CN117945182A - Automatic loading system suitable for packaged products - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic loading system suitable for packaged products, and relates to the technical field of automatic loading. The automatic loading system comprises a column beam assembly, a loading platform and a stacking assembly, wherein the loading platform comprises an X-direction track unit, a conveyor and a regular unit, the X-direction track unit and the stacking assembly are movably connected with the column beam assembly and can move along the Y direction, the conveyor and the regular unit are connected with the X-direction track unit, the conveyor can convey packaged materials to the regular unit, the regular unit can be in butt joint with the stacking assembly and convey the packaged materials to the stacking assembly after the packaged materials are regular, the stacking assembly can place the packaged materials at corresponding positions of a vehicle, the automatic loading system only needs one loading and unloading platform, the number of the loading platform is effectively reduced, meanwhile, forklift use is reduced, buffer inventory is reduced, the automatic loading system does not need to additionally arrange a movable mechanical arm to enter the vehicle body, occupied space is avoided, and space utilization is greatly improved.

Description

Automatic loading system suitable for packaged products

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic loading, in particular to an automatic loading system suitable for packaged products.

Background

Along with gradually stepping into an aging society, labor force is increasingly short, labor cost is continuously increased, and large-city logistics storage space is insufficient, so that enterprises are promoted to pay more attention to the improvement of the automation level of a storage logistics system, namely, the waiting and detention time of a transport vehicle in a logistics center is required to be shortened in a limited goods receiving and delivery space, more loading and unloading flows are realized, and loading efficiency is improved.

At present, the bagging product can realize the loading efficiency of 3000 bags/hour at the fastest speed, and the adaptability of vehicles is also higher and higher. But the automatic loading products aiming at the packaged products are rare and have low efficiency. Meanwhile, domestic transport trucks have larger dimensional deviation, the sizes of packaged products are different, and the whole stack loading and unloading is adopted, so that the efficiency is higher, but the volume of the container is lost.

The existing box material loading system is mostly divided into a loading system of a movable mechanical arm/robot and a sucker batch loading system. In a loading system of a movable mechanical arm/robot, the mechanical arm is installed and fixed on a conveyor, goods need to enter a carriage for stacking, a space position and a certain safety space of the mechanical arm need to be reserved during stacking, and the carriage size is larger than the critical size of the mechanical arm. In the sucker batch loading system, the gaps between adjacent boxes are eliminated by a material regularizer on a conveying belt, so that the material units suitable for being sucked by a suction device are regulated.

The present inventors found that there are at least the following technical problems in the prior art: for the loading system of the movable mechanical arm/robot, the mechanical arm needs to enter the carriage, and the space position of the mechanical arm needs to be reserved when goods are loaded and unloaded, so that the space utilization rate of the carriage is small, meanwhile, the loading system can only load and unload one box at a time, the equipment structure is complex, the working precision is low, in addition, the loading system is influenced by factors such as the length of the mechanical arm, the loading range of the equipment and the like when loaded, and the loading efficiency is extremely low in actual use. For the sucker batch loading system, more loading platforms are needed, more loading and unloading operation points are needed, and the loading and unloading efficiency is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an automatic loading system suitable for packaged products, which solves the technical problems of lower space utilization rate and lower loading and unloading efficiency in the prior art. The preferred technical solutions of the technical solutions provided by the present invention can produce a plurality of technical effects described below.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

The utility model provides an automatic loading system suitable for case dress product, includes stand beam assembly, loading platform and pile up neatly subassembly, loading platform includes X to track unit, conveyer and regular unit, X to track unit with pile up neatly subassembly all with stand beam assembly swing joint and can follow Y to the removal, the conveyer with regular unit all with X to track unit is connected, the conveyer can carry the case dress material to regular unit department, regular unit can with pile up neatly subassembly butt joint and with carry to after the case dress material is regular pile up neatly subassembly department, pile up neatly subassembly can with the case dress material is placed on the corresponding position of vehicle.

Preferably, the upright beam assembly comprises Y-direction rails and supporting uprights, two Y-direction rails are arranged in parallel and are connected with a plurality of supporting uprights, and the X-direction rail units and the stacking assembly are connected with the two Y-direction rails in a sliding mode.

Preferably, the column cross beam assembly further comprises a laser scanner connected to the Y-track or the support column, the laser scanner being capable of measuring the docking angle and length of the vehicle.

Preferably, the conveyor is a belt conveyor.

Preferably, the regulating unit comprises a buffer platform and a regulating mechanism, the buffer platform and the regulating mechanism are both connected with the X-direction track unit, the conveyer can convey the packaged materials to the buffer platform, the regulating mechanism can regulate the packaged materials on the buffer platform, the buffer platform can relatively move in Y direction and Z direction, is in butt joint with a stacking assembly and conveys the packaged materials to the stacking assembly.

Preferably, the alignment mechanism comprises a push plate and clamping plates, wherein the two clamping plates are respectively connected with two ends of the buffer platform, and the push plate can alternately push the packaged materials to the two clamping plates.

Preferably, the stacking assembly comprises an X-direction track mechanism, a rotating shaft, a Z-direction moving mechanism and a loading and unloading manipulator, wherein the X-direction track mechanism is movably connected with the upright beam assembly and can move along the Y direction, the top of the rotating shaft is connected with the X-direction track mechanism, the X-direction track mechanism can drive the rotating shaft to move along the X direction, the rotating shaft can drive the loading and unloading manipulator to rotate at an angle, the Z-direction moving mechanism is arranged on the rotating shaft, and the Z-direction moving mechanism can drive the loading and unloading manipulator to move along the Z direction.

Preferably, the loading and unloading manipulator comprises a sliding rail and a manipulator body, and the manipulator body is in sliding connection with the sliding rail.

The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: the automatic loading system can realize automatic conveying, automatic regularity and automatic stacking of the packaged materials, has high automation degree, greatly liberates labor force and ensures safer working environment;

The automatic loading system only needs one loading and unloading platform, so that the number of the loading and unloading platforms is effectively reduced, and meanwhile, the use of a forklift can be reduced, and the buffer inventory is reduced;

the automatic loading system does not need to additionally arrange a movable mechanical arm to enter the vehicle body, so that occupied space is avoided, and space utilization is greatly improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the dock of the present invention when docked with a palletizing assembly;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the handling robot of the present invention rotated 180;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the loading and unloading manipulator of the present invention for placing a packaged material on a vehicle;

FIG. 5 is a detailed block diagram of the normalization unit of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a detailed block diagram of the handling robot of the present invention;

in the figure 1, a column and beam assembly; 11. a Y-direction track; 12. a support column;

2. A loading platform; 21. an X-direction track unit; 22. a conveyor; 23. a normalization unit; 231. a buffer platform; 232. a regulating mechanism; 2321. a push plate; 2322. a clamping plate;

3. Stacking components; 31. an X-direction track mechanism; 32. a rotation shaft; 33. a loading and unloading manipulator; 331. a slide rail; 332. a manipulator body.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described in detail below. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, based on the examples herein, which are within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims, will be within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "side", "length", "width", "height", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "side", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in fig. 1 are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as appropriate by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, the present invention provides an automatic loading system for packaged products, comprising a column and beam assembly 1, a loading platform 2 and a palletising assembly 3;

The upright post beam assembly 1 is a main supporting frame and can support and fix the loading platform 2 and the stacking assembly 3;

The loading platform 2 comprises an X-direction track unit 21, a conveyor 22 and a regulating unit 23, wherein the X-direction track unit 21 and the stacking assembly 3 are movably connected with the upright beam assembly 1, and the X-direction track unit 21 and the stacking assembly 3 can move along the Y direction;

The conveyor 22 and the regulating unit 23 are connected with the X-direction track unit 21, and the X-direction track unit 21 can drive the conveyor 22 and the regulating unit 23 to move along the X direction, so that the moving modes are effectively enriched;

The conveyor 22 can convey the packaged materials to the position of the regulating unit 23, and the regulating unit 23 can be in butt joint with the stacking assembly 3 and convey the packaged materials to the position of the stacking assembly 3 after regulating;

the palletising assembly 3 is capable of placing the packaged material in a corresponding position on the vehicle.

The automatic loading system can realize automatic conveying, automatic regularity and automatic stacking of the packaged materials, has high automation degree, greatly liberates labor force and ensures safer working environment.

The automatic loading system only needs one loading and unloading platform, so that the number of the loading and unloading platforms is effectively reduced, and meanwhile, the use of a forklift can be reduced, and the buffer inventory is reduced.

The vehicle mentioned in this embodiment is mainly the flatbed, and the flatbed top does not set up the carriage, consequently has sufficient operating space, and automatic loading system does not need additionally to set up mobile arm and gets into inside the automobile body, avoids occupation space, has greatly improved space utilization.

In this embodiment, a controller and a console are preferably provided, the controller can be in communication connection with the loading platform 2 and the stacking component 3, the controller can control the loading platform 2 and the stacking component 3 to perform corresponding operations, the console is in communication connection with the controller, corresponding function buttons are provided on the console, and an operator can perform actual control on the loading platform 2 and the stacking component 3 through operating the console.

As an alternative embodiment, the column-beam assembly 1 comprises a Y-track 11 and a support column 12, the two Y-tracks 11 are arranged in parallel and are connected with a plurality of support columns 12, the Y-track 11 and the support column 12 can form a frame structure in the vertical direction, the stability of the structure is ensured, and the X-track unit 21 and the stacking assembly 3 are connected with the two Y-tracks 11 in a sliding manner.

As an alternative embodiment, the column beam assembly 1 further comprises a laser scanner connected to the Y-track 11 or the support column 12, the laser scanner being capable of measuring the docking angle and length of the vehicle;

in the embodiment, the laser scanner is preferably connected with the upright beam assembly 1 through a lifting bracket, can be lifted when not in use, occupies no space and can be lowered when in use;

when in actual use, after waiting for the loading flatbed to reach a designated position, two laser scanners fixed by a lifting bracket automatically descend, and the butt joint angle and the length of a plate of the loading flatbed are measured;

the laser scanner can realize the tasks of vehicle identification, size acquisition and vehicle positioning, so that the basic functions of the automatic loading system are enriched and perfected.

As an alternative embodiment, the conveyor 22 is a belt conveyor, which has a good conveying effect, can realize stable conveying of the packaged materials, is connected with the X-direction track unit 21, moves along the Y direction in synchronization with the X-direction track unit 21, and can drive the belt conveyor to move along the X direction by the X-direction track unit 21 itself, so that the adjustment modes are enriched.

As an alternative embodiment, the regulating unit 23 includes a buffer platform 231 and a regulating mechanism 232, where the buffer platform 231 and the regulating mechanism 232 are both connected with the X-direction track unit 21, and the X-direction track unit 21 itself can drive the buffer platform 231 and the regulating mechanism 232 to move along the X-direction, so as to enrich the adjustment modes;

The conveyor 22 can convey the packaged materials to the buffer platform 231, but as the conveying positions of the conveyor 22 are the same each time, for better regulating the packaged materials, a regulating mechanism 232 is arranged for the purpose, and the regulating mechanism 232 can regulate the packaged materials on the buffer platform 231 and regulate a plurality of packaged materials into a row;

In this embodiment, it is preferable to add Y to moving mechanism and Z to moving mechanism on buffer platform 231 to make buffer platform 231 can be in Y to and Z to relative movement, so set up, can more quick accurate dock with pile up neatly subassembly 3, can carry the case dress material to pile up neatly subassembly 3 department after the dock is accomplished, in this embodiment, Y to moving mechanism and Z to moving mechanism all can adopt commonly used moving mechanism, can move for comparatively conventional prior art relatively corresponding connection structure, therefore do not do further expansion description.

As an alternative embodiment, the alignment mechanism 232 includes a pushing plate 2321 and a clamping plate 2322, where the two clamping plates 2322 are respectively connected with two ends of the buffer platform 231, a stacking space for stacking a plurality of packaged materials is formed between the two clamping plates 2322, and the pushing plate 2321 has a moving capability, so that the packaged materials can be alternately pushed to the two clamping plates 2322, and finally the plurality of packaged materials are aligned into a row, and then are conveyed to the stacking assembly 3 together.

As an alternative embodiment, the stacking assembly 3 includes an X-direction track mechanism 31, a rotating shaft 32, a Z-direction moving mechanism and a handling manipulator 33, the X-direction track mechanism 31 is movably connected with the upright beam assembly 1 and can move along the Y-direction, the top of the rotating shaft 32 is connected with the X-direction track mechanism 31, the X-direction track mechanism 31 can drive the rotating shaft 32 to move along the X-direction, the rotating shaft 32 can drive the handling manipulator 33 to rotate by an angle, in this embodiment, the rotating angle can reach 360 °, the Z-direction moving mechanism is arranged on the rotating shaft 32, the Z-direction moving mechanism can drive the handling manipulator 33 to move along the Z-direction, so that the handling manipulator 33 can realize relative movement in the X-direction, the Y-direction and the Z-direction and 360 ° rotation, the moving mode is richer and more flexible, the docking with the regulating unit 23 can more easily place the packaged materials on the corresponding position of the vehicle;

In this embodiment, the X-direction track mechanism 31 and the Z-direction moving mechanism can be commonly used moving mechanisms, and can move relative to the track, which is a more conventional prior art, and therefore will not be further described.

As an alternative embodiment, the handling manipulator 33 includes a slide rail 331 and a manipulator body 332, where the manipulator body 332 is preferably L-shaped, and the bottom is horizontal, and can be used for placing the packaged materials, and the manipulator body 332 is slidably connected with the slide rail 331, and during practical use, the manipulator body 332 realizes the movement in the Y direction through the sliding connection with the slide rail 331, and in the process of docking with the normalization unit 23 and placing the packaged materials on the corresponding position of the vehicle, the practical transfer and conveying of the packaged materials can be completed through the movement of the manipulator body 332, so that the automation degree is higher, and the overall process is faster.

The working process of the automatic loading system is as follows:

1) And after the platform truck arrives, the platform truck can enter a platform docking position in a reversing mode to dock the platform truck with the system, and after the docking is completed, the position of the platform truck is locked by the system.

2) Measurement of flatbed length: after waiting for the flatbed to reach the appointed position, the two laser scanners fixed by the lifting support automatically descend, and the butt joint angle and the length of the flatbed are measured.

3) Full-automatic loading: after the operator confirms that the position of the flat car and the position of the packaged materials are accurate and the safety inspection is finished, the operator can press a loading button on the control console to automatically load the materials. The boxed materials are sequentially conveyed to the normalization unit 23 by the conveyor 22, the clamping plates 2322 and the pushing plates 2321 on the normalization unit 23 normalize a plurality of boxed materials into a single row, meanwhile, the loading platform 2 and the stacking assembly 3 respectively move along X, Y, Z directions and mutually cooperate to help the loading and unloading manipulator 33 on the stacking assembly 3 pick up the normalized single row of boxed materials, and after the goods are picked up, the loading and unloading manipulator 33 rotates 180 degrees to push the boxed materials to the corresponding positions on the flat car. When a row of materials is placed, the loading platform 2 and the stacking assembly 3 move together for the distance of the single row of packaged materials, so as to prepare for loading and unloading the next row of packaged materials.

4) And (3) loading is completed: after the completion of the boxing, the vehicle can be driven off the platform by unlocking the position of the vehicle.

The foregoing is merely illustrative embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about variations or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and the invention should be covered. Therefore, the protection scope of the invention is subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides an automatic loading system suitable for case dress product, its characterized in that includes stand beam assembly (1), loading platform (2) and pile up neatly subassembly (3), loading platform (2) include X to track unit (21), conveyer (22) and regular unit (23), X to track unit (21) with pile up neatly subassembly (3) all with stand beam assembly (1) swing joint and can follow Y and remove, conveyer (22) with regular unit (23) all with X to track unit (21) are connected, conveyer (22) can carry the case dress material to regular unit (23) department, regular unit (23) can with pile up neatly subassembly (3) butt joint and with after the case dress material is regular carry to pile up neatly subassembly (3) department, pile up neatly subassembly (3) can with the case dress material is placed on the corresponding position of vehicle.

2. The automatic loading system for packaged products according to claim 1, wherein the column-beam assembly (1) comprises a Y-track (11) and support columns (12), two Y-tracks (11) are arranged in parallel and are connected with a plurality of support columns (12), and the X-track unit (21) and the palletizing assembly (3) are slidably connected with two Y-tracks (11).

3. The automatic loading system for packaged products according to claim 2, wherein the column-beam assembly (1) further comprises a laser scanner connected to the Y-track (11) or the support column (12), the laser scanner being capable of measuring the angle of docking and the length of the vehicle.

4. The automatic loading system for packaged products according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor (22) is a belt conveyor.

5. The automatic loading system for packaged products according to claim 1, wherein the alignment unit (23) comprises a buffer platform (231) and an alignment mechanism (232), the buffer platform (231) and the alignment mechanism (232) are both connected with the X-direction track unit (21), the conveyor (22) is capable of conveying packaged materials onto the buffer platform (231), the alignment mechanism (232) is capable of aligning the packaged materials on the buffer platform (231), the buffer platform (231) is capable of moving relatively in the Y-direction and the Z-direction, interfacing with a palletizing assembly (3) and conveying the packaged materials to the palletizing assembly (3).

6. The automatic loading system for packaged products according to claim 5, wherein the regulating mechanism (232) comprises a pushing plate (2321) and clamping plates (2322), two clamping plates (2322) are respectively connected with two ends of the buffer platform (231), and the pushing plate (2321) can alternately push the packaged materials to the two clamping plates (2322).

7. The automatic loading system suitable for packaged products according to claim 1, wherein the stacking assembly (3) comprises an X-direction track mechanism (31), a rotating shaft (32), a Z-direction moving mechanism and a loading and unloading manipulator (33), the X-direction track mechanism (31) is movably connected with the upright beam assembly (1) and can move along the Y-direction, the top of the rotating shaft (32) is connected with the X-direction track mechanism (31), the X-direction track mechanism (31) can drive the rotating shaft (32) to move along the X-direction, the rotating shaft (32) can drive the loading and unloading manipulator (33) to rotate by an angle, the Z-direction moving mechanism is arranged on the rotating shaft (32), and the Z-direction moving mechanism can drive the loading and unloading manipulator (33) to move along the Z-direction.

8. The automatic loading system for packaged products according to claim 7, wherein the loading and unloading manipulator (33) comprises a slide rail (331) and a manipulator body (332), and the manipulator body (332) is slidably connected with the slide rail (331).