Tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine, and tube processing machine
The tube loading equipment addresses alignment and posture issues by using a frame, drive assembly, and posture adjustment to facilitate precise clamping in tube processing machines.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2025/075702
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2024-02-02
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-05
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-07
AI Technical Summary
Existing semi-automatic tube loading equipment struggles to maintain the alignment of the tube axis with the chuck center and stabilize the tube posture during transfer, especially for non-circular tubes, leading to difficulties in clamping.
A tube loading equipment with a frame, vertical support, and a feeding mechanism that includes a drive assembly, conveying assembly, and posture adjustment assembly to pivot and adjust the tube's posture, ensuring alignment with the chuck center.
Ensures precise alignment and stable clamping of tubes regardless of size or shape, enhancing operational efficiency in tube processing machines.
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Description
TUBE LOADING EQUIPMENT FOR A TUBE PROCESSING MACHINE, AND TUBE PROCESSING MACHINETECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This disclosure relates to the technical field of tube processing, in particular to a tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine, and a tube processing machine using the tube loading equipment.BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In the processing of tubes, semi-automatic tube loading equipment has become increasingly widely used, owing to its flexibility and cost-effectiveness. The current semi-automatic tube loading equipment normally can only feed tube at a fixed height and in a fixed conveying posture into a processing area of a tube processing machine, and then the tube is lifted by a tube support of the tube processing machine that floats and rises along an arc to the height of a chunk. However, in the process where a tube, especially in the case of a non-circular tube, leaves the tube loading equipment and is lifted to the height of the chuck by the tube support, the position of the tube axis and the posture of the tube usually change. Specifically, when the tube support rises along the arc to lift the tube from the tube loading equipment, the tube will usually deflect or even roll to a certain extent as a result of the change of the support point, leading to a change in the position of the tube axis; and the tube as a whole will also move in the direction of the tube axis as being lifted by the tube support along the arc. As a result of such a change in the position and posture of the tube, which is at least partially uncontrolled, it is difficult to make the axis of the tube conveyed to the chuck position coincide with the center of the chuck, which brings difficulty to the clamping of tube.
[0003] SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0004] For this reason, a purpose of the disclosure is to provide a tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine to at least partially solve the problems existing in the prior art.
[0005] According to a first aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine, comprising:
[0006] a frame, which comprises: a bottom frame serving as a base; a vertical support, which is vertically supported on the bottom frame; and a tube carrier, which is supported by the vertical support and is adapted to carry and receive tubes; and
[0007] a feeding mechanism, which is configured to load and convey tube from one end of the tube carrier and then to place the tube in a clamping posture at a clamping position of the tube processing machine.
[0008] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the feeding mechanism comprises a drive assembly and a conveying assembly adapted to be driven by the drive assembly to convey tube, the conveying assembly comprising a pivotable material loading member adapted to accommodate tube and an posture adjustment assembly adapted to adjust a pivoting posture of the material loading member, wherein the axis of pivoting is in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the accommodated tube.
[0009] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the tube carrier is installed thereon with a transfer assembly, which is adapted to transfer the tubes to the one end of the tube carrier.
[0010] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the drive assembly comprises a horizontal drive motor configured to provide drive in a horizontal direction and a vertical drive motor configured to provide drive in a vertical direction.
[0011] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the conveying assembly further comprises a conveyor arm coupled with the drive assembly, and the material loading member is pivotably arranged at a distal section of the conveyor arm that is adapted to be driven to reach a clamping area including the clamping position.
[0012] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the material loading member is configured to have an initial loading posture adapted to load tube.
[0013] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the posture adjustment assembly is a pivoting driver mounted at the distal section of the conveyor arm, and an output end of the pivoting driver is coupled to the material loading member and is thus adapted to change a pivoting posture of the material loading member.
[0014] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the pivoting driver is a cylinder or a motor.
[0015] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the posture adjustment assembly is a stopper positioned in the clamping area, and the stopper is configured to change the pivoting posture of the material loading member through a stopping action on the material loading member such that the tube can be placed at the clamping position in a clamping posture.
[0016] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the stopper comprises a stopping piece configured to be adjustable in position and posture.
[0017] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the material loading member is provided with an elastic retaining piece adapted to retain or restore the initial loading posture of the material loading member.
[0018] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the material loading member has a first material loading block and a second material loading block integrated with each other, the first material loading block being located on a tube processing machine side of the material loading member and having a first material loading surface, the second material loading block being located on a frame side of the material loading member opposite to the tube processing machine side and having a second material loading surface, wherein the first material loading surface and the second material loading surface form a V-shaped groove adapted to accommodate tube, and the initial loading posture is an posture in which the first material loading surface and the second material loading surface both are inclined and face upwards.
[0019] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the material loading member further has a material blocking surface, and the feeding mechanism is further configured to stop the conveyance of tubes at the one end of the tube carrier by means of the material blocking surface of the material loading member.
[0020] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the material blocking surface is formed on a frame side of the second material loading block.
[0021] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the material blocking surface is formed as a vertical surface that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the tubes in the initial loading posture.
[0022] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the material blocking surface and the second material loading surface form a material pushing end in the shape of an inverted V of the second material loading block.
[0023] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the conveyor arm comprises at least a horizontal arm having the distal section.
[0024] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the frame further comprises a horizontal drive rail supported by the vertical support, or comprises a vertical drive rail supported by the bottom frame and / or the tube carrier.
[0025] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the horizontal drive motor is configured to drive itself to move horizontally relative to the horizontal drive rail in order to bring the conveyor arm and the vertical drive motor moving in the horizontal direction, and the conveyor arm further comprises a vertical arm fixedly connected to or integrally formed with the horizontal arm at a proximal end opposite to the distal section, wherein the vertical arm is coupled with the vertical drive motor and is thus driven by the vertical drive motor to move vertically.
[0026] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the vertical drive motor is configured to drive itself to move vertically relative to the vertical drive rail in order to bring the conveyor arm and the horizontal drive motor moving in the vertical direction, and the horizontal arm of the conveyor arm is coupled with the horizontal drive motor and is thus driven by the horizontal drive motor to move horizontally.
[0027] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the tube loading equipment further comprises a transfer motor coupled to the transfer assembly in order to drive it to perform a transfer movement.
[0028] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the horizontal drive motor is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm or the transfer assembly in a switchable manner in order to be adapted to selectively drive the conveyor arm and the vertical drive motor to move horizontally along the horizontal drive rail or drive the transfer assembly to perform a transfer movement.
[0029] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the vertical drive motor is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm or the transfer assembly in a switchable manner in order to be adapted to selectively drive the conveyor arm and the horizontal drive motor to move vertically along the vertical drive rail or drive the transfer assembly to perform a transfer movement.
[0030] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the horizontal drive motor or the vertical drive motor is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm and the transfer assembly in each case via a corresponding clutch device and a transmission device.
[0031] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the feeding mechanism comprises a plurality of conveying assemblies arranged in sequence along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubes, and the plurality of conveying assemblies are connected with one another in a power transmission manner by a common moving synchronous shaft.
[0032] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the tube carrier is installed thereon with a plurality of transfer assemblies arranged in sequence along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubes, and the plurality of transfer assemblies are connected with one another in a power transmission manner by a common conveying synchronous shaft.
[0033] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the moving synchronous shaft includes a horizontal moving synchronous shaft and a vertical moving synchronous shaft.
[0034] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the transfer assembly comprises a driving wheel and a driven wheel as transmission sprockets and a transfer chain installed on the transmission sprockets, and the conveying synchronous shaft is installed as connecting the axes of the driving wheels of the plurality of transfer assemblies.
[0035] According to a second aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a tube processing machine, and the tube processing machine comprises the tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to the first aspect of the disclosure.
[0036] According to an optional embodiment of the disclosure, the tube processing machine is a laser tube cutting machine.
[0037] According to some embodiments of the disclosure, by placing the tube in a clamping posture at a clamping position of the tube processing machine, the axis of tube conveyed to the chuck position, regardless of their sizes and shapes, can always be made coincide with the center of the chuck, and meanwhile the posture of the tube is brought into the clamping posture, thereby facilitating the clamping of the tube and improving work efficiency.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0038] The principles, characteristics and advantages of the disclosure can be better understood through the detailed description below with reference to the accompany drawings, in which:
[0039] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a tube loading equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;
[0040] FIG. 2 shows a front view of the tube loading equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;
[0041] FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the tube loading equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure viewed from another angle;
[0042] FIG. 4 shows a schematic exploded view of a material loading member and a posture adjustment assembly of the tube loading equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;
[0043] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the tube loading equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure in a state of being loaded with tubes; and
[0044] FIG. 6 to FIG. 11 show schematic diagrams of various states during operation of the tube loading equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0045] For clearer understanding of the technical problems to be solved, technical solutions and advantageous technical effects of the disclosure, the disclosure will be described below in greater detail in conjunction with the drawings and a number of exemplary embodiments. It is to be understood that specific embodiments described here are merely for explaining the principles of the disclosure, rather than limiting the scope thereof.
[0046] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure; FIG. 2 shows a front view of the tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure; FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure viewed from another angle; FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a material loading member 23 and a posture adjustment assembly 24 of the tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure; FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure in a state of being loaded with tubes; and FIG. 6 to FIG. 11 show schematic diagrams of various states during operation of the tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.
[0047] As shown in FIGs. 1 to 5, the tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure comprises a frame 10 and a feeding mechanism 20.
[0048] The frame 10 comprises a bottom frame 11 serving as a base, a vertical support 12 supported on and erected from the bottom frame 11, and a tube carrier 13 supported by the vertical support 12 and adapted to carry and receive tubes, which is in particular a horizontal tube carrier.
[0049] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the tube carrier 13 is mounted with a transfer assembly 14, which is configured to transfer tubes to one end of the tube carrier 13 so that the feeding mechanism 20 can load tubes from the one end of the tube carrier 13. Those skilled in the art can understand that the “one end” of the tube carrier 13 here particularly refers to the end where a side edge that is close to the tube processing machine of the tube carrier 13 is located. In one example, as shown in FIG. 3, the transfer assembly 14 comprises a driving wheel 141 and a driven wheel 142 serving as transmission sprockets installed on the tube carrier 13 and a transfer chain 143 installed on the transmission sprockets. The driving wheel 141 is driven by a motor to drive the transfer chain 143 to rotate, and further drive the tubes placed on the transfer chain 143 to move. In one example, the driving wheel 141 is driven by a separate conveyor motor 30.
[0050] The feeding mechanism 20 comprises a drive assembly 21 and a conveying assembly 22 adapted to be driven by the drive assembly 21 to convey tubes.
[0051] The conveying assembly 22 comprises a pivotable material loading member 23 adapted to accommodate tubes and a posture adjustment assembly 24 adapted to adjust a pivoting posture of the material loading member 23. Here, a pivot axis about which the material loading member 23 pivots is in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the tube it accommodates. The conveying assembly 22 further comprises a conveyor arm 25 coupled with the drive assembly 21, and the conveyor arm 25 comprises at least a horizontal arm 251 with a distal section 250 in which the material loading member 23 is pivotably arranged, and the distal section 250 is a section of the conveyor arm that can be driven to reach a clamping area of the tube processing machine.
[0052] It should be noted that in the disclosure, “clamping position” specifically refers to the position where a clamping axis of the tube is aligned with a center of a chuck of the tube processing machine, and “clamping area” refers to the area including a peripheral area adjacent to the clamping position. When a tube is located at the clamping position, the material loading member 23 and the distal section 250 of the conveyor arm 25 are located in the clamping area.
[0053] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the material loading member 23 has an initial loading posture adapted to load tube, and also has a first material loading block 231 and a second material loading block 232 integrated with each other. The first material loading block 231 is located on a tube processing machine side of the material loading member 23 and has a first material loading surface S1. The second material loading block 232 is located on a frame side of the material loading member 23 opposite to the tube processing machine side and has a second material loading surface S2. The first material loading surface S1 and the second material loading surface S2 form a V-shaped groove adapted to accommodate tube, and the initial loading posture is an posture in which the first material loading surface S1 and the second material loading surface S2 both are inclined and face upwards. An opening size of the V-shaped groove, or an angle between the first material loading surface S1 and the second material loading surface S2 can be designed according to actual needs, for example, it may be greater than, equal to or less than 90° but less than 180°, which is not specifically limited here.
[0054] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the material loading member 23 further has a material blocking surface S3, and the feeding mechanism 20 is further configured to stop the conveyance of tubes at the one end of the tube carrier 13 by means of the material blocking surface S3 of the material loading member 23, as shown in FIG. 6. After the conveyance of tubes is stopped by the material loading member 23, the transfer assembly 14 can interrupt the conveying operation, and then the tube located at the end can be loaded via the material loading member 23, which will be described in detail below. In some specific examples, the material blocking surface S3 is formed on a frame side of the second material loading block 232; the material blocking surface S3 is formed as a vertical surface in the initial loading posture, which vertical surface is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the tubes; and / or the material blocking surface S3 and the second material loading surface S2 form a material pushing end P in the shape of an inverted V of the second material loading block 232, thereby facilitating the separation of a single tube from other tubes and further picking up and loading the tube, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8.
[0055] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the posture adjustment assembly 24 is a pivoting driver also mounted at the distal section 250 of the conveyor arm 25, and an output end of the pivoting driver is coupled to the material loading member 23 and is thus adapted to change a pivoting posture of the material loading member 23. In one example, the pivoting driver is a cylinder, as shown in FIG, 4, and an output end of the cylinder is coupled to the first material loading block 231 of the material loading member 23 to drive the material loading member 23 to rotate. In an example not shown, the pivoting driver may also be a motor, which has an output shaft coupled to the pivot axis of the material loading member 23 to drive the material loading member 23 to rotate.
[0056] According to another exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the posture adjustment assembly 24 is a stopper positioned in the clamping area of the tube processing machine, and the stopper is configured to change the pivoting posture of the material loading member 23 through a stopping action on the material loading member 23 such that the tube is placed at the clamping position in a clamping posture. In an example not shown, the stopper comprises a stopping piece, such as a stopping plate or stopping block, which is configured to be adjustable in position and posture so as to be adapted to tubes of various sizes and shapes, or to various clamping postures of tubes. The stopper may further comprise a drive unit that drives the stopping piece to change its position and posture, or the stopping piece may also be constructed as any appropriate mechanism adapted to manual changing of the position and posture. Additionally or alternatively, the material loading member 23 has an elastic retaining piece adapted to retain or restore the initial loading posture of the material loading member 23 such that the material loading member 23 can be restored and retained in the initial loading posture during returning to the frame from the stopping piece, in order to perform the subsequent tube loading operation.
[0057] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the drive assembly 21 comprises a horizontal drive motor 211 configured to provide drive in a horizontal direction and a vertical drive motor 212 configured to provide drive in a vertical direction. More specifically, the drive assembly 21 comprises a horizontal drive motor 211 adapted to drive the conveyor arm 25 to move in the horizontal direction and a vertical drive motor 212 adapted to drive the conveyor arm 25 to move in the vertical direction.
[0058] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the frame 10 comprises a horizontal drive rail 15 supported by the vertical support 12.
[0059] In one example, the horizontal drive motor 211 is configured to drive itself to move horizontally relative to the horizontal drive rail 15 in order to bring the conveyor arm 25 and the vertical drive motor 212 moving in the horizontal direction, and the conveyor arm 25 further comprises a vertical arm 252 fixedly connected to or integrally formed with the horizontal arm 251 at a proximal end opposite to the distal section 250, and the vertical arm 252 is coupled with the vertical drive motor 212 and is thus driven by the vertical drive motor 212 to move vertically.
[0060] In another example, the tube loading equipment 1 does not comprise the conveyor motor 30, and the horizontal drive motor 211 is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm 25 or the transfer assembly 14 in a switchable manner in order to be adapted to selectively drive the conveyor arm 25 and the vertical drive motor 212 to move horizontally along the horizontal drive rail 15 or drive the transfer assembly 14 to perform a transfer movement. In this case, the horizontal drive motor 211 is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm 25 and the transfer assembly 14, especially the driving wheel 141, in each case via any known and suitable clutch device and transmission device.
[0061] According to another exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the frame 10 comprises a vertical drive rail (not shown) supported by the bottom frame 11 and / or the tube carrier 13.
[0062] In one example, the vertical drive motor 212 is configured to drive itself to move vertically relative to the vertical drive rail in order to bring the conveyor arm 25 and the horizontal drive motor 211 moving in the vertical direction, and the horizontal arm 251 of the conveyor arm 25 is coupled with the horizontal drive motor 211 and is thus driven by the horizontal drive motor 211 to move horizontally.
[0063] In another example, the tube loading equipment 1 does not comprise the conveyor motor 30, and the vertical drive motor 212 is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm 25 or the transfer assembly 14 in a switchable manner in order to be adapted to selectively drive the conveyor arm 25 and the horizontal drive motor 211 to move vertically along the vertical drive rail or drive the transfer assembly 14 to perform a transfer movement. Accordingly, the vertical drive motor 212 is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm 25 and the transfer assembly 14, in particular with the driving wheel 141, in each case, via any known and suitable clutch device and transmission device.
[0064] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the feeding mechanism 20 comprises a plurality of conveying assemblies 22 (three are exemplarily shown in the Figure) arranged in sequence along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubes, and the plurality of conveying assemblies 22 are connected with one another in a power transmission manner by a common moving synchronous shaft. The moving synchronous shaft includes a horizontal moving synchronous shaft LH for bringing the plurality of conveying assemblies 22 moving horizontally synchronously and a vertical moving synchronous shaft LV for bringing the plurality of conveying assemblies 22 moving vertically synchronously.
[0065] According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the tube carrier 13 is installed thereon with a plurality of transfer assemblies 14 (three are exemplarily shown in the Figure) arranged in sequence along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubes, and the plurality of transfer assemblies 14 are connected with one another in a power transmission manner by a common conveying synchronous shaft LD, and the conveying synchronous shaft LD is installed as to connect the axes of the driving wheels 141 of the plurality of transfer assemblies 14.
[0066] The process of the loading operation of the tube loading equipment 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure is described below in conjunction with FIG. 6 to FIG. 11.
[0067] First of all, tubes are arranged in a single layer and placed on the transfer chains 143 of the transfer assemblies 14 on the tube carrier 13, and as shown in FIG. 6, the drive assembly 21 is operated to make the material loading member 23 to stop at the one end of the tube carrier in an initial loading posture such that the material blocking surface S3 of the material loading member 23 can serve as a blocking barrier for the tubes. Then, the transfer assemblies 14 are activated to transfer the tubes to the one end of the tube carrier, and the operation of the transfer assemblies 14 is stopped after the tubes being blocked by the material blocking surface S3 of the material loading member 23. Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the drive assembly 21 is operated to move the material loading member 23 to a position below an outermost tube, and the material pushing end P of the material loading member 23 is brought close to or located a position between the outermost tube and its adjacent tube. On this basis, as shown in FIG. 8, by operating the drive assembly 21, the material loading member 23 is lifted such that the outermost tube is slightly raised by the ascending material pushing end P and then falls into the V-shaped groove between the first material loading surface S1 and the second material loading surface S2 as a result of gravity, thereby completing the loading of a tube to the material loading member 23. Next, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the drive assembly 21 is continued to be operated to convey the tube at a desired height to the clamping position, and the posture adjustment assembly 24 as a cylinder is operated at the same time to adjust the pivoting posture of the material loading member 23 so as to adjust the tube to a desired clamping posture. After the tube is clamped, as shown in FIG. 11, the drive assembly 21 is operated to make the material loading member 23 descend and leave the tube, and then the drive assembly 21 and / or the posture adjustment assembly 24 are / is operated to make the material loading member 23 to return to the state shown in FIG. 6 to start the next loading operation.
[0068] In another exemplary embodiment, the position and posture of the stopping piece of the posture adjustment assembly 24 serving as a stopper are first determined according to the specifications and clamping posture of the tube, and then the drive assembly 21 is operated in a way similar to the above exemplary embodiment to load and convey the tube to the clamping area. In the clamping area, with the stopping action by the stopping piece on the material loading member 23, the material loading member 23 pivots and finally places the tube in the clamping posture at the clamping position. Thereafter, the drive assembly 21 is similarly operated to make the material loading member 23 descend and leave the tube, and the material loading member 23 automatically restores the initial loading posture with the help of the elastic retaining piece during leaving the stopping piece, and then the drive assembly 21 and / or the posture adjustment assembly 24 are / is operated to make the material loading member 23 return to the state shown in FIG. 6 to start the next loading operation.
[0069] The disclosure further relates to a tube processing machine having the tube loading equipment 1 according to the disclosure. In particular, the tube processing machine is a laser tube cutting machine.
[0070] While specific embodiments of the disclosure have been described in detail herein, they are presented only for the purpose of explanation and should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the disclosure. Various substitutions, changes and modifications can be devised without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
Claims
1.A tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine, characterized in that the tube loading equipment (1) comprises:a frame (10) , which comprises: a bottom frame (11) serving as a base; a vertical support (12) , which is vertically supported on the bottom frame (11) ; and a tube carrier (13) , which is supported by the vertical support (12) and is adapted to carry and receive tubes; anda feeding mechanism (20) , which is configured to load and convey tube from one end of the tube carrier (13) and to place the tube in a clamping posture at a clamping position of the tube processing machine.2.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in thatthe feeding mechanism (20) comprises a drive assembly (21) and a conveying assembly (22) adapted to be driven by the drive assembly (21) to convey tube, the conveying assembly (22) comprising a pivotable material loading member (23) adapted to accommodate tube and an posture adjustment assembly (24) adapted to adjust a pivoting posture of the material loading member (23) , wherein the axis of pivoting is in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the accommodated tube; and / orthe tube carrier (13) is installed thereon with a transfer assembly (14) , which is adapted to transfer the tubes to the one end of the tube carrier (13) .3.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 2, characterized in thatthe drive assembly (21) comprises a horizontal drive motor (211) configured to provide drive in a horizontal direction and a vertical drive motor (212) configured to provide drive in a vertical direction;the conveying assembly (22) further comprises a conveyor arm (25) coupled with the drive assembly (21) , and the material loading member (23) is pivotably arranged at a distal section (250) of the conveyor arm (25) that is adapted to be driven to reach a clamping area including the clamping position; and / orthe material loading member (23) is configured to have an initial loading posture adapted to load tube.4.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 3, characterized in thatthe posture adjustment assembly (24) is a pivoting driver mounted at the distal section (250) of the conveyor arm (25) , and an output end of the pivoting driver is coupled to the material loading member (23) and is thus adapted to change a pivoting posture of the material loading member (23) ; orthe posture adjustment assembly (24) is a stopper positioned in the clamping area, and the stopper is configured to change the pivoting posture of the material loading member (23) through a stopping action on the material loading member (23) such that the tube can be placed at the clamping position in a clamping posture.5.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 4, characterized in thatthe pivoting driver is a cylinder or a motor; orthe stopper comprises a stopping piece configured to be adjustable in position and posture, and / or the material loading member (23) is provided with an elastic retaining piece adapted to retain or restore the initial loading posture of the material loading member (23) .6.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in thatthe material loading member (23) has a first material loading block (231) and a second material loading block (232) integrated with each other, the first material loading block (231) being located on a tube processing machine side of the material loading member (23) and having a first material loading surface (S1) , the second material loading block (232) being located on a frame side of the material loading member (23) opposite to the tube processing machine side and having a second material loading surface (S2) , wherein the first material loading surface (S1) and the second material loading surface (S2) form a V-shaped groove adapted to accommodate tube, and the initial loading posture is an posture in which the first material loading surface (S1) and the second material loading surface (S2) both are inclined and face upwards; and / orthe material loading member (23) further has a material blocking surface (S3) , and the feeding mechanism (20) is further configured to stop the conveyance of tubes at the one end of the tube carrier (13) by means of the material blocking surface (S3) of the material loading member (23) .7.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 6, characterized in thatthe material blocking surface (S3) is formed on a frame side of the second material loading block (232) ;the material blocking surface (S3) is formed as a vertical surface that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the tubes in the initial loading posture; and / orthe material blocking surface (S3) and the second material loading surface (S2) form a material pushing end (P) in the shape of an inverted V of the second material loading block (232) .8.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to any one of claims 3 to 5 and 7, characterized in thatthe conveyor arm (25) comprises at least a horizontal arm (251) having the distal section (250) ; and / orthe frame (10) further comprises a horizontal drive rail (15) supported by the vertical support (12) , or comprises a vertical drive rail supported by the bottom frame (11) and / or the tube carrier (13) .9.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 8, characterized in thatthe horizontal drive motor (211) is configured to drive itself to move horizontally relative to the horizontal drive rail (15) in order to bring the conveyor arm (25) and the vertical drive motor (212) moving in the horizontal direction, and the conveyor arm (25) further comprises a vertical arm (252) fixedly connected to or integrally formed with the horizontal arm (251) at a proximal end opposite to the distal section (250) , wherein the vertical arm (252) is coupled with the vertical drive motor (212) and is thus driven by the vertical drive motor (212) to move vertically; orthe vertical drive motor (212) is configured to drive itself to move vertically relative to the vertical drive rail in order to bring the conveyor arm (25) and the horizontal drive motor (211) moving in the vertical direction, and the horizontal arm (251) of the conveyor arm (25) is coupled with the horizontal drive motor (211) and is thus driven by the horizontal drive motor (211) to move horizontally; and / orthe tube loading equipment (1) further comprises a transfer motor (30) coupled to the transfer assembly (14) in order to drive it to perform a transfer movement.10.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 8, characterized in thatthe horizontal drive motor (211) is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm (25) or the transfer assembly (14) in a switchable manner in order to be adapted to selectively drive the conveyor arm (25) and the vertical drive motor (212) to move horizontally along the horizontal drive rail (15) or drive the transfer assembly (14) to perform a transfer movement; orthe vertical drive motor (212) is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm (25) or the transfer assembly (14) in a switchable manner in order to be adapted to selectively drive the conveyor arm (25) and the horizontal drive motor (211) to move vertically along the vertical drive rail or drive the transfer assembly (14) to perform a transfer movement.11.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 10, characterized in thatthe horizontal drive motor (211) or the vertical drive motor (212) is configured to be coupled with the conveyor arm (25) and the transfer assembly (14) in each case via a corresponding clutch device and a transmission device.12.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to any one of claims 2 to 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11, characterized in thatthe feeding mechanism (20) comprises a plurality of conveying assemblies (22) arranged in sequence along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubes, and the plurality of conveying assemblies (22) are connected with one another in a power transmission manner by a common moving synchronous shaft; and / orthe tube carrier (13) is installed thereon with a plurality of transfer assemblies (14) arranged in sequence along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubes, and the plurality of transfer assemblies (14) are connected with one another in a power transmission manner by a common conveying synchronous shaft (LD) .13.The tube loading equipment for a tube processing machine according to claim 12, characterized in thatthe moving synchronous shaft includes a horizontal moving synchronous shaft (LH) and a vertical moving synchronous shaft (LV) ; and / orthe transfer assembly (14) comprises a driving wheel (141) and a driven wheel (142) serving as transmission sprockets and a transfer chain (143) installed on the transmission sprockets, and the conveying synchronous shaft (LD) is installed as connecting the axes of the driving wheels (141) of the plurality of transfer assemblies (14) .14.A tube processing machine, characterized in that the tube processing machine comprises the tube loading equipment (1) for a tube processing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 13.15.The tube processing machine according to claim 14, characterized in thatthe tube processing machine is a laser tube cutting machine.
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