CN111958236A

CN111958236A - Semi-automatic assembly production line for quick connector

Info

Publication number: CN111958236A
Application number: CN202010789590.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒋广煜; 李东彪; 龙文厚; 陈树培; 向宇飞
Original assignee: Zhejiang Junhe Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Junhe Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-07
Filing date: 2020-08-07
Publication date: 2020-11-20

Abstract

The invention relates to a semi-automatic assembly production line of a quick connector, belonging to the technical field of medical machinery; comprises a working panel, a supporting frame mechanism arranged below the working panel and used for supporting the working panel; the rotary table unit capable of rotating in an indexing way is arranged in the middle of the upper end of the working panel, and the product detection unit to be installed, the welding unit and the blanking sorting unit are arranged in the rest positions; the periphery of the turntable unit is provided with six workpiece supports distributed in six equal parts, a fixed disc is arranged right above the turntable unit, and an assembly unit I, an air tightness detection unit and an assembly unit II are arranged on the fixed disc. The cam divider reasonably enables the rotatable disc to perform six equal indexing rotation, so that the machining precision of six stations can be guaranteed.

Description

Semi-automatic assembly production line for quick connector

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of production lines, in particular to a semi-automatic assembly production line for a quick connector.

Background

The quick connector is a connecting mechanism applied to an automobile cold water pipe and mainly formed by installing a connector, an O-shaped ring, a clamping ring and a U-shaped clamping strip; generally, a man-machine cooperation single-step operation is adopted, an O-shaped ring and a clamping ring are sequentially placed into a joint and are welded and fixed through an ultrasonic welding machine, after the check is finished, the clamping ring is clamped into the joint, code spraying is carried out after the check is finished, and finally a finished product is placed into a qualified product flow passage/defective product flow passage.

The man-machine cooperation single-step operation has the following defects: after the single-step operation is finished, the single inspection is needed, so that the working efficiency is low, and the assembly work of the quick connector cannot be efficiently completed.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a semi-automatic assembly production line for quick connectors, which automatically screens and sorts good products with high efficiency by six-station automatic indexing rotation fit installation and inspection.

The above functions of the invention are realized by the following technical scheme:

a semi-automatic assembly production line for quick connectors comprises a working panel; further comprising:

the rotary table unit comprises a rotatable disc and a rotating assembly which are respectively supported on the upper side and the lower side of the working panel, and a fixed disc is arranged on the rotatable disc;

the workpiece support is fixedly supported on the rotatable disc, and a joint, an O-shaped ring, a clamping ring and a U-shaped clamping strip are sequentially placed at the upper end of the workpiece support from right to left;

the product detection unit to be installed is positioned on the working panel and comprises a photoelectric detection station for detecting whether a joint and a U-shaped clamping strip exist or not and a visual detection unit for detecting whether an O-shaped ring and a type clamping ring exist or not and whether the clamping ring is misplaced or not;

the first assembling unit is positioned on the fixed disc and comprises a first horizontal moving servo module and a first up-and-down moving servo module which can horizontally slide on the first horizontal moving servo module; the first up-and-down moving servo module is connected with the O-shaped ring assembling mechanism and the clamping ring assembling mechanism in a matched mode through a connecting plate, and the O-shaped ring assembling mechanism and the clamping ring controlled by the clamping ring assembling mechanism are sequentially arranged on the joint;

the welding unit is positioned on the working panel, and the clamping ring is welded and regulated in the joint through an ultrasonic welding machine;

the air tightness detection unit is positioned on the fixed disc and used for carrying out air tightness detection on the joint through an air tightness detector;

the assembly unit II is positioned on the fixed disc and comprises a second horizontal movement servo module, a second up-and-down movement servo module capable of horizontally sliding on the second horizontal movement servo module and a U-shaped clamping strip in-place detection mechanism, the second up-and-down movement servo module controls the U-shaped clamping ring to be assembled into the joint through the U-shaped clamping assembly station, and the code spraying station carries out code spraying station operation on the U-shaped joint connected with the card;

the blanking sorting unit is positioned on the working panel and comprises a third horizontal moving servo module and a third up-down moving servo module capable of sliding horizontally on the third horizontal moving servo module, wherein the third up-down moving servo module is used for feeding corresponding qualified product runner openings/defective product runner openings according to non-defective products/defective products through a clamping jaw station for a clamping jaw joint.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the graduation of six stations is rotated and is installed O type circle, snap ring, U "type card strip to the joint in, accomplishes quick-operation joint's automatic installation and inspection work, and the screening letter sorting excellent product is separated.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: the quantity of work piece support is six and the fixed mounting of six equal portions at rotatable disc, wherein, the work piece support includes the fixed mounting strip, sets up on the fixed mounting strip and is used for laying first mount pad, second mount pad, the fourth mount pad that connects, O type circle, snap ring, "U" type card strip.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the installation of six equal divisions of work piece support is fixed on rotatable disc, and the distance at a distance of every two work piece supports all keeps unanimous, and its upper portion has first mount pad, second mount pad, fourth mount pad according to joint, O type circle, snap ring, "U" type card strip structural design, can let joint, O type circle, snap ring, "U" type card strip stable keep stable at rotatable disc, do the foreshadowing for the later stage assembly.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: o type circle equipment mechanism is including can cup jointing the first spliced pole of O type circle, snap ring equipment mechanism is including the second spliced pole of adsorbable snap ring that connects, the inside inlet channel that is provided with of second spliced pole, inlet channel passes through the trachea and is connected with the air pump.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, first spliced pole can with O type circle looks joint, the cup joint that O type circle can be fine is in first spliced pole, can be fine set up the interior of joint with O type circle, second spliced pole is breathed in through inlet channel after the snap ring and can be fixed the snap ring in the second spliced pole, when needing the installation, only need let inlet channel not breathe in and just can realize the snap ring installation and target in place, wherein, the snap ring is installed on the upper portion of O type circle and plays the effect of fixed O type circle.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: photoelectric detection station is photoelectric sensor and its quantity is two, and first mount pad, fourth mount pad department are kept away from respectively to two photoelectric sensor and are used for detecting joint, U "type card strip and have or not.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, two photoelectric sensor can detect whether to have to joint, U "type card strip, guarantee that operation can go on smoothly next step.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: the device comprises an inflation station for inflating the joint and a plugging unit for plugging the joint; the inflation station comprises an air tightness detector for detecting the air tightness of the joint.

By adopting the technical scheme, because the quick connector needs air tightness detection, one end of the connector is blocked by the blocking unit, and the other end of the connector is inflated by the inflating station to detect whether the air leakage occurs.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: the visual detection unit comprises a fixing frame and an optical image screening machine, wherein the fixing frame and the optical image screening machine are arranged on the working panel and used for detection, and the optical image screening machine is far away from the second mounting seat and is fixedly arranged on the fixing frame used for detection.

By adopting the technical scheme, the optical image screening machine can detect whether code spraying operation exists in the quick connector or not, and is also a detection flow.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: still include the fourth servo module that reciprocates, ultrasonic welding machine's welding mechanism cooperation sets up and reciprocates servo module and can reciprocate servo module and slide from top to bottom at the fourth. Definition of welding units

By adopting the technical scheme, the ultrasonic welding machine extends into the joint through the welding mechanism to weld the snap ring in the joint, and the welding position of the ultrasonic welding machine is the inner wall of the joint and the outer wall of the snap ring.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: the assembly unit II further comprises a U-shaped clamping strip in-place detection mechanism for detecting whether the U-shaped clamping strip is installed on the joint or not.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: the rotating assembly comprises a servo motor and a cam divider which is connected with the servo motor in a matching mode, and a force output shaft of the cam divider sequentially penetrates through the rotatable disc and is fixed on the axis of the fixed disc.

The present invention in a preferred example may be further configured to: the indexing section of the cam indexer is cooperatively connected with the rotatable disk and effects rotation of the rotatable disk.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, can let the accurate six equal divisions of rotatable disc through the cam wheel splitter for the precision of installation can be guaranteed, has good practicality.

In summary, the invention includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

1. the cam divider reasonably enables the rotatable disc to perform six equal indexing rotation, so that the processing of six stations can be ensured.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of one direction of a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of another direction of a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic axial view of a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic top view of a workpiece support of a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors according to the present invention;

reference numerals:

1. a working panel; 2. a turntable unit; 21. a rotatable disc; 22. a rotating assembly; 221. a servo motor; 222. a cam divider; 23. fixing the disc;

3. a workpiece support; 31. a fixed mounting bar 32 and a first mounting seat; 33. a second mounting seat; 34. a second mounting seat; 35. a fourth mounting seat;

5. a product to be installed detection unit 52, a visual detection unit 521, a fixed frame for detection; 522. an optical image screening machine;

6. assembling a unit I; 61. a first horizontal movement servo module; 62. a first up-down moving servo module; 63. a connecting plate; 64. an O-ring assembly mechanism; 641. a first connecting column; 65. a snap ring assembly mechanism; 651. a second connecting column; 652. an air intake passage;

7. a welding unit 711, a welding mechanism; 72. a fourth up-down moving servo module; 8. the air tightness detection unit 81, the inflation station 82 and the plugging unit;

9. assembling a second unit; 91. a second horizontal movement servo module; 92. a second up-and-down moving servo module; 93. a U-shaped card assembly station; 94. code spraying stations;

10. a blanking sorting unit; 101. a third horizontal movement servo module; 102. a third up-down moving servo module; 103. a clamping jaw station.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, a semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors comprises a working panel 1, wherein the working panel 1 is supported by a support frame mechanism below the working panel 1; a rotary table unit 2 capable of rotating in an indexing way is arranged in the middle of the upper end of the working panel 1, and a product detection unit 5, a welding unit 7 and a blanking sorting unit 10 are arranged in the rest places; six workpiece supports 3 distributed in six equal parts are arranged on the periphery of the rotary table unit 2, a fixed disc 23 is arranged right above the rotary table unit 2, and an assembly unit I6, an air tightness detection unit 8 and an assembly unit II 9 are arranged on the fixed disc 23.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the turntable unit 2 includes a rotatable disk 21 and a rotating assembly 22 respectively supported on the upper side and the lower side of the working panel 1, the rotating assembly 22 includes a servo motor 221, a cam divider 222 cooperatively connected with the servo motor 221, a force output shaft of the cam divider 222 sequentially penetrates through the rotatable disk 21 and is fixed on the axis of the fixed disk 23, an indexing section of the cam divider 222 is cooperatively connected with the rotatable disk 21 and realizes rotation of the rotatable disk 21, and the rotatable disk 21 is cooperatively arranged on the cam divider 222 and realizes indexed rotation through the cam divider 222.

Referring to fig. 1 and 6, the number of the workpiece supports 3 is six, the workpiece supports are uniformly and fixedly supported on the rotatable disc 21 and are distributed in six equal parts, and the workpiece supports 3 are sequentially provided with a joint, an O-ring, a snap ring and a U-shaped clamping strip from right to left, wherein the joint, the O-ring, the snap ring and the U-shaped clamping strip are parts to be assembled; the workpiece support 3 further comprises a fixed mounting bar 31, a first mounting seat 32, a second mounting seat 33, a second mounting seat 34 and a fourth mounting seat 35 which are arranged on the fixed mounting bar 31 and used for placing a joint, an O-shaped ring, a clamping ring and a U-shaped clamping bar.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the to-be-installed product detecting unit 5 includes a photoelectric detection station 51 for detecting the presence or absence of a joint and a U-shaped clip strip, and a visual detection unit 52 for detecting the presence or absence of an O-ring and a type clip ring and the presence or absence of misplacement of the clip ring; the visual inspection unit 52 includes an inspection holder 521 provided on the working panel 1, and an optical image screening machine 522, and the optical image screening machine 522 is fixed to the inspection holder 521 apart from the second mounting base 33 and the second mounting base 34.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the first assembling unit 6 is used for installing and fixing an O-shaped ring and a clamping ring on a joint; the first assembling unit 6 comprises a first horizontal movement servo module 61, a first up-down movement servo module 62 capable of sliding horizontally on the first horizontal movement servo module 61; the first up-and-down moving servo module 62 is matched and connected with an O-shaped ring assembling mechanism 64 and a clamping ring assembling mechanism 65 through a connecting plate 63, and the O-shaped rings and the clamping rings controlled by the O-shaped ring assembling mechanism 64 and the clamping ring assembling mechanism 65 are sequentially arranged to the joint; the O-ring assembling mechanism 64 comprises a first connecting column 641 capable of being sleeved with an O-ring, the snap ring assembling mechanism 65 comprises a second connecting column 651 capable of being connected with a snap ring in a suction mode, an air inlet channel 652 is arranged inside the second connecting column 651, and the air inlet channel 652 is connected with an air pump through an air pipe; the O-ring assembling mechanism 64 is configured to move downward through the first connection column 641 and to be sleeved with the O-ring, and the O-ring is elastic and is not required to be worried about falling off as long as being sleeved in the first connection column 641; because the texture of snap ring is harder, as long as let second spliced pole 651 cup joint into the snap ring after, form a suction through inlet channel 652 after bleeding and just can fix the snap ring actuation in second spliced pole 651, wherein, this inlet channel 652 is connected with outside hose, and this hose is connected with outside suction mechanism.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 7, the welding unit 7 welds the snap ring inside the joint by an ultrasonic welding machine; the welding mechanism 711 of the ultrasonic welding machine 71 realizes welding of the snap ring on the basis of control of the fourth up-down moving servo module 72.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the airtightness detecting unit 8 detects airtightness of the joint by an airtightness detector 83; comprises an inflation station 81 for inflating the joint and a plugging unit 82 for plugging the joint; the plugging unit 82 can plug one end of the joint to keep the joint airtight, and the inflation station 81 moves downwards into the joint through an up-and-down moving servo module (not shown) to inflate the joint, so as to detect the airtightness.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the second assembling unit 9 includes a second horizontal movement servo module 91 capable of moving horizontally, a second up-and-down movement servo module 92 capable of sliding horizontally on the second horizontal movement servo module 91, and a "U" -shaped strip in-place detection mechanism 95, the second up-and-down movement servo module 92 controls the "U" -shaped clamp ring to be assembled into the joint through a U-shaped clamp assembling station 93, and then the "U" -shaped strip in-place detection mechanism 95 detects the previous process; the code spraying station 94 performs code spraying station 94 operation on the U-shaped connector of the card access.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the discharging and sorting unit 10 includes a third horizontal movement servo module 101, and a third vertical movement servo module 102 horizontally slidable on the third horizontal movement servo module 101, wherein the third vertical movement servo module 102 is inserted into a corresponding non-defective/defective runner port according to a non-defective/defective runner port through a gripper station 103 for a gripper joint.

The working principle is as follows: the connector, the O-shaped ring, the snap ring and the U-shaped clamping strip are manually placed on the workpiece support 3 in sequence, the rotatable disc 21 rotates to the first assembling unit 6 in a cam divider 222 in an indexing manner, the first assembling unit 6 can install the O-shaped ring and the snap ring into the connector, after the installation is finished, the rotatable disc 21 rotates to the welding unit 7 through the cam divider 222, the welding unit 7 welds the snap ring into the connector through an ultrasonic welding machine, after the welding is finished, the rotatable disc 21 rotates to the air tightness detection unit 8 through the cam divider 222, the air tightness detection unit 8 blocks one end of the connector through the blocking unit 82, the connector is inflated and subjected to air tightness detection through the inflating station 81, after the air tightness detection is finished, the rotatable disc 21 rotates to the second assembling unit 9 through the cam divider 222, the second assembling unit 9 installs the U-shaped clamping strip into the connector, after the U-shaped clamping strip in-place detection mechanism 95 detects no error, code spraying station 94 operation is carried out, after assembly and detection are completed, the rotatable disc 21 is rotated to the blanking sorting unit 10 through the wheel divider 222, the blanking sorting unit 10 picks a quick connector through the clamping jaw station 103 to sort according to the detection result, good products are put into a qualified product runner port, and defective products are put into a defective product runner port; wherein, the workpiece support 3 is continuously provided with a joint, an O-shaped ring, a clamping ring and a U-shaped clamping strip.

The embodiments of the present invention are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments, so: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the invention are covered by the protection scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A semi-automatic assembly line for quick connectors comprises a working panel (1); the method is characterized in that: further comprising:

a turntable unit (2) including a rotatable disk (21) and a rotating assembly (22) supported on the upper and lower sides of the working panel (1), respectively, a fixed disk (23) being provided on the rotatable disk (21);

the workpiece support (3) is fixedly supported on the rotatable disc (21), and the upper end of the workpiece support is sequentially provided with a joint, an O-shaped ring, a clamping ring and a U-shaped clamping strip from right to left;

the product to be installed detection unit (5) is positioned on the working panel (1) and comprises a photoelectric detection station for detecting whether a joint and a U-shaped clamping strip exist or not and a visual detection unit (52) for detecting whether an O-shaped ring and a type clamping ring exist or not and whether the clamping ring is misplaced or not;

the first assembling unit (6) is positioned on the fixed disc (23) and comprises a first horizontal moving servo module (61) and a first up-and-down moving servo module (62) which can horizontally slide on the first horizontal moving servo module (61); the first up-and-down moving servo module (62) is matched and connected with an O-shaped ring assembling mechanism (64) and a clamping ring assembling mechanism (65) through a connecting plate (63), and the O-shaped ring assembling mechanism (64) and the clamping ring assembling mechanism (65) control the O-shaped ring and the clamping ring to be sequentially arranged on a joint;

a welding unit (7) positioned on the working panel (1) and used for welding the snap ring in the joint by an ultrasonic welding machine;

the air tightness detection unit (8) is positioned on the fixed disc (23), and carries out air tightness detection on the joint through an air tightness detector (83);

the assembly unit II (9) is positioned on the fixed disc (23) and comprises a second horizontal movement servo module (91), a second up-and-down movement servo module (92) capable of horizontally sliding on the second horizontal movement servo module (91) and a U-shaped clamping strip in-place detection mechanism (95), the second up-and-down movement servo module (92) controls the U-shaped clamping ring to be assembled into the joint through a U-shaped clamping assembly station (93), and a code spraying station (94) performs code spraying operation on the U-shaped joint connected with the card;

the blanking sorting unit (10) is positioned on the working panel (1) and comprises a third horizontal moving servo module (101) and a third up-down moving servo module (102) capable of horizontally sliding on the third horizontal moving servo module (101), wherein the third up-down moving servo module (102) is thrown into a corresponding qualified product runner opening/defective product runner opening according to good products/defective products through a clamping jaw station (103) for clamping jaw joints.

2. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 1, characterized in that: the quantity of work piece support (3) is six and the fixed mounting of six equal portions in rotatable disc (21), wherein, work piece support (3) include fixed mounting strip (31), set up on fixed mounting strip (31) and be used for laying first mount pad (32), second mount pad (33), second mount pad (34), fourth mount pad (35) that connect, O type circle, snap ring, "U" type card strip.

3. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 1, characterized in that: o type circle equipment mechanism (64) is including first spliced pole (641) that can cup joint O type circle, snap ring equipment mechanism (65) is including second spliced pole (651) of adsorbable snap ring that connects, second spliced pole (651) inside is provided with inlet channel (652), inlet channel (652) are connected with the air pump through the trachea.

4. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 3, characterized in that: photoelectric detection station is photoelectric sensor and its quantity is two, and two photoelectric sensors keep away from first mount pad (32), fourth mount pad (35) department respectively and be used for detecting joint, U "type card strip and have or not.

5. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 1, characterized in that: comprises an inflation station (81) for inflating the joint and a plugging unit (82) for plugging the joint; the inflation station (81) comprises an air tightness detector (83) for detecting the air tightness of the joint.

6. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 1, characterized in that: the visual detection unit (52) comprises a fixed frame (521) for detection arranged on the working panel (1) and an optical image screening machine (522), wherein the optical image screening machine (522) is far away from the second mounting seat (33) and the second mounting seat (34) and is fixedly arranged on the fixed frame (521) for detection.

7. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 1, characterized in that: the welding mechanism (711) of the ultrasonic welding machine is arranged on the fourth up-down moving servo module (72) in a matched mode and can slide up and down on the fourth up-down moving servo module (72).

8. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 7, characterized in that: the second assembling unit (9) further comprises a U-shaped clamping strip in-place detection mechanism (95) for detecting whether the U-shaped clamping strip is installed on the joint or not.

9. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 1, characterized in that: the rotating assembly (22) comprises a servo motor (221) and a cam divider (222) which is connected with the servo motor (221) in a matched mode, and the output shaft of the cam divider (222) sequentially penetrates through the rotatable disc (21) and is fixed to the axis of the fixed disc (23).

10. The semi-automatic quick connector assembling line of claim 9, wherein: the indexing section of the cam divider (222) is cooperatively connected with the rotatable disk (21) and effects rotation of the rotatable disk (21).