阅读说明：本技术 一种压盖机及定向压盖方法 (Capping machine and directional capping method ) 是由 熊林云 于 2021-01-14 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种压盖机及定向压盖方法,包括进瓶机构,抓盖机构,抓瓶机构和转塔,抓盖机构由转塔带动做上下运动,所述进瓶机构处设有瓶子检测相机,用于检测瓶子位置,所述抓盖机构处设有瓶盖检测相机,用于检测瓶盖位置,瓶子检测相机和瓶盖检测相机分别与控制器电性连接,所述抓盖机构包括旋盖电机,旋盖臂和抓盖夹爪,旋盖电机通过旋盖臂驱动抓盖夹爪转动,旋盖电机与控制器电性连接。本发明的一种压盖机能够将瓶盖夹住并转动旋紧在瓶子上,从而扩大了压盖机适用瓶盖的范围；此外,能够在完成压盖后及时退盖,解决现有设备退盖不及时、夹盖的问题,有效提升了生产效率。(The invention relates to a capping machine and a directional capping method, the capping machine comprises a bottle feeding mechanism, a cap grabbing mechanism, a bottle grabbing mechanism and a turret, wherein the cap grabbing mechanism is driven by the turret to move up and down, a bottle detection camera is arranged at the bottle feeding mechanism and used for detecting the position of a bottle, a bottle cap detection camera is arranged at the cap grabbing mechanism and used for detecting the position of a bottle cap, the bottle detection camera and the bottle cap detection camera are respectively and electrically connected with a controller, the cap grabbing mechanism comprises a cap screwing motor, a cap screwing arm and a cap grabbing clamping claw, the cap screwing motor drives the cap grabbing clamping claw to rotate through the cap screwing arm, and the cap screwing motor is electrically connected with the controller. The capping machine can clamp the bottle cap and rotate to be screwed on the bottle, so that the range of the capping machine for the bottle cap is enlarged; in addition, can in time move back the lid after accomplishing the gland, solve the problem that current equipment moves back the lid untimely, press from both sides the lid, effectively promote production efficiency.)

1. The utility model provides a capping machine, includes into bottle mechanism, grabs the lid mechanism, grabs bottle mechanism and capstan head, grabs the lid mechanism and is driven by the capstan head and do the up-and-down motion, its characterized in that, it is equipped with bottle detection camera to advance bottle mechanism department for detect the bottle position, it is equipped with bottle lid detection camera to grab bottle mechanism department for detect the bottle lid position, bottle detection camera and bottle lid detection camera respectively with controller electric connection, it includes the spiral cover motor to grab the lid mechanism, spiral cover arm and grab lid gripper, and the spiral cover motor is grabbed the lid gripper through spiral cover arm drive and is rotated, spiral cover motor and controller electric connection.

2. The capping machine of claim 1 wherein the capping motor rotates the capping arm through a gear, the cap gripper is connected to the capping arm, the cap gripper comprises a plurality of spaced jaws having gripping profiles, the gripping profiles form a gripping space, and the gripping space has a shape identical to a shape of the cap.

3. The capper of claim 2, wherein said bottle grasping mechanism comprises bottle grasping jaws, said two bottle grasping jaws being oppositely disposed.

4. The capping machine of claim 3, wherein the capping machine comprises a machine table, a conveyor belt is arranged on the machine table, and a bottle feeding screw is arranged on the side surface of the conveyor belt.

5. The capping machine of claim 4 wherein the cap grasping mechanism is provided with a cap inlet on one side.

6. The capper of claim 5 wherein said conveyor belt is provided with a bottle ejection mechanism on one side.

7. The capping machine of claim 6 wherein the capping machine comprises a cap withdrawing mechanism, the cap grasping mechanism comprises a main shaft, a push rod, a cap grasping jaw and a spring, the jaw release is disposed on the main shaft, the push rod is disposed in the main shaft, one end of the push rod is connected to the jaw release, the other end of the push rod is provided with the cap grasping jaw, the spring is disposed in the main shaft and abuts against the jaw release, the push rod pushes the cap grasping jaw to open when the jaw release contacts the cap withdrawing mechanism, and the push rod resets the cap grasping jaw to close when the jaw release is disengaged from the cap withdrawing mechanism.

8. The capping machine of claim 7 wherein the cap withdrawing mechanism includes pressure plates with a gap portion disposed between the oppositely disposed pressure plates, the gap portion being located in a path of movement of the cap grasping mechanism.

9. The capping machine of claim 8 wherein the cap ejecting mechanism comprises a support post on which the platen is disposed, the cap ejecting mechanism being disposed on the bottle grasping mechanism.

10. A method of directional capping, comprising the steps of:

s1: the bottle detection camera takes a picture of the bottle rotated to the bottle detection camera;

s2: the bottle cap detection camera shoots a bottle cap picture rotated to the position of the cap detection camera;

s3: the two detection cameras transmit the acquired picture information to the controller, and the controller takes the information acquired by the bottle detection cameras as a reference and compares the information acquired by the bottle cap detection cameras with the information acquired by the bottle cap detection cameras;

s4: when the comparison is performed in step S3, if the data match, no adjustment is performed; if the data are not in accordance, the controller sends out a processing and adjusting instruction to transmit to a cap screwing motor of the cap grabbing mechanism, and the cap screwing motor drives a cap screwing arm to rotate by an angle, so that the cap and the bottle meet the requirement of a set angle, and then the cap pressing action is executed.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of capping machines, in particular to a capping machine and a directional capping method.

Background

The capping machine is used for installing the bottle cap on the bottle body, the bottle cap needs to be sealed at the bottle opening through the capping machine after the bottle is filled, the existing capping machine generally sends the bottle body into a disc-shaped rotating station table through a bottle feeding mechanism, meanwhile, the bottle cap is sent into a cap grabbing mechanism arranged opposite to the bottle body through the cap feeding mechanism, and the cap grabbing mechanism drives the bottle cap to directly move up and down above the bottle body to complete the capping action. However, the capping machine in the above manner can only grab round bottle caps, and when the cap is square or other caps, the cap cannot be pressed on the bottle due to the inconsistent angles between the cap and the bottle mouth, so that the existing technical scheme is difficult to apply.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a capping machine which is suitable for square and other special-shaped bottle caps and can adjust and match angles before capping, aiming at solving the problems in the prior art.

The specific technical scheme is as follows: the utility model provides a capping machine, includes into bottle mechanism, grabs the lid mechanism, grabs bottle mechanism and capstan head, grabs the lid mechanism and is driven by the capstan head and do the up-and-down motion, it is equipped with bottle detection camera to advance bottle mechanism department for detect the bottle position, it is equipped with bottle lid detection camera to grab bottle mechanism department for detect the bottle lid position, bottle detection camera and bottle lid detection camera respectively with controller electric connection, it includes spiral cover motor to grab the lid mechanism, and spiral cover arm and grab the lid gripper, and the spiral cover motor is grabbed the lid gripper through spiral cover arm drive and is rotated, spiral cover motor and controller electric connection.

As preferred scheme, the spiral cover motor passes through the gear and drives the rotation of spiral cover arm, grab and cover the clamping jaw and be connected with the spiral cover arm, grab and cover the clamping jaw and include splint, a plurality of splint intervals set up, splint have the centre gripping profile, and multistage centre gripping profile forms the centre gripping space, and the shape in centre gripping space is the same with the shape of bottle lid.

Preferably, the bottle grabbing mechanism comprises bottle grabbing clamping jaws, and the two bottle grabbing clamping jaws are oppositely arranged.

As the preferred scheme, the capping machine comprises a machine table, a conveying belt is arranged on the machine table, and a bottle feeding screw is arranged on the side face of the conveying belt.

Preferably, a cover inlet is formed in one side of the cover grabbing mechanism.

Preferably, a bottle discharging mechanism is arranged on one side of the conveying belt.

As the preferred scheme, the capping machine comprises a cap withdrawing mechanism, the cap grabbing mechanism comprises a main shaft, an ejector rod, a cap grabbing clamping jaw and a spring, a clamping jaw releaser is arranged on the main shaft, the ejector rod is arranged in the main shaft, one end of the ejector rod is connected with the clamping jaw releaser, the other end of the ejector rod is provided with the cap grabbing clamping jaw, the spring is arranged in the main shaft and abuts against the clamping jaw releaser, when the clamping jaw releaser is contacted with the cap withdrawing mechanism, the ejector rod pushes the cap grabbing clamping jaw to be opened, and when the clamping jaw releaser is separated from the cap withdrawing mechanism, the ejector rod resets to enable.

Preferably, the cover withdrawing mechanism comprises pressure plates, a gap part is arranged between the oppositely arranged pressure plates, and the gap part is positioned on a moving path of the cover grabbing mechanism.

Preferably, the cover withdrawing mechanism comprises a supporting column, the pressing plate is arranged on the supporting column, and the cover withdrawing mechanism is arranged on the bottle grabbing mechanism.

A method of directional capping comprising the steps of:

s1: the bottle detection camera takes a picture of the bottle rotated to the bottle detection camera;

s2: the bottle cap detection camera shoots a bottle cap picture rotated to the position of the cap detection camera;

s3: the two detection cameras transmit the acquired picture information to the controller, and the controller takes the information acquired by the bottle detection cameras as a reference and compares the information acquired by the bottle cap detection cameras with the information acquired by the bottle cap detection cameras;

s4: when the comparison is performed in step S3, if the data match, no adjustment is performed; if the data are not in accordance, the controller sends out a processing and adjusting instruction to transmit to a cap screwing motor of the cap grabbing mechanism, and the cap screwing motor drives a cap screwing arm to rotate by an angle, so that the cap and the bottle meet the requirement of a set angle, and then the cap pressing action is executed.

The invention has the technical effects that: the capping machine can clamp the bottle cap and rotate to be screwed on the bottle, so that the range of the capping machine for the bottle cap is enlarged; in addition, can in time move back the lid after accomplishing the gland, solve the problem that current equipment moves back the lid untimely, press from both sides the lid, effectively promote production efficiency.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a capping machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is another schematic view of a capping machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of a capper according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a cap grasping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a cap ejecting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is another schematic view of a lid grasping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a schematic view of a grasping cap jaw of an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The essential features and advantages of the invention will be further explained below with reference to examples, but the invention is not limited to the examples listed.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the capping machine of the present embodiment includes a bottle feeding mechanism 1, a cap grabbing mechanism 2, a bottle grabbing mechanism 3 and a turret 4, wherein the cap grabbing mechanism 2 is driven by the turret 4 to move up and down. Advance 1 department of bottle mechanism and be equipped with bottle detection camera 100 for detect the bottle position, 3 departments of grabbing bottle mechanism are equipped with bottle lid detection camera 200 for detect the bottle lid position, bottle detection camera and bottle lid detection camera respectively with controller electric connection, grab lid mechanism 2 and include spiral cover motor 21, spiral cover arm 22 and grab lid gripper 23, spiral cover motor 21 grabs lid gripper 23 through the drive of spiral cover arm 22 and rotates, spiral cover motor 21 and controller electric connection. In the technical scheme, when the turret rotates to the position above the bottle detection camera after the bottle grabbing mechanism grabs a bottle, the bottle detection camera takes a picture; similarly, when the cover grabbing mechanism grabs the cover and then the turret rotates to the position above the cover detection camera, the cover detection camera takes a picture; the two detection cameras transmit acquired picture information to the processor, the processor uses the information acquired by the bottle detection cameras as a reference, the information is compared with the information acquired by the cover detection cameras, namely, whether the positions of the bottom of the bottle and the marks in the bottle cover are consistent or not is compared through the marks in the bottle bottom and the bottle cover, when the data are consistent, the data are not adjusted, when the data are inconsistent, a command for processing and adjusting is transmitted to the cap screwing motor of the cap grabbing mechanism, the cap screwing motor drives the cap screwing arm to rotate by a proper angle, and after the cover and the bottle meet the set requirements, the cap screwing action is executed. Through the technical scheme, when the capping machine presses square and other special-shaped bottle caps, the angle of the bottle cap can be adjusted in front of the capping machine, so that the bottle cap is consistent with a bottle mouth, and directional capping is realized. In this embodiment, a processor is disposed in the controller, and the processor processes and analyzes the image data.

In this embodiment, the cap screwing motor 21 drives the cap screwing arm 22 to rotate through the gear 24, the cap grabbing clamping jaw 23 is connected with the cap screwing arm 22, the cap grabbing clamping jaw 23 comprises a clamping plate 231, the clamping plates 231 are arranged at intervals, the clamping plate 231 is provided with a clamping profile 232, a plurality of sections of clamping profiles form a clamping space 233, and the clamping space 233 is the same as the bottle cap 11 in shape. In the technical scheme, the turret 4 rotates to drive the cover grabbing mechanism 2 to perform profiling motion along the cam profile in the turret 4, so that the cover grabbing mechanism 2 moves up and down; the cap feeding mechanism 10 feeds caps, the bottle feeding mechanism 1 feeds bottles, and the bottle grabbing mechanism 3 grabs bottles; and the turret and the cap grabbing mechanism 2, the cap feeding mechanism 10, the bottle feeding mechanism 1 and the bottle grabbing mechanism 3 synchronously rotate to complete capping. By providing the capping motor 21, the capping motor 21 can drive the capping arm 22 to rotate, thereby rotating the cap grasping claw 23. The cap-grasping claws 23 rotate after grasping the cap 11, so that the cap 11 can be screwed on the bottle 12, thereby realizing the rotary fixation of the cap and the bottle. The capper arm 22 is also provided with a release 25 for enabling the cap gripper 23 to release the cap. Through setting up the centre gripping profile, can press from both sides the direction bottle lid tight in centre gripping space 233, according to the bottle lid of difference, only need change the splint can, promoted capper's suitability. The centre gripping space of this embodiment is square, the bottle lid is square bottle lid. A control box 20 is arranged above the turret 4 and used for controlling the operation of each mechanism.

In this embodiment, the bottle gripping mechanism 3 includes two bottle gripping claws 31, and the two bottle gripping claws 31 are disposed opposite to each other, so that a bottle can be gripped by the two bottle gripping claws 31. In this embodiment, the capper includes board 5, is equipped with conveyer belt 6 on the board 5, can carry the bottle to the capper through the conveyer belt. In this embodiment, a bottle feeding screw 7 is arranged on the side surface of the conveying belt 6. In this embodiment, a cap inlet 8 is formed in one side of the cap grabbing mechanism 2, and a bottle cap enters through the cap inlet 8. In this embodiment, a bottle discharging mechanism 9 is arranged on one side of the conveying belt 6, and the bottles after capping are output through the bottle discharging mechanism.

In this embodiment, the capping machine includes withdrawing the lid mechanism 13, grab lid mechanism 2 includes main shaft 29, ejector pin 26, grabs and covers clamping jaw 27 and spring 28, clamping jaw release 25 sets up on main shaft 29, and ejector pin 26 sets up in main shaft 29, and ejector pin 26 one end is connected with clamping jaw release 25, and the other end sets up grabs and covers clamping jaw 27, and spring 28 sets up in main shaft 29 and supports and lean on clamping jaw release 25, and when clamping jaw release 25 and withdrawing lid mechanism 13 contact, the ejector pin promotes and catches and covers clamping jaw 27 and open, and when clamping jaw release 25 and withdrawing lid mechanism 13 and break away from, ejector pin 26 resets and makes and grab and cover clamping jaw 27 closed. Through the technical scheme, the cap grabbing mechanism 2 can loosen the cap 11, the problems that the cap is untimely to retreat and the cap is clamped in the existing equipment are solved, the yield is improved, the reject ratio is reduced, and the production cost is saved.

In this embodiment, the cover removing mechanism 13 includes pressure plates 131, a gap portion 132 is disposed between the pressure plates 131, and the gap portion 132 is located on the moving path of the cover grasping mechanism 2. Through the above technical solution, when the cover grabbing mechanism 2 moves to the gap portion 132, the clamping jaw release 25 is located below the pressing plate 131, the cover grabbing mechanism 2 moves upward, the pressing plate 131 contacts with the clamping jaw release 25, so that the clamping jaw release 25 is pressed downward, and the cover grabbing clamping jaw 27 is released.

In this embodiment, the cover removing mechanism 13 includes a supporting column 133, and the pressing plate 131 is disposed on the supporting column 133. In this embodiment, the cap withdrawing mechanism 13 is disposed on the bottle grasping mechanism 3.

The capping machine completes capping after completing a series of cap feeding, bottle feeding, cap grabbing and bottle grabbing, at the moment, the turret continues to rotate, and when the clamping jaw releaser 25 touches the cap withdrawing mechanism, the clamping jaw releaser can generate a pressing action to quickly open the cap grabbing clamping jaws to a maximum angle; the turret continues to rotate, the cover gripping mechanism leaves the cover withdrawing mechanism 2, and the gripper release 25 can be reset to clamp the cover gripping gripper 27. The capping machine is in operation, and this mechanism can easily realize the automatic function of moving back the lid of mechanical type, has eliminated the defect of existing equipment double-layered lid, has effectively promoted production efficiency and qualification rate, and simple structure is practical.

A method of directional capping comprising the steps of: s1: the bottle detection camera takes a picture of the bottle rotated to the bottle detection camera; s2: the bottle cap detection camera shoots a bottle cap picture rotated to the position of the cap detection camera; s3: the two detection cameras transmit the acquired picture information to the controller, and the controller takes the information acquired by the bottle detection cameras as a reference and compares the information acquired by the bottle cap detection cameras with the information acquired by the bottle cap detection cameras; s4: when the comparison is performed in step S3, if the data match, no adjustment is performed; if the data are not in accordance, the controller sends out a processing and adjusting instruction to transmit to a cap screwing motor of the cap grabbing mechanism, and the cap screwing motor drives a cap screwing arm to rotate by an angle, so that the cap and the bottle meet the requirement of a set angle, and then the cap pressing action is executed.

The capping machine of the embodiment can rotate the square bottle cap before capping, so that the angle of the square bottle cap is adjusted to be consistent with the angle of a bottle mouth, the capping problem of the square bottle cap is solved, and the range of the capping machine suitable for the bottle cap is enlarged; in addition, can in time move back the lid after accomplishing the gland, solve the problem that current equipment moves back the lid untimely, press from both sides the lid, effectively promote production efficiency.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned preferred embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical concepts and features of the present invention, and are intended to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention, and not to limit the scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.