supporting tool, and different models of automobile radiators can be supported and positioned through the same workpiece placing assembly, thereby effectively improving the applicability of the workbench, and the horizontal displacement of the workpiece can be effectively avoided during the rotation of the rotating platform, so as to prevent the material taking accuracy of the robot from being affected, thereby facilitating the rapid material taking of the industrial robot, and improving the feeding speed of the automobile radiator and the electroplating processing efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is the overall structure axis side view of an embodiment of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 2 It is the overall structure axis side view of workpiece placing assembly of an embodiment of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 3 It is the overall structure axis side view of rotating platform of an embodiment of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 4 It is the overall structure axis side view of workpiece one in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 5 It is the overall structure axis side view of workpiece two in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0023] In the drawing: 1, table body; 2, protective shell; 3, safety light curtain; 4, rotating drive part; 5, rotating platform; 6, sensor; 7, workpiece placing assembly; 71, left supporting tool; 72, right supporting tool; 73, placing groove no. 1; 74, placing groove no. 2; 75, let go round hole no. 1; 76, let go round hole no. 2; 77, positioning column; 8, workpiece one; 9, workpiece two; 10, stopper assembly; 101, stopper seat; 102, stopper column; 103, stopper disc; 11, abutment plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The preferred embodiments of the utility model are described in detail below with reference to the drawings, so that the advantages and characteristics of the utility model can be more easily understood by the person skilled in the art, and the protection scope of the utility model is more clearly and explicitly defined.

[0025] Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 to 5 The utility model discloses a kind of automobile radiator feeding and discharging workbench in an embodiment, including table body 1 and the rotating platform 5 being rotatably arranged on it;The rotating platform 5 is provided with multiple workpiece placing assemblies 7, referring to the drawings, Figure 1 、 4, 5, each workpiece placing assembly 7 can be adapted to different models of workpiece one 8 or workpiece two 9 placing positioning, improve the applicability of the workpiece placing assembly 7. Workpiece one 8 or workpiece two 9 is placed on the workpiece placing assembly 7, its position in the horizontal direction will not shift, to ensure the accuracy of the subsequent robot automatic grabbing workpiece.

[0026] It should be noted that the above workpiece one 8 for workpiece two 9 respectively for different models of automobile heat sink.

[0027] The workpiece placing assembly 7 includes the left supporting carrier 71 and the right supporting carrier 72, the left supporting carrier 71 and the right supporting carrier 72 are not connected, the upper surface of the left supporting carrier 71 and the right supporting carrier 72 are downwardly provided with placing grooves one 73 for placing workpiece two 9, and the bottom surface of the side of the two placing grooves one 73 close to each other is downwardly provided with placing grooves two 74 for placing workpiece one 8. The placing grooves one 73 are located above the placing grooves two 74 and are connected with each other.

[0028] The two ends of the workpiece one 8 can be directly placed in the placing grooves two 74 on the left supporting carrier 71 and the right supporting carrier 72, and the two ends of the workpiece two 9 can be directly placed in the placing grooves one 73 on the left supporting carrier 71 and the right supporting carrier 72. Different models of automobile heat sink can be supported and positioned by the same workpiece placing assembly 7, effectively improving the applicability of the workbench, and effectively avoiding the displacement of the workpiece in the horizontal direction during the rotation of the rotating platform 5, so as to avoid affecting the precision of the robot taking material, thereby facilitating the rapid taking of material by the industrial robot, improving the feeding speed of the automobile heat sink and the electroplating processing efficiency.

[0029] The left supporting carrier 71 and the right supporting carrier 72 are respectively provided with a let round hole one 75 and a let round hole two 76 along the height direction thereof, and the placing grooves two 74 are provided with a positioning column 77. Figure 4 With 5 The let round hole one 75 and the let round hole two 76 can let the workpiece two 9 to be placed stably, and the positioning column 77 also has a guiding and positioning effect on the placement of the workpiece one 8 on the workpiece placing assembly 7.

[0030] The upper surface of the table body 1 is provided with a plurality of sensors 6, and each sensor 6 corresponds to the lower side of a workpiece placing assembly 7.

[0031] The sensor 6 can sense whether there is a workpiece on the corresponding workpiece placing assembly 7 in real time, so as to avoid the phenomenon of lack of material.

[0032] The workpiece placing assembly 7 is arranged on the opposite two side edges of the rotating platform 5. It is convenient for workers to place workpiece one 8 or workpiece two 9 on the workpiece placing assembly 7.

[0033] Specifically, when the worker loads the workpieces on the workpiece placing assemblies 7 on one side of the rotating platform 5, the rotating platform 5 rotates by 180 degrees to rotate the workpiece placing assemblies 7 on the other side to the side of the worker, so as to facilitate the worker to load the workpieces.

[0034] In some embodiments, two workpiece placing assemblies 7 are arranged on the same side of the rotating platform 5, and a sensor 6 is arranged below each workpiece placing assembly 7. A through hole is formed in the rotating platform 5 corresponding to the sensor 6 to avoid interference with the sensing of the sensor 6.

[0035] In use, the worker places the workpiece one 8 or the workpiece two 9 on the two workpiece placing assemblies 7 on the same side. After the sensor 6 senses the workpieces, the sensor 6 transmits a signal to an external controller. The external controller controls the rotating drive 4 to drive the rotating platform 5 to rotate by 180 degrees to rotate the side of the rotating platform 5 on which no workpieces are placed to the side of the worker, so that the worker continues to load the workpieces. The side on which the workpieces are placed is rotated to the below of the robot to facilitate the robot to quickly take the workpieces. After the worker loads the workpieces on the side on which no workpieces are placed, the sensor 6 continues to sense, and the external controller drives the rotating platform 5 to rotate by 180 degrees in the reverse direction to reset the rotating platform 5. Meanwhile, the robot can continue to take the workpieces. The above operation is repeated to realize the uninterrupted loading of the automobile heat sinks.

[0036] The rotating platform 5 is connected to the upper surface of the table body 1 through the rotating drive 4. The rotating drive 4 drives the rotating platform 5 to rotate to rotate the workpiece one 8 or the workpiece two 9 placed thereon to the robot taking area, which can effectively improve the loading speed of the automobile heat sinks and the taking speed of the robot, and realize the uninterrupted loading of the automobile heat sinks.

[0037] In some embodiments, the rotating drive 4 can be a known mechanical mechanism such as a driving motor or a indexing disc that can drive rotation.

[0038] The table body 1 is symmetrically provided with two stop assemblies 10 along a first direction thereof. The stop assembly 10 comprises a stop seat 101, a stop column 102 horizontally arranged on the top of the stop seat 101, and a stop disc 103 arranged on the side of the stop column 102 close to the robot taking area.

[0039] The first direction is a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the workpiece placing assembly 7.

[0040] The lower surface of the rotating platform 5 is provided with an abutting plate 11 parallel to the length direction of the workpiece placing assembly 7, and the front surface or the back surface of the abutting plate 11 can contact with one of the stop discs 103 when the rotating platform 5 rotates 180 degrees in the forward direction or the reverse direction. When the rotating driving member 4 drives the rotating platform 5 to rotate 180 degrees, the abutting plate 11 provided on the rotating platform 5 abuts against one of the stop discs 103, and cannot continue to rotate in the original direction, so as to ensure that the workpiece placed on the rotating platform 5 is placed in place, and the accuracy of the robot taking the workpiece is ensured.

[0041] The platform body 1 is further provided with a protective shell 2, and the protective shell 2 is provided with a safety light curtain 3.

[0042] In some embodiments, the protective shell 2 is arranged on the platform body 1 near the side of the external robot taking the workpiece, so as to prevent the robot from causing damage to the workers on one side of the platform body 1 during the operation of taking the workpiece, and ensure the safety of the workers during work.

[0043] Specifically, referring to the drawings, Figure 1 The protective shell 2 on the platform body 1 is arranged in a U shape, and the safety light curtain 3 is symmetrically arranged on the short side of the U-shaped protective shell 2. When the hands of the workers are located in the detection area of the safety light curtain 3, the safety light curtain 3 senses and feeds back signals to the external controller, and the external controller can control the robot not to work at this time, so as to avoid accidentally injuring the workers.

[0044] The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical concept and characteristics of the present application, and the purpose is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present application and implement it, and cannot limit the protection scope of the present application. Any equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit and essence of the present application should be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A loading and unloading workbench for automotive heat sinks, characterized in that: The utility model provides a workpiece placing assembly and a workpiece placing device, and the workpiece placing assembly comprises a left supporting carrier and a right supporting carrier which are oppositely arranged on the rotating platform, and the upper surfaces of the left supporting carrier and the right supporting carrier are both provided with a placing groove one for placing a workpiece two, and the bottom surfaces of the two placing groove ones which are close to each other are both provided with a placing groove two for placing a workpiece one.

2. The feeding and discharging workbench for the automobile cooling fins according to claim 1, characterized in that: The left supporting carrier and the right supporting carrier are respectively provided with a let -out circular hole one and a let -out circular hole two along the height direction of the left supporting carrier and the right supporting carrier, and the placing groove two is provided with a positioning column.

3. The feeding and discharging workbench for the automobile cooling fins according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper surface of the table body is provided with a plurality of sensors, and each sensor corresponds to a workpiece placing assembly below.

4. The loading and unloading worktable for the automobile cooling fins according to claim 1, characterized in that: The workpiece placing assembly is arranged on the opposite two side edges of the rotating platform.

5. The loading and unloading worktable for the automobile cooling fins according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom of the rotating platform is connected with the upper surface of the table body through a rotating driving element.

6. The loading and unloading worktable for the automobile cooling fins according to claim 1, characterized in that: The table body is symmetrically provided with two stop components along the first direction of the table body, the stop component comprises a stop seat, the top of the stop seat is horizontally provided with a stop column, and one side of the stop column close to the robot taking material is provided with a stop disc.

7. The loading and unloading worktable of the automobile cooling fin according to claim 6, characterized in that: The lower surface of the rotating platform is provided with an abutting plate which is parallel to the length direction of the workpiece placing assembly, and when the rotating platform rotates 180 degrees in the forward direction or the reverse direction, the front surface or the back surface of the abutting plate can contact one of the stop discs.

8. The loading and unloading worktable of the automobile cooling fin according to claim 1, characterized in that: The table body is further provided with a protective shell, and the protective shell is provided with a safety light curtain.