Double-station feeding device and method for electronic cigarette filter shell
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electronic cigarette production, in particular to a double-station feeding device and a double-station feeding method for an electronic cigarette filter shell.
Background
Electronic cigarettes come in a wide variety of forms, and they generally consist of three parts: a tobacco rod, an atomizer and a cartridge; the atomizer is a heating element, and the battery supplies power to generate heat, so that the tobacco tar beside the atomizer volatilizes to form smoke, and the atomizer can achieve the effects of cloud swallowing and fog spraying when people inhale. Inside through heating the atomizing with the tobacco juice, with outside air suction, make the electronic cigarette of atomizing inhale.
The patent with the publication number of CN107788580A and the patent name of electronic cigarette liquid flow control mechanism and electronic cigarette with the electronic cigarette liquid flow control mechanism is disclosed by the Chinese national intellectual property office, which comprises an electronic cigarette body, an atomizer and an electronic cigarette liquid flow control mechanism. The electronic cigarette body comprises an electronic cigarette liquid storage bin, a cigarette holder and an electronic cigarette base. The atomizer having a heater and an e-liquid storage medium is positioned on an atomizer mount. The electronic vaping liquid flow control mechanism defines an electronic vaping liquid flow control aperture and has an electronic vaping liquid flow control handle. When the e-liquid flow control handle is lifted all the way up, e-liquid flow is blocked. When the electronic cigarette liquid flow control handle is pushed downwards all the time, the electronic cigarette liquid flow reaches the maximum. The e-liquid flow may be controlled by the user by pushing down or pulling up the e-liquid flow control handle between the highest and lowest indicia. The mechanism of this patent product is complicated, and is with artifical packaging efficiency low, and corresponding automation equipment is few.
Disclosure of Invention
The purpose of the invention is: aiming at the fact that the number of automation equipment for electronic cigarette production in the prior art is small, the double-station feeding device and the double-station feeding method for the electronic cigarette filter shell are high in assembly efficiency, accurate in visual detection and assembly and capable of carrying the electronic cigarette filter shell in double stations.
For the purpose of the invention, the following technical scheme is adopted for realizing the purpose:
a double-station feeding device for an electronic cigarette filter shell comprises a mounting seat, a feeding circular vibration and dislocation mechanism, a carrying mechanism, a jig turntable, a detection assembly and a feeding manipulator, wherein the feeding circular vibration and dislocation mechanism, the carrying mechanism, the jig turntable, the detection assembly and the feeding manipulator are arranged on the mounting seat; the output end of the feeding circular vibrator is connected with a dislocation mechanism, the dislocation mechanism is arranged on the mounting seat, the jig turntable is positioned at the side of the dislocation mechanism, and the carrying mechanism is positioned above the dislocation mechanism and the carrying mechanism; the detection assembly corresponds to the dislocation mechanism, and the feeding manipulator is connected with the jig turntable.
The dislocation mechanism is used for arranging two rows of parallel filter shells, and the detection assembly is used for carrying out visual detection on the filter shells at the dislocation mechanism; the carrying mechanism is used for carrying the filtering shells, the jig turntable is used for rotating the filtering shells, and the feeding manipulator is used for carrying the two filtering shells simultaneously.
Preferably, the dislocation mechanism comprises a first bottom plate, a first air cylinder, a movable material receiving table, a material stopping block, a material dropping seat, a second air cylinder, a double-station material receiving seat and a second base; the first base plate is fixed on the mounting seat, the first air cylinder is mounted on the side of the first base plate, the movable material receiving platform is movably connected to the first base plate through a sliding rail and is connected with the telescopic end of the first air cylinder, and a boss is arranged at the upper end of the movable material receiving platform; the material stopping block is arranged on the side of the movable material receiving platform; the blanking seat is arranged on the first bottom plate and is positioned right above the movable material receiving platform; the double-station material receiving seat is movably connected to the second base through a sliding rail, the second cylinder is installed on the second base, the telescopic end of the second cylinder is connected with the double-station material receiving seat, and the double-station material receiving seat is provided with two bosses for placing filter shells.
Preferably, a blanking hole is formed in the blanking seat, the filter shell is stacked in the blanking hole, and an infrared sensor is arranged on the side of the blanking hole.
Preferably, the carrying mechanism comprises a groove plate, a driving motor, a swing rod, a transverse moving plate, a longitudinal moving plate, a roller, a first finger cylinder, a first clamping block, a pressing block, a folded strip, a third cylinder, a connecting strip, a second finger cylinder and a second clamping block; the groove plate is arranged on the mounting seat, a C-shaped groove is formed in the groove plate, the driving motor is arranged on the groove plate, one end of the swing rod is a round hole, the other end of the swing rod is a groove hole, and one end of the swing rod is arranged on the telescopic end of the driving motor; the transverse moving plate is movably connected to the groove plate through a sliding rail, and the longitudinal moving plate is movably connected to the transverse moving plate through a sliding rail; the roller is fixedly arranged at the top end of the longitudinal moving plate, the roller is movably matched with the slotted hole phase of the oscillating bar, and the roller is simultaneously matched with the C-shaped slot on the slotted plate; the first finger cylinder is arranged on the longitudinal moving plate, the first clamping blocks are arranged at two telescopic ends of the first finger cylinder, the pressing blocks are fixedly arranged on the first finger cylinder, and the pressing blocks are positioned above the middle parts of the two first finger cylinders; the folding strip is installed on the longitudinal moving plate, the third cylinder is movably connected onto the folding strip through the sliding rail, the connecting strip is installed at the telescopic end of the third cylinder, the second finger cylinder is installed at the bottom end of the connecting strip, and the second clamping blocks are installed at the two moving ends of the second finger cylinder.
Preferably, the first finger cylinder and the second finger cylinder have the same height.
Preferably, the jig turntable comprises a rotary cylinder and a turntable arranged on an output shaft of the rotary cylinder, bosses for placing the filter shell are arranged on the turntable, the bosses on two sides are symmetrically arranged, and two bosses are arranged on one side.
Preferably, the detection assembly comprises a vertical plate, an annular light source and a visual camera; the annular light source is arranged in the middle of the vertical plate, the visual camera is arranged at the upper end of the vertical plate, and the annular light source and the visual camera are positioned on the same vertical axis; the detection assembly corresponds to the double-station material receiving seat.
Preferably, the feeding manipulator comprises two horizontal and vertical degrees of freedom and executes the clamping action of the tail end, and the feeding manipulator can realize that two filter shells are simultaneously clamped, conveyed and fed.
Preferably, a collecting box for collecting unqualified filter shells is further arranged between the dislocation mechanism and the jig turntable.
A double-station feeding method for an electronic cigarette filter shell sequentially comprises the following steps:
separating a filter shell: the feeding circular vibration sends the filter shell to the blanking seat, the first air cylinder drives the movable material receiving platform to move back and forth, when the boss on the movable material receiving platform is opposite to the blanking seat, the filter shell is sleeved on the movable material receiving platform, then the first air cylinder drives the movable material receiving platform to push out, and at the moment, the material stopping block is positioned right below the blanking seat to prevent continuous blanking;
(II) detecting a filter shell: the moved filter shells are conveyed into a double-station material receiving seat, a second air cylinder drives the double-station material receiving seat to move left and right, two filter shells are placed, a detection assembly detects the two filter shells step by step, the appearance is mainly detected, and unqualified filter shells are placed in a collection box;
(III) transition conveying of the filter shell: the driving motor drives the swing rod to rotate, and the swing rod drives the roller on the longitudinal moving plate to move along the C-shaped groove on the groove plate; the first finger cylinder drives the first clamping blocks to approach each other to clamp, and the pressing blocks press the filter shell in the process of vertically approaching the filter shell; the first finger cylinder is used for realizing the transportation of the filter shell between the movable material receiving platform and the double-station material receiving seat, the second finger cylinder is used for realizing the transportation of the filter shell between the double-station material receiving seat and the jig turntable, and the third cylinder drives the second finger cylinder to move out laterally, so that the transportation between the two filter shells is realized step by step;
(IV) filtering shell loading and conveying: the rotary cylinder rotates the rotary disc, and then the feeding manipulator clamps the filter shell and then carries out feeding and carrying.
The invention has the beneficial effects that after the technical scheme is adopted: the dislocation mechanism realizes the separation of the filter shell, the separation process is orderly, and a material stopping block is arranged for stopping the material, so that the left and right switching process of the movable material receiving platform has two modes of material loading and material stopping; the double-station material receiving seat capable of moving is arranged, so that the receiving capacity of workpieces is improved, and the feeding speed and the subsequent visual detection speed are improved. The conveying mechanism solves the problems of low conveying efficiency and easy error of the filter shell, and realizes two-dimensional conveying by arranging a driving motor for driving, so that the conveying mechanism is more efficient; the conveying tail end is provided with two groups of clamping blocks, synchronous conveying can be achieved, and the second finger cylinder can move laterally through the third cylinder and is suitable for double-station conveying; set up the briquetting and press down before getting to filter the shell clamp, can ensure to filter the accurate cover of shell on the boss, carry out position correction to some askew filter shells of falling, improved the degree of accuracy of getting and the degree of accuracy of transport.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the dislocation mechanism.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the conveyance mechanism.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1, the double-station feeding device for the electronic cigarette filter shell comprises a mounting seat 1, a feeding circular vibrator 2, a dislocation mechanism 3, a carrying mechanism 4, a jig turntable 5, a detection assembly 6 and a feeding manipulator 7, wherein the feeding circular vibrator 2, the dislocation mechanism 3, the carrying mechanism 4, the jig turntable 5 and the feeding manipulator 7 are arranged on the mounting seat 1; the output end of the feeding circular vibrator 2 is connected with a dislocation mechanism 3, the dislocation mechanism 3 is arranged on the mounting seat 1, the jig turntable 5 is positioned at the side of the dislocation mechanism 3, and the carrying mechanism 4 is positioned above the dislocation mechanism 3 and the carrying mechanism 4; the detection assembly 6 corresponds to the dislocation mechanism 3, and the feeding manipulator 7 is connected with the jig turntable 5.
The dislocation mechanism 3 is used for arranging two rows of parallel filter shells, and the detection assembly 6 is used for carrying out visual detection on the filter shells at the dislocation mechanism 3; transport mechanism 4 is used for carrying filtering the shell, and tool carousel 5 is used for rotating filtering the shell, and material loading manipulator 7 is used for carrying simultaneously two shells of filtering.
As shown in fig. 2, the shifting mechanism 3 includes a first bottom plate 31, a first cylinder 32, a movable material receiving table 33, a material stopping block 34, a material dropping seat 35, a second cylinder 36, a dual-station material receiving seat 37 and a second base 38; the first base plate 31 is fixed on the mounting base 1, the first cylinder 32 is mounted on the side of the first base plate 31, the movable material receiving platform 33 is movably connected on the first base plate 31 through a slide rail, the movable material receiving platform 33 is connected with the telescopic end of the first cylinder 32, and the upper end of the movable material receiving platform 33 is provided with a boss for arranging a filter shell; the material stopping block 34 is arranged on the side of the movable material receiving platform 33; the blanking seat 35 is installed on the first bottom plate 31, the blanking seat 35 is located right above the movable material receiving platform 33, a blanking hole is formed in the blanking seat 35, the filter shell is stacked in the blanking hole, and the infrared sensor 351 is arranged on the side of the blanking hole; the double-station material receiving seat 37 is movably connected to the second base 38 through a sliding rail, the second air cylinder 36 is installed on the second base 38, the telescopic end of the second air cylinder 36 is connected with the double-station material receiving seat 37, and the double-station material receiving seat 37 is provided with two bosses for placing filter shells.
When the dislocation mechanism 3 works, the first air cylinder 32 drives the movable material receiving platform 33 to move back and forth, when the boss on the movable material receiving platform 33 is over against the material dropping seat 35, the filter shell is sleeved on the movable material receiving platform 33, then the first air cylinder 32 drives the movable material receiving platform 33 to push out, and at the moment, the material stopping block 34 is positioned under the material dropping seat 35 to prevent continuous material dropping; the removed filter shell is conveyed to a double-station material receiving seat 37, and a second air cylinder 36 drives the double-station material receiving seat 37 to move left and right to place two filter shells.
The dislocation mechanism 3 realizes the separation of the filter shells, the separation process is orderly, and the material stopping block 34 is arranged for stopping the material, so that the left and right switching process of the movable material receiving table 33 has two modes of material loading and material stopping; the double-station material receiving seat 37 capable of moving is arranged, so that the receiving capacity of workpieces is improved, and the feeding speed and the subsequent visual detection speed are improved.
As shown in fig. 3, the conveying mechanism 4 includes a grooved plate 41, a driving motor 42, a swing link 43, a traverse plate 44, a longitudinal plate 45, a roller 46, a first finger cylinder 47, a first clamping block 48, a pressing block 481, a zigzag strip 49, a third cylinder 410, a connecting strip 411, a second finger cylinder 412 and a second clamping block 413; the groove plate 41 is arranged on the mounting seat 1, a C-shaped groove is formed in the groove plate 41, the driving motor 42 is arranged on the groove plate 41, one end of the swing rod 43 is a round hole, the other end of the swing rod 43 is a slotted hole, and one end of the swing rod 43 is arranged on the telescopic end of the driving motor 42; the transverse moving plate 44 is movably connected to the groove plate 41 through a sliding rail, and the longitudinal moving plate 45 is movably connected to the transverse moving plate 44 through a sliding rail; the roller 46 is fixedly arranged at the top end of the longitudinal moving plate 45, the roller 46 is movably matched with the groove hole phase of the swing rod 43, and the roller 46 is simultaneously matched with the C-shaped groove on the groove plate 41; the first finger cylinders 47 are arranged on the longitudinal moving plate 45, the first clamping blocks 48 are arranged at two telescopic ends of the first finger cylinders 47, the pressing blocks 481 are fixedly arranged on the first finger cylinders 47, and the pressing blocks 481 are positioned above the middle parts of the two first finger cylinders 47; the folded strip 49 is arranged on the longitudinal moving plate 45, the third air cylinder 410 is movably connected to the folded strip 49 through a sliding rail, the connecting strip 411 is arranged at the telescopic end of the third air cylinder 410, the second finger air cylinder 412 is arranged at the bottom end of the connecting strip 411, and the second clamping block 413 is arranged at two moving ends of the second finger air cylinder 412.
When the carrying mechanism 4 works, the driving motor 42 drives the swing rod 43 to rotate, and the swing rod 43 drives the roller 46 on the longitudinal moving plate 45 to move along the C-shaped groove on the groove plate 41; the first finger cylinder 47 drives the first clamping blocks 48 to approach each other to realize clamping, and the pressing block 481 presses the filter shell downwards in the process of vertically approaching the filter shell; the first finger cylinder 47 is used for realizing the transportation of the filter shell between the movable material receiving platform 33 and the double-station material receiving seat 37, the second finger cylinder 412 is used for realizing the transportation of the filter shell between the double-station material receiving seat 37 and the jig turntable 5, and the third cylinder 410 drives the second finger cylinder 412 to move out laterally, so that the transportation of the two filter shells is realized step by step.
The conveying mechanism 4 solves the problems of low conveying efficiency and easy error of the filter shell, and realizes two-dimensional conveying by arranging a driving motor 42 for driving, so that the conveying is more efficient; the conveying tail end is provided with two groups of clamping blocks, synchronous conveying can be achieved, and the second finger cylinder 412 can move laterally through the third cylinder 410 and is suitable for double-station conveying; set up briquetting 481 and press down before pressing from both sides the filter shell and get, can ensure that the filter shell is accurate to be overlapped on the boss, carries out position correction to some askew filter shells, has improved the degree of accuracy of getting and the degree of accuracy of transport.
The jig turntable 5 comprises a rotary cylinder and a turntable arranged on an output shaft of the rotary cylinder, bosses for placing the filter shell are arranged on the turntable, the bosses on two sides are symmetrically arranged, and two bosses are arranged on one side.
The detection assembly 6 comprises a vertical plate, an annular light source and a visual camera; the annular light source is arranged in the middle of the vertical plate, the visual camera is arranged at the upper end of the vertical plate, and the annular light source and the visual camera are positioned on the same vertical axis; the detection assembly 6 corresponds to the duplex position receiving seat 37.
The feeding mechanical arm 7 comprises a horizontal degree of freedom, a vertical degree of freedom and a clamping action of the execution tail end, and the feeding mechanical arm 7 can realize that two filter shells are clamped simultaneously to carry out loading.
The double-station feeding device of the electronic cigarette filter shell sequentially carries out feeding through the following steps when in work:
separating a filter shell: the feeding circular vibrator 2 sends the filter shell to a blanking seat 35, the first air cylinder 32 drives the movable material receiving platform 33 to move back and forth, when a boss on the movable material receiving platform 33 is opposite to the blanking seat 35, the filter shell is sleeved on the movable material receiving platform 33, then the first air cylinder 32 drives the movable material receiving platform 33 to push out, and at the moment, the material stopping block 34 is located right below the blanking seat 35 to prevent continuous blanking;
(II) detecting a filter shell: the removed filter shells are conveyed into a double-station material receiving seat 37, a second air cylinder 36 drives the double-station material receiving seat 37 to move left and right, two filter shells are placed, a detection assembly 6 carries out step-by-step detection on the two filter shells, the appearance is mainly detected, and unqualified filter shells are placed in a collection box;
(III) transition conveying of the filter shell: the driving motor 42 drives the swing rod 43 to rotate, and the swing rod 43 drives the roller 46 on the longitudinal moving plate 45 to move along the C-shaped groove on the groove plate 41; the first finger cylinder 47 drives the first clamping blocks 48 to approach each other to realize clamping, and the pressing block 481 presses the filter shell downwards in the process of vertically approaching the filter shell; the first finger cylinder 47 is used for realizing the transportation of the filter shell between the movable material receiving platform 33 and the double-station material receiving seat 37, the second finger cylinder 412 is used for realizing the transportation of the filter shell between the double-station material receiving seat 37 and the jig turntable 5, and the third cylinder 410 drives the second finger cylinder 412 to move out laterally, so that the transportation of two filter shells is realized step by step;
(IV) filtering shell loading and conveying: the rotary cylinder rotates the rotary disc, and then the feeding manipulator 7 clamps the filter shell and then carries out feeding and carrying.