CN118387553A - Feeding system and feeding method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a feeding system and a feeding method, comprising the following steps: the first conveying mechanism comprises a first conveying line and a second conveying line positioned at the output end of the first conveying line; the second conveying mechanism comprises a third conveying line and a fourth conveying line positioned at the output end of the third conveying line; a first carrying mechanism; the third conveying mechanism comprises a storage bin and a vibration disc; the positioning mechanism is used for receiving and positioning the positive electrode junction box, the negative electrode junction box and the middle electrode junction box; a second carrying mechanism; the visual detection mechanism is in signal connection with the first conveying mechanism and the second conveying mechanism and is suitable for shooting junction boxes in the first material frame and the second material frame, junction boxes on the second conveying line and the fourth conveying line and intermediate pole junction boxes in the vibration disc. The invention adopts the structure, has no placing requirement on the junction box, effectively improves the placing efficiency, can ensure that the junction box is accurately transported and moved to the positioning mechanism according to the preset position, and improves the reliability in the transportation process.

Description

Feeding system and feeding method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of automatic production, in particular to a feeding system and a feeding method.

Background

When assembling the photovoltaic module, it is necessary to assemble the positive electrode terminal box with the cable, the negative electrode terminal box, and the intermediate electrode terminal box without the cable to the photovoltaic module, respectively. In order to improve the assembly efficiency, a feeding system is generally used to feed the junction box to a preset position so as to facilitate the subsequent assembly. The existing feeding system comprises a carrying manipulator and a tray for accommodating the junction box, wherein a positioning structure for positioning the junction box is arranged in the tray, so that the carrying manipulator can accurately carry the junction box. However, the terminal boxes in the trays are usually placed one by one manually, and the placing process is complicated and the efficiency is low due to the existence of the positioning structure.

Accordingly, there is a need for an improvement over the prior art to overcome the deficiencies described in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a feeding system and a feeding method, which can automatically feed a material box to a preset position and simultaneously has high arrangement efficiency of the junction box.

The invention aims at realizing the following technical scheme: a feeding system comprises:

The first conveying mechanism comprises a first conveying line and a second conveying line positioned at the output end of the first conveying line, and the first conveying line is used for conveying a first material frame containing a plurality of positive terminal boxes;

the second conveying mechanism comprises a third conveying line and a fourth conveying line positioned at the output end of the third conveying line, and the third conveying line is used for conveying a second material frame containing a plurality of negative electrode junction boxes;

A first conveying mechanism adapted to convey the single positive terminal box in the first material frame to the second conveying line and convey the single negative terminal box in the second material frame to the fourth conveying line;

The third conveying mechanism comprises a storage bin and a vibration disc, wherein the storage bin is used for accommodating a plurality of intermediate pole junction boxes and discharging the intermediate pole junction boxes to the vibration disc;

The positioning mechanism is used for receiving and positioning the positive electrode junction box, the negative electrode junction box and the middle electrode junction box;

a second conveying mechanism adapted to convey the positive electrode terminal box on the second conveying line, the negative electrode terminal box on the fourth conveying line, and the intermediate electrode terminal box in the vibration plate to the positioning mechanism;

The visual detection mechanism is in signal connection with the first conveying mechanism and the second conveying mechanism, and is suitable for shooting the junction box in the first material frame and the second material frame, the junction box on the second conveying line and the fourth conveying line and the intermediate pole junction box in the vibration disc.

Further, the first conveying line includes:

a feeding line body which is arranged along the X-axis direction and is used for conveying the first fully loaded material frame;

a return line body positioned below the feeding line body and adapted to receive and return the empty first material frame;

the lifting line body is arranged along the X-axis direction and can lift along the Z-axis direction so as to be in butt joint with the output end of the feeding line body or the input end of the return line body;

The first carrying mechanism is suitable for taking off the positive terminal box in the first material frame on the lifting wire body.

Further, the lifting wire body is externally sealed with a blocking frame limiting the first material frame in the X-axis and Y-axis directions, the blocking frame is in an open structure at the input end of the lifting wire body, a supporting component is arranged on one side of the lifting wire body in the Y-axis direction, and the supporting component is suitable for supporting the first material frame on the blocking frame.

Further, the input end of the return line body is positioned on the same side as the output end of the feeding line body, the output end of the return line body is positioned on the same side as the input end of the feeding line body, and the return line body is obliquely arranged downwards in the conveying direction.

Further, the structure of the third conveying line is identical to that of the first conveying line, and the third conveying line and the first conveying line are arranged side by side along the Y-axis direction, the visual detection mechanism comprises a first camera assembly arranged above the first conveying line and the third conveying line, the first camera assembly is in signal connection with the first conveying mechanism, and the first camera assembly is suitable for visual detection of the junction box in the first material frame and the second material frame.

Further, the second transfer chain is arranged along the X axis direction, the both sides of second transfer chain in the Y axis direction are provided with the order the anodal terminal box is in the subassembly placed in the middle of counterpoint in the Y axis direction placed in the middle, the fourth transfer chain with second transfer chain structure is the same, and arranges side by side along the Y axis direction, visual detection mechanism include with second transport mechanism signal connection's second camera subassembly, second camera subassembly quantity is two, and set up respectively the second transfer chain with the output top of fourth transfer chain.

Further, waste discharge grooves which are obliquely arranged downwards are arranged below the output ends of the second conveying line and the fourth conveying line.

Further, the visual inspection mechanism includes a third camera assembly disposed above the vibratory pan, the third camera assembly in signal connection with the second handling mechanism.

Further, the positioning mechanism includes:

A mounting frame;

the positioning table is arranged on the mounting frame and comprises a bedplate for bearing the junction box and a pushing component arranged on the bedplate, and the pushing component is suitable for pushing the junction box in the X-axis and Y-axis directions;

at least one overturning assembly arranged on the mounting frame;

when the back of the junction box grabbed by the second conveying mechanism faces upwards, the overturning assembly is suitable for receiving the junction box conveyed by the second conveying mechanism and overturning the junction box to face upwards.

In addition, the invention also provides a feeding method, which comprises the following steps:

Putting the positive electrode junction box into a first material frame, putting the negative electrode junction box into a second material frame, and putting the middle electrode junction box into a storage bin;

the first conveying line conveys the first material frame, the third conveying line conveys the second material frame, the first conveying mechanism conveys the positive electrode junction box in the first material frame to the second conveying line alternately, the negative electrode junction box in the second material frame to the fourth conveying line, and the storage bin conveys the intermediate electrode junction box to the vibration disc;

The second conveying mechanism conveys the junction boxes of the second conveying line, the fourth conveying line and the vibration disc to the positioning mechanism alternately, and three junction boxes continuously received by the positioning mechanism are junction boxes of different types.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: by adopting the structure, the positive electrode junction box, the negative electrode junction box and the middle electrode junction box can be automatically conveyed to the positioning mechanism, and the positioning mechanism can position the junction boxes so that the positioned junction boxes can be received by subsequent assembly equipment and conveyed to a preset position for assembly; the operators can directly put the positive electrode junction box into the first material frame, put the negative electrode junction box into the second material frame, put the middle electrode junction box into the storage bin, and have no placing requirement on the junction boxes, so that the placing efficiency is effectively improved; through setting up the visual detection mechanism with first transport mechanism and second transport mechanism signal connection, can ensure accurately carry the terminal box and remove to positioning mechanism according to the position of predetermineeing, improve the reliability in the handling.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the loading system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of fig. 1 with the external frame removed.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of the first conveyor line and the third conveyor line in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the feeding wire body in the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the lifting wire body in the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the centering assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a third conveying mechanism in the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a first carrying mechanism in the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 8 at a.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a second carrying mechanism in the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 10 at B.

Fig. 12 is a schematic view of the structure of the positioning table in the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a schematic view of the structure of the flipping assembly of the present invention.

Reference numerals illustrate:

100. a first conveying mechanism; 110. a first conveyor line; 111. a feeding line body; 112. a return line body; 113. lifting the wire body; 114. a guide member; 115. blocking the cylinder; 116. a lifting module; 117. a blocking frame; 1171. a first frame portion; 1172. a second frame portion; 118. a holding component; 1181. a first side pushing cylinder; 1182. a holding plate; 120. a second conveyor line; 130. a first material frame; 140. a centering assembly; 141. a second side pushing cylinder; 142. a positioning plate; 1421. positioning a plate body; 1422. a guide plate body; 150. a waste discharge tank; 200. a second conveying mechanism; 210. a third conveyor line; 220. a fourth conveyor line; 230. a second material frame; 300. a third conveying mechanism; 310. a storage bin; 311. a bin body; 312. a fifth conveying line; 320. a vibration plate; 400. a first carrying mechanism; 410. a first manipulator; 420. a first jaw; 421. a first clamping cylinder; 422. a first clamping member; 4221. a support part; 500. a second carrying mechanism; 510. a second manipulator; 520. a second jaw; 521. a second clamping cylinder; 522. a second clamping member; 600. a positioning mechanism; 610. a mounting frame; 620. a positioning table; 621. a platen; 622. a pushing component; 6221. a fixed block; 6222. a first push block cylinder; 6223. the second pushing block cylinder; 630. a flip assembly; 631. a third clamping cylinder; 632. a turnover cylinder; 710. a first camera assembly; 720. a traversing module; 730. a second camera assembly; 740. a light source; 750. a third camera assembly; 810. a positive terminal box; 820. a negative electrode junction box; 830. an intermediate pole junction box; 840. a case body; 850. a cable.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the application will be readily understood, a more particular description of the application will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the application. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only some, but not all of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.

The terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof herein are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed steps or elements but may include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a feeding system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: the first conveying mechanism 100 comprises a first conveying line 110 and a second conveying line 120 positioned at the output end of the first conveying line 110, wherein the first conveying line 110 is used for conveying a first material frame 130 containing a plurality of positive electrode junction boxes 810; the second conveying mechanism 200 comprises a third conveying line 210 and a fourth conveying line 220 positioned at the output end of the third conveying line 210, wherein the third conveying line 210 is used for conveying a second material frame 230 containing a plurality of negative electrode junction boxes 820; a first transporting mechanism 400 adapted to transport the single positive terminal block 810 in the first material frame 130 to the second transport line 120 and the single negative terminal block 820 in the second material frame 230 to the fourth transport line 220; the third conveying mechanism 300 comprises a storage bin 310 and a vibration disc 320, wherein the storage bin 310 is used for accommodating a plurality of intermediate pole junction boxes 830 and discharging the intermediate pole junction boxes 830 to the vibration disc 320; positioning mechanism 600 for receiving and positioning positive terminal block 810, negative terminal block 820, and intermediate terminal block 830; the second conveying mechanism 500 is adapted to convey the positive terminal block 810 on the second conveying line 120, the negative terminal block 820 on the fourth conveying line 220, and the intermediate terminal block 830 in the vibration plate 320 to the positioning mechanism 600; the visual detection mechanism is in signal connection with the first conveying mechanism 400 and the second conveying mechanism 500, and is suitable for shooting junction boxes in the first material frame 130 and the second material frame 230, junction boxes on the second conveying line 120 and the fourth conveying line 220 and intermediate pole junction boxes 830 in the vibration disk 320.

The invention adopts the structure, the positive electrode junction box 810, the negative electrode junction box 820 and the middle electrode junction box 830 can be automatically conveyed to the positioning mechanism 600, and the positioning mechanism 600 can position the junction boxes so that the follow-up assembly equipment can receive the positioned junction boxes and convey the junction boxes to a preset position for assembly; an operator can directly put the positive electrode junction box 810 into the first material frame 130, put the negative electrode junction box 820 into the second material frame 230, put the middle electrode junction box 830 into the storage bin 310, and have no placing requirement on the junction boxes, so that the placing efficiency is effectively improved; by providing the visual inspection mechanism in signal connection with the first carrying mechanism 400 and the second carrying mechanism 500, it is possible to ensure accurate carrying of the junction box and movement to the positioning mechanism 600 at a predetermined position, improving reliability in the carrying process.

Further, referring to fig. 3 to 5, the first transfer line 110 includes a feed line body 111, a return line body 112, and a lift line body 113. The feeding line body 111 is a belt conveyor line, which is disposed along the X-axis direction and serves to convey the fully loaded first frame 130. The return line 112 is located below the feed line 111 and is adapted to receive and return the empty first frame 130. The lifting line 113 is disposed along the X-axis direction, and is lifted in the Z-axis direction to interface with the output end of the feeding line 111 or the input end of the return line 112. The first carrying mechanism 400 is suitable for taking out the positive terminal box 810 in the first material frame 130 on the lifting wire 113.

Preferably, the feeding line 111 and the return line 112 are provided with guides 114 at both sides in the Y-axis direction to guide the first frame 130, ensuring that the first frame 130 can reliably move along the feeding direction of the feeding line 111 and the return line 112. The feeding line body 111 is provided with a blocking cylinder 115 at an output end, the blocking cylinder 115 being adapted to rise and block the first frame 130 when the first frame 130 is fed to the output end of the feeding line body 111.

Further, the input end of the return line body 112 and the output end of the feeding line body 111 are located at the same side, and the output end of the return line body 112 and the input end of the feeding line body 111 are located at the same side, so that the operator can conveniently feed the first material frame 130 to the feeding line body 111 at the same side, or take out the first material frame 130 flowing out of the return line body 112.

Because the empty first material frame 130 is lighter, in this embodiment, the return line 112 is preferably a roller conveyor line, the return line 112 is obliquely arranged in the conveying direction, the first material frame 130 flowing into the return line 112 can smoothly flow to the output end under the action of gravity, the structure of the return line 112 is simpler, and the production cost is effectively reduced.

Further, the first conveying line 110 includes a first lifting module 116 in driving connection with the lifting line 113, and the first lifting module 116 can drive the lifting line 113 to lift along the Z-axis direction. In this embodiment, since the lifting wire 113 only needs to be switched between two positions, the first lifting module 116 may be a linear cylinder disposed along the Z-axis direction, so as to reduce the cost.

The periphery of the lifting wire 113 is sealed with a blocking frame 117 of a limiting first material frame 130, the blocking frame 117 comprises a first frame portion 1171 which is respectively arranged at two sides of the lifting wire 113 in the Y-axis direction and a second frame portion 1172 which is connected between the two first frame portions 1171 and is blocked at the output end of the lifting wire 113, and the blocking frame 117 is of an open structure at the input end of the lifting wire 113 so as not to block the inflow and outflow of the first material frame 130 at the input end of the lifting wire 113. The two first frame portions 1171 can cooperate to guide the first material frame 130 to move along the X-axis direction, and when the first material frame 130 moves in place, the first material frame 130 is blocked by the second frame portion 1172, so as to realize positioning along the X-axis direction.

Preferably, the height of the first material frame 130 is higher than that of the blocking frame 117, the lifting wire body 113 is provided with a supporting component 118 at one side in the Y-axis direction, the supporting component 118 is located above the blocking frame 117 and is suitable for supporting the first material frame 130 on the blocking frame 117 along the Y-axis direction so as to fasten the first material frame 130 on the lifting wire body 113, thereby realizing positioning of the first material frame 130 in the Y-axis direction, that is, accurately positioning the first material frame 130 in the X-axis and Y-axis directions, and ensuring that the first conveying mechanism 400 reliably conveys the positive terminal box 810 in the first material frame 130.

Specifically, the supporting component 118 includes a first side pushing cylinder 1181 fixed on the lifting wire 113 and a supporting plate 1182 in driving connection with the first side pushing cylinder 1181, where the first side pushing cylinder 1181 is arranged along the Y-axis direction, the supporting plate 1182 is located above the blocking frame 117, and the first side pushing cylinder 1181 can drive the supporting plate 1182 to move toward the first material frame 130, so that the first material frame 130 is tightly supported on one of the first frame portions 1171.

Further, the second conveying line 120 is disposed along the X-axis direction, the input end of the second conveying line 120 is adjacent to the output end of the lifting line body 113 of the first conveying line 110, and the first conveying mechanism 400 can grasp the single positive terminal box 810 in the first material frame 130 on the lifting line body 113 and convey to the second conveying line 120.

Referring to fig. 2 and 6, the second conveying line 120 is a belt conveying line, two sides of the second conveying line in the Y-axis direction are respectively provided with a centering component 140, the centering components 140 are located at a position of the second conveying line 120 close to the input end, the two centering components 140 are oppositely arranged and are suitable for being matched to drive the positive terminal box 810 to perform centering alignment in the Y-axis direction, so that the visual detection mechanism can better and comprehensively shoot the positive terminal box 810, the second carrying mechanism 500 can adaptively adjust the position of the positive terminal box 810 according to the shooting result, and the positive terminal box 810 can be carried to the positioning mechanism 600.

Specifically, the centering assembly 140 includes a second side pushing cylinder 141 and positioning plates 142 drivingly connected to the second side pushing cylinder 141, and when the first conveying mechanism 400 conveys the single positive terminal block 810 to the second conveying line 120, the two positioning plates 142 are adapted to move in opposite directions along the Y-axis direction under the driving of the second side pushing cylinder 141, so as to push the positive terminal block 810 to center the positive terminal block in the second conveying line 120.

The positioning plate 142 includes a positioning plate body 1421 perpendicular to the Y-axis direction, the positioning plate body 1421 is connected with a guiding plate body 1422 at both sides of the X-axis direction, the guiding plate body 1422 is inclined towards the central axis of the second conveying line 120 parallel to the X-axis direction, and when the positive terminal box 810 is aligned in the middle, the guiding plate body 1422 can guide the positive terminal box 810 so as to prevent the positive terminal box 810 from being at least partially located outside the positioning plate 142 in the X-axis direction.

The first handling mechanism 400 grips more than one positive electrode terminal block 810 onto the second conveyor line 120 at a time due to the fact that the positive electrode terminal blocks 810 in the first material frame 130 are entangled. Preferably, a waste discharge groove 150 is provided below the output end of the second conveyor line 120, which is arranged to be inclined downward, and when the visual inspection mechanism detects that the positive electrode terminal box 810 placed on the second conveyor line 120 is not single, the second conveyor line 120 continues to convey the positive electrode terminal box 810 so that the positive electrode terminal box 810 falls to the waste discharge groove 150.

Further, the structure of the third conveying line 210 is the same as that of the first conveying line 110, and is arranged side by side with the first conveying line 110 along the Y-axis direction, the structure of the second material frame 230 is the same as that of the first material frame 130, and the working process of the third conveying line 210 can refer to the working process of the first conveying line 110 specifically, which is not described herein. The fourth transfer line 220 has the same structure as the second transfer line 120 and is arranged side by side with the second transfer line 120 along the Y-axis direction. The arrangement structure of the fourth conveyor line 220 and the third conveyor line 210 may refer to the arrangement structure of the second conveyor line 120 and the first conveyor line 110. The first conveying mechanism 400 can convey the negative electrode junction box 820 in the second material frame 230 on the lifting wire 113 of the third conveying line 210 to the fourth conveying line 220, and the fourth conveying line 220 can center the negative electrode junction box 820.

Further, referring to fig. 7, the bin 310 includes a bin body 311 with an opening at the bottom and a fifth conveying line 312 located below the bin body 311, an input end of the fifth conveying line 312 corresponds to the opening at the bottom, an output end of the fifth conveying line 312 is located above the vibration plate 320, the fifth conveying line 312 can convey the intermediate pole junction box 830 in the bin 310 to the vibration plate 320, and the vibration plate 320 can vibrate the intermediate pole junction box 830 so that the intermediate pole junction box 830 faces upward, so that the second conveying mechanism 500 can convey the intermediate pole junction box 830.

Further, the first conveying mechanism 100, the second conveying mechanism 200, and the third conveying mechanism 300 are arranged side by side along the Y-axis direction. The first conveying mechanism 100 is located between the second conveying mechanism 200 and the third conveying mechanism 300. The number of the first transporting mechanisms 400 is preferably one, and the first transporting mechanisms 400 are located between the first transporting mechanism 100 and the second transporting mechanism 200, and the first transporting mechanisms 400 can alternately transport the junction boxes on the first transporting line 110 and the third transporting line 210, so that the structure is simplified and the cost is reduced while the transporting efficiency is not affected. The number of the second transporting mechanisms 500 is two, wherein one second transporting mechanism 500 is located between the first transporting mechanism 100 and the second transporting mechanism 200 to selectively transport the junction box on the second transporting line 120 or the fourth transporting line 220, and the other second transporting mechanism 500 is located between the first transporting mechanism 100 and the third transporting mechanism 300 to selectively transport the junction box on the second transporting line 120 or the vibration plate 320.

Further, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the first handling mechanism 400 includes a first manipulator 410 and first clamping jaws 420 disposed at output ends of the first manipulator 410, the first clamping jaws 420 include first clamping cylinders 421 and first clamping members 422 disposed on both output ends of the first clamping cylinders 421, respectively, and the two first clamping members 422 are adapted to move toward or away from each other under the driving of the first clamping cylinders 421 to clamp or unclamp the junction box.

The positive electrode terminal box 810 and the negative electrode terminal box 820 have substantially the same structure, and each of them includes a box body 840 and a cable 850 connected to the box body 840, the cable 850 is coiled, and the intermediate electrode terminal box 830 includes only the box body 840 without the cable 850. Since the positive terminal block 810 and the negative terminal block 820 are randomly placed in the material frame, and the volume of the cable 850 is relatively large, the first clamping member 422 preferably clamps the cable 850 in this embodiment so as to grasp a single positive terminal block 810 or negative terminal block 820 from the material frame.

The first clamping member 422 is of an elongated strip structure, so that the first clamping member 422 can avoid unselected junction boxes in the clamping process, the length of the first clamping member 422 in the Z-axis direction is L1, the depth of the first material frame 130 and/or the second material frame 230 is L2, and L1 is greater than L2/2, so that the first clamping cylinder 421 does not influence the first clamping member 422 in the clamping process.

The opposite side of two first clamping pieces 422 is concave to be equipped with the sawtooth to reliably centre gripping cable 850, the opposite side of two first clamping pieces 422 still protruding bearing portion 4221 that is equipped with, bearing portion 4221 are located the one end that first clamping piece 422 kept away from first centre gripping cylinder 421, at first clamping piece 422 centre gripping in-process, and bearing portion 4221 can carry out the bearing to the terminal box in vertical direction, in order to improve the reliability of centre gripping.

Further, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the second carrying mechanism 500 includes a second robot 510 and a second clamping jaw 520 provided at an output end of the second robot 510, the second clamping jaw 520 includes a second clamping cylinder 521 and second clamping members 522 provided at both output ends of the second clamping cylinder 521, respectively, and the second clamping members 522 are adapted to move toward or away from each other by the driving of the second clamping cylinder 521 to clamp or unclamp the junction box.

The second handling mechanism 500 is required to perform position adjustment on the junction box during handling, so that the junction box is located right side up and is placed on the positioning mechanism 600 after being adjusted to a preset angle in the horizontal direction, in this embodiment, the second clamping member 522 is preferably used for clamping the box body 840 of the junction box, more specifically, clamping two sides of the width direction of the box body 840, so as to adjust the position of the subsequent junction box.

Further, returning to fig. 1 and 2, the visual inspection mechanism includes a first camera assembly 710 disposed above the first and third conveyor lines 110, 210, the first camera assembly 710 being in signal communication with the first handling mechanism 400, the first camera assembly 710 being adapted to visually inspect the junction boxes within the first and second frames 130, 230.

In an embodiment, the number of the first camera assemblies 710 is two, and the first camera assemblies 710 are respectively disposed directly above the lifting wire bodies 113 of the first conveying line 110 and the third conveying line 210, and the photographing ends of the first camera assemblies 710 face the lifting wire bodies 113 to photograph the material frames on the different lifting wire bodies 113.

However, with the above structure, two first camera assemblies 710 are required to be disposed, which is costly, and since the first handling mechanism 400 only needs to grasp a single junction box in a material frame without any other positioning requirement, in this embodiment, the first camera assemblies 710 are preferably one, the first camera assemblies 710 are in transmission connection with a traversing module 720, the traversing module 720 is a linear module disposed along the Y-axis direction, the traversing module 720 can drive the first camera assemblies 710 to move to a position right above different lifting line bodies 113, and after the first camera assemblies 710 photograph the material frame of one lifting line body 113, the first handling mechanism 400 can handle the junction box in the material frame, and in this process, the first camera assemblies 710 can continue to move to another lifting line body 113 to photograph the material frame of the lifting line body 113.

Further, the visual inspection mechanism includes a second camera assembly 730, the second camera assembly 730 being in signal connection with the second handling mechanism 500 between the first and second transport mechanisms 100, 200. The number of the second camera assemblies 730 is two, and the second camera assemblies 730 are respectively arranged above the output ends of the second conveying line 120 and the fourth conveying line 220, the second camera assemblies 730 are suitable for shooting the junction boxes conveyed to the output ends of the second conveying line 120 and the fourth conveying line 220 so as to acquire the position information of the junction boxes, and the second conveying mechanism 500 can adjust the positions of the second clamping pieces 522 according to the position information of the junction boxes so that the second clamping pieces 522 accurately clamp the junction boxes and are arranged in the positioning mechanism 600 after being adjusted to the preset positions. A light source 740 is correspondingly disposed under the second camera assembly 730, and the light source 740 is adapted to illuminate the junction box, so as to improve the definition of photographing of the second camera assembly 730. The light source 740 is disposed above the output ends of the second and fourth conveyor lines 120 and 220, and when the junction box is at the output ends of the second and fourth conveyor lines 120 and 220, the light source 740 is adjacent to the junction box, and the irradiation range of the light source 740 covers the entire junction box. In this embodiment, the light sources 740 are distributed in a zigzag shape, and the projection of the illumination space enclosed by the light sources 740 in the Z-axis direction is suitable for completely covering the junction box at the output end.

Further, the visual inspection mechanism further includes a third camera assembly 750, the third camera assembly 750 being in signal connection with the second transport mechanism 500 between the first transport mechanism 100 and the third transport mechanism 300. The third phase unit 750 is located above the vibration plate 320 to photograph the intermediate pole junction box 830 within the vibration plate 320, ensuring the gripping accuracy of the second carrying mechanism 500.

Further, referring to fig. 2, 12 and 13, the positioning mechanism 600 includes a mounting frame 610 and at least one positioning stage 620 provided on the mounting frame 610. The positioning stage 620 includes a platen 621 carrying the terminal block and a pushing assembly 622 disposed on the platen 621, the pushing assembly 622 being adapted to push the positioning terminal block in the X-axis and Y-axis directions. The pushing assembly 622 includes a fixed block 6221, a first pushing block cylinder 6222 and a second pushing block cylinder 6223, the fixed block 6221 and the first pushing block cylinder 6222 being disposed opposite each other in the Y-axis direction, the cartridge 840 being located between the fixed block 6221 and the first pushing block cylinder 6222 on both sides in the length direction, the first pushing block cylinder 6222 being movable along the Y-axis direction toward the fixed block 6221 to position the cartridge 840 in the Y-axis direction. The second pusher cylinder 6223 has two output ends that can move back or forth in the X-axis direction, and two sides of the width direction of the cartridge 840 are located between the two output ends, and the second pusher cylinder 6223 can move toward each other in the X-axis direction to position the cartridge 840 in the X-axis direction. Preferably, in order to ensure positioning efficiency, the positioning stages 620 are three in number and are adjacently arranged side by side along the Y-axis direction.

In this embodiment, the terminal block needs to be placed right side up on the positioning table 620 to facilitate subsequent assembly equipment removal and assembly. The terminal blocks located on the second conveyor line 120 and the fourth conveyor line 220 remain consistent toward the conveyance. Preferably, the positioning mechanism 600 further includes at least one overturning assembly 630 disposed on the mounting frame 610, and when the backside of the junction box grasped by the second handling mechanism 500 faces upward, the overturning assembly 630 is adapted to receive and overturn the junction box handled by the second handling mechanism 500 to the right side, and then to be handled by the second handling mechanism 500 to the positioning table 620.

The turnover assembly 630 includes a third clamping cylinder 631 and a turnover cylinder 632 drivingly connected to the third clamping cylinder 631, the third clamping cylinder 631 being capable of clamping the case 840, the turnover cylinder 632 being capable of rotating the case 840 about the Y axis so that the case 840 faces upward.

Preferably, the number of the turnover assemblies 630 is two, and the turnover assemblies are distributed on two sides of the mounting frame 610 in the Y-axis direction, the positioning tables 620 are located between the two turnover assemblies 630, one second carrying mechanism 500 can carry the positive terminal box 810 to one turnover assembly 630, the other second carrying mechanism 500 can carry the negative terminal box 820 to the other turnover assembly 630, and the two second carrying mechanisms 500 can carry the terminal boxes to different positioning tables 620 as required, so that the positioning efficiency can be ensured, the number of carrying mechanisms can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

The working process of the feeding system of the invention is as follows: the operator puts the positive electrode junction box 810, the negative electrode junction box 820 and the intermediate electrode junction box 830 into the first material frame 130, the second material frame 230 and the stock bin 310 respectively, the first material frame 130 is arranged on the first conveying line 110, and the second material frame 230 is arranged on the third conveying line 210; the first conveying line 110 drives the first material frame 130 to convey to the output end, the third conveying line 210 drives the second material frame 230 to convey to the output end, the first camera component 710 alternately shoots the first material frame 130 and the second material frame 230, the first conveying mechanism 400 conveys the positive terminal box 810 in the first material frame 130 to the second conveying line 120 alternately, conveys the negative terminal box 820 in the second material frame 230 to the fourth conveying line 220, the second conveying line 120 centers the positive terminal box 810, the third conveying line 210 centers the negative terminal box 820 so as to shoot the terminal box by the second camera component 730, one second conveying mechanism 500 alternately conveys the terminal boxes in the second conveying line 120 and the vibration disk 320 to the positioning table 620, and the other second conveying mechanism 500 alternately conveys the terminal boxes in the second conveying line 120 and the fourth conveying line 220 to the positioning table 620 and ensures that the three terminal boxes placed on the positioning table 620 are all different terminal boxes for final positioning, and the terminal box placed on the positioning table 620 can be immediately taken away from the assembly equipment; if the back sides of the junction boxes on the second conveying line 120 and the fourth conveying line 220 face upwards, the second conveying mechanism 500 needs to convey the junction boxes to the overturning assembly 630, and after the junction boxes are overturned in place by the overturning assembly 630, the second conveying mechanism 500 conveys the junction boxes to the positioning table 620.

The foregoing description is only of embodiments of the present application, and is not intended to limit the scope of the application, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes using the descriptions and the drawings of the present application or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A feeding system, comprising:

The first conveying mechanism (100) comprises a first conveying line (110) and a second conveying line (120) positioned at the output end of the first conveying line (110), wherein the first conveying line (110) is used for conveying a first material frame (130) containing a plurality of positive electrode junction boxes (810);

the second conveying mechanism (200) comprises a third conveying line (210) and a fourth conveying line (220) positioned at the output end of the third conveying line (210), wherein the third conveying line (210) is used for conveying a second material frame (230) containing a plurality of negative electrode junction boxes (820);

A first handling mechanism (400) adapted to handle a single positive terminal box (810) within the first frame (130) to the second conveyor line (120) and a single negative terminal box (820) within the second frame (230) to the fourth conveyor line (220);

the third conveying mechanism (300) comprises a storage bin (310) and a vibration disc (320), wherein the storage bin (310) is used for accommodating a plurality of intermediate pole junction boxes (830) and discharging the intermediate pole junction boxes (830) to the vibration disc (320);

A positioning mechanism (600) for receiving and positioning the positive terminal block (810), the negative terminal block (820), and the intermediate terminal block (830);

A second conveying mechanism (500) adapted to convey the positive terminal block (810) on the second conveying line (120), the negative terminal block (820) on the fourth conveying line (220), and the intermediate terminal block (830) in the vibration plate (320) to the positioning mechanism (600);

The visual detection mechanism is in signal connection with the first conveying mechanism (400) and the second conveying mechanism (500), and is suitable for shooting junction boxes in the first material frame (130) and the second material frame (230), junction boxes on the second conveying line (120) and the fourth conveying line (220) and intermediate pole junction boxes (830) in the vibration disc (320).

2. The feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the first conveyor line (110) comprises:

a feeding line body (111) arranged along the X-axis direction and used for conveying the first fully loaded material frame (130);

-a return line (112) located below the feed line (111) and adapted to receive and return the empty first frame (130);

A lifting line body (113) which is arranged along the X-axis direction and can lift along the Z-axis direction so as to be in butt joint with the output end of the feeding line body (111) or the input end of the return line body (112);

wherein the first carrying mechanism (400) is suitable for taking out the positive terminal box (810) in the first material frame (130) on the lifting wire body (113).

3. The feeding system according to claim 2, wherein the lifting wire body (113) is peripherally sealed with a blocking frame (117) limiting the first material frame (130) in the X-axis and Y-axis directions, the blocking frame (117) is in an open structure at the input end of the lifting wire body (113), a supporting component (118) is arranged at one side of the lifting wire body (113) in the Y-axis direction, and the supporting component (118) is suitable for supporting the first material frame (130) on the blocking frame (117).

4. The feeding system according to claim 2, characterized in that the input end of the return line body (112) is on the same side as the output end of the feeding line body (111), the output end of the return line body (112) is on the same side as the input end of the feeding line body (111), and the return line body (112) is arranged obliquely downwards in the conveying direction.

5. The feeding system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the third conveyor line (210) has the same structure as the first conveyor line (110) and is arranged side by side along the Y-axis direction, the visual inspection mechanism comprises a first camera assembly (710) arranged above the first conveyor line (110) and the third conveyor line (210), the first camera assembly (710) is in signal connection with the first handling mechanism (400), and the first camera assembly (710) is adapted to perform visual inspection of junction boxes within the first and second material frames (130, 230).

6. The feeding system according to claim 1, wherein the second conveying line (120) is arranged along the X-axis direction, two sides of the second conveying line (120) in the Y-axis direction are provided with centering components (140) for driving the positive terminal box (810) to be centered and aligned in the Y-axis direction, the fourth conveying line (220) and the second conveying line (120) are identical in structure and are arranged side by side along the Y-axis direction, the visual detection mechanism comprises second camera assemblies (730) in signal connection with the second conveying mechanism (500), and the number of the second camera assemblies (730) is two and is respectively arranged above the output ends of the second conveying line (120) and the fourth conveying line (220).

7. The feeding system according to claim 6, wherein the second conveyor line (120) and the fourth conveyor line (220) are each provided with a waste discharge chute (150) arranged obliquely downward below the output ends.

8. The feeding system of claim 1, wherein the visual inspection mechanism comprises a third camera assembly (750) disposed above the vibratory pan (320), the third camera assembly (750) being in signal connection with the second handling mechanism (500).

9. The feeding system of claim 1, wherein the positioning mechanism (600) comprises:

A mounting frame (610);

At least one positioning table (620) provided on the mounting frame (610), the positioning table (620) including a platen (621) carrying a junction box and a pushing assembly (622) provided on the platen (621), the pushing assembly (622) being adapted to push against the positioning junction box in the X-axis and Y-axis directions;

at least one flip assembly (630) disposed on the mounting frame (610);

wherein, when the back of the junction box grasped by the second carrying mechanism (500) faces upwards, the overturning assembly (630) is suitable for receiving the junction box carried by the second carrying mechanism (500) and overturning the junction box to face upwards.

10. The feeding method is characterized by comprising the following steps of:

the positive electrode junction box (810) is put into the first material frame (130), the negative electrode junction box (820) is put into the second material frame (230), and the middle electrode junction box (830) is put into the storage bin (310);

A first conveying line (110) conveys the first material frame (130), a third conveying line (210) conveys the second material frame (230), a first conveying mechanism (400) alternately conveys the positive electrode junction box (810) in the first material frame (130) to the second conveying line (120), conveys the negative electrode junction box (820) in the second material frame (230) to the fourth conveying line (220), and the storage bin (310) conveys the intermediate electrode junction box (830) to the vibration disc (320);

the second conveying mechanism (500) conveys the junction boxes of the second conveying line (120), the fourth conveying line (220) and the vibration plate (320) alternately to the positioning mechanism (600), and three junction boxes continuously received by the positioning mechanism (600) are junction boxes of different types.