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CN106853953A - The lifting drive of shifting carrying platform in stacking machine - Google Patents

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CN106853953A
CN106853953A CN201710033752.1A CN201710033752A CN106853953A CN 106853953 A CN106853953 A CN 106853953A CN 201710033752 A CN201710033752 A CN 201710033752A CN 106853953 A CN106853953 A CN 106853953A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66FHOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F9/00Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes
    • B66F9/02Stationary loaders or unloaders, e.g. for sacks
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02Storage devices
    • B65G1/04Storage devices mechanical
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G61/00Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66FHOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F17/00Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01BMEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/02Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness
    • G01B11/06Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width or thickness for measuring thickness ; e.g. of sheet material
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of lifting drive of shifting carrying platform in stacking machine, including:Base and the support frame being supported on base, driving chain is connected with shifting carrying platform, driving chain is engaged on drive sprocket, drive sprocket is arranged on the top of support frame, drive sprocket is driven by motor, motor is connected with frequency converter, frequency converter is electrically connected with PLC central controller, laser range finder is installed on base, the bottom of the shifting carrying platform directly over laser range finder is provided with reflecting plate, laser range finder is electrically connected with PLC central controller, and the position height information of the shifting carrying platform that laser range finder will can be detected sends to PLC central controller in real time.Advantages of the present invention is:The speed of service and operation stability of shifting carrying platform are greatly improved, and this not only greatly improves stacking efficiency, moreover it is possible to the impact effectively in reduction shifting carrying platform running to whole stacking machine.

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The lifting drive of shifting carrying platform in stacking machine
Technical field
The present invention relates to stacking machine, more particularly to shifting carrying platform lifting drive.
Background technology
Stacking machine is one of important equipment of bulk storage plant, and it can pile together, makes warehouse as requested by material Limited space is fully used, and for the transport of material provides facility.The lifting of shifting carrying platform is driven in traditional stacking machine Dynamic device, its structure includes:Base and the support frame being supported on base, are connected with driving chain, driving-chain on shifting carrying platform Bar is engaged on drive sprocket, and described drive sprocket is arranged on the top of support frame, and drive sprocket is driven by motor, in motor Driving underdrive sprocket wheel can order about driving chain drive shifting carrying platform raise straight up or land straight down.Stacking machine code During pile, the flood material of stacking shaping is transported on the shifting carrying platform in stacking machine successively, shifting carrying platform vertical direction After flood material thereon is transported to corresponding piling up at height by motion, then flood material is unloaded.Shifting carrying platform constantly exists Vertical direction is moved, so as to constantly be piled up material from lower to upper, the rising or falling speed of shifting carrying platform has directly influenced code Pile efficiency.At present, there is following defect in the lifting drive of shifting carrying platform:First, real-time monitoring shifting is unable in the process of running The location of carrying platform, so that acceleration can not be adjusted in time according to the physical location of shifting carrying platform, not only causes to accelerate It is all more long with the time slowed down so that the travelling speed of shifting carrying platform is slow, so as to cause stacking efficiency not high, Er Qie There is obvious speed discontinuously and windage jump in acceleration and moderating process so that the operation stability of shifting carrying platform is poor, fortune Constantly impact can be brought to whole stacking machine during row, operation troubles occurs so as to be easily caused stacking machine, bury safety hidden Suffer from.
The content of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the invention is:There is provided one kind can improve shifting carrying platform operation stability and can be effective Improve the lifting drive of shifting carrying platform in the stacking machine of shifting carrying platform transport efficiency.
To solve the above problems, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:The lifting drive of shifting carrying platform in stacking machine, Including:Base and the support frame being supported on base, are connected with driving chain on shifting carrying platform, driving chain is engaged on driving-chain On wheel, described drive sprocket is arranged on the top of support frame, and drive sprocket is driven by motor, in the driving underdrive chain of motor Wheel can order about driving chain and drive shifting carrying platform to raise straight up or land straight down, and described motor is connected with frequency converter Connect, frequency converter is electrically connected with PLC central controller, laser range finder is installed on base, the transfer directly over laser range finder The bottom of platform is provided with reflecting plate, and laser range finder is engaged the position to shifting carrying platform so as to real-time detection with reflecting plate Highly, laser range finder is electrically connected with PLC central controller, the position height of the shifting carrying platform that laser range finder will can be detected Information sends to PLC central controller in real time.
Further, in foregoing stacking machine shifting carrying platform lifting drive, wherein, the upper end of support frame is set There is upper end stroke protection switch, when shifting carrying platform is moved up to touches upper end stroke protection switch, the protection of upper end stroke Switch can send a signal to PLC central controller, and halt instruction is sent so as to order about PLC central controller.
Further, in foregoing stacking machine shifting carrying platform lifting drive, wherein, the bottom of support frame is set There is lower end stroke protection switch, when shifting carrying platform is moved downwardly to touches lower end stroke protection switch, the protection of lower end stroke Switch can send a signal to PLC central controller, and halt instruction is sent so as to order about PLC central controller.
Further, in foregoing stacking machine shifting carrying platform lifting drive, wherein, be provided with base anticollision delay Rush block.
Further, in foregoing stacking machine shifting carrying platform lifting drive, wherein, driving chain pass through balancing weight Balanced each other with shifting carrying platform.
Beneficial effects of the present invention:Can easily cause that the speed of service and operation stability of shifting carrying platform are obtained significantly Improve, so as to the stacking efficiency of stacking machine can not only be greatly improved, moreover it is possible to be prevented effectively from the speed in shifting carrying platform running The situation of discontinuous and windage jump occurs, and then effectively reduction shifting carrying platform is rushed to whole stacking machine in the process of running Hit.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the lifting drive of shifting carrying platform in stacking machine of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the operation principle schematic diagram between laser range finder and PLC central controller in Fig. 1.
Specific embodiment
The present invention is described in further details with optimum embodiment below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, in stacking machine shifting carrying platform lifting drive, including:Base 1 and it is supported on base 1 On support frame 2, driving chain 4 is connected with shifting carrying platform 3, driving chain 4 is engaged on drive sprocket 5, in the present embodiment, Driving chain 4 is balanced each other by balancing weight 9 with shifting carrying platform 3.Described drive sprocket 5 is arranged on the top of support frame 2, transmission Sprocket wheel 5 is driven by motor 102, and can order about driving chain 4 in the driving underdrive sprocket wheel 5 of motor 102 drives shifting carrying platform 3 vertical Ramp up or land straight down.Described motor 102 is connected with frequency converter 101, and frequency converter 101 is controlled with PLC centers Device 10 is electrically connected, and laser range finder 6 is provided with base 1, and the bottom of the shifting carrying platform 3 directly over laser range finder 6 is provided with The reflecting plate 7 used cooperatively with laser range finder 6, laser range finder 6 is engaged so as to real-time detection to transfer with reflecting plate 7 The position height of platform 3, the laser that laser range finder 6 is launched is received by laser range finder 6 again after being reflected by reflecting plate 7, is swashed Optar 6 goes out the position height of shifting carrying platform 3 by the Time Calculation that laser comes and goes.Laser range finder 6 and the control of PLC centers Device 10 is electrically connected, and the position height information of the shifting carrying platform 3 that laser range finder 6 will can be detected sends to PLC centers in real time to be controlled Device processed 10.In order to improve the security in palletization, the upper end of support frame 2 is provided with upper end stroke protection in the present embodiment Switch 21, when shifting carrying platform 3 is moved up to touches upper end stroke protection switch 21, upper end stroke protection switch 21 can be sent out The number of delivering letters sends halt instruction to PLC central controller 10 so as to order about PLC central controller 10;The bottom of support frame 2 sets It is equipped with lower end stroke protection switch 22, when shifting carrying platform 3 is moved downwardly to touches lower end stroke protection switch 22, lower end row Journey protection switch 22 can send a signal to PLC central controller 10, and halt instruction is sent so as to order about PLC central controller 10. The setting of upper end stroke protection switch 21 and lower end stroke protection switch 22, can effectively prevent shifting carrying platform 3 from moving transfinites, so that Security incident is avoided to occur.In addition, being provided with anticollision buffer stopper 8, the effect of anticollision buffer stopper 8 on base 1 in the present embodiment It is:In the case where driving chain 4 is broken, buffering is played to the shock between shifting carrying platform 3 and base 1, so as to effectively prevent Only shifting carrying platform 3 is damaged because of shock.
Due to the position height of the energy real-time detection of laser range finder 6 to shifting carrying platform 3, and the position height that will can be detected Information is sent to PLC central controller 10 in real time, and PLC central controller 10 then can be according to the current position height of shifting carrying platform 3 And the present speed of shifting carrying platform 3 is to the Real-time Feedback frequency adjustment of frequency converter 101, thus can easily to motor 102 Rotating speed carry out real-time adjustment so that motor 102 can carry out acceleration or deceleration in any initial starting stage with fluctuating acceleration, this Sample driving chain 4 carries out acceleration or deceleration, the speed of service of shifting carrying platform 3 in the way of then driving shifting carrying platform 3 to become acceleration Can just be greatly enhanced, while the operation stability of shifting carrying platform 3 is also greatly enhanced, this can not only greatly improve code Pile efficiency, moreover it is possible to which discontinuous and windage jump the situation of the speed being prevented effectively from the running of shifting carrying platform 3 occurs, so as to have Effect reduces shifting carrying platform 3 in the process of running to the impact of whole stacking machine.

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1. in stacking machine shifting carrying platform lifting drive, including:Base and the support frame being supported on base, shifting carrying platform On be connected with driving chain, driving chain is engaged on drive sprocket, and described drive sprocket is arranged on the top of support frame, is passed Movable sprocket is driven by motor, and can order about driving chain in the driving underdrive sprocket wheel of motor drives shifting carrying platform to raise straight up Or land straight down, it is characterised in that:Described motor is connected with frequency converter, and frequency converter is electrically connected with PLC central controller Connect, laser range finder is installed on base, the bottom of the shifting carrying platform directly over laser range finder is provided with reflecting plate, Laser Measuring Distance meter is engaged the position height to shifting carrying platform so as to real-time detection, laser range finder and the control of PLC centers with reflecting plate Device is electrically connected, and the position height information of the shifting carrying platform that laser range finder will can be detected sends to PLC central controller in real time.
2. in stacking machine according to claim 1 shifting carrying platform lifting drive, it is characterised in that:Support frame it is upper End is provided with upper end stroke protection switch, when shifting carrying platform is moved up to touches upper end stroke protection switch, upper end Stroke protection switch can send a signal to PLC central controller, and halt instruction is sent so as to order about PLC central controller.
3. in stacking machine according to claim 1 and 2 shifting carrying platform lifting drive, it is characterised in that:Support frame Bottom be provided with lower end stroke protection switch, when shifting carrying platform is moved downwardly to touches lower end stroke protection switch, Lower end stroke protection switch can send a signal to PLC central controller, and halt instruction is sent so as to order about PLC central controller.
4. in stacking machine according to claim 1 and 2 shifting carrying platform lifting drive, it is characterised in that:On base It is provided with anticollision buffer stopper.
5. in stacking machine according to claim 1 and 2 shifting carrying platform lifting drive, it is characterised in that:Driving-chain Bar is balanced each other by balancing weight with shifting carrying platform.
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