Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides the jig feeder which can adapt to storage and transportation of jigs with different sizes without replacing parts.
The jig feeder comprises a base, a translation conveying device, a first stacking frame, a second stacking frame, a distance adjusting device and a jig, wherein the translation conveying device is arranged on the base, the first stacking frame and the second stacking frame are arranged on the base, the distance adjusting device is used for adjusting the distance between the first stacking frame and the second stacking frame, and the translation conveying device is used for conveying jigs stacked between the first stacking frame and the second stacking frame in the front-back direction.
Further, the jig feeder further comprises a first side plate, a second side plate and a distance adjusting device, wherein the first side plate is arranged on the base and is positioned on the left side of the translation conveying device, the first stacking frame is arranged on the first side plate, the second side plate is arranged on the base and is positioned on the right side of the translation conveying device, the first stacking frame is arranged on the second side plate, and the distance adjusting device adjusts the distance between the first stacking frame and the second stacking frame by adjusting the distance between the first side plate and the second side plate.
Further, a tray separating device is arranged on the first side plate and comprises a tray separating block which can be inserted between the two stacked jigs, a jacking mechanism is arranged on the base, and the jacking mechanism is used for lifting the jigs stacked between the first stacking frame and the second stacking frame.
Further, a split disc cylinder is arranged on the first side plate, and the split disc cylinder can drive the split disc blocks to be inserted between the two stacked jigs.
Further, the first side plate and the second side plate are both provided with a tray separating device.
Further, the jacking mechanism comprises a jacking cylinder arranged on the base, the jacking cylinder is connected with a jacking block in a driving mode, and the jacking block can be abutted to the jig and jack the jig.
Further, the left side and the right side of the translation conveying device are both provided with top blocks.
Further, the translating conveyor extends between the first stacker frame and the second stacker frame.
Further, the translation conveying device comprises a translation sliding rail which is arranged on the base and extends along the front-back direction, a translation sliding block used for conveying the jig is arranged on the translation sliding rail, and the translation sliding block can move on the translation sliding rail.
Further, a position sensor is arranged on the first stacking frame and used for detecting the position of the jig.
When the jig feeder is used, the distance between the first stacking frame and the second stacking frame can be correspondingly adjusted according to the sizes of different jigs through the interval adjusting device, and when feeding is needed, jigs stored between the first stacking frame and the second stacking frame are conveyed to the feeding position through the translation conveying device, so that jigs with different sizes can be adapted without replacing parts.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that references to orientation descriptions such as upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description of the present invention and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, a number means one or more, a number means two or more, and greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood to not include the present number, and above, below, within, etc. are understood to include the present number. The description of the first and second is for the purpose of distinguishing between technical features only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly defined otherwise, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection, etc. should be construed broadly and the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention can be reasonably determined by a person skilled in the art in combination with the specific contents of the technical scheme.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a jig feeder 100 includes a base 110, a translation and transport device provided on the base 110, a first stacker frame 140 and a second stacker frame 150 provided on the base 110, a spacing adjustment device for adjusting a distance between the first stacker frame 140 and the second stacker frame 150, and a translation and transport device for transporting jigs stacked between the first stacker frame 140 and the second stacker frame 150 in a front-rear direction.
When the jig feeder 100 of the embodiment is used, the distance between the first stacking frame 140 and the second stacking frame 150 can be correspondingly adjusted according to the sizes of different jigs through the interval adjusting device, and when feeding is needed, the jigs stored between the first stacking frame 140 and the second stacking frame 150 are conveyed to the feeding position through the translation conveying device, so that the jigs of different sizes can be adapted under the condition that parts do not need to be replaced.
The distance between the first stacking frame 140 and the second stacking frame 150 may be adjusted by different manners, for example, the first stacking frame 140 and the second stacking frame 150 are arranged on a sliding rail and adjusted manually, or the second stacking frame 150 may be driven to move relative to the first stacking frame 140 by a motor driving a screw rod and a screw rod nut 230, or the first stacking frame 140 may be driven to move relative to the second stacking frame 150 by a linear motor or a cylinder.
It will be appreciated that the translational transport device may be configured to transport the jig stacked between the first stacker frame 140 and the second stacker frame 150 to the feeding position in various manners, such as by gripping the jig with a gripper and transporting the jig to the feeding position, or by pushing the jig onto a belt or a transporting roller by a pushing device provided on the front side of the first stacker frame 140 and transporting the jig to the feeding position, or may be configured to extend the translational transport device between the first stacker frame 140 and the second stacker frame 150 and stack the jig above the translational transport device.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the jig feeder 100 is characterized by further comprising a first side plate 120, a second side plate 130, a spacing adjusting device and a production time saving, wherein the first side plate 120 is arranged on the base 110 and is positioned on the left side of the translation conveying device, the first stacking frame 140 is arranged on the first side plate 120, the second side plate 130 is arranged on the base 110 and is positioned on the right side of the translation conveying device, the second stacking frame 150 is arranged on the second side plate 130, the spacing adjusting device adjusts the distance between the first stacking frame 140 and the second stacking frame 150 by adjusting the distance between the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130, the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130 arranged on two sides of the translation conveying device can provide limit for jigs transported on the translation conveying device, and simultaneously, the stacking part and the conveying part can be simultaneously matched with jigs with different sizes by adjusting the distance between the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130, and the conveying part are not required to be independently adjusted, and the production time is saved.
As shown in fig. 4, an adjusting slide rail 191 is disposed on the base 110, an adjusting slide block 192 is cooperatively connected to the adjusting slide rail 191, and the adjusting slide block 192 is connected to the second side plate 130.
As shown in fig. 3, the first side board 120 is provided with a tray separating device 160, the tray separating device 160 comprises a tray separating block 162 capable of being inserted between two stacked jigs, the base 110 is provided with a jacking mechanism 170, the jacking mechanism 170 is used for lifting the jigs stacked between the first stacking frame 140 and the second stacking frame 150, in the feeding process, the stacked jigs can be firstly lowered through the jacking mechanism 170, then the tray separating block 162 is controlled to be inserted between the first jig and the second jig from bottom to top, then the jacking mechanism 170 is controlled to be continuously lowered, the lowermost jig is separated from the jigs stacked above the lowermost jig, then the separated jigs are placed on the translational conveying device for transportation, wherein the separated jigs can be prevented from being applied to the translational conveying device through a pushing device or clamping jaws and the like, and the translational conveying device can be extended to the lower part of the jig stack, so that the jigs can be lowered onto the translational conveying device.
As shown in fig. 3, the tray dividing block 162 may be inserted between the two jigs by driving the tray dividing cylinder 161 provided on the first side plate 120, or the tray dividing block 162 may be controlled to be inserted by a motor or manually.
As shown in fig. 3, in order to prevent the jig from being damaged due to uneven stress caused by the single-side tray dividing block 162, tray dividing devices 160 are disposed on the first side plate 120 and the second side plate 130.
As shown in fig. 5, the lifting mechanism 170 includes a lifting cylinder 171 disposed on the base 110, the lifting cylinder 171 is connected with a lifting block 172 in a driving manner, the lifting block 172 can abut against the jig and lift the jig, and the lifting block 172 can be driven to lift by a motor or a hydraulic cylinder.
As shown in FIG. 5, the top blocks 172 are arranged on the left and right sides of the translational conveying device, the translational conveying device extends below the stacked jigs, the jigs can be directly placed on the translational conveying device for transportation after being lowered, and interference between the top blocks 172 and the translational conveying device caused by single top blocks 172 is avoided.
As shown in fig. 5, the translational conveying device includes a translational slide rail 181 disposed on the base 110 and extending in the front-rear direction, a translational slide block 182 for transporting a jig is disposed on the translational slide rail 181, and the translational slide block 182 can move on the translational slide rail 181.
As shown in fig. 1, in order to detect the stacking condition of the jig between the first stacking frame 140 and the second stacking frame 150, a position sensor is disposed on the first stacking frame 140, where the position sensor is used to detect the position of the jig, and the position sensor may sense the position of the jig through a contact switch or a photoelectric sensor in various manners, so as to determine the stacking condition of the jig.
As shown in fig. 6 to 9, in a second aspect of the present embodiment, a disc removing device is provided, namely a first disc removing device 200 shown in the drawings, which includes a base 110, a disc removing driving mechanism and a lateral adjustment mechanism, wherein the base 110 is provided with a first finger 252, the first finger 252 is provided with the lateral adjustment mechanism and is located outside the base 110, the first finger 252 can adjust a position along a left-right direction under the driving of the lateral adjustment mechanism, and the first finger 252 can abut against a rotary buckle on a jig and rotate the rotary buckle under the driving of the disc removing driving mechanism.
When the tray removing device is used, the lifting driving mechanism can be controlled to ascend, the pusher dog driving device is controlled to adjust the horizontal position of the second pusher dog 332, the second pusher dog 332 is inserted from the through hole at the bottom of the jig and is abutted against the slide fastener, then the pusher dog driving device is controlled, the slide fastener is pushed by the second pusher dog 332 to be unlocked and kept at the unlocking position, at the moment, the grabbing device can grab materials, and as the tray removing device is located below the jig in the whole process, interference with the grabbing device above the jig is effectively avoided.
The disc removing driving mechanism may be disposed on the lateral adjustment mechanism, and the first finger 252 may be disposed on the disc removing driving mechanism, or the lateral adjustment mechanism may be disposed on the disc removing driving mechanism, and the first finger 252 may be disposed on the lateral adjustment mechanism.
Further, the disc dismounting driving mechanism can drive the pulling claw to abut against the sliding buckle in various modes and drive the sliding buckle to rotate, for example, the pulling claw is driven to pull the sliding buckle in a cylinder or motor mode or the pulling claw is driven to move in a magnetic attraction mode, and similarly, the transverse adjusting mechanism can also drive the pulling claw to move left and right in various modes.
As shown in fig. 7, the disc removing driving mechanism includes a disc removing motor 210 provided on the base 110, and the disc removing motor 210 can drive the lateral adjustment mechanism to move forward and backward.
Further, in order to enable the first finger 252 to move slowly and stably in the process of poking the slider, the disc removing motor 210 is in driving connection with the screw rod 220, the transverse adjusting mechanism is provided with the nut 230, and the screw rod 220 is in threaded fit with the nut 230.
In order to make the left-right movement speed of the pulling claw be faster, the first pulling claw 252 can timely withdraw from the upper part of the jig after the disc is disassembled, the transverse adjusting mechanism comprises a transverse moving cylinder 240 arranged on the nut 230, the transverse moving cylinder 240 can drive a transverse moving sliding block 250 to slide along the left-right direction, and the transverse moving sliding block 250 is provided with the first pulling claw 252.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the sliding rod extending along the front-rear direction is arranged on the traverse sliding block 250, the first pusher dog 252 is arranged on the sliding rod, the position of the first pusher dog 252 relative to the sliding rod is adjustable, and when the size of the jig is changed, the position of the first pusher dog 252 relative to the sliding rod can be adjusted.
Further, in order to simultaneously toggle the plurality of sliders on the jig, a plurality of first fingers 252 are provided on the slide bar.
As shown in FIG. 9, a spring 251 is disposed between the sliding rod and the lateral sliding block 250, when the first pulling claw 252 pulls the sliding buckle to rotate, the spring 251 can provide a buffer between the first pulling claw 252 and the sliding buckle, so that the problem that the fixture is damaged due to overlarge acting force between the first pulling claw 252 and the sliding buckle when the sliding buckle cannot smoothly rotate is avoided.
As shown in fig. 8, in order to synchronously toggle the sliders on the left and right sides of the jig, the disc disassembling efficiency is further saved, lateral adjustment mechanisms are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the disc driving mechanism, and a first pusher dog 252 is arranged on each lateral adjustment mechanism.
The second aspect of the present embodiment further provides a feeding device, including the tray removing device of the second aspect of the present embodiment and the jig feeder 100 of the first aspect of the present embodiment, where the jig feeder 100 is configured to transport the jig forward to the feeding position, and the first finger 252 is configured to abut against the rotating buckle on the jig at the feeding position and rotate the rotating buckle, so that the rotating buckle is separated from the material.
The embodiment also provides a feeding method, and the feeding device of the second aspect of the embodiment comprises the following steps of controlling the jig feeder 100 to transport the jig to a feeding position, controlling the transverse driving mechanism to enable the first pusher dog 252 to adjust the position along the left-right direction so that the first pusher dog 252 abuts against a rotary buckle on the jig, and controlling the disc dismounting driving mechanism to drive the first pusher dog 252 to move backwards so that the rotary buckle rotates under the abutting of the first pusher dog 252.
As shown in fig. 10 to 12, in a third aspect of the present embodiment, another disc removing device, namely a second disc removing device 300 in the drawings, is provided, and is applied to a disc removing process of a jig, and includes a base 110, a lifting driving mechanism and a finger driving device, which are disposed on the base 110, a second finger 332 capable of moving horizontally under the driving of the finger driving device, and the second finger 332 capable of lifting under the driving of the lifting driving mechanism, and the second finger 332 capable of abutting against a slider of the jig and driving the slider to translate.
When the tray removing device applied to the jig is used, the lifting driving mechanism can be controlled to ascend, the pusher dog driving device is controlled to adjust the horizontal position of the second pusher dog 332, the second pusher dog 332 is inserted into and abutted against the slide fastener from the through hole at the bottom of the jig, then the pusher dog driving device is controlled, the slide fastener is pushed by the second pusher dog 332 to unlock and keep the slide fastener at the unlocking position, and at the moment, the grabbing device can grab materials.
The lifting drive may be arranged on the gripper drive and the second gripper 332 may be arranged on the lifting drive, or the gripper drive may be arranged on the lifting drive and the second gripper 332 may be arranged on the gripper drive, depending on the arrangement of the apparatus.
It will be appreciated that the lift drive mechanism may drive the first finger 252 in a variety of ways, such as by a pneumatic cylinder or motor provided on the base 110 to drive the first finger 252 in a lift manner, or may drive the first finger 252 in a manual manner, or the like, and that the finger drive mechanism may similarly drive the second finger 332 in a variety of manners to move horizontally.
Note that the horizontal plane in this embodiment refers to a plane in the left-right direction and up-down direction in the drawing.
As shown in fig. 11 and 12, the finger driving device comprises a translation cylinder 320 arranged at the top of the lifting driving mechanism, wherein the translation cylinder 320 can drive the second finger 332 to move horizontally, when the second finger 332 is inserted into the jig from the lower part of the jig and is abutted with the slide fastener, the translation cylinder 320 can drive the second finger 332 to drive the slide fastener to move so as to unlock the slide fastener, and when the slide fastener slides to the unlocking position, the translation cylinder 320 can be controlled to keep original taste so as to enable the slide fastener to be in the unlocking position for a long time.
As shown in fig. 11, in order to adjust the position of the second pusher dog 332 relative to the translation cylinder 320, so as to adapt to the jigs with different sizes and slide positions, the translation cylinder 320 is drivingly connected with a tray removing slide rail 331, the second pusher dog 332 is disposed on the tray removing slide rail 331, and the position of the second pusher dog 332 relative to the tray removing slide rail 331 is adjustable.
Further, in order to simultaneously toggle the plurality of sliders for unlocking, a plurality of second fingers 332 are disposed on the disassembling slide 331.
As shown in fig. 12, a plurality of finger drives are provided on top of the lift drive mechanism, each having a second finger 332 provided thereon.
Further, the plurality of finger driving devices are circumferentially distributed at the top end of the lifting driving mechanism, and at this time, the plurality of first fingers 252 can abut against the plurality of sliders in different directions and unlock the sliders.
As shown in fig. 11, in order to facilitate the control of the lifting of the disc changer, the lifting driving mechanism includes a lifting cylinder 310 provided on the base 110, and the finger driving device is provided on the top of the lifting cylinder 310 and can be lifted by the driving of the lifting cylinder 310.
The third aspect of the present embodiment further provides a feeding device, including the jig feeder 100 of the first aspect of the present embodiment, further including the tray removing device applied to the jig of the present embodiment, where the jig feeder 100 is used for transporting the jig forward to a feeding position, and the second pusher dog 332 is used for abutting the slider on the jig at the feeding position and making the slider slide, so as to separate the slider from the material.
The embodiment also provides another feeding method, and the feeding device of the third aspect of the embodiment is applied, and the feeding method comprises the following steps of controlling a jig feeder 100 to transport a jig to a feeding position, controlling a lifting driving mechanism to drive a pusher dog driving mechanism to rise to a disc disassembling position, and controlling a pusher dog driving device to drive a second pusher dog 332 to slide horizontally, so that the second pusher dog 332 abuts against a slider on the jig and drives the slider to translate.
Further, the finger driving device comprises a translation cylinder 320 arranged at the top of the lifting driving mechanism, and the translation cylinder 320 drives the second finger 332 to slide horizontally.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.