CN206686522U - A kind of automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor - Google Patents

A kind of automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor Download PDF

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CN206686522U
CN206686522U CN201720329777.1U CN201720329777U CN206686522U CN 206686522 U CN206686522 U CN 206686522U CN 201720329777 U CN201720329777 U CN 201720329777U CN 206686522 U CN206686522 U CN 206686522U
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It the utility model is related to power supply adaptor production technical field, a kind of more particularly to automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor, including delivery track and drive device, delivery track includes assembling track and returns plate track, assembling track, which is located at, to be returned above plate track, delivery track side is provided with tool retracting device, assembling track is provided with the first tool translating device for transferring tool between assembling track and tool retracting device, plate track is returned to be provided with for returning the second tool translating device for transferring tool between plate track and tool retracting device, also include the tin soldering equipment set gradually along assembling track feed direction, solder joint detection means, fill drain pan device, fill PCB devices and load onto lid arrangement, the side of assembling track is provided with drain pan conveyer belt and upper lid conveyer belt.The utility model is compact-sized, and automaticity is high, easy making process, and tool organic efficiency is high, reduces the input of personnel, improves production efficiency, effectively saves production cost, cuts payroll to improve efficiency.

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A kind of automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor
Technical field
Power supply adaptor production technical field is the utility model is related to, more particularly to a kind of power supply adaptor assembles life automatically Producing line.
Background technology
With the development in epoch, scientific and technical continuous progress, each electron-like, digital product are widely used.Increasingly Universalness, become a part indispensable in the modern life, such as:Mobile phone, computer, MP3, MP4, PAD etc..Digital product exists During work, it needs power supply to supply, and the power supply supply of many electronics, digital product is inserted by DC power source adapter now Head rely on built-in battery after being charged to the rechargeable battery built in it, or directly rely on DC power source adapter plug and Dc source connects, and realizes power supply, transmission.
No matter which kind of above-mentioned mode, most of electronics, digital product usually need directly to match somebody with somebody with DC power source adapter Close, so, with electronics, digital product it is widely available, the use of DC power source adapter, demand are increasing.
In general power supply adaptor includes power line, drain pan, upper lid and pcb board, and power line with pcb board weld admittedly Fixed, in the production process of power supply adaptor, because manufacturing procedure is more complex, many steps are all by manually being grasped Make, with the development of industrial automation, manually-operated efficiency wastes time and energy, and have impact on operating efficiency, can not meet existing There is industrial demand, the automated production of power supply adaptor turns into industry urgent problem to be solved.
Utility model content
To solve the above problems, the utility model provides a kind of raising power supply adaptor production automation degree, effectively carry High efficiency and the quality of production, save production cost, a kind of automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor of personnel reduction and enlargement.
Technical scheme is used by the utility model:A kind of automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor, including conveyor track Road and drive device, the delivery track include assembling track and return plate track, and the assembling track, which is located at, to be returned above plate track, The delivery track side is provided with tool retracting device, and the assembling track is provided with assembling track and tool recovery The first tool translating device of tool is transferred between device, the plate track that returns is provided with for returning plate track and tool recovery The second tool translating device of tool, in addition to the scolding tin dress set gradually along assembling track feed direction are transferred between device Put, solder joint detection means, dress drain pan device, dress PCB devices and load onto lid arrangement, the side of the assembling track is provided with drain pan Conveyer belt and upper lid conveyer belt.
Preferably, the tin soldering equipment includes scolding tin detent mechanism, and the scolding tin detent mechanism includes installing plate, the peace Loading board is provided with positioning unit, and the positioning unit includes location-plate, and the side of the location-plate towards product to be welded is provided with For stopping that tin sweat(ing) enters the stop part in non-solder region, the location-plate offers spacing hole, and the spacing hole is provided with use Limit assembly in positioning welding position.
Preferably, the discharging direction of the tin soldering equipment is provided with PCB cleaning groups.
Preferably, the discharging direction of the solder joint detection means is provided with bad lower machine device.
Preferably, the feed end of the assembling track is provided with the first jig rotation device, and the plate track that returns is provided with Second jig rotation device.
Preferably, the tool retracting device includes lifting unit and moving track, and the moving track both ends are set respectively Lifting unit is equipped with, the lifting unit includes riser guide component, the first crane and the second crane, first lifting Frame and the second crane are slideably positioned in riser guide component, and first crane and the second crane are equipped with push guide rod With push sliding block, the push sliding block is provided with positioning component.
Preferably, the positioning component includes fixed block and limited block, and the fixed block is fixed on push sliding block, the limit Position block is slideably positioned in push sliding block, and spring is provided between the limited block and push sliding block.
Preferably, it is described assembling track installation You Ya pcb boards mechanism and pressure cap sheathing mechanism, along conveying direction set gradually for Pressure pcb board mechanism, load onto lid arrangement and pressure cap sheathing mechanism.
Preferably, the assembling track, return plate track and moving track and include several sub-tracks, the sub-track fills Provided with drive device and transfer tape assemble.
Preferably, the dress drain pan device includes travel mechanism and driving clip claw mechanism, and the driving clip claw mechanism is with moving The output end drive connection of motivation structure, the driving clip claw mechanism include drive component and clip claw assembly, the drive component bag Motor and moving guide rail are included, the motor is installed on one end of moving guide rail, the clip claw assembly and moving guide rail Connection, the clip claw assembly include the pawl in pawl and second of rotary cylinder, clamping jaw cylinder, first, the clamping jaw cylinder and rotation Cylinder output end connection, described first in pawl and second pawl be connected with clamping jaw cylinder, described first in pawl and second pawl Between be provided with photoelectric sensor for judging drain pan direction.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are:
The utility model is placed into assembling track in production, by the tool for installing pcb board and power line, and tool passes through After tin soldering equipment welds together power line and pcb board, solder joint detection means detects to the solder joint of pcb board, prevents from welding Connect it is bad, improve product quality, the first tool translating device by the tool for being mounted with pcb board and power line be moved to tool reclaim Device is transmitted, and dress drain pan device is placed on another tool from feeding on drain pan conveyer belt, fills PCB devices from tool retracting device Tool on gripping pcb board be installed to drain pan, empty tool is moved to by the second tool translating device to be returned plate track and has returned to Point, product install lid completion finally by lid arrangement is loaded onto, and empty tool returns to starting point by returning plate orbit transports, automates Degree is high, easy making process, and tool organic efficiency is high, reduces the input of personnel, improves production efficiency, and effective save is produced into This, cuts payroll to improve efficiency.
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Accompanying drawing 1 is three-dimensional structure diagram of the present utility model;
Accompanying drawing 2 is the sectional perspective structure chart that the utility model includes tin soldering equipment;
Accompanying drawing 3 is the sectional perspective structure chart that the utility model includes dress PCB devices;
Accompanying drawing 4 is the sectional perspective structure chart that the utility model includes loading onto lid arrangement;
Accompanying drawing 5 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of scolding tin detent mechanism of the present utility model;
Accompanying drawing 6 is the three-dimensional structure diagram at another visual angle of scolding tin detent mechanism of the present utility model;
Accompanying drawing 7 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of tool retracting device of the present utility model;
Accompanying drawing 8 is lifting unit three-dimensional structure diagram of the present utility model;
Accompanying drawing 9 is the top view of lifting unit of the present utility model;
Accompanying drawing 10 is the amagnified partial perspective structure chart of lifting unit of the present utility model;
Accompanying drawing 11 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the present utility model for filling drain pan device;
Accompanying drawing 12 is the amagnified partial perspective structure chart of the present utility model for filling drain pan device.
Embodiment
For the ease of the understanding of those skilled in the art, the utility model is made further with reference to embodiment Bright, the content that embodiment refers to is not to restriction of the present utility model.
As shown in figures 1-4, the automatic assembly line of a kind of power supply adaptor, including delivery track and drive device 50, it is defeated Send track to include assembling track 11 and return plate track 12, located at the top of plate track 12 is returned, delivery track side is set assembling track 11 Tool retracting device 2 is equipped with, assembling track 11 is provided with for transferring tool between assembling track 11 and tool retracting device 2 The first tool translating device 31, return plate track 12 and be provided with for being transferred between plate track 12 and tool retracting device 2 returning Second tool translating device 32 of tool, in addition to the tin soldering equipment 4, the solder joint that are set gradually along the assembling feed direction of track 11 are examined Survey device 5, dress drain pan device 6, dress PCB devices 7 and load onto lid arrangement 8, the side of assembling track 11 is provided with drain pan conveyer belt 91 and upper lid conveyer belt 92.
As it can be seen in figures 5 and 6, tin soldering equipment 4 includes scolding tin detent mechanism 41, scolding tin detent mechanism 41 includes installing plate 411, Installing plate 411 is provided with positioning unit 42, and the Working position of tool and pcb board is positioned, and improves the accuracy of welding, Product quality is improved, the positioning unit 42 includes location-plate 421, and the side of location-plate 421 towards product to be welded is provided with use In stopping stop part 4211 of the tin sweat(ing) into non-solder region, the cleannes on pcb board surface are effectively improved, and prevent tin sweat(ing) from causing Phenomena such as pcb board short circuit, location-plate 421 offer spacing hole, and spacing hole is provided with the limit assembly for positioning welding position 43, pcb board is further positioned, improves the quality of welding.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, the discharging direction of tin soldering equipment 4 is provided with PCB cleanings group 10, and cleaning pcb board Surface Machining is given up The impurity such as material and dust, further improve the cleannes on pcb board surface.
The discharging direction of solder joint detection means 5 is provided with bad lower machine device 20, the product of failure welding is passed through bad Lower machine device 20 takes out, and prevents defective products from flowing into subsequent processing, reduces the waste of operation resource, improves resource utilization.
The feed end of assembling track 11 is provided with the first jig rotation device 301, and the first jig rotation device 301 will charging The product that Shi Fangxiang is put back is clubhauled, and prevents subsequent processing operations from making a mistake, and is improved processing stability, is returned plate track 12 are provided with the second jig rotation device 300 close to the position of discharge end, in the right direction when making sky tool return to origin, convenient dress Product is carried, reduction misplaces rate, improves production efficiency.
As shown in Fig. 7~10, tool retracting device 2 includes lifting unit 21 and moving track 22, the both ends of moving track 22 Lifting unit 21 is respectively arranged with, lifting unit 21 includes riser guide component 211, the first crane 212 and the second crane 213, the first crane 212 and the second crane 213 are slideably positioned in riser guide component 211, the first crane 212 and second Crane 213 is equipped with push guide rod 214 and push sliding block 215, and push sliding block 215 is provided with positioning component 216, transfer efficiency Height, and positioning component 216 is provided with, increase the stability during tool oscilaltion, improve delivery precision, lifting unit 21 Efficiency high is lifted, further improves transfer efficiency.
Positioning component 216 includes fixed block 2161 and limited block 2162, and fixed block 2161 is fixed on push sliding block 215, limit Position block 2162 is slideably positioned in push sliding block 215, is provided with spring 2163 between limited block 2162 and push sliding block 215, will control Tool is caught in the space between fixed block 2161 and limited block 2162, is locked using spring 2163, spacing efficiency high.
As shown in figure 4, assembling track 11 is provided with pressure pcb board mechanism 13 and pressure cap sheathing mechanism 14, along conveying direction successively It is arranged to press pcb board mechanism 13, load onto lid arrangement 8 and press cap sheathing mechanism 14, by pressing pcb board mechanism 13 will before lid is loaded onto Pcb board compresses, and prevents pcb board from loosening, influences product quality, after lid is installed by loading onto lid arrangement 8, then through being covered in overvoltage Mechanism 14 is covered on further compressing, and improves product resistance to overturning.
Assembling track 11, return plate track 12 and moving track 22 and include several sub-tracks, the sub-track is equiped with Drive device 5050 and transfer tape assemble 60, it is easy to assembly, it can be dismounted as needed, strong adaptability.
As shown in Figure 11~12, dress drain pan device 6 includes travel mechanism 61 and driving clip claw mechanism 62, drives clip claw mechanism 62 include drive component 621 and clip claw assembly 622 with the output end drive connection of travel mechanism 61, driving clip claw mechanism 62, drive Dynamic component 621 includes motor 6211 and moving guide rail 6212, and motor 6211 is installed on one end of moving guide rail 6212, The clip claw assembly 622 is connected with moving guide rail 6212, and clip claw assembly 622 includes rotary cylinder 6221, clamping jaw cylinder 6222, the The side pawl 6224 of one side pawl 6223 and second, clamping jaw cylinder 6222 are connected with the output end of rotary cylinder 6221, the first side pawl 6223 It is connected with the second side pawl 6224 with clamping jaw cylinder 6222, first is provided with pawl 6223 and second between pawl 6224 for judging The photoelectric sensor 63 in drain pan direction, by travel mechanism 61 clip claw mechanism 62 will be driven to be moved to drain pan conveyer belt 91, passed through Drive component 621 carries out further accurate adjustment position, improves the accuracy of gripping, when first in pawl 6223 and second while pawl 6224 are moved to the position of gripping drain pan, the correct information of the feedback position of photoelectric sensor 63, make the driving of clamping jaw cylinder 6,222 the The side pawl 6224 of one side pawl 6223 and second is gripped, and the rotation adjustment drain pan angle of rotary cylinder 6221 is installed to tool, stable Property it is good, grip efficiency high, and position is accurate when drain pan is installed on into tool.
As shown in figure 1, in production, the tool for installing pcb board and power line is placed into assembling track 11, tool leads to Cross after tin soldering equipment 4 welds together power line and pcb board, solder joint detection means 5 detects to the solder joint of pcb board, prevents Only failure welding, product quality is improved, the tool for being mounted with pcb board and power line is moved to by the first tool translating device 31 to be controlled Tool retracting device 2 is transmitted, and the feeding from drain pan conveyer belt 91 of dress drain pan device 6 is placed on another tool, dress PCB devices 7 from Pcb board is gripped on the tool of tool retracting device 2 and is installed to drain pan, empty tool is moved to by the second tool translating device 32 and returned Plate track 12 returns to starting point, and product installs lid completion finally by lid arrangement 8 is loaded onto, and empty tool is defeated by returning plate track 12 Send and return to starting point, automaticity is high, easy making process, and tool organic efficiency is high, reduces the input of personnel, improves production effect Rate, production cost is effectively saved, cut payroll to improve efficiency.
Embodiment described above only expresses a kind of embodiment of the present utility model, and its description is more specific and detailed, But therefore it can not be interpreted as the limitation to the utility model patent scope.It should be pointed out that for the common of this area For technical staff, without departing from the concept of the premise utility, various modifications and improvements can be made, these all belong to In the scope of protection of the utility model.Therefore, the protection domain of the utility model patent should be determined by the appended claims.

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1. a kind of automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor, including delivery track and drive device (50), the delivery track bag Include assembling track (11) and return plate track (12), the assembling track (11), which is located at, to be returned above plate track (12), it is characterised in that The delivery track side is provided with tool retracting device (2), and the assembling track (11) is provided with assembling track (11) the first tool translating device (31) of tool is transferred between tool retracting device (2), it is described to return plate track (12) setting Have for returning the second tool translating device (32) that tool is transferred between plate track (12) and tool retracting device (2), also wrap Include along assembling track (11) feed direction set gradually tin soldering equipment (4), solder joint detection means (5), dress drain pan device (6), Fill PCB devices (7) and load onto lid arrangement (8), the side of the assembling track (11) is provided with drain pan conveyer belt (91) and upper lid Conveyer belt (92).
A kind of 2. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the tin soldering equipment (4) scolding tin detent mechanism (41) is included, the scolding tin detent mechanism (41) includes installing plate (411), installing plate (411) peace Equipped with positioning unit (42), the positioning unit (42) includes location-plate (421), and the location-plate (421) is towards product to be welded Side be provided with for stop tin sweat(ing) enter non-solder region stop part (4211), the location-plate (421) opens up limited Position hole, the spacing hole are provided with the limit assembly (43) for positioning welding position.
A kind of 3. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the tin soldering equipment (4) discharging direction is provided with PCB cleanings group (10).
A kind of 4. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the solder joint detection dress The discharging direction for putting (5) is provided with bad lower machine device (20).
A kind of 5. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the assembling track (11) feed end is provided with the first jig rotation device (301), and the plate track (12) that returns is provided with the second jig rotation dress Put (302).
A kind of 6. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the tool recovery dress Putting (2) includes lifting unit (21) and moving track (22), and moving track (22) both ends are respectively arranged with lifting unit (21), the lifting unit (21) includes riser guide component (211), the first crane (212) and the second crane (213), First crane (212) and the second crane (213) are slideably positioned in riser guide component (211), first lifting Frame (212) and the second crane (213) are equipped with push guide rod (214) and push sliding block (215), the push sliding block (215) It is provided with positioning component (216).
A kind of 7. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 6, it is characterised in that the positioning component (216) fixed block (2161) and limited block (2162) are included, the fixed block (2161) is fixed on push sliding block (215), described Limited block (2162) is slideably positioned in push sliding block (215), is provided between the limited block (2162) and push sliding block (215) Spring (2163).
A kind of 8. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the assembling track (11) be provided with pressure pcb board mechanism (13) and pressure cap sheathing mechanism (14), it is described press pcb board mechanism (13), load onto lid arrangement (8) and Pressure cap sheathing mechanism (14) is installed on assembling track (11) along conveying direction successively.
A kind of 9. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the assembling track (11), returning plate track (12) and moving track (22) includes several sub-tracks, and the sub-track is equiped with drive device And transfer tape assemble (60) (50).
A kind of 10. automatic assembly line of power supply adaptor according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the dress drain pan dress Putting (6) includes travel mechanism (61) and driving clip claw mechanism (62), the driving clip claw mechanism (62) and travel mechanism (61) Output end drive connection, the driving clip claw mechanism (62) include drive component (621) and clip claw assembly (622), the driving Component (621) includes motor (6211) and moving guide rail (6212), and the motor (6211) is installed on moving guide rail (6212) one end, the clip claw assembly (622) are connected with moving guide rail (6212), and the clip claw assembly (622) includes rotation The pawl (6224) in pawl (6223) and second of cylinder (6221), clamping jaw cylinder (6222), first, the clamping jaw cylinder (6222) with The output end connection of rotary cylinder (6221), described first in pawl (6223) and second pawl (6224) and clamping jaw cylinder (6222) Connection, described first is provided with the photoelectric sensor for judging drain pan direction in pawl (6223) and second between pawl (6224) (63)。
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