CN216420235U - Sorting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a sorting device, includes: the sorting device comprises a workbench, wherein at least one feeding frame and a plurality of sorting frames are detachably arranged on the workbench, the feeding frame is used for bearing a plurality of workpieces to be sorted, and the sorting frames are used for bearing the sorted workpieces; and the manipulator is arranged at one end, close to the workpiece, of the workbench, the driving end of the manipulator is provided with a material taking device and an identification device, and when the manipulator drives the material taking device to take materials for the workpiece in the material loading frame, the identification device identifies the workpiece and feeds identification information back to the manipulator. It can be seen that the sorting equipment of the application is simple and convenient in sorting process, simple in structure and low in cost.

Description

Sorting equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of product letter sorting, and more specifically relates to sorting equipment.

Background

Along with the rapid development of science and technology and economy, the popularization of electronic products is more and more extensive, and the types and models of electronic products are more and more abundant. The chip is used as an important component of an electronic product, the types and the models of the corresponding chips are more and more abundant, therefore, in the processing process of the chip, in order to better distinguish the types and the types of the chips and whether the chips are good products or defective products, a label is marked on the chip, detection information corresponds to the label of each chip after the detection equipment detects the chips, and the information of the chips can be known and sorted by the sorting equipment through identifying the label. However, the existing sorting equipment has a complex structure and higher cost.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present application is directed to a sorting apparatus to solve the above mentioned problems of the background art.

The technical scheme that this application adopted is a sorting equipment, includes:

the sorting device comprises a workbench, wherein at least one feeding frame and a plurality of sorting frames are detachably arranged on the workbench, the feeding frame is used for bearing a plurality of workpieces to be sorted, and the sorting frames are used for bearing the sorted workpieces; and

the manipulator is arranged at one end, close to the workpiece, of the workbench, the driving end of the manipulator is provided with a material taking device and an identification device, and when the manipulator drives the material taking device to take materials for the workpiece in the material loading frame, the identification device identifies the workpiece and feeds identification information back to the manipulator.

The workpiece to be sorted can be quickly loaded and the workpieces after being sorted can be quickly unloaded by the detachable loading frame and the plurality of material distribution frames on the workbench; and through setting up extracting device and recognition device at the drive end of manipulator, when manipulator drive extracting device removed to material frame department and gets the material, recognition device can discern the work piece in step to make the manipulator shift the work piece of getting the material to the branch material frame that corresponds in according to this identifying information, whole letter sorting process is simple convenient, and letter sorting equipment's simple structure, and is with low costs.

Furthermore, a plurality of positioning grooves are formed in the workbench, and the feeding frame and the distributing frame are respectively placed on the corresponding positioning grooves.

Furthermore, a plurality of locating grooves are arranged along the edge of the workbench, and one side of each locating groove, which faces the edge of the workbench, is provided with an opening which is convenient for the feeding frame and the distributing frame to feed and discharge.

Furthermore, an NG material frame is further arranged on the positioning groove.

Furthermore, a jacking mechanism is further arranged on the positioning groove for placing the feeding frame, the feeding frame is provided with a first clearance hole, and the jacking mechanism jacks up a workpiece in the feeding frame through the first clearance hole.

Further, the jacking mechanism comprises a jacking piece and a jacking driving piece; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the jacking piece is arranged in the positioning groove; and

the driving end of the jacking driving piece is in driving connection with the jacking piece so as to drive the jacking piece to jack the workpiece up through the first clearance hole.

Furthermore, a detection sensor is arranged on the bearing surface of the jacking piece.

Further, the material taking device comprises a first mounting part and a plurality of adsorption parts; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first installation piece is arranged at the driving end of the manipulator and is also provided with a plurality of first adjusting holes; and

each adsorption piece is connected with the corresponding first adjusting hole.

Further, the identification device comprises a second mount and an identifier; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the second mounting piece is arranged on the first mounting piece, a second clearance hole is formed in the first mounting piece, and a second adjusting hole is formed in the second mounting piece; and

the recognizer is connected with the second adjusting hole and recognizes the workpiece through the second clearance hole.

Further, the workpieces to be sorted are stacked in the feeding frame, and a label for the identification device to identify is arranged at one end, close to the identification device, of each workpiece.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sorting apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1 with the robot hidden;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a jacking mechanism in the sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a material extracting device and an identification device in the sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the sorting apparatus shown in fig. 1 after a hood is installed.

Reference numerals:

100. a work table; 110. positioning a groove; 120. a hood; 130. a loading and unloading door;

200. a manipulator;

300. a feeding frame; 310. a first clearance hole; 400. a material distributing frame; 500. NG material frames;

600. a jacking mechanism; 610. a jacking piece; 620. jacking a driving piece; 630. a fixing member; 640. a screw rod; 650. a nut; 660. a driving wheel; 670. a driven wheel; 680. a conveyor belt; 690. a transmission rod;

700. a material taking device; 710. a first mounting member; 720. an adsorbing member; 730. a first adjustment aperture;

800. an identification device; 810. a second mount; 811. a first mounting plate; 812. a second mounting plate; 813. Rotating the hole; 814. a locking hole; 820. an identifier; 830. a second adjustment aperture;

900. and detecting the sensor.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It should be noted that, when a meta-structure is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" to another meta-structure, it may be directly on the other meta-structure or indirectly on the other meta-structure. When a meta structure is referred to as being "connected to" another meta structure, it can be directly connected to the other meta structure or indirectly connected to the other meta structure.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, refer to an orientation or positional relationship illustrated in the drawings that is used solely to facilitate the description of the application and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element structure must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be considered as limiting the application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of some applications, "plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

The application provides a sorting device which is generally arranged on a production line (not marked in the figure) to sort workpieces produced and processed, so that workpieces of different types and sizes can be distinguished. For example, the workpiece may be an electronic product chip, and the sorting device may sort out a plurality of electronic product chips of different types and sizes after the processing, and store the electronic product chips of each type and size in the corresponding material frame. In the present application, the work may include electronic components, parts, and the like.

Referring to fig. 1, the present application provides a sorting apparatus including a table 100 and a robot 200; at least one feeding frame 300 and a plurality of distributing frames 400 are detachably arranged on the workbench 100, the feeding frame 300 is used for bearing a plurality of workpieces to be sorted, and the distributing frames 400 are respectively used for bearing the sorted workpieces; the manipulator 200 is arranged at one end of the workbench 100 close to the workpiece, and a material taking device 700 and a recognition device 800 are arranged at a driving end of the manipulator 200, when the manipulator 200 drives the material taking device 700 to take the workpiece in the feeding frame 300, the recognition device 800 moves synchronously along with the material taking device 700, recognizes the workpiece, and feeds back recognized information to the manipulator 200, and the manipulator 200 drives the material taking device 700 to transfer the workpiece into the corresponding material distribution frame 400 according to the recognized information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the robot arm 200 may be a spider robot, and the robot arm 200 of this type is convenient to install, and may make the structure of the entire sorting apparatus simpler. In other embodiments, the robot 200 may also be a multi-dimensional motion platform, such as a two-dimensional motion platform or a three-dimensional motion platform, and the robot 200 may be relatively low cost and capable of transferring workpieces having large volumes and masses.

Specifically, when sorting workpieces, the feeding frame 300 carrying workpieces of various types and sizes may be installed at a designated position of the workbench 100 (i.e., a preset position when the manipulator 200 drives the material taking device 700 to take the workpieces), the manipulator 200 drives the material taking device 700 and the recognition device 800 to move, so that the material taking device 700 takes the workpieces in the feeding frame 300, meanwhile, the recognition device 800 recognizes the workpieces, the manipulator 200 drives the material taking device 700 to transfer the workpieces to the corresponding distributing frame 400 according to the recognition information, and after the distributing frame 400 is filled with the workpieces, the distributing frame 400 is taken down from the workbench 100 and replaced with a new distributing frame 400.

As can be seen, in the present application, by detachably mounting the feeding frame 300 and the plurality of sorting frames 400 on the workbench 100, the workpiece to be sorted can be quickly fed, and the workpiece after sorting can be quickly discharged; and through setting up extracting device 700 and recognition device 800 at the drive end of manipulator 200, when manipulator 200 drive extracting device 700 removed to material frame 300 department and get the material, recognition device 800 can discern the work piece in step to make manipulator 200 shift the work piece of getting the material to the branch material frame 400 that corresponds in according to this identifying information, whole letter sorting process is simple convenient, and letter sorting equipment's simple structure, and is with low costs.

With reference to fig. 1 and 2, the feeding frame 300 and the distributing frame 400 are detachably disposed on the worktable 100, so as to achieve quick replacement of the feeding frame 300 and the distributing frame 400.

Specifically, a plurality of positioning grooves 110 may be disposed on the working table 100, and the feeding frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 may be respectively disposed on the corresponding positioning grooves 110. It can be understood that, in the process of placing the feeding frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 on the work table 100, the positioning groove 110 positions the feeding frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 so that the feeding frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 can be accurately placed at the designated positions, so that the robot arm 200 can drive the material taking device 700 and the recognition device 800 to take the workpieces in the feeding frame 300 and sort the taken workpieces into the corresponding distribution frame 400.

Furthermore, a plurality of positioning grooves 110 are disposed along the edge of the workbench 100, and an opening for facilitating loading and unloading of the loading frame 300 and the distributing frame 400 is disposed on one side of each positioning groove 110 facing the edge of the workbench 100.

Specifically, in the process of loading the loading frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 to the workbench 100, the loading frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 can be pushed into the positioning groove 110 through the opening; during the process of loading and unloading the loading frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 from the worktable 100, the loading frame 300 and the distribution frame 400 can be pulled out from the positioning groove 110 through the opening.

It is understood that, in some embodiments, the hood 120 is disposed on the work table 100, and only the loading and unloading door 130 is disposed on the hood 120, so that it is inconvenient for a worker to directly take up the loading frame 300 and the material distribution frame 400 through the loading and unloading door 130, and thus loading and unloading of the loading frame 300 and the material distribution frame 400 can be facilitated by providing an opening to push the loading frame 300 and the material distribution frame 400 into the positioning groove 110 or pull the loading frame 300 and the material distribution frame 400 out of the positioning groove 110.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the sorting apparatus may further include an NG material box 500, and the NG material box 500 is detachably disposed on the workbench 100.

Specifically, the NG material frame 500 may be placed on the designated positioning slot 110 for carrying a bad workpiece, that is, when the recognition device 800 recognizes that the workpiece is bad, the robot 200 drives the material taking device 700 to transfer the workpiece to the NG material frame 500.

Preferably, the NG material frame 500 is placed on the positioning groove 110 spaced apart from the loading frame 300 to prevent the NG material frame 500 from being mixed with the distribution frame 400.

Referring to fig. 1, the sorting apparatus may further include a jacking mechanism 600, where the jacking mechanism 600 is disposed on the workbench 100 and is used for jacking up the loaded workpiece in the feeding frame 300, so that the workpiece is taken by the taking device 700.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, the jacking mechanism 600 is disposed on the workbench 100 and located in a region where the positioning groove 110 corresponding to the feeding frame 300 is located, a first clearance hole 310 is disposed on the feeding frame 300, and the jacking mechanism 600 jacks up the workpiece carried in the feeding frame 300 through the first clearance hole 310.

Further, the jacking mechanism 600 comprises a jacking piece 610 and a jacking driving piece 620; the jacking member 610 is movably disposed in the positioning slot 110, and when the feeding frame 300 is placed in the positioning slot 110, the jacking member 610 can perform jacking movement in the feeding frame 300 through the first clearance hole 310; the jacking driving member 620 is connected with the jacking member 610 driving member to drive the jacking member 610 to jack up the workpiece carried in the loading frame 300 through the first clearance hole 310.

Preferably, the jacking driving member 620 is disposed at an end of the workbench 100 far away from the positioning slot 110, and a driving end of the jacking driving member 620 passes through the workbench 100 to be connected with the jacking plate driving member. The jacking mechanism 600 can make the whole sorting equipment more compact by arranging the jacking driving member 620 at one end of the workbench 100 far away from the positioning groove 110, and reduce the volume of the sorting equipment.

Further, the lifting mechanism 600 may further include a fixing member 630, and the lifting driving member 620 is disposed on an end of the workbench 100 far away from the positioning slot 110 through the fixing member 630.

Furthermore, the jacking mechanism 600 may further include a screw 640 jacking assembly, the screw 640 jacking assembly includes a screw 640, a nut 650, a driving wheel 660 and a driven wheel 670, wherein the driving wheel 660 is disposed at a driving end of the jacking driving member 620, one end of the screw 640 is rotatably disposed on the mounting member, the other end of the screw 640 is connected to the driven wheel 670, the driving wheel 660 and the driven wheel 670 are in transmission connection through a conveyor belt 680, and when the jacking driving member 620 drives the driving wheel 660 to rotate, the screw 640 rotates under the action of the driven wheel 670; the nut 650 is movably arranged on the lead screw 640 to form a spiral raceway, a transmission plate is arranged on the nut 650, the transmission plate is connected with the jacking plate through a transmission rod 690, when the lead screw 640 rotates, the nut 650 moves up and down along the lead screw 640, and then the jacking plate is driven to do jacking motion through the transmission rod 690.

In this application, when can make jacking driving piece 620 drive jacking board remove through setting up lead screw 640 jacking subassembly, the precision that jacking board removed is higher, makes extracting device 700 can get the material to the work piece in the material loading frame 300 accurately.

In addition, in some embodiments, the bearing surface of the lifting member 610 for bearing the workpiece may further be provided with a detection sensor 900. The detecting sensor 900 is used for detecting whether the workpiece is loaded on the jacking piece 610, and when the workpiece loaded on the jacking piece 610 is sorted, the detecting sensor 900 can send detecting information to prompt to replace the new loading frame 300 loaded with the workpiece to be sorted.

Referring to fig. 1, a material taking device 700 is disposed on a driving end of the robot 200 for taking a workpiece.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4, the material taking device 700 includes a first mounting member 710 and a plurality of suction members 720, wherein the suction members 720 are disposed on the first mounting member 710 and connected to the driving end of the robot 200 through the first mounting member 710. When the manipulator 200 drives the material taking device 700 to move to the area of the material loading frame 300, the adsorption piece 720 adsorbs the workpiece in the material loading frame 300; when the robot 200 drives the material taking device 700 to move to the area of the material distribution frame 400 or the NG material frame 500, the suction member 720 releases the sucked workpiece. Wherein the suction member 720 may be a vacuum chuck.

Furthermore, a plurality of first adjusting holes 730 can be further arranged on the first mounting part 710 along the horizontal direction, each adsorption part 720 is arranged on the corresponding first adjusting hole 730, the position of the adsorption part 720 can be adjusted by changing the mounting position of the adsorption part 720 on the first adjusting hole 730, and then various types of workpieces can be matched, so that the compatibility of the sorting equipment is improved.

Referring to fig. 1, the recognition device 800 is disposed at a driving end of the manipulator 200, when the material taking device 700 takes a workpiece, the recognition device 800 recognizes the workpiece and transmits the recognition information to the manipulator 200, and the manipulator 200 drives the material taking device 700 to transfer the workpiece to the corresponding material distribution frame 400 or the NG material frame 500 according to the recognition information.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4, the recognition apparatus 800 includes a second mounting member 810 and a recognizer 820, the second mounting member 810 is disposed on the recognizer 820 disposed on the first mounting member 710 through the second mounting member 810, and a second clearance hole is disposed on the first mounting member 710, and the recognizer 820 recognizes the workpiece through the second clearance hole. It can be seen that the identifier 820 is disposed on the first mounting member 710 through the second mounting member 810, and the workpiece is identified by the second clearance hole, so that the identifier 820 can be ensured to accurately identify the workpiece taken by the material taking device 700, and other workpieces are not identified or the identification area is not blocked by the material taking device 700.

Further, a second adjusting hole 830 can be further formed in the second mounting member 810, the identifier 820 is arranged on the second adjusting hole 830, and the position of the identifier 820 can be adjusted by changing the position of the identifier 820 on the second adjusting hole 830, so that the identifier 820 can adjust the area to be identified.

Preferably, the second adjustment hole 830 is arc-shaped in a vertical direction on the second mounting part 810, so that the recognizer 820 can perform an angle adjustment in the vertical direction to change the recognition angle of the recognizer 820.

Specifically, the second mounting member 810 may further include a first mounting plate 811 and a second mounting plate 812, wherein the first mounting plate 811 is disposed on the first mounting member 710 along a vertical direction, the second mounting plate 812 is connected to the identifier 820, a rotation hole 813 and a locking hole 814 are disposed on a side of the second mounting plate 812 close to the first mounting plate 811, a rotation shaft (not shown) is disposed in the rotation hole 813 to be rotatably connected to the first mounting plate 811, and a fixing bolt (not shown) is disposed in the locking hole 814 to be adjustably connected to the second adjusting hole 830.

Preferably, in order to facilitate the identification device 800 to quickly identify the workpiece, a label for the identification device 800 to identify may be further disposed on the workpiece near an end of the identification device 800, for example, the label may be a two-dimensional code, a barcode, or the like, in which case the identifier 820 in the identification device 800 may be a scanning gun.

Further, in order to facilitate the identification device 800 to accurately identify the label on each workpiece, the workpieces to be sorted can be stacked in the feeding frame 300, so that the material taking device 700 can take the workpiece on the uppermost layer at each time, the whole material taking process is ordered, and the identification device 800 can accurately identify the label on each workpiece.

In addition, referring to fig. 5, the sorting apparatus may further include a hood 120 configured to cover the worktable 100, and to accommodate the feeding frame 300, the distributing frame 400, the NG frame 500, the robot 200, the material taking device 700, and the recognition device 800 in the hood 120. The entire device can be effectively protected by the hood 120.

Further, the upper and lower material doors 130 may be further disposed on the hood 120 at regions corresponding to the feeding frame 300, the distributing frame 400, and the NG frame 500, and the feeding frame 300, the distributing frame 400, and the NG frame 500 may be respectively loaded into the positioning groove 110 through the upper and lower material doors 130 and then taken out from the positioning groove 110.

Further, to facilitate the installation of the robot 200 while making the entire sorting apparatus more compact, the robot 200 may be fixedly disposed on the top of the hood 120.

The present application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention using its general principles and without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.

Claims (10)

1. A sorting device, comprising:

the sorting device comprises a workbench, wherein at least one feeding frame and a plurality of sorting frames are detachably arranged on the workbench, the feeding frame is used for bearing a plurality of workpieces to be sorted, and the sorting frames are used for bearing the sorted workpieces; and

the manipulator is arranged at one end, close to the workpiece, of the workbench, the driving end of the manipulator is provided with a material taking device and an identification device, and when the manipulator drives the material taking device to take materials for the workpiece in the material loading frame, the identification device identifies the workpiece and feeds identification information back to the manipulator.

2. The sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the worktable is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves, and the feeding frame and the material separating frame are respectively placed on the corresponding positioning grooves.

3. The sorting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of positioning grooves are provided along an edge of the table, and an opening for facilitating loading and unloading of the loading frame and the unloading frame is provided on each of the positioning grooves on a side facing the edge of the table.

4. The sorting equipment according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the positioning groove is further provided with an NG material frame.

5. The sorting equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a jacking mechanism is further arranged on a positioning groove for placing the feeding frame, the feeding frame is provided with a first clearance hole, and the jacking mechanism jacks up the workpiece in the feeding frame through the first clearance hole.

6. The sorting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the jacking mechanism includes a jacking member and a jacking drive member; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the jacking piece is arranged in the positioning groove; and

the driving end of the jacking driving piece is in driving connection with the jacking piece so as to drive the jacking piece to jack the workpiece up through the first clearance hole.

7. The sorting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the bearing surface of the lift-up member is provided with a detection sensor.

8. The sorting equipment according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the material taking device comprises a first mounting part and a plurality of adsorption parts; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first mounting piece is arranged on the driving end of the manipulator, and a plurality of first adjusting holes are formed in the first mounting piece; and

each adsorption piece is connected with the corresponding first adjusting hole.

9. The sorting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the identification device includes a second mount and an identifier; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the second mounting piece is arranged on the first mounting piece, a second clearance hole is formed in the first mounting piece, and a second adjusting hole is formed in the second mounting piece; and

the recognizer is connected with the second adjusting hole and recognizes the workpiece through the second clearance hole.

10. The sorting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the workpieces to be sorted are stacked in the loading frame, and each of the workpieces is provided at an end thereof adjacent to the identification means with a tag to be identified by the identification means.

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