Picking Device Integrated Valve Merging Vacuum and Cylinder Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing picking devices in automatic production lines are plagued by excessive pipelines and wires, leading to high costs and inefficiencies, while still needing to maintain productivity and cost reduction.
Innovation Solution
A picking device design that incorporates a vacuum source and a picking mechanism with movably arranged picking assemblies, featuring air channels, picking pieces, moving pieces, and blocking pieces to generate negative pressure for material absorption, significantly reducing the number of pipelines and wires required.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each suction module is equipped with separate vacuum electromagnetic valves, air pipes, and electromagnetic valves for air cylinders, then the picking device can achieve reliable material absorption and cylinder control, but the quantity of pipelines and wires increases excessively leading to high costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the vacuum electromagnetic valve and air cylinder electromagnetic valve functions into a single integrated valve body. This unified valve structure controls both vacuum supply and air cylinder actuation through shared piping, eliminating the need for separate valve assemblies and reducing the overall quantity of pipelines and wires while maintaining reliable material absorption and cylinder control
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated valve body serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both a vacuum electromagnetic valve and an air cylinder electromagnetic valve. This multi-functional component reduces system complexity by consolidating what would traditionally require separate dedicated components, thereby reducing pipeline and wire quantity while preserving operational reliability
2Productivity
If multiple sets of suction modules are equipped to increase productivity, then the efficiency of production lines increases, but the quantity of pipelines and wires increases proportionally leading to higher costs
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the valve functions into a single integrated unit, each suction module requires fewer separate pipelines and wires. This reduction in per-module connectivity requirements allows the system to support multiple suction modules for increased productivity without proportionally increasing the total quantity of pipelines and wires, thereby controlling costs while maintaining high production line efficiency
3Ease of operation
If air cylinders are integrated with separate air pipes and sensing lines, then precise cylinder control is achieved, but the device complexity and cost increase due to excessive wiring
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the air cylinder electromagnetic valve with the vacuum electromagnetic valve in a single integrated valve body. This consolidation eliminates separate wiring for cylinder control while maintaining precise cylinder control through the shared valve mechanism, thereby reducing wire quantity and device complexity without sacrificing operational precision
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design effectively reduces the number of pipelines and wires while maintaining productivity and cost reduction, enabling efficient material absorption and handling in production lines.
Implementation Method 1
The vacuum source is configured to pump air so as to provide negative pressure... the vacuum source to generate negative pressure through the air channels, enabling the chucks of the picking pieces to absorb the materials
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a picking device which is suitable for absorbing at least one material. The picking device includes a vacuum source and a picking mechanism. The vacuum source is configured to pump air so as to provide negative pressure. The picking mechanism is connected with the vacuum source and includes a main body and a plurality of picking assemblies which are movably arranged on the main body. The main body is provided with a plurality of air channels for connecting the vacuum source and the picking assemblies respectively. Each picking assembly includes a picking piece, a moving piece and a blocking piece; the picking pieces and the moving pieces penetrate through the main body at intervals and pass through the corresponding air channels; the moving pieces are provided with air vents for moving along with the blocking pieces so as to communicate with the air channels.