Structural design of automatic nut feeding and tapping system

JING Tao1, FENG Wuwei1,2

(1.School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China;
2.Key Laboratory of Offshore Engineering Technology of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan 316022, China)

Abstract: Aiming at the problems of the traditional tapping processing craft of nut, whose processing efficiency was low and there existed potential danger, multiple research was applied on the nut tapping processing including feeding, positioning, clamping, tapping, unloading, etc. A set of fullautomatic feeding and tapping system was designed for processing of nut. This system can be mainly divided into these subsystems: automatic feeding system (vibrating plate), automatic tapping and processing console system. 3D modeling software Solidworks was used in the structural design of the vibrating plate and the processing console. For the electrical control part, Mitsubishi PLC programming software GxDeveloper8.86 was used in the design of the ladder diagram, and Mitsubishi PLC simulation software GXSimulator 6 was used to verify the feasibility of the ladder diagram. The results indicate that the system can adapt to the requirements of the production of flexible automation processing with high reliability, which will become effective measures and main methods to improve labor productivity and the working conditions, it having a wide application prospect.

Key words: automatic loading；plugin manipulator；system design；PLC