The invention discloses a low-gas-consumption vacuum breaking end
effector of a reused
vacuum pump and a vacuum breaking method, and belongs to the field of
logistics automation. The problems that an existing
actuator depends on an additional
positive pressure air source,
energy consumption is high, the structure is redundant, and old equipment transformation compatibility is poor are solved. The
actuator comprises a suction cup connecting plate, a vacuum adsorption
assembly, a mechanical arm connecting structure, a
vacuum pump, a first stop valve, a second stop valve, an air distribution block and the like, the gas distribution block is provided with a main gas inlet and an independent gas outlet, the
tail gas pipeline is connected with the second stop valve and the gas distribution block, and the three-way gas path connector is communicated with the gas distribution block. According to the vacuum breaking method, gas paths are switched through the stop valves, vacuumizing is conducted in the adsorption stage, the
vacuum pump is reused as a channel in the release stage, and
atmosphere is subjected to vacuum breaking through a short path. The device is low in
gas consumption, high in vacuum pump
utilization rate, simple in structure, adaptive to upgrading of old equipment, capable of meeting the high-speed sorting requirement and high in practical value.