Design and Application of Versatile Automatic Bin with Valve Splint Slide Way

Abstract

A versatile modular automatic bin is designed for the valve processing and manufacturing industry, which can realize the functions of orderly storage, single separation, on-demand feeding and so on. It can also be combined with different types of manipulator to form an automatic loading and unloading workstation for each step of the valve fabrication to replace manual production. Targeting the real applications and conditions, in this work, the design requirements of silos are analyzed and the overall structure is designed. Experiments on the key component of the slide way are also carried out. Based on the data, the optimal inclination angle is determined. Besides, the material mechanism, the feeding mechanism and the pneumatic system are introduced in detail. Finally, the case study on the valve production enterprise is provided.