CN113857776A

CN113857776A - USB metal shell feeding device and method and automatic welding equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113857776A
Application number: CN202111051066.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林张瑜; 王占均; 唐兰芳
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-09-08
Filing date: 2021-09-08
Publication date: 2021-12-31

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of USB production, in particular to a USB metal shell feeding device and method and automatic welding equipment. A USB metal shell feeding device comprises a material belt feeding mechanism, a shell cutting mechanism, a first shell carrying mechanism, a shell storage mechanism, a second shell carrying mechanism and a shell pushing mechanism, wherein the material belt feeding mechanism is connected with the shell cutting mechanism; the shell pushing mechanism is located at the side end of the shell storage mechanism, and the second shell carrying mechanism is connected with the shell storage mechanism and the shell pushing mechanism. The invention has the advantages of high separation efficiency, high feeding efficiency and accurate assembly.

Description

USB metal shell feeding device and method and automatic welding equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of USB production, in particular to a USB metal shell feeding device and method and automatic welding equipment.

Background

The USB socket is a commonly used electronic connector, and mainly includes an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals housed in the insulating body, and a metal shell covering the insulating body. As shown in fig. 15, the USB female socket includes a core (100) and a shell (200), a side of the shell (200) is snapped on the core (100), a welding portion is formed at the bottom of the shell (200), and the welding portion is welded and fixed with a pin on the core (100).

The Chinese patent application (publication number: CN107511600B, published as 2020.04.21) discloses a docking mechanism for upper and lower shells of a USB interface, which comprises a shell loading conveying device, wherein a conveying carrier is arranged on the shell loading conveying device, a rack is provided with a lower shell feeding device, an interface feeding mechanism, an upper shell feeding device and a welding device, the lower shell feeding device and the upper shell feeding device respectively comprise shell conveying plates, each shell conveying plate comprises a shell conveying plate main body, a shell conveying feeding groove and a shell conveying stripping opening are formed in each shell conveying plate main body, each shell conveying groove is connected to a carrier belt device, a shell conveying stripping device is arranged below each shell conveying stripping opening and matched with the conveying carrier on the shell loading conveying device, a shell conveying stripping device comprises a shell conveying stripping seat, a shell conveying stripping lifting cylinder and a shell conveying stripping rod are arranged on each shell conveying stripping seat, and a shell conveying stripping pressing block is connected below each shell conveying stripping rod.

The prior art has the following defects: 1. the shell separation speed is low, and the feeding efficiency and precision are low; 2, the inner core of the USB female seat is difficult to position, the conveying efficiency of the jig is low, and the precision is low; 3. the automation degree is low, the circulation efficiency is low, and the production efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a USB metal shell feeding device and method which are high in separation efficiency, feeding efficiency and assembling accuracy, and aims to solve the problems of low shell separation speed, and low feeding efficiency and accuracy in the prior art.

For the purpose of the invention, the following technical scheme is adopted for realizing the purpose:

a USB metal shell feeding device comprises a material belt feeding mechanism, a shell cutting mechanism, a first shell carrying mechanism, a shell storage mechanism, a second shell carrying mechanism and a shell pushing mechanism, wherein the material belt feeding mechanism is connected with the shell cutting mechanism; the shell pushing mechanism is positioned at the side end of the shell storage mechanism, and the second shell carrying mechanism is connected with the shell storage mechanism and the shell pushing mechanism; the material area feed mechanism be used for realizing the metal material area material loading that is equipped with the shell, the shell cuts the mechanism and is used for cutting off the shell from the material area, first shell handling mechanism and second shell handling mechanism are used for carrying the shell, the shell is stored the mechanism and is used for circulation storage shell, shell push mechanism is used for with shell propelling movement to the female seat of USB on.

Preferably, the material belt feeding mechanism comprises a movable mounting plate, a sliding module and a material rail feeding function module, the material rail feeding function module comprises a material belt sliding rail, a limiting component and a material belt driving component, the movable mounting plate is movably connected to the rack through a sliding rail, the sliding module is fixed to the rack, a moving end of the sliding module is connected with the movable mounting plate, the material rail feeding function module is arranged on the movable mounting plate, the material belt sliding rail is fixedly arranged on the movable mounting plate, the limiting component is arranged below a discharging end of the material belt sliding rail, the material belt driving component is arranged on the material belt sliding rail, the material belt driving component corresponds to a round hole in the upper side edge of the material belt from the upper side, the material belt driving component comprises two cylinders which are horizontally and vertically arranged and a driving block which moves, a convex column is arranged at the lower end of the driving block, and the convex column corresponds to the material belt; the limiting assembly comprises a vertically arranged cylinder and a limiting block arranged at the telescopic end of the cylinder, and a convex column is also arranged at the upper end of the limiting block.

Preferably, the shell cutting mechanism comprises a punching base, a punching cylinder, a pressing assembly, a cutter assembly, a lower pressing template, a side pressing block, a wedge driving block, a driving cylinder and a recovery cylinder; the punching base is fixed on the frame, the lower pressing template is movably matched on the punching base through a guide pillar, the material belt is positioned between the punching base and the lower pressing template, the punching cylinder is installed in the punching base, the cutter assembly is directly fixed with the telescopic end of the punching cylinder, the pressing assembly is positioned above the cutter assembly, and a spring is arranged between the cutter assembly and the pressing assembly; the center of the lower pressing template is provided with three rectangular notches, the rectangular notches correspond to the cutter assemblies, two side faces of the lower pressing template are provided with inclined faces, the side pressing blocks are connected to two side faces of the punching base in a sliding mode, the end portions of the side pressing blocks are provided with corresponding inclined faces, the wedge driving block is movably matched in the punching base, inclined holes are formed in the wedge driving block, rollers are arranged on the side pressing blocks, and groove pairs are formed between the rollers and the inclined holes; the flexible end that drives actuating cylinder is connected with wedge drive actuating block, and the recovery drum is installed in the side of die-cut base, and the recovery drum is corresponding with the ejection of compact direction in material area.

Preferably, the working part of the cutter assembly is a rectangular cutter, the working part of the pressing assembly is a rectangular frame, and the working part of the cutter assembly is located in the center of the working part of the pressing assembly.

Preferably, the shell carrying mechanism comprises a support, a transverse moving assembly, a longitudinal moving assembly, mounting blocks and suction blocks, wherein the transverse moving assembly is horizontally mounted on the support, the longitudinal moving assembly is vertically mounted at a moving end of the transverse moving assembly, the mounting blocks are arranged at the moving end of the longitudinal moving assembly, the suction blocks are fixed on the mounting blocks, the number of the suction blocks is three, and suction holes are formed in the lower ends of the suction blocks.

Preferably, the shell storage mechanism comprises a sliding base, a lifting connecting plate, a vertical pushing cylinder, a horizontal pushing cylinder, a positioning strip, a positioning cylinder and a shell carrier, wherein the sliding base is fixed on the rack, an upper layer of sliding track and a lower layer of sliding track are arranged on the sliding base, the shell carrier is matched in the sliding tracks, and the lifting connecting plate is arranged at the telescopic end of the vertical pushing cylinder; the two lifting connecting plates are positioned at two end parts of the sliding rails, the transverse pushing cylinders are arranged at two end parts of the sliding base, and the two transverse pushing cylinders respectively correspond to the shell carriers on the upper and lower layers of sliding rails; the positioning strip is movably connected to the side of the sliding base through a sliding rail, the telescopic end of the positioning cylinder is connected with the positioning strip, and the positioning strip corresponds to the shell carrier; the shell carrier up end be provided with a plurality of even recesses, the shell is placed in the recess location, the side of shell carrier is provided with the spout and slides the track phase-match, shell carrier bottom is provided with the location and leads to the groove and correspond with the location strip.

Preferably, the shell pushing mechanism comprises a bottom frame, a suction connecting block, a pushing cylinder, a lower pressing plate, a lower pressing block and a pressing cylinder; the lower end of each suction connecting block is movably connected to the underframe through a sliding rail, three suction connecting blocks are arranged, the propulsion cylinders are arranged on the underframe, the telescopic ends of the propulsion cylinders are connected with the suction connecting blocks, three grooves are formed in the suction connecting blocks, and air suction holes are formed in the side surfaces of the grooves; the lower pressing block is elastically connected to the lower pressing plate, the lower pressing plate is movably matched with the side of the bottom frame, the pressing cylinder is installed on the bottom frame, and the telescopic end of the pressing cylinder is connected with the lower pressing plate.

A USB metal shell feeding method comprises the steps that a material belt feeding mechanism feeds a material belt into a shell cutting mechanism, the shell cutting mechanism cuts a shell from the material belt, and the shell is conveyed into a shell storage mechanism through a first shell conveying mechanism; the second shell carrying mechanism carries the shell in the shell storage mechanism to the shell pushing mechanism, and the shell pushing mechanism pushes the shell to the side direction for feeding and assembling.

A USB automatic welding device comprises a rack, and a feeding device, a jig conveying device, a shell feeding device, a welding device, a discharging device and a visual detection device which are arranged on the rack; the feeding device corresponds to the feeding end of the jig conveying device, the discharging device corresponds to the discharging end of the conveying device, and the shell feeding device, the welding device and the visual detection device are sequentially arranged on the side of the jig conveying device along the machining direction; the shell feeding device adopts the technical scheme to provide the USB metal shell feeding device.

Preferably, the feeding device is used for carrying the core to the jig, the jig conveying device is used for carrying the jig to convey, the shell feeding device is used for separating the shell to realize feeding, the welding device is used for welding the shell and the core, the visual detection device is used for detecting the welding condition, and the blanking device is used for carrying the carrier and blanking the product.

The USB metal shell feeding device and the method adopting the technical scheme have the advantages that: through the arrangement of the two groups of material rail feeding function modules of the material belt feeding mechanism, alternate feeding is realized, and the phenomenon of material breakage waiting is avoided; the punching, the carrying and the assembling of a plurality of shells are carried out at a time, so that the efficiency is improved; the shell storage mechanism is arranged for storing the punched shell, so that the capacity is improved, the shell storage mechanism circularly replaces the carrier, and the feeding efficiency is improved; the shell storage mechanism fixes the shell in a sucking and catching mode, and the shell is pushed out laterally to realize feeding assembly and improve the precision.

Further, the USB automatic welding equipment adopting the technical scheme has the advantages that:

1. the jig conveying device fixes the USB female seats by arranging the jigs, can fix a plurality of the USB female seats at the same time, improves the processing efficiency, is convenient for processing from the upper side and the side, and is convenient for loading and unloading; step-by-step movement is realized by arranging a step-by-step moving mechanism at a processing station, and after each movement, a positioning assembly is adopted for positioning, so that the processing precision is improved; for an empty jig, the conveying belt assembly is adopted for conveying backflow, conveying speed is improved, a loop is formed, and machining efficiency is improved.

2. The shell feeding device realizes alternate feeding by arranging two groups of material rail feeding function modules of the material belt feeding mechanism, and avoids the phenomenon of material break waiting; the punching, the carrying and the assembling of a plurality of shells are carried out at a time, so that the efficiency is improved; the shell storage mechanism is arranged for storing the punched shell, so that the capacity is improved, the shell storage mechanism circularly replaces the carrier, and the feeding efficiency is improved; the shell storage mechanism fixes the shell in a sucking and catching mode, and the shell is pushed out laterally to realize feeding assembly and improve the precision.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a structural view of the feeding device.

Fig. 3 is a structural view of the jig conveying device.

Fig. 4 is a structural view of the docking assembly.

Fig. 5 is a structural diagram of the jig.

Fig. 6 is a structural view of the step movement mechanism.

Fig. 7 is a structural view of the side pushing mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a structural view of the case feeding device.

Fig. 9 is a structural diagram of the material belt feeding mechanism and the shell cutting mechanism.

Fig. 10 is a structural view of the case conveyance mechanism.

Fig. 11 is a structural view of the housing storage mechanism.

Fig. 12 is a structural view of the housing pushing mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a structural view of the welding apparatus.

Fig. 14 is a structural view of the blanking apparatus.

Fig. 15 is a structural view of the gripping assembly.

Fig. 16 is a structural view of a product.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart of the present invention.

Detailed Description

As shown in fig. 1, an automatic USB welding device includes a rack 1, and a feeding device 2, a jig conveying device 3, a shell feeding device 4, a welding device 5, a discharging device 6, and a visual inspection device mounted on the rack 1; loading attachment 2 corresponds tool conveyor 3's feed end, and unloader 6 corresponds conveyor 3's discharge end, and along the direction of processing, shell loading attachment 4, welding set 5 and visual detection device set gradually in tool conveyor 3's side.

The feeding device 2 is used for carrying the core to the jig, the jig conveying device 3 is used for carrying the jig to convey, the shell feeding device 4 is used for separating the shell to achieve feeding, the welding device 5 is used for welding the shell and the core, the visual detection device is used for detecting the welding condition, and the blanking device 6 is used for carrying the carrier and blanking the product. The shell feeding device 4 is a USB metal shell feeding device.

As shown in fig. 2, the feeding device 2 includes a vertical base 21, a moving module 22, a primary longitudinal moving cylinder 23, a secondary longitudinal moving cylinder 24 and a suction cup 25; the vertical seat 21 is fixed on the frame, the moving module 22 is horizontally installed on the vertical seat 21, the first-stage longitudinal moving cylinder 23 is installed at the moving end of the moving module 22, the second-stage longitudinal moving cylinder 24 is installed at the moving end of the first-stage longitudinal moving cylinder 23, the sucking discs 25 are installed at the moving end of the second-stage longitudinal moving cylinder 24, and the sucking discs 25 are provided with a plurality of uniform distributions.

As shown in fig. 3-7, the jig conveying device 3 includes a docking assembly 31, a stepping moving mechanism 32, a side pushing mechanism 33, and a conveying belt assembly 34; the stepping moving mechanism 32 and the conveyor belt assembly 34 are arranged side by side, the docking assembly 31 is connected with the feeding end of the stepping moving mechanism 32 and the discharging end of the conveyor belt assembly 34, and the side pushing mechanism 33 corresponds to the end of the conveyor belt assembly 34. The connection component 31 comprises a linear module 311, a lifting cylinder 312, a lifting groove seat 313, a lateral pressure cylinder 314, a jig 315, a pushing cylinder 316 and a push rod 317; the linear module 311 is fixed on the frame, the lifting cylinder 312 is vertically installed at the moving end of the linear module 311, the lifting groove seat 313 is installed at the telescopic end of the lifting cylinder 312, the upper end of the lifting groove seat 313 is provided with an accommodating groove, a jig 315 is placed in the accommodating groove, the side pressure cylinder 314 is installed at the side of the lifting groove seat 313, and the telescopic end of the side pressure cylinder 314 corresponds to the jig 315; the push cylinder 316 is horizontally fixed on the frame through a connecting plate, the push rod 317 is installed at the telescopic end of the push cylinder 316, and the push rod 317 corresponds to the jig 315 in the accommodating groove. The jig 315 comprises a fixing block 3151, a pressing block 3152 and a side cover plate 3153, wherein a plurality of sliding grooves are formed in the fixing block 3151, the pressing block 3152 is movably matched in the sliding grooves, an arc-shaped notch portion 3154 is formed in the end portion of the pressing block 3152, the arc-shaped notch portion 3154 presses a workpiece, a cover strip 3155 is arranged at the upper end of the fixing block 3151, and the cover strip 3155 presses the pressing block 3152 from the upper side; the side cover plate 3153 is mounted on the side of the fixing block 3151, and a pressing spring is arranged between the side cover plate 3153 and the pressing block 3152, and presses the pressing block 3152 against the cover strip 3155 to clamp a workpiece.

The stepping moving mechanism 32 comprises a base 321, a material passing rail 322, a feeding blocking component 323, a sliding plate 324, a sliding driving module 325, a positioning component 326 and a driving component 327; the material passing rail 322 is installed on the base 321, the jig moves in the material passing rail 322, the feeding blocking component 323 is installed on the base 321, and the upper end of the feeding blocking component 323 corresponds to the feeding end of the material passing rail 322; the sliding plate 324 is movably connected to the base 321 through a sliding rail, the sliding driving module 325 is fixedly arranged on the base 321, and the telescopic end of the sliding driving module 325 is connected with the sliding plate 324; the positioning assembly 326 is installed on the base 321, the positioning assembly 326 corresponds to the lower part of the material passing rail 322, the driving assemblies 327 are uniformly arranged on the sliding plate 324, and the driving assemblies 327 correspond to the side of the material passing rail 322. Locating component 326 include fixing base 3261, jacking cylinder 3262 and locating piece 3263, jacking cylinder 3262 installs on fixing base 3261, locating piece 3263 installs in jacking cylinder 3262's upper end, locating piece 3263's upper end is provided with the reference column. The driving assembly 327 comprises an inserting cylinder 3271 and an inserting strip 3272, the inserting strip 3272 is installed at the telescopic end of the inserting cylinder 3271, a protruding block is arranged at the front end of the inserting strip 3272, and the protruding block is matched with a sliding groove in the jig.

The side pushing mechanism 33 comprises a placing carrier 331, a pushing cylinder 332, a push plate 333, a base 3334 and a connecting plate 335, wherein the placing carrier 331 is connected to the base 3334, a jig is arranged on the placing carrier 331, the push plate 333 is arranged at the telescopic end of the pushing cylinder 332, the push plate 333 corresponds to the side of the placing carrier 331, and the connecting plate 335 is arranged at the side of the placing carrier 331.

When the jig conveying device 3 works, the USB female seat is placed in the jig, the jig is moved to the end of the stepping moving mechanism 32 through the connection assembly 31 and pushed into the stepping moving mechanism 32, then the sliding driving module 325 and the driving assembly 327 act together to drive the jig in a stepping manner, and at a corresponding station, the positioning assembly 326 positions the jig and performs corresponding processing; the jig after passing through the stepping mechanism 32 is conveyed to the side pushing mechanism 33, the jig is pushed into the conveyor belt assembly 34 by the side pushing mechanism 33, and the conveyor belt assembly 34 conveys the empty jig back to the docking assembly 31.

The jig conveying device 3 solves the problems of difficult positioning of the USB female seats, low jig conveying efficiency and low precision, a plurality of the jig 315 can be fixed at the same time by fixing the USB female seats, the processing efficiency is improved, the jig 315 is convenient to process from the upper side and the lateral side, and loading and unloading are convenient; the stepping movement mechanism 32 is arranged at the processing station to realize stepping movement, and after each movement, the positioning assembly 326 is adopted for positioning, so that the processing precision is improved; for the empty jig, the conveying belt assembly 34 is adopted for conveying and refluxing, the conveying speed is increased, a loop is formed, and the processing efficiency is improved.

As shown in fig. 8-12, a USB metal shell feeding device includes a material belt feeding mechanism 41, a shell cutting mechanism 42, a first shell carrying mechanism 43, a shell storage mechanism 44, a second shell carrying mechanism 45, and a shell pushing mechanism 46, wherein the material belt feeding mechanism 41 is connected to the shell cutting mechanism 42, the shell storage mechanism 44 is located at a side of the shell cutting mechanism 42, and the first shell carrying mechanism 43 is connected to the shell cutting mechanism 42 and the shell storage mechanism 44; the housing pushing mechanism 46 is located at a side end of the housing storage mechanism 44, and the second housing carrying mechanism 45 engages the housing storage mechanism 44 and the housing pushing mechanism 46. The material belt feeding mechanism 41 is used for realizing the feeding of a metal material belt provided with a shell, the shell cutting mechanism 42 is used for punching and cutting the shell from the material belt, the first shell carrying mechanism 43 and the second shell carrying mechanism 45 are used for carrying the shell, the shell storage mechanism 44 is used for circularly storing the shell, and the shell pushing mechanism 46 is used for pushing the shell to a USB female seat.

The material belt feeding mechanism 41 comprises a movable mounting plate 411, a sliding module 412 and a material rail feeding function module, the material rail feeding function module comprises a material belt sliding rail 413, the material belt driving device comprises a limiting component 414 and a material belt driving component 415, a movable mounting plate 411 is movably connected to a rack through a sliding rail, a sliding module 412 is fixed to the rack, the moving end of the sliding module 412 is connected with the movable mounting plate 411, a material rail feeding function module is arranged on the movable mounting plate 411, a material belt sliding rail 413 is fixedly arranged on the movable mounting plate 411, the limiting component 414 is arranged below the discharging end of the material belt sliding rail 413, the material belt driving component 415 is arranged on the material belt sliding rail 413, the material belt driving component 415 corresponds to a circular hole in the upper side edge of the material belt from the upper side, the material belt driving component 415 comprises two cylinders which are horizontally and vertically arranged and a moving driving block, and a convex column is arranged at the lower end of the driving block and corresponds to the material belt; the limiting component 414 comprises a vertically arranged cylinder and a limiting block arranged on the telescopic end of the cylinder, and a convex column is also arranged at the upper end of the limiting block.

The shell cutting mechanism 42 comprises a cutting base 421, a cutting cylinder 422, a pressing component 423, a cutter component 424, a lower pressing template 425, a side pressing block 426, a wedge driving block 427, a driving cylinder 428 and a recovery cylinder 429; the punching base 421 is fixed on the frame, the lower die plate 425 is movably matched on the punching base 421 through a guide pillar, the material belt is positioned between the punching base 421 and the lower die plate 425, the punching cylinder 422 is installed in the punching base 421, the cutter assembly 424 is directly fixed with the telescopic end of the punching cylinder 422, the pressing assembly 423 is positioned above the cutter assembly 424, and a spring is arranged between the pressing assembly and the cutter assembly 424; the working part of the cutter component 424 is a rectangular cutter, the working part of the pressing component 423 is a rectangular frame, and the working part of the cutter component 424 is positioned at the center of the working part of the pressing component 423; the center of the lower die plate 425 is provided with three rectangular notches, the rectangular notches correspond to the cutter assemblies 424, two side faces of the lower die plate 425 are provided with inclined faces, the side pressure blocks 426 are slidably connected to two side faces of the punching base 421, the end parts of the side pressure blocks 426 are provided with corresponding inclined faces, the wedge driving block 427 is movably matched in the punching base 421, inclined holes are formed in the wedge driving block 427, rollers are arranged on the side pressure blocks 426, and a groove pair matching is formed between the rollers and the inclined holes; the telescopic end of the driving cylinder 428 is connected with the wedge driving block 427, the recovery cylinder 429 is installed at the side of the punching base 421, and the recovery cylinder 429 corresponds to the discharging direction of the material belt.

When the shell cutting mechanism 42 works, firstly, the two driving cylinders 428 contract to drive the side pressing blocks 426 to move inwards, so that the lower pressing die plate 425 is pressed downwards; then die-cut cylinder 422 drives compressing assembly 423 and cutter assembly 424 to rise together, compresses tightly the material area at first compressing assembly 423, and then cutter assembly 424 continues to rise, and die-cut the shell down.

The shell carrying mechanism comprises a support 431, a transverse moving assembly 432, a longitudinal moving assembly 433, mounting blocks 434 and suction blocks 435, wherein the transverse moving assembly 432 is horizontally mounted on the support 431, the longitudinal moving assembly 433 is vertically mounted at the moving end of the transverse moving assembly 432, the mounting blocks 434 are arranged at the moving end of the longitudinal moving assembly 433, the suction blocks 435 are fixed on the mounting blocks 434, the number of the suction blocks 435 is three, and the lower ends of the suction blocks 435 are provided with suction holes.

The shell storage mechanism 44 comprises a sliding base 441, a lifting connecting plate 442, a vertical pushing cylinder 443, a horizontal pushing cylinder 444, a positioning strip 445, a positioning cylinder 446 and a shell carrier 447, wherein the sliding base 441 is fixed on the frame, the sliding base 441 is provided with an upper sliding rail and a lower sliding rail, the shell carrier 447 is matched in the sliding rails, and the lifting connecting plate 442 is installed at the telescopic end of the vertical pushing cylinder 443; two lifting connection plates 442 are arranged, the lifting connection plates 442 are positioned at two end parts of the sliding tracks, the transverse pushing cylinders 444 are arranged at two end parts of the sliding base 441, and the two transverse pushing cylinders 444 correspond to the shell carriers 447 on the upper and lower layers of sliding tracks respectively; the positioning bar 445 is movably connected to the side of the sliding base 441 through a sliding rail, the telescopic end of the positioning cylinder 446 is connected with the positioning bar 445, and the positioning bar 445 corresponds to the shell carrier 447; the upper end face of the shell carrier 447 is provided with a plurality of uniform grooves, the shell is positioned in the grooves, the side face of the shell carrier 447 is provided with a sliding groove matched with the sliding rail, and the bottom of the shell carrier 447 is provided with a positioning through groove corresponding to the positioning strip 445.

The shell pushing mechanism 46 comprises a bottom frame 461, a suction connecting block 462, a pushing cylinder 463, a lower pressing plate 464, a lower pressing block 465 and a pressing cylinder 466; the lower end of the suction connecting block 462 is movably connected to the bottom frame 461 through a sliding rail, three suction connecting blocks 462 are arranged, a propulsion cylinder 463 is arranged on the bottom frame 461, the telescopic end of the propulsion cylinder 463 is connected with the suction connecting block 462, three grooves are arranged on the suction connecting block 462, and suction holes are arranged on the side surfaces of the grooves; the lower pressing block 465 is elastically connected to the lower pressing plate 464, the lower pressing plate 464 is movably matched with the side of the bottom frame 461, the pressing cylinder 466 is installed on the bottom frame 461, and the telescopic end of the pressing cylinder 466 is connected with the lower pressing plate 464.

When the USB metal shell feeding device works, the material belt feeding mechanism 41 feeds a material belt into the shell cutting mechanism 42, the shell cutting mechanism 42 cuts a shell from the material belt, and the shell is conveyed into the shell storage mechanism 44 through the first shell conveying mechanism 43; the second housing conveying mechanism 45 conveys the housing in the housing storage mechanism 44 to the housing pushing mechanism 46, and the housing pushing mechanism 46 pushes the housing sideways to perform the loading and assembling.

A USB metal shell feeding device solves the problems of low shell separation speed, low feeding efficiency and low precision, realizes alternate feeding by arranging two groups of material rail feeding function modules of a material belt feeding mechanism 41, and avoids the phenomenon of material breaking and waiting; the punching, the carrying and the assembling of a plurality of shells are carried out at a time, so that the efficiency is improved; the shell storage mechanism 44 is arranged for storing punched shells, so that the capacity is improved, the carriers are replaced by the shell storage mechanism 44 in a circulating mode, and the feeding efficiency is improved; the shell storage mechanism 44 fixes the shell in a sucking and catching mode, and the shell is pushed out laterally to realize feeding assembly, so that the precision is improved.

As shown in fig. 13, the welding device 5 includes a laser welding machine 51, an upper end pressing component 52, and a side pressing component 53, the laser welding machine 51 is horizontally disposed, and the upper end pressing component 52 and the side pressing component 53 respectively correspond to the upper side and the side of the jig at the welding station.

As shown in fig. 14 to 15, the blanking device 6 includes a gantry 61, a traverse module 62, a traverse plate 63, a vertical cylinder 64, a vertical plate 65, a gripping assembly 66 and an adsorption assembly 67; the traverse module 62 is arranged on the portal frame 61, the traverse plate 63 is movably connected on the portal frame 61 through a slide rail, and the moving end of the traverse module 62 is fixed with the traverse plate 63; the vertical cylinder 64 is arranged on the transverse moving plate 63, the vertical moving plate 65 is arranged at the telescopic end of the vertical cylinder 64, and the clamping assembly 66 and the adsorption assembly 67 are arranged on the vertical moving plate 65; the adsorption assembly 67 comprises a plurality of uniformly distributed suction heads, and the clamping assembly 66 comprises a clamping driving cylinder 661, a driving plate 662, a clamping block 663 and a convex nail 664; the clamping driving cylinder 661 is fixed on the vertical moving plate 65, the driving plate 662 is vertically matched on the vertical moving plate 65, the driving plate 662 is provided with an inclined hole 6621, the clamping block 663 is provided with a roller, the roller is matched in the inclined hole 6621, and the convex nail 664 is arranged on the inner side of the clamping block 663.

A USB welding method sequentially comprises the following steps:

s1 mother seat feeding: the feeding device 2 conveys the USB female seat core part into a jig, and feeding is realized through the jig conveying device 3; s2 shell feeding: the shell feeding device 4 is used for punching and blanking the shell and then assembling the shell on the USB female seat core part on the jig;

and S3 shell welding: the welding device 5 welds the shell on the core part from the side;

s4 visual inspection: the visual detection device detects the side of the USB female socket; judging whether the product is qualified or not;

s5 blanking: the blanking device 6 carries and blanks the assembled USB female seat, and carries the jig to the jig conveying device 3 for backflow.

Claims

1. A USB metal shell feeding device is characterized by comprising a material belt feeding mechanism (41), a shell cutting mechanism (42), a first shell carrying mechanism (43), a shell storage mechanism (44), a second shell carrying mechanism (45) and a shell pushing mechanism (46), wherein the material belt feeding mechanism (41) is connected with the shell cutting mechanism (42), the shell storage mechanism (44) is positioned on the side of the shell cutting mechanism (42), and the first shell carrying mechanism (43) is connected with the shell cutting mechanism (42) and the shell storage mechanism (44); the shell pushing mechanism (46) is positioned at the side end of the shell storage mechanism (44), and the second shell carrying mechanism (45) is connected with the shell storage mechanism (44) and the shell pushing mechanism (46); the material belt feeding mechanism (41) is used for realizing metal material belt feeding of a shell, the shell cutting mechanism (42) is used for punching and cutting the shell from the material belt, the first shell carrying mechanism (43) and the second shell carrying mechanism (45) are used for carrying the shell, the shell storage mechanism (44) is used for circularly storing the shell, and the shell pushing mechanism (46) is used for pushing the shell to a USB female seat.

2. The USB metal shell feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the material belt feeding mechanism (41) comprises a moving mounting plate (411), a sliding module (412) and a material rail feeding function module, the material rail feeding function module comprises a material belt sliding rail (413), a limiting module (414) and a material belt driving module (415), the moving mounting plate (411) is movably connected to the rack through the sliding rail, the sliding module (412) is fixed to the rack, a moving end of the sliding module (412) is connected to the moving mounting plate (411), the moving mounting plate (411) is provided with the material rail feeding function module, the material belt sliding rail (413) is fixedly arranged on the moving mounting plate (411), the limiting module (414) is arranged below a discharging end of the material belt sliding rail (413), the material belt driving module (415) is arranged on the material belt sliding rail (413), and the material belt driving module (415) corresponds to a circular hole on the upper side of the material belt from above, the material belt driving component (415) comprises two cylinders which are horizontally and vertically arranged and a moving driving block, wherein the lower end of the driving block is provided with a convex column which corresponds to the material belt; the limiting assembly (414) comprises a vertically arranged cylinder and a limiting block arranged at the telescopic end of the cylinder, and a convex column is also arranged at the upper end of the limiting block.

3. The USB metal shell feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the shell cutting mechanism (42) comprises a punching base (421), a punching cylinder (422), a pressing assembly (423), a cutter assembly (424), a lower pressing template (425), a side pressing block (426), a wedge driving block (427), a driving cylinder (428) and a recovery cylinder (429); the punching base (421) is fixed on the frame, the lower die plate (425) is movably matched on the punching base (421) through a guide post, the material belt is positioned between the punching base (421) and the lower die plate (425), the punching cylinder (422) is arranged in the punching base (421), the cutter component (424) is directly fixed with the telescopic end of the punching cylinder (422), the pressing component (423) is positioned above the cutter component (424), and a spring is arranged between the pressing component and the cutter component; the center of the lower pressing template (425) is provided with three rectangular notches, the rectangular notches correspond to the cutter assembly (424), two side faces of the lower pressing template (425) are provided with inclined faces, the side pressing block (426) is connected to two side faces of the punching base (421) in a sliding mode, the end portion of the side pressing block (426) is provided with a corresponding inclined face, the wedge driving block (427) is movably matched in the punching base (421), the wedge driving block (427) is provided with an inclined hole, the side pressing block (426) is provided with a roller, and the roller and the inclined hole form a groove pair matching; the telescopic end of the driving cylinder (428) is connected with the wedge driving block (427), the recovery cylinder (429) is installed on the side of the punching base (421), and the recovery cylinder (429) corresponds to the discharging direction of the material belt.

4. The USB metal shell feeding device according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the working part of the cutter assembly (424) is a rectangular cutter, the working part of the pressing assembly (423) is a rectangular frame, and the working part of the cutter assembly (424) is located in the center of the working part of the pressing assembly (423).

5. The USB metal shell feeding device of claim 1, wherein the shell carrying mechanism comprises a support (431), a traverse component (432), a longitudinal moving component (433), a mounting block (434) and suction blocks (435), the traverse component (432) is horizontally mounted on the support (431), the longitudinal moving component (433) is vertically mounted at a moving end of the traverse component (432), the mounting block (434) is arranged at the moving end of the longitudinal moving component (433), the suction blocks (435) are fixed on the mounting block (434), the number of the suction blocks (435) is three, and the lower ends of the suction blocks (435) are provided with suction holes.

6. The USB metal shell feeding device of claim 1, wherein the shell storage mechanism (44) comprises a sliding base (441), a lifting connecting plate (442), a vertical pushing cylinder (443), a horizontal pushing cylinder (444), a positioning bar (445), a positioning cylinder (446) and a shell carrier (447), the sliding base (441) is fixed on the frame, the sliding base (441) is provided with an upper sliding track and a lower sliding track, the shell carrier (447) is matched in the sliding tracks, and the lifting connecting plate (442) is installed at the telescopic end of the vertical pushing cylinder (443); the two lifting connection plates (442) are arranged, the lifting connection plates (442) are positioned at two end parts of the sliding tracks, the transverse pushing cylinders (444) are arranged at two end parts of the sliding base (441), and the two transverse pushing cylinders (444) respectively correspond to the shell carriers (447) on the upper and lower layers of sliding tracks; the positioning bar (445) is movably connected to the side of the sliding base (441) through a sliding rail, the telescopic end of the positioning cylinder (446) is connected with the positioning bar (445), and the positioning bar (445) corresponds to the shell carrier (447); the shell carrier (447) up end be provided with a plurality of even recesses, the shell is placed in the recess location, the side of shell carrier (447) is provided with the spout and slides the track phase-match, shell carrier (447) bottom is provided with the location and leads to the groove and correspond with location strip (445).

7. The USB metal shell feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shell pushing mechanism (46) comprises a bottom frame (461), a suction connecting block (462), a pushing cylinder (463), a lower pressing plate (464), a lower pressing block (465) and a pressing cylinder (466); the lower end of the suction connecting block (462) is movably connected to a bottom frame (461) through a sliding rail, three suction connecting blocks (462) are arranged, a propulsion cylinder (463) is arranged on the bottom frame (461), the telescopic end of the propulsion cylinder (463) is connected with the suction connecting block (462), three notches are arranged on the suction connecting block (462), and air suction holes are formed in the side surfaces of the notches; the lower pressing block (465) is elastically connected to the lower pressing plate (464), the lower pressing plate (464) is movably matched with the side of the bottom frame (461), the pressing cylinder (466) is installed on the bottom frame (461), and the telescopic end of the pressing cylinder (466) is connected with the lower pressing plate (464).

8. A USB metal shell feeding method is characterized in that a material belt feeding mechanism (41) feeds a material belt into a shell cutting mechanism (42), the shell cutting mechanism (42) cuts a shell from the material belt, and the shell is conveyed into a shell storage mechanism (44) through a first shell conveying mechanism (43); the second shell conveying mechanism (45) conveys the shells in the shell storage mechanism (44) to the shell pushing mechanism (46), and the shell pushing mechanism (46) pushes the shells to the side for loading and assembling.

9. The USB automatic welding equipment is characterized by comprising a rack (1), and a feeding device (2), a jig conveying device (3), a shell feeding device (4), a welding device (5), a discharging device (6) and a visual detection device which are arranged on the rack (1); the feeding device (2) corresponds to the feeding end of the jig conveying device (3), the discharging device (6) corresponds to the discharging end of the conveying device (3), and the shell feeding device (4), the welding device (5) and the visual detection device are sequentially arranged on the side of the jig conveying device (3) along the machining direction; the shell loading device (4) is a USB metal shell loading device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

10. The USB automatic welding equipment according to claim 9, wherein the feeding device (2) is used for carrying the core to the jig, the jig conveying device (3) is used for carrying the jig to convey, the shell feeding device (4) is used for separating the shell to realize feeding, the welding device (5) is used for welding the shell and the core, the visual detection device is used for detecting the welding condition, and the blanking device (6) is used for carrying the carrier and blanking the product.