A kind of tool for realizing automatic embedding forming of multiple metal nuts of automobile sound shell
By designing automated tooling, the automatic placement, retrieval, and installation of metal nuts for car audio housings were achieved, solving the problem that manual operation could not confirm that the nuts were installed in place, thus improving production efficiency and product quality.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- DANDONG YINGPUYI PLASTIC ELECTRONICS CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-16
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-17
AI Technical Summary
In existing technologies, the installation of metal nuts on car audio housings requires manual operation, which makes it impossible to confirm whether they are installed correctly, posing a risk of omissions and affecting product quality and customer satisfaction.
Design a tooling that includes a nut placement device, a robotic nut installation device, and a robotic product picking device. The tooling enables the placement, picking, and installation of metal nuts through an automated process, and utilizes a robotic arm and a negative pressure generator to achieve precise positioning and installation of the nuts.
It enables automated installation of metal nuts, reduces manpower, improves production efficiency, avoids missing nuts, and ensures that product quality meets customer requirements.
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Abstract
Claims
1. A tool for automatically embedding multiple metal nuts in an automobile audio housing, characterized in that, This includes a nut placement device, a robot arm nut installation device, and a robot arm product handling device; The nut placement device includes a start switch (1), a nut platform box (2), a robotic arm positioning sleeve (3), a nut positioning column base (4), a nut positioning column connecting rod (5), a platform base (6), a platform ejection cylinder (7), a platform bottom plate (9), a platform cylinder air inlet regulating valve (8), a platform nut ejection guide column (10), a nut placement bottom plate (11), a nut ejection plate (12), and a nut positioning column (13). The robotic nut installation device includes a robotic nut cylinder inlet regulating valve (16), a robotic nut ejection cylinder (17), a robotic positioning column base (18), a robotic positioning column (19), a robotic nut picking plate (20), a robotic nut ejection guide column (21), a robotic nut positioning column (32), a robotic nut gripper (33), a robotic nut gripping cylinder (34), and a robotic nut ejection plate (35); The robotic arm product picking device includes a robotic arm suction cup (14), a suction cup connecting tube (15), a robotic arm product picking plate (22), a robotic arm product clamping connecting column base (23), a robotic arm product clamping connecting column (24), a robotic arm gripper air inlet regulating valve (25), a robotic arm gripper (26), a robotic arm product gripper connecting plate (27), a robotic arm rotary cylinder air inlet regulating valve (28), a robotic arm rotary cylinder (29), a negative pressure generator regulating valve (30), and a negative pressure generator (31). This tooling achieves full automation of the entire process of automatic supply, precise insertion, and automatic product retrieval of metal nuts for car audio housings through the coordinated operation of three devices.
2. The tooling for automatically embedding multiple metal nuts in the forming of an automobile audio housing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The nut positioning post (13) is fixed on the nut placement base plate (11); and is connected to the platform base plate (9) through the nut positioning post connecting rod (5), and the nut positioning post base (4) is fixed on the platform base plate (9); The nut ejection plate (12) is connected to the nut placement base plate (11) via the nut ejection guide post (10) on the platform. The platform ejection cylinder (7) is fixed to the bottom of the nut placement base plate (11) by screws, and the cylinder ejection rod is connected to the nut ejection plate (12); The regulating valve (8) for the air inlet of the platform cylinder is located on the side of the cylinder. The nut positioning post (13) is vertically fixed on the nut placement base plate (11) and is used to position the nut; The nut ejection plate (12) is arranged parallel above the nut placement base plate (11) via the platform nut ejection guide post (10) and is connected to the platform ejection cylinder (7); the platform ejection cylinder (7) is controlled by the platform cylinder inlet regulating valve (8) to drive the nut ejection plate (12) to rise and fall along the guide post (10); The start switch (1) is located on the upper surface of the base plate (9) of the platform, and a shock-absorbing rubber pad is provided in the middle; The robotic arm positioning sleeve (3) is vertically mounted on the base plate (9) of the platform; The platform housing (2) contains a PLC control system. The top of the housing is the platform base plate (9), and the bottom is the platform base (6).
3. The tooling for automatically embedding multiple metal nuts in the forming of an automobile audio housing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The robotic nut ejection plate (35) is connected to the robotic nut picking plate (20) via the robotic nut ejection guide post (21); The robotic nut ejection cylinder (17) is fixed to the robotic nut ejection plate (20) by screws. The robotic nut cylinder inlet regulating valve (16) is set on the side of the cylinder. The cylinder push rod is fixedly connected to the robotic nut ejection plate (35). The robotic nut positioning post (32) and the robotic nut clamping cylinder (34) are both fixed on the robotic nut ejector plate (35). The output end of the robotic nut clamping cylinder (34) is connected to the robotic nut holder (33) to drive it to open and close. The robotic arm nut positioning post (32) is vertically fixed on the robotic arm nut picking plate (20) through the robotic arm positioning post base (18). The robotic arm nut positioning post (19) is inserted and cooperated with the robotic arm positioning sleeve (3) on the nut placement device and the mold pre-embedded positioning hole to achieve precise positioning of the robotic arm and the mold.
4. The tooling for automatically embedding multiple metal nuts in the forming of an automobile audio housing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The robotic arm product clamping connecting column base (23) is fixed on the robotic arm product picking plate (22); The connecting plate (27) of the robotic arm product gripper is connected to the base (23) of the robotic arm product gripper connecting column (24) and the robotic arm product gripper connecting column. The robotic arm gripper (26) is fixed on the connecting plate (27) of the robotic arm product gripper. The air inlet regulating valve (25) of the robotic arm gripper is connected to the pipeline of the robotic arm gripper (26). The robotic arm rotary cylinder (29) is mounted on the robotic arm picking plate (22), and a robotic arm rotary cylinder air inlet regulating valve (28) is mounted on the side; The negative pressure generator regulating valve (30) is connected to the negative pressure generator (31), and the robotic suction cup (14) is connected to the negative pressure generator (31) through the suction cup connecting pipe (15); the robotic suction cup (14) is driven to adsorb products by the negative pressure generator regulating valve (30).