CN111776741B - Feeding method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a feeding method and a device, comprising the following steps: providing a feeding device, which provides a first element which is an element to be processed; providing a processing host machine, which provides a second element; the first elements are conveyed one by one to enter the processing host, and after the first elements are combined with the second elements for processing, finished products which are processed are conveyed back to the feeding device for collection; therefore, the whole feeding operation is automated, and the processing benefit is improved.

Description

Feeding method and device

The invention relates to a feeding method and a feeding device, which are applied in 2017, 07, 31 and have the application number of 201710641075.1.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a feeding method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a feeding method and apparatus for feeding a component to be bonded in a bonding process of the component and the component.

Background

Generally, electronic components are widely available, but more than two kinds of electronic components are often combined based on necessary requirements, such as a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) is attached to a substrate. The two patent documents of Taiwan patent publication No. I546234, and Taiwan patent publication No. I567011, respectively, are that the first and second elements are placed on different carrier trays, and the two carrier trays are respectively carried by two carrying flow paths, and then the first element on one carrier tray is carried to the other carrier tray for bonding with the second element.

Disclosure of Invention

However, the prior arts disclosed in I546234 and I567011 are only applicable to the bonding operation in which the first and second devices are provided in the same machine, and are loaded in the trays in a matrix arrangement before bonding, and two carrier trays are respectively conveyed by two conveying flow paths, and the first device on one of the carrier trays is conveyed to the other carrier tray to be bonded with the second device, and when one of the devices (for example, the second device) is required to be picked up and bonded separately, the devices are not applicable to the bonding operation in which the devices are arranged in a matrix arrangement and conveyed by the carrier tray; also, if the first and second elements can not be provided in the same machine, it is a very important issue to be solved.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a feeding method for feeding a processing machine with a plurality of components to be processed arranged and transported.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for performing the feeding method.

A feeding method according to the object of the invention comprises: providing a feeding device, which provides a first element which is an element to be processed; providing a processing host machine, which provides a second element; the first elements are conveyed one by one to enter the processing host, and after the first elements are combined with the second elements for processing, finished products which are processed are conveyed back to the feeding device for collection; the component to be processed is moved out of the feeding device by a pick-and-place head of the processing host machine, and the pick-and-place head is different from a pick-and-place head used for moving a finished product which is processed back to the feeding device from the processing host machine.

Another feeding method according to the object of the invention comprises: providing a feeding device, wherein the feeding device provides a first component which is a component to be processed; providing a processing host machine, wherein the processing host machine provides a second assembly; the first assemblies are conveyed one by one to enter the processing host, and after the first assemblies are combined with the second assemblies for processing, finished products which are processed are conveyed back to the feeding device for collection; the assembly to be processed is extracted from a semi-finished product placing part of the feeding device, and the finished product which is processed is moved back to another temporary placing part of the feeding device, which is different from the semi-finished product placing part.

An apparatus according to another object of the present invention comprises: the feeding device and the processing host machine are used for executing the feeding method.

According to the feeding method and the feeding device, the feeding device can be set as a first machine table and is used for being juxtaposed with a processing host machine serving as a second machine table and providing the element to be processed by the processing host machine, so that independent production and feeding can be carried out on any processing host machine; in addition, the elements to be processed can be individually and independently arranged, conveyed and transferred to the processing host machine for lamination, and finished products after processing can be transferred back to the feeding device for collection, so that the whole feeding operation is automated, and the processing benefit is improved.

Drawings

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a carrier plate with components according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic top view of the feeding device in the embodiment of the present invention, wherein each mechanism is disposed on the table top.

Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the first bin mechanism and the first transfer mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the first bin mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the transfer mechanism of the first magazine mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic side perspective view of the first transfer mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is another schematic perspective view of the first transfer mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of the first discharging mechanism, the second discharging mechanism, and the third transferring mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged schematic view of a third transfer head of the first discharging mechanism and the third transfer mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the first discharge mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is an angular perspective view of the second transfer mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of another angle of the second transfer mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a schematic illustration of a juxtaposition of a feeder device and a processing mainframe in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a schematic view of a second transfer head conveyance method of the second transfer mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The element numbers in the figures are illustrated as follows:

a component A1 carrying disc

A11 inserting hole A12 first inserting and buckling part

A13 second engaging part A14 third engaging part

A15 embedded groove A16 truncated corner

A18 concave hole of A17 convex pin

B feeding device B1 table top

First bin mechanism at side C of B2 machine table

C1 disc supply area C11 disc supply frame

C111 hollow interval C112 frame seat

C113 vertical frame and C114 disc loading interval

C115 carries dish interval C116 clip spare

C117 drive C2 take-up area

C21 folding disc rack C211 hollow-out space

C212 frame seat C213 grudging post

C214 disk loading interval C215 disk loading interval

C216 stop key C3 transfer area

C4 side seat C41 moving space

C42 slideway C43 slide rail

C44 slide C45 belt

C46 rotary wheel C47 rotary wheel

C48 driving piece C49 containing box

C51 clamp of C5 transfer mechanism

C511 pawl C512 slide rail

C513 linkage member C514 driving member

C61 base of C6 lifting mechanism

C621 pad of C62 lifting platform

C622 backing seat C63 driving piece

D first discharge mechanism D1 semi-finished product placing part

D11 position determination part D12 position determination part

D2 conveying pitch D3 temporary placement part

D31 position determination part D32 position determination part

D4 side seat D41 jig seat

D51 slide rail of D5 conveying mechanism

D52 slide D53 driving piece

D6 conveying rack D61 conveying part

D611 suction hole D62 linkage

D63 rail seat D631 driving piece

E second discharge mechanism E1 finished product placing part

E11 position fixing part E12 position fixing part

E2 conveying spacing F second stock bin mechanism

F1 disc supply area F11 disc supply frame

F2 disc-collecting area F21 disc-collecting rack

F3 transfer area F4 containing box

G first transfer mechanism G1 main slide rail

G11 fixed frame G111 side frame

G112 sideframe G113 sideframe

G114 second fixing piece G115 elastic element

G2 first transfer head G21 extraction axis

G23 driving piece of G22 extraction head

G31 fine-tuning seat for supporting G3 seat

G41 fixing part of G4 fixing seat

G42 first side G43 hollow hole

G44 second side G5 auxiliary slide rail

G6 first rail G61 slide

G63 driving piece of G62 sliding rail

G7 secondary slide rail G8 second rail seat

G81 slide G9 drive

G91 drive rod H second moves and carries mechanism

H1 rail seat H2 second transfer head

H21 first pick-and-place head H22 second pick-and-place head

H23 third pick-and-place head H24 driving element

H25 first support seat of belt H3

H31 fixed part H4 second support seat

H41 fixed part H42 upper bracket

H421 slide H43 lower support

H431 sliding groove H5 fixing seat

H6 rail seat H61 driving piece

K third transfer mechanism K1 rail seat

K2 suction nozzle of K3 third transfer head

K4 slide rail L fourth moves and carries mechanism

L2 shifting head of L1 main slide rail L2

N inspection unit N1 lens

N2X-axis fine adjustment seat and N3Y-axis fine adjustment seat

N4Z-axis fine adjustment seat M reader

P processing host machine P1 feedway

P2 stand P21 fixed part

P22 side seat P3 first transfer flow path

P31 seat P4 second delivery channel

P41 carrier P411 first part

P412 second site

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, in the embodiment of the invention, a plurality of components a are disposed on a carrier a1 in a matrix arrangement, a portion of the carrier a1 for accommodating the components a can be configured into a corresponding embedding cavity a11 according to the shape of the components a, so that the components a can be properly positioned, and a first embedding part a12 with an upward concave opening and a second embedding part a13 with a downward concave opening are respectively disposed at two ends of the carrier a1, which are parallel to each other, on the upper side and the lower side, respectively; the two parallel sides of the carrying disc A1 are respectively provided with a concave third embedded buckling part A14 between the first embedded buckling part A12 (or the second embedded buckling part A13) at the two ends, and the concave opening of the concave third embedded buckling part A14 faces downwards; the two parallel sides of the tray a1 are located between the second snap-fit part a14 and the first snap-fit part a12 (or the second snap-fit part a13) at the two ends, and each is provided with a recessed embedded groove a15 which is through from top to bottom and has a recessed opening facing the two sides of the tray a 1; the carrying disc A1 is rectangular, and a truncated angle A16 is arranged at one corner of the carrying disc A1; the upper surface of the carrying disc A1 is provided with two convex pins A17, and the lower surface corresponding to the two convex pins A17 is provided with concave holes A18 (not shown); the component a may be, for example, a substrate with a metal component, on which a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) having a circuit or a passive component is attached; wherein, the element A can be a single element or a component combining, fitting or connecting a plurality of elements into a whole.

Referring to fig. 2, a feeding device B according to an embodiment of the present invention is an independent machine, and a table top B1 is provided with:

a first feed bin mechanism C, lie in one side on board mesa B1, this first feed bin mechanism C is the X axial horizontal setting and provides this year tray A1 sharp carrying flow path, and it includes: a disc supply area C1 at one end of the linear flow path and a disc collection area C2 at the other end of the linear flow path, wherein a transfer area C3 is arranged between the disc supply area C1 and the disc collection area C2; the tray supply area C1 comprises a tray supply frame C11, a tray supply frame C11 can be used for placing the carrier tray A1 with a plurality of elements A to be processed arranged in a matrix; the tray area C2 includes a tray C21, the tray C21 is for placing the tray A1 which is empty and picked out of the component A to be processed; the first stock bin mechanism C conveys the carrier A1 from the disk supply area C1 to the disk collection area C2 from right to left, and is picked up and moved out of the component A to be processed when passing through the transfer area C3, and then the carrier A1 in an empty state is continuously conveyed to the disk collection rack C21 for stacking and collection;

the first discharging mechanism D is positioned on the other side, relatively close to the inner side, of the first bin mechanism C on the table board B1, is horizontally arranged in the X axial direction and provides a linear horizontal intermittent conveying flow path, and the conveying flow path is from right to left in a unidirectional mode and has the same direction as the direction of conveying the carrying disc A1 by the first bin mechanism C; this first discharge mechanism D includes: a plurality of semi-finished product placing parts D1 arranged at intervals in a straight line on the straight horizontal conveying path;

the second discharging mechanism E is positioned on the other side, opposite to the first discharging mechanism D of the first bin mechanism C, of the table top B1 of the machine table, and the first discharging mechanism D is positioned between the second discharging mechanism E and the first bin mechanism C; the second discharging mechanism E is horizontally arranged along the X-axis, is parallel to the first discharging mechanism D and simultaneously provides a linear horizontal intermittent conveying path, and the conveying path of the second discharging mechanism E is from left to right in a unidirectional manner and is opposite to the conveying paths of the first bin mechanism C and the first discharging mechanism D; this second discharge mechanism E includes: a plurality of product placing sections E1 arranged at intervals in a straight line on the straight horizontal conveyance path;

the second bin mechanism F is positioned on the other side, opposite to the first bin mechanism C, of the table board B1, so that the first discharging mechanism D and the second discharging mechanism E are positioned between the first bin mechanism C and the second bin mechanism F; the second hopper mechanism F is horizontally disposed in the X-axis direction and provides a linear conveyance path for the carrier tray a1, and includes: a disc supply area F1 at one end of the linear flow path and a disc collection area F2 at the other end of the linear flow path, wherein a transfer area F3 is arranged between the disc supply area F1 and the disc collection area F2; the disc supply area F1 is provided with a disc supply frame F11 for placing the carrying disc A1 in an empty state; the disc-collecting area F2 is provided with a disc-collecting frame F21 for placing the carrier disc A1 which is provided with a plurality of finished products which are arranged in a matrix and are processed; the second bin mechanism F transports the empty carrier tray a1 from the feeding tray area F1 to the receiving tray area F2 from right to left, and carries the finished products after processing in the transfer area F3, and then moves to the tray collecting rack F21 to be stacked and collected, which is the same as the first bin mechanism C transporting the carrier tray a1 but opposite to the second discharging mechanism E transporting the components a to be processed; one side of the second bin mechanism F is provided with an accommodating box F4 for accommodating defective products;

a first transfer mechanism G, which is positioned between the first bin mechanism C and the first discharging mechanism D on the machine table B1; the first transfer mechanism G is arranged in the Y-axis direction and is vertical to the first discharging mechanism D and the first bin mechanism C, and a linear horizontal conveying flow path is provided at the same time, and the conveying path is from the first bin mechanism C to the first discharging mechanism D; the first transfer mechanism G is disposed on the transfer area C3 of the first bin mechanism C, and is provided with a first transfer head G2 capable of being driven by a horizontal main slide rail G1 to move back and forth between the transfer area C3 of the first bin mechanism C and the start end of the horizontal conveying flow path of the first discharging mechanism D;

a second transfer mechanism H, located on the table B1, near the end of the component a conveying flow path to be processed by the first discharging mechanism D, and near the beginning of the finished product conveying flow path that has been processed by the second discharging mechanism E; the second transfer mechanism H is arranged in the X-axis direction, and is provided with a rail seat H1 parallel to the first bin mechanism C, the first discharging mechanism D, the second discharging mechanism E, and the second bin mechanism F to provide a linear horizontal conveying flow path; the second transfer mechanism H is provided with a second transfer head H2 driven by the rail seat H1 to reciprocate leftwards and rightwards along the X axis;

a third transfer mechanism K located between the first discharging mechanism D and the second discharging mechanism E on the machine table B1, near the end of the component a conveying flow path to be processed on the first discharging mechanism D, and near the beginning of the finished product conveying flow path that has been processed by the second discharging mechanism E; the third transfer mechanism K is provided with a rail seat K1 perpendicular to the first bin mechanism C, the first discharging mechanism D, the second discharging mechanism E and the second bin mechanism F to provide a linear Y-axis horizontal transfer flow path, wherein the transfer path is from the end of the component a transfer flow path to be processed on the first discharging mechanism D to the start end of the finished product transfer flow path that the second discharging mechanism E has completed processing; the third transfer mechanism K is provided with a third transfer head K2 which can be driven on a rail seat K1 to make Y-axial displacement between the tail end of the conveying flow path of the first discharging mechanism D and the starting end of the conveying flow path of the second discharging mechanism E, a suction nozzle K3 is arranged below the third transfer head K2 and can make X-axial displacement on a slide rail K4;

a fourth transfer mechanism L located between the end of the finished product conveying flow path processed by the second discharging mechanism E on the machine table B1 and the second bin mechanism F; the fourth transfer mechanism L is arranged in the Y-axis direction, and is perpendicular to the second discharging mechanism E and the second bin mechanism F to provide a linear horizontal transfer flow path, and the transfer path is from the end of the finished product transfer flow path processed by the second discharging mechanism E to the transfer area F3 of the second bin mechanism F; the fourth transfer mechanism L is disposed on the transfer area F3 of the second bin mechanism F, and is provided with a transfer head L2 capable of being driven to move on a main slide rail L1 between the transfer area F3 and the end of the finished product conveying flow path where the second discharging mechanism E has finished processing.

The first bin mechanism C is the same as the second bin mechanism F, and for the first bin mechanism C as an example, please refer to fig. 3 and 4, a tray supply rack C11 of the first bin mechanism C is provided with a rectangular frame seat C112 with an internal hollow space C111, the peripheries of the hollow space C111 are respectively provided with vertical frames C113 with angular cross sections, the vertical frames C113 are limited and enclose two tray loading areas C114 and C115 for stacking the tray a1, and two opposite and parallel sides of the rectangular frame seat C112 are respectively provided with two groups of clamping pieces C116 capable of being driven to horizontally extend to the hollow space C111; the coiling frame C21 of the first stock bin mechanism C is provided with a rectangular frame seat C212 with an internal hollow space C211, the periphery of the hollow space C211 is respectively provided with a plurality of vertical frames C213 with angular sections, the vertical frames C213 limit the space and enclose two loading disc areas C214 and C215 for stacking the loading disc A1, and two opposite and parallel sides of the rectangular frame seat C212 are respectively provided with two groups of blocking keys C216 which can move upwards and pivot and stop downwards, horizontally move towards the hollow area C211 and can be freely pulled and pulled; the disc supply frame C11 and the disc collecting frame C21 are respectively and jointly arranged above two parallel side seats C4 at intervals, and the hollow space C111 of the disc supply frame C11 and the hollow space C211 of the disc collecting frame C21 are respectively communicated with a moving space C41 formed by the intervals of two side seats C4; the opposite inner side walls of the two side seats C4 are respectively provided with a slideway C42 which is positioned at the upper part in the X axial direction and is convexly arranged towards the opposite side seat C4, the lower part of each slideway C42 is respectively provided with a slide rail C43 in the X axial direction, the slide rail C43 is respectively provided with a slide seat C44, the slide seat C44 is provided with a transfer mechanism C5, the transfer mechanism C5 comprises two clamps C51 which are arranged at intervals along the X axial direction, the slide seat C44 is connected and linked by a belt C45, the belt C45 is arranged between two rotating wheels C46 and C47 on the opposite inner side walls of the two side seats C4, and the drive of one rotating wheel C46 is driven by a drive piece C48 so that the transfer mechanism C5 can do reciprocating sliding on the slide rail C43 in the X axial direction; one side seat C4 of the two side seats C4 is provided with an accommodating box C49 for accommodating defective products; two lifting mechanisms C6 are respectively arranged between two side seats C4 and between moving paths of two transfer mechanisms C5, the lifting mechanisms C6 are respectively provided with a base C61 at intervals and respectively correspond to two lifting mechanisms C6 below the supply tray rack C11 and the collection tray rack C21, the base C61 is provided with two embedding grooves C611 at intervals and parallel to each other for embedding and positioning the bottoms of the two side seats C4, a lifting table C62 is arranged between the two embedding grooves C611 on the base C61, the lifting table C62 can be driven by a driving piece C63 below the base C8 to lift up and down, each lifting table C62 is provided with two platform-shaped pad seats C621, wherein the two pad seats C62 on the lifting mechanism C6 below the supply tray rack C11 respectively correspond to the tray loading tray intervals C114 and C115, and the two pad seats C62 on the lifting mechanism C6 below the collection tray C21 respectively correspond to the loading tray intervals C215 and the loading tray C214.

Referring to fig. 5, each clamp C51 of the transfer mechanism C5 includes two pawls C511 disposed on the slide C44 at intervals along the X-axis and opposite to each other, each pawl C511 is disposed on an oblique slide C512 of the slide C44, the two pawls C511 are coupled and interlocked by a linkage member C513, and when the linkage member C513 is driven by a driving member C514 to move up and down along the Z-axis, the linkage member C511 moves up and down along the oblique slide C512, and moves the two pawls C511 toward each other or away from each other.

Referring to fig. 1, 3-5, in the carrying process, the tray a1 containing the component a can be stacked up and down in two tray sections C114 and C115 defined by the vertical stands C113 of the tray supply C11, wherein the truncated angle a16 of the tray a1 corresponds to the vertical stand C113 with the truncated angle, the concave hole a18 of the upper tray a1 corresponds to the convex pin a17 of the lower tray a1, and the tray a1 is embedded by the engaging member C116 at the third engaging part a14 and is placed above the engaging member C116 and stacked down in the two tray sections C114 and C115; the lifting table C62 of the lifting mechanism C6 under the tray C11 is driven by the driving piece C63 to lift, and through the hollow-out section C111 of the frame seat C112, the carrier disk A1 stacked in the two carrier disk sections C114, C115 is supported upward, so that the entire stack of carrier disks A1 in the two carrier disk sections C114, C115 is moved upward and is placed against each locking element C116, then each clamping piece C116 is driven by the driving piece C117 to retract inwards, the lifting platform C62 drives the whole stack of carrying discs A1 in the two carrying disc intervals C114, C115 to move downwards by the height of a carrying disc A1, so that each clamping piece C116 is driven to protrude to clamp and embed the third buckling part A14 of the second carrying disc A1 counted from bottom to top, the lowest tray A1 can be moved by the lifting platform C62 to descend to the slide C42 protruded on the inner side wall opposite to the two side seats C4, and is clamped by each two pawls C511 of two clamps C51 in a conveying mechanism C5 on a side seat C4, the transfer mechanism C5 slides on the slide rail C43 to transport the carrier tray a1 to the transfer area C3 for the first transfer head G2 of the first transfer mechanism G to pick up; after the component a on the carrying disc a1 is completely extracted, the carrying disc a1 is conveyed to the position below a disc collecting frame C21 by a conveying mechanism C5, a lifting table C62 of a lifting mechanism C6 below the disc collecting frame C21 is driven to drive the carrying disc a1 to ascend and prop against and shift each blocking key C216 through a hollow-out area C111 of a frame seat C112, after the carrying disc a1 passes through each blocking key C216, each blocking key C216 returns to the position, then the lifting table C6 drives the carrying disc a1 to descend, and the carrying disc a1 is placed on each blocking key C216 through a second embedded buckling part a 13;

when the transfer mechanism C5 on one side seat C4 performs the transportation of the tray a1 from the tray supply C11 to the tray receiving C21 through the transfer area C3, the transfer mechanism C5 on the other side seat C4 reversely returns to the tray supply C11 from the tray receiving C21 below the tray a1 being transported through the transfer area C3 to prepare for the next transportation, the transfer mechanism C5 of the slide carriage C44 respectively provided on the slide rail C43 on the opposite inner side walls of the two side seats C4 adopts an alternate transportation mode.

The first transfer mechanism G is the same as the fourth transfer mechanism L, and for the first transfer mechanism G as an example, please refer to fig. 3 and 6, the first transfer mechanism G includes a fixed seat G4 with one end suspended below and the other end supported by a supporting seat G3, the suspended end is provided with a horizontally arranged fixed part G41 fixed on the two side seats C4 of the first bunker mechanism C, and a fine-tuning seat G31 capable of performing X, Y axial horizontal fine tuning is arranged below the supporting seat G3 (when the width between the two side seats C4 is large enough to support, the supporting seat G3 can be omitted and directly fixed on the two side seats C4 of the first bunker mechanism C by the fixed part G41); two Z-axis auxiliary slide rails G5 are arranged on a first side surface G42 of the fixing seat G4 as the front side at intervals, and the main slide rail G1 is arranged on the two Z-axis auxiliary slide rails G5 in a spanning manner and can horizontally move up and down on the two Z-axis auxiliary slide rails G5; a Y-axis first rail seat G6 is arranged above the fixed seat G4, and the first transferring head G2 straddles the first rail seat G6 and the main slide rail G1 up and down by a fixing member G21, wherein the fixing member G21 and the first rail seat G6 are arranged such that the upper portion of the fixing member G21 is pivoted on a Z-axis slide rail G62 of a slide seat G61 on the first rail seat G6, so that the first transferring head G2 can be driven by a driving member G63 on the first rail seat G6 to slide on the Y-axis first rail seat G6 and the main slide rail G1 in a Z-axis vertical arrangement manner; the first transferring head G2 is provided with a extracting shaft G21, the lower end of the extracting shaft G3526 is provided with an extracting head G22, the extracting head G22 is provided with a negative pressure suction hole which can perform negative pressure suction on the object to be sucked, the shape of the extracting head G22 can be correspondingly designed according to the surface shape of the object to be sucked, and simultaneously, the extracting shaft G21 can perform up-and-down displacement and is driven by a driving piece G23 on the first transferring head G2 to rotate.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the back side of the main slide rail G1 is respectively extended through a through hole G43 on the fixing seat G4 and the outer side of the fixing seat G4 in a manner that two side frames G111 and G112 of a frame-shaped fixing frame G11 enclose one of the Z-axis auxiliary slide rails G7 therein, so that the fixing frame G11 is linked with the main slide rail G1; the fixing frame G11 is arranged on a second side surface G44 of the fixing seat G4 as the rear side, a side frame G113 and a sliding seat G81 on a second rail seat G8 fixedly arranged on the second side surface G44 in the Z-axis direction are fixedly arranged, and are driven by a driving piece G82 of the second rail seat G8, so that the displacement of the fixing frame G11 on the second rail seat G8 can drive the main slide rail G1 to move up and down; a first fixing piece G64 is arranged on the back side of the first rail seat G6 in the Y-axis direction, a second fixing piece G114 is arranged on a side frame G113 of the fixing frame G11, the second fixing piece G114 is provided with a driving piece G9 formed by a pneumatic cylinder, one end of a driving rod G91 is connected with the first fixing piece G64, elastic elements G115 formed by extension springs are respectively arranged between the first fixing piece G64 and the second fixing piece G114 on two sides of the driving rod G91, the weight of the fixing frame G11, the main slide rail G1 and the first transfer head G2 is supported by the elastic elements G115 in a floating state, and the driving piece G82 drives the fixing frame G11 to be interlocked with the main slide rail G1 and the first transfer head G2 so as to save labor; the distance between the first fixing member G64 and the second fixing member G114 defines the elastic restoring force of the elastic element G115, and the driving rod G91 is driven by the driving member G9 between the first fixing member G64 and the second fixing member G114 to shorten or extend, so as to fine-tune the tension tightness of the elastic element G115.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, each of the semi-finished product placing portions D1 of the first discharging mechanism D is formed by recessed positioning portions D11 and D12 corresponding to two sides of a hollow conveying space D2, and the component a to be processed is placed with its two ends respectively placed on the positioning portions D11 and D12 and its middle portion suspended across the hollow conveying space D2; at the last semi-finished product placing part D1 at the tail end of the conveying flow path of the component A to be processed of the first discharging mechanism D adjacent to the third transferring mechanism K, temporary placing parts D3 for placing processed finished products are respectively arranged at two sides of the semi-finished product placing part D1 at the same interval, and are formed by concave positioning parts D31 and D32 which correspond to two sides of the conveying interval D2 at intervals of hollowing; a reader M is provided at a side of a first semi-finished product placing part D1 adjacent to the starting end of the component A conveying flow path to be processed of the first discharging mechanism D, for reading product information such as a two-dimensional bar code of the component A to be processed placed on the first semi-finished product placing part D1 at the starting end of the conveying flow path;

the finished product placing part E1 of the second discharging mechanism E is composed of concave positioning parts E11 and E12 corresponding to two sides of a hollow conveying interval E2, the two ends of the conveyed finished product which is processed are respectively placed on the positioning parts E11 and D12, and the middle part of the finished product is placed in a mode of hanging over the hollow conveying interval E2; one side of the second material discharging mechanism E is provided with an inspection unit N, which is provided with a CCD lens N1 positioned above the finished product placing part E1, and the CCD lens N1 is subjected to fine adjustment displacement fine adjustment by an X-axis fine adjustment seat N2, a Y-axis fine adjustment seat N3 and a Z-axis fine adjustment seat N4, so as to inspect the finished products carried in the finished product placing part E1 of the second material discharging mechanism E.

The suction nozzle K3 under the third transfer head K2 of the third transfer mechanism K performs suction and discharge operations under negative pressure, and moves back and forth on the slide rail K4 with the third transfer head K2 between the two temporary placement portions D3 at the end of the conveying flow path of the first discharge mechanism D, and moves back and forth on the rail seat K1 with the third transfer head K2 between the last semi-finished product placement portion D1 at the end of the conveying flow path of the first discharge mechanism D and the first finished product placement portion E1 at the beginning end of the conveying flow path of the second discharge mechanism E, so as to pick and place and convey finished products.

Referring to fig. 8 and 10, the first discharging mechanism D is composed of two parallel side bases D4, and a strip-shaped jig base D41 is respectively disposed above the two side bases D4 for disposing a plurality of spaced concave positioning portions D11 or positioning portions D12; the two side seats D4 are spaced to form a hollow-out conveying space D2, a conveying mechanism D5 is arranged in the conveying space D2, the conveying mechanism D5 comprises an X-axis horizontal slide rail D51 arranged on the side wall of one side seat D4, a slide seat D52 is arranged on the slide rail D51, and a Z-axis driving piece D53 is arranged on the slide seat D52; a carrying frame D6 is in the shape of a long rod and is arranged in parallel to the two side bases D4 along the X-axis direction, a plurality of carrying parts D61 are arranged on the carrying frame at equal intervals in a linear arrangement, each carrying part D61 can respectively correspond to the lower part of one semi-finished product placing part D1 during carrying, and the carrying part D61 is provided with a suction hole D611 and provides negative pressure; the carrying frame D6 is linked by the driving member D53 to move up and down along the Z-axis, and is driven by the driving member D631 of a rail seat D63 through a linking member D62 to move horizontally on the sliding rail D51 along with the sliding seat D52; when carrying, the carrying rack D6 is driven by the driving device D53 to move up in the Z-axis direction, and the negative pressure of the suction hole D611 on the carrying part D61 sucks and receives the component a to be processed placed on the semi-finished product placing part D1, then the driving device D631 of the rail seat D63 drives the linking device D62 and moves the carrying rack D6 forward of the carrying flow path by a distance until the next semi-finished product placing part D1 in the carrying flow path, and then the driving device D53 drives the carrying rack D6 to move down in the Z-axis direction, so as to place the component a to be processed sucked on the carrying part D61 in the semi-finished product placing part D1 at that position, and carry the component a to be processed in the semi-finished product placing part D1 forward successively according to this mode;

the carrying method and structure of the second discharging mechanism E are substantially the same as those of the first discharging mechanism D, and there are only two less temporary placing portions D3 compared with the first discharging mechanism D, and the carrying direction is opposite, which is not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 2, 11 to 12, the second transfer mechanism H is provided with a first supporting seat H3 having a bottom end fixing portion H31 fixed on the table top B1 and used for supporting the rail seat H1, and a second supporting seat H4 having a bottom end fixing portion H41 fixed on the side B2 of the table for supporting the rail seat H1, the second supporting seat H4 includes an upper supporting frame H42 having one end fixed to the rail seat H1 and a lower supporting frame H43 having one end fixed to the side B2 of the table, the upper supporting frame H42 is combined with the lower supporting frame H43 by a convex sliding groove H431 and a concave sliding seat H421 capable of adjusting displacement; a fixed seat H5 is arranged at the other end of the rail seat H1 corresponding to the first supporting seat H3; the second transfer head H2 is driven by a driving member H11 on the rail seat H1 to reciprocate leftwards and rightwards along the X axis, and is driven by a driving member H61 on a Z-axis rail seat H6 on the rail seat H1 to move upwards and downwards along the Z axis on the rail seat H6; the second transfer head H2 is also provided with a second pick-and-place head H22, a first pick-and-place head H21 and a third pick-and-place head H23 which are arranged in a straight line at equal intervals, and the first pick-and-place head H21, the second pick-and-place head H22 and the third pick-and-place head H23 are respectively picked and placed by negative pressure; the second transfer head H2 can be driven by a driving member H24 via a belt H25 to rotate the first, second and third pick-and-place heads H21, H22 and H23 for pick-and-place operation with special specification or transportation mode.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, in practice, the feeding device B of the embodiment of the invention is configured as a first machine for being juxtaposed with a processing host P as a second machine and providing the component a to be processed by the processing host P; in the embodiment of the present invention, the processing host P is used to perform the bonding of two components, wherein a component Q (not shown) as a second component is provided by a feeding device P1 and transported to the carrier P31 of the first delivery flow path P3 of the machine base P2, the feeding device B provides the component a to be processed to the carrier P41 of the second delivery flow path P4 of the machine base P2 by using the second transferring mechanism H, and moves the component Q from the carrier P31 of the first delivery flow path P3 to the carrier P41 of the second delivery flow path P4 by using a transferring and bonding mechanism (not shown and described) to the finished product bonded with the component a back to the feeding device B, so that the rail H1 of the second transferring mechanism H extends to the processing host P as a second machine base P, and the fixing seat H5 is fixed on the machine base P8937 to separate the first delivery flow path P399685 of the first delivery flow path P3 from the convex fixing portion of the first delivery flow path P9638, the lower supporting frame H42 of the second supporting seat H4 is contained in the seat P32 at one side of the machine base P2, and only the upper supporting frame H41 is exposed; the second transfer head H2 of the second transfer mechanism H can be driven to horizontally reciprocate on the rail seat H1 between the carrier seat P41 of the second transfer flow path P4 of the processing machine P as a second machine and the last semi-finished product placing part D1 at the end of the component a transfer flow path to be processed by the first discharging mechanism D of the feeding device B as a first machine for carrying and picking up/placing.

Referring to fig. 14, the first pick-and-place head H21 of the second transfer head H2 is located between the second and third pick-and-place heads H22 and H23 and is used for picking and placing the device a to be processed, and the second and third pick-and-place heads H22 and H23 are used for picking and placing finished products that have been processed; during the transportation, the second transfer head H2 is moved to the last semi-finished product placing part D1 at the end of the component a transportation flow path to be processed by the first discharging mechanism D, and the component a to be processed in the semi-finished product placing part D1 is extracted by the first pick-and-place head H21; then the second pick-and-place head H2 is moved to the carrier P41 to place the component a to be processed on the first portion P411 of the carrier P41, while the third pick-and-place head H23 extracts the finished product of the second portion P412 left of the first portion P411; then the second transfer head H2 is moved to the last semi-finished product placing part D1 at the end of the component a conveying flow path to be processed by the first discharging mechanism D, the finished product extracted by the third pick-and-place head H23 and processed is placed in the temporary placing part D3 on the left side of the semi-finished product placing part D1, and at the same time, the first pick-and-place head H21 re-extracts the component a to be processed next placed in the semi-finished product placing part D1; then the second transfer head H2 is moved to the carrier seat P41, the component a to be processed is placed at the second position P412 of the carrier seat P41, and at the same time, the second pick-and-place head H22 extracts the finished product of the first position P411 at the right side of the second position P412, and at this time, the suction nozzle K3 below the third transfer head K2 of the third transfer mechanism K extracts the finished product in the temporary placement portion D3 at the left side of the semi-finished product placement portion D1, and transfers it to the first finished product placement portion E1 at the beginning end of the conveying flow path of the second discharging mechanism E, so that it is conveyed to the end of the conveying flow path; then the second transfer head H2 is moved to the last semi-finished product placing part D1 at the end of the component a conveying flow path to be processed by the first discharging mechanism D, the finished product extracted by the third pick-and-place head H23 and processed is placed in the temporary placing part D3 at the right side of the semi-finished product placing part D1, and at the same time, the first pick-and-place head H21 re-extracts the component a to be processed next placed in the semi-finished product placing part D1; then the second transfer head H2 is moved to the carrier seat P41, the component a to be processed is placed at the first position P411 of the carrier seat P41, and at the same time the third pick-and-place head H23 extracts the finished product of the second position P412 at the left side of the first position P411, and at this time, the suction nozzle K3 below the third transfer head K2 of the third transfer mechanism K extracts the finished product in the temporary placement portion D3 at the right side of the semi-finished product placement portion D1, and transfers it to the first finished product placement portion E1 at the beginning end of the conveying flow path of the second discharging mechanism E, so that it is conveyed to the end of the conveying flow path; and carrying by repeating the operation.

In practice, the tray a1 in the tray supply C11 of the first stocker mechanism C can be driven to move through the transfer area C3, and after the transfer area C3 picks up and removes the component a to be processed thereon, the empty tray a1 is moved to the tray receiving C21 to be stacked and collected; the first transfer head G2 of the first transfer mechanism G transfers the components a to be processed on the tray a1 in the first bin mechanism C to the transfer area C3 one by negative pressure, and transfers them to the semi-finished product placing part D1 at the beginning of the horizontal transfer flow path in the first discharging mechanism D for placing, and the defective products are transferred to the storage box C49 for placing; after the reader M reads the product information of the components a to be processed, such as two-dimensional bar codes, placed on the first semi-finished product placement portion D1 at the starting end of the conveying flow path, the first discharging mechanism D conveys the components a to be processed individually and independently in a linear arrangement manner one by one to the last semi-finished product placement portion D1 at the end of the conveying flow path by the conveying mechanism D5, the second transfer head H22 on the second transfer mechanism H transfers the components a to be processed on the end semi-finished product placement portion D1 of the conveying flow path of the first discharging mechanism D to the processing host P outside the machine table B1 for bonding processing, and transfers the finished products to be processed to the side of the temporary placement portion D3 of the semi-finished product placement portion D1 at the end of the conveying flow path of the components a to be processed on the first discharging mechanism D for placement; a suction nozzle K3 below the third transfer head K2 on the third transfer mechanism K extracts the finished products in the temporary placement part D3 beside the semi-finished product placement part D1, and transfers the finished products to the first finished product placement part E1 at the beginning end of the conveying flow path of the second discharging mechanism E, so that the finished products are conveyed to the tail end of the conveying flow path; and the finished products transported in the finished product placement part E1 on the second material discharge mechanism E are inspected by the CCD lens N1 of the inspection unit N during the transportation process, the transported finished products in the finished product placement part E1 moved to the tail end of the second material discharge mechanism E are picked up by the transport head L2 of the fourth transport mechanism L under negative pressure, and the finished products are transported to the transport area F3 in the second bin mechanism F to be disposed in the carrying tray A1 and transported to the tray collection area F2, and the tray collection frame F21 is stacked and collected, and the defective products are transported to the tray collection box F4 to be disposed.

In the feeding method and device of the embodiment of the invention, the feeding device B can be set as a first machine table and is used for being connected with the processing host P serving as a second machine table in parallel and providing the element A to be processed by the processing host P, so that independent production and feeding can be carried out on any processing host P; in addition, the components A to be processed can be individually and independently arranged, transported to the processing host P for bonding, and the finished products after processing can be transported back to the feeding device B for collection, so that the whole feeding operation is automated and the processing benefit is improved.

Although the present invention has been described with respect to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A method of feeding comprising:

providing a feeding device, which provides a first element which is an element to be processed;

providing a processing host machine, which provides a second element;

the first elements are conveyed one by one to enter the processing host, and after the first elements are combined with the second elements for processing, finished products which are processed are conveyed back to the feeding device for collection;

the picking and placing head for moving the element to be processed out of the feeding device is different from the picking and placing head for moving the finished product from the processing host back to the feeding device.

2. A feeding method as defined in claim 1, wherein the components to be processed are loaded in a plurality of trays in a first magazine mechanism of the feeding device, and are picked up from the trays by a first transfer mechanism and individually carried one by one in a first discharge mechanism.

3. The feeding method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the component to be processed in the first discharging mechanism is picked up by a second transfer mechanism with a second transfer head and moved out of the feeding device to the processing mainframe for processing.

4. The feeding method of claim 2, wherein the finished product is moved back to the first discharging mechanism of the feeding device.

5. A feeding method as defined in claim 2 wherein the finished product is transferred by a third transfer mechanism from the first discharge mechanism to a second discharge mechanism in the feeding device, the second discharge mechanism being carried in a direction opposite to the first discharge mechanism.

6. The feeding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the finished products moved back to the feeding device are inspected by an inspection unit, and the inspected finished products are transferred to a second bin mechanism for collection by a fourth transfer mechanism.

7. The supply method of claim 1 wherein the processing mainframe is adapted to apply two components, one of the components being moved from one carrier of a first transfer flow path to another carrier of a second transfer flow path for application to the component to be processed provided by the supply device.

8. A method of feeding comprising:

providing a feeding device, which provides a first element which is an element to be processed;

providing a processing host machine, which provides a second element;

the first elements are conveyed one by one to enter the processing host, and after the first elements are combined with the second elements for processing, finished products which are processed are conveyed back to the feeding device for collection;

the component to be processed is extracted from a semi-finished product placing part of the feeding device, and the finished product which is processed is moved back to another temporary placing part of the feeding device, which is different from the semi-finished product placing part.

9. The feeding method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the components to be processed are loaded in a plurality of trays in a first magazine mechanism of the feeding device, and are picked up from the trays by a first transfer mechanism and individually transported one by one in a first discharge mechanism; the finished products which are moved back to the feeding device and are processed are checked by a checking unit, and the checked finished products which are processed are conveyed to a second bin mechanism by a fourth transfer mechanism to be collected; the processing host machine is used for bonding two elements, wherein one element is moved from one carrier seat of a first conveying flow path to the other carrier seat of a second conveying flow path to be bonded with the element to be processed provided by the feeding device.

10. An apparatus, comprising: a feeding device and a processing machine for performing the feeding method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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