CN204223780U - A kind of magnetic shoe collating unit - Google Patents
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A kind of magnetic shoe collating unit, comprise Working gantry and electric control system, Working gantry is provided with belt conveyor and cylinder mount pad, and belt conveyor comprises the belt conveyor of level, and belt conveyor is positioned at above the table top of Working gantry; The initiating terminal both sides of belt conveyor are provided with the directing plate of level relatively; The side of belt conveyor is provided with inductive switch, and inductive switch and electric control system are electrically connected; The end of directing plate is provided with the second cylinder of level and the first vertical cylinder, and the cylinder body of the second cylinder is fixed on Working gantry, and the air cylinder fixed plate of the second cylinder is provided with the push pedal of strip shape, and the air cylinder fixed plate of push pedal and the second cylinder is fixed; The cylinder body of the first cylinder is fixed on cylinder mount pad; The air cylinder fixed plate of the first cylinder is provided with the positioning plate of strip shape, and the air cylinder fixed plate of positioning plate and the first cylinder is fixed.The utility model can be increased work efficiency; Magnetic shoe is avoided to damage; Keep environment clean and tidy.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of magnetic shoe collating unit.
Background technology
In permanent ferrite magnetic tile production industry, magnetic shoe, after grinding, cleaning, needs to carry out the operations such as outward appearance go-on-go and packaging.When carrying out go-on-go to magnetic shoe inner-outer cambered surface, it is first good by magnetic shoe ordered arrangement to need.
At present, arrangement magnetic shoe is mostly by manually having come, and not only operating efficiency is low, and, magnetic shoe mutually collide with cause magnetic shoe to fall block rate higher; In addition, magnetic shoe is piled up on the table because not arranging in an orderly manner, causes on-the-spot disorderly and unsystematic, does not conform to symbol 6s management philosophy.
Utility model content
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is, overcomes the deficiency of above-mentioned background technology, provides the magnetic shoe collating unit that a kind of work efficiency is high, avoid magnetic shoe to damage.
The technical scheme that the utility model solves the employing of its technical matters is, a kind of magnetic shoe collating unit, comprise Working gantry and electric control system, described Working gantry is provided with belt conveyor and cylinder mount pad, described belt conveyor comprises the belt conveyor of level, and described belt conveyor is positioned at above the table top of Working gantry; The initiating terminal both sides of described belt conveyor are provided with the directing plate of level relatively; The side of described belt conveyor is provided with inductive switch, and described inductive switch and electric control system are electrically connected;
The end of described directing plate is provided with the second cylinder of level and the first vertical cylinder, the cylinder body of described second cylinder is fixed on Working gantry, the air cylinder fixed plate of the second cylinder is provided with the push pedal of strip shape, and the air cylinder fixed plate of described push pedal and the second cylinder is fixed;
The cylinder body of described first cylinder is fixed on cylinder mount pad; The air cylinder fixed plate of the first cylinder is provided with the positioning plate of strip shape, and the air cylinder fixed plate of described positioning plate and the first cylinder is fixed;
Described push pedal is parallel with belt conveyor with positioning plate; Described second cylinder is in reset mode, and when the first cylinder is in and ejects state, the distance between described push pedal and positioning plate equals the distance between two directing plates.
Further, described electric control system comprises counting machine, the first relay, the second relay, the 3rd relay, the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve, first relay, the second relay are connected with counting machine respectively, 3rd relay is connected with the second relay, first electromagnetic valve is connected with the first relay, and the second electromagnetic valve is connected with the 3rd relay; The counting machine of described inductive switch and electric control system is electrically connected.
Further, the end of described push pedal and positioning plate is provided with the check plate of strip shape, and check plate is vertical with positioning plate with push pedal, and the length of check plate is greater than the stroke of 2.5 times of second cylinder.
Further, described directing plate is near all upwards bending of the side of belt conveyor, and the distance of two dogleg section of head end reduces gradually, in Eight characters shape.
Further, described directing plate is flexibly connected with Working gantry, and the distance between two directing plates is adjustable.
Further, described directing plate is provided with grooved hole, and directing plate is flexibly connected with Working gantry with the mode that bolt coordinates by grooved hole.
Further, the distance of the table top of described belt conveyor and Working gantry is 1 ~ 2mm.
Compared with prior art, advantage of the present utility model is as follows:
(1) avoid manual alignment magnetic shoe, work efficiency is high, the magnetic shoe damage caused when simultaneously avoiding manual alignment magnetic shoe to carry out.
(2) arrangement in good order is carried out to magnetic shoe, keep working environment clean neat, meet 6s management philosophy.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of embodiment 1.
Fig. 2 is the circuit block diagram of the electric control system of embodiment 1.
In figure: 1-belt conveyor, 2-directing plate, 3-inductive switch, 4-push pedal, the 5-the second cylinder, 6-cylinder mount pad, the 7-the first cylinder, 8-positioning plate, 9-check plate, 10-Working gantry, 11a-magnetic shoe, 11b-magnetic shoe group, 1-1-belt conveyor.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with drawings and the specific embodiments, the utility model is described in further detail.
With reference to Fig. 1, the present embodiment comprises Working gantry 10 and electric control system, Working gantry 10 is provided with belt conveyor 1 and cylinder mount pad 6, belt conveyor comprises the belt conveyor 1-1 of level, belt conveyor 1-1 is positioned at above the table top of Working gantry 10, and the distance of belt conveyor 1-1 and table top is 1.5mm; The initiating terminal both sides of belt conveyor 1-1 are provided with the directing plate 2 of level relatively, directing plate 2 all upwards bending near the side of belt conveyor 1-1, and the distance of two dogleg section of head end reduces gradually, in Eight characters shape; Directing plate 2 is provided with grooved hole, and the mode that directing plate 2 is coordinated by grooved hole and bolt is flexibly connected with Working gantry 10, and the distance between two directing plates 2 is adjustable; The side of belt conveyor 1-1 is provided with inductive switch 3, and inductive switch 3 and electric control system are electrically connected.
With reference to Fig. 2, electric control system comprises counting machine, the first relay, the second relay, the 3rd relay, the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve, first relay, the second relay are connected with counting machine respectively, 3rd relay is connected with the second relay, first electromagnetic valve is connected with the first relay, and the second electromagnetic valve is connected with the 3rd relay; Inductive switch 3 is electrically connected with the counting machine of electric control system.
The cylinder body of the second cylinder 5 and the first vertical cylinder 7, second cylinder 5 that the end of directing plate 2 is provided with level is fixed on Working gantry 10, and the air cylinder fixed plate of the second cylinder 5 is provided with the push pedal 4 of strip shape, and the air cylinder fixed plate of push pedal 4 and the second cylinder 5 is fixed.
The cylinder body of the first cylinder 7 is fixed on cylinder mount pad 6; The air cylinder fixed plate of the first cylinder 7 is provided with the positioning plate 8 of strip shape, and the air cylinder fixed plate of positioning plate 8 and the first cylinder 7 is fixed.
Push pedal 4 is parallel with belt conveyor 1-1 with positioning plate 8; Second cylinder 5 is in reset mode, and when the first cylinder 7 is in and ejects state, the distance between push pedal 4 and positioning plate 8 equals the distance between two directing plates 2.
The end of push pedal 4 and positioning plate 8 is provided with the check plate 9 of strip shape, and check plate 9 is vertical with positioning plate 8 with push pedal 4, and the length of check plate 9 is greater than the stroke of 2.5 times of second cylinder 5.
The track export end of the initiating terminal of belt conveyor 1 with cleaning machine or Magnetic shoe gridner in use, connects by the utility model; Second cylinder 5 is connected with compressed air piping with the first cylinder 7; Make the second cylinder 5 be in reset mode, the first cylinder 7 is in the state of ejecting.Working process of the present utility model is as follows:
The magnetic shoe 11a come from cleaning machine orbit transports enters between two directing plates 2 under the conveying of belt conveyor 1, magnetic shoe 11a is in advance process, touch inducing switch 3, inductive switch 3 sends induced signal to the counting machine in electric control system, when the magnetic shoe 11a sheet number passed through also does not reach counting machine preset value, magnetic shoe 11a moves on along directing plate 2, and magnetic shoe 11a enters after between push pedal 4 and positioning plate 8, owing to being subject to left and right constraint, magnetic shoe 11a continues hold queue and moves ahead.When magnetic shoe 11a moves to check plate 9, be subject to the obstruction of check plate 9, magnetic shoe 11a stop move ahead, follow-up magnetic shoe 11a then moves on, until with magnetic shoe 11a be above adjacent to be obstructed after just stop moving ahead.After the magnetic shoe sheet number by inductive switch 3 has reached the preset value of counting machine, counting machine sends signal to the first relay and the second relay, belt conveyor 1 operation suspension, first relay sends signal to the first electromagnetic valve, first electromagnetic valve is connected, first cylinder 7 resets, and positioning plate 8 rises; When positioning plate 8 rise put in place after and keep this state certain hour, second relay sends signal to the 3rd relay, 3rd relay sends signal to the second electromagnetic valve, second electromagnetic valve is connected, second cylinder 5 is started working, second cylinder 5 promotes push pedal 4 and moves ahead, and the magnetic shoe 11a between push pedal 4 and positioning plate 8 then follows push pedal 4 to move forward along check plate 9.Halt after the second cylinder 5 proceeds to preset value, the second cylinder 5 resets, and gets back to original position, and then the first cylinder 7 ejects again, gets back to original position, and belt conveyor 1 remains in operation, and circulates successively, and final magnetic shoe 11a is arranged in magnetic shoe group 11b.
Those skilled in the art can carry out various modifications and variations to the utility model embodiment; if these amendments and modification are within the scope of the utility model claim and equivalent technologies thereof, then these revise and modification also within protection domain of the present utility model.
The prior art that the content do not described in detail in specification sheets is known to the skilled person.
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1. a magnetic shoe collating unit, it is characterized in that: comprise Working gantry (10) and electric control system, described Working gantry (10) is provided with belt conveyor (1) and cylinder mount pad (6), described belt conveyor comprises the belt conveyor (1-1) of level, and described belt conveyor (1-1) is positioned at above the table top of Working gantry (10); The initiating terminal both sides of described belt conveyor (1-1) are provided with the directing plate (2) of level relatively; The side of described belt conveyor (1-1) is provided with inductive switch (3), and described inductive switch (3) and electric control system are electrically connected;
The end of described directing plate (2) is provided with second cylinder (5) of level and vertical the first cylinder (7), the cylinder body of described second cylinder (5) is fixed on Working gantry (10), the air cylinder fixed plate of the second cylinder (5) is provided with the push pedal (4) of strip shape, and push pedal (4) is fixed with the air cylinder fixed plate of the second cylinder (5);
The cylinder body of described first cylinder (7) is fixed on cylinder mount pad (6); The air cylinder fixed plate of the first cylinder (7) is provided with the positioning plate (8) of strip shape, and positioning plate (8) is fixed with the air cylinder fixed plate of the first cylinder (7);
Described push pedal (4) is parallel with belt conveyor (1-1) with positioning plate (8); Described second cylinder (5) is in reset mode, and when the first cylinder (7) is in and ejects state, the distance between described push pedal (4) and positioning plate (8) equals the distance between two directing plates (2).
2. magnetic shoe collating unit as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described electric control system comprises counting machine, the first relay, the second relay, the 3rd relay, the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve, first relay, the second relay are connected with counting machine respectively, 3rd relay is connected with the second relay, first electromagnetic valve is connected with the first relay, second electromagnetic valve is connected with the 3rd relay, and described inductive switch (3) is electrically connected with the counting machine of electric control system.
3. magnetic shoe collating unit as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that: the end of described push pedal (4) and positioning plate (8) is provided with the check plate (9) of strip shape, check plate (9) is vertical with positioning plate (8) with push pedal (4), and the length of check plate (9) is greater than the stroke of 2.5 times of second cylinder (5).
4. magnetic shoe collating unit as claimed in claim 1 or 2, is characterized in that: described directing plate (2) is near the side all upwards bending of belt conveyor (1-1), and the distance of two dogleg section of head end reduces gradually, in Eight characters shape.
5. magnetic shoe collating unit as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that: described directing plate (2) is flexibly connected with Working gantry (10), the distance between two directing plates (2) is adjustable.
6. magnetic shoe collating unit as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that: described directing plate (2) is provided with grooved hole, the mode that directing plate (2) is coordinated by grooved hole and bolt is flexibly connected with Working gantry (10).
7. magnetic shoe collating unit as claimed in claim 1 or 2, is characterized in that: described belt conveyor (1-1) is 1 ~ 2mm with the distance of the table top of Working gantry (10).
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