Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the technical problems in the prior art, the invention provides a circuit board cutting device and a circuit board cutting method.
The embodiment of the invention provides a circuit board cutting device, which comprises a rotary table, a first transmission belt, a second transmission belt and N cutting bases arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotary table, wherein N is equal to or greater than 3, a first connecting plate is arranged at the top of the cutting base at the end part of the N cutting bases, a first cutter and a first clamping arm are arranged on the first connecting plate, the first connecting plate can reciprocate between the rotary table and the first transmission belt to clamp and convey a circuit board to be cut on the first transmission belt to the cutting base through the first clamping arm, the first cutter is used for cutting in the first direction, a second connecting plate is arranged at the top of the cutting base in the middle, a second cutter is arranged on the second connecting plate, the second cutter can cut the circuit board on the cutting base in the second direction, a third connecting plate is arranged at the top of the cutting base at the other end of the N cutting bases, the third connecting plate can reciprocate between the rotary table and the second transmission belt, and the circuit board cut on the cutting base can be conveyed to the second transmission belt through the second clamping arm.
Further, the top of cutting the base on the carousel all is equipped with mutually perpendicular's horizontal beam and longitudinal beam, and wherein horizontal beam is motionless, and longitudinal beam can remove on horizontal beam, and first connecting plate, second connecting plate and third connecting plate slide and set up on longitudinal beam.
Further, the first cutting mechanism and the first clamping mechanism are fixedly connected to the first connecting plate, the first cutting mechanism and the first clamping mechanism are respectively arranged on two sides of the longitudinal beam, the first cutting mechanism comprises a first cutting motor capable of moving up and down, the first clamping mechanism comprises a first clamping base capable of moving up and down, a pair of first clamping plates are arranged on the first clamping base, and clamping of the circuit board can be achieved by adjusting the distance between the two first clamping plates.
Further, a driving motor is arranged on the first clamping base and connected with a driving gear through a transmission system, a pair of sliding racks meshed with the driving gear are arranged on the first clamping base, and the pair of clamping plates are respectively connected to the end parts of the two sliding racks.
Further, the third connecting plate is installed and connected and is equipped with the vertical integral key shaft of placing, the integral key shaft can be rotatory around own axis, and the integral key shaft can go on elevating movement on the third connecting plate, and the fixed block is connected to the bottom of integral key shaft, the second centre gripping base is connected to the fixed block, be equipped with a pair of second grip block that is used for the centre gripping circuit board on the second centre gripping base, through the adjustment distance between a pair of second grip block can be got the clamp of circuit board.
Further, the pair of first clamping plates and the pair of second clamping plates are respectively installed on the clamping base through the buffering base, the first clamping plates and the second clamping plates are fixed on the buffering base through springs, the springs can be stretched when the circuit board is clamped by the first clamping bases and the first clamping plates, and the springs can be compressed when the circuit board is clamped by the second clamping plates.
Further, a groove for placing the cutting base is formed in the rotary table, a cutter placing groove and a cutter storage box are formed in the side portion of the groove, and a plurality of cutters are placed in the cutter placing groove.
Further, be equipped with the removal groove of cutter walking on the cutting base, the removal groove runs through the cutting base the bottom of recess is equipped with inhales the material machine, inhale the material machine including the vertical barrel that inhales of placing, inhale the barrel and can move in the bottom of carousel, and the direction of motion is unanimous with the cutter direction.
Further, the center bottom of the turntable is fixed on the base through a slewing bearing, a plurality of self-supporting bases are arranged on the base in the circumferential direction of the turntable, and pulleys contacted with the bottom of the turntable are arranged on the top of the self-supporting bases.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a cutting method of the circuit board cutting device, which comprises the following steps:
before the combined circuit board to be cut is transmitted to the turntable through the first conveyor belt, the first connecting plate is controlled to move to the upper side of the first transfer belt, the combined circuit board to be cut is clamped through the first clamping arm and then conveyed to the cutting base, and the combined circuit board is cut along the first direction through the first cutter;
resetting after the first cutter is cut, rotating the rotary table to rotate the cutting base to the lower part of the second connecting plate, and cutting along the second direction by controlling the second cutter;
and resetting the second cutter after cutting, rotating the cutting base below the third connecting plate by the rotating turntable, controlling the second clamping arm on the third connecting plate to clamp the cut circuit board, and placing the cut circuit board on the second conveyor belt for conveying through the movement of the third connecting plate.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
according to the circuit board cutting device provided by the invention, at least three cutting bases are arranged on the turntable, one end of the cutting base can cut the combined circuit in the first direction, and then the cutting base in the middle of the rotation of the turntable can cut the combined circuit board in the second direction, so that compared with the conventional method that the combined circuit board is cut in the first direction and the second direction in sequence on one station, the cutting efficiency of the circuit board is improved, meanwhile, the first connecting plate can move, the first conveying belt is placed on the cutting base through the clamping arm on the first connecting plate, after the cutting is finished, the cut circuit board is transported away through the clamping arm of the third connecting plate, and the whole cutting process does not need participation of operators, so that the production efficiency of the circuit board is improved, and the safety of the operators is also protected.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is an overall structure diagram of a circuit board cutting device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a turntable in a circuit board cutting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of cutting and grabbing a circuit board at a first station in the circuit board cutting device according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a first cutting mechanism in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an isometric view of a first grasping mechanism in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 6 is a left side view of a first grasping mechanism in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a buffer base in a first gripping mechanism in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a first station of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a diagram of a circuit board cutting structure at a second station in the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a diagram illustrating a grabbing structure of a circuit board at a third station in the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a ball spline rotating lifting mechanism in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a clamping base in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a first block diagram of a cutting base in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 14 is a second block diagram of a cutting base in an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 15 is a block diagram of a combination circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a turntable, 11, a placement groove, 12, a cutter, 13, a storage box, 14, a first groove, 15, a second groove, 16, a third groove, 17, a support frame, 18, a pulley, 2, a first processing station, 21, a horizontal beam, 22, a longitudinal beam, 23, a first connection plate, 24, a first cutting mechanism, 241, a left fixing plate, 242, a motor fixing plate, 243, a cutting motor, 244, a left telescopic cylinder, 245, a cutter, 25, a first clamping mechanism, 2501, a right fixing plate, 2502, a right telescopic cylinder, 2503, a right motor fixing plate, 2504, a rotary driving motor, 2505, a worm, 2506, a turbine, 2507, a left sliding rack, 2508, a right sliding rack, 2509, a first clamping plate, 2510, a first buffer base, 2511, a driving gear, 2512, a fixing block 2513, a moving block, 2514, a spring, 3, second machining station, 31, second horizontal beam, 32, second longitudinal beam, 33, second connecting plate, 34, second cutting motor, 4, third machining station, 41, third horizontal beam, 42, third longitudinal beam, 43, third connecting plate, 44, ball spline rotary lifting mechanism, 4401, spline shaft, 4402, lifting motor, 4403, rotary motor, 4404, fixed block, 45, second clamping mechanism, 4501, middle plate, 4502, second clamping base, 4503, rotary motor, 4504, second buffer base, 4505, horizontal shaft, 4506, middle plate, 4507, second clamping plate, 51, bottom stringer, 52, bottom beam, 53, bottom connecting plate, 54, dust suction cylinder, 6, cutting base, 61, cutting groove, 7, first conveyor belt, 8, second conveyor belt, 9, combined circuit board.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1-2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a cutting device for a circuit board, which mainly includes a turntable 1, four grooves, namely a first groove 14, a second groove 15 and a third groove 16, are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the surface of the turntable, and a cutting base 6 for fixing and cutting a combined circuit board 9 is arranged on each groove.
The top of the first groove 14 on the turntable is provided with a first processing station 2, as shown in fig. 3, a first connecting plate 23 capable of moving by the first processing station 2 is connected to the first connecting plate 23, a first cutting mechanism 24 and a first clamping mechanism 25 are connected to the first connecting plate 23, the first cutting mechanism 24 is provided with a first cutting knife, the first cutting knife cuts the combined circuit board along a first direction by controlling the movement of the first connecting plate 23, and meanwhile, one side of the turntable 1 is provided with a first conveying belt 7, and the first conveying belt 7 is mainly used for conveying the combined circuit board which is not cut.
Further, a second processing station 3 is provided at the top of the second groove 15 on the turntable, the second processing station 3 includes a second connection board 33, on which a second cutter is connected, and the second cutter is used to cut the combined circuit board along a second direction, where a cutting direction of the second cutter is different from a cutting direction of the first cutter, such as a cutting direction of the first cutter is a horizontal direction, and a cutting direction of the second cutter is a vertical direction.
Further, in this embodiment, a third processing station 4 is provided at the top of the third groove 16 of the turntable, the third processing station 4 includes a third connecting plate 43, and a second clamping mechanism is provided on the third connecting plate, where the third connecting plate can also move at the top of the turntable, so that the combined circuit board after being cut on the cutting base is clamped onto a tray placed on the second conveyor belt 8 by controlling the movement of the second clamping arm mechanism, and the cut circuit board is transported away by the second conveyor belt, so that the cutting of the whole circuit board is realized.
According to the circuit board cutting device provided by the invention, at least three cutting bases are arranged on the turntable, the first cutting base can cut the combined circuit in the first direction, so that compared with the conventional method of cutting the combined circuit board on one station, the production efficiency of the circuit board is improved, meanwhile, the first connecting plate is arranged on the first station and can move, the first transmission belt is placed on the cutting base through the circuit board clamping mechanism on the first connecting plate, after the cutting is finished, through the second connecting plate on the third station, the whole cutting process does not need the participation of operators, the production efficiency of the circuit board is improved, and the safety in the operators is also protected.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment, the side edge of each groove on the turntable is used for a placing groove 11 for placing cutters, a plurality of new cutters 12 are placed in the placing groove 11, meanwhile, a storage box 13 for storing cutters is also placed beside the placing groove, so that when the cutters need to be replaced by the cutter motor of the first connecting plate, the first connecting plate can be controlled to move to the top of the storage box, then the used cutters are placed in the storage box, and then the new cutters are sucked by the air claw mechanism of the cutter motor at the top of the placing groove 11, thereby realizing the automatic cutter replacing process of the device.
In order to realize the rotation of the turntable, a rotary driving mechanism is arranged at the bottom of the center position of the turntable in the embodiment, for example, the bottom of the center position of the turntable is connected with a base through a slewing bearing, and a driving motor for driving the slewing bearing to rotate is arranged on the base.
Meanwhile, a plurality of supporting frames 17 are arranged on the base along the bottom of the circumference direction of the turntable, pulleys 18 are arranged on the tops of the supporting frames, and the pulleys 118 are contacted with the bottom of the turntable 1 and are used for assisting the rotation of the turntable.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, the horizontal beam 21 and the longitudinal beam 22 are installed at the top of the first groove on the turntable at the first processing station 2, where the horizontal beam 21 and the longitudinal beam 22 are perpendicular to each other, the horizontal beam 21 is fixed, the longitudinal beam 22 is slidably disposed on the horizontal beam and can slide on the horizontal beam, and the first connection plate 23 is vertically disposed and slidably installed on the longitudinal beam and can slide on the longitudinal beam, so that the first connection plate moves in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction respectively.
The first cutting mechanism 24 is fixed on the left side of the first connecting plate 23, the first clamping mechanism 25 is fixed on the right side of the first connecting plate, and the two mechanisms are respectively arranged on two sides of the longitudinal beam 22, as shown in fig. 4, wherein the first cutting mechanism 24 comprises a left fixing plate 241 and a cutting motor 243 arranged on the left fixing plate, the left fixing plate 241 is connected with the first connecting plate 23 through bolts, a motor fixing plate 242 is arranged on the left fixing plate 241, the motor fixing plate 242 is fixed on the left fixing plate 241 through a vertical guide rail and a sliding block, and can move up and down on the left fixing plate 241, so that when the combined circuit board on the cutting base is cut, the cutting motor 243 can be controlled to move downwards, and the upper cutter 245 of the cutter motor is contacted with the surface of the combined circuit board, so that the cutting is realized.
In order to realize the up-and-down movement of the left motor fixing plate 242, a left telescopic cylinder 244 is fixed on the left fixing plate 241, wherein the left telescopic cylinder 244 is vertically disposed, and an end of a telescopic rod of the left telescopic cylinder 244 is connected with the left motor fixing plate 242, so as to realize the up-and-down driving of the left motor fixing plate 242.
Further, as shown in fig. 5 to 6, the first clamping mechanism 25 in this embodiment mainly includes a right fixing plate 2501 and a right motor fixing plate 2503 capable of moving up and down on the right fixing plate 2501, wherein the right motor fixing plate 2503 is horizontally disposed, and a right telescopic cylinder 2502 is also disposed on the right fixing plate 2501, and an end portion of the telescopic cylinder 2502 is connected to the right motor fixing plate 2503 to realize the up and down movement of the right motor fixing plate 2503.
The top of the right motor fixing plate 2503 is provided with a rotary driving motor 2504, a rotating shaft of the rotary driving motor 2504 is connected with a worm 2505, the right motor fixing plate 2503 is provided with a turbine 2506 meshed with the worm 2505, the bottom of the right motor fixing plate 2503 is provided with a driving gear 2511 connected with the turbine 2506, two horizontally placed sliding gears, namely a left sliding rack 2507 and a right sliding rack 2508, are arranged below the right motor fixing plate, the left sliding rack 2507 is arranged on the left side and the right side of the driving gear 2511 in a sliding mode, the left sliding rack 2507 and the right sliding rack 2508 are arranged on the left side and the right side of the driving gear 2511 in a sliding mode, two sides of the driving gear of the left sliding rack 2507 and the right sliding rack 2508 can slide through rotation of the driving gear, the end portion of the sliding rack is connected with a first clamping plate 2509 respectively, and therefore the distance between the two first clamping plates 2509 can be adjusted through controlling the two sliding racks, and circuit boards can be clamped through the clamping plates 2509.
To facilitate stable clamping of the circuit board by the clamping plate 2509, the clamping surface of the clamping plate is provided with a V-shaped clamping groove for clamping the edge of the circuit board, and the clamping of the edge of the circuit board by the V-shaped clamping groove can realize fixing of the circuit board.
Considering that the clamping force of the clamping plate and the circuit board is hard to control, if the force is too large, damage is easily caused to the edge of the circuit board, so the clamping plate at the end of the right sliding rack 2508 in the embodiment is mounted on the rack through the first buffer base 2510, as shown in fig. 7, the first buffer base 2510 comprises a fixed block 2512 and a moving block 2513, wherein the fixed block 2512 is connected with the sliding rack, the moving block 2513 is arranged at the bottom of the fixed block and can horizontally move on the fixed block, the clamping plate 2509 is connected with the moving block 2513, and meanwhile, the clamping plate 2509 is connected with the fixed block 2513 through a spring 2514, so when the two clamping plates 2509 clamp the circuit board, the clamping plate 2509 on the right sliding rack can stretch the spring 2514 under the reaction of the combined circuit board, and thus an elastic buffer space is provided to avoid clamping the circuit board.
Of course, it is easily understood that the clamping plate of the end portion on the left sliding rack in this embodiment may be provided with a buffer base.
As shown in fig. 8, in this embodiment, a dust suction mechanism is further provided at the bottom of the first groove on the turntable, the dust suction mechanism is mainly composed of a bottom cross beam 52 and a bottom longitudinal beam 51, wherein the bottom longitudinal beam 51 is fixed, the bottom cross beam 52 slides on the bottom longitudinal beam 51, and a bottom connecting plate 53 is provided on the bottom longitudinal beam 51, a dust collector is provided on the bottom connecting plate, a dust suction cylinder 54 is provided on the dust collector, as shown in fig. 13-14, a plurality of cutting grooves 61 are provided on the cutting base 6, the cutting grooves 61 penetrate the cutting base, the cutting grooves 61 are mainly used for placing cutting knives 245, and the movement of the dust collector in this example is synchronous with the movement of the first cutting mechanism on the first connecting plate 23, so that the dust suction cylinder 54 always moves at the bottom of the cutting grooves 61, so that the materials cut from the combined circuit board can be conveniently collected by the dust suction cylinder.
Further, as shown in fig. 9, in this embodiment, a second horizontal beam 31 and a second longitudinal beam 32 are disposed on the second processing station 3, and the second horizontal beam 31 is also fixed, the second longitudinal beam 32 can slide on the second horizontal beam 31, a second connecting plate 33 is mounted on the second longitudinal beam 32, where the second connecting plate 33 is provided with a second cutting mechanism 34, and the second cutting mechanism has the same structure as the first cutting mechanism on the first connecting plate, and a cutter is mounted on a cutting motor of the second cutting mechanism, and the cutting motor is controlled to move downwards to cut the circuit board by a telescopic cylinder.
Here, it should be noted that, in this embodiment, the cutting direction of the second cutting motor is different from the cutting direction of the first cutting mechanism, and as shown in fig. 15, the combined circuit board 9 needs to be cut in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction to separate the circuit boards, and if the cutting blade of the first cutting mechanism only cuts the combined circuit board 9, the cutting blade of the second cutting mechanism needs to be cut in the vertical direction to separate the whole circuit board.
The turntable in this embodiment is also provided with a set of dust suction mechanism at the bottom of the second groove 15, which is the same as the dust suction mechanism at the bottom of the first groove 14, and will not be described in detail here.
Further, as shown in fig. 10, the third processing station 4 at the top of the third groove on the turntable in this embodiment includes a third horizontal beam 41 and a third longitudinal beam 42, wherein the third horizontal beam 41 is stationary, the third longitudinal beam 42 slides on the third horizontal beam, wherein a third connecting plate 43 is mounted on the third longitudinal beam, the third connecting plate 43 can slide on the third longitudinal beam 42, and the third connecting plate is connected to the second clamping mechanism 45 through a ball spline rotating and lifting mechanism 44, so that the cut circuit boards on the cutting base are clamped by the second clamping mechanism, and then the cut circuit boards are sequentially placed on a tray on the second conveying belt through the movement of the third connecting plate in the horizontal direction, and then are carried away.
As shown in fig. 10-11, the second clamping mechanism mainly includes a ball spline rotating and lifting mechanism 44 fixed on a third connecting plate, the ball spline rotating and lifting mechanism includes a lifting motor 4402, a spline shaft 4401, a rotating motor 4403, a ball screw nut and a ball spline nut, wherein the output shaft of the lifting motor 4402 is connected with a driving pulley through a transmission belt system, the driving pulley is connected with the ball screw nut, the output shaft of the rotating motor 4403 on the right side is connected with a driving pulley through a transmission belt, the driving pulley is connected with the ball spline nut, so that the lifting motor 4402 can control the up-and-down movement of the ball spline shaft 4401, and the driving rotating motor can control the rotating movement of the ball spline shaft 4401, so that
The bottom of the ball spline shaft 4401 is connected with a fixing block 4404, as shown in fig. 12, the fixing block 4404 is connected with an intermediate plate 4501 through a bolt, the bottom of the intermediate plate is connected with a second clamping base 4502, a rotating motor 4503 is arranged on the second clamping base 4502, the rotating motor 4503 is connected with a screw rod in the second clamping base 4502 through a belt pulley transmission system, two sliding blocks are connected to the screw rod, the two sliding blocks are respectively arranged on the screw rod through sliding, the movement of the two sliding blocks can be realized through the rotation of the screw rod, and meanwhile, the moving directions of the two sliding blocks are opposite.
The pulley is connected with a second buffer base 4504, a sliding groove is formed in the second buffer base 4504, a horizontal shaft 4505 is arranged in the sliding groove, meanwhile, a middle block 4506 is arranged on the horizontal shaft 4505 in a sliding mode, and the middle block 4506 is connected with a second clamping plate 4507.
In order to protect the circuit board during the clamping process, the horizontal shaft 4505 is sleeved with a compression spring, so that when the circuit board is clamped by the clamping plate, the clamping plate can squeeze the compression spring of the horizontal shaft through the middle block under the reverse action of the circuit board, and thus, when the circuit board is clamped by the second clamping plate 4507, the compression spring can be squeezed, and the circuit board is prevented from being damaged.
It should be noted that, three grooves are provided on the turntable in this embodiment, so that a combined circuit board can be placed on the cutting platform to be cut twice by rotating the turntable 1 three times, and the cut circuit board can be clamped and carried away through the clamping mechanism for the last time.
A cutting method based on the above-described cutting apparatus for a circuit board, the method comprising the steps of:
firstly, before an integrated circuit board is transported to a turntable through a first transmission belt, a first connecting plate arranged at the top of a first groove is controlled to move above the first transmission belt in the horizontal direction, the distance between two clamping plates on a first clamping mechanism is controlled according to the size of the integrated circuit board, then the clamping plates of the first clamping mechanism are controlled to move downwards to clamp the integrated circuit board by adjusting the distance between the two clamping plates, then the first connecting plate is controlled to move above a first cutting base, the clamped integrated circuit board is controlled to be placed on the base to be cut, and then the first clamping mechanism is controlled to ascend;
then, the first cutting mechanism on the first connecting plate is controlled to descend, the cutting motor is started to cut the integrated circuit board, and it is to be noted that the cutter is always ensured to cut along the first direction by controlling the movement of the first connecting plate.
After the circuit board is cut by the first cutting mechanism at the first station, driving the turntable to rotate clockwise, rotating the first cutting base to the next station, controlling the second connecting plate to move to the top of the first cutting base, and then controlling the cutting knife on the second cutting mechanism on the second connecting plate to cut the integrated circuit board in a second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction;
finally, when the cutting mechanism on the second connecting plate cuts the integrated circuit board into a plurality of circuit boards, the rotary table is driven to rotate, the first cutting base is moved to the third station, the third connecting plate at the top of the third station is controlled to move to the top of the first cutting base on the third station, and the second clamping mechanism on the third connecting plate is controlled to clamp each circuit board on the first cutting base onto a tray on the second conveying belt for conveying.
Finally, it is noted that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention and not for limiting the same, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications and equivalents may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which is intended to be covered by the claims of the present invention.
While the foregoing description of the embodiments of the present invention has been presented in conjunction with the drawings, it should be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, but rather, it is intended to cover all modifications or variations within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims of the present invention.