CN106925527B - Automatic cargo sorting device and using method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of logistics sorting devices, and discloses an automatic goods sorting device and a using method thereof. The structure of the device comprises a server and a conveying device, wherein a scanning recognition device and a pushing device are sequentially arranged on the conveying device along the conveying direction of the goods, the scanning recognition device and the pushing device are respectively connected with the server, the pushing device is arranged on the conveying device, a sliding groove corresponding to the pushing device is further formed in the conveying device, and the pushing device is used for pushing the goods to the sliding groove from the conveying device. The invention also discloses a use method of the automatic cargo sorting device. The invention solves the problems of low efficiency of manual sorting and high labor intensity of workers, and the error rate of goods sorting is low.

Description

Automatic cargo sorting device and using method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of logistics sorting equipment, in particular to an automatic goods sorting device and a using method thereof.

Background

With the development of the modern logistics industry, the automatic sorting equipment plays an increasingly important role in the sorting centers of logistics and express companies. Commodity circulation, express delivery trade adopt conveyer equipment transportation goods more, arrange a large amount of staff discernments, letter sorting goods in belt transportation equipment both sides, this kind of letter sorting mode, letter sorting inefficiency, workman intensity of labour is big. Under the background of continuous explosion of the current labor cost, the personnel cost of logistics enterprises is increased. Therefore, it is necessary to design an automatic sorting device with high sorting efficiency and less occupied labor.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic cargo sorting device with high sorting efficiency and less occupied labor and a method for using the same.

In order to realize the purpose of the invention, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

according to one aspect of the invention, the automatic cargo sorting device structurally comprises a server and a conveying device, wherein at least one sorting unit is sequentially arranged on the conveying device along a cargo conveying direction, the sorting unit comprises a scanning recognition device and a pushing device, the scanning recognition device and the pushing device are respectively connected with the server, the pushing device is arranged on the conveying device, a sliding groove corresponding to the pushing device is further formed in the conveying device, and the pushing device is used for pushing cargoes from the conveying device to the sliding groove. The freight waybill is conveyed upwards on the conveying device, waybill information on the freight is identified through the scanning identification device, the freight waybill information is transmitted to the server, the freight enters an identification area of the scanning identification device, and the server controls the scanning identification device to start scanning the waybill. When the server calculates that the goods enter the pushing device area according to the transmission speed, the server judges whether the goods waybill information corresponds to the address distributed by the sliding groove, if the goods waybill information is matched with the address distributed by the sliding groove, the pushing device pushes the goods to the sliding groove for single sorting to finish, and if the goods waybill information is not matched with the address distributed by the sliding groove, the goods continue to be transmitted downwards.

Further, the transfer device is a belt conveyor. The belt conveyor is adopted for transportation, and is relatively conventional logistics and express delivery conveying equipment.

Further, the pushing devices are arranged on the same side of the conveying device or are arranged on two sides of the conveying device in a staggered mode. The pushing device can be arranged on the same side of the conveying device, and the corresponding sliding groove is arranged on the other side of the conveying device; the pushing devices can also be arranged on two sides of the conveying device in a staggered mode, and the corresponding sliding grooves are also arranged on two sides of the conveying device in a staggered mode.

Further, the scanning recognition device is arranged right above the conveying device. The waybill of goods is upwards transmitted on the conveying device, and the scanning and identifying device is arranged right above the conveying device and is convenient to scan the waybill.

Furthermore, the sorting unit further comprises an infrared induction device, and the infrared induction device is respectively arranged at the front end of the scanning device and the front end of the pushing device. The infrared sensing device positioned at the front end of the scanning device is used for judging that the goods enter the identification area of the scanning identification device; the infrared sensing device positioned at the front end of the pushing device is used for judging that the goods enter a working area of the pushing device.

Further, pusher includes support frame, motor and T type pole, and the motor is connected with the server, and the support frame is fixed in one side of conveyer, and the motor setting is on the support frame, and the motor is the axial level setting, and the tail end of T type pole is fixed on the motor, and the head end of T type pole is rotatory along with the output shaft of motor. The T-shaped rod is connected with the motor, and the T-shaped rod pushes the goods into the sliding groove from the transmission device along with the rotation of the motor. The motor can adopt a gear motor, the gear motor is an integrated body of a speed reducer and the motor, the design can be simplified by using the gear motor, the space is saved, the gear motor is reliable and durable, and the overload bearing capacity is high.

Further, the T-shaped rod is a telescopic T-shaped rod. The telescopic T-shaped rod is connected with the server, when the telescopic T-shaped rod pushes the goods along with the rotation of the speed reducing motor, the server controls the telescopic T-shaped rod to extend automatically, and when the goods are pushed into the sliding groove, the telescopic T-shaped rod retracts automatically to reset.

Further, the rotating angle of the T-shaped rod along with the speed reducing motor is 0-45 degrees. When the goods pass through the T-shaped rod to work, the server controls the speed reducer to drive the T-shaped rod to rotate by an angle of 0-45 degrees, and the goods are pushed into the sliding chute.

Furthermore, the chute and the horizontal plane form an inclination angle of 20-40 degrees. The sliding groove and the ground form an included angle of 20-40 degrees, when goods are pushed into the sliding groove from the conveying device, the goods automatically slide downwards due to the automatic inclination angle of the sliding groove, and the inclination angle is controlled to be 20-40 degrees, so that the goods cannot be damaged when automatically sliding downwards.

Further, the chute forms an inclination angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal plane. The inclination angle is set to be 30 degrees, good automatic sliding of goods can be guaranteed, and damage can not be caused.

Furthermore, side plates perpendicular to the sliding grooves are arranged on two sides of the sliding grooves. The side plates are arranged on two sides of the sliding groove, so that goods can be prevented from falling from two sides of the sliding groove to impact the ground and being damaged when automatically sliding down along the sliding groove.

According to another aspect of the invention, a method for using the automatic goods sorting device is provided, which comprises the following steps:

s1, a server distributes screening information for a pushing device corresponding to a sliding groove to enable the sliding groove to correspond to a corresponding address;

s2, placing the goods with the freight bill facing upwards on a conveying device, and conveying the goods with the conveying device;

s3, the goods move into a scanning identification area along with the conveying device, an infrared sensing device positioned at the front end of the scanning identification device transmits information that the goods enter the scanning identification area to a server, and the server controls the scanning identification device to identify a freight waybill and transmits the freight waybill information to the server;

s4, detecting that the goods enter the working range of the pushing device by an infrared sensing device positioned at the front end of the pushing device, and comparing the waybill information collected by the scanning recognition device with the sliding chute by the server;

and S5, if the freight waybill information is matched with the address distributed by the sliding chute, pushing the freight to the sliding chute by the pushing device, finishing single sorting, and if the freight waybill information is not matched with the address distributed by the sliding chute, returning to S3.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. according to the automatic goods sorting device disclosed by the invention, the sorting units are arranged on the conveying device to automatically sort the goods, so that the problems of low manual sorting efficiency and high labor intensity of workers are solved, meanwhile, the problem of high goods sorting error rate caused by long-time repeated labor of the workers can be prevented, and the goods sorting error rate can be effectively reduced by adopting the automatic goods sorting device.

2. The automatic cargo sorting device disclosed by the invention adopts the belt conveyor as a main body, and the sorting unit is arranged on the belt conveyor, so that the automatic cargo sorting device is simple to install, small in occupied area, low in cost and easy to popularize.

3. According to the automatic cargo sorting device disclosed by the invention, the pushing device is uniform in force application when sorting the cargoes, the cargoes are pushed into the sliding groove through the pushing device and automatically slide to the ground through the sliding groove, the cargoes can be sorted at a uniform speed, and the cargoes are not damaged due to the fact that the pushing device is excessive and uneven in force application.

4. The use method of the automatic cargo sorting device disclosed by the invention can automatically sort the cargos, improve the sorting efficiency, reduce the labor intensity of workers and reduce the sorting error rate.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a pushing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another state of a pushing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: the method comprises the following steps of 1-a server, 2-a belt conveyor, 3-a scanning recognition device, 4-an infrared sensing device, 5-a pushing device, 51-a supporting frame, 52-a speed reducing motor, 53-a telescopic T-shaped rod, 6-a sliding chute, 61-a side plate and 7-goods.

Detailed Description

In order to better understand the technical scheme of the invention, the invention is further explained by combining the drawings and the specific embodiments in the specification.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, an automatic cargo sorting device includes a server 1 and a belt conveyor 2, a scanning recognition device 3, an infrared sensing device 4 and a pushing device 5 are sequentially arranged on the belt conveyor 2 along a cargo conveying direction, and the scanning recognition device 3, the infrared sensing device 4 and the pushing device 5 are respectively connected with the server 1.

The scanning recognition device 3 is disposed directly above the belt conveyor 2. The waybill of goods transmits on band conveyer 2 up, and scanning recognition device 3 sets up and conveniently scans the waybill directly over band conveyer 2. The scanning and identifying device 3 is used for identifying the freight note, the infrared sensing device 4 is arranged at the front end of the scanning and identifying device 3 and the front end of the pushing device 5, the pushing device 5 is arranged on one side of the belt conveyor 2, a sliding groove 6 is arranged on one side, opposite to the pushing device 5, of the other side of the belt conveyor 2, and the sliding groove 6 and the horizontal plane form an inclination angle of 20-40 degrees. An included angle of 20-40 degrees is formed between the sliding chute 6 and the ground, when goods are pushed into the sliding chute 6 from the belt conveyor 2, the goods automatically slide downwards due to the inclined angle of the sliding chute 6, and the inclined angle is controlled to be 20-40 degrees, so that the goods cannot be damaged when automatically sliding downwards. The inclination angle is set to 30 degrees in the embodiment, good automatic sliding of goods can be guaranteed, and damage can not be caused. The two sides of the chute 6 are provided with side plates 61 perpendicular to the chute 6. The side plates 61 are arranged on two sides of the sliding groove 6, so that goods can be prevented from falling from two sides of the sliding groove 6 to impact the ground and being damaged when automatically sliding down along the sliding groove 6.

The pushing device 5 comprises a supporting frame 51, a speed reducing motor 52 and a telescopic T-shaped rod 53, the speed reducing motor 52 and the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 are respectively connected with the server, the supporting frame 51 is fixed on one side of the belt conveyor 2, the speed reducing motor 52 is fixedly arranged on the supporting frame 51, the speed reducing motor 52 is arranged in an axial horizontal mode, the tail end of the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 is fixed on the speed reducing motor 52, and the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 rotates along with an output shaft of the speed reducing motor to push goods into the chute 6 from the transmission device. When the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 rotates along with the speed reduction motor 52 to push the goods, the server 1 controls the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 to automatically extend, so that the distance of 2cm is always kept between the head end of the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 and the belt conveyor 2. When the goods are pushed into the chute 6, the retractable T-shaped rod 53 is automatically retracted and reset. The rotation angle of the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 along with the speed reducing motor is 0-45 degrees. When the goods pass through the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 to work, the server 1 controls the speed reducer 52 to drive the telescopic T-shaped rod 53 to rotate by the rotation angle of 0-45 degrees, and the goods are pushed into the chute.

The pushing device 5 is used to push the goods from the belt conveyor 2 onto the chute 6. The goods waybill is transported on band conveyer 2 up, through waybill information on the scanning recognition device 3 discernment goods to with goods waybill information transmission to server 1, the infrared induction device 4 that is located the front end is used for judging the goods and gets into scanning recognition device 3's identification area, server 1 control scanning recognition device 3 scanning waybill. When the goods get into pusher 5's working range, server 1 compares with spout 6 according to the waybill information that scanning recognition device 3 gathered, if this goods waybill information matches with the address that spout 6 distributes, then pusher 5 pushes the goods to 6 single letter sorting of spout and finishes, if the address that goods waybill information and spout 6 distribute mismatches, then the goods continues the downwardly conveying.

The server can adopt a computer or an M68HC16 singlechip, the telescopic T-shaped rod can adopt an electric push rod, the tail end of the electric push rod is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the speed reducing motor, and the head end of the electric push rod is designed into a T-shaped structure, so that goods can be conveniently pushed. The electric push rod can be regarded as an extension of a rotating motor in the aspect of structure, mainly comprises the electric push rod, a control device and the like, and is a novel linear actuating mechanism. Since the electric push rod is a mature technology, it will not be described in detail here.

The use method of the automatic cargo sorting device comprises the following steps:

s1, distributing screening information for a pushing device 5 corresponding to a chute 6 by a server 1 to enable the chute 6 to correspond to a corresponding address;

s2, placing the goods with the freight bill facing upwards on the belt conveyor 2, and conveying the goods with the belt conveyor 2;

s3, the goods move along with the belt conveyor 2 to enter a scanning identification area, an infrared sensing device 4 positioned at the front end of the scanning identification device 3 transmits information that the goods enter the scanning identification area to the server 1, the scanning identification device 3 identifies a freight waybill, and waybill information is transmitted to the server 1;

s4, detecting that the goods enter the working range of the pushing device 5 by the infrared sensing device 4 positioned at the front end of the pushing device, and comparing the freight bill information acquired by the scanning and identifying device 3 with the sliding groove 6 by the server 1;

and S5, if the freight waybill information is matched with the address distributed by the sliding groove 6, pushing the freight to the sliding groove 6 by the pushing device 5, finishing single sorting, and if the freight waybill information is not matched with the address distributed by the sliding groove 6, returning to S3.

Example two

As shown in fig. 4, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the plurality of pushing devices 5 and the chutes 6 in the first embodiment are disposed on the same side of the belt conveyor 2, and the pushing devices 5 and the chutes 6 in the second embodiment are alternately disposed on both sides of the belt conveyor 2.

The arrangement positions of the pushing device and the chute are not limited to the positions described in the embodiments, for example, the pushing device can be arranged above the conveying device, and the pushing device can be telescopic, so that no obstacle is caused to the conveying of the goods, or the pushing device can be arranged in other positions where the goods can be pushed into the chute.

The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the application and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the scope of the invention according to the present application is not limited to the specific combination of the above-mentioned features, but also covers other embodiments where any combination of the above-mentioned features or their equivalents is made without departing from the inventive concept. For example, the above features may be replaced with (but not limited to) features having similar functions disclosed in the present application.

Claims (8)

1. An automatic cargo sorting device is characterized by comprising a server and a conveying device, wherein at least one sorting unit is sequentially arranged on the conveying device along a cargo conveying direction, the sorting unit comprises a scanning recognition device and a pushing device, the scanning recognition device and the pushing device are respectively connected with the server, the pushing device is arranged on the conveying device, a sliding groove corresponding to the pushing device is further arranged on the conveying device, and the pushing device is used for pushing cargoes from the conveying device to the sliding groove;

the pushing device comprises a supporting frame, a motor and a T-shaped rod, the motor is connected with the server, the supporting frame is fixed on one side of the conveying device, the motor is arranged on the supporting frame, the motor is axially and horizontally arranged, the tail end of the T-shaped rod is fixed on the motor, and the T-shaped rod rotates along with an output shaft of the motor; the T-shaped rod is a telescopic T-shaped rod; when the telescopic T-shaped rod pushes goods along with the rotation of the motor, the server controls the telescopic T-shaped rod to automatically extend, so that a certain distance is always kept between the head end of the telescopic T-shaped rod and the conveying device.

2. The automatic cargo sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the pushing devices are disposed on the same side of the conveyor and arranged side by side or staggered on both sides of the conveyor.

3. The automatic cargo sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the sorting unit further comprises infrared sensing devices respectively provided at a front end of the scan recognition device and a front end of the pushing device.

4. The automatic cargo sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the rotation angle of the T-bar with the motor is 0 ° -45 °.

5. The automatic cargo sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the chute is inclined at an angle of 20-40 ° to the horizontal plane.

6. The automatic cargo sorting device according to claim 5, wherein the chute is inclined at an angle of 30 ° to the horizontal.

7. The automatic cargo sorting device according to claim 1, wherein side plates perpendicular to the chute are provided at both sides of the chute.

8. A method for using the automatic cargo sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising the steps of:

s1, distributing screening information for a pushing device to enable a sliding chute to correspond to a corresponding address;

s2, placing the goods with the freight bill facing upwards on a conveying device, and conveying the goods with the conveying device;

s3, the goods move into a scanning identification area along with the conveying device, the scanning identification device identifies the freight waybill and transmits waybill information to the server;

s4, the goods enter the working range of the pushing device, and the server compares the waybill information collected by the scanning recognition device with the sliding chute;

and S5, if the freight waybill information is matched with the address distributed by the sliding chute, pushing the freight to the sliding chute by the pushing device, finishing single sorting, and if the freight waybill information is not matched with the address distributed by the sliding chute, returning to S3.

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