Steel sheet feeding machine

By combining circular and flexible vibration feeding methods with visual inspection and robotic arms, the steel sheet feeding process is automated and precisely positioned, solving the problems of low efficiency and inaccurate positioning of manual feeding, and improving work efficiency and yield.

CN223950254UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-27ZHUHAI BOJAY ELECTRONICS
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520141506.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-21
Publication Date
2026-02-27
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-21

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Technical Problem

The existing steel sheet feeding process relies on manual operation, resulting in low work efficiency and inaccurate feeding position, which affects the yield rate.

Method used

A combination of circular and flexible vibration feeding methods, along with a vision inspection mechanism and a robotic arm, is used to achieve automated feeding. The precise positioning and placement of steel sheets are accomplished through the cooperation of visual recognition and the robotic arm.

Benefits of technology

It improves the automation level of material feeding, reduces labor intensity, increases work efficiency, and improves the yield rate through precise position control.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of steel sheet feeding, in particular to a steel sheet feeding machine which comprises a machine frame, a machine cover is installed at the top end of the machine frame, and a touch screen is embedded in the surface of the machine cover. Two feeding mechanisms are fixedly connected to the surface of the rack. The surface of the rack is connected with a visual inspection mechanism; feeding manipulators with manipulator cameras are arranged on the two sides of the surface of the rack correspondingly, and two sets of backflow conveying lines and assembling conveying lines which are arranged side by side and provided with carriers and blocking jacking mechanisms are installed on one side of the surface of the rack. A no-load tool carrying module is fixed to the surface of the rack. According to the automatic feeding device, the automation degree is improved, the labor intensity during feeding is reduced, and the working efficiency is improved; and the whole feeding process is automatically completed by a machine, and detection is performed through the upper camera and the lower camera, so that the feeding position is relatively accurate, and the subsequent yield is increased.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to steel sheet feeding technical field, concretely is a kind of steel sheet feeding machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] Steel sheet, material is imported stainless steel by heat treatment precision grinding and is made, with high precision, strong tensile, good finish, toughness, not easy to break the characteristics, steel sheet is loaded as spare part when using.

[0003] The existing steel sheet is manually operated when feeding, and the automation degree in the feeding process is low, so the labor intensity during feeding is increased, and the working efficiency is reduced. Moreover, since the entire feeding process needs to be manually operated, the position during feeding is not accurate enough, thereby reducing the subsequent good product rate. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model aims at providing a kind of steel sheet feeding machine to solve the problems of manual operation of the existing steel sheet when feeding, low working efficiency and inaccurate feeding position in the above background art.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a kind of steel sheet feeding machine, including rack, the top of the rack is equipped with machine cover, and the surface of machine cover is inlaid with touch screen;Two groups of feeding mechanisms are fixedly connected on the surface of the rack, and the feeding mechanism is used for the feeding work of steel sheet;Visual detection mechanism is connected on the surface of the rack, and the visual detection mechanism is used for the detection work when feeding;The feeding manipulator with mechanical hand camera is arranged on the both sides of the surface of the rack, and two groups of backflow conveying line and assembly conveying line with carrier and blocking top lifting mechanism are installed on one side of the surface of the rack, the backflow conveying line is convenient for the feeding work of carrier;The surface of the rack is fixed with empty carrier handling module.

[0006] Preferably, the feeding mechanism includes a circular vibration and a flexible vibration, and the circular vibration is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack.

[0007] Preferably, the flexible vibration is installed on one side of the surface of the rack and located at the side of the circular vibration, and the flexible vibration is butt-jointed with the circular vibration, and the circular vibration uniformly feeds into the flexible vibration, and the flexible vibration can disperse the gathered steel sheets.

[0008] Preferably, the visual detection mechanism includes a gantry and an upper camera, and the gantry is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack.

[0009] Preferably, the upper camera is installed at both ends of the top of the gantry, and the upper camera can identify the position and state of the material through vision, and guide two feeding manipulators to suck the material from the flexible vibration.

[0010] Preferably, the surface of the rack is also provided with two groups of lower cameras capable of identifying the position and state of the material sucked by the backflow conveying line through vision.

[0011] Preferably, the empty carrier conveying module comprises a support frame, a linear module and a material suction nozzle, the support frame is fixed to the surface of the rack, the surface of the support frame is provided with the linear module, and the sliding end of the linear module is fixed with the material suction nozzle.

[0012] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the steel sheet feeding machine are as follows: the steel sheet feeding machine adopts circular vibration feeding and soft vibration feeding, the circular vibration feeds the steel sheets uniformly into the soft vibration, and the soft vibration disperses the gathered steel sheets; then the upper camera identifies the position and state of the material through vision, guides the feeding manipulator to suck the material from the soft vibration; then the feeding manipulator moves to the lower camera shooting position after sucking the material from the soft vibration, the lower camera identifies the position and state of the sucked material through vision; then the feeding manipulator moves to the manipulator camera shooting position, the manipulator camera identifies the position and state of the carrier through vision and guides the manipulator to put the steel sheet into the carrier acupoint, and finally the feeding manipulator moves to the material placing position and places the material into the carrier in sequence; the carrier is conveyed to the steel sheet feeding machine from the subsequent machine through the carrier backflow conveying line, the empty carrier conveying module conveys the carrier from the backflow line to the assembly conveying line, the assembly conveying line conveys the carrier to the blocking jacking mechanism for jacking and positioning, and waits for steel sheet assembly. The automatic degree is improved, the labor intensity during feeding is reduced, and the work efficiency is improved; moreover, the whole feeding process is automatically completed by the machine, the position during feeding is relatively accurate due to the detection of the upper camera and the lower camera, and therefore the yield rate of the subsequent process is increased. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional appearance structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional internal structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 It is a top enlarged structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 It is an explosion structure schematic view of the utility model.

[0017] In the drawing: 1, rack; 2, machine cover; 21, touch screen; 3, feeding mechanism; 31, circular vibration; 32, soft vibration; 4, backflow conveying line; 5, vision detection mechanism; 51, gantry frame; 52, upper camera; 6, feeding manipulator; 7, empty carrier conveying module; 71, support frame; 72, linear module; 73, material suction nozzle; 8, lower camera; 9, assembly conveying line. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third", "upper", "lower", "left", "right" and the like are only used for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance. Meanwhile, in the description of the utility model, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "connected", "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; it can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0019] The structure of the steel sheet feeding machine provided by the utility model is shown as Figure 1 The surface of the rack 1 is fixedly connected with two groups of feeding mechanisms 3, the feeding mechanisms 3 are used for the feeding work of steel sheets, the feeding mechanism 3 comprises a circular vibrator 31 and a flexible vibrator 32, the circular vibrator 31 is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack 1, the flexible vibrator 32 is installed on one side of the circular vibrator 31 on the surface of the rack 1, the flexible vibrator 32 is in butt joint with the circular vibrator 31, and the circular vibrator 31 uniformly feeds into the flexible vibrator 32, and the flexible vibrator 32 can disperse the gathered steel sheets.

[0020] In implementation, the circular vibrator 31 and the flexible vibrator 32 are used for feeding, the circular vibrator 31 uniformly feeds into the flexible vibrator 32, and the flexible vibrator 32 disperses the gathered steel sheets.

[0021] Further, as shown in Figure 2 , the surface of the rack 1 is connected with a visual detection mechanism 5, the visual detection mechanism 5 is used for the detection work during feeding, the visual detection mechanism 5 comprises a gantry 51 and an upper camera 52, the gantry 51 is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack 1, and the upper camera 52 is installed at both ends of the top of the gantry 51, the upper camera 52 can identify the position and state of the material through vision, and guide two feeding mechanical hands 6 to suck the material from the flexible vibrator 32.

[0022] In implementation, the upper camera 52 identifies the position and state of the material through vision, and guides the feeding mechanical hand 6 to suck the material from the flexible vibrator 32.

[0023] Further, as shown in Figure 2, Figure and the figure shown, the surface of the rack 1 both sides are provided with a mechanical hand camera feeding mechanical hand 6, the surface of the rack 1 is installed with two groups of parallelly arranged with carrier and blocking top lifting mechanism of reflow conveyor line 4 and assembly conveyor line 9, the reflow conveyor line 4 facilitates the feeding work of the carrier, the surface of the rack 1 is also installed with two groups of lower camera 8, the lower camera 8 can identify the position and state of the material sucked by the reflow conveyor line 4 through vision; The surface of the rack 1 is fixed with an empty carrier carrying module 7, the empty carrier carrying module 7 comprises a support frame 71, a linear module 72 and a suction nozzle 73, the support frame 71 is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack 1, and the surface of the support frame 71 is installed with the linear module 72, and the sliding end of the linear module 72 is fixedly connected with the suction nozzle 73, and the suction nozzle 73 is used to carry the carrier in the reflow conveyor line 4 to the assembly conveyor line 9.

[0024] When implemented, the feeding mechanical hand 6 moves to the mechanical hand camera shooting position, the mechanical hand camera identifies the position and state of the carrier through vision and guides the mechanical hand to put the steel sheet into the carrier acupoint, the feeding mechanical hand 6 moves to the feeding position and sequentially puts the material into the carrier; Then the carrier circulation: the carrier is carried from the subsequent machine to the steel sheet feeding machine through the carrier reflow conveyor line 4, the empty carrier carrying module 7 carries the carrier from the reflow conveyor line 4 to the assembly conveyor line 9, and the assembly conveyor line 9 carries the carrier to the blocking top lifting mechanism for positioning.

[0025] Working principle: first, feeding: the feeding mode of circular vibration 31 and soft vibration 32 is adopted, the circular vibration 31 uniformly supplements the soft vibration 32, and the soft vibration 32 disperses the gathered steel sheets; Then take the material: the upper camera 52 identifies the position and state of the material through vision, and guides the feeding mechanical hand 6 to suck the material from the soft vibration 32.

[0026] Then the steel sheet positioning: the feeding mechanical hand 6 sequentially sucks the material from the soft vibration 32 and moves to the lower camera 8 shooting position, the lower camera 8 identifies the position and state of the sucked material through vision; Then the carrier positioning: the feeding mechanical hand 6 moves to the mechanical hand camera shooting position, the mechanical hand camera identifies the position and state of the carrier through vision and guides the mechanical hand to put the steel sheet into the carrier acupoint.

[0027] Finally, feeding: the feeding mechanical hand 6 moves to the feeding position and sequentially puts the material into the carrier; Then the carrier circulation: the carrier is carried from the subsequent machine to the steel sheet feeding machine through the carrier reflow conveyor line 4, the empty carrier carrying module 7 carries the carrier from the reflow conveyor line 4 to the assembly conveyor line 9, and the assembly conveyor line 9 carries the carrier to the blocking top lifting mechanism for positioning, and waits for the steel sheet assembly.

[0028] It is apparent for a person skilled in the art that the present application is not restricted to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other concrete forms without departing from the spirit or the essential characteristics of the present application. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered as exemplary only, and not limiting, the scope of the present application being defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and all changes coming within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the claims concerned.

Claims

1. A steel sheet feeding machine comprising a frame (1), characterized in that: The top end of the rack (1) is provided with a hood (2), and the surface of the hood (2) is inlaid with a touch screen (21); the surface of the rack (1) is fixedly connected with two groups of feeding mechanisms (3), which are used for the feeding work of steel sheets; the surface of the rack (1) is connected with a visual detection mechanism (5), which is used for detection work during feeding; both sides of the surface of the rack (1) are provided with feeding manipulators (6), and one side of the surface of the rack (1) is provided with two groups of backflow conveying lines (4) and assembly conveying lines (9) arranged side by side, the backflow conveying line (4) facilitates the feeding work of the carrier; the surface of the rack (1) is fixedly provided with an empty carrier carrying module (7).

2. A steel sheet feeding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding mechanism (3) comprises a circular vibration (31) and a flexible vibration (32), and the circular vibration (31) is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack (1).

3. A steel sheet feeding machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The surface of the rack (1) and located on one side of the circular vibration (31) is provided with a flexible vibration (32), and the flexible vibration (32) is connected with the circular vibration (31), and the circular vibration (31) uniformly supplements the flexible vibration (32), and the flexible vibration (32) can disperse the steel sheets gathered together.

4. A steel sheet feeding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The visual detection mechanism (5) comprises a gantry (51) and an upper camera (52), and the gantry (51) is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack (1).

5. A steel sheet feeding machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The upper camera (52) is installed at both ends of the top of the gantry (51), which can identify the position and state of the material through vision and guide two feeding manipulators (6) to suck the material from the flexible vibration (32).

6. A steel sheet feeding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The surface of the rack (1) is also provided with two groups of lower cameras (8), which can identify the position and state of the material sucked by the backflow conveying line (4) through vision.

7. A steel sheet feeding machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The empty carrier carrying module (7) comprises a support frame (71), a linear module (72) and a suction nozzle (73), the support frame (71) is fixedly connected to the surface of the rack (1), and the surface of the support frame (71) is provided with a linear module (72), and the sliding end of the linear module (72) is fixedly provided with a suction nozzle (73), which is used for carrying the carrier in the backflow conveying line (4) to the assembly conveying line (9).