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CN-121979019-A - Automatic dispensing equipment for traditional Chinese medicinal materials and control method

CN121979019ACN 121979019 ACN121979019 ACN 121979019ACN-121979019-A

Abstract

The invention discloses automatic traditional Chinese medicine dispensing equipment and a control method, and relates to the technical field of medicine dispensing equipment. The machine frame is provided with a feeding station, a plurality of medicine dispensing stations and a discharging station, the conveying mechanism comprises an annular conveying belt and a plurality of baffles distributed along the circumferential direction of the annular conveying belt, a containing area for limiting one turnover basket is formed between adjacent baffles, synchronous stepping conveying of the turnover baskets is achieved, the medicine dispensing devices are arranged above the machine frame along a conveying path and respectively correspond to one traditional Chinese medicine, and the medicine dispensing devices are independently thrown in according to the requirement when the turnover basket flows through the corresponding medicine dispensing stations. The synchronous conveying mode supports multi-basket parallel processing, avoids waiting delay of a traditional 'one-shift' serial mode, can improve prescription processing efficiency and system throughput capacity, and is suitable for a high-flow traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing scene.

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  • 易葫芦科技(苏州)有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260505
Application Date
20251224

Claims (12)

  1. 1. An automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials, characterized by comprising: The machine frame (10) is provided with a plurality of stations, wherein the stations comprise a feeding station (a), a plurality of medicine dispensing stations (b) and a discharging station (c); The conveying mechanism (20) is arranged on the frame (10) and is used for synchronously conveying a plurality of turnover baskets (200) in a stepping mode along a preset path, so that each turnover basket (200) positioned at the feeding station (a) is sequentially conveyed to each medicine dispensing station (b) and then conveyed to the discharging station (c); a plurality of medicine dispensing devices (30) which are sequentially arranged above the frame (10) along a conveying path of the conveying mechanism (20), wherein each medicine dispensing device (30) is used for dispensing a Chinese medicinal material to a turnover basket (200) corresponding to the medicine dispensing station (b); The conveying mechanism (20) comprises at least one annular conveying belt (201) and a plurality of baffles (202), the baffles (202) are distributed on the working surface on the outer side of the annular conveying belt (201) along the circumferential direction of the annular conveying belt (201), and a containing area for limiting one turnover basket (200) is formed between every two adjacent baffles (202).
  2. 2. The automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, wherein two of said accommodation areas each disposed adjacently are provided in the same size.
  3. 3. The automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of dispensing stations (b) are divided into a first group of dispensing stations (b) and a second group of dispensing stations (b) arranged longitudinally; The frame (10) comprises two first brackets (11) extending longitudinally and arranged at intervals in the transverse direction, and a second bracket (12) extending transversely and extending between the two first brackets (11); the conveying mechanism (20) comprises: The first conveying assembly (21) comprises a first annular conveying belt (201) arranged on the first bracket (11), wherein the first annular conveying belt (201) is arranged along the longitudinal extension and is used for conveying the turnover basket (200) from the feeding station (a) to a first connection position through the first dispensing station (b) group; The second conveying assembly (22) comprises a second annular conveying belt (201) arranged on the other first bracket (11), and the second annular conveying belt (201) extends longitudinally and is arranged side by side with the first annular conveying belt (201) for conveying the turnover basket (200) from a second connection position to the blanking station (c) through the second medicine dispensing station (b) group; a transverse conveying assembly (23) provided on the second support (12) and extending between the first and second docking positions for transferring the turnover basket (200) therebetween; A plurality of baffles (202) are arranged on the first annular conveying belt (201) and the second conveying belt so as to realize synchronous stepping conveying of the turnover basket (200).
  4. 4. An automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 3, wherein two guide plates (203) extending in the longitudinal direction are provided on each of the first brackets (11), the two guide plates (203) are respectively provided on both sides of the corresponding endless conveyor belt (201), and a guide inclined surface (2031) is provided on the inner side of each guide plate (203) for guiding the circulation basket (200) to be maintained on a predetermined path when the circulation basket (200) enters or passes through the endless conveyor belt (201).
  5. 5. An automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 3, characterized in that the bottom of each of said first brackets (11) is provided with a roller (204).
  6. 6. The automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, wherein said conveying mechanism (20) further comprises: A servo motor (205) mounted on the frame (10); a tensioning wheel (206) which is coaxially connected with the output shaft of the servo motor (205); A drive roller (207) arranged in parallel with the output shaft of the servo motor (205); A tension belt (208) wound around the tension wheel (206) and the drive roller (207) to drivingly connect the drive wheel and the drive roller (207), and The driven roller (209) is arranged at intervals side by side with the driving roller (207), and the annular conveying belt (201) is wound on the peripheries of the driving roller (207) and the driven roller (209) so as to connect the driving roller (207) and the driven roller (209) in a transmission mode.
  7. 7. The automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 1, wherein said dispensing means (30) has a storage chamber with a feed inlet (30 a) and a discharge outlet (30 b); The automatic dispensing device for the traditional Chinese medicinal materials comprises a plurality of stations, and is characterized in that the stations further comprise a plurality of feeding stations (d), the automatic dispensing device for the traditional Chinese medicinal materials (100) further comprises a dosing mechanism (50), the dosing mechanism (50) comprises dosing components (52) which are movably arranged among the feeding stations (d), and the dosing components (52) are used for supplementing corresponding traditional Chinese medicinal materials to a feed inlet (30 a) of the storage cavity.
  8. 8. The automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 7, wherein the dosing assembly (52) comprises a dosing box (521) and a piston (522), wherein one end of the dosing box (521) is provided with an opening (521 a) and is rotatably arranged around a rotation axis extending in a longitudinal direction, the piston (522) is provided in the dosing box (521) and is movably arranged in a direction approaching and separating from the opening (521 a) of the dosing box (521), and the piston (522) is used for pushing chinese medicinal materials placed in the dosing box (521) out of the opening (521 a) of the dosing box (521) in an active stroke approaching to the opening (521 a) of the dosing box (521).
  9. 9. A control method of an automatic dispensing apparatus (100) for chinese medicinal materials, applied to the automatic dispensing apparatus (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized by comprising the steps of: Acquiring electronic prescription information of each of N turnover baskets (200), wherein the electronic prescription information comprises the types of required medicinal materials and corresponding preset weights, and N is more than or equal to 1; Controlling the conveying mechanism (20) to synchronously move the N turnover baskets (200) in a stepping manner, wherein each step is moved by one station interval; After each step of movement in place, acquiring electronic prescription information of a turnover basket (200) currently positioned at the dispensing station (b); judging whether the electronic prescription information contains medicinal materials corresponding to the medicine dispensing station (b); if yes, controlling the corresponding medicine dispensing device (30) to start and throwing medicine materials with preset weight into the turnover basket (200); if not, controlling the dispensing device (30) to keep a closed state; And repeatedly executing the steps and the medicine dispensing operation until all turnover baskets (200) finish the feeding of all medicinal materials.
  10. 10. The control method of an automatic dispensing device (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 9, wherein the step time T of the step-wise manner satisfies: T≥T0+Δt, Wherein T0 is the reference time required by any dispensing device (30) to finish the single maximum weight drug administration, and Deltat is the preset safety margin time threshold.
  11. 11. The control method of an automatic dispensing apparatus (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 10, further comprising: before each step, the total medicine delivery weight required by all current turnover baskets (200) at the next station is obtained, and the maximum single-station delivery time Treq of all medicine delivery devices (30) in the step period is calculated; If Treq > T, dynamically adjusting the step time of the step to T' =treq+Δt; Otherwise, the sustain step time is T.
  12. 12. The control method of an automatic dispensing apparatus (100) for chinese medicinal materials according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of: in the conveying process of the turnover basket (200), if an electronic prescription updating instruction aiming at any one of the on-the-way turnover basket (200) is monitored, acquiring updated electronic prescription information of the turnover basket (200); Re-judging the medicinal material requirements of each subsequent medicine dispensing station (b) according to the updated electronic prescription information; and before the turnover basket (200) reaches each subsequent medicine dispensing station (b), controlling the corresponding medicine dispensing device (30) to start and stop according to the re-judging result.

Description

Automatic dispensing equipment for traditional Chinese medicinal materials and control method Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of medicine dispensing equipment, in particular to automatic traditional Chinese medicine dispensing equipment and a control method. Background The traditional Chinese medicine prescription is generally formed by matching a plurality of traditional Chinese medicinal materials according to specific dosages. The traditional dispensing process relies on manual work to accomplish medicinal material discernment, weigh, partial shipment and check, and complex operation, inefficiency, and easily receive the influence of human factor, have the problem such as weighing deviation is big, dispensing mistake and intensity of labour are high. In order to improve the automation level, the traditional Chinese medicine automatic dispensing equipment adopts a plurality of medicine dispensing devices to respectively correspond to one medicine, and sequentially conveys the turnover basket to each medicine dispensing station for adding medicines through a conveying line. However, such devices often adopt a "one-by-one" intermittent conveying mode, that is, after the current circulation basket completes the current station action and is released, the next circulation basket can enter the station, so that the overall beat is limited, the throughput efficiency is low, and the high-flow prescription processing requirement is difficult to meet. Therefore, a more efficient automatic dispensing scheme is needed to improve system operation efficiency and reliability. Disclosure of Invention The invention mainly aims to provide automatic traditional Chinese medicine dispensing equipment and a control method thereof, and aims to solve the problems of long beat, low throughput efficiency and slow system response caused by adopting a 'one-stop-one-stop' intermittent conveying mode in the prior art. In order to achieve the above object, the automatic dispensing equipment for Chinese medicinal materials provided by the invention comprises: The machine frame is provided with a plurality of stations, wherein the stations comprise a feeding station, a plurality of medicine dispensing stations and a discharging station; the conveying mechanism is arranged on the rack and is used for synchronously conveying a plurality of turnover baskets in a stepping mode along a preset path so that each turnover basket at the feeding station is sequentially conveyed to each medicine dispensing station and then conveyed to the discharging station; The medicine dispensing devices are sequentially arranged above the rack along a conveying path of the conveying mechanism, and each medicine dispensing device is used for dispensing one traditional Chinese medicine to a turnover basket corresponding to the medicine dispensing station; The conveying mechanism comprises at least one annular conveying belt and a plurality of baffles, the baffles are distributed on the working surface on the outer side of the annular conveying belt along the circumferential direction of the annular conveying belt, and a containing area for limiting one turnover basket is formed between every two adjacent baffles. In one embodiment, two of the receiving areas each disposed adjacent to each other are disposed in the same size. In one embodiment, the plurality of dispensing stations are divided into a first dispensing station group and a second dispensing station group arranged in a longitudinal direction; the frame comprises two first brackets extending along the longitudinal direction and arranged at intervals in the transverse direction, and a second bracket extending along the transverse direction and extending between the two first brackets; the conveying mechanism comprises: the first conveying assembly comprises a first annular conveying belt arranged on the first bracket, and the first annular conveying belt is arranged along the longitudinal extension and is used for conveying the turnover basket from the feeding station to a first connection position through the first medicine-sending station group; The second conveying assembly comprises a second annular conveying belt arranged on the other first bracket, extends longitudinally and is arranged side by side with the first annular conveying belt, and is used for conveying the turnover basket from a second connection position to the blanking station through the second dispensing station group; the transverse conveying assembly is arranged on the second bracket, extends between the first connection position and the second connection position and is used for transferring the turnover basket between the first connection position and the second connection position; And a plurality of baffles are arranged on the first annular conveying belt and the second conveying belt so as to realize synchronous stepping conveying of the turnover basket. In one embodiment, two guide plates extendin