Intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming machining
By designing an intelligent material conveying system, which utilizes visual recognition and robotic arms to automatically grasp steel pipes, the automation problem of steel pipe feeding in radiator forming and processing has been solved, improving production efficiency and stability.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-10
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-27
AI Technical Summary
In the current radiator forming and processing, the steel pipe feeding process cannot be automated, resulting in low production efficiency and making it difficult to meet the needs of large-scale, high-efficiency modern production.
An intelligent material conveying system is adopted, including a bottom linear module, a top linear module, and a feeding component that works in conjunction with a drive motor. The system uses a vision camera to identify the specifications of the steel pipes and utilizes a gripping cylinder and grippers to achieve automated gripping and placement of the steel pipes.
This achieved stability and continuity in steel pipe feeding, improved the efficiency of radiator forming and processing, and ensured the automation and efficient flow of materials.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to a material conveying system, concretely to intelligent material conveying system for radiator forming processing belongs to material conveying technical field. BACKGROUND
[0002] The material conveying system is an integrated device and control system for realizing efficient and orderly flow of materials, products or parts in the production, processing, warehousing and distribution process in the field of industrial automation and logistics. In the production of radiators, steel pipes are a component of radiators. In the common structure of steel radiators, the steel pipe is the core component and bears the function of transmitting hot water or hot gas, and its quality and performance directly affect the heat dissipation effect and service life of the radiator. When the radiator is formed and processed, the steel pipe needs to be cut, hot bent, welded, assembled and surface treated.
[0003] In the process of forming and processing of radiators, various conveying mechanisms are generally used to complete the conveying task when conveying the steel pipe. Although these conveying mechanisms play a certain role in transporting the steel pipe, they have significant shortcomings. Specifically, in the step of loading the steel pipe, the current technical means cannot realize automatic operation and still rely on manual placement of the steel pipe one by one on the conveying mechanism. This manual loading method is greatly affected by the operation speed and fatigue level of human labor, and it is difficult to ensure the stability and continuity of loading, which not only greatly reduces the efficiency of the entire steel pipe conveying link, but also further slows down the overall rhythm of subsequent radiator forming and processing, seriously restricting the improvement of production efficiency and failing to meet the modernized production needs of large-scale and high-efficiency radiators. Therefore, an intelligent material conveying system for radiator forming and processing is proposed. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0004] The utility model aims at providing an intelligent material conveying system for radiator forming and processing to solve one of the problems in the background art.
[0005] The utility model is implemented by the following technical solutions: an intelligent material conveying system for radiator forming and processing, comprising a conveyor, an upper loading assembly is arranged on one side of the outer part of the conveyor, the upper loading assembly comprises a bottom straight line module, a vertical rod, a top straight line module, a limiting sleeve, a supporting arm, a driving motor, a rotating shaft, a rotating arm, two clamping cylinders, two clamping jaws and two connecting plates.
[0006] The bottom end of the vertical rod is installed on the mover of the bottom linear module, the top linear module is installed on the outer side wall of the vertical rod, the limiting sleeve is fixedly connected to one end of the support arm, the rotating shaft is fixedly connected to one end of the rotating arm, the rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the other end of the support arm, the connecting plates are fixedly connected with the clamping jaws, the two connecting plates are symmetrically and slidably connected to the inside of the rotating arm, the two clamping cylinders are symmetrically installed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the rotating arm, and the driving motor is installed on the outer side wall of the support arm.
[0007] As a further preferred aspect of the present technical solution: the limiting sleeve is slidably connected to the outer side wall of the vertical rod and fixedly connected with the mover of the top linear module.
[0008] As a further preferred aspect of the present technical solution: one end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the driving motor.
[0009] As a further preferred aspect of the present technical solution: the cylinder shaft of the clamping cylinder is fixedly connected with the connecting plate, the outer side wall of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with a guide rod, and the guide rod is slidably connected to the inside of the rotating arm.
[0010] As a further preferred aspect of the present technical solution: a visual camera is installed at the top of the vertical rod.
[0011] As a further preferred aspect of the present technical solution: the other side of the outside of the conveyor is provided with a hopper, the bottom of the hopper is provided with two limiting supports, and the limiting supports are provided with steel pipes.
[0012] As a further preferred aspect of the present technical solution: the inner side walls of the two clamping jaws are symmetrically attached to the outer side wall of the steel pipe.
[0013] As a further preferred aspect of the present technical solution: the support arm is located above the conveyor.
[0014] The present application has the following advantages:
[0015] 1. The bottom linear module drives the vertical rod to move, the vertical rod moves to a position corresponding to the hopper, and under the cooperation of the top linear module and the driving motor, the two clamping jaws move above and below the steel pipe, the connecting plate is pushed by the clamping cylinder, and the two clamping jaws clamp the steel pipe, and under the cooperation of the top linear module and the driving motor, the steel pipe can be placed on the conveyor, thereby realizing the conveying of the material in the heating radiator forming process.
[0016] 2. The cooperation of the bottom linear module, the top linear module and the driving motor can adjust the position of the clamping jaw, the clamping jaw can be pushed by the clamping cylinder to realize the grabbing action of the steel pipe, which replaces the traditional manual feeding mode, ensures the stability and continuity of feeding, and improves the work efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or prior art description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only constitute some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained without creative labor on the basis of these drawings.
[0018] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present application.
[0019] Figure 2 It is an enlarged view of area A in the present application. Figure 1
[0020] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the feeding assembly of the present application.
[0021] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the rotating arm of the present application.
[0022] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the clamping jaw of the present application.
[0023] In the figure: 101, feeding assembly; 11, bottom linear module; 12, vertical rod; 13, top linear module; 14, limiting sleeve; 15, visual camera; 16, supporting arm; 17, driving motor; 18, rotating shaft; 19, rotating arm; 20, clamping cylinder; 21, clamping jaw; 22, guide rod; 23, connecting plate; 31, conveyor; 32, hopper; 33, limiting support; 34, steel pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments only constitute some embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.
[0025] EMBODIMENT
[0026] Please refer to Figures 1-5 The utility model provides a technical scheme: an intelligent material conveying system for radiator forming and processing, which comprises a conveyor 31, and a feeding assembly 101 is arranged on one side of the outer part of the conveyor 31; the feeding assembly 101 comprises a bottom linear module 11, a vertical rod 12, a top linear module 13, a limiting sleeve 14, a support arm 16, a driving motor 17, a rotating shaft 18, a rotating arm 19, two clamping cylinders 20, two clamping jaws 21 and two connecting plates 23.
[0027] The bottom end of the vertical rod 12 is installed on the mover of the bottom linear module 11, the bottom linear module 11 is installed on the ground in a workshop, and the vertical rod 12 can be driven to move through the bottom linear module 11; the vertical rod 12 drives the support arm 16 to move in the Y-axis direction.
[0028] The top linear module 13 is installed on the outer side wall of the vertical rod 12, the limiting sleeve 14 is fixedly connected to one end of the support arm 16, the limiting sleeve 14 is slidably connected to the outer side wall of the vertical rod 12 and fixedly connected to the mover of the top linear module 13; the limiting sleeve 14 is driven by the top linear module 13, the support arm 16 is driven by the limiting sleeve 14, and the support arm 16 can move in the X-axis direction.
[0029] The rotating shaft 18 is fixedly connected to one end of the rotating arm 19, the rotating shaft 18 is rotatably connected to the other end of the support arm 16, the driving motor 17 is installed on the outer side wall of the support arm 16, and one end of the output shaft of the driving motor 17 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 18; the rotating shaft 18 is driven to rotate by the driving motor 17, the rotating arm 19 is driven to rotate by the rotating shaft 18, and the position of the clamping jaw 21 can be adjusted.
[0030] The connecting plate 23 is fixedly connected to the clamping jaw 21, the two connecting plates 23 are symmetrically and slidably connected to the inside of the rotating arm 19, the two clamping cylinders 20 are symmetrically installed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the rotating arm 19, the cylinder shaft of the clamping cylinder 20 is fixedly connected to the connecting plate 23, the connecting plate 23 is driven by the clamping cylinder 20, the clamping jaw 21 is driven by the connecting plate 23, and the two clamping jaws 21 can be moved close to each other to clamp the steel pipe 34.
[0031] In the embodiment, the outer side wall of the connecting plate 23 is fixedly connected to the guide rod 22, the guide rod 22 is slidably connected to the inside of the rotating arm 19, and the guide rod 22 can play a limiting and guiding role to enable the clamping jaw 21 to stably clamp the steel pipe 34.
[0032] In this embodiment, specifically: the other side of the conveyor 31 is provided with a hopper 32, the hopper 32 is provided with a specification label (not shown in the figure) of the steel pipe 34, one side of the conveyor 31 is provided with a control box (not shown in the figure), the control box is provided with a visual positioning system and a control system, the bottom of the hopper 32 is provided with two limiting supports 33, the limiting supports 33 are provided with the steel pipe 34, the top of the vertical rod 12 is provided with a visual camera 15, the visual camera 15 is used for identifying the label on the hopper 32, obtaining the image of the label, identifying the specification of the steel pipe 34 in the current hopper 32 through an image processing algorithm, then the control system adjusts the position of the clamping jaw 21 in real time according to the information provided by the visual positioning system, so that the vertical rod 12 moves to the corresponding position of the corresponding hopper 32, and then the steel pipe 34 in the hopper 32 is clamped;
[0033] In the utility model, the visual camera 15 identifies the label, which is the prior art, so the working principle will not be repeated.
[0034] In this embodiment, specifically: the inner side wall of the two clamping jaws 21 is symmetrically attached to the outer side wall of the steel pipe 34, the supporting arm 16 is located above the conveyor 31, after the clamping jaw 21 clamps and fixes the steel pipe 34, the clamping jaw 21 can be moved close to the conveyor 31 under the cooperation of the top linear module 13 and the driving motor 17, when the clamping jaw 21 is loosened, the steel pipe 34 falls on the conveyor 31, and the conveyor 31 conveys the steel pipe 34.
[0035] The working principle or structural principle is that when in use, the visual camera 15 identifies the label on the hopper 32, then the control system adjusts the position of the clamping jaw 21, the vertical rod 12 is driven to move by the bottom linear module 11, the vertical rod 12 drives the supporting arm 16, the vertical rod 12 moves to the position corresponding to the hopper 32, the two clamping jaws 21 are moved above and below the steel pipe 34 under the cooperation of the top linear module 13 and the driving motor 17, the connecting plate 23 is pushed by the clamping cylinder 20, the two clamping jaws 21 clamp the steel pipe 34, the clamping jaw 21 drives the steel pipe 34 to move close to the conveyor 31 under the cooperation of the top linear module 13 and the driving motor 17, when the clamping cylinder 20 controls the clamping jaw 21 to loosen, the steel pipe 34 falls on the conveyor 31, the conveyor 31 conveys the steel pipe 34, and the conveying of the material in the heating radiator forming process is realized.
[0036] Compared with the prior art, the utility model can adjust the position of the clamping jaw 21 through the cooperation of the bottom linear module 11, the top linear module 13 and the driving motor 17, the clamping cylinder 20 can push the clamping jaw 21 to realize the grabbing action of the steel pipe 34, which replaces the traditional manual feeding mode, guarantees the stability and continuity of feeding, and improves the working efficiency.
[0037] The above merely describes preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. An intelligent material conveying system for radiator forming processing, characterized in that, Including conveyor (31), the outer side of conveyor (31) is provided with feeding assembly (101), feeding assembly (101) includes bottom linear module (11), vertical rod (12), top linear module (13), limit sleeve (14), support arm (16), drive motor (17), shaft (18), rotating arm (19), two clamping cylinders (20), two clamping jaws (21) and two connecting plates (23); The bottom end of the vertical rod (12) is mounted on the mover of the bottom linear module (11), the top linear module (13) is mounted on the outer side wall of the vertical rod (12), the limit sleeve (14) is fixedly connected to one end of the support arm (16), the shaft (18) is fixedly connected to one end of the rotating arm (19), the shaft (18) is rotatably connected to the other end of the support arm (16), the connecting plate (23) is fixedly connected with the clamping jaw (21), the two connecting plates (23) are symmetrically and slidably connected to the inside of the rotating arm (19), the two clamping cylinders (20) are symmetrically mounted on the upper surface and the lower surface of the rotating arm (19), and the drive motor (17) is mounted on the outer side wall of the support arm (16).
2. The intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming processing according to claim 1, characterized in that, The limit sleeve (14) is slidably connected to the outer side wall of the vertical rod (12) and fixedly connected with the mover of the top linear module (13).
3. The intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming according to claim 2, characterized in that, One end of the shaft (18) is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the drive motor (17).
4. The intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming according to claim 3, characterized in that, The cylinder shaft of the clamping cylinder (20) is fixedly connected with the connecting plate (23), the outer side wall of the connecting plate (23) is fixedly connected with the guide rod (22), and the guide rod (22) is slidably connected to the inside of the rotating arm (19).
5. The intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming according to claim 1, characterized in that, The top of the vertical rod (12) is provided with a visual camera (15).
6. The intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming according to claim 1, characterized in that, The other outer side of the conveyor (31) is provided with a stock bin (32), the bottom of the stock bin (32) is provided with two limiting supports (33), and the limiting supports (33) are provided with steel pipes (34).
7. The intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming according to claim 6, characterized in that, The inner side walls of the two clamping jaws (21) are symmetrically attached to the outer side walls of the steel pipes (34).
8. The intelligent material conveying system for heating radiator forming according to claim 7, characterized in that, The support arm (16) is located above the conveyor (31).