Upper and lower brick grading stacking system

Abstract

The utility model discloses an upper and lower brick grading stacking system which comprises a main controller, a stacking robot and a material conveying belt device, and the main controller is electrically connected with the stacking robot and the material conveying belt device. A plurality of graded material carrying stations are arranged on a conveying frame of the material conveying belt device, a first in-place detection device and a jacking and aligning device are arranged at each graded material carrying station, and a stacking robot is arranged on one side of each graded material carrying station; the first in-place detection device is electrically connected with the main controller and is used for detecting a material signal at the grading material carrying station and sending the material signal to the main controller; the jacking and aligning devices are arranged on the two sides of the conveying frame correspondingly, and the main controller is electrically connected with the jacking and aligning devices and used for driving the jacking and aligning devices on the two sides to jack the brick materials at the grading material carrying station according to the material signals. The brick material grading carrying and storing efficiency can be improved, and therefore the production efficiency of a system is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a stacking production technical field especially relates to a up and down brick grading stacking system. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the development of industrial field to the direction of automation and intelligent, the current ceramic industry also adopts the automatic production system to replace the heavy repetitive operation, the system generally adopts the efficient identification machine to carry out material identification and adopts the stacking robot to carry out stacking treatment to material feeding, wherein, the camera identification machine can replace artificial naked eye detection, reduces the grading error caused by artificial fatigue, and the stacking robot can greatly save labor and space, is flexible in application, high in stability and high in operation efficiency.

[0003] The current brick material is moved to different material carrying stations under the conveying effect of the conveying belt device, at this time, the material blocking device in the station can block the brick material, so that the corresponding stacking robot carries the brick material and stores it on the tray. However, the brick material on the conveying belt is blocked every time the material is carried, and the subsequent brick material can continue to move forward only after the brick material is carried, which leads to low efficiency of brick material carrying and storage, thereby affecting the production efficiency. In addition, the stacking position of the stacking robot is generally fixed when it works, and when the tray placed by the stacking material is full, it needs to be moved away by a forklift, and the stacking efficiency is low after the tray is placed again. UTILITARIAN CONTENT

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model lies in providing an up and down brick grading stacking system, which can improve the efficiency of brick material grading, carrying and storage, thereby improving the production efficiency of the system.

[0005] In order to solve the above technical problem, the utility model provides an up and down brick grading stacking system, which comprises a main control unit, a stacking robot and a material conveying belt device, the main control unit is electrically connected with the stacking robot and the material conveying belt device respectively; a plurality of grading material carrying stations are arranged on the conveying frame of the material conveying belt device, the first arrival detection device and the jacking alignment device are arranged at each grading material carrying station, and a stacking robot is arranged on one side of each grading material carrying station; the first arrival detection device is electrically connected with the main control unit, and is used for detecting the material signal at the grading material carrying station and sending the material signal to the main control unit; the jacking alignment devices are arranged on both sides of the conveying frame respectively, the main control unit is electrically connected with the jacking alignment devices, and is used for driving the jacking alignment devices on both sides to jack the brick material at the grading material carrying station according to the material signal.

[0006] As an improvement of the above scheme, a feeding recognition station is arranged on the feeding end of the conveying frame, and an identification machine is arranged on one side of the feeding recognition station; the identification machine is electrically connected with the main controller, and is used for recognizing the brick materials at the feeding recognition station and sending the classification recognition result to the main controller.

[0007] As an improvement of the above scheme, the conveying belts of the material conveying belt device are arranged at intervals on the conveying frame, and the first in-place detection device is arranged between the conveying belts and below the conveying surfaces of the conveying belts.

[0008] As an improvement of the above scheme, the jacking and aligning device comprises a lifting driving mechanism and a pushing driving mechanism, the pushing driving mechanism comprises a pushing frame and pushing devices arranged on the pushing frame, the driving ends of the pushing devices are connected with the jacking plates, the pushing devices on both sides can drive the jacking plates on both sides to approach each other to tightly jack the brick materials, the lifting driving mechanism is arranged on the conveying frame, and the driving end of the lifting driving mechanism is connected with the pushing frame and is used for driving the pushing frame to move up and down.

[0009] As an improvement of the above scheme, the lifting driving mechanism comprises a lifting mounting frame and a lifting driving device arranged on the lifting mounting frame, the lifting mounting frame is arranged on one side of the conveying frame, and the driving end of the lifting driving device is connected with the pushing frame.

[0010] As an improvement of the above scheme, the identification machine comprises a camera, a light source device, an image recognition processor and a second in-place detection device, the image recognition processor is electrically connected with the camera, the light source device, the second in-place detection device and the main controller respectively, and the second in-place detection device is arranged at the feeding recognition station.

[0011] As an improvement of the above scheme, the main controller comprises an HMI man-machine interface, and the HMI man-machine interface comprises a plurality of function control units and at least one type of stacker robot control unit.

[0012] As an improvement of the above scheme, one side of the stacker robot is provided with a stacking rotating mechanism, the stacking rotating table comprises a fixing seat, a rotating driving device and a rotating table, the rotating table is arranged on the fixing seat, the rotating driving device is connected with the rotating table and is used for driving the rotating table to rotate, a plurality of stacking stations are arranged on the rotating table, and a stacking tray is arranged on each stacking station.

[0013] As the improvement of the above-mentioned scheme, the center of the rotating table is provided with a through opening, at least two detection plates extending inward are arranged at the edge of the through opening in the circumferential direction, a detection part extending downward is arranged at the end of the detection plate away from the edge of the through opening, the distance between the detection part and the edge of the through opening is different, and the stacking stations are arranged in the circumferential direction of the through opening; a detection mounting frame is arranged in the middle of the fixed seat, a proximity switch corresponding to the detection part of the detection plate is arranged on the detection mounting frame, and the proximity switch is matched with the detection part for detection.

[0014] As the improvement of the above-mentioned scheme, the pushing device is a pushing air cylinder or a pushing electric cylinder, and the lifting driving device is a lifting air cylinder or a lifting electric cylinder; the main controller controls the working of the pushing device and the lifting driving device through the lifting alignment electromagnetic valve respectively, and controls the working of the cylinder / electric cylinder on the end clamping hand of the stacking robot through the air suction electromagnetic valve and the air blowing electromagnetic valve.

[0015] The beneficial effects of the present application are as follows:

[0016] The first to the position detection device and the lifting alignment device can automatically lift the brick material at the classified material carrying station, on the one hand, the brick material can be conveniently carried by the stacking robot, and on the other hand, the material in the rear stage on the material conveying belt device can enter the subsequent classified material carrying station in order to be carried and stored, so that the efficiency of classified carrying and storing of the brick material is improved, and the production efficiency of the system is improved.

[0017] Secondly, the stacking rotating mechanism can rotate different stacking stations to the stacking position of the stacking robot, so as to improve the stacking capacity, reduce the frequency of forklift carrying and pallet resetting, and improve the stacking efficiency and production efficiency.

[0018] In addition, the different types of stacking robot control units in the HMI man-machine interface can be compatible with different types or brands of stacking robots, so as to stably carry out the stacking work, improve the system control compatibility and practicability, and facilitate user operation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of the up-down brick classified stacking system of the present application;

[0020] Figure 2 is a structural schematic view of the identification machine of the present application;

[0021] Figure 3 is a structural schematic view of the lifting alignment device of the present application;

[0022] Figure 4 is a structural schematic view of the target pallet of the present application;

[0023] Figure 5 is a structure schematic view of the master controller of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 6 is a structure schematic view of the material stacking rotating mechanism of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantage of the utility model more clear, the utility model will be further described in detail below in combination with the drawings.

[0026] As Figure 1 shown, the utility model embodiment provides a kind of up and down brick grading stacking system, including master controller 1, stacking robot 2 and material conveying belt device 3, the master controller 1 is electrically connected with the stacking robot 2 and material conveying belt device 3 respectively;Multiple grading material handling stations 32 are equipped on the conveying frame 31 of the material conveying belt device 3, to be used for grading material handling and placing processing to different grade quality (such as superior product, first-grade product and qualified product etc. grade quality) brick material;First in-place detection device 4 and the jacking alignment device 5 are equipped at each grading material handling station 32, and one side of each grading material handling station 32 is equipped with the stacking robot 2.

[0027] The first in-place detection device 4 is electrically connected with the master controller 1, for detecting the material signal at the grading material handling station 32 and sending to the master controller 1;The jacking alignment device 5 is respectively arranged at the two sides of the conveying frame 31, and the master controller 1 is electrically connected with the jacking alignment device 5, for driving two sides jacking alignment device 5 to jacking the brick material at the grading material handling station 32 according to the material signal, on the one hand, it is convenient for corresponding grade stacking robot 2 to take brick material and to be stacked according to grade, on the other hand, jacking brick material will not hinder the material of the next stage to pass through, it is convenient for the material of the next stage on material conveying belt device 3 to be orderly entered into subsequent grading material handling station 32 and be handled, improve the efficiency of brick material handling and storage, to improve the production efficiency of system.

[0028] Wherein, the conveying belt 33 of the material conveying belt device 3 is arranged at intervals on the conveying frame 31, and the first in-place detection device 4 is arranged between the conveying belt 33 and below the conveying surface of the conveying belt 33, to avoid hindering brick material conveying. The first in-place detection device 4 arranged can accurately detect whether corresponding brick material passes through the station, to carry out corresponding grading stacking processing.

[0029] Preferably, the first in-place detection device 4 is preferably a proximity switch, but not limited thereto.

[0030] In order to realize accurate brick grading effect, as Figure 1As shown, the feeding end of the conveyor frame 31 is provided with a feeding identification station 34, and an identification machine 6 is provided on one side of the feeding identification station 34. The identification machine 6 is electrically connected to the main controller 1 and can perform image recognition processing on the bricks that pass through the feeding identification station 34 in sequence and send the grading identification results to the main controller 1. This allows the main controller 1 to control the first arrival detection device 4 and the lifting and aligning device 5 of the corresponding grade stacking work area to work according to the bricks of different quality grades that are conveyed in sequence, so as to lift the bricks of that grade and thus enable the corresponding palletizing robot 2 to palletize them.

[0031] Among them, such as Figures 1 to 2 As shown, the identification machine 6 includes a camera 61, a light source device 62, an image recognition processor 63, and a second arrival detection device 64. The image recognition processor 63 is electrically connected to the camera 61, the light source device 62, the second arrival detection device 64, and the main controller 1. The second arrival detection device 64 is located at the feeding identification station 34, below the conveyor belt 33 and its conveying surface, to avoid obstructing the brick conveying. The second arrival detection device 64 can monitor in real time whether each brick has reached the feeding identification station 34. If it has, the camera 61 captures the image, and the image recognition processor 63 performs grading identification processing to obtain the corresponding grading identification result, which is then sent to the main controller 1 for grading storage and retrieval processing. The light source device 62 provides illumination for the image acquisition process.

[0032] It should be noted that the image recognition processing method of the recognition machine 6 is existing technology in this field, and will not be described in detail here.

[0033] Preferably, the second positioning detection device 64 is a proximity switch, but is not limited thereto.

[0034] like Figure 3As shown, the lifting and aligning device 5 comprises a lifting driving mechanism 51 and a pushing driving mechanism 52, the pushing driving mechanism 52 comprises a pushing frame 521 and a pushing device 522 installed on the pushing frame 521, the driving end of the pushing device 522 is connected with a pushing plate 523, and the pushing device 522 on both sides can drive the pushing plate 523 on both sides to move close to or away from each other, so as to tightly or loosely push the bricks. The lifting driving mechanism 51 is arranged on the conveying frame 31, the driving end of the lifting driving mechanism 51 is connected with the pushing frame 521, and the lifting driving mechanism 51 is used for driving the pushing frame 521 to move up and down. When the bricks are tightly pushed, the pushing frame 521 and the bricks tightly pushed by the pushing device 522 on the pushing frame 521 can be driven to move up by the lifting driving mechanism 51, so as to facilitate the brick-picking robot 2 to pick up the bricks and stack them according to the level, and the lifting and aligning device 5 arranged on both sides can avoid hindering the conveying of the material in the rear level during the picking of the material, thereby improving the efficiency of picking and storing the bricks.

[0035] Further, the lifting driving mechanism 51 comprises a lifting mounting frame 511 and a lifting driving device 512 installed on the lifting mounting frame 511, the lifting mounting frame 511 is mounted on one side of the conveying frame 31, and the driving end of the lifting driving device 512 is connected with the pushing frame 521, so as to drive the pushing frame 521 and the pushing device 522 to move up and down.

[0036] Preferably, the pushing device 522 is preferably a pushing pneumatic cylinder or a pushing electric cylinder, but is not limited thereto.

[0037] Preferably, the lifting driving device 512 is preferably a lifting pneumatic cylinder or a lifting electric cylinder, but is not limited thereto.

[0038] Further, the main controller 1 controls the working of the pushing device 522 and the lifting driving device 512 through the lifting and aligning electromagnetic valve, that is, controls the working of the pushing pneumatic cylinder or the pushing electric cylinder and the working of the lifting pneumatic cylinder or the lifting electric cylinder through the corresponding electromagnetic valve, so as to realize the lifting function of the bricks.

[0039] Secondly, the main controller 1 also controls the working of the cylinder / electric cylinder on the end gripper of the stacking robot 2 through the suction electromagnetic valve and the blowing electromagnetic valve, so as to control the suction and release working of the suction disc of the stacking robot 2. At the same time, the main controller 1 is also connected with the proximity sensor on the end gripper of the stacking robot 2, so as to ensure the accurate and stable picking and placing of the bricks.

[0040] As shown in the drawings, Figure 4As shown, the master controller 1 comprises an HMI human-machine interface 11, which comprises a plurality of function control units and at least one type of palletizing robot 2 control unit. Users can control different electric control devices through the plurality of function control units to work; users can also control different types or brands of palletizing robots 2 through different types of palletizing robot 2 control units to stabilize the development of palletizing work, improve system control compatibility and practicality, and facilitate user operation and processing.

[0041] Preferably, the master controller 1 is preferably a PLC controller, but is not limited thereto.

[0042] In order to improve the efficiency of palletizing work, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 5 As shown, one side of the palletizing robot 2 is provided with a stacking rotating mechanism 7, the stacking rotating table 73 comprises a fixed seat 71, a rotating driving device 72 and a rotating table 73, the rotating table 73 is arranged on the fixed seat 71, the rotating driving device 72 is connected with the rotating table 73, and the rotating driving device 72 is used to drive the rotating table 73 to rotate; a plurality of stacking workstations 731 are arranged on the rotating table 73, and a stacking tray 732 is arranged on each stacking workstation 731. When the tray at any stacking workstation 731 is full of materials, the rotating driving device 72 can be controlled to rotate the rotating table 73, so that the corresponding stacking workstation 731 is located at the stacking position of the palletizing robot 2, so that the brick materials placed by the palletizing robot 2 can continue to be stably placed on the tray, thereby improving the stacking capacity; when all the trays are full of materials, the rotating table 73 can be driven to move to the discharging working position, so as to facilitate the forklift to pick up all the trays on the rotating table 73 and reset the trays, thereby reducing the forklift picking and tray replacement frequency, improving the working time of the palletizing robot 2, and thereby improving the palletizing efficiency and production efficiency. In other embodiments, the stacking and discharging work can be realized synchronously by rotating the rotating table 73, that is, when the current stacking workstation 731 is stacking, the remaining workstations can be picked up by the forklift and the trays can be re-placed, thereby improving the palletizing efficiency and production efficiency.

[0043] Preferably, the rotating driving device 72 is preferably a motor driving device, and the working principle and specific connection structure of the motor driving device for driving the rotating table 73 to rotate are prior art, which will not be described in detail here.

[0044] Further, as shown in Figures 5 to 6As shown, the center of the rotating table 73 is provided with a through opening 733, and three detection plates 734 extending inward are arranged at the edge of the through opening 733 in the circumferential direction, and detection portions 735 extending downward are arranged at the end of the detection plates 734 away from the edge of the through opening 733, the distances between the detection portions 735 and the edge of the through opening 733 are different, and the stacking stations 731 are arranged around the circumferential direction of the through opening 733; the middle part of the fixed seat 71 is provided with a detection mounting frame 74, and proximity switches 75 corresponding to the detection portions 735 of the detection plates 734 are arranged on the detection mounting frame 74, and the proximity switches 75 are adapted to detect the detection portions 735. Among them, three proximity switches 75 are arranged in the radial direction of the through opening 733, so that the proximity switches 75 at different positions are adapted to detect the detection portions 735 at the lower part of the detection plates 734 with different extension lengths, to ensure that the rotating table 73 is accurately rotated to a specified angle position, such as rotating to a 45-degree position and a -135-degree position to make the stacking robot 2 take the stacking work in the fastest path, and rotating to a 0-degree position to perform the discharging work. When the rotating table 73 rotates to the 45-degree position, the corresponding proximity switch 75 will detect the detection portion 735 of the detection plate 734 with the corresponding length, to accurately determine that the rotating table 73 has rotated to the specified angle position, so that the corresponding stacking station 731 is used in cooperation with the stacking robot 2, thereby realizing the corresponding stacking work.

[0045] In summary, the utility model can automatically lift the brick material at the grading material carrying station through the first in-place detection device and the jacking alignment device, on the one hand, facilitating the stacking robot to carry the brick material, and on the other hand, facilitating the subsequent material on the material conveying belt device to enter the subsequent grading material carrying station in order to be carried and stored, improving the efficiency of grading material carrying and storage, thereby improving the production efficiency of the system.

[0046] Secondly, the stacking rotating mechanism can rotate different stacking stations to the stacking position of the stacking robot, to improve the stacking capacity, and the tray full of material can be replaced in time, to improve the stacking efficiency and production efficiency.

[0047] In addition, the different types of stacking robot control units in the HMI man-machine interface can be compatible with different types or brands of stacking robots, to stabilize the stacking work, improve the system control compatibility and practicability, and facilitate user operation.

[0048] The above is the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and it should be pointed out that for ordinary skilled persons in the technical field, some improvements and refinements can be made without departing from the principle of the utility model, and these improvements and refinements are also regarded as the protection range of the utility model.

Claims

1. A system for grading and stacking bricks in an up-down manner, characterized in that, The application relates to a brick stacking system, which comprises a master controller, a stacking robot and a material conveying belt device. The conveying frame of the material conveying belt device is provided with a plurality of grading material moving stations, each of which is provided with a first position detection device and a jacking alignment device, and one side of each of the grading material moving stations is provided with the stacking robot. The first position detection device is electrically connected with the master controller, and is used for detecting a material signal at the grading material moving station and sending the material signal to the master controller. The jacking alignment devices are arranged on both sides of the conveying frame, and the master controller is electrically connected with the jacking alignment devices, and is used for driving the jacking alignment devices on both sides to jack the brick material at the grading material moving station according to the material signal.

2. The ascending-descending brick grading and stacking system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The conveying frame is provided with an inlet recognition station, and one side of the inlet recognition station is provided with a recognition machine. The recognition machine is electrically connected with the master controller, and is used for recognizing the brick material at the inlet recognition station and sending a grading recognition result to the master controller.

3. The ascending-descending brick grading and stacking system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The conveying belts of the material conveying belt device are arranged at intervals on the conveying frame, and the first position detection devices are arranged between the conveying belts and below the conveying surfaces of the conveying belts.

4. The ascending-descending brick grading and stacking system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The jacking alignment device comprises a lifting driving mechanism and a material pushing driving mechanism, the material pushing driving mechanism comprises a material pushing frame and a pushing device arranged on the material pushing frame, the driving end of the pushing device is connected with a material jacking plate, and the pushing devices on both sides can drive the material jacking plates on both sides to approach each other so as to jackingly press the brick material. The lifting driving mechanism is arranged on the conveying frame, and the driving end of the lifting driving mechanism is connected with the material pushing frame, and is used for driving the material pushing frame to move up and down.

5. The ascending-descending brick grading and stacking system according to claim 4, characterized in that, The lifting driving mechanism comprises a lifting mounting frame and a lifting driving device arranged on the lifting mounting frame, the lifting mounting frame is arranged on one side of the conveying frame, and the driving end of the lifting driving device is connected with the material pushing frame.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein, The recognition machine comprises a camera, a light source device, an image recognition processor and a second position detection device, the image recognition processor is electrically connected with the camera, the light source device, the second position detection device and the master controller, and the second position detection device is arranged at the inlet recognition station.

7. The ascending / descending brick grading and stacking system according to claim 1, wherein, The master controller comprises an HMI man-machine interface, the HMI man-machine interface comprises a plurality of function control units and at least one type of stacking robot control unit.

8. The ascending-descending brick grading and stacking system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, One side of the stacking robot is provided with a material stacking rotating mechanism, the material stacking rotating table comprises a fixing base, a rotating driving device and a rotating table, the rotating table is arranged on the fixing base, and the rotating driving device is connected with the rotating table and is used for driving the rotating table to rotate. The rotating table is provided with a plurality of material stacking stations, and the material stacking stations are provided with material stacking trays.

9. The ascending-descending brick grading and stacking system according to claim 8, characterized in that, The center of the rotating table is provided with an opening, and at least two detection plates extending inward are arranged at the edge of the opening in the circumferential direction, and a detection part extending downward is arranged at the end of the detection plate away from the edge of the opening, the distance between the plurality of detection parts and the edge of the opening is different, and the stacking station is arranged around the circumferential direction of the opening; The middle part of the fixed seat is provided with a detection mounting frame, and the detection mounting frame is provided with a proximity switch corresponding to the detection part of the detection plate, and the proximity switch is matched with the detection part for detection.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein, The pushing device is a pushing cylinder or a pushing electric cylinder, and the lifting driving device is a lifting cylinder or a lifting electric cylinder; The main controller controls the working of the pushing device and the lifting driving device through the lifting alignment electromagnetic valve respectively, and controls the working of the cylinder / electric cylinder on the end clamping hand of the stacking robot through the air suction electromagnetic valve and the air blowing electromagnetic valve.

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