CN214568694U - Automatic feeding device - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a machining device field provides an automatic feeding, include: a supporting seat; the storage mechanism is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat, a storage box is arranged on the storage mechanism, a discharge hole is formed in one side of the storage box, a valve is movably arranged on the discharge hole, and the valve is used for adjusting the size of the discharge hole; the material pushing mechanism is arranged at the lower end of the material storage mechanism and used for pushing the workpieces to be processed in the material storage box; the mechanical arm assembly is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat and is used for conveying the workpiece; and the feeding mechanism is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat. Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses mainly there is following advantage: the accurate feeding of a single part is realized through the rotation of the charging basket within a certain travel range; the mechanical claw can be assembled into various size structures to adapt to the sizes of parts with different sizes; the adjustability of baffle, door frame and discharge gate can adapt to the ejection of compact of the part of variation in size.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a machining device field specifically is an automatic feeding.
Background
The automatic feeder is a feeding mechanism which can automatically operate according to specified requirements and established programs, and a person only needs to determine the requirements and the programs of control and does not need to directly operate. I.e. a mechanism for transferring articles from one location to another, during which the process is automatically and accurately completed without human intervention. Typically with storage devices, feeding devices, etc. The conveying device is mainly used for conveying various materials and semi-products of industrial products, and can also be matched with the next procedure to ensure that the production is automated.
Most of feeding machines on the market can only realize the feeding process of parts with single size, and along with the continuous updating of personalized products, the existing feeding mechanism cannot adapt to the automatic conveying of parts with various varieties and variable sizes, and the structure is complex, and the manufacturing cost is high.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that to prior art's current situation, and provide an automatic feeding.
The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted does: an automatic feeding device is provided, comprising:
a supporting seat;
the storage mechanism is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat, a storage box is arranged on the storage mechanism, a discharge hole is formed in one side of the storage box, a valve is movably arranged on the discharge hole, and the valve is used for adjusting the size of the discharge hole;
the material pushing mechanism is arranged at the lower end of the material storage mechanism and used for pushing the workpieces to be processed in the material storage box;
the mechanical arm assembly is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat at one side;
and the feeding mechanism is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat and is used for pushing the workpiece into the mechanical arm assembly.
At foretell automatic feeding, storage mechanism still includes the triangular supports frame, the triangular supports frame is installed the lower extreme of storage case.
In the automatic feeding device, the material pushing through hole is formed in the bottom of the storage box, and the material pushing mechanism pushes the workpiece in the storage box through the material pushing through hole.
In the above automatic feeding device, the pushing mechanism includes:
the material pushing bracket is movably arranged at the lower end of the material storage box and moves in the material storage box through the material pushing through hole;
the material pushing cylinder is arranged at the lower end of the material storing mechanism, the output end of the material pushing cylinder is arranged at the lower end of the material pushing support, and the material pushing cylinder drives the material pushing support to move;
the limiting block is arranged on the triangular supporting frame, and a limiting hole is formed in the limiting block;
one end of the limiting rod is installed at the lower end of the material pushing support, the limiting rod is movably inserted into the limiting hole, a limiting sleeve is arranged on the limiting rod, and the limiting sleeve is used for adjusting the moving distance of the limiting rod.
In the above automatic feeding device, one side of the material storage mechanism close to the discharge port is provided with the material blocking assembly, the material blocking assembly is arranged between the material blocking assembly and the material storage box, and the material blocking assembly is used for adjusting the size of the material blocking groove.
In an above mentioned automatic feeding device, the stop assembly includes:
the baffle is arranged at the upper end of the material blocking assembly;
the baffle cylinder is arranged at the lower end of the baffle and is used for controlling the lifting of the baffle;
the adjusting screw is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat and used for driving the baffle cylinder to move;
a conversion block installed between the baffle cylinder and the adjusting screw, the conversion block for converting rotation of the adjusting screw into movement of the baffle cylinder.
In the above-mentioned automatic feeding device, the feeding mechanism includes:
the workpiece supporting seat is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat and is used for placing the workpiece;
and the feeding cylinder is fixedly arranged on one side of the workpiece supporting seat and is used for pushing the workpiece on the workpiece supporting seat into the mechanical arm assembly.
In the above automatic feeding device, the robot arm assembly includes:
the mechanical arm support is arranged on the supporting seat at one side;
the cross beam is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the mechanical arm support;
the vertical moving guide rail is movably arranged on the cross beam;
the transverse moving motor is movably arranged on the cross beam and drives the vertical moving guide rail to move on the cross beam;
the mechanical claw is movably arranged at the lower end of the vertical moving guide rail;
and the vertical moving motor is movably arranged on the cross beam and drives the mechanical claw to move on the vertical moving guide rail.
In the above automatic feeding device, the gripper includes:
a connecting block installed at a lower end of the vertical moving guide rail;
the sliding block is slidably arranged at the lower end of the connecting block;
the adjusting block is movably arranged at the lower end of the sliding block;
and the clamping jaw is movably arranged at the lower end of the adjusting block.
At foretell automatic feeding, the regulating block lower extreme is equipped with a plurality of adjustment tank, the jack catch upper end is equipped with a plurality of regulation lugs, the regulation lug with the adjustment tank joint.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses mainly there is following advantage:
(1) the charging basket with a certain travel range rotates, so that accurate feeding of a single part is realized, the rotating travel range can be continuously adjusted in a stepless manner, and the device is suitable for sizes of various parts.
(2) The gripper can be assembled in a variety of sizes to accommodate the sizes of different sized parts.
(3) The adjustability of baffle, door frame and discharge gate can adapt to the ejection of compact of the part of variation in size.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic feeding device of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a perspective view of the supporting seat 10, the storing mechanism 20, the pushing mechanism 30 and the feeding mechanism 40 of the automatic feeding device according to the present invention when they are installed;
fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting seat 10, the storing mechanism 20, the pushing mechanism 30 and the feeding mechanism 40 of the automatic feeding device in another direction when the automatic feeding device of the present invention is installed;
fig. 4 is a perspective view of a mechanical arm assembly of the automatic feeding device of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a gripper of an automatic feeding device according to the present invention;
in the figure, a supporting seat 10, a storing mechanism 20, a storing box 21, a material pushing through hole 211, a material outlet 212, a valve 213, a valve cylinder 214, a mounting frame 215, a triangular support frame 22, a material blocking assembly 23, a material blocking groove 231, a baffle 232, a baffle cylinder 233, an adjusting bolt 234, a conversion block 235, a rotating handle 236, a dust cover 237, a material pushing mechanism 30, a material pushing support 31, a material pushing block 311, a material blocking block 312, a material pushing cylinder 32, a limiting rod 33, a limiting sleeve 331, a limiting block 34, a limiting hole 341, a material feeding mechanism 40, a supporting seat 41, a material feeding cylinder 42, a mechanical arm assembly 50, a mechanical arm support 51, a cross beam 52, a vertical moving guide rail 53, a mechanical claw 54, a clamping claw 541, a clamping claw 5411, an adjusting lug 5412, an adjusting block 542, an adjusting groove 5421, a sliding block 543, a connecting block, a transverse moving motor 55, a vertical moving motor 56, a dust guard 57 and a workpiece 60.
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The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings are used to further describe the technical solution of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
The automatic feeder is a device for automatically adding materials to a processing unit, has high automation degree compared with the traditional manual feeding, and has higher feeding efficiency and higher accuracy of a delivery position. Most of the feeding machines on the market can only realize the feeding process of parts with single size, and along with the continuous updating of personalized products, the existing feeding machine structure cannot adapt to the automatic conveying of parts with various varieties and variable sizes, and the structure is complex, and the manufacturing cost is high. The utility model discloses mainly provide an automatic feeding to above-mentioned two problems, can effectively solve two common problems of above-mentioned traditional feeder.
As shown in fig. 1, the utility model discloses an automatic feeding device, include: the supporting seat 10, the storing mechanism 20, the pushing mechanism 30, the feeding mechanism 40 and the mechanical arm assembly 50.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the magazine 20 is fixedly mounted on the support base 10.
The upper part of the storage mechanism 20 is provided with a storage box 21, the storage box 21 is used for placing a workpiece 60 to be processed, the bottom of the storage box 21 is provided with a material pushing through hole 211, the material pushing mechanism 30 pushes the workpiece 60 in the storage box 21 through the material pushing through hole 211, one side of the storage box 21 is provided with a material outlet 212, an adjustable valve 213 is movably arranged on the material outlet 212, preferably, the upper end of the valve 213 is provided with a valve cylinder 214 to drive the valve 213 to move, and the expansion amount of the valve cylinder 214 is adjusted according to the size of the workpiece 60 so as to control the size of the material outlet 212. The arrangement of the material pushing mechanism 30 can enable the installation angle of the storage box 21 to have more choices.
As a preferred scheme of the utility model, set up mounting bracket 215 on the upper portion of discharge gate 212, mounting bracket 215 fixes in the outside of storage case 21, and valve cylinder 214 detachable installs on mounting bracket 215.
The lower end of the material storage box 21 is provided with a triangular support frame 22. The triangular support frame 22 can increase the stability of the material storage box 21 while the material storage box 21 is raised to reserve a mounting position for the material pushing mechanism 30.
The material blocking assembly 23 is further arranged at the material outlet 212 of the material storage box 21, a material blocking groove 231 is formed between the material blocking assembly 23 and the material outlet 212, when the valve cylinder 214 acts to open the material outlet 212 so that a workpiece 60 just leaves the material storage box 21 under the action of the material pushing mechanism 30, the material blocking assembly 23 blocks the workpiece 60 to continue moving towards the direction far away from the material storage box 21, at the moment, the valve cylinder 214 acts again to close the material outlet 212, and other workpieces 60 in the material storage box 21 are prevented from rolling out of the material storage box 21.
The upper end of the material blocking assembly 23 is provided with a baffle 232, the lower end of the baffle 232 is provided with a baffle cylinder 233, the baffle cylinder 233 controls the baffle 232 to lift, when the baffle 232 lifts, the workpiece 60 is blocked in the material blocking groove 231 by the baffle 232, and when the baffle 232 descends, the workpiece 60 enters the feeding mechanism 40.
An adjusting screw 234 is arranged on one side of the baffle cylinder 233 close to the material storage box 21, and the adjusting screw 234 is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat 10. The adjusting bolt 234 is used for adjusting the distance between the baffle 232 and the storage box 21, thereby indirectly adjusting the width of the material blocking groove 231, when the diameter of the workpiece 60 is larger, the adjusting screw 234 can be rotated towards the direction far away from the storage box 21, so that the width of the material blocking groove 231 is increased, and when the diameter of the workpiece 60 is smaller, the adjusting screw 234 is rotated towards the direction close to the storage box 21, the width of the material blocking groove 231 is reduced.
Preferably, a conversion block 235 is disposed between the baffle cylinder 233 and the adjusting screw 234, the conversion block 235 is used for converting the rotation of the adjusting screw 234 into the horizontal movement of the baffle cylinder 233, preferably, the baffle cylinder 233 can be fixed at one side of the conversion block 235, and an internal thread adapted to the adjusting screw 234 is disposed at a position where the conversion block 235 is connected with the adjusting screw 234, so that the above-mentioned objects can be easily achieved.
As another preferred scheme of the utility model, set up at the end of rotating adjusting screw 234 and rotate handle 236, set up dust cover 237 in adjusting screw 234's the outside, it is more convenient that handle 236 rotates can make adjusting screw 234 pivoted, and dust cover 237 can guarantee that adjusting screw 234 can avoid the interference of dust in the external work environment.
The pushing mechanism 30 includes a pushing bracket 31, a pushing cylinder 32, a limiting rod 33 and a limiting block 34.
The pushing bracket 31 is rotatably mounted on the triangular support frame 22 and can push the workpiece 60 away from the magazine 21 in the magazine 21 through the pushing through hole 211.
Preferably, one end of the pushing support 31 is fixed at the lower end of the storage box 21 through a bolt, and the other end of the pushing support 31 is provided with a pushing block 311 and a circular-arc-shaped material blocking block 312, so that when the pushing block 311 pushes the workpiece 60, the material blocking block 312 can block other workpieces 60 from moving towards the direction far away from the storage box 21, and thus better implementation can be achieved, and only one workpiece 60 leaves the storage box 21 when the discharge port 212 is opened.
The pushing cylinder 32 and the limiting block 34 are both mounted on the triangular support frame 22, the limiting block 34 is provided with a limiting hole 341, one end of the limiting rod 33 is fixed at the lower end of the pushing support 31 and is movably inserted into the limiting hole 341, the limiting sleeve 331 is arranged on the limiting rod 33, the output end of the pushing cylinder 32 is mounted at the lower end of the pushing support 31, when the pushing cylinder 32 pushes the pushing support 31 towards the inside of the storage box 21, the limiting rod 33 also moves along with the pushing support 31 until the limiting sleeve 331 abuts against the limiting block 34, at this time, the swinging amplitude of the pushing support 31 can be controlled as long as the position of the limiting sleeve 331 on the limiting rod 33 is adjusted, so that the rotating amplitude of the pushing support 31 under the driving of the pushing cylinder 32 is controlled, and finally, when the pushing cylinder 32 moves each time, a single workpiece 60 leaves the storage box 21 from the discharge port 212.
The feeding mechanism 40 is installed on one side of the storage box 21 provided with the discharge port 212 and is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat 10, the feeding mechanism 40 comprises a workpiece supporting seat 41 and a feeding cylinder 42, and the workpiece supporting seat 41 and the feeding cylinder are both installed on the supporting seat 10. The workpiece support 41 is adapted to receive a workpiece 60, and the feed cylinder 42 is adapted to push the workpiece 60 on the workpiece support 41 toward the robot assembly 50. When the baffle cylinder 233 controls the baffle 232 to descend, the workpiece 60 moves to the upper end of the support base 41, and the feeding cylinder 42 is actuated to push the workpiece 60 toward the robot arm assembly 50.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the robot arm assembly 50 includes a robot arm bracket 51, a cross member 52, a vertical movement rail 53, a robot claw 54, a lateral movement motor 55, a vertical movement motor 56, and a dust-proof plate 57.
One side of the mechanical arm support 51 is mounted on the support seat 10, the other end of the mechanical arm support can be mounted on a device for processing a workpiece 60, the beam 52 is fixedly mounted at the upper end of the mechanical arm support 51, the transverse moving motor 55 and the vertical moving motor 56 are movably mounted on the beam 52, the transverse moving motor 55 can drive the vertical moving guide rail 53, the mechanical claw 54 and the transverse moving motor 55 to move on the beam 52, and the vertical moving motor 56 can drive the mechanical claw 54 to move on the vertical moving guide rail 53.
When the feeding mechanism is used, the feeding air cylinder 42 acts to push the workpiece 60 into the mechanical claw 54, at the moment, the vertical moving motor 56 is started to drive the workpiece to move to a set position in the vertical direction, and then the transverse moving motor 55 is started to send the workpiece 60 to a specified position. The dust guard 57 is disposed at the upper end of the vertical moving rail 53, and can prevent dust from entering the robot arm assembly 50.
As shown in fig. 5, as another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the gripper 54 includes a claw 541, an adjusting block 542, a slider 543, and a connecting block 544.
The upper end of connecting block 544 is installed at the lower extreme of vertical removal guide rail 53, and slider 543 slidable mounting is at the lower extreme of connecting block 544, and regulating block 542 installs the lower extreme at slider 543, and the lower extreme at regulating block 542 is installed to jack catch 541 detachable, and jack catch 541 comprises two the same joint claws 5411, and the distance between two joint claws 5411 can manually be adjusted to the work piece 60 of different diameters adapts to. Preferably, a plurality of adjusting grooves 5421 are formed in the lower end of the adjusting block 542, a plurality of adjusting protrusions 5412 are formed in the upper end of the clamping jaw 541, the adjusting protrusions 5412 are clamped in the adjusting grooves 5421, and the adjusting grooves 5421 and the adjusting protrusions 5412 can further enable the clamping jaw 5411 to be adjusted more accurately.
The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention. Various modifications, additions and substitutions for the specific embodiments described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.
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1. A feeding device, comprising:
a supporting seat;
the storage mechanism is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat, a storage box is arranged on the storage mechanism, a discharge hole is formed in one side of the storage box, a valve is movably arranged on the discharge hole, and the valve is used for adjusting the size of the discharge hole;
the material pushing mechanism is arranged at the lower end of the material storage mechanism and used for pushing the workpieces to be processed in the material storage box;
the mechanical arm assembly is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat at one side;
and the feeding mechanism is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat and is used for pushing the workpiece into the mechanical arm assembly.
2. The feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage mechanism further comprises a triangular support frame mounted at a lower end of the storage bin.
3. The feeding device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bottom of the storage box is provided with a material pushing through hole, and the material pushing mechanism pushes the workpiece in the storage box through the material pushing through hole.
4. A feeding device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said pushing means comprises:
the material pushing bracket is movably arranged at the lower end of the material storage box and moves in the material storage box through the material pushing through hole;
the material pushing cylinder is arranged at the lower end of the material storing mechanism, the output end of the material pushing cylinder is arranged at the lower end of the material pushing support, and the material pushing cylinder drives the material pushing support to move;
the limiting block is arranged on the triangular supporting frame, and a limiting hole is formed in the limiting block;
one end of the limiting rod is installed at the lower end of the material pushing support, the limiting rod is movably inserted into the limiting hole, a limiting sleeve is arranged on the limiting rod, and the limiting sleeve is used for adjusting the moving distance of the limiting rod.
5. The feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a material blocking assembly is arranged on one side of the storage mechanism close to the discharge port, a material blocking groove is arranged between the material blocking assembly and the storage box, and the material blocking assembly is used for adjusting the size of the material blocking groove.
6. The feeding device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the dam assembly comprises:
the baffle is arranged at the upper end of the material blocking assembly;
the baffle cylinder is arranged at the lower end of the baffle and is used for controlling the lifting of the baffle;
the adjusting screw is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat and used for driving the baffle cylinder to move;
a conversion block installed between the baffle cylinder and the adjusting screw, the conversion block for converting rotation of the adjusting screw into movement of the baffle cylinder.
7. The feeding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism comprises:
the workpiece supporting seat is fixedly arranged on the supporting seat and is used for placing the workpiece;
and the feeding cylinder is fixedly arranged on one side of the workpiece supporting seat and is used for pushing the workpiece on the workpiece supporting seat into the mechanical arm assembly.
8. The feed apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the robotic arm assembly comprises:
the mechanical arm support is arranged on the supporting seat at one side;
the cross beam is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the mechanical arm support;
the vertical moving guide rail is movably arranged on the cross beam;
the transverse moving motor is movably arranged on the cross beam and drives the vertical moving guide rail to move on the cross beam;
the mechanical claw is movably arranged at the lower end of the vertical moving guide rail;
and the vertical moving motor is movably arranged on the cross beam and drives the mechanical claw to move on the vertical moving guide rail.
9. The feeding device as set forth in claim 8, wherein the gripper comprises:
a connecting block installed at a lower end of the vertical moving guide rail;
the sliding block is slidably arranged at the lower end of the connecting block;
the adjusting block is movably arranged at the lower end of the sliding block;
and the clamping jaw is movably arranged at the lower end of the adjusting block.
10. The feeding device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the adjusting block has a plurality of adjusting grooves at a lower end thereof, and a plurality of adjusting protrusions are provided at an upper end of the clamping jaw, and the adjusting protrusions are engaged with the adjusting grooves.
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