CN220664169U - Material box stacker crane - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a bin stacker crane, which comprises a frame, a bin conveying line and a stacking device, wherein a stacking area is arranged on the frame, the bin conveying line is arranged on the frame and is at least partially positioned in the stacking area and is used for conveying bins along a first direction, and the stacking device comprises two clamping matching mechanisms which are oppositely arranged at two sides of the stacking area along the first direction; each clamping matching mechanism comprises a vertical lifting assembly, a horizontal moving assembly and a clamping piece, wherein the vertical lifting assembly is used for driving the horizontal moving assembly and the clamping piece to move along a second direction, the horizontal moving assembly is used for driving the clamping piece to move along a third direction, and included angles exist among the first direction, the second direction and the third direction; the clamping pieces of the two clamping matching mechanisms are matched with each other to clamp the material boxes, and lift under the action of the vertical lifting assembly so that the material boxes are stacked. So set up, the workbin stacker crane can pile up the workbin of equidimension not, has improved the compatibility of workbin stacker crane, has expanded the service scenario.

Description

Material box stacker crane

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of bin stacking, in particular to a bin stacking machine.

Background

With the increasing level of automation of bin production lines, an automated bin stacker has emerged that can stop bins on the production line and automatically stack multiple bins in multiple layers. The traditional workbin stacker crane can only realize the stacking of single workbin, but cannot be compatible with workbins with various sizes, so that the application scene of the workbin stacker crane is limited, and the workbin stacker crane cannot be further popularized.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a bin stacker.

A bin stacker comprising:

the rack is provided with a stacking area;

the feed box conveying line is arranged on the rack and at least partially positioned in the stacking area and used for conveying the feed box along a first direction; and

the stacking device comprises two clamping matching mechanisms which are oppositely arranged at two sides of the stacking area along the first direction; each clamping matching mechanism comprises a vertical lifting component, a horizontal moving component and a clamping piece, wherein the clamping piece is arranged on the horizontal moving component, and the horizontal moving component is arranged on the vertical lifting component; the vertical lifting assembly is used for driving the horizontal moving assembly and the clamping piece to move along a second direction, the horizontal moving assembly is used for driving the clamping piece to move along a third direction, and included angles exist among the first direction, the second direction and the third direction; the clamping pieces of the two clamping and matching mechanisms are matched with each other to clamp the material box, and can be lifted or lowered under the action of the vertical lifting assembly so as to enable the material box to be stacked with the next material box.

So set up, the stacking device is including even centre gripping cooperation mechanism, and centre gripping cooperation mechanism still includes horizontal migration subassembly and holder, and horizontal migration subassembly is used for driving the holder and removes in order to centre gripping workbin along the third direction, because the holder can slide in the third direction, and the distance between two holders is adjustable, is favorable to stacking device to pile up not unidimensional workbin, has expanded the service scenario of workbin hacking machine. The stacking device is further provided with a vertical lifting assembly, and the vertical lifting assembly can drive the horizontal movement assembly to move in the vertical direction, so that the material box stacker crane can realize cyclic lifting to complete continuous stacking of the material boxes.

In one embodiment, the vertical lifting assembly comprises a lifting rod and a lifting installation seat, the lifting rod is installed on the frame, the lifting installation seat is movably installed on the lifting rod, and the horizontal movement assembly is connected to the lifting installation seat; the lifting installation seat can lift on the lifting rod.

So set up, the lifter is installed in the frame, and lift mount pad movably installs in the lifter, and under the exogenic action, the lifter can inject lift mount pad along vertical movement, is favorable to improving the stability of lift mount pad at vertical movement.

In one embodiment, the vertical lifting assembly further comprises a vertical guide rod and a first linear bearing; the vertical guide rod is arranged on the side of the lifting rod along the first direction and is fixedly connected to the frame; the first linear bearing is slidably sleeved on the vertical guide rod and connected to the lifting mounting seat.

The vertical guide rod is matched with the first linear bearing and used for limiting the lifting installation seat to move vertically, the vertical guide rod is arranged on the side of the lifting rod along the first direction, so that the vertical guide rod and the lifting rod are coplanar, the lifting installation seat is further limited to rotate in the horizontal direction, the lifting installation seat can only move along the vertical direction, the lifting stability of the lifting installation seat is improved, and the stacking precision of the material box stacker crane is further improved.

In one embodiment, the bin stacker crane further comprises a synchronous driving mechanism, wherein the synchronous driving mechanism comprises a first driving piece, a main synchronizing wheel, a secondary synchronizing wheel and a synchronous belt, the first driving piece is installed on the frame, the main synchronizing wheel is connected with the first driving piece, the secondary synchronizing wheel is sleeved on the lifting rod, and the two secondary synchronizing wheels are linked with the main synchronizing wheel through the same synchronous belt.

So set up, two secondary synchronizing wheels are installed respectively in two lifter to can further drive the synchronous lift of lift mount pad under the drive of main synchronizing wheel, be favorable to realizing the workbin at vertical steady motion, avoid the workbin to produce the toppling because of the both sides velocity of movement is different.

In one embodiment, the synchronous driving mechanism further comprises a mounting plate and an idler wheel, the main synchronous wheel and the idler wheel are both mounted on the upper surface of the mounting plate, at least one idler wheel is arranged between the main synchronous wheel and each secondary synchronous wheel, and the idler wheel is used for adjusting tightness of the synchronous belt.

The idler wheel is used for adjusting tightness of the synchronous belt in the synchronous driving mechanism, so that mutual adhesion between the synchronous belt and the main synchronous wheel and between the synchronous belt and the secondary synchronous wheel is facilitated, slipping is prevented, and stable operation of the bin stacker crane is guaranteed.

In one embodiment, the horizontal movement assembly comprises a translation fixing seat, a first linear sliding rail and a second driving member, the translation fixing seat is connected to the vertical lifting assembly, the first linear sliding rail is arranged on the translation fixing seat, the clamping member is slidably mounted on the first linear sliding rail, and the second driving member is arranged on the translation fixing seat and is in driving connection with the clamping member and is used for driving the clamping member to slide on the first linear sliding rail.

So set up, the translation fixing base slides along first linear slide rail under the drive of second driving piece, further makes the holder to follow the third direction motion, and the slip is stable, and cooperation lifting mount pad can be with workbin centre gripping and lifting to predetermineeing the height, and work is relatively independent between first driving piece and the second driving piece, conveniently designs the pile up neatly route.

In one embodiment, the bin stacker crane further comprises two positioning and clamping mechanisms which are oppositely arranged on two sides of the stacking area along the first direction, each positioning and clamping mechanism comprises a translation assembly and clamping jaws which are connected with each other, and the two clamping jaws can be mutually close to or mutually far away from each other under the action of the translation assembly so as to clamp and position a bin positioned on the bin conveying line.

So set up, location chucking mechanism is used for the centre gripping location workbin so that the workbin is in the position of predetermineeing, and skew or slip are difficult for appearing, are favorable to a plurality of workbins to pile up according to predetermineeing the shape, avoid dislocation between the workbin of piling up.

In one embodiment, the translation assembly comprises a mounting substrate, a clamping jaw fixing seat, a second linear sliding rail and a third driving piece, wherein the mounting substrate is mounted on the frame, the second linear sliding rail is arranged on the mounting substrate, the clamping jaw fixing seat is slidably mounted on the second linear sliding rail, the clamping jaw is mounted on one side, close to the stacking area, of the clamping jaw fixing seat, and the third driving piece is in driving connection with the clamping jaw fixing seat and is used for driving the clamping jaw fixing seat to slide on the second linear sliding rail.

So set up, the workbin can be regulated to the clamping jaw to make the workbin be fixed in the preset position in pile up neatly district, improve the stacking accuracy of workbin, prevent dislocation between two-layer adjacent workbins.

In one embodiment, the bin stacker further comprises a photoelectric sensor mounted laterally of the bin conveyor line in a first direction for sensing a transport position of the bin on the bin conveyor line.

So set up, photoelectric sensor is used for responding to the conveying position of workbin on the workbin conveying line, and the conveying position information of workbin on the conveying line is used for prompting the stacking device work, and photoelectric sensor is the trigger of stacking device work promptly, is favorable to promoting the automation level of production line, reduces the cost of labor.

In one embodiment, the feed box conveying line comprises a roller mounting frame, a multi-wedge belt, at least one electric roller and at least one multi-wedge belt roller, wherein the electric roller and the multi-wedge belt rollers are arranged on the frame at intervals through the roller mounting frame, and the electric roller is linked with all the multi-wedge belt rollers through the multi-wedge belt.

The device can drive other multi-wedge belt rollers to synchronously rotate through one electric roller, and the transmission speed of the whole feed box conveying line is convenient to adjust.

In one embodiment, the bin stacker further comprises a lifting blocking mechanism mounted to the frame and located on a conveying path of the bin conveyor line; the lifting blocking device comprises a material box flange and a fourth driving piece which are connected with each other, the fourth driving piece is arranged on the frame, and the material box flange can lift under the driving of the fourth driving piece so as to block the material box from moving forwards.

So set up, the feed box flange is used for stopping the feed box forward movement, prevents that the feed box from sliding out the position of predetermineeing under self inertial action, and fourth driving piece is used for controlling the feed box flange and goes up and down, and when the feed box piles up to predetermineeing the number of piles, the feed box flange descends in order to supply the feed box of pile state to shift out.

Compared with the prior art, the bin stacker crane provided by the utility model has the advantages that the bin is clamped by the clamping matching mechanism, wherein the clamping matching mechanism comprises the horizontal moving component and the clamping pieces, and the horizontal moving component can move along the third direction to drive the clamping pieces to clamp the bin, so that the distance between the two clamping pieces can be adjusted to adapt to bins with different sizes, and the compatibility of the bin stacker crane is improved. According to the bin stacker crane provided by the utility model, the two lifting installation seats are driven to synchronously lift by the synchronous driving mechanism, so that the stability of lifting of the bin is improved, the side turning of the bin is avoided, and the blocking of the vertical lifting assembly can be prevented. In addition, the bin stacker crane provided by the utility model is also provided with the positioning clamping mechanism and the lifting blocking mechanism, and the positioning clamping mechanism and the lifting blocking mechanism are matched with each other, so that the bin on the conveying line can be limited at a preset position for clamping, the positioning is accurate, the stacking dislocation of the bin is reduced, and the stacking effect of the bin is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of embodiments or conventional techniques of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the description of the embodiments or conventional techniques will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person of ordinary skill in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a bin stacker in an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating operation of the bin stacker shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a combination of a stacking apparatus and a synchronous driving mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of the synchronous drive mechanism shown in FIG. 3 at X;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure shown in FIG. 3 at Y;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the stacking apparatus of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of the stacking device of FIG. 6 at P;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a positioning and clamping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a lifting/lowering mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a bin conveyor line according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Reference numerals: 100. a bin stacker; 10. a frame; 11. a stacking area; 12. a chassis; 13. a side frame body; 20. a bin transfer line; 21. a roller mounting rack; 22. a V-ribbed belt; 23. an electric roller; 24. a V-ribbed belt roller; 30. a stacking device; 31. a clamping fit mechanism; 32. a vertical lifting assembly; 321. a lifting rod; 3211. a ball screw; 32111. a screw shaft; 32112. a ball nut seat; 322. lifting the mounting seat; 33. a horizontal movement assembly; 331. translating the fixing seat; 332. a first linear slide rail; 334. a second driving member; 335. a floating connecting block; 34. a clamping member; 341. a sliding plate; 342. a clamping plate; 3421. a hook portion; 35. a vertical guide rod; 36. a first linear bearing; 37. a supporting and fixing plate; 40. a synchronous driving mechanism; 41. a first driving member; 42. a master synchronizing wheel; 43. a secondary synchronizing wheel; 44. a synchronous belt; 45. a protective plate; 46. protecting the supporting rod; 47. a mounting plate; 48. an idler; 49. a speed reducer; 50. positioning and clamping mechanisms; 51. a translation assembly; 511. a mounting substrate; 512. a clamping jaw fixing seat; 513. the second linear slide rail; 514. a third driving member; 52. a clamping jaw; 521. taper guiding part; 53. a release stop; 60. a photoelectric sensor; 70. a lifting blocking mechanism; 71. a bin flange; 72. a fourth driving member; 73. a lifting block; 74. connecting a fixing plate; 75. a second linear bearing; 76. and a guide shaft.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the utility model will be readily understood, a more particular description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present utility model. The present utility model may be embodied in many other forms than described herein and similarly modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the utility model, whereby the utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present utility model, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "up" or "down" a second feature may be the first and second features in direct contact, or the first and second features in indirect contact via an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicate that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like are used herein for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be the only embodiment.

The traditional workbin stacker crane can only realize the stacking of single workbin, but cannot be compatible with workbins with various sizes, so that the application scene of the workbin stacker crane is limited, and the workbin stacker crane cannot be further popularized.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a bin stacker 100 according to an embodiment of the present utility model, and fig. 2 is a schematic working diagram of the bin stacker 100 shown in fig. 1; the common application field of the bin stacker 100 is the bin stacking technical field, and can also be applied to the field of packaging production lines.

The bin stacker 100 includes:

a frame 10 provided with a palletizing zone 11;

a bin conveyor line 20 mounted to the frame 10 and at least partially located in the palletizing region 11 for conveying bins in a first direction (see direction α shown in fig. 1); and

the stacking device 30 comprises two clamping matching mechanisms 31 which are oppositely arranged at two sides of the stacking area 11 along the first direction; each clamping matching mechanism 31 comprises a vertical lifting assembly 32, a horizontal moving assembly 33 and a clamping piece 34, wherein the clamping piece 34 is arranged on the horizontal moving assembly 33, and the horizontal moving assembly 33 is arranged on the vertical lifting assembly 32; the vertical lifting assembly 32 is used for driving the horizontal moving assembly 33 and the clamping piece 34 to move along a second direction (refer to a gamma direction shown in fig. 1), the horizontal moving assembly 33 is used for driving the clamping piece 34 to move along a third direction (refer to a beta direction shown in fig. 1), and included angles are formed among the first direction, the second direction and the third direction; the clamps 34 of the two clamp-engaging mechanisms 31 are engaged with each other for clamping the bin and can be raised or lowered by the vertical lift assembly 32 to stack the bin with the next bin.

So set up, the stacking device 30 includes even centre gripping matching mechanism 31, and centre gripping matching mechanism 31 still includes horizontal migration subassembly 33 and holder 34, and horizontal migration subassembly 33 is used for driving holder 34 along the third direction removal in order to centre gripping workbin, because holder 34 can slide in the third direction, the distance between two holders 34 is adjustable, is favorable to stacking device 30 to pile up the not unidimensional workbin, has expanded the service scenario of workbin hacking machine 100. The stacking device 30 is further provided with a vertical lifting assembly, and the vertical lifting assembly can drive the horizontal movement assembly 33 to move in the vertical direction, so that the bin stacker 100 can realize cyclic lifting to complete continuous stacking of the bins.

In this embodiment, the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are perpendicular to each other. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, according to different requirements, the angles between the first direction, the second direction and the third direction may be set according to requirements, so long as stacking between the bins can be completed.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the frame 10 includes a chassis 12 and two side frames 13 mounted on the chassis 12, the two side frames 13 are disposed opposite to each other, and a stacking area 11 is disposed between the two side frames 13.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the bin stacker 100 may be provided with a plurality of stacking devices 30, the stacking devices 30 being co-operable in a sequence so long as the bins can be stacked to a predetermined number of layers.

Referring to fig. 3 to 7, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a stacking device 30 and a synchronous driving mechanism 40 according to an embodiment of the present utility model; fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of the synchronous drive 40 shown in fig. 3 at X; FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure shown in FIG. 3 at Y; fig. 6 is a schematic view of the stacking apparatus 30 in fig. 3; fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of the stacking device 30 of fig. 6 at P.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the vertical lifting assembly 32 includes a lifting rod 321 and a lifting mounting seat 322, the lifting rod 321 is mounted on the frame 10, the lifting mounting seat 322 is movably mounted on the lifting rod 321, and the horizontal moving assembly 33 is connected to the lifting mounting seat 322; the lifting mount 322 can be lifted and lowered on the lifting rod 321.

So set up, lifter 321 installs in frame 10, and lift mount pad 322 movably installs in lifter 321, and under the exogenic action, lifter 321 can inject lift mount pad 322 and follow vertical movement, is favorable to improving lift mount pad 322 at vertical movement's stability.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the housing may act on the lift bar 321 or directly on the lift mount 322, provided that the height of the lift mount 322 is adjustable.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the lifting rod 321 includes a ball screw 3211, the ball screw 3211 includes a screw shaft 32111 mounted on the frame 10 and a ball nut seat 32112 mounted on the screw shaft 32111, and the lifting mounting seat 322 is fixedly connected to the ball nut seat 32112;

under the action of external force, the screw shaft 32111 can enable the ball nut seat 32112 to ascend or descend on the screw shaft 32111 through rotation, and further drive the lifting installation seat 322 to lift on the screw shaft 32111.

Specifically, in one embodiment, the vertical lift assembly 32 further includes a vertical guide rod 35 and a first linear bearing 36; the vertical guide rod 35 is arranged at the side of the lifting rod 321 along the first direction, and the vertical guide rod 35 is fixedly connected to the frame 10; the first linear bearing 36 is slidably sleeved on the vertical guide rod 35 and connected to the lifting mounting seat 322.

So set up, vertical guide arm 35 cooperatees with first linear bearing 36 for inject lift mount pad 322 along vertical movement, vertical guide arm 35 arranges in the side of lifter 321 along first direction for vertical guide arm 35 is coplanar in lifter 321, has further limited the rotation of lift mount pad 322 in the horizontal direction, makes lift mount pad 322 only can follow vertical direction motion, is favorable to improving the lift stability of lift mount pad 322, further improves the pile up neatly precision of workbin hacking machine 100.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the vertical lifting assembly 32 further includes a supporting and fixing plate 37, the supporting and fixing plate 37 is fixedly connected to the base or the side frame 13, and the lifting rod 321 and the vertical guide rod 35 are both installed on the supporting and fixing plate 37.

Traditional workbin hacking machine is through setting up the cylinder respectively in workbin both sides, goes up and down the mount pad through cylinder drive, and this kind of driving method can't guarantee the synchronism and the timeliness of two cylinders, and when the air pressure difference appears in the cylinder, the lift mount pad of both sides can't go up and down in step, leads to the workbin slope easily, appears the dead phenomenon of mechanism card even for the stability of workbin hacking machine is relatively poor.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6 again, in this embodiment, the bin stacker crane 100 further includes a synchronous driving mechanism 40, the synchronous driving mechanism 40 includes a first driving member 41, a main synchronizing wheel 42, a secondary synchronizing wheel 43 and a synchronous belt 44, the first driving member 41 is mounted on the frame 10, the main synchronizing wheel 42 is connected to the first driving member 41, the secondary synchronizing wheel 43 is sleeved on the lifting rod 321, and the two secondary synchronizing wheels 43 and the main synchronizing wheel 42 are linked by the same synchronous belt 44.

So set up, two secondary synchronizing wheels 43 install respectively in two lifter 321 to can further drive lift mount pad 322 synchronous lift under the drive of main synchronizing wheel 42, be favorable to realizing the workbin at vertical steady motion, avoid the workbin to produce the toppling because of the both sides velocity of movement is different.

Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the first driving member 41 is mounted to the frame 10 through a motor mounting plate 47 (not shown).

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the vertical lift assemblies 32 may be driven to lift by two drives, respectively, and the two sets of lift speeds may be programmed to be consistent.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the synchronous driving mechanism 40 further includes a protection plate 45 and two protection struts 46, the protection plate 45 is covered on the secondary synchronous wheel 43, the two protection struts 46 are located on two sides of the secondary synchronous wheel 43, and the protection plate 45 is fixedly mounted on the frame 10 through the protection struts 46.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the synchronous driving mechanism 40 further includes a mounting plate 47 and an idler gear 48, the primary synchronizing wheel 42 and the idler gear 48 are both mounted on the upper surface of the mounting plate 47, at least one idler gear 48 is disposed between the primary synchronizing wheel 42 and each secondary synchronizing wheel 43, and the idler gear 48 is used for adjusting tightness of the synchronous belt 44.

The idler wheel 48 is used for adjusting the tightness of the synchronous belt 44 in the synchronous driving mechanism 40, so that the synchronous belt 44 is kept close to the main synchronous wheel 42 and the secondary synchronous wheel 43, slipping is prevented, and stable operation of the bin stacker 100 is ensured.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the synchronous driving device further includes a speed reducer 49, two sides of the speed reducer 49 are respectively connected to the first driving member 41 and the main synchronizing wheel 42, and the speed reducer 49 is used for adjusting the rotation speed of the main synchronizing wheel 42, so as to adjust the lifting speed of the lifting mounting seat 322.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7 again, in one embodiment, the horizontal moving assembly 33 includes a translation fixing seat 331, a first linear rail 332 and a second driving member 334, the translation fixing seat 331 is connected to the vertical lifting assembly 32, the first linear rail 332 is disposed on the translation fixing seat 331, the clamping member 34 is slidably mounted on the first linear rail 332, and the second driving member 334 is disposed on the translation fixing seat 331 and is in driving connection with the clamping member 34 for driving the clamping member 34 to slide on the first linear rail 332.

So set up, translation fixing base 331 slides along first linear slide rail 332 under the drive of second driving piece 334, further makes clamping piece 34 to follow the third direction motion, and the slip is stable, and cooperation lift mount pad 322 can be with workbin centre gripping and lifting to predetermineeing the height, and work is relatively independent between first driving piece 41 and the second driving piece 334, conveniently designs the pile up neatly route.

Specifically, the horizontal moving assembly 33 further includes a floating connection block 335, and the second driving member 334 is connected to the clamping member 34 through the floating connection block 335.

So set up, the floating connecting block 335 can play the cushioning effect, absorbs the error between second driving piece 334 and the holder 34 for the second driving piece 334 is difficult for producing the deviation to the thrust of holder 34, promotes the centre gripping effect of holder 34 to the workbin.

Referring to fig. 3, specifically, the clamping member 34 further includes a sliding plate 341 and a clamping plate 342 that are connected to each other, the sliding plate 341 can slide along the first linear rail 332 in the third direction, and the clamping plate 342 is used for abutting against the bin and mutually matching with the other clamping plate 342 to clamp the bin; the elevation height of the clamping plates 342 is adjusted by the vertical elevation assembly 32, and the distance between the two clamping plates 342 is adjusted by the second driving member 334, thereby realizing stacking of different size bins.

Further, in some embodiments, the bottom end of the clamping plate 342 is provided with a hook 3421, and the hook 3421 is used for abutting against one side of the bin relatively close to the bin conveying line 20, so as to avoid falling due to insufficient friction between the clamping plate 342 and the bin.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a positioning and clamping mechanism 50 according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the bin stacker 100 further includes two positioning and clamping mechanisms 50 disposed on two sides of the stacking area 11 along the first direction, where each positioning and clamping mechanism 50 includes a translation assembly 51 and a clamping jaw 52 that are connected to each other, and the two clamping jaws 52 can be close to each other or far away from each other under the action of the translation assembly 51, so as to clamp and position the bin located on the bin conveyor line 20.

So set up, location chucking mechanism 50 is used for the clamping location workbin so that the workbin is in the position of predetermineeing, and be difficult for skew or slip, is favorable to a plurality of workbins to pile up according to predetermineeing the shape, avoids dislocation between the workbin of stacking each other.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the two positioning and clamping mechanisms 50 are oppositely disposed on the side of the two side frames 13 relatively close to the bottom frame 12.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the translation assembly 51 includes a mounting substrate 511, a clamping jaw fixing seat 512, a second linear sliding rail 513 and a third driving member 514, the mounting substrate 511 is mounted on the frame 10, the second linear sliding rail 513 is disposed on the mounting substrate 511, the clamping jaw fixing seat 512 is slidably mounted on the second linear sliding rail 513, the clamping jaw 52 is mounted on a side of the clamping jaw fixing seat 512 near the stacking area 11, and the third driving member 514 is in driving connection with the clamping jaw fixing seat 512 for driving the clamping jaw fixing seat 512 to slide on the second linear sliding rail 513.

So arranged, the clamping jaw 52 can gauge the material boxes so that the material boxes are fixed at preset positions of the stacking area 11, the stacking precision of the material boxes is improved, and dislocation between two adjacent layers of material boxes is prevented.

In an embodiment not shown in the present application, the gripping surface of the gripping jaw 52 preferably matches the peripheral wall of the bin.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, a taper guide 521 is provided on the side of the clamping jaw 52 for clamping the bin.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the positioning and clamping mechanism 50 further includes a release stop 53, where the release stop 53 is located on a side of the second linear guide relatively far from the clamping jaw 52, and the release stop 53 is used to prevent the clamping jaw fixing seat 512 from being released from the second linear guide.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a bin transfer line 20 according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the bin stacker 100 further includes a photoelectric sensor 60, and the photoelectric sensor 60 is mounted on a side of the bin transfer line 20 along the first direction, for sensing a transfer position of the bin on the bin transfer line 20.

So set up, photoelectric sensor 60 is used for responding to the conveying position of workbin on workbin transfer chain 20, and the conveying position information of workbin on the transfer chain is used for promoting the work of stacking device 30, and photoelectric sensor 60 is the trigger of stacking device 30 work promptly, is favorable to promoting the automation level of production line, reduces the cost of labor.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the bin conveying line 20 includes a roller mounting frame 21, a v-ribbed belt 22, at least one electric roller 23 and at least one v-ribbed belt roller 24, the electric roller 23 and the v-ribbed belt roller 24 are arranged on the frame 10 at intervals through the roller mounting frame 21, and the electric roller 23 is linked with all v-ribbed belt rollers 24 through the v-ribbed belt 22.

So set up, can drive other V-ribbed belt roller 24 synchronous rotation through an electronic roller 23, conveniently adjust the transmission speed of workbin transfer chain 20.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a lifting/lowering blocking mechanism 70 according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the bin stacker 100 further includes a lifting blocking mechanism 70, where the lifting blocking mechanism 70 is mounted on the frame 10 and is located on the conveying path of the bin conveying line 20; the lifting blocking device comprises a bin flange 71 and a fourth driving piece 72 which are connected with each other, the fourth driving piece 72 is installed on the frame 10, and the bin flange 71 can be lifted under the driving of the fourth driving piece 72 so as to block the forward movement of the bin.

So set up, the feed box flange 71 is used for stopping the feed box forward movement, prevents that the feed box from sliding out the preset position under self inertial action, and fourth driving piece 72 is used for controlling feed box flange 71 to go up and down, and when the feed box piles up to predetermineeing the number of piles, feed box flange 71 descends for the feed box of pile state shifts out.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the lifting blocking mechanism 70 further includes a lifting block 73, a connection fixing plate 74, a second linear bearing 75 and a guide shaft 76, the lifting block 73 is located at two sides of the connection fixing plate 74, the top end of the guide shaft 76 is connected to the bin flange 71, the second linear bearing 75 is located at a side of the fourth driving member 72 and is fixedly connected to the connection fixing plate 74, the second linear bearing 75 is sleeved on the guide shaft 76, and can relatively move with the guide shaft 76, so that the guide shaft 76 is used for assisting the lifting or lowering of the bin flange 71.

Specifically, in the present application, the first driving member 41, the second driving member 334, the third driving member 514, and the fourth driving member 72 are preferably, but not limited to, thin-walled cylinders.

In an embodiment not shown herein, the bin stacker 100 further includes a control hub (not shown), to which the various mechanisms described above are communicatively coupled.

Illustratively, in one embodiment, a first bin flows along bin conveyor line 20 into palletizing zone 11, photoelectric sensor 60 senses the bin and sends a signal to the control hub, motorized roller 23 rotates all of the v-ribbed rollers 24 and advances the bin until stopped by lift blocking mechanism 70, photoelectric sensor 60 senses the bin stopped, and sends a signal to the control hub that controls motorized roller 23 to stop rotating;

simultaneously driving the positioning and clamping mechanism 50 to extend and positioning the feed box to a preset position;

further, the horizontal moving assembly 33 clamps the bin in the horizontal direction by the clamping plate, and then resets the positioning and clamping mechanism 50;

the control center controls the vertical lifting assembly 32 to start, the feed box is lifted by a preset height value, and the second feed box can flow in;

the control centre controls the motorized pulley 23 to rotate again so that the second magazine flows into the preset position of the palletizing zone 11;

the control center controls the positioning and clamping mechanism 50 to extend out and position the second bin;

the control center sequentially controls the vertical lifting assembly and the horizontal moving assembly 33, stacks the first material box on the second material box, resets the vertical lifting assembly and the horizontal moving assembly 33, and completes stacking of the two material boxes at the moment;

the control center controls the horizontal moving assembly 33 and the vertical lifting assembly again, and lifts the two stacked bins by a preset height value, and at the moment, the third bin is accessed;

and repeating the above actions, when the bins are stacked to three layers or the number of layers is established, controlling the lifting blocking mechanism 70 to reset by the control center, starting the electric roller, and removing the stacked bins.

In one embodiment of the present utility model, compared with the prior art, the bin stacker 100 provided by the present utility model is configured with the clamping and matching mechanism 31 to clamp the bins, wherein the clamping and matching mechanism 31 includes the horizontal moving component 33 and the clamping piece 34, and the horizontal moving component 33 can move along the third direction to drive the clamping piece 34 to clamp the bins, so that the distance between the two clamping pieces 34 can be adjusted to adapt to bins of different sizes, and compatibility of the bin stacker 100 is improved. The bin stacker crane 100 provided by the utility model also drives the two lifting mounting seats 322 to synchronously lift through the synchronous driving mechanism 40, so that the stability of lifting of the bin is improved, the side turning of the bin is avoided, and the clamping of the vertical lifting assembly 32 is also prevented. In addition, the bin stacker crane 100 provided by the utility model is further provided with the positioning clamping mechanism 50 and the lifting blocking mechanism 70, and the positioning clamping mechanism and the lifting blocking mechanism are matched with each other, so that a bin on a conveying line can be limited at a preset position for clamping, the positioning is accurate, the stacking dislocation of the bin is reduced, and the stacking effect of the bin is improved.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the utility model, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, which are all within the scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present utility model is to be determined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A bin stacker crane, comprising:

a frame (10) provided with a palletizing zone (11);

a bin conveyor line (20) mounted to the frame (10) and at least partially located in the palletizing zone (11) for conveying bins in a first direction; and

the stacking device (30) comprises two clamping matching mechanisms (31) which are oppositely arranged at two sides of the stacking area (11) along the first direction; each clamping matching mechanism (31) comprises a vertical lifting assembly (32), a horizontal moving assembly (33) and a clamping piece (34), wherein the clamping piece (34) is installed on the horizontal moving assembly (33), and the horizontal moving assembly (33) is installed on the vertical lifting assembly (32); the vertical lifting assembly (32) is used for driving the horizontal moving assembly (33) and the clamping piece (34) to move along a second direction, the horizontal moving assembly (33) is used for driving the clamping piece (34) to move along a third direction, and included angles exist among the first direction, the second direction and the third direction; the clamping pieces (34) of the two clamping and matching mechanisms (31) are matched with each other for clamping the material box, and can be lifted or lowered under the action of the vertical lifting assembly (32) so as to enable the material box and the next material box to be stacked.

2. The bin stacker crane according to claim 1, wherein the vertical lifting assembly (32) comprises a lifting rod (321) and a lifting mounting base (322), the lifting rod (321) is mounted on the frame (10), the lifting mounting base (322) is movably mounted on the lifting rod (321), and the horizontal moving assembly (33) is connected to the lifting mounting base (322); the lifting mounting seat (322) can lift on the lifting rod (321).

3. The bin stacker crane according to claim 2, wherein the vertical lift assembly (32) further comprises a vertical guide bar (35) and a first linear bearing (36); the vertical guide rod (35) is arranged on the side of the lifting rod (321) along the first direction, and the vertical guide rod (35) is fixedly connected to the frame (10); the first linear bearing (36) is slidably sleeved on the vertical guide rod (35) and is connected to the lifting mounting seat (322).

4. A bin palletizer according to claim 3, wherein the bin palletizer (100) further comprises a synchronous driving mechanism (40), the synchronous driving mechanism (40) comprises a first driving member (41), a main synchronizing wheel (42), a secondary synchronizing wheel (43) and a synchronous belt (44), the first driving member (41) is mounted on the frame (10), the main synchronizing wheel (42) is connected with the first driving member (41), the secondary synchronizing wheel (43) is sleeved on the lifting rod (321), and the two secondary synchronizing wheels (43) and the main synchronizing wheel (42) are linked through the same synchronous belt (44).

5. The bin stacker crane according to claim 4, wherein the synchronous drive mechanism (40) further comprises a mounting plate (47) and an idler wheel (48), the primary synchronizing wheel (42) and the idler wheel (48) are mounted on the upper surface of the mounting plate (47), at least one idler wheel (48) is arranged between the primary synchronizing wheel (42) and each secondary synchronizing wheel (43), and the idler wheel (48) is used for adjusting the tightness of the synchronous belt (44).

6. The bin stacker crane according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal movement assembly (33) comprises a translation fixing seat (331), a first linear slide (332) and a second driving member (334), the translation fixing seat (331) is connected to the vertical lifting assembly (32), the first linear slide (332) is arranged on the translation fixing seat (331), the clamping member is slidably mounted on the first linear slide (332), and the second driving member (334) is arranged on the translation fixing seat (331) and is in driving connection with the clamping member for driving the clamping member to slide on the first linear slide (332).

7. The bin palletizer according to claim 1, wherein the bin palletizer (100) further comprises two positioning and clamping mechanisms (50) disposed opposite each other along the first direction on both sides of the palletizing zone (11), each positioning and clamping mechanism (50) comprising a translation assembly (51) and a clamping jaw (52) connected to each other, the two clamping jaws (52) being able to move towards each other or away from each other under the action of the translation assembly (51) so as to clamp and position the bins located on the bin conveyor line (20).

8. The bin stacker crane according to claim 7, wherein the translation assembly (51) comprises a mounting substrate (511), a jaw fixing seat (512), a second linear slide rail (513) and a third driving member (514), the mounting substrate (511) is mounted on the frame (10), the second linear slide rail (513) is arranged on the mounting substrate (511), the jaw fixing seat (512) is slidably mounted on the second linear slide rail (513), the jaw (52) is mounted on one side of the jaw fixing seat (512) close to the stacking area (11), and the third driving member (514) is connected to the jaw fixing seat (512) in a driving manner and is used for driving the jaw fixing seat (512) to slide on the second linear slide rail (513).

9. The bin stacker crane according to claim 1, wherein the bin stacker crane (100) further comprises a photoelectric sensor (60), the photoelectric sensor (60) being mounted laterally of the bin conveyor line (20) in a first direction for sensing a transport position of a bin on the bin conveyor line (20); and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the feed box conveying line (20) comprises a roller mounting frame (21), a multi-wedge belt (22), at least one electric roller (23) and at least one multi-wedge belt (22) roller, wherein the electric roller (23) and the multi-wedge belt (22) rollers are distributed on the frame (10) at intervals through the roller mounting frame (21), and the electric roller (23) is linked with all the multi-wedge belt (22) rollers through the multi-wedge belt (22).

10. The bin stacker crane according to claim 1, wherein the bin stacker crane (100) further comprises a lift blocking mechanism (70), the lift blocking mechanism (70) being mounted to the frame (10) and located on a conveying path of the bin conveyor line (20); the lifting blocking mechanism (70) comprises a bin flange (71) and a fourth driving piece (72) which are connected with each other, the fourth driving piece (72) is installed on the frame (10), and the bin flange (71) can lift under the driving of the fourth driving piece (72) so as to block the forward movement of the bin.