CN113715323A - Assembling equipment for cable connector - Google Patents

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CN113715323A
CN113715323A CN202111283035.7A CN202111283035A CN113715323A CN 113715323 A CN113715323 A CN 113715323A CN 202111283035 A CN202111283035 A CN 202111283035A CN 113715323 A CN113715323 A CN 113715323A
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刘波
刘岩
苏青山
田满红
张洁
赵岩青
李波
王丹
申忠良
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C63/00Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23DPLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23D21/00Machines or devices for shearing or cutting tubes
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23KSOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K3/00Tools, devices, or special appurtenances for soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering, not specially adapted for particular methods
    • B23K3/08Auxiliary devices therefor
    • B23K3/082Flux dispensers; Apparatus for applying flux
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/04Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member
    • B26D1/06Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates
    • B26D1/08Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type
    • B26D1/09Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type with a plurality of cutting members
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C35/00Heating, cooling or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C35/02Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould

Abstract

The application provides an equipment for cable connector, include that it sets gradually along the straight line: the first feeding mechanism comprises a negative pressure ring which is movably arranged along the direction of a connecting line of the negative pressure ring and the heating assembly; the negative pressure ring adsorbs the outer wall of the insulating tube by vacuum. The first cutter assembly is used for cutting off the insulating pipe. The heating assembly comprises two heating plates with semicircular structures and is used for heating the insulating tube. The shifting fork moves along the vertical direction and is provided with a groove, and the inner diameter of the groove is larger than the outer diameters of the two ends of the cable connector and smaller than the outer diameter of the middle section of the cable connector. The coating component comprises an annular brush in a circular ring structure and is used for brushing soldering flux to the shielding pipe. The second cutter assembly is used for cutting off the shielding pipe. The second feeding mechanism comprises a supporting pipe, and a feeding rod penetrates through the supporting pipe; the periphery of the supporting tube is sleeved with a material pushing ring; pushing the shielding pipe by using a material pushing ring; the shielding pipe is in close contact with the feeding rod. Has higher production efficiency and product quality.

Description

Assembling equipment for cable connector
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of equipment for manufacturing and assembling a line connector, and particularly relates to assembling equipment for a cable connector.
Background
The connector mainly comprises an insulating tube and a shielding tube, wherein the insulating tube is made of thermal shrinkage plastic and can be shrunk after being heated; the shielding pipe is a grid circular pipe structure which is formed by crosswise weaving metal wires, and the shielding pipe needs to be soaked with soldering flux. In the conventional production method, the insulating tube and the shield tube are separately cut in advance and stored, and then the shield tube is assembled in the insulating tube. This method easily causes the dust collection of the insulating tube and the shielding tube during the storage process, resulting in the reduction of the connection effect and shielding quality of the cable. On the other hand, still need add material to every insulating tube of group and shielding pipe when the equipment, location and centre gripping, the process is comparatively complicated, and whole production efficiency is lower.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the assembling equipment for the cable connector, which can continuously complete the cutting of the insulating tube and the shielding tube, the coating of the soldering flux on the shielding tube, the assembling of the insulating tube and the shielding tube and the heating of the insulating tube, and has higher production efficiency. The storage period is avoided, and the insulating tube and the shielding tube are prevented from being polluted by dust, so that the product quality is improved.
In order to realize the purpose of the invention, the following scheme is adopted:
the utility model provides an equipment for cable connector, cable connector includes the insulating tube, wears to be equipped with the shielded tube in the insulating tube, and the external diameter at cable connector both ends is less than the external diameter in middle section.
The assembling equipment is sequentially provided with a first feeding mechanism, a first cutter assembly, a heating assembly, a shifting fork, a coating assembly, a second cutter assembly and a second feeding mechanism along a straight line.
The first feeding mechanism comprises a negative pressure ring which is movably arranged along the direction of a connecting line of the negative pressure ring and the heating assembly; the negative pressure ring is of a circular ring structure, the inner wall of the negative pressure ring is provided with a through hole, and the through hole is connected with the vacuum pump; when the vacuum insulation pipe is used, the insulation pipe penetrates through the negative pressure ring, and the negative pressure ring adsorbs the outer wall of the insulation pipe by using vacuum.
The first cutter assembly is positioned outside the end face of the heating assembly and used for cutting off the insulating pipe.
The heating assembly comprises two heating plates with semicircular structures and is used for heating the insulating tube cut by the first cutter assembly; the length of the heating plate is greater than that of the finished connector; the heating plates are respectively arranged on two sides of the feeding direction of the insulating tube and are arranged in a moving mode along the direction perpendicular to the insulating tube.
The shifting fork moves along the vertical direction and is provided with a groove, and the inner diameter of the groove is larger than the outer diameters of the two ends of the cable connector and smaller than the outer diameter of the middle section of the cable connector.
The coating component comprises an annular brush in a circular ring structure, and brush bristles are arranged on the inner wall of the annular brush along the circumference and used for brushing soldering flux on the shielding pipe; the annular brush is coaxial with the negative pressure ring.
The second cutter assembly is used for cutting off the shielding pipe conveyed by the second feeding mechanism.
The second feeding mechanism comprises a supporting pipe, and the supporting pipe is provided with a feeding rod in a penetrating manner in a sliding manner along the axis direction; the periphery of the supporting tube is sleeved with a material pushing ring, and when the material pushing device is used, the shielding tube is sleeved on the periphery of the supporting tube and penetrates through the inner wall of the material pushing ring; pushing the shielding pipe by using a material pushing ring; the shielding pipe is in close contact with the feeding rod.
Furthermore, the first feeding mechanism also comprises a conveying roller set, the conveying roller set comprises two rows of friction wheels arranged along the feeding direction, the middle sections of the friction wheels are provided with annular grooves, and the inner walls of the annular grooves are attached to the outer walls of the insulating pipes; the bottom of each friction wheel is provided with a synchronous tooth, the conveying roller group is provided with a synchronous belt, and the inner side and the outer side of the synchronous belt are provided with tooth-shaped structures matched with the synchronous teeth; the synchronous belt is arranged between the two rows of friction wheels, and the tooth-shaped structures on the inner side and the outer side of the synchronous belt are meshed with the synchronous teeth of the friction wheels simultaneously.
Furthermore, the first cutter assembly and the second cutter assembly respectively comprise a pair of telescopic devices, and the movable ends of the telescopic devices are provided with cutters; the movable ends of the pair of telescopic devices move oppositely along the direction vertical to the insulating tube; the telescopic device is horizontally arranged to avoid the negative pressure ring movably arranged above; the outer wall of the feeding rod is provided with a first V-shaped groove corresponding to the position of a cutter of the first cutter assembly along the circumference, and an arc-shaped cutting edge is formed on the edge of the cutter corresponding to the first V-shaped groove; the wall of the feeding rod is provided with a second V-shaped groove corresponding to the position of the cutter of the second cutter component along the circumference, and the edge of the cutter is provided with an arc-shaped cutting edge corresponding to the first V-shaped groove.
Furthermore, the heating plate is provided with three sections along the length direction, and a partition plate is arranged between every two adjacent sections; the middle section is used for heating the middle section of the insulating tube, and the parts at two ends are used for heating the two ends of the insulating tube; the heating time and temperature of the two ends of the heating plate and the middle section can be controlled independently.
Furthermore, a plurality of pressing plates are arranged on the inner wall of the material pushing ring along the circumferential array, and the pressing plates are arranged in a moving mode along the normal direction of the material pushing ring.
Furthermore, a plurality of groups of supporting wheels are arranged below the supporting tube along the length direction, the supporting wheels are arranged along the length direction of the supporting tube in a sliding manner, an annular groove is processed at the middle section of each supporting wheel along the circumference, and the annular groove is in contact with the outer wall of the shielding tube; the adjacent supporting wheels are connected through springs, the supporting wheels at the fixed ends of the supporting tubes are fixedly installed, and the material pushing rings are connected with the adjacent supporting wheels through springs.
Furthermore, the second feeding mechanism is provided with a fixed seat, the fixed seat is provided with a detachable cover plate, and semicircular grooves are machined on the surfaces of the fixed seat, which are in contact with the cover plate, and used for installing supporting tubes; the outer wall of the supporting pipe is provided with a limiting ring, and a limiting groove is formed in the fixing seat and the cover plate in a manner of corresponding to the limiting ring.
Furthermore, the material pushing ring is driven by a screw rod, and the screw rod is parallel to the supporting tube.
Furthermore, the negative pressure ring is arranged on the screw rod in a matching mode, and the screw rod is arranged above the insulating tube during feeding.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: this application includes first feeding mechanism, first cutter unit spare, heating element, shift fork, coating unit, second cutter unit spare and second feeding mechanism, but the pay-off of continuity completion to insulating tube and shielding pipe, cutting utilize coating unit to shielding pipe coating scaling powder to can accomplish the equipment to insulating tube and shielding pipe and the work to the insulating tube heating, have higher degree of automation and production efficiency. Therefore, the storage period of the shielding pipe and the insulation pipe after being cut off is avoided, and the insulation pipe and the shielding pipe are prevented from being polluted by dust, so that the product quality is improved.
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The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
Fig. 1 shows a side view of the overall structure of the present application.
Fig. 2 shows an enlarged view at a in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows an enlarged view at B in fig. 1.
Figure 4 shows another side view of the overall structure of the present application.
Fig. 5 shows a schematic view of a state when the shield pipe is cut.
Fig. 6 shows an enlarged view at C in fig. 5.
Figure 7 shows a schematic view of the feed bar feeding the cut shield tube into the heating assembly.
Fig. 8 shows a schematic view of the negative pressure zone moving the insulating tube towards the shielding tube.
Fig. 9 shows a schematic view of the heating assembly heating the insulating tube.
Fig. 10 shows a schematic view of the cable connector stripping the feeder bar.
Fig. 11 shows an enlarged view at D in fig. 10.
Fig. 12 shows a configuration diagram of the pusher ring.
Fig. 13 shows a configuration diagram of the conveying roller group.
Fig. 14 shows a structural view of the heating plate.
Fig. 15 shows a sectional view of the structure of the cable connector connected with the feeding rod.
Fig. 16 shows a cross-sectional view of the support tube and the feed bar.
Fig. 17 shows a mounting structure of the support pipe.
The labels in the figure are: an insulating tube-1, a shielding tube-2, a first feeding mechanism-10, a negative pressure ring-11, a conveying roller group-12, a friction wheel-13, an annular groove-131, a synchronous tooth-14, a synchronous belt-15, a first cutter component-20, a telescopic device-21, a cutter-22, an arc cutting edge-221, a heating component-30, a heating plate-31, a clapboard-311, a shifting fork-40, a coating component-50, an annular brush-51, a second cutter component-60, a second feeding mechanism-70, a supporting tube-71, a limiting annular ring-711, a feeding rod-72, a first V-shaped groove-721, a second V-shaped groove-722, a material pushing ring-73, a pressing plate-731, a pressing cylinder-732, a supporting wheel-74, a pressure ring-11, a conveying roller group-12, a friction wheel-13, a circular groove-131, a synchronous tooth-14, a synchronous tooth-60, a second feeding mechanism-70, a supporting tube-71, a limiting annular ring-711, a feeding rod-72, a first V-721, a second V-shaped groove-722, a second V-shaped groove-73, a second feeding ring-shaped groove, a second feeding ring-3, a third feeding mechanism, a fourth and a fourth mechanism, a fourth mechanism, a fourth and a fourth mechanism, a fourth mechanism, Spring-75, fixing seat-76, semicircular groove-761, limiting groove-762 and cover plate-77.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the described embodiments of the present invention are a part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments of the present invention.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that the products of the present invention are usually placed in when used, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description. The terms "first," "second," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. The terms "parallel", "perpendicular", etc. do not require that the components be absolutely parallel or perpendicular, but may be slightly inclined.
In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, or through both elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
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As shown in fig. 15, the cable connector includes an insulating tube 1, a shielding tube 2 is inserted into the insulating tube 1, and the outer diameters of the two ends of the cable connector are smaller than the outer diameter of the middle section.
As shown in fig. 1 to 10, an assembling apparatus for a cable connector is provided with a first feeding mechanism 10, a first cutter assembly 20, a heating assembly 30, a shift fork 40, a coating assembly 50, a second cutter assembly 60, and a second feeding mechanism 70 in order along a straight line.
Specifically, the first feeding mechanism 10 includes a negative pressure ring 11, and the negative pressure ring 11 is movably disposed along a direction of a connection line with the heating assembly 30. The negative pressure ring 11 is of a circular ring structure, the inner wall of the negative pressure ring is provided with a through hole, and the through hole is connected with the vacuum pump. During the use, insulating tube 1 passes negative pressure ring 11, and negative pressure ring 11 utilizes vacuum adsorption to live the outer wall of insulating tube 1 to the realization is convenient for spur insulating tube 1's fixed connection to insulating tube 1.
Specifically, the first cutter assembly 20 is located outside an end surface of the heating assembly 30 facing one end of the first feeding mechanism 10, and is used for cutting the insulating tube 1.
Specifically, the heating assembly 30 includes two heating plates 31 having a semicircular structure for heating the insulating tube 1 cut by the first cutter assembly 20 to shrink the insulating tube 1. During heating, the two heating plates 31 with the semicircular structures seal the insulating tube 1, and integrally heat the insulating tube 1 along the circumferential side, so that the circumferential side of the insulating tube 1 is heated more uniformly and shrinks more neatly; the axis of the heating plate 31 is parallel to the moving direction of the negative pressure ring 11.
The length of hot plate 31 is greater than the off-the-shelf length of connector, and the both sides of 1 pay-off direction of insulating tube are located respectively to hot plate 31, and telescopic cylinder's push rod end is located to hot plate 31, and hot plate 31 all moves the setting along the direction of perpendicular to insulating tube 1.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 and 11, the shifting fork 40 is disposed along a vertical direction, a groove is formed in the top of the shifting fork 40, the groove is vertically upward, and the inner diameter of the groove is larger than the outer diameters of the two ends of the cable connector and smaller than the outer diameter of the middle section of the cable connector.
After the cable connector is manufactured, the feeding connecting rod 72 is retracted, the cable connector is driven to move, the shifting fork 40 is driven to rise through the air cylinder at the moment, the groove of the shifting fork 40 is located on the periphery of the feeding rod 72, the shifting fork 40 is used for blocking the step formed by the diameter difference between the two ends of the cable connector and the middle section, the cable connector is blocked, and the feeding rod 72 continues to be retracted, so that the cable connector is smoothly separated from the feeding rod 72 and then is discharged from the lower side.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the coating assembly 50 includes an annular brush 51 having a circular ring structure, and bristles are circumferentially disposed on an inner wall of the annular brush 51 for brushing the flux on the shielding pipe 2. Annular brush 51's main part is inside to have annular cavity, and the interpolation equipment through pipeline and scaling powder links to each other, and scaling powder interpolation equipment pours into the scaling powder into through pressurized mode astragal annular brush 51, and the scaling powder coats in 2 outer walls of shielding pipe through the brush hair, and the mesh space that the scaling powder passes through shielding pipe 2 simultaneously inwards permeates, makes shielding pipe 2's inside also have the scaling powder, utilizes the scaling powder to strengthen the connection effect between shielding pipe 2 and the cable during the use. The annular brush 51 is coaxial with the negative pressure ring 11.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the second cutter assembly 60 is used for cutting the shielding pipe 2 conveyed by the second feeding mechanism 70.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 16, the second feeding mechanism 70 includes a support pipe 71, a feeding rod 72 is slidably inserted through the support pipe 71 in the axial direction, and the diameter of the front end of the feeding rod 72 is the same as the outer diameter of the support pipe 71. The rear end of the supporting pipe 71 is connected with an air supply device, and the telescopic position of the feeding rod 72 in the supporting pipe 71 is controlled by increasing or decreasing air pressure.
As shown in fig. 1 and 6, the pushing ring 73 is sleeved on the outer periphery of the supporting tube 71, and when in use, the shielding tube 2 is sleeved on the outer periphery of the supporting tube 71 and penetrates through the inner wall of the pushing ring 73; pushing the shielding pipe 2 by using the pushing ring 73, so that the shielding pipe 2 moves along the axis of the supporting pipe 71 and simultaneously pushes the shielding pipe 2 to the feeding rod 72 by a preset length; the shielding tube 2 is in close contact with the feeding rod 72 to prevent the shielding tube 2 from sliding on the feeding rod 72 randomly when the insulating tube 1 is sleeved.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 13, the first feeding mechanism 10 further includes a conveying roller set 12, the conveying roller set 12 includes two rows of friction wheels 13 arranged along the feeding direction, each friction wheel 13 has an annular groove 131 in a middle section, and an inner wall of the annular groove 131 is attached to an outer wall of the insulating tube 1. The bottom of each friction wheel 13 is provided with a synchronous tooth 14, the conveying roller group 12 is provided with a synchronous belt 15, and the inner side and the outer side of each synchronous belt 15 are provided with tooth-shaped structures matched with the synchronous teeth 14. The timing belt 15 is provided between the two rows of friction wheels 13, and the tooth-shaped structures of the inner and outer sides of the timing belt 15 are simultaneously meshed with the timing teeth 14 of the friction wheels 13.
When the insulating tube driving device is used, the synchronous belt 15 is driven to rotate by the motor, the synchronous belt 15 drives the friction wheels 13 to rotate simultaneously through the synchronous teeth 14, the rotating speeds are the same, and the rotating directions of the two rows of friction wheels 13 are opposite, so that the insulating tube 1 receives the driving force in the same direction to drive the insulating tube 1 to move forwards or backwards; the transmission mechanism can simultaneously drive the two rows of friction wheels 13 to rotate only by one driving motor, and has opposite rotation directions and more compact and simple integral structure.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 2 and 8, each of the first cutter assembly 20 and the second cutter assembly 60 includes a pair of telescoping devices 21, and the movable ends of the telescoping devices 21 are provided with cutters 22; the movable ends of the pair of telescopic devices 21 move towards each other in a direction perpendicular to the insulating tube 1.
When the insulating tube 1 is cut by the two cutters 22 of the first cutter assembly 20. The expansion device 21 is horizontally arranged to avoid the negative pressure ring 11 movably arranged above. When the cutter 22 of the first cutter assembly 20 cuts off the insulating tube 1, the insulating tube 1 is sleeved on the periphery of the feeding rod 72, as shown in fig. 15, a first V-shaped groove 721 is formed along the circumference of the outer wall of the feeding rod 72 corresponding to the cutting position of the cutter 22 of the first cutter assembly 20, and an arc-shaped cutting edge 221 is formed at the edge of the cutter 22 corresponding to the first V-shaped groove 721. The insulating tube 1 is cut off by the cooperation of the knife edge of the cutter 22 and the arc-shaped cutting edge 221 with the first V-shaped groove 721; this structural design can prevent to cut off insulating tube 1 and be flattened when cutting off to when guaranteeing negative pressure ring 11 reconnection insulating tube 1, can adsorb the lateral wall of insulating tube 1 smoothly.
As shown in fig. 2 and 6, when the shielding tube 2 is cut off, the front section of the shielding tube 2 is sleeved outside the feeding rod 72, as shown in fig. 15, the wall of the feeding rod 72 is provided with a second V-shaped groove 722 along the circumference corresponding to the cutting position of the cutter 22 of the second cutter assembly 60, the cutting edge of the cutter 22 is provided with an arc-shaped cutting edge 221 corresponding to the first V-shaped groove 721, the shielding tube 2 is cut off by the cooperation of the cutting edge of the cutter 22 and the arc-shaped cutting edge 221 with the second V-shaped groove 722, and the structure can also prevent the shielding tube 2 from being squashed, so that the supporting rod 72 is sleeved with the shielding tube 2 again.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 14, the heating plate 31 has three segments along the length direction, and a partition 311 is disposed between adjacent segments; the middle section is used for heating the middle section of the insulating tube 1, and the parts at the two ends are used for heating the two ends of the insulating tube 1; the heating time and temperature of the portions at both ends of the heating plate 31 and the middle section can be controlled independently.
When the cable connector is used, the two ends of the insulating tube 1 are heated by the parts at the two ends of the heating plate 31 to solidify the length position of the insulating tube 1 and prevent the insulating tube 1 from shrinking along the axis direction, so that the length size of the cable connector is ensured; then, the middle section of the insulating tube 1 is heated by using the middle section of the heating plate 31, so that the insulating tube 1 is tightly attached to the outer wall of the shielding tube 2, and the relative position between the shielding tube 2 and the insulating tube 1 is fixed; to reduce the temperature effect between the sections of the heating plate 31, partitions 311 are disposed between the three sections of the heating plate 31.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 12, a plurality of pressing plates 731 are arranged on the inner wall of the material pushing ring 73 along a circumferential array, the pressing plates 731 are arranged to move along the normal direction of the material pushing ring 73, and when the material pushing ring 73 pushes the shielding tube 2, the pressing plates 731 are used to press the shielding tube 2, so as to prevent the shielding tube 2 and the material pushing ring 73 from sliding relatively; a pressing cylinder 732 is arranged at the position corresponding to the pressing plate 731 on the outer side of the material pushing ring 73 and used for driving the pressing plate 731 to move.
Further preferably, the inner wall of the pressing plate 731 is provided with a plurality of protruding points, and the protruding points can be embedded into the grid gaps of the shielding tube 2, so as to stabilize the connection between the pressing plate 731 and the shielding tube 2.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 6, a plurality of sets of support wheels 74 are arranged below the support tube 71 along the length direction, the support wheels 74 are arranged in a sliding manner along the length direction of the support tube 71, an annular groove is formed in the middle section of the support wheels 74 along the circumference, the annular groove is in contact with the outer wall of the shielding tube 2, and the support wheels 74 simultaneously support the shielding tube 2 and the support tube 71, so that the support tube 71 can be prevented from being too long and deformed.
It is further preferable that adjacent support wheels 74 are connected through springs 75, wherein the support wheels 74 near the fixed end of the support tube 71 are fixedly installed, and the pushing ring 73 is connected with the adjacent support wheels 74 through the springs 75.
When the material pushing ring 73 pushes the shielding pipe 2, all the supporting wheels 74 can be pulled by the springs 75 to move at the same time, and the spacing between the material pushing ring 73 and each supporting wheel 74 is the same by utilizing the principle that the same pulling force can make a plurality of connected springs with the same specification be stretched to the same length, so that the supporting positions of the supporting pipes 71 are distributed more uniformly. This structure utilizes the removal that pushes away material ring 73 propelling movement shielding pipe 2, alright drive a plurality of supporting wheels 74 simultaneously and equidistant removal, and the realization principle and structure are very simple effective.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 17, the second feeding mechanism 70 is provided with a fixed seat 76, the fixed seat 76 is provided with a detachable cover plate 77, and semicircular grooves 761 are formed on the surfaces of the fixed seat 76 and the cover plate 77, which are in contact with each other, for installing the supporting tube 71; the outer wall of the supporting tube 71 is provided with a limiting ring 711, a limiting groove 762 is formed in the fixing seat 76 and the semicircular groove 761 of the cover plate 77 corresponding to the limiting ring 711, and the supporting tube 71 is prevented from moving along with the limiting groove 762 when the shielding tube 2 is pushed.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 6, the material pushing ring 73 is driven by a screw rod 78, and the screw rod 78 is parallel to the support pipe 71. Because the feed rod 72 is tightly connected with the shielding tube 2, the feed rod is similar to interference fit, the feed ring 73 can move more smoothly by utilizing the screw rod transmission, and the feed rod 72 is favorably sleeved with the shielding tube 2 slowly.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 7, the negative pressure ring 11 is disposed on the screw 16 in a matching manner, the screw 16 is disposed above the insulating tube 1 during feeding, and the negative pressure ring 11 is suspended in the air by the screw 16, so as to facilitate the arrangement and movement of the first cutter assembly 20, the heating assembly 30, the fork 40 and the feeding rod 72.
The specific implementation mode is as follows: when in use, firstly, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the shielding tube 2 is pushed into the feeding rod 72 by a preset length through the material pushing ring 73; the shielding tube 2 is then cut by the cutter 22 of the second cutter assembly 60. As shown in fig. 7, the feed bar 72 feeds the cut shield tube 2 between the heating plates 31. As shown in fig. 8, the negative pressure ring 11 sucks the end of the insulating tube 1, and pulls the insulating tube 1 around the shield tube 2. The insulating tube 1 is cut off by the cutter 22 of the first cutter assembly 20, and the negative pressure ring 11 drives the insulating tube 1 to continuously move for a preset distance, so that the shielding tube 2 is located at the middle section position of the insulating tube 1. As shown in fig. 9, the two heating plates 31 simultaneously move the middle to wrap the insulating tube 1, and then the two ends of the heating plates 31 are heated first, so that the two ends of the insulating tube 1 are heated first to shrink, the two ends of the insulating tube 1 are attached to the feeding rod 72, and the outer diameter of the feeding rod 72 is the inner diameter of the two ends of the cable connector. Then the middle section of the heating plate 31 starts to heat, so that the middle section of the insulating tube 1 is heated to shrink, and the middle section of the insulating tube 1 is attached to the shielding tube 2 after shrinking, so that the shielding tube 2 is fixed in the insulating tube 1. The insulating tube 1 after heating is in the state shown in fig. 11 and 15. As shown in fig. 10 and 11, the feed bar 72 starts to retract, and the cable connector is disengaged from the feed bar 72 by the fork 40. After the feed rod 72 is retracted, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the shield tube 2 is pushed into the feed rod 72 by a predetermined length by the push ring 73, and the negative pressure ring 11 is moved to the port of the insulating tube 1 again to fix the insulating tube 1 by suction, thereby manufacturing the next cable connector.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the scope of the invention.

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1. The assembling equipment for the cable connector comprises an insulating tube (1), a shielding tube (2) penetrates through the insulating tube (1), and the outer diameters of two ends of the cable connector are smaller than that of the middle section; the device is characterized in that the assembly equipment is sequentially provided with a first feeding mechanism (10), a first cutter component (20), a heating component (30), a shifting fork (40), a coating component (50), a second cutter component (60) and a second feeding mechanism (70) along a straight line;
the first feeding mechanism (10) comprises a negative pressure ring (11), and the negative pressure ring (11) is movably arranged along the direction of a connecting line of the negative pressure ring and the heating assembly (30); the negative pressure ring (11) is of a circular ring structure, the inner wall of the negative pressure ring is provided with a through hole, and the through hole is connected with the vacuum pump; when the vacuum insulation device is used, the insulation tube (1) penetrates through the negative pressure ring (11), and the negative pressure ring (11) adsorbs the outer wall of the insulation tube (1) by vacuum;
the first cutter assembly (20) is positioned outside the end face of the heating assembly (30) and used for cutting off the insulating pipe (1);
the heating assembly (30) comprises two heating plates (31) with semicircular structures and is used for heating the insulating tube (1) cut by the first cutter assembly (20); the length of the heating plate (31) is greater than that of the finished connector; the heating plates (31) are respectively arranged at two sides of the feeding direction of the insulating tube (1), and the heating plates (31) are movably arranged along the direction vertical to the insulating tube (1);
the shifting fork (40) is movably arranged along the vertical direction, the shifting fork (40) is provided with a groove, and the inner diameter of the groove is larger than the outer diameters of two ends of the cable connector and smaller than the outer diameter of the middle section of the cable connector;
the coating component (50) comprises an annular brush (51) in a circular ring structure, and bristles are arranged on the inner wall of the annular brush (51) along the circumference and used for brushing soldering flux on the shielding pipe (2); the annular brush (51) is coaxial with the negative pressure ring (11);
the second cutter assembly (60) is used for cutting off the shielding pipe (2) conveyed by the second feeding mechanism (70);
the second feeding mechanism (70) comprises a supporting pipe (71), and a feeding rod (72) penetrates through the supporting pipe (71) in a sliding mode along the axial direction; the outer periphery of the supporting pipe (71) is sleeved with a material pushing ring (73), and when the shielding pipe (2) is used, the outer periphery of the supporting pipe (71) is sleeved with the shielding pipe and penetrates through the inner wall of the material pushing ring (73); pushing the shielding pipe (2) by using a pushing ring (73); the shielding pipe (2) is tightly contacted with the feeding rod (72).
2. The assembling device for the cable connectors according to claim 1, wherein the first feeding mechanism (10) further comprises a conveying roller set (12), the conveying roller set (12) comprises two rows of friction wheels (13) arranged along the feeding direction, the middle sections of the friction wheels (13) are provided with annular grooves (131), and the inner walls of the annular grooves (131) are attached to the outer wall of the insulating tube (1); synchronous teeth (14) are arranged at the bottoms of the friction wheels (13), synchronous belts (15) are arranged on the conveying roller sets (12), and tooth-shaped structures matched with the synchronous teeth (14) are arranged on the inner sides and the outer sides of the synchronous belts (15); the synchronous belt (15) is arranged between the two rows of friction wheels (13), and the tooth-shaped structures on the inner side and the outer side of the synchronous belt (15) are simultaneously meshed with the synchronous teeth (14) of the friction wheels (13).
3. The assembling device for cable connectors according to claim 1, wherein the first cutter assembly (20) and the second cutter assembly (60) each comprise a pair of telescoping devices (21), and the movable ends of the telescoping devices (21) are provided with cutters (22); the movable ends of the pair of telescopic devices (21) move oppositely along the direction vertical to the insulating tube (1); the telescopic device (21) is horizontally arranged to avoid the negative pressure ring (11) movably arranged above; a first V-shaped groove (721) is formed in the outer wall of the feeding rod (72) at a position corresponding to a cutter (22) of the first cutter assembly (20) along the circumference, and an arc-shaped cutting edge (221) is formed on the edge of the cutter (22) corresponding to the first V-shaped groove (721); the wall of the feeding rod (72) is provided with a second V-shaped groove (722) corresponding to the position of the cutter (22) of the second cutter component (60) along the circumference, and the edge of the cutter (22) is provided with an arc-shaped cutting edge (221) corresponding to the first V-shaped groove (721).
4. An assembling device for cable joints according to claim 1, wherein the heating plate (31) has three segments along the length direction, and a partition (311) is provided between adjacent segments; the middle section is used for heating the middle section of the insulating tube (1), and the parts at the two ends are used for heating the two ends of the insulating tube (1); the heating time and temperature of the portions at both ends of the heating plate (31) and the middle section can be controlled independently.
5. The assembling device for cable connectors according to claim 1, wherein the pushing ring (73) has a plurality of pressing plates (731) along a circumferential array on an inner wall thereof, and the pressing plates (731) are movably disposed along a normal direction of the pushing ring (73).
6. The assembling device for the cable connector according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of groups of supporting wheels (74) are arranged below the supporting tube (71) along the length direction, the supporting wheels (74) are arranged in a sliding manner along the length direction of the supporting tube (71), an annular groove is formed in the middle section of each supporting wheel (74) along the circumference, and the annular groove is in contact with the outer wall of the shielding tube (2); the adjacent supporting wheels (74) are connected through springs (75), the supporting wheels (74) positioned at the fixed ends of the supporting tubes (71) are fixedly installed, and the material pushing ring (73) is connected with the adjacent supporting wheels (74) through the springs (75).
7. The assembling device for the cable connectors according to claim 1, wherein the second feeding mechanism (70) is provided with a fixed seat (76), the fixed seat (76) is provided with a detachable cover plate (77), and the surfaces of the fixed seat (76) and the cover plate (77) which are in contact with each other are provided with semicircular grooves (761) for installing the supporting tube (71); the outer wall of the supporting pipe (71) is provided with a limiting ring (711), and limiting grooves (762) are processed in the fixing seat (76) and the semicircular groove (761) of the cover plate (77) corresponding to the limiting ring (711).
8. An assembly device for cable joints according to claim 1, characterised in that the ejector ring (73) is driven by a screw (78), the screw (78) being parallel to the support tube (71).
9. The assembling device for cable connectors according to claim 1, wherein the negative pressure ring (11) is fitted on the screw (16), and the screw (16) is arranged above the insulating tube (1) during feeding.
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