A kind of air supporting feeding device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of air supporting feeding device, relate in semiconductor crystal wafer and glass substrate manufacturing industry is contactless defeated
Transportation technique field.
Background technology
Liquid crystal glass base and semiconductor crystal wafer must assure that in process of production safety and nondestructive on its production line carry out defeated
Fortune.This kind of workpiece is transmitted by the current commonly used contactless mode transported, it is common practice to make workpiece with defeated
Between shipping unit surface formed one layer of air film, workpiece is suspended in above device, thus avoid workpiece in transmitting procedure with
Apparatus surface contacts and causes damage.In existing this suspension transmission equipment, more typical just like Chinese patent application
" a kind of air suspension device " (application publication number is CN201961843U, and Shen Qing Publication day is: on JIUYUE 7th, 2011),
" air suspension conveyer " (application publication number is CN102363476A, and Shen Qing Publication day is: on February 29th, 2012),
" float-up device and conveyer device " (application publication number is CN1966371B, and Shen Qing Publication day is: August 15 in 2012
Day).These technical schemes and similar techniques scheme thereof be all by from apparatus surface spray straight up airflow function in work
Bottom part, the gap that air is consisted of apparatus surface and workpiece is arranged to air and at workpiece one layer of air film formed below, gas
Workpiece is only played a supporting role by film, and workpiece motion in the horizontal direction must be driven by applying external force.This kind of
Conveyer device can bring following problem:
1. need otherwise designed to drive the moveable platform of workpiece motion s, such as mechanical arm, roller etc., device overall weight
To be greatly increased.
2. workpiece and conveyer device are not in contactless state completely, as it is shown in figure 1, between device 4 and workpiece
Air film only plays a supportive role, and workpiece is transported by motor driving rolls 1, and owing to contacting with roller 1, workpiece is easy
Scratch, deform or damage.
In the prior art, the contactless transfer ways that also a class is known, as in figure 2 it is shown, open on device 1 surface
If oblique nozzle 2, below workpiece 3, spray windstream by oblique nozzle 2, utilize the viscosity traction that air flows
Act on thus drive workpiece motion s.But, there are the following problems for this technical scheme:
1. the air flow rate of nozzle injection is less, and driving force is limited, and workpiece motion s acceleration is little.
There is horizontal component and vertical component in the most oblique air-flow, wherein vertical component easily causes workpiece instability disturbing phenomenon
Appearance.
3. the air-flow from nozzle injection easily produces electrostatic pollution with semiconductor workpiece when contacting, and holds near contact point simultaneously
It is easily caused stress to concentrate.
4. nozzle air current direction is limited, is unfavorable for workpiece is carried out motor control.
Summary of the invention
Goal of the invention: in order to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, the present invention provides a kind of air supporting feeding device, its energy
Enough realize Entirely contactless formula to transport, solve existing air supporting feeding device driving force little and easy workpiece is caused disturbance
Problem, but also can reduce electrostatic pollute and surface of the work stress concentrate.
Technical scheme: for achieving the above object, a kind of air supporting feeding device of the present invention, including flat board, on described flat board
Be provided with several symmetrical grooves, paired longitudinal air inlet and the venthole of being provided with in each groove, air inlet with
Venthole is connected with compressed air inlet pipe and compressed air exhaustor respectively, compressed air inlet pipe and compressed air aerofluxus
Pipe is connected with source of the gas malleation and negative pressure by solenoid directional control valve.
As preferably, the degree of depth of described groove is more than 200 microns and less than 500 microns.
As preferably, being provided with two air inlets and two ventholes in described groove, the spacing of two air inlets goes out with two
The spacing of pore is equal.
As preferably, described air inlet and venthole upper end are provided with restricting element, table on the restricting element after installing
Face is not higher than groove floor, and restricting element is metal polyporous material or the porous graphite of sintering.
As preferably, described groove is cross, is provided with four rectangular recess in cross groove, air inlet or give vent to anger
Hole is positioned at rectangular recess, is provided with restricting element in rectangular recess.
Beneficial effect: the air supporting feeding device of the present invention, has the advantage that
1. due to air in groove in bottom horizontal flow sheet state, therefore, it can farthest utilize air-flow viscous force to drive
Workpiece motion s, it is thus achieved that bigger acceleration of motion, solves existing air supporting feeding device driving force little and easy to workpiece
The problem causing disturbance, but also electrostatic can be reduced and pollute and the stress concentration of surface of the work.
2. air inlet and steam vent use the mode of independent gas supply, and control mode is flexible, driver element and support unit cloth
Put and be easily achieved, it is possible to achieve high-precision contactless transport workpiece, meet the requirement of semiconductor element transmission.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of one of existing air supporting feeding device operative scenario;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the two of existing air supporting feeding device operative scenario
Fig. 3 is the principle schematic of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the front view that the present invention comprises the structure of 4 grooves;
Fig. 5 is the sectional view at Fig. 4 A-A;
Fig. 6 is the front view of the another kind of structure that the present invention comprises 4 grooves;
Fig. 7 is the front view that the present invention comprises the third structure of 4 grooves;
Fig. 8 is the sectional view at Fig. 7 B-B;
Fig. 9 is that the third structure that the present invention comprises 64 grooves uses view;
Figure 10 is the front view of the 4th kind of structure that the present invention comprises 4 grooves;
Figure 11 is the sectional view at Figure 10 C-C.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings the present invention is further described.
As shown in Fig. 3 to Figure 11, a kind of air supporting feeding device, including a ganoid flat board 11, flat board 11
Surface sets the multiple groove 1-2 being symmetric, and is mutually separated by flat board 11 surface between each groove 1-2, and groove
1-2 quantity is more than 4.The groove 1-2 on flat board 11 surface can be circular, square or cross, groove 1-2
The degree of depth is more than 200 microns and less than 500 microns.Air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 is offered in pairs inside groove 1-2,
Flat board 11 bottom surface residing for air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 offers screw thread, is used for connecting gas joint and supplies
Gas.Air inlet 1-3 supplies normal pressure, venthole 1-4 supplying negative voltage power.As it is shown on figure 3, workpiece 12 to be transported
It is positioned at flat board 11 surface, when compressed air inputs from air inlet 1-3, owing to groove 1-2 bottom surface is less than flat board
11 surfaces, in groove 1-2, flow resistance is little, and overwhelming majority air is discharged from venthole 1-4, the most on a small quantity in groove 1-2
Air is flowed in the gap that workpiece 12 and flat board 11 surface are constituted, and forms a layer of air pressure film, makes workpiece 12
Any contact is there is not with flat board 11 surface.The quasi-viscous effect that in groove 1-2, air flowing produces simultaneously can make workpiece 12
Forces are applied, thus realizes the motion of workpiece 12.In order to improve the accuracy that viscous force controls, each groove 1-2
Air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 all separately through a two-bit triplet solenoid directional control valve 15 and source of the gas malleation and negative pressure
It is connected, by solenoid directional control valve 15 is controlled changing airflow direction in groove.
The present invention drives workpiece 12 by the viscous effect of horizontal gas flow, with the prior art phase utilizing oblique jet flow
Ratio, the present invention is capable of in the case of identical supply flow rate obtaining bigger driving force, simultaneously because do not exist vertically
Direction air-flow, it is possible to reduce the air-flow disturbance to workpiece 12.
In the technical scheme of above-mentioned air supporting feeding device: the groove 1-2 quantity increased in unit are makes the flat gas of trough inner water
Stream increases with workpiece 12 contact area, can improve viscous force.For ensureing the symmetry of device, the internal phase of groove 1-2
Between adjacent pore, pitch-row is equal;The positive/negative pressure of air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 suitably to mate, empty in increasing groove
Throughput, can increase driving force in the case of ensureing certain hoverheight.Fluted 1-2 need not be provided which to drive
Power, can be supplied separately to malleation or negative pressure according to practical situations.Can also suitably change the groove 1-2 degree of depth to carry
High viscosity driving force.
Air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 can be rectangle, circle, triangle, or arbitrary shape.Can also
Supplied by sintering diamond bit, or can be porous graphite.When using sintering diamond bit or many
When hole graphite is as restricting element, at air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4, groove 1-2 is the deepest, more than 3 millimeters, uses
In being embedded by porous material, after embedding, its surface flushes or lower slightly with groove 1-2 bottom surface.
As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, flat board 11 surface offers 4 square indentations 1-2 being symmetric, groove
The 1-2 length of side is 25 millimeters, and the degree of depth is more than 200 microns and less than 500 microns.Air inlet is offered in pairs inside groove 1-2
Hole 1-3 and venthole 1-4, diameter is 3 millimeters, on flat board 11 bottom surface residing for air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4
Offer screw thread, for connecting with air inlet pipe and exhaustor.Air inlet 1-3 supplies normal pressure, and venthole 1-4 supply is negative
Pressure.Mutually separated by guide rail surface between each groove 1-2.If apparatus surface is placed with workpiece 12, work as compressed air
When air inlet 1-3 inputs, owing to groove 1-2 bottom surface is wider with the runner that workpiece 12 lower surface is formed, flow resistance is little,
Overwhelming majority air is just discharged from venthole 1-4, and a small amount of air is flowed into the gap that workpiece 12 is constituted with apparatus surface
In, form a layer of air pressure film, make workpiece 12 that any contact not occur with apparatus surface.Air is at groove 1-2
In from air inlet 1-3 to venthole 1-4 flow time, its quasi-viscous effect can make workpiece 12, and forces are applied, so that workpiece
12 motions.
As shown in Figure 6, comprise 4 and there is mutually isostructural groove 1-2, it from Fig. 4, embodiment illustrated in fig. 5 different
, that flat board 11 surface is offered is 4 circular groove 1-2 being symmetric, a diameter of 30 millimeters of groove 1-2.
As shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8, flat board 11 surface offers 4 cruciform groove 1-2 being symmetric, groove
1-2 is wide 20 millimeters, long 30 millimeters, and the degree of depth is more than 200 microns and less than 500 microns.At groove 1-2 spider end
Portion offers narrow and long rectangular air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 in pairs, and pore length 15 millimeters is wide 3.5 millimeters, deep 3 millimeters.
In the bottom centre of air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4, the through hole with a diameter of 3 millimeters connects, flat residing for through hole
Plate 11 offers screw thread on bottom surface, for connecting with compressed air inlet pipe and compressed air exhaustor.Arranged in pairs
Air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 is when supplying for a pair, and another is to not supplying, chaotic with air-flow in preventing groove 1-2.
Compared with Fig. 4, embodiment illustrated in fig. 5, cruciform groove 1-2 adds the active area of air-flow viscous force, identical
Supplying gas condition under can obtain bigger driving force.Meanwhile, narrow and long rectangular air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4 can make
The support force that workpiece 12 is subject to is evenly.
As it is shown in figure 9, altogether containing 64 groove 1-2, may be used to workpiece 12 and transport within the specific limits.Each enter
Pore 1-3 is all connected with source of the gas malleation and negative pressure by two-bit triplet solenoid directional control valve 15 with venthole 1-4.By control
The break-make of solenoid directional control valve 15 processed can change the viscous force action direction in each groove 1-2, makes workpiece 12 towards one
Fixed direction motion.
As shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11, it is unlike Fig. 7, embodiment illustrated in fig. 8, at rectangular inlet hole 1-3 and
Sintering diamond bit or porous graphite is embedded as restricting element at venthole 1-4.Porous material upper surface and groove
1-2 surface flushes or lower slightly, and between lower surface and rectangular opening bottom surface, 0.5 millimeter of spacing of reservation is to guarantee supply uniformly, side
Face uses the mode of glue sealing in case stopping leak leaks.Offer a diameter of at the bottom centre of air inlet 1-3 and venthole 1-4
The through hole of 3 millimeters, offers screw thread on flat board 11 bottom surface residing for through hole, is used for and compressed air inlet pipe and compression
Air exhaust duct connects.When compressed air inputs from air inlet 1-3, flows decrease after porous material, flowing is steady,
Workpiece 12 disturbance to transporting is little so that it is the support force being subject to is more uniform.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it should be pointed out that: for those skilled in the art
For, under the premise without departing from the principles of the invention, it is also possible to make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications are also
Should be regarded as protection scope of the present invention.