CN114675389B

CN114675389B - Fiber array coupling fiber penetrating assembling mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN114675389B
Application number: CN202210603299.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁景
Original assignee: Zhongshan Lensenda Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhongshan Lensenda Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-31
Filing date: 2022-05-31
Publication date: 2022-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2042-05-31
Also published as: CN114675389A

Abstract

The invention relates to a fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism for optical fiber array coupling. The fiber penetrating device comprises a fiber penetrating base, a fiber penetrating sliding plate, a fiber containing component and a plate containing component; the fiber penetrating base is provided with a fiber penetrating driving mechanism; the fiber loading assembly comprises a fiber loading base, a fiber loading X-direction sliding plate, a fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame, a fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame and an optical fiber clamp for clamping optical fibers; the optical fiber clamp is arranged at the outer end of the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame; the plate loading assembly comprises a plate supporting seat and a clamping block; the supporting plate seat is provided with a Z-direction positioning surface and an X-direction positioning surface; the clamping block faces the X-direction positioning surface; the clamping block slides between a clamping position and a releasing position; the clamping block abuts against the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface when the clamping block is in the clamping position; the clamping block is separated from the base plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface when the clamping block is in the release position; according to the invention, mechanical fiber penetrating action can be realized by the arrangement, so that manual fiber penetrating operation is replaced, labor force is reduced, and production efficiency can be improved.

Description

Fiber array coupling fiber penetrating assembling mechanism

Technical Field

The invention relates to an automatic fiber array assembling and coupling device, in particular to a fiber penetrating assembling mechanism for fiber array coupling.

Background

In the field of optical communications, fa (fiber array) fiber arrays are widely used. The optical fiber array comprises optical fibers, a cover plate and a bottom plate with V-grooves. The optical fiber array is coupled by penetrating the bare optical fiber portion with the optical fiber coating removed into the V-groove of the base plate, then overlapping the cover plate on the base plate in a manner of covering the V-groove, and then dispensing glue between the base plate and the cover plate (i.e., dispensing glue) to bond the base plate and the cover plate together.

In the process of assembling and coupling the optical fiber array, the key step is to make the optical fiber penetrate into the V-shaped groove of the bottom plate, and because the sizes of the V-shaped groove and the optical fiber are small, if the optical fiber is penetrated manually, a large amount of labor force is needed, and the difficulty of penetrating the optical fiber is large, so that a mechanism for replacing manual optical fiber penetrating is needed to be designed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an optical fiber array coupling fiber penetrating assembling mechanism which is used for penetrating optical fibers into a V-shaped groove of a bottom plate and comprises a fiber penetrating base, a fiber penetrating sliding plate, a fiber loading assembly used for loading the optical fibers and a plate loading assembly used for loading the bottom plate; the fiber penetrating sliding plate is arranged on the fiber penetrating base in a sliding manner along the Y axis; the fiber penetrating base is provided with a fiber penetrating driving mechanism for driving the fiber penetrating sliding plate to slide; the fiber loading assembly comprises a fiber loading base, a fiber loading X-direction sliding plate, a fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame, a fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame and an optical fiber clamp for clamping optical fibers; the fiber loading base is fixedly arranged on the fiber penetrating sliding plate; the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate is arranged on the fiber loading base in a sliding manner along an X axis, and the fiber loading base is provided with a fiber loading X-direction driving mechanism for driving the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate to slide; the fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame is arranged on the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate in a sliding manner along a Y axis, and a fiber loading Y-direction driving mechanism for driving the fiber loading Y to slide to the sliding frame is arranged on the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate; the inner end of the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame is slidably arranged on the fiber-loading Y-direction sliding frame along a Z axis, and the fiber-loading Y-direction sliding frame is provided with a fiber-loading Z-direction driving mechanism for driving the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame to slide; the optical fiber clamp is detachably arranged at the outer end of the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame; the plate loading assembly comprises a plate supporting seat and a clamping block; the supporting plate seat is provided with a Z-direction positioning surface for bearing the bottom plate and an X-direction positioning surface which is erected on the Z-direction positioning surface and used for supporting the bottom plate to lean against; the clamping block faces the X-direction positioning surface; the clamping block is arranged on the supporting plate seat in a manner of approaching or departing from the X-direction positioning surface along the X axis between a clamping position and a releasing position; when the clamping block is at the clamping position, the clamping block abuts against the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface, so that the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface is clamped between the clamping block and the X-direction positioning surface; the clamping block is separated from the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface when the clamping block is in the release position; the supporting plate seat is provided with a clamping block control mechanism for driving the clamping block to move from a clamping position to a releasing position, and the X axis, the Y axis and the Z axis form a space rectangular coordinate system.

According to the invention, mechanical fiber penetrating action can be realized by the arrangement, so that manual fiber penetrating operation is replaced, labor force is reduced, and production efficiency can be improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an optical fiber array automated assembly coupling device for use with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of another angle of the fiber array automated assembly coupling device of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of an automated fiber array assembly coupling device embodying the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a top view of an automated fiber array assembly coupling device embodying the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an optical fiber array automatic assembly coupling device in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 6 shows a right side view of the material mover;

FIG. 7 shows a front view of the material mover;

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the material mover;

FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of the bottom image capturing mechanism;

FIG. 10 shows a front view of the bottom image capturing mechanism;

FIG. 11 shows a perspective view of the loading mechanism;

FIG. 12 shows an exploded perspective view of the loading mechanism;

figure 13 shows a perspective view of the cartridge;

figure 14 shows a perspective view of another angle of the cartridge;

FIG. 15 shows a perspective view of the present invention;

FIG. 16 shows a perspective view of another angle of the present invention;

FIG. 17 shows a perspective view of yet another angle of the present invention;

FIG. 18 shows a perspective view of the fiber clamp with the flaps in a closed position;

fig. 19 shows a schematic illustration after opening of the flap into the folded-out position on the basis of fig. 18;

FIG. 20 shows an exploded perspective view of the fiber clamp;

FIG. 21 shows a front view of the present invention;

FIG. 22 shows a top view of the present invention;

FIG. 23 shows an exploded perspective view of the present invention;

FIG. 24 shows an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 shows a perspective view of a plating assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 26 shows an exploded perspective view of the plating assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 27 shows a schematic view of the slide bar head impinging on the linkage to slide the clamp block from the clamping position to the release position based on FIG. 25;

FIG. 28 is a schematic view showing the addition of a push block to the plating assembly, with the push block in a disengaged position;

FIG. 29 is a schematic view showing the push block slid from the disengaged position to the abutting position based on FIG. 28;

FIG. 30 shows a front view of the dispensing mechanism;

FIG. 31 shows a perspective view of the dispensing mechanism;

FIG. 32 shows a perspective view of another angle of the dispensing mechanism;

FIG. 33 shows an exploded perspective view of the glue dispensing mechanism;

FIG. 34 is a first schematic diagram showing the operation of the automatic assembling coupling device for fiber array according to the present invention;

FIG. 35 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the automatic assembling coupling device for fiber array according to the present invention;

FIG. 36 is a third schematic diagram of the operation of the automatic assembling coupling device for fiber array according to the present invention;

FIG. 37 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the automatic assembling coupling device for fiber array according to the present invention;

FIG. 38 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the automatic assembling coupling device for fiber array according to the present invention;

FIG. 39 is a sixth schematic view showing the operation of the automatic assembling coupling device for optical fiber array according to the present invention;

FIG. 40 is a seventh schematic diagram illustrating the operation of the automatic assembling coupling device for fiber arrays in accordance with the present invention;

fig. 41 shows a schematic structural diagram of an optical fiber array.

Reference numerals:

10 workbench, 101 optical fiber, 102 cover plate and 103 bottom plate; 20, a feeding mechanism, a 201 feeding base, a 202 feeding frame, a 203 material box, a 204 material box placing groove, a 205 cover plate placing area, a 206 bottom plate placing area, a 207 cover plate placing groove, a 208 bottom plate placing groove, a 209 handle frame, a 210 material box primary magnet and a 211 material box secondary magnet;

30 material conveying mechanisms, 301 material conveying frames, 302 material conveying X-direction sliding plates, 303 material conveying Z-direction sliding plates, 304 suction nozzles, 305 upper CCD cameras and 306 UV lamps;

40 fiber penetrating assembling mechanisms, 401 fiber penetrating bases, 402 fiber penetrating sliding plates, 403 fiber installing bases, 404 fiber installing X-direction sliding plates, 405 fiber installing Y-direction sliding frames, 406 fiber installing Z-direction sliding frames, 407 fiber clamps, 408 clamp supporting surfaces, 409 positioning columns, 410 positioning holes, 411 clamp bodies, 412 turning plates, 413 body grooves, 414 closed main magnets, 415 closed auxiliary magnets, 416 plate supporting seats, 417 clamping blocks, 418Z-direction positioning surfaces, 419X-direction positioning surfaces, 420 clamping block operating cylinders, 421 linkage pieces, 422 sliding rods, 423 sliding rod heads, 424 compression springs, 425 pushing blocks, 426Y-direction positioning surfaces and 427 pushing block driving cylinders.

50 dispensing mechanisms, 501 dispensing bases, 502 dispensing X-direction sliding plates, 503 dispensing Y-direction sliding frames, 504 dispensing Z-direction sliding plates, 505 dispensing supports, 506 head glue injectors, 507 head telescopic cylinders, 508 tail glue injectors, 509 tail telescopic cylinders, 510 arc-shaped guide grooves and 511 locking screws;

60 bottom image acquisition mechanism, 601 image acquisition base, 602 image acquisition Y-direction sliding plate, 603 lower CCD camera.

Detailed Description

The present application is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 to 5 show an automatic fiber array assembling and coupling device applied to a fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism of the present invention, which includes a workbench 10, wherein the fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism 40 is disposed on the workbench, and the workbench 10 is further provided with a feeding mechanism 20, a material moving mechanism 30 and a glue dispensing mechanism 50;

as shown in fig. 41, the optical fiber array is composed of optical fibers 101, a cover plate 102 and a bottom plate 103 with V-grooves;

the loading mechanism 20 is arranged for loading the floor 103 and the cover plate 102;

the carrying mechanism 30 is provided to successively carry the bottom plate 103 and the cover plate 102 loaded on the loading mechanism 20 to the fiber threading assembly mechanism 40, and to superimpose the cover plate 102 on the bottom plate 103 so as to cover the V-groove;

the fiber threading and assembling mechanism 40 is provided for loading the optical fiber 101, receiving the bottom plate 103 and the cover plate 102 conveyed by the conveying mechanism 30, and threading the optical fiber 101 into the V-groove of the bottom plate 103 after receiving the bottom plate 103 and before the cover plate 102 is stacked on the bottom plate 103;

the glue dispensing mechanism 50 is used for dispensing glue between the bottom plate 103 and the cover plate 102 after the cover plate 102 is stacked on the bottom plate 103 to bond the bottom plate 103 and the cover plate 102.

According to the technical scheme, the cover plate and the bottom plate are automatically put into the fiber penetrating assembling mechanism through the arranged feeding mechanism and the material moving mechanism, and the production efficiency can be improved.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, the material handling mechanism 30 includes a gantry-shaped material handling frame 301, a material handling X-direction slide plate 302, and a material handling Z-direction slide plate 303; the material carrying frame 301 is fixedly mounted on the table 10;

the material conveying X-direction sliding plate 302 is mounted on the material conveying frame 301 to slide along the X axis, and the material conveying frame 301 is provided with a material conveying X-direction driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the material conveying X to slide towards the sliding plate 302;

the material-carrying Z-direction sliding plate 303 is mounted on the material-carrying X-direction sliding plate so as to slide along the Z-axis, and a material-carrying Z-direction driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the material-carrying Z-direction sliding plate to slide is provided on the material-carrying X-direction sliding plate; the material conveying Z-direction slide plate 303 is provided with a suction nozzle 304 for selectively sucking or releasing the cover plate 102 and the bottom plate 103. The material carrying mechanism can realize moving and material carrying in the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction. The material moving mechanism disclosed by the technical scheme is simple in structure and convenient to implement.

The worktable 10 is further provided with a bottom image collecting mechanism 60 positioned below the suction nozzle 304;

the suction nozzle 304 is rotatably mounted on the material conveying Z-direction sliding plate 303, and the rotation axis of the suction nozzle 304 is parallel to the Z axis, so that the angle of a cover plate adsorbed on the suction nozzle around the Z axis can be conveniently adjusted;

the material conveying Z-direction slide plate 303 is provided with a driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the suction nozzle 304 to rotate. The position of the cover plate (especially the circumferential position of the cover plate on the rotation axis of the suction nozzle) can be controlled by combining the rotatable suction nozzle and the bottom image acquisition mechanism, so that the position precision of the cover plate stacked on the bottom plate is improved, and the qualification rate of products is improved.

The material-moving Z-direction sliding plate is also provided with a UV lamp 306 capable of generating ultraviolet light for curing the glue.

An upper CCD camera 305 is provided on the material-carrying X-direction sliding plate 302;

as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the bottom image capturing mechanism 60 includes an image capturing base 601, an image capturing Y-direction sliding plate 602, and a lower CCD camera 603; the image collecting base 601 is fixedly installed on the working table 10; the image capturing Y-direction sliding plate 602 is slidably mounted on the image capturing base 601 along the Y-axis, and an image capturing Y-direction driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) for driving the image capturing Y-direction sliding plate 602 to slide is disposed on the image capturing base 601; the lower CCD camera 603 is fixedly mounted on the image capturing Y-direction sliding plate 602. The bottom image acquisition mechanism disclosed by the technical scheme is simple in structure and convenient for position adjustment.

In this embodiment, the bottom image capturing mechanism 60, the feeding mechanism 20, the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism 40, and the dispensing mechanism 50 are distributed at intervals along the X-axis.

In this embodiment, the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis form a spatial rectangular coordinate system.

As shown in fig. 11 to 14, the feeding mechanism 20 includes a feeding base 201, a feeding frame 202, and a magazine 203;

the feeding base 201 is fixedly installed on the worktable 10;

the feeding frame 202 is slidably mounted on the feeding base 201 along the Y axis, and a feeding Y-direction driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) for driving the feeding frame 202 to slide is arranged on the feeding base 201;

the feeding frame slides along the Y axis, the material moving X-direction sliding plate slides along the X axis, and the material moving Z-direction sliding plate (comprising a suction nozzle) slides along the Z axis, so that three-dimensional motion of the material box (comprising a cover plate and a bottom plate which are arranged on the material box) can be formed, and the suction nozzle can selectively adsorb the cover plate or the bottom plate;

the feeding frame 202 is provided with a magazine placing groove 204 for accommodating the magazine 203, and the magazine 203 is detachably placed in the magazine placing groove 204;

a cover plate placement area 205 and a base plate placement area 206 are provided on the magazine 203, the cover plate placement area 205 having a plurality of cover plate placement grooves 207, each cover plate placement groove 207 being configured to receive one cover plate 102, the base plate placement area 206 having a plurality of base plate placement grooves 208, each base plate placement groove 208 being configured to receive one base plate 103. In the present embodiment, 10

cover placement grooves

207 and 10 bottom placement grooves 208 are shown.

This technical scheme is so that change apron and bottom plate through dismantled and assembled magazine. The positions of the cover plate and the bottom plate on the material box on the Y axis can be conveniently adjusted by arranging the sliding feeding frame.

The tail end of the material box 203 is provided with a handle rack 209 so as to facilitate the holding and taking of the material box by an operator;

the magnetic suction mechanism for the magazine is arranged on the magazine placing groove 204 and used for sucking the magazine 203, the magazine is sucked by the magnetic suction mechanism for the magazine so as to avoid the magazine from falling off from the feeding frame, the magazine can be conveniently taken and placed, the magnetic suction mechanism for the magazine comprises a main magazine magnet 210 arranged on the magazine placing groove 204, and a secondary magazine magnet 211 mutually attracted with the main magazine magnet 210 is arranged at the bottom of the magazine 203.

As shown in fig. 15 to 27, the fiber threading assembly mechanism 40 (i.e., fiber array-coupled fiber threading assembly mechanism) according to the present invention includes a fiber threading base 401, a fiber threading sliding plate 402, a fiber loading assembly for loading the optical fiber 101, and a plate loading assembly for loading the bottom plate 103; the fiber penetrating base 401 is fixedly installed on the workbench 10; the fiber passing sliding plate 402 is slidably mounted on the fiber passing base 401 along the Y-axis;

the fiber passing base 401 is provided with a fiber passing driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) for driving the fiber passing sliding plate 402 to slide;

the fiber loading assembly comprises a fiber loading base 403, a fiber loading X-direction sliding plate 404, a fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame 405, a fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame 406 and a fiber clamp 407 for clamping the optical fiber 101; the fiber loading base 403 is fixedly installed on the fiber passing sliding plate 402; the fiber-loading X-direction sliding plate 404 is slidably mounted on the fiber-loading base 403 along the X-axis, and the fiber-loading X-direction driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) for driving the fiber-loading X-direction sliding plate 404 to slide is arranged on the fiber-loading base 403;

the fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame 405 is arranged on the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate 404 along the Y axis in a sliding way, and a fiber loading Y-direction driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) for driving the fiber loading Y to slide towards the sliding frame 405 is arranged on the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate 404;

the inner end of the fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame 406 is arranged on a fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame 405 in a sliding way along the Z axis, and a fiber loading Z-direction driving mechanism (not shown in the figure) for driving the fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame 406 to slide is arranged on the fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame 405;

the optical fiber clamp 407 is detachably mounted to the outer end of the fiber-holding Z-direction carriage 406;

the outer end of the fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame 406 is provided with a positioning mechanism for limiting a fiber clamp 407;

the positioning mechanism comprises a clamp bearing surface 408 which is arranged at the outer end of the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame 406 and is used for bearing the optical fiber clamp, and two positioning columns 409 which are parallel to each other and stand on the clamp bearing surface 408;

each positioning post 409 of the optical fiber fixture 407 has a positioning hole 410 for inserting the positioning post 409.

The optical fiber clamp 407 comprises a clamp main body 411 and a turning plate 412, wherein a main body groove 413 for accommodating the optical fiber 101 is arranged on the clamp main body 411, and the cross section of the main body groove 413 is square or V-shaped;

the flap 412 is hinged to the jig body 411 so that the flap 412 rotates between an open position where the body groove 413 is opened and a closed position where the body groove 413 is covered;

the flap 412 presses against the fiber 101 disposed in the body groove 413 to lock the fiber 101 in the closed position;

a closed magnetic attraction mechanism for attracting the turning plate 412 in the closed position is arranged on the clamp main body 411, the closed magnetic attraction mechanism comprises a closed main magnet 414 arranged on the clamp main body 411, and a closed auxiliary magnet 415 mutually attracted with the closed main magnet 414 is arranged on the turning plate 412;

the plate loading assembly comprises a plate supporting seat 416 and a clamping block 417;

the supporting plate seat 416 is provided with a Z-direction positioning surface 418 for bearing the bottom plate 103 and an X-direction positioning surface 419 which stands on the Z-direction positioning surface 418 and is used for supporting the bottom plate 103 to abut against; the base plate is positioned in the Z-axis direction by arranging the Z-direction positioning surface, and the base plate is positioned in the X-axis direction by arranging the X-direction positioning surface;

the clamp 417 faces the X-positioning surface 419;

the clamp 417 is slidably mounted to the pallet base 416 along the X-axis toward and away from the X-direction positioning surface 419 between a clamping position and a release position;

the clamp block 417 abuts against the base plate 103 carried on the Z-positioning surface 418 when it is in the clamping position, so that the base plate 103 carried on the Z-positioning surface 418 is clamped between the clamp block 417 and the X-positioning surface 419;

the clamp 417, when in its released position, disengages the shoe 103 carried on the Z-positioning surface 418 to release the shoe 103 carried on the Z-positioning surface 418;

the pallet seat 416 is provided with a clamp block operating mechanism for driving the clamp block 417 to move from a clamping position to a release position;

an elastic reset mechanism which enables the clamping block 417 to have a trend of always returning to a clamping position is arranged between the supporting plate seat 416 and the clamping block 417;

the clamping block control mechanism comprises a clamping block control cylinder 420, the cylinder body of the clamping block control cylinder 420 is fixedly arranged on the supporting plate seat 416, a piston rod of the clamping block control cylinder 420 is provided with a linkage piece 421 for pushing the clamping block 417 to overcome the elastic acting force of the elastic reset mechanism and slide from a clamping position to a releasing position, and the linkage piece 421 of the embodiment is a collision hammer;

a sliding rod 422 is arranged on the clamping block 417, one end of the sliding rod 422 is fixedly connected with the clamping block 417, the other end of the sliding rod 422 is a free end, and the free end of the sliding rod 422 penetrates from one side of the supporting plate seat 416 to the other side of the supporting plate seat 416;

the free end of the sliding rod 422 is provided with a sliding rod head 423 against which the linkage 421 can impact, wherein fig. 25 shows that the clamping block operating cylinder 420 drives the linkage 421 to move away from the sliding rod head 423, and fig. 27 shows that the clamping block operating cylinder 420 drives the linkage 421 to impact against the sliding rod head 423, so as to push the sliding rod and drive the clamping block 417 to slide from the clamping position to the release position;

the elastic restoring mechanism includes a compression spring 424 sleeved on the free end of the sliding rod 422, one end of the compression spring 424 is connected with the supporting plate seat 416, and the other end of the compression spring 424 is connected with the sliding rod head 423.

As shown in fig. 28 and 29, a modified embodiment of the plate loading assembly further includes a pusher 425;

the pushing block 425 is provided with a Y-direction positioning surface 426 positioned between the clamping block 417 and the X-direction positioning surface 419;

the pusher 425 is slidably mounted on the pallet seat 416 along the Y-axis between an abutting position and a disengaged position;

as shown in fig. 28, the Y-positioning surface 426 of the push block, when in its rest position, abuts the base plate 103 carried on the Z-positioning surface 418;

as shown in FIG. 29, the Y-positioning surface 426 of the push block disengages the base plate 103 carried on the Z-positioning surface 418 when the push block is in the disengaged position;

a pushing block driving mechanism for driving the pushing block to slide between the abutting position and the disengaging position is arranged on the supporting plate seat 416;

the positioning of the bottom plate in the Y-axis direction is realized by arranging the Y-direction positioning surface, and the positioning of the bottom plate in the three-dimensional direction can be realized by combining the Z-direction positioning surface and the X-direction positioning surface;

the push block driving mechanism comprises a push block driving cylinder 427, the cylinder body of the push block driving cylinder is fixed on the supporting plate seat, and the piston rod of the push block driving cylinder is fixedly connected with the push block.

In this embodiment, after the bottom plate falls on the Z-direction positioning surface and before the clamping block returns to the clamping position, the pushing block driving mechanism is controlled to drive the pushing block to slide from the disengagement position to the abutting position, so that the Y-direction positioning surface pushes the bottom plate once, thereby realizing the positioning of the bottom plate in the Y-axis direction. After the Y-direction positioning surface pushes the bottom plate, the pushing block driving mechanism is controlled to drive the pushing block to return to the separation position.

As shown in fig. 30 to 33, the dispensing mechanism includes a dispensing base 501, a dispensing X-direction sliding plate 502, a dispensing Y-direction sliding frame 503, a dispensing Z-direction sliding plate 504, a dispensing support 505, a head glue injector 506, a head telescopic cylinder 507, a tail glue injector 508 and a tail telescopic cylinder 509; the dispensing base 501 is fixedly mounted on the worktable 10;

the dispensing X-direction sliding plate 502 is slidably mounted on the dispensing base 501 along the X-axis, and a dispensing X-direction driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the dispensing X to slide toward the sliding plate 502 is disposed on the dispensing base 501;

the dispensing Y-direction sliding frame 503 is slidably mounted on the dispensing X-direction sliding plate 502 along the Y-axis, and a dispensing Y-direction driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the dispensing Y to slide toward the sliding frame 503 is disposed on the dispensing X-direction sliding plate 502;

the dispensing Z-direction sliding plate 504 is slidably mounted on the dispensing Y-direction sliding frame 503 along the Z-axis, and the dispensing Y-direction sliding frame 503 is provided with a dispensing Z-direction driving mechanism (not shown) for driving the dispensing Z-direction sliding plate 504 to slide;

the dispensing bracket 505 is mounted on the dispensing Z-direction sliding plate 504;

the cylinder body of the head telescopic cylinder 507 and the cylinder body of the tail telescopic cylinder 509 are both fixedly arranged on the dispensing bracket 505;

the head glue injector 506 is fixedly connected with a piston rod of a head telescopic cylinder 507, and the head telescopic cylinder 507 drives the head glue injector 506 to do telescopic motion close to or far away from the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism 40;

the tail glue injector 508 is fixedly connected to a piston rod of a tail telescopic cylinder 509, and the tail telescopic cylinder 509 drives the tail glue injector 508 to move in a telescopic manner to approach or move away from the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism 40.

The dispensing support 505 is rotatably mounted on the dispensing Z-direction sliding plate 504, and the rotation axis of the dispensing support 505 is parallel to the Y-axis, so as to adjust the angle between the head glue injector and the tail glue injector on the dispensing support;

the dispensing Z-direction sliding plate 504 is provided with a lock mechanism which can be selectively locked or released to prohibit or allow the rotation of the dispensing bracket 505, the technical scheme is convenient for the rotation adjustment of the dispensing bracket through the arranged lock mechanism, and the dispensing bracket is locked after the adjustment is completed, so that the dispensing bracket and a head glue injector and a tail glue injector on the dispensing bracket can work normally;

the dispensing bracket 505 is provided with an arc-shaped guide groove 510 taking the rotation axis of the dispensing bracket as the center of a circle;

the locking mechanism comprises a locking screw 511, a screw rod part of the locking screw 511 penetrates through the circular arc-shaped guide groove 510 and then is screwed into the dispensing Z-direction sliding plate 504, the head part of the locking screw 511 abuts against the dispensing support 505, and the locking screw is screwed to lock or loosen the dispensing support.

In this embodiment, the material-conveying X-direction driving mechanism, the material-conveying Z-direction driving mechanism, the image-collecting Y-direction driving mechanism, the material-feeding Y-direction driving mechanism, the fiber-threading driving mechanism, the fiber-loading X-direction driving mechanism, the fiber-loading Y-direction driving mechanism, the fiber-loading Z-direction driving mechanism, the dispensing X-direction driving mechanism, the dispensing Y-direction driving mechanism, and the dispensing Z-direction driving mechanism all adopt the prior art, and may be composed of a driving motor and a screw nut transmission mechanism, for example. The driving mechanism can be composed of a driving motor and a gear set.

The working process of the automatic assembling coupling device for the optical fiber array applied by the invention can be seen as follows:

1. feeding material

Taking down the material box from the material loading frame;

manually placing a cover plate into each cover plate placing groove respectively, and placing a bottom plate into each bottom plate placing groove respectively;

after the corresponding cover plate and the corresponding bottom plate are fully placed in the cover plate placing area and the bottom plate placing area, the material feeding frame is placed back to the material box, and the material feeding work of the cover plate and the bottom plate is completed.

Taking down the optical fiber clamp from the outer end of the Z-direction sliding frame for loading the optical fiber;

rotating the turning plate to a turning position to open the turning plate;

placing the optical fiber into the main body groove;

rotating the turning plate to a closed position to close the turning plate;

and (3) putting the optical fiber clamp back to the outer end of the Z-direction sliding frame for loading the optical fiber, wherein the length direction of the main groove and the length direction of the optical fiber are both parallel to the Y axis, so that the optical fiber loading work is completed.

The height of the fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame is adjusted by using the fiber loading Z-direction driving mechanism, so that the height of the optical fiber on the optical fiber clamp is equal to the height of the V-shaped groove of the bottom plate on the Z-direction positioning surface of the plate loading assembly.

For the optical fiber arrays of the same type, the same optical fibers and the same bottom plate are used, so that the subsequent fiber penetrating work of the optical fiber arrays of the same type can be adapted after the height of the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame is adjusted once.

2. Carrying bottom plate

Controlling the material conveying X-direction driving mechanism to drive the material conveying X-direction sliding plate to slide so that the upper CCD camera reaches the feeding mechanism;

acquiring image information of the material box by using an upper CCD camera to identify the position of each bottom plate on the material box, particularly the position of each bottom plate on a Y axis and an X axis;

controlling the material conveying X-direction driving mechanism to drive the material conveying X to slide towards the sliding plate so as to enable the suction nozzle to reach the position of the feeding mechanism;

controlling the feeding Y-direction driving mechanism to drive the feeding frame to slide so as to enable a bottom plate waiting for suction to move below the suction nozzle;

controlling a material moving Z-direction driving mechanism to drive a material moving Z-direction sliding plate to slide so that a suction nozzle descends to the bottom plate to be sucked, and then sucking the bottom plate to be sucked by using the suction force of the suction nozzle;

after the bottom plate is adsorbed by the suction nozzle, controlling a material conveying Z-direction driving mechanism to drive a material conveying Z-direction sliding plate to slide so as to enable the suction nozzle to ascend and reset, and controlling a material conveying X-direction driving mechanism to enable the suction nozzle to reach the position of the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism;

controlling the fiber penetrating driving mechanism to drive the fiber penetrating sliding plate to slide along the Y axis close to the material moving frame to reach a preset position close to the material moving frame, wherein the plate loading assembly is positioned below the suction nozzle;

controlling the clamping block to operate the cylinder to push the linkage to move the clamping block from the clamping position to the release position, as shown in fig. 34, wherein the clamping block is at the release position;

controlling the material moving Z-direction driving mechanism to drive the material moving Z-direction sliding plate to slide so as to enable the suction nozzle to descend, and enabling the bottom plate adsorbed by the suction nozzle to fall on the Z-direction positioning surface, as shown in FIG. 35, the bottom plate falls on the Z-direction positioning surface;

controlling the suction nozzle to release the bottom plate, and controlling the material moving Z-direction driving mechanism to drive the material moving Z-direction sliding plate to slide so as to enable the suction nozzle to ascend and reset;

controlling the clamping block to operate the cylinder to enable the linkage piece to be far away from the clamping block, and enabling the clamping block to return to a clamping position under the action of the elastic resetting mechanism so as to clamp the bottom plate between the clamping block and the X-direction positioning surface, wherein the length direction of the V-shaped groove in the bottom plate is parallel to the Y axis at the moment, and the bottom plate is clamped between the clamping block and the X-direction positioning surface as shown in figure 36; and finishing the operation of carrying the bottom plate.

3. Threading fiber

Controlling a material conveying X-direction driving mechanism to drive the material conveying X to slide towards a sliding plate so as to enable an upper CCD camera to reach a fiber penetrating assembly mechanism;

acquiring image information of a bottom plate and an optical fiber on the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism by using an upper CCD camera to identify the positions of a V-shaped groove and the optical fiber on the bottom plate, particularly the relative positions of the V-shaped groove and the optical fiber in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction;

controlling the fiber loading X-direction driving mechanism to drive the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate to slide so as to align the optical fiber with the V-shaped groove on the bottom plate in the X-axis direction;

controlling the fiber loading Y-direction driving mechanism to drive the fiber loading Y to slide towards the sliding frame so that the optical fiber penetrates into the V groove on the bottom plate, as shown in FIG. 37, the optical fiber penetrates into the V groove; and finishing the fiber penetrating work.

4. Carrying cover plate

acquiring image information of the material box by using an upper CCD camera so as to identify the position of each cover plate on the material box, particularly the position of each cover plate on a Y axis and an X axis;

controlling the feeding Y-direction driving mechanism to drive the feeding frame to slide so as to enable a cover plate waiting for suction to move below the suction nozzle;

controlling a material moving Z-direction driving mechanism to drive a material moving Z-direction sliding plate to slide so that a suction nozzle descends to the cover plate waiting for suction, and then sucking the cover plate waiting for suction by using the suction force of the suction nozzle;

after the cover plate is adsorbed by the suction nozzle, controlling a material moving Z-direction driving mechanism to drive a material moving Z-direction sliding plate to slide so as to enable the suction nozzle to ascend and reset;

controlling the material conveying X-direction driving mechanism to drive the material conveying X-direction sliding plate to slide so that the suction nozzle reaches the bottom image acquisition mechanism;

acquiring image information of a cover plate adsorbed on the suction nozzle by using a lower CCD camera, and judging whether the cover plate is in a righting position; if not, controlling the driving mechanism to drive the suction nozzle to rotate so as to adjust the swing angle of the cover plate around the Z axis, namely the cover plate is swung rightly; if so, the suction nozzle does not need to be driven to rotate;

controlling the material conveying X-direction driving mechanism to drive the material conveying X-direction sliding plate to slide so that the suction nozzle reaches the position of the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism;

controlling the material conveying Z-direction driving mechanism to drive the material conveying Z-direction sliding plate to slide so as to lower the suction nozzle, and stacking the cover plate adsorbed by the suction nozzle on the bottom plate, as shown in fig. 38, the cover plate is stacked on the bottom plate; and finishing the work of carrying the cover plate.

After the suction nozzle descends and the cover plate is stacked on the bottom plate, the suction nozzle can be stopped at the position below the descending position to press the cover plate, and the suction nozzle is lifted after the dispensing work is finished.

5. Glue dispensing

Dispensing glue firstly: controlling the head telescopic cylinder to drive the head glue injector to be at a retraction position, and controlling the tail telescopic cylinder to drive the tail glue injector to be at the retraction position so as to avoid the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism;

controlling the dispensing X-direction driving mechanism, the dispensing Y-direction driving mechanism and the dispensing Z-direction driving mechanism to enable the dispensing support to reach a glue injection preset position at the head;

as shown in fig. 39, the head telescopic cylinder is controlled to drive the head glue injector to switch from the retracted position to the extended position, so that the mouth of the head glue injector is aligned with the V-groove port of the head of the base plate, and then the glue extruded from the mouth of the head glue injector enters the V-groove from the V-groove port under the siphon action, so that the head glue dispensing operation is completed.

And then, dispensing tail glue: controlling the head telescopic cylinder to drive the head glue injector to be at a retraction position, and controlling the tail telescopic cylinder to drive the tail glue injector to be at the retraction position so as to avoid the fiber penetrating assembly mechanism;

controlling the dispensing X-direction driving mechanism, the dispensing Y-direction driving mechanism and the dispensing Z-direction driving mechanism to enable the dispensing support to reach a tail glue injection preset position;

as shown in fig. 40, the tail telescopic cylinder is controlled to drive the tail glue injector to switch from the retracted position to the extended position, so that the mouth of the tail glue injector is aligned with the tail of the bottom plate, and then the glue extruded from the mouth of the tail glue injector falls on the tail of the bottom plate, so that tail glue dispensing is completed. The UV lamp may be turned on during the dispensing operation to cure the glue.

6. Unloading piece

The suction nozzle is controlled to release the cover plate, and the material moving Z-direction driving mechanism is controlled to drive the material moving Z-direction sliding plate to slide so as to enable the suction nozzle to ascend and reset;

controlling the fiber penetrating driving mechanism to drive the fiber penetrating sliding plate to slide along the Y axis away from the material moving frame to reach a preset position of the material moving frame;

controlling the clamping block to operate the cylinder to push the linkage piece to move the clamping block from the clamping position to the release position;

taking down the optical fiber clamp with the optical fiber array which is assembled and coupled from the outer end of the fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame;

the fiber array, once assembled and coupled, can then be removed from the fiber holder.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a fine equipment mechanism of wearing of optical fiber array coupling for penetrate the V groove of bottom plate with optic fibre, its characterized in that: the fiber loading device comprises a fiber penetrating base, a fiber penetrating sliding plate, a fiber loading assembly for loading optical fibers and a plate loading assembly for loading a bottom plate;

the fiber penetrating sliding plate is arranged on the fiber penetrating base in a sliding manner along the Y axis;

the fiber penetrating base is provided with a fiber penetrating driving mechanism for driving the fiber penetrating sliding plate to slide;

the fiber loading assembly comprises a fiber loading base, a fiber loading X-direction sliding plate, a fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame, a fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame and an optical fiber clamp for clamping optical fibers;

the fiber loading base is fixedly arranged on the fiber penetrating sliding plate;

the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate is arranged on the fiber loading base in a sliding manner along an X axis, and the fiber loading base is provided with a fiber loading X-direction driving mechanism for driving the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate to slide;

the fiber loading Y-direction sliding frame is arranged on the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate in a sliding manner along a Y axis, and a fiber loading Y-direction driving mechanism for driving the fiber loading Y to slide to the sliding frame is arranged on the fiber loading X-direction sliding plate;

the inner end of the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame is slidably arranged on the fiber-loading Y-direction sliding frame along a Z axis, and the fiber-loading Y-direction sliding frame is provided with a fiber-loading Z-direction driving mechanism for driving the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame to slide;

the optical fiber clamp is detachably arranged at the outer end of the fiber-loading Z-direction sliding frame;

the plate loading assembly comprises a plate supporting seat and a clamping block;

the supporting plate seat is provided with a Z-direction positioning surface for bearing the bottom plate and an X-direction positioning surface which is erected on the Z-direction positioning surface and used for supporting the bottom plate to lean against;

the clamping block faces the X-direction positioning surface;

the clamping block is arranged on the supporting plate seat in a manner of sliding close to or far away from the X-direction positioning surface along the X axis between a clamping position and a releasing position;

when the clamping block is at the clamping position, the clamping block abuts against the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface, so that the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface is clamped between the clamping block and the X-direction positioning surface;

the clamping block is separated from the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface when the clamping block is in the release position;

the splint seat is provided with a clamping block operating mechanism which drives the clamping block to move from a clamping position to a releasing position;

the X-axis, the Y-axis and the Z-axis form a space rectangular coordinate system.

2. The fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism according to claim 1, wherein:

the outer end of the fiber loading Z-direction sliding frame is provided with a positioning mechanism for limiting an optical fiber clamp;

the positioning mechanism comprises a clamp bearing surface and two positioning columns, wherein the clamp bearing surface is arranged at the outer end of the fiber-containing Z-direction sliding frame and used for bearing the optical fiber clamp, and the two positioning columns are parallel to each other and stand on the clamp bearing surface;

each positioning column is provided with a positioning hole for inserting the positioning column.

3. The fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism according to claim 2, wherein:

the optical fiber clamp comprises a clamp main body and a turning plate, wherein a main body groove for accommodating an optical fiber is formed in the clamp main body;

the turning plate is hinged on the clamp main body so as to rotate between a turning position for opening the main body groove and a closing position for covering and sealing the main body groove;

the flap presses against the optical fiber disposed in the groove of the body to lock the optical fiber when the flap is in the closed position.

4. The fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism according to claim 3, wherein:

the clamp body is provided with a closed magnetic attraction mechanism for adsorbing a turning plate at a closed position, the closed magnetic attraction mechanism comprises a closed main magnet arranged on the clamp body, and a closed auxiliary magnet mutually attracted with the closed main magnet is arranged on the turning plate.

5. A fiber penetrating assembly mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:

an elastic reset mechanism which enables the clamping block to have the trend of returning to the clamping position all the time is arranged between the supporting plate seat and the clamping block.

6. The fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism of claim 5, wherein:

the clamping block control mechanism comprises a clamping block control cylinder, a cylinder body of the clamping block control cylinder is fixedly arranged on the supporting plate seat, and a piston rod of the clamping block control cylinder is provided with a linkage piece which is used for pushing the clamping block to overcome the elastic acting force of the elastic reset mechanism and slide from a clamping position to a loosening position;

a sliding rod is arranged on the clamping block, one end of the sliding rod is fixedly connected with the clamping block, the other end of the sliding rod is a free end, and the free end of the sliding rod penetrates from one side of the supporting plate seat to the other side of the supporting plate seat;

the free end of the sliding rod is provided with a head of the sliding rod for the impact of the linkage part;

the elastic reset mechanism comprises a compression spring sleeved at the free end of the sliding rod, one end of the compression spring is connected with the supporting plate seat, and the other end of the compression spring is connected with the head of the sliding rod.

7. The fiber penetrating and assembling mechanism of claim 6, wherein:

the plate mounting assembly also comprises a push block;

the pushing block is provided with a Y-direction positioning surface positioned between the clamping block and the X-direction positioning surface;

the push block is arranged on the supporting plate seat in a sliding way along the Y axis between an abutting position and a disengaging position;

the Y-direction positioning surface of the push block abuts against the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface when the Y-direction positioning surface of the push block is at the abutting position;

the Y-direction positioning surface of the push block is separated from the bottom plate borne on the Z-direction positioning surface when the Y-direction positioning surface of the push block is at the separation position;

the supporting plate seat is provided with a pushing block driving mechanism which drives the pushing block to slide between the abutting position and the disengaging position.

8. The utility model provides an automatic coupling device that assembles of fiber array, includes the workstation, is equipped with on this workstation and wears fine equipment mechanism, its characterized in that: the fiber threading assembly mechanism is the fiber threading assembly mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 7.