The utility model content
The utility model is in order to solve prior art artificial loading quartz boat, and degree of automation is not high and influence the technical matters of processing quality, and a kind of automatic loading and unloading boat device is provided.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the technical solution adopted in the utility model comprises a vertical axes along Z-direction for a kind of automatic loading and unloading boat device of design; But be connected with the vertical axes up-and-down movement and along the horizontal shaft of Y direction; With the horizontal shaft bonded assembly mechanical arm that can seesaw; With the mechanical arm bonded assembly mechanical paw that can seesaw; The control system of the described horizontal shaft of one control, mechanical arm and mechanical paw motion.
Be connected by a lead screw transmission mechanism between described vertical axes and the horizontal shaft, between horizontal shaft and the mechanical arm, be connected by a tape handler between mechanical arm and the mechanical paw, and described lead screw transmission mechanism all links to each other with control system with tape handler and the control of controlled system.
Described vertical axes comprises first vertical axes and second vertical axes that is oppositely arranged; Described mechanical arm comprises and described first vertical axes and second vertical axes difference bonded assembly first mechanical arm and second mechanical arm, is connected with a mechanical arm adapter shaft between first mechanical arm and second mechanical arm; Described mechanical paw comprises first mechanical paw and second mechanical paw that is oppositely arranged.
Described first mechanical paw all becomes " L " type with second mechanical paw and is oppositely arranged on the bottom of mechanical arm.
The inboard of described first vertical axes and second vertical axes also is arranged with respectively inwardly extends the quartz boat working area that forms earlier more forward, and the inboard in described quartz boat working area is provided with two to projecting inward cylinder.
Described automatic loading and unloading boat device also comprises a feeding mechanism, and described feeding mechanism is provided with a charging transmission device that can seesaw along Y-axis, is fixedly connected with a loading bay on the charging transmission device.
But the utility model automatic loading and unloading boat device is by the motion of horizontal shaft, the mechanical arm that can seesaw and the mechanical paw of control system control up-and-down movement, realization is to the automatic loading and unloading of quartz boat, and artificial compared to existing technology loading and unloading have the degree of automation height and can not influence the advantage of processing quality.
The specific embodiment
See also Fig. 1.For ease of describing, in the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the definition above-below direction is a Z-direction, and fore-and-aft direction is a Y direction, and left and right directions is an X-direction.
The utility model automatic loading and unloading boat device comprises vertical axes 1 along Z-direction, be connected the horizontal shaft 2 of vertical axes upper edge Y direction, be connected mechanical arm 3 on the horizontal shaft, be connected in mechanical paw 5 and control system on the mechanical arm.Wherein:
Vertical axes 1 comprises one first vertical axes 11 and second vertical axes 12, and links to each other with horizontal shaft 2 by a Z shaft transmission, and horizontal shaft 2 can be along the Z-direction up-and-down movement under the drive of Z shaft transmission.The inboard of first vertical axes 11 and second vertical axes 12 also is arranged with quartz boat working area 13 respectively, is used for temporarily placing oven-fresh quartz boat.The quantity in quartz boat working area is provided with a cover for each station correspondence.In this specific embodiment, quartz boat working area 13 cooperations that a cover symmetry is separately positioned on first vertical axes and second vertical axes are used to place quartz boat, and it is a rod shaped structure.The back temperature is higher because quartz boat is come out of the stove, and artificial loading and unloading have certain danger, and for multiple tube diffusion furnace, on to manage the position higher, manual operation is very inconvenient, also has certain danger.And the setting in quartz boat working area 13 can well address the above problem, and it can be placed on oven-fresh quartz boat on the quartz boat working area, by manipulator the quartz boat that cools off is placed on the loading bay automatically after treating fully to cool off again and takes away.
Horizontal shaft 2 comprise one first horizontal shaft 21 and second horizontal shaft, 22, the first horizontal shafts 21 and second horizontal shaft 22 by the Z shaft transmission respectively correspondence be connected on first vertical axes 11 and second vertical axes 12.Horizontal shaft 2 links to each other with mechanical arm 3 by a Y-axis transmission device, and mechanical arm 3 can seesaw along the Y direction at horizontal shaft 2 places under the drive of Y-axis transmission device.
Mechanical arm 3 comprise one first mechanical arm 31 and second mechanical arm, 32, the first mechanical arms 31 and second mechanical arm 32 by the Y-axis transmission device respectively correspondence be connected on first horizontal shaft and second horizontal shaft.Be fixedly connected with a mechanical arm adapter shaft 4 that is positioned at X-direction on the mechanical arm 3, when first mechanical arm when the drive lower edge of Y-axis transmission device Y direction seesaws, it is driven with identical speed and direction with first mechanical arm that this adapter shaft will drive second mechanical arm.
Mechanical arm 3 links to each other with mechanical paw 5 by a Y-axis transmission device, and mechanical paw can seesaw in the drive lower edge of Y-axis transmission device Y direction.
Mechanical paw 5 comprises that one first mechanical paw 51 and second mechanical paw, 52, the first mechanical paws 51 and second mechanical paw 52 all are " L " type, and is oppositely arranged on the bottom of mechanical arm.First mechanical paw 51 and 52 relative motions of second mechanical paw to the crawl position be the quartz boat two ends under the time, two paws vertically rise with identical speed simultaneously, and its relative horizontal ends cooperates quartz boat steadily to be held on horizontal ends and with mechanical arm device in time carries out level or up-and-down movement.
In the desired location of vertical axes and horizontal shaft the limit sensors that limits described drive mechanism operation can also be set.
Control system all links to each other with Z shaft transmission, Y-axis transmission device and mechanical paw 4 and controls described Z shaft transmission, Y-axis transmission device and mechanical paw work.
The Z shaft transmission is a lead screw transmission mechanism, comprises stepping motor, servomotor, guide rail and screw mandrel.The Y-axis transmission device is a tape handler, comprises stepping motor, guide rail and synchronous band.The utility model does not limit the structure of transmission device, can adopt any structure of prior art, but because lead screw transmission mechanism has higher precision, and can bear bigger weight and higher temperature, and the Z shaft transmission need drive whole robot device and the quartz boat that loads silicon chip carries out up-and-down movement, so the Z shaft transmission preferably adopts lead screw transmission mechanism.
For ease of Automatic feed, this automatic loading and unloading boat device also is provided with a feeding mechanism 6, and feeding mechanism 6 is arranged between first vertical axes and second vertical axes of this automatic loading and unloading boat device.Feeding mechanism 6 is provided with a charging transmission device (not shown) that can seesaw along Y-axis, is connected with a loading bay 61 that is used to place quartz boat on the charging transmission device.The charging transmission device is a tape handler, comprises a guide rail, stepping motor and synchronous band.The charging transmission device links to each other with control system, and the control of its controlled movement system system can accurately be sent to corresponding position with quartz boat.
Please in the lump referring to Fig. 2.Enter the place ahead that boat mechanism 7 is positioned at the Y direction of the utility model automatic loading and unloading boat device, which is provided with a SIC cantilever paddle 71, it is subjected to the drive of X-direction transmission device and moves in X-direction, the X-axis transmission device is a lead screw transmission mechanism, comprise guide rail, screw mandrel and stepping motor, the X-axis transmission device is controlled by described control system also can.On the loading bay 61 of feeding mechanism 6 by manually being placed with quartz boat 62.At this moment, automatic loading and unloading boat device is in the reference position of dress boat.The working process of the utility model automatic loading and unloading boat device is as follows: after control system receives the instruction of dress boat, loading bay 61 on the feeding mechanism 6 toward the 71 direction translation operations of SIC cantilever paddle, takes quartz boat on the feeding mechanism relevant position in the drive lower edge of charging transmission device Y-axis.Then drive horizontal shaft and move downward desired location along the Z-direction at vertical axes place by control system control Z shaft transmission, then, the Y-axis transmission device drives mechanical arm and moves to feeding mechanism 6 directions, when arriving quartz boat 62 positions on the feeding mechanism, control system control Y-axis transmission device drive two mechanical paws 5 along Y-axis with the speed of unanimity and direction move to the quartz boat two ends under after, the stop motion of Y-axis transmission device.Then drive horizontal shaft along the vertical axes upward movement by the Z shaft transmission, under the drive of horizontal shaft, the horizontal ends that two mechanical paws are relative cooperates steadily holds quartz boat on its horizontal ends, and moves straight up along the Z axle with horizontal shaft.The Z shaft transmission drives horizontal shaft moves upward to corresponding station along vertical axes the SIC cantilever paddle that enters boat mechanism 7 71 top station and stopping, then, the Y-axis transmission device drives mechanical arm and moves to SIC cantilever paddle 71 directions along Y direction, when being positioned at directly over the SIC cantilever paddle, mechanical paw and quartz boat stop the motion of Y-axis transmission device, Z shaft transmission drive horizontal shaft moves downward quartz boat steadily is placed on the SIC cantilever paddle then, and this moment, mechanical paw broke away from quartz boat.Y-axis transmission device drive mechanical arm and mechanical paw retreat to the clear space that pushes away boat mechanism rear along the Y direction level then.The quartz boat that will load silicon chip along the translation operation of X-axis guide rail with the laggard boat drive SIC of mechanism cantilever paddle is sent to the quartz tube catalyst chamber, when it arrives the translation final position, entering boat mechanism moves straight down along the Z axle again, retreat to the reference position of advancing the translation operation of boat mechanism along X-axis guide rail level after quartz boat steadily put into the quartz tube catalyst chamber, realize the soft landing of boat and quartz tube catalyst chamber.By the time technology finishes, advance after boat mechanism drives the SIC cantilever paddle quartz boat is taken out from catalyst chamber, automatic handling device is again along the path inverted running of dress during boat, quartz boat taken off from the SIC cantilever paddle be placed into the quartz boat working area that vertical axes is provided with, after treating that quartz boat fully cools off, take off on the loading bay 61 that is placed into feeding mechanism 6 from the quartz boat working area again.Loading bay 61 moves rearwards to the reference position of dress boat again along Y direction, by manually the quartz boat of cooling being taken away, and the injury of having avoided high quartz boat and eminence unloading quartz boat to cause human body.
The design unloads the boat device automatically, can pass through the independently working condition of online each station of detection of control system, in good time carry out X, Y, the motion of Z axle and feeding mechanism are placed processing, the boat that only needs during the dress boat manually to install sheet is placed on the feeding mechanism and the selective loading station, and automatic loading and unloading boat device will be finished the whole actions that are loaded into corresponding station automatically; Automatically unload the boat device when unloading boat and can automatically the quartz boat on the station of coming out of the stove be taken out and be placed on the quartz boat working area and be placed on again after cooling on the feeding mechanism, manually only need to take quartz boat away and get final product from feeding mechanism.Entire exercise is controlled by control system, and exercises cooperate automatically with guide rail by motor to be finished, and system can be by interlocking the safety of protection quartz boat and reaction sheet with each station field computer and limit sensors.In addition, manipulator paw is equipped with the protection quartz piece especially, can make the pollution away from impurity of quartz boat and silicon chip.
After automatic loading and unloading boat device of the present utility model is applied to diffusion furnace, improved the automation mechanized operation degree of diffusing procedure greatly, cooperate the automatic or S. A. loading and unloading sheet machinery of putting in addition, saving operation that can be a large amount of is required artificial, and the influence of having avoided manually-operated randomness that technology is produced, and can reduce the injury that human body is caused because of oven-fresh high quartz boat and eminence loading and unloading quartz boat.