CN113023443A - Coiled material mechanism of rectifying for flexible circuit board production - Google Patents

Coiled material mechanism of rectifying for flexible circuit board production Download PDF

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CN113023443A
CN113023443A CN202110230525.4A CN202110230525A CN113023443A CN 113023443 A CN113023443 A CN 113023443A CN 202110230525 A CN202110230525 A CN 202110230525A CN 113023443 A CN113023443 A CN 113023443A
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李元钦
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The invention relates to a coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production, which comprises an installation seat plate, wherein an installation frame is fixedly connected to the installation seat plate, and an installation groove is formed in the middle of the installation frame; the driving motor is arranged in the mounting groove of the mounting frame; the U-shaped block mounting plate is fixedly connected to the front side of the driving motor, the lower part of the U-shaped block mounting plate is fixedly connected to the driving motor, and the upper part of the U-shaped block mounting plate is arranged in a mode of being turned outwards; the at least two inverted U-shaped blocks are distributed and arranged on the turning-over part of the U-shaped block mounting plate and the upper end surface of the driving motor; the coiled material guiding mechanism comprises a fixing plate which is connected to the output shaft end of the driving motor in a transmission mode, a set of corresponding guide roller set is installed on the upper portion of the fixing plate in a rotating mode, corresponding supporting rollers are installed on the bottom of the fixing plate in a rotating mode, and the supporting rollers are installed on corresponding inverted U-shaped blocks in a rotating mode respectively. The invention can effectively reduce the space occupation and effectively ensure the deviation rectifying precision.

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Coiled material mechanism of rectifying for flexible circuit board production
Technical Field
The invention relates to a coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production, which is mainly used for rectifying the position of a coiled material in the printing and processing process of a flexible circuit board.
Background
The flexible printed circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board with high reliability, which is made of polyimide or polyester film as a base material. The high-density light-weight LED lamp has the characteristics of high wiring density, light weight, thin thickness and good bending property. In the printing production process of the flexible circuit board, a coiled material (polyimide or polyester film) needs to be positioned for conveying, and the output deviation of the coiled material needs to be controlled within a certain range so as to prevent the printing position from deviating to influence the product quality.
The coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism mostly comprises a driving part and an executing part, and the driving part drives the executing part to directly apply force to the coiled material, so that the position of the coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism is adjusted to realize deviation rectification. The existing coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism has the defect of high space occupancy rate, so that the adaptability of the coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism is relatively insufficient, and the coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism is undoubtedly inapplicable to flexible circuit board production equipment which has high precision requirement and low space occupancy requirement. The existing coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism still has the problem of insufficient deviation rectifying precision, and the deviation rectifying mechanism is represented by two aspects: 1) in the deviation rectifying process, the position deviation of the other side often occurs due to excessive deviation rectifying, and the deviation rectifying can be realized in place after multiple actions are needed; 2) the insufficient correction stability is mainly caused by the insufficient connection stability between the driving part and the executing part.
Therefore, the design of the device can effectively reduce the occupied space, thereby effectively improving the adaptability; the coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production can effectively and greatly improve the connection stability between the driving part and the executing part of the deviation rectifying mechanism, thereby effectively ensuring the deviation rectifying precision.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the technical problems in the prior art, the invention provides a coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production, which can effectively solve the technical problems in the prior art.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production comprises
The installation seat plate is fixedly connected with an installation frame, and an installation groove is formed in the middle of the installation frame;
the driving motor is arranged in the mounting groove of the mounting frame;
the U-shaped block mounting plate is fixedly connected to the front side of the driving motor, the lower part of the U-shaped block mounting plate is fixedly connected to the driving motor, the upper part of the U-shaped block mounting plate is arranged in a mode of being turned outwards, and the turning part of the U-shaped block mounting plate is flush with the upper end face of the driving motor;
the at least two inverted U-shaped blocks are distributed and arranged on the turning-over part of the U-shaped block mounting plate and the upper end surface of the driving motor;
the coiled material guide mechanism comprises a fixed plate which is connected to the output shaft end of the driving motor in a transmission manner, a group of corresponding guide roller sets are rotatably installed on the upper portion of the fixed plate, corresponding support rollers are respectively transversely and rotatably installed at the positions, corresponding to the inverted U-shaped blocks, of the bottom of the fixed plate, and the support rollers are respectively rotatably installed on the corresponding inverted U-shaped blocks;
still include vertical stop gear, vertical stop gear contain at least one rigid coupling in the vertical fixed block of fixed plate lower part, the turn over of U type piece mounting panel the fold portion with the corresponding vertical spacing axle of rigid coupling has on the position of vertical fixed block, vertical fixed block rotate install in on the vertical spacing axle.
Still include coiled material position induction mechanism, coiled material position induction mechanism contains photoelectric sensor, photoelectric sensor through corresponding sensor connecting plate movable mounting in driving motor's rear side.
The rear side rigid coupling of driving motor has the guide block mounting panel, be equipped with the draw-in groove on the guide block mounting panel, the inner of sensor connecting plate is turned over downwards and has corresponding spacing bolt through threaded connection mode through connection, spacing bolt's tip rigid coupling has corresponding cardboard, the cardboard joint in the draw-in groove of guide block mounting panel.
And one end of the limiting bolt, which is not provided with the clamping plate, is fixedly connected with a corresponding corrugated hand wheel.
The two sides of the fixed plate are respectively arranged in an upward overturning manner, and the guide roller sets are respectively and rotatably arranged on the overturning portions of the fixed plate.
And the bottom of the fixed plate is fixedly connected with corresponding roller mounting plates downwards at positions corresponding to the inverted U-shaped blocks respectively, and the supporting rollers are rotatably connected to the corresponding roller mounting plates respectively.
The number of the inverted U-shaped blocks is four, and the number of the longitudinal fixed blocks is one.
The invention has the advantages that:
1) when the device works, the coiled material is conveyed after being wound by the guide roller group on the upper part of the fixed plate, the tension on two sides of the coiled material wound by the guide roller group can be effectively adjusted through the angle adjustment of the fixed plate, namely the guide roller group, and the position of the coiled material can be effectively adjusted in a micro-way under the self-adaptive adjustment of the coiled material.
The driving motor is effectively installed through the installation of the installation frame, the U-shaped block installation plate is arranged on the front side of the driving motor, the support roller is effectively and stably limited and supported through the arrangement of the inverted U-shaped block, so that the fixing plate, namely the guide roller set, is effectively and stably supported, the connection layout of all parts is compact and reasonable, the space occupation is effectively reduced on the basis of stable deviation correction, the adaptability of the flexible circuit board correction device is effectively improved, and the flexible circuit board correction device can be suitable for flexible circuit board production equipment with high precision requirement and low space occupation requirement.
2) In the angle fine adjustment process of the fixing plate, the support idler wheels arranged on the fixing plate can be effectively rotated and limited through the inverted U-shaped blocks, so that the rotation stability of the fixing plate in the angle adjustment process is effectively ensured, the connection stability between the driving part (driving motor) and the executing part (the fixing plate and the guide roller) is ensured, and the deviation rectification precision is effectively ensured under the condition that the rotation smoothness of the fixing plate is not influenced.
3) The invention also comprises a longitudinal limiting mechanism, and a longitudinal rotation limiting is effectively added on the basis of rolling limiting through the matching arrangement of a longitudinal fixing block fixedly connected to the lower part of the fixing plate and a longitudinal limiting shaft fixedly connected to the U-shaped block mounting plate, so that the rotation stability of the fixing plate in the angle adjusting process is further effectively ensured under the condition of not influencing the rotation smoothness of the fixing plate, and the deviation rectifying precision is further effectively ensured.
4) The invention comprises a coiled material position sensing mechanism, wherein the coiled material position sensing mechanism comprises a photoelectric sensor, and the photoelectric sensor is movably arranged on the rear side of a driving motor through a corresponding sensor connecting plate. When the width of the coiled material is changed, the tightness of the limiting bolt can be adjusted in time so as to adjust the corresponding positions on the clamping plate and the guide block mounting plate, so that the position of the photoelectric sensor is adjusted to meet the detection requirements of different widths of different coiled materials, and the practical effect of the invention is effectively improved.
5) According to the invention, two sides of the fixed plate are respectively arranged in an upward overturning manner, the guide rollers are respectively and rotatably arranged on the overturning parts of the fixed plate, and through the overturning arrangement of the fixed plate, not only can the compactness of the structure be effectively further improved, but also the connection stability between the guide rollers and the fixed plate can be effectively improved, so that the deviation rectifying precision of the invention is effectively further improved.
6) The guide roller is directly and rotatably arranged on the folding part of the fixed plate, the use of the connecting structure can be effectively reduced, the structure can be simplified, the error superposition can be reduced, and the deviation rectifying precision is effectively improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the guide block mounting plate.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the inverted U-shaped block arranged on the U-shaped block mounting plate and the driving motor.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the installation of the supporting rollers for fixing the bottom of the board.
Detailed Description
To facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, the structure of the present invention will now be described in further detail by way of examples in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
referring to FIGS. 1-5, a coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production comprises
The installation seat plate 1 is fixedly connected with an installation frame 2, and an installation groove 201 is formed in the middle of the installation frame 2;
the driving motor 3 is arranged in the mounting groove 201 of the mounting frame 2;
the U-shaped block mounting plate 4 is fixedly connected to the front side of the driving motor 3, the lower part of the U-shaped block mounting plate 4 is fixedly connected to the driving motor 3, the upper part of the U-shaped block mounting plate 4 is arranged in a mode of being turned outwards, and the height of the turning part of the U-shaped block mounting plate 4 is flush with the upper end face of the driving motor 3;
the four inverted U-shaped blocks 5 are distributed and arranged on the turning-over part of the U-shaped block mounting plate 4 and the upper end surface of the driving motor 3;
the coil guiding mechanism 6 comprises a fixed plate 601 which is connected to the output shaft end of the driving motor 3 in a transmission manner, a group of corresponding guide roller sets 602 is rotatably installed on the upper portion of the fixed plate 601, corresponding supporting rollers 603 are respectively transversely and rotatably installed at the positions, corresponding to the inverted U-shaped blocks 5, of the bottom of the fixed plate 601, and the supporting rollers 603 are respectively and rotatably installed on the corresponding inverted U-shaped blocks 5;
still include vertical stop gear 7, vertical stop gear 7 contain a rigid coupling in vertical fixed block 701 of fixed plate 601 lower part, the turn-over portion of U type piece mounting panel 4 with the rigid coupling has a corresponding vertical spacing axle 702 on the position that vertical fixed block 701 corresponds, vertical fixed block 701 rotate install in on the vertical spacing axle 702.
Further comprising a web position sensing mechanism 8, said web position sensing mechanism 8 comprising a photo sensor 801, said photo sensor 801 being movably mounted to the rear side of said drive motor 3 by means of a corresponding sensor connection plate 802.
The rear side of the driving motor 3 is fixedly connected with a guide block mounting plate 9, a clamping groove 901 is formed in the guide block mounting plate 9, the inner end of the sensor connecting plate 802 is turned downwards and is connected with a corresponding limiting bolt 10 in a penetrating mode through a threaded connection mode, a rod end part of the limiting bolt 10 is fixedly connected with a corresponding clamping plate 11, and the clamping plate 11 is clamped in the clamping groove 901 of the guide block mounting plate 9.
One end of the limiting bolt 10, which is not provided with the clamping plate 11, is fixedly connected with a corresponding corrugated hand wheel 12.
The two sides of the fixing plate 601 are respectively arranged to be turned upwards, and the guide roller sets 602 are respectively rotatably mounted on the turning parts of the fixing plate 601.
The bottom of the fixing plate 601 is fixedly connected with corresponding roller mounting plates 13 downwards at positions corresponding to the inverted-U-shaped blocks 5, and the supporting rollers 603 are rotatably connected to the corresponding roller mounting plates 13 respectively.
During the deviation rectification, the fixed plate 601 can be directly driven to rotate by a certain angle through the driving motor 3, so that the guide roller group 602 is adjusted to guide the coiled material at a certain angle, the tension of the two sides of the coiled material wound through the guide roller group 602 is effectively adjusted, and the position of the coiled material can be effectively adjusted in a micro-adjusting mode under the self-adaptive adjustment of the coiled material, so that the coiled material is effectively rectified.
The driving motor 3 is effectively installed through the installation of the installation frame 2, the U-shaped block installation plate 4 is arranged on the front side of the driving motor 3, the support rollers 603 are effectively and stably limited and supported through the arrangement of the inverted U-shaped block 5, so that the fixing plate 601, namely the guide roller set 602, is effectively and stably supported, the connection layout of all the parts is compact and reasonable, the occupied space is effectively reduced on the basis of stable deviation correction, the adaptability of the flexible circuit board production device is effectively improved, and the flexible circuit board production device can be suitable for flexible circuit board production equipment with high precision requirements and low space occupation requirements.
Through the cooperation setting of the vertical fixed block 701 of rigid coupling in fixed plate 601 lower part and the vertical spacing axle 702 of rigid coupling on U type piece mounting panel 4, it is spacing effectively to increase one vertical rotation on the spacing basis of rolling to under the condition that does not influence the smooth and easy degree of rotation of fixed plate 601, further effectively ensure the rotational stability of fixed plate 601 in the angular adjustment process, with effective further assurance precision of rectifying.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a coiled material mechanism of rectifying for flexible circuit board production which characterized in that: comprises that
The installation seat plate (1), wherein an installation frame (2) is fixedly connected to the installation seat plate (1), and an installation groove (201) is formed in the middle of the installation frame (2);
the driving motor (3) is arranged in the mounting groove (201) of the mounting rack (2);
the U-shaped block mounting plate (4) is fixedly connected to the front side of the driving motor (3), the lower portion of the U-shaped block mounting plate (4) is fixedly connected to the driving motor (3), the upper portion of the U-shaped block mounting plate (4) is arranged in a mode that the U-shaped block mounting plate is turned outwards, and the turning part of the U-shaped block mounting plate (4) is flush with the upper end face of the driving motor (3);
the at least two inverted U-shaped blocks (5) are distributed and arranged on the turning-over part of the U-shaped block mounting plate (4) and the upper end surface of the driving motor (3);
the coil guiding mechanism (6) comprises a fixing plate (601) which is in transmission connection with the output shaft end of the driving motor (3), a group of corresponding guide roller sets (602) are rotatably installed on the upper portion of the fixing plate (601), corresponding supporting rollers (603) are respectively transversely and rotatably installed at the positions, corresponding to the inverted U-shaped blocks (5), of the bottom of the fixing plate (601), and the supporting rollers (603) are respectively and rotatably installed on the corresponding inverted U-shaped blocks (5);
still include vertical stop gear (7), vertical stop gear (7) contain at least one rigid coupling in vertical fixed block (701) of fixed plate (601) lower part, the turn-over portion of U type piece mounting panel (4) with the rigid coupling has a corresponding vertical spacing axle (702) on the corresponding position of vertical fixed block (701), vertical fixed block (701) rotate install in on vertical spacing axle (702).
2. The coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production according to claim 1, characterized in that: still include coiled material position sensing mechanism (8), coiled material position sensing mechanism (8) contain photoelectric sensor (801), photoelectric sensor (801) through corresponding sensor connecting plate (802) movable mounting in the rear side of driving motor (3).
3. The coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production according to claim 2, characterized in that: the rear side rigid coupling of driving motor (3) has guide block mounting panel (9), be equipped with draw-in groove (901) on guide block mounting panel (9), the inner of sensor connecting plate (802) turns over downwards and has corresponding spacing bolt (10) through threaded connection mode through connection, the rod end rigid coupling of spacing bolt (10) has corresponding cardboard (11), cardboard (11) joint in draw-in groove (901) of guide block mounting panel (9).
4. The coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production according to claim 3, characterized in that: one end of the limiting bolt (10) which is not provided with the clamping plate (11) is fixedly connected with a corresponding corrugated hand wheel (12).
5. The coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production according to claim 1, characterized in that: the two sides of the fixed plate (601) are respectively arranged in an upward overturning manner, and the guide roller sets (602) are respectively and rotatably arranged on the overturning portions of the fixed plate (601).
6. The coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production according to claim 1, characterized in that: the bottom of fixed plate (601) is respectively to corresponding gyro wheel mounting panel (13) of rigid coupling down on the position corresponding with the type of falling U piece (5), supporting roller (603) rotate respectively and connect on corresponding gyro wheel mounting panel (13).
7. The coiled material deviation rectifying mechanism for flexible circuit board production according to claim 1, characterized in that: the number of the inverted U-shaped blocks (5) is four, and the number of the longitudinal fixing blocks (701) is one.
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