CN110641950A

CN110641950A - Carrier transport assembly line

Info

Publication number: CN110641950A
Application number: CN201910892059.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴加富; 缪磊; 马伟; 蒋玉斌; 万发; 谢献民
Original assignee: Suzhou RS Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou RS Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-20
Filing date: 2019-09-20
Publication date: 2020-01-03

Abstract

The invention provides a carrier conveying assembly line which comprises a feeding assembly and an identification assembly, wherein the feeding assembly is used for conveying carriers, and the carriers move along with the feeding assembly; the identification assembly comprises a code scanning unit and a driving unit, wherein the code scanning unit detects that the direction faces the carrier; the identification component further comprises a mounting frame and a housing, the mounting frame is arranged on one side, close to the carrier, of the identification code, the driving unit and the housing are mounted on the mounting frame, the code scanning unit is driven to move along the moving direction of the carrier through the driving unit, and therefore the code scanning unit identifies the workpiece on the carrier.

Description

Carrier transport assembly line

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of automation, and particularly relates to a carrier conveying production line.

Background

The identification device is usually arranged on the current production line, the identification device identifies the passed workpieces, the information of the workpieces is convenient to know, the tools are usually carried by the tools in the current automatic production line for improving the efficiency, the carriers are placed on the production line to operate, whether the problem of material shortage occurs on the carriers is detected or not, the identification device is required to identify the workpieces on the carriers one by one before the workpieces are loaded, at present, the identification device is usually arranged after the workpieces are processed, the identification device is arranged above the workpieces for convenient identification, if the identification device is arranged at the loading position, the identification device is easy to interfere with grabbing equipment, and in order to solve the problem, a carrier transmission production line is urgently needed, and the workpieces on the carriers are detected one by one before the workpieces are loaded.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the carrier transmission assembly line provided by the invention is convenient for the recognition device to recognize the workpieces on the carrier one by one at the loading position of the assembly line, and avoids the interference of external grabbing equipment.

The invention provides a carrier conveying assembly line which comprises a feeding assembly and an identification assembly, wherein the feeding assembly is used for conveying carriers, and the carriers move along with the feeding assembly; a plurality of workpieces are linearly arranged on the carrier along the moving direction of the carrier;

the identification assembly comprises a code scanning unit and a driving unit, and the code scanning unit detects that the direction faces the carrier; the driving unit drives the code scanning unit to move along the moving direction of the carrier, so that the code scanning unit identifies the workpiece on the carrier.

Preferably, the feeding assembly comprises a feeding motor, a conveying unit and a bracket;

the feeding motor and the conveying unit are arranged on the bracket, and the conveying unit is arranged on two side surfaces of the bracket; the feeding motor drives the conveying unit to move, and the carrier is placed on the conveying unit.

Preferably, the two side surfaces of the bracket are provided with a first positioning unit and a second positioning unit, and the two side surfaces of the carrier are pressed tightly through the first positioning unit and the second positioning unit;

the support is further provided with a stop block, the stop block is arranged at the position of the downstream of the conveying unit, and the end part of the carrier is stopped by the stop block.

Preferably, the first positioning unit comprises a first air cylinder, a first pressing block and a fixing plate, the fixing plate is fixedly mounted on the bracket, the first air cylinder is mounted on the fixing plate, and the first pressing block is pushed by the first air cylinder so as to be in contact with the carrier;

the second positioning unit comprises a second air cylinder, a push plate, a second pressing block and a mounting plate, the mounting plate is fixedly mounted on the support, the second air cylinder is mounted on the mounting plate, the second pressing block is mounted on the push plate, the second air cylinder pushes the push plate to enable the push plate to slide on the mounting plate, and the second pressing block presses the carrier;

and the carrier is clamped tightly by the first pressing block and the second pressing block.

Preferably, the number of the second pressing blocks is two, the second pressing blocks are arranged at positions close to two sides of the push plate, and the first pressing blocks are arranged between the second pressing blocks corresponding to the two positions.

Preferably, a baffle is arranged on the side wall of the bracket and used for limiting the movement direction of the carrier;

the baffle is provided with a notch corresponding to the disposal position of the first pressing block and the second pressing block, and the first pressing block and the second pressing block penetrate through the notch to be contacted with the carrier.

Preferably, the identification component further comprises a mounting frame and a housing; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the carrier is provided with an identification code for displaying workpiece information, the mounting frame is arranged at one side close to the carrier on which the identification code is arranged, and the driving unit is mounted on the mounting frame;

the housing is mounted on the mounting bracket, the housing being for protecting the drive unit.

Preferably, the code scanning unit comprises a code scanning gun and a mounting block, and the code scanning gun is connected with the mounting block; the driving unit drives the mounting block.

Preferably, the code scanning unit further comprises a sliding block, and the sliding block is connected between the code scanning gun and the mounting block;

the sliding track is arranged on the cover shell, the sliding track extends along the motion direction of the carrier, and the sliding block slides in the sliding track.

Preferably, the stand is mounted with a position detector disposed at a position close to the stopper.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the invention provides a carrier conveying assembly line, which is characterized in that a code scanning unit is driven by a driving unit, so that the code scanning unit is convenient for identifying a plurality of workpieces on a carrier, and meanwhile, when an external grabbing device grabs the carrier, the driving unit drives the code scanning unit to be far away from the carrier, so that interference is avoided.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical solutions of the present invention more clearly understood and to implement them in accordance with the contents of the description, the following detailed description is given with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. The detailed description of the present invention is given in detail by the following examples and the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a loading assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a first positioning unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a second positioning unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a first perspective view of an identification component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an identification component according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Shown in the figure:

120. a feeding assembly; 121. a feeding motor; 122. a transfer unit; 123. a support; 1231. a baffle plate; 124. a stopper; 125. an in-place detector; 126. a first positioning unit; 1261. a first cylinder; 1262. a first pressing block; 1263. a fixing plate; 127. a second positioning unit; 1271. a second cylinder; 1272. pushing the plate; 1273. a second pressing block; 1274. mounting a plate; 200. a substrate; 400. identifying a component; 410. a code scanning unit; 411. a code scanning gun; 412. a slider; 413. mounting blocks; 420. a drive unit; 430. a mounting frame; 440. a housing; 441. a sliding track; 500. a carrier is provided.

Detailed Description

The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which will enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention with reference to the accompanying specification. In the drawings, the shape and size may be exaggerated for clarity, and the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings to designate the same or similar components. In the following description, terms such as center, thickness, height, length, front, back, rear, left, right, top, bottom, upper, lower, and the like are used based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. In particular, "height" corresponds to the dimension from top to bottom, "width" corresponds to the dimension from left to right, and "depth" corresponds to the dimension from front to back. These relative terms are for convenience of description and are not generally intended to require a particular orientation. Terms concerning attachments, coupling and the like (e.g., "connected" and "attached") refer to a relationship wherein structures are secured or attached, either directly or indirectly, to one another through intervening structures, as well as both movable or rigid attachments or relationships, unless expressly described otherwise.

The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, and it should be noted that any combination of the embodiments or technical features described below can be used to form a new embodiment without conflict.

As shown in fig. 1-3, a carrier transport assembly line includes a loading assembly 120 and an identification assembly 400, the loading assembly 120 is used for transporting a carrier 500, and the carrier 500 moves along with the loading assembly 120; the feeding assembly 120 comprises a feeding motor 121, a conveying unit 122 and a bracket 123; the feeding motor 121 and the conveying unit 122 are mounted on the bracket 123, and the conveying unit 122 is arranged on two side surfaces of the bracket 123; the feeding motor 121 drives the conveying unit 122 to move, and the carrier 500 is placed on the conveying unit 122, so that the carrier 500 is driven by the movement of the conveying unit 122; the production line further comprises a substrate 200, the feeding assembly 120 and the identification assembly 400 are mounted on the substrate 200, and the substrate 200 is a fixed surface of the production line.

The first positioning unit 126 and the second positioning unit 127 are mounted on two side surfaces of the bracket 123, and the two side surfaces of the carrier 500 are pressed tightly through the first positioning unit 126 and the second positioning unit 127; the support 123 is further provided with a stopper 124, the stopper 124 is arranged at a position downstream of the conveying unit 122, the end of the carrier 500 is stopped by the stopper 124, the carrier 500 is limited at a fixed position by the first positioning unit 126, the second positioning unit 127 and the stopper 124, and the carrier 500 is conveniently and accurately grabbed by external equipment, so that the carrier 500 is positioned at the loading position by the first positioning unit 126, the second positioning unit 127 and the stopper 124.

As shown in fig. 7, a plurality of workpieces are linearly arranged on the carrier 500 along the moving direction thereof, in the present embodiment, the number of the workpieces on the carrier 500 is five, the identification component 400 includes a code scanning unit 410 and a driving unit 420, and the code scanning unit 410 detects that the direction faces the carrier 500; the code scanning unit 410 is driven by the driving unit 420 to move along the moving direction of the carrier 500, so that the code scanning unit 410 can identify the workpieces on the carrier 500 one by one along the moving direction of the carrier 500.

The identification assembly 400 further includes a mounting bracket 430, a housing 440; wherein, the carrier 500 is provided with an identification code for displaying the information of the workpiece, the mounting rack 430 is arranged at a side close to the carrier 500 on which the identification code is arranged, and the driving unit 420 is arranged on the mounting rack 430; a cover 440 is mounted on the mounting bracket 430, and the cover 440 serves to protect the driving unit 420.

The information of the workpieces on the carrier 500 is identified through the code scanning unit 410, the working progress of the assembly line is known, meanwhile, whether the workpiece on the workpiece detection carrier 500 has a problem of material shortage can be identified through the code scanning unit 410, so that the arrangement condition of the workpieces on the carrier 500 is known before processing, the problems can be conveniently processed as early as possible after the problems are detected, as the workpieces on the carrier 500 are arranged in order, when the code scanning unit 410 scans one by one, the detection data has certain regularity, and when no workpiece exists in the workpiece position on the carrier 500, the regularity is broken, and the workpiece position of material shortage on the carrier 500 can be accurately detected by comparing the normal detection data; in the assembly line, after the carrier 500 is positioned by the first positioning unit 126, the second positioning unit 127 and the stopper 124, the carrier 500 can be conveniently and accurately grabbed by external equipment, and meanwhile, because the first positioning unit 126, the second positioning unit 127 and the stopper 124 limit the movement of the carrier 500 in the horizontal direction, the carrier 500 can be conveniently taken out from the vertical direction for grabbing the external equipment, and in order to avoid the situation that the external equipment, the carrier 500 and the code scanning unit 410 are interfered and damaged due to collision, after the code scanning unit 410 detects the workpiece on the carrier 500, the code scanning unit 410 is driven by the driving unit 420 to be far away from the carrier 500.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the first positioning unit 126 comprises a first air cylinder 1261, a first pressing block 1262 and a fixing plate 1263, the fixing plate 1263 is fixedly mounted on the bracket 123, the first air cylinder 1261 is mounted on the fixing plate 1263, and the first pressing block 1262 is pushed by the first air cylinder 1261 so that the first pressing block 1262 is in contact with the carrier 500; as shown in fig. 6, the second positioning unit 127 includes a second cylinder 1271, a push plate 1272, a second pressing block 1273 and a mounting plate 1274, the mounting plate 1274 is fixedly mounted on the bracket 123, the second cylinder 1271 is mounted on the mounting plate 1274, the second pressing block 1273 is mounted on the push plate 1272, the second cylinder 1271 pushes the push plate 1272, so that the push plate 1272 slides on the mounting plate 1274, and the second pressing block 1273 presses the carrier 500; the carrier 500 is clamped by the first pressing block 1262 and the second pressing block 1273, and then the stop block 124 for fixing the end part of the carrier 500 is matched, so that the carrier 500 limits the movement in the horizontal direction, and the positioning effect is achieved.

The number of the second pressing blocks 1273 is two, the second pressing blocks 1273 are arranged at the positions of two sides close to the push plate 1272, the position of the first pressing block 1262 is arranged between the two second pressing blocks 1273, the two sides of the carrier 500 are clamped by arranging at least three contact points on the side surface of the carrier 500, one contact point on one side and two contact points on the other side are arranged simultaneously, and one contact point on one side corresponds to the position between the two contact points on the other side, so that the clamping process is more stable, and the contact points used at the same time are the least.

As shown in fig. 4, since the baffle 1231 for limiting the moving direction of the carrier 500 is disposed on the sidewall of the bracket 123, the carrier 500 is prevented from shifting during the moving process, notches are formed at positions of the baffle 1231 corresponding to the first pressing block 1262 and the second pressing block 1273, the first pressing block 1262 and the second pressing block 1273 pass through the notches to contact with the carrier 500, in order to enable the baffle 1231 to play a guiding role, the baffle 1231 needs to be kept as complete as possible, so as to need to form as few notches as possible on the baffle 1231, and therefore, the number of notches required by the clamping scheme that one contact point on one side corresponds to two contact points on the other side is the minimum.

As shown in fig. 8, the code scanning unit 410 includes a code scanning gun 411 and a mounting block 413, wherein the code scanning gun 411 is connected with the mounting block 413; the driving unit 420 drives the mounting block 413; the code scanning unit 410 further comprises a sliding block 412, and the sliding block 412 is connected between the code scanning gun 411 and the mounting block 413; the cover 440 is provided with a sliding track 441, the sliding track 441 extends along the moving direction of the carrier 500, the sliding block 412 slides in the sliding track 441, and the sliding block 412 is connected with the sliding track 441 in a sliding manner to guide the code scanning unit 410.

As shown in fig. 3, the support 123 is mounted with the in-place detector 125, the in-place detector 125 is disposed at a position close to the stopper 124, when the carrier 500 contacts the stopper 124, the in-place detector 125 detects the carrier 500, and the in-place detector 125 controls the first positioning unit 126 and the second positioning unit 127 to operate, so that the first positioning unit 126 and the second positioning unit 127 clamp the carrier 500 for positioning.

According to the carrier conveying assembly line provided by the invention, the code scanning unit is driven by the driving unit, so that the code scanning unit is convenient for identifying a plurality of workpieces on the carrier, and meanwhile, when the external grabbing device grabs the carrier, the driving unit drives the code scanning unit to be far away from the carrier, so that interference is avoided; a first pressing block is arranged by utilizing a first positioning unit, two second pressing blocks are arranged by utilizing a second positioning unit, the position of the first pressing block corresponds to the position between the two second pressing blocks, and the carrier is stably clamped by using the minimum contact points; the carrier position is detected through the in-place detector, the first pressing block and the second positioning unit are controlled to work, the carrier is positioned, and the mechanism is simple in structure, convenient to use and convenient to maintain.

The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention in any manner; those skilled in the art can readily practice the invention as shown and described in the drawings and detailed description herein; however, those skilled in the art should appreciate that they can readily use the disclosed conception and specific embodiments as a basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims; meanwhile, any changes, modifications, and evolutions of the equivalent changes of the above embodiments according to the actual techniques of the present invention are still within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A carrier transport assembly line comprises a loading component (120) and an identification component (400), and is characterized in that: the loading assembly (120) is used for conveying a carrier (500), and the carrier (500) moves along with the loading assembly (120); a plurality of workpieces are linearly arranged on the carrier (500) along the moving direction of the carrier (500);

the identification component (400) comprises a code scanning unit (410) and a driving unit (420), wherein the code scanning unit (410) detects that the direction is towards the carrier (500); the code scanning unit (410) is driven to move along the moving direction of the carrier (500) by the driving unit (420), so that the code scanning unit (410) identifies the workpieces on the carrier (500).

2. The carrier transport line of claim 1, wherein: the feeding assembly (120) comprises a feeding motor (121), a conveying unit (122) and a bracket (123);

the feeding motor (121) and the conveying unit (122) are arranged on the bracket (123), and the conveying unit (122) is arranged on two side surfaces of the bracket (123); the feeding motor (121) drives the conveying unit (122) to move, and the carrier (500) is placed on the conveying unit (122).

3. The carrier transport line of claim 2, wherein: two side surfaces of the bracket (123) are provided with a first positioning unit (126) and a second positioning unit (127), and the two side surfaces of the carrier (500) are pressed through the first positioning unit (126) and the second positioning unit (127);

the bracket (123) is also provided with a stop block (124), the stop block (124) is arranged at the position downstream of the conveying unit (122), and the end part of the carrier (500) is stopped by the stop block (124).

4. The carrier transport line of claim 3, wherein: the first positioning unit (126) comprises a first air cylinder (1261), a first pressing block (1262) and a fixing plate (1263), the fixing plate (1263) is fixedly installed on the bracket (123), the first air cylinder (1261) is installed on the fixing plate (1263), and the first pressing block (1262) is pushed by the first air cylinder (1261) so that the first pressing block (1262) is contacted with the carrier (500);

the second positioning unit (127) comprises a second air cylinder (1271), a push plate (1272), a second pressing block (1273) and a mounting plate (1274), wherein the mounting plate (1274) is fixedly mounted on the bracket (123), the second air cylinder (1271) is mounted on the mounting plate (1274), the second pressing block (1273) is mounted on the push plate (1272), the second air cylinder (1271) pushes the push plate (1272) so that the push plate (1272) slides on the mounting plate (1274), and the second pressing block (1273) presses the carrier (500);

the carrier (500) is clamped by the first pressing block (1262) and the second pressing block (1273).

5. The carrier transport line of claim 4, wherein: the number of the second pressing blocks (1273) is two, the second pressing blocks (1273) are arranged at positions close to two sides of the push plate (1272), and the position of the first pressing block (1262) is arranged between the two second pressing blocks (1273).

6. The carrier transport line of claim 4, wherein: a baffle (1231) is arranged on the side wall of the support (123), and the baffle (1231) is used for limiting the movement direction of the carrier (500);

notches are formed in the positions, corresponding to the first pressing block (1262) and the second pressing block (1273), of the baffle (1231), and the first pressing block (1262) and the second pressing block (1273) penetrate through the notches to be in contact with the carrier (500).

7. The carrier transport line of claim 1, wherein: the identification component (400) further comprises a mounting frame (430) and a cover (440); wherein the content of the first and second substances,

an identification code for displaying workpiece information is arranged on the carrier (500), the mounting frame (430) is arranged at one side close to the carrier (500) on which the identification code is arranged, and the driving unit (420) is mounted on the mounting frame (430);

the cover (440) is mounted on the mounting bracket (430), and the cover (440) protects the driving unit (420).

8. The carrier transport line of claim 7, wherein: the code scanning unit (410) comprises a code scanning gun (411) and a mounting block (413), wherein the code scanning gun (411) is connected with the mounting block (413); the driving unit (420) drives the mounting block (413).

9. The carrier transport line of claim 8, wherein: the code scanning unit (410) further comprises a sliding block (412), and the sliding block (412) is connected between the code scanning gun (411) and the mounting block (413);

the sliding rail (441) is arranged on the cover (440), the sliding rail (441) extends along the moving direction of the carrier (500), and the sliding block (412) slides in the sliding rail (441).

10. The carrier transport line of claim 3, wherein: the bracket (123) is provided with a position detector (125), and the position detector (125) is arranged at a position close to the stop block (124).