CN109533780A - A kind of Material Sorting feeding system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of Material Sorting feeding systems, including the first elevator, transmission device, the second elevator, Material Sorting work station and control device, wherein transmission device, including at least the first opposite conveyer belt of direction of transfer, the second conveyer belt；Hopper is sent to the first conveyer belt or receives the hopper from the second conveyer belt by the first elevator；Second elevator is used to for hopper being sent to Material Sorting work station or the second conveyer belt, or receives the hopper from the first conveyer belt or sorting work station；Material in Material Sorting work station, identification and sorting hopper；Control device works according to the above-mentioned each device of default timing control.The caching of hopper can be significantly greatly increased in the present invention, in the case where the utilization rate of lifting system, moreover it is possible to and artificial feed supplement number is greatly reduced, has structure simple, the features such as height is intelligent, and feeding is accurate.
Description
Cross Reference to Related Applications
The present application claims the priority of the chinese patent application No. 201811573064.5 entitled "a material sorting and loading system" filed by wuhankupotter science and technology ltd in 2018, 12 and 21.
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of material sorting, in particular to a material sorting and feeding system.
Background
At present, applications such as unmanned goods shelves, unmanned supermarkets, unmanned drugstores and vending machines are more and more concerned by people, the applications can greatly reduce expenses of labor, place rent, water and electricity maintenance and the like, and the market prospect is wide. However, in reality, the above-mentioned scenario still does not realize "unmanned" and intelligent. For example, for an automatic dispensing machine in a hospital, a pharmacist generally needs to supplement materials once every a period of time, the dispensing amount of a small-medium-scale hospital in one hour can reach 1 ten thousand boxes after investigation, the pharmacist needs not to stop dispensing during the period, labor cost is greatly wasted, and once the dispensing is not timely, the trouble that a patient does not have the required medicine is easily caused. In addition, in some production and manufacturing fields, the machine tool generally needs to be fed manually, in order to improve the utilization rate of the machine tool, manual multiple shifts are sometimes even needed to be arranged for continuous feeding, and the material needs to be supplemented for dozens of times a day. Above-mentioned material loading process is very big wasted the cost of labor, has intensity of labour big, the problem that the error rate is high, in case the manual work is in time the material loading in addition, can also disturb the flow of material letter sorting, influences letter sorting efficiency.
In view of this, it is actually necessary to provide a material sorting and feeding system, which has a high intelligence degree, can reduce the number of times of manual feeding and greatly improve the sorting efficiency.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention has been developed to provide a material sorting and feeding system that overcomes, or at least partially solves, the above-mentioned problems.
The utility model provides a material letter sorting feeding system, includes first lifting machine, conveyer, second lifting machine, material letter sorting workstation and controlling means, wherein:
the conveying device at least comprises a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt which are opposite in conveying direction;
the first lifting machine is used for conveying the bin to the first conveyor belt or receiving the bin from the second conveyor belt;
the second lifting machine is used for conveying the bins to the material sorting work station or the second conveying belt or receiving the bins from the first conveying belt or the sorting work station;
the material sorting work station is used for identifying and sorting materials in the material box;
and the control device controls the first hoisting machine, the conveying device, the second hoisting machine and the material sorting work station to work according to a preset time sequence.
Further, the control device controls the first lifting machine to convey the bin to the first conveyor or receive the bin from the second conveyor; controlling the first conveyor belt to work, conveying the material box to a second lifting machine, and suspending the first conveyor belt to work; controlling the material sorting work station to work, and after the work of the material sorting work station is finished, conveying the material box to a second lifting machine; controlling a second lifting machine to convey the bin to a second conveyor belt or receive the bin from the first conveyor belt; and controlling the second conveyor belt to convey the bin to the first elevator, and pausing the second conveyor belt.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that at least:
the conveying device at least comprises the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt which are opposite in conveying direction, the cache condition of the feed box can be greatly improved, and the manual feeding frequency can be reduced under the condition that the utilization rate of the system is improved. For example, manual feeding before work and empty box taking next day, so that a high automation system and space utilization rate are realized. In addition, the condition of manual wrong feeding can be avoided by using the material sorting workstation, and the purpose that the material box is intelligently controlled to reach the corresponding conveying belt is achieved by using the first lifting machine and the second lifting machine. The automatic feeding device is simple in overall structure and highly intelligent, can completely replace manual work, and achieves the purpose of efficient and accurate feeding. It can be understood that if the place and the cost allow, even a plurality of groups of conveying belts which are the same as the working principle of the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt can be added, so that the intellectualization of material sorting and feeding and the utilization rate of the system are further improved, the times of manual material supplement can be further reduced, and the corresponding cost is reduced.
The material letter sorting feeding system that this embodiment disclosed can accomplish functions such as buffer memory, the automatic supply of material, empty case backward flow buffer memory of material simultaneously, is applicable to various fields such as medicine is selected, dispensing machine benefit medicine, lathe material loading and food, articles for daily use, retail shop, and application scope is wide.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
The technical solution of the present invention is further described in detail by the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
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fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a material sorting and loading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram (top view) illustrating a placement position of a bin detecting unit in a material sorting and loading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3-1-3-5 are schematic diagrams illustrating a work flow of a material sorting and loading system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a special state of the material sorting and loading system in operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5-1 and 5-2 are schematic position diagrams of a blocking device of a material sorting and loading system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart of the operation of a material sorting and loading system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
In order to solve the problems that material loading mainly depends on manual work, the loading is not intelligent and wrong loading exists in the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides a material sorting and loading system.
Example one
A material sorting and loading system, as shown in fig. 1, comprising a first hoist 10, a conveying device 20, a second hoist 30, a material sorting workstation 40 and a control device 50, wherein:
the conveying device 20 comprises a first conveyor belt 21 and a second conveyor belt 22 which are opposite in conveying direction. The first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 may be a belt line, a roller line, or a double-speed chain.
A first elevator 10 for transferring bins to the first conveyor 21 or receiving bins from the second conveyor 22. A second elevator 30 for conveying bins to the material sorting station 40 or the second conveyor 22 or receiving bins from the first conveyor 21 or the sorting station 40. In order to ensure the uniform transfer speed of the bin, the first and second hoists 10 and 30 preferably include the same first and second hoist transmission mechanisms 11 and 31 as the first and second conveyors 21 and 22.
The material sorting workstation 40 comprises a visual identification device 41, a grabbing robot 42 and a sorting conveyor belt 43, and is used for identifying and sorting materials in the bin. The visual recognition device 41 may be a 2D or 3D camera, and has the basic functions of completing the position location of the material and guiding the grabbing robot to grab the material. In some cases it may also be used to identify the type of material. The sorting conveyor preferably has the same drive mechanism as the first conveyor 21 and the second conveyor 22 for receiving bins from the second elevator 31 or returning bins to only the second elevator 31. It will be appreciated that the material sorting station 40 also includes a material picking station for carrying material, and a material output device for outputting material.
And the control device 50 is used for controlling the first hoisting machine 10, the conveying device 20, the second hoisting machine 30 and the material sorting workstation 40 to work according to a preset time sequence. The method specifically comprises the following steps: for controlling the first elevator 10 to transfer bins to the first conveyor 21 or to receive bins from the second conveyor 22; the second elevator 30 is used for controlling the first conveyor belt 21 to work, conveying the bin to the second elevator, and suspending the first conveyor belt 21 from working; the material sorting system is used for controlling the material sorting work station 40 to work, and after the work of the material sorting work station 40 is finished, the material box is conveyed to the second lifting machine 30; for controlling the second elevator 30 to transfer bins to the second conveyor 22 or to receive bins from the first conveyor 21; for controlling the second conveyor 22 to transfer the bin to the first elevator 10 and to pause the second conveyor 22.
In practical application, the housings of the first hoist 10, the conveying device 20, the second hoist 30 and the material sorting workstation 40 may be connected to each other, but for convenient control, the transmission mechanism of the first hoist 10, the transmission mechanism of the first conveyor belt 21, the second conveyor belt 22 and the second hoist 30 of the conveying device 20 and the sorting conveyor belts of the logistics sorting workstation should be separated.
In some embodiments, the control device 50 may determine whether a bin has arrived at the first hoist 10 or the second hoist 30 by calculating the run time of the bin on the conveyor 20. However, since many factors such as the material and weight of the bin, the material and the service life of the conveyor 20 may affect the friction between the bin and the conveyor 20, the method of determining whether the bin reaches the first elevator 10 and the second elevator 30 by calculating the operation time of the bin is not practical.
In order to solve the above problem, bin detection units, which may be photoelectric sensors or the like, may be respectively disposed at preset positions of the first hoist 10 and the second hoist 30, and used for determining whether a bin arrives at the first hoist 10 or the second hoist 30; alternatively, the bin detecting unit is disposed at a preset position of the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22.
Since the gap between the bins is small, the second hoist 30 may carry a complete bin and a portion of another bin if the control is not good. Fig. 2 shows a preferred scheme, namely, a bin detecting unit 32 is placed on one side of the transmission mechanism of the second hoister (a bin detecting unit 12 is also arranged on one side of the transmission mechanism of the first hoister), and when the area of the bin 1 passing through the bin detecting unit 32 reaches a preset area, the bin 1 is judged to be about to reach the second hoister 30. At this moment, the first conveying belt is stopped, the second elevator transmission mechanism 31 continuously moves to completely convey the material box No. 1 to the second elevator, the separation of the material box No. 1 and the material box No. 2 is realized, and only one material box on the second elevator is ensured to be sorted. The size of the predetermined area needs to be determined by the size of the bin and the capacity of the second elevator transmission mechanism 31, so that only one bin can reach the second elevator 30 through the movement of the second elevator transmission mechanism 31 when the first conveyor belt 21 stops. In order to improve the judgment accuracy, the bin detection units 32 are preferably arranged on two sides of the second hoisting machine transmission mechanism 31 respectively.
In order to better explain the working principle of the material sorting and feeding system of the embodiment, the following description is made with reference to fig. 3-1 to fig. 3-5.
Assume the initial state of the material sorting and feeding system as shown in fig. 3-1: the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 are in a full-load state and each carries 8 bins, and the first hoister 10, the second hoister 30 and the material sorting work station 40 are not provided with bins. All the bins are filled with material.
S101, as shown in fig. 3-2, the control device 50 controls the first conveyor belt 21 to operate, the second conveyor belt 22 is stationary, the No. 1 bin on the first conveyor belt 21 is conveyed to the second elevator 30, and the first conveyor belt 21 is suspended.
S102, as shown in fig. 3-3, controlling the second elevator 30 to transfer the bin No. 1 to the material sorting workstation 40.
S103, referring to fig. 3-2, after sorting is completed, the material sorting workstation 40 is controlled to transfer the bin (which may be empty) to the second elevator 30.
S104, referring to fig. 3-4, the second conveyor 22 is started, the bin No. 1' is conveyed to the first elevator 10, the second elevator 30 sends the bin No. 1 to the second conveyor 22, and then the second conveyor 22 is suspended.
S105, referring to fig. 3 to 5, the first hoist 10 is controlled to transfer the bin No. 1' to the first conveyor belt 21, and then steps S101 to S104 are repeatedly performed.
The conveying device 20 of the embodiment of the invention at least comprises the first conveying belt 21 and the second conveying belt 22 which are opposite in conveying direction, so that the buffer condition of the feed box can be greatly increased, and the manual feeding frequency can be reduced under the condition of improving the utilization rate of the system. For example, manual feeding before work and empty box taking next day, so that a high automation system and space utilization rate are realized. In addition, the material sorting workstation 40 can avoid the situation of manual error material supplement, and the use of the first hoister 10 and the second hoister 30 achieves the purpose of intelligently controlling the bins to reach the corresponding conveyor belts. The automatic feeding device is simple in overall structure and highly intelligent, can completely replace manual work, and achieves the purpose of efficient and accurate feeding. It can be understood that if the site and the cost allow, even a plurality of groups of conveyor belts which have the same working principle as the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 can be added, so that the intellectualization of material sorting and feeding and the utilization rate of the system are further improved, the number of times of artificial feeding can be further reduced, and the corresponding cost is reduced.
In some embodiments, the material sorting and feeding system can be applied to a dispensing scene of a hospital, can cache a large amount of medicines, automatically, efficiently and accurately complete sorting of the medicines, and is ready for dispensing. The times of medicine supplementation of pharmacists are greatly reduced, the labor cost is reduced, the medicine can be quickly taken by a patient, meanwhile, the pharmacists can be liberated from heavy medicine supplementation physical labor, and the pharmacists are put into more valuable medicine administration consultation work.
It can be understood that the material sorting and feeding system disclosed by the embodiment can simultaneously complete the functions of material caching, automatic material supply, empty box backflow caching and the like, is suitable for various fields of medicine sorting, medicine replenishing of a medicine dispensing machine, machine tool feeding, food, articles for daily use, retail stores and the like, and is wide in application range.
Example two
Compared with the first embodiment, the main difference of the present embodiment is that the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 are further provided with a position-locking device 23.
Since there may be a difference in friction between the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 and the bins during movement, the distance that the bins are conveyed is different, and there is a case that the bin No. 8 occupies the bin No. 1' due to the short conveying distance as shown in fig. 4, which disturbs the circular feeding process. To solve this problem, as shown in fig. 5-1 and 5-2, the blocking device 23 may be disposed at a predetermined position of the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 (for example, at the end of the conveying direction of the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22), and the control device 50 is further configured to activate the blocking device 23 before the bin is conveyed to the second conveyor belt 22 by the second elevator 30 or conveyed to the first conveyor belt 21 by the first elevator 10, and deactivate the blocking device 23 after a predetermined time.
The blocking device 23 may be a baffle plate extending oppositely on both sides of the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22, respectively, as shown in fig. 5-1. Of course, the baffle may extend only on one side of the first conveyor belt 21 or the second conveyor belt 22 to the other side. Or a baffle plate extending from the bottom to the gap between the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22, as shown in fig. 5-2.
The concrete application of the position-locking device 23 will be described in detail with reference to the working process of the material-sorting and feeding system in the first embodiment.
For example, in step S101, the control device 50 controls the first conveyor 21 to operate, the second conveyor 22 is stationary, the bin No. 1 on the first conveyor 21 is conveyed to the second elevator 30, the blocking device 22 of the first conveyor 21 is started, and the first conveyor 21 is kept operating continuously to block the bin No. 2 and the subsequent bin, and the subsequent bin is moved forward to ensure that the bins are closely arranged, so as to provide a sufficient position for the bin No. 1' coming. However, if the engaging device 22 is activated for a long time without stopping the first conveyor 21, the first conveyor 21 is easily worn, so it is preferable to stop the first conveyor 21 for a certain period of time and then activate the engaging device 22 and the first conveyor 21, so as to ensure that the bins of the first conveyor 21 are closely arranged while minimizing the wear of the first conveyor 21.
For example, in step S104, the second conveyor 22 is started to convey bin No. 1 'to the first elevator 10, and simultaneously, the first conveyor 21 and the blocking device 23 thereof are started, so that when the second elevator 30 conveys bin No. 1 to the second conveyor 22, the bin on the first conveyor 21 starts to move, and a sufficient position is left for the coming bin No. 1'.
Example III
Compared with the first or second embodiment, the main difference of the present embodiment is that the material sorting workstation 40 or the second hoisting machine 30 or the first conveyor belt 21 further includes an ID recognition device (not shown), which may be a bar code gun or an OCR recognition device, for recognizing bin IDs disposed on bins, wherein each bin ID corresponds to a preset kind of material. The control device 40 also narrows the range of material types according to the identified bin ID, for example, if there is only one article a in the bin, a bar code corresponding to the article a is pasted on the bin, and when the bin ID is identified, the material type in the bin can be directly determined. The work load of visual identification equipment in the material sorting workstation 40 can be reduced by directly identifying the material types through the material box ID, and the sorting efficiency is improved. If the ID recognition equipment is arranged in the conveying device 20, the accurate recognition of the materials can be realized simultaneously in the conveying process of the materials, the material recognition time can be reduced, and the sorting efficiency is improved. It will be appreciated that bin IDs may be provided at multiple locations in the bin in order to further improve the efficiency of ID identification by the ID identification device.
The work flow of the material sorting and feeding system including the ID identification device will be further described with reference to fig. 6.
S201, finishing the caching of the materials.
Specifically, the first hoister 10, the conveying device 20, the second hoister 30, and the like may be used to implement the material caching, and the specific working manner refers to the first embodiment, and is not described herein again.
S202, completing grabbing of the materials.
Specifically, the material sorting workstation 40 is used to complete the material positioning and grabbing operations.
And S203, determining the material type by using the ID identification device.
And S204, outputting the material by using a material output device.
Wherein, step S203 may be performed synchronously with step S201 or step S202, respectively.
In other embodiments, the ID identification device may also be used in cases where there are a relatively large number of types of material in the bin. One list is presented:
as is well known, the time period for the robot to confirm the type of the material mainly depends on the material information database of the material and the performance of the identification device. The performance of the identification device can be improved by improving hardware and the like, but the improvement of the hardware is difficult and high in cost, and some physical limits exist. And the size of the material information database can be increased along with the increase of the material types. In order to improve the sorting efficiency, how to shorten the material identification time is a troublesome problem.
In order to solve the above problem, the present embodiment provides an ID recognition device, including a bar code gun or an OCR recognition device, etc., at the material sorting work station 40 or the second elevator 30, for recognizing bin IDs provided on bins, wherein each bin ID corresponds to a preset kind of material. For example, the barcodes of the drug a, the drug B, the drug C, and the drug D are bound to the bin ID, and when the ID recognition device recognizes the bin ID, the control device 50 further reduces the pre-stored image database containing all the materials into an image database containing only four drugs, i.e., the drug a, the drug B, the drug C, and the drug D. When the visual recognition device 41 of the material sorting workstation 40 outputs the recognition image of the material in the medicine box, the control device 50 matches the recognition image with the reduced image database to determine the type of the material. The material sorting and feeding system limits the types of materials to be sorted in advance, so that the material identification time can be greatly shortened, and the accuracy of material identification can be improved.
In addition, in order to further increase the speed of material identification, the visual identification device 41 of the embodiment of the present invention is configured to capture at least one image of the material (for example, capture one surface), and the control device 50 is further configured to match the captured image of the visual identification device 41 with a pre-stored material image model corresponding to the bin ID, and if the captured image matches with the pre-stored material image model, determine that the material is a certain material, where the material image model includes a material name and a preset number of images corresponding to the material name.
Preferably, the material sorting workstation 40 further comprises a vibration material shaking device, wherein the vibration material shaking device is a pushing cylinder arranged at two sides of the sorting conveyor belt 43, the pushing cylinder at one side realizes pushing operation, and the pushing cylinder at the other side realizes blocking operation.
When the material pushing cylinder on one side pushes the material box, the material pushing cylinder on the other side blocks the material box, materials in the material box move relatively due to inertia and are separated from the wall of the material box, and meanwhile the materials close to each other can be separated, so that the materials are accurately identified and grabbed, and the sorting efficiency is improved. In addition, the material box is rapid in pushing and blocking, can be completed in the process of grabbing and placing at one time, and has small influence on the beat. The work of pushing the fender jar can not influence the conveyer belt yet, and this pushes away the fender jar and can be applicable to various conveyer belts.
It should be understood that the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the processes disclosed is an example of exemplary approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the processes may be rearranged without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various steps in a sample order, and are not intended to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.
In the foregoing detailed description, various features are grouped together in a single embodiment for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments of the subject matter require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, invention lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby expressly incorporated into the detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate preferred embodiment of the invention.
What has been described above includes examples of one or more embodiments. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the aforementioned embodiments, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations of various embodiments are possible. Accordingly, the embodiments described herein are intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, to the extent that the term "includes" is used in either the detailed description or the claims, such term is intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term "comprising" as "comprising" is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim. Furthermore, any use of the term "or" in the specification of the claims is intended to mean a "non-exclusive or".
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1. The utility model provides a material letter sorting feeding system, its characterized in that includes first lifting machine, conveyer, second lifting machine, material letter sorting workstation and controlling means, wherein:
the conveying device at least comprises a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt which are opposite in conveying direction;
the first lifting machine is used for conveying the bin to the first conveyor belt or receiving the bin from the second conveyor belt;
the second lifting machine is used for conveying the bins to the material sorting work station or the second conveying belt or receiving the bins from the first conveying belt or the sorting work station;
the material sorting work station is used for identifying and sorting materials in the material box;
and the control device controls the first hoisting machine, the conveying device, the second hoisting machine and the material sorting work station to work according to a preset time sequence.
2. The material sorting loading system of claim 1, wherein the control device controls the first elevator to transfer bins to the first conveyor or to receive bins from the second conveyor; controlling the first conveyor belt to work, conveying the material box to a second lifting machine, and suspending the first conveyor belt to work; controlling the material sorting work station to work, and after the work of the material sorting work station is finished, conveying the material box to a second lifting machine; controlling a second lifting machine to convey the bin to a second conveyor belt or receive the bin from the first conveyor belt; and controlling the second conveyor belt to convey the bin to the first elevator, and pausing the second conveyor belt.
3. The material sorting loading system of claim 1, wherein the control means further determines whether a bin has reached the first elevator or the second elevator by calculating a run time of the bin on the conveyor.
4. The material sorting and feeding system according to claim 1, wherein bin detection units are respectively arranged at preset positions of the first lifting machine and the second lifting machine, and are used for detecting whether bins reach the first lifting machine or the second lifting machine; or,
and the preset positions of the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are respectively provided with a material box detection unit for detecting whether a material box reaches the first hoisting machine or the second hoisting machine.
5. The material sorting loading system according to claim 4, wherein the bin detecting unit determines that the bin reaches the first elevator or the second elevator after determining that the passing area of the bin reaches the preset area.
6. The material sorting and feeding system of claim 1, wherein the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are provided with a blocking device at a predetermined position, and the control device is further configured to activate the blocking device before the bin is transferred to the second conveyor belt by the second elevator or transferred to the first conveyor belt by the first elevator, and deactivate the blocking device after a predetermined time.
7. The material sorting and feeding system of claim 6, wherein the blocking device is a baffle extending from one side of the first conveyor belt or the second conveyor belt to the other side; or,
baffles which are respectively positioned at two sides of the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt and extend oppositely; or,
the baffle plate extends from the bottom of the first conveyor belt and the bottom of the second conveyor belt upwards through the gap of the first conveyor belt or the second conveyor belt.
8. The material sorting loading system of claim 1, wherein the material sorting workstation comprises a visual recognition device, a gripping robot, a sorting conveyor belt, wherein:
the visual recognition equipment is used for recognizing the material to perform position positioning and guiding the grabbing robot to grab the material;
sorting passes to, receives bins from, or passes bins back to only the second elevator.
9. The material sorting loading system of claim 1, wherein the first elevator and the second elevator comprise a transmission mechanism, and the transmission mechanism has a structure consistent with the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt.
10. The material sorting loading system of claim 1, wherein the first conveyor belt, the second conveyor belt is at least one of a belt line, a roller line, or a double speed chain.
11. The material sorting loading system according to claim 8, further comprising an ID recognition device on the material sorting workstation or the second elevator or the first conveyor belt, recognizing bin IDs set on the bins, wherein each bin ID corresponds to a predetermined kind of material, and the control device further reduces a range of material types according to the recognized bin IDs, and determines the material type directly or in combination with a material recognition image output from the visual recognition device.
12. The material sorting and feeding system according to claim 11, wherein the vision recognition device is configured to capture at least one image of the material, and the control device is further configured to match the image of the material recognized by the vision recognition device with a pre-stored image model of the material corresponding to the bin ID, and determine the type of the material according to the matching result, wherein the image model of the material includes the name of the material and a plurality of images of the material corresponding to the name of the material.
13. The material sorting loading system of claim 8, wherein the material sorting workstation further comprises a vibratory material shaking device, the vibratory material shaking device being a pushing cylinder disposed on both sides of the sorting conveyor, wherein the pushing cylinder on one side effects the pushing operation and the pushing cylinder on the other side effects the blocking operation.
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