CN211310100U

CN211310100U - Tin ball separating device

Info

Publication number: CN211310100U
Application number: CN201921691012.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王全林; 张光展
Original assignee: Dongguan Taowine Automation Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan Taowine Automation Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-10
Filing date: 2019-10-10
Publication date: 2020-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 2029-10-10

Abstract

The utility model provides a tin ball separating device, which comprises a hopper for storing tin balls, a machine platform for supporting the hopper, a cover body covering the hopper and a material moving mechanism for moving the tin balls in the hopper, wherein the hopper is positioned in the cover body, and the cover body is provided with a material taking port for a suction head of a manipulator to extend into the cover body; the material moving mechanism comprises a material moving column arranged in the hopper and a first linear driving mechanism for driving the material moving column to move the solder balls to the position of the material taking port so as to be sucked by the suction head, the first linear driving mechanism is arranged on the machine table, and the material moving column is connected with the first linear driving mechanism. When the device is used, the first linear driving mechanism drives the material moving column to move the solder balls in the hopper to the material taking port on the cover body, so that the solder balls in the hopper can be automatically separated quickly and efficiently, the ball clamping condition cannot occur, the solder ball separation efficiency is high, the device can be suitable for separating the solder balls with different sizes, and various different solder ball separation devices do not need to be configured for the solder balls with different sizes.

Description

Tin ball separating device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the tin ball welding, more specifically say, relate to a tin ball separator.

Background

With the development of science and technology, precision components such as electronic products and the like are more and more miniaturized, the manufacturing process is more and more complex, the welding conditions are more and more rigorous, and the tin ball welding technology is widely applied to the top-end packaging technology and the micro-fine welding occasions. At present, a tin ball separating device of tin ball welding equipment is complex in structure, the tin ball generally has strong viscosity, and the tin ball is easy to be blocked when the tin ball is separated, so that the tin ball separating efficiency is low, and the welding efficiency of tin ball welding is influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a tin ball separator aims at solving the tin ball separator that exists among the prior art and appears the card ball easily, leads to the lower problem of tin ball separation efficiency.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solder ball separator, which comprises a hopper for storing solder balls, a machine platform for supporting the hopper, a cover body covering the hopper, and a material moving mechanism for separating and moving the solder balls in the hopper, wherein the hopper is located in the cover body, and the cover body is provided with a material taking port for a suction head of a manipulator to extend into the cover body; the material moving mechanism comprises a material moving column arranged in the hopper and a first linear driving mechanism for driving the material moving column to move the solder balls to the material taking port, the first linear driving mechanism is arranged on the machine table, and the material moving column is connected with the first linear driving mechanism.

Further, move the material post vertical set up in the hopper, the bottom of hopper is equipped with the confession the bottom of moving the material post stretches out the clearing hole of hopper, the material taking opening is located move the material post directly over.

Furthermore, a material moving groove for quantitatively moving the solder balls is arranged at the top end of the material moving column.

Further, the solder ball separation device also comprises a blowing mechanism for blowing off the redundant solder balls adhered to the suction head.

Further, blow material mechanism including be used for with the trachea that air supply system links to each other and drive the trachea removes extremely second straight line actuating mechanism in the cover body, be equipped with the hole of blowing on the trachea, correspond on the cover body and be equipped with the confession the opening that the trachea stretched into, the trachea with second straight line actuating mechanism links to each other.

Further, the number of the air blowing holes is multiple.

Further, the material moving mechanism further comprises a linear slide rail for guiding the material moving column to move and a slide block arranged on the linear slide rail, the linear slide rail is arranged on the machine table, the slide block is connected with the first linear driving mechanism, and the material moving column is connected with the slide block.

Furthermore, the material moving mechanism further comprises a sliding seat fixedly connected with the sliding block, and the material moving column is fixed on the sliding seat.

Further, the hopper is funnel-shaped or hemispherical.

Furthermore, the number of the hoppers is multiple, the plurality of hoppers are all located in the cover body, the cover body is provided with a plurality of material taking ports, and the plurality of material taking ports and the plurality of hoppers are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner; the material moving mechanism is provided with a plurality of moving mechanisms, and the moving mechanisms are in one-to-one correspondence with the hoppers.

The utility model provides a tin ball separator's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a tin ball separator through the hopper that deposits the tin ball in the cover internal setting on the board, sets up in the hopper and moves the material post to set up the drive on the board and move the first linear drive mechanism that the material post separation was moved and the tin ball was got in the hopper. When the automatic tin ball separating and feeding device is used, the first linear driving mechanism drives the material moving column to move the tin balls in the hopper to the position of the material taking port in the cover body, the suction head of the manipulator can extend into the cover body through the material taking port, the material moving column is sucked to separate and move the taken tin balls, the tin balls in the hopper can be quickly and efficiently separated and fed, the situation that the tin balls are blocked in the separating process is effectively avoided, and the separating efficiency of the tin balls is improved. And, the utility model provides a tin ball separator simple structure, the card ball condition not only can not appear, tin ball separation efficiency is higher, can also be applicable to the tin ball separation of different sizes, need not to practice thrift manufacturing cost to the tin ball separator of the multiple difference of tin ball configuration of different sizes.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a solder ball separation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the tin ball separating device according to the embodiment of the present invention when the cover body is separated from the hopper;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a material moving mechanism of a solder ball separating device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a blowing mechanism of a solder ball separation device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 4.

Wherein, in the drawings, the reference numerals are mainly as follows:

1-a hopper; 2-a machine platform; 3-a cover body; 31-material taking port; 32-opening;

4-a material moving mechanism; 41-transferring a material column; 411-a material moving groove; 42-a first cylinder; 43-linear slide rail; 44-a slide block; 45-sliding seat;

5-blowing the material mechanism; 51-trachea; 511-air blowing hole; 52-second cylinder.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problem, technical solution and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly understood, the following description is given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments to illustrate the present invention in further detail. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "disposed" to another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise. The meaning of "a number" is one or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, the solder ball separating device of the present invention will now be described. The utility model provides a tin ball separating device, which comprises a hopper 1 for storing tin balls, a machine table 2 for supporting the hopper 1, a cover body 3 covering the hopper 1 and a material moving mechanism 4 for separating and moving the tin balls in the hopper 1, wherein the hopper 1 is positioned in the cover body 3, and the cover body 3 is provided with a material taking port 31 for a suction head of a manipulator to extend into the cover body 3; the material moving mechanism 4 comprises a material moving column 41 arranged in the hopper 1 and a first linear driving mechanism for driving the material moving column 41 to move the solder balls to the position of the material taking port 31, the first linear driving mechanism is arranged on the machine platform 2, and the material moving column 41 is connected with the first linear driving mechanism. When the automatic tin ball separating and loading device is used, the first linear driving mechanism drives the material moving column 41 to move the tin balls in the hopper 1 to the position of the material taking port 31 on the cover body 3, so that a suction head of a manipulator can extend into the cover body 3 through the material taking port 31 to suck the moved tin balls separated by the material moving column 41, and the tin balls in the hopper 1 can be quickly and efficiently separated and loaded.

The utility model provides a tin ball separator compares with prior art, through the hopper 1 that deposits the tin ball in the 3 settings of the cover body on board 2, sets up in hopper 1 and moves material post 41 to set up the drive on board 2 and move the first linear drive mechanism that material post 41 separated and moved and get tin ball in the hopper 1. When the automatic tin ball separating and feeding device is used, the first linear driving mechanism drives the material moving column 41 to move the tin balls in the hopper 1 to the position of the material taking port 31 on the cover body 3, a suction head of the mechanical arm can extend into the cover body 3 through the material taking port 31 to suck the tin balls separated and moved by the material moving column 41, so that the tin balls in the hopper 1 can be automatically separated and fed quickly and efficiently, the situation that the tin balls are blocked in the separating process is effectively avoided, and the separating efficiency of the tin balls is improved. And, the utility model provides a tin ball separator simple structure, the card ball condition not only can not appear, tin ball separation efficiency is higher, can also be applicable to the tin ball separation of different sizes, need not to practice thrift manufacturing cost to the tin ball separator of the multiple difference of tin ball configuration of different sizes.

Specifically, the first linear driving mechanism is a first air cylinder 42, the first air cylinder 42 is fixed on the machine platform 2, a piston rod of the first air cylinder 42 is connected with the material moving column 41, and the material moving column 41 is driven by the first air cylinder 42 to move axially, so that the material moving column 41 separates and moves the solder balls in the hopper 1. Of course, the first linear drive mechanism may be, but is not limited to, an air cylinder. For example, the first linear driving mechanism may also be a driving mechanism having a linear driving function, such as a hydraulic cylinder, an electric cylinder, or an electric push rod, and may be specifically selected and arranged according to actual needs, which is not limited herein.

Further, please refer to fig. 2 together, as a specific embodiment of the present invention, the material moving column 41 is vertically disposed in the hopper 1, the bottom of the hopper 1 is provided with a through hole for the bottom end of the material moving column 41 to extend out of the hopper 1, and the material taking port 31 is located right above the material moving column 41.

In this embodiment, the material moving column 41 is vertically arranged in the hopper 1, and the material taking port 31 on the cover body 3 is arranged right above the material moving column 41, so that the material moving column 41 can quickly and stably separate the solder balls in the hopper 1 and transfer the solder balls to the position of the material taking port 31, and the suction head of the manipulator can smoothly suck the solder balls on the material moving column 41, thereby ensuring the stability of the separation and the loading of the solder balls and improving the efficiency of the separation and the loading of the solder balls.

Further, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, as an embodiment of the solder ball separating device of the present invention, a material moving groove 411 for quantitatively moving the solder balls is disposed at the top end of the material moving column 41.

In this embodiment, the material moving column 41 is vertically arranged in the hopper 1, the material moving groove 411 is arranged at the top end of the material moving column 41, the solder balls in the hopper 1 are quantitatively separated and moved through the material moving groove 411, the accuracy and the efficiency of separation and feeding of the solder ball separating device are improved, and the situation that the manipulator sucker cannot feed materials due to the fact that no solder balls exist on the material moving column 41 is avoided.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, as an embodiment of the solder ball separator of the present invention, the solder ball separator further includes a blowing mechanism 5 for blowing off the excess solder balls adhered to the suction head. Because the solder balls generally have stronger viscosity, the blowing mechanism 5 blows the redundant solder balls adhered to the suction head of the manipulator, wherein the blowing acting force formed by the high-speed airflow of the blowing mechanism 5 is smaller than the adsorption acting force formed by the negative pressure of the suction head pore, so that the redundant solder balls except the solder balls adsorbed at the suction hole position of the suction head can be blown off from the suction head, and the purpose of accurately taking materials is achieved.

Further, please refer to fig. 2, fig. 4 and fig. 5 together, as a specific embodiment of the solder ball separating device provided by the present invention, the blowing mechanism 5 includes an air pipe 51 connected to the air supply system and a second linear driving mechanism for driving the air pipe 51 to move into the cover body 3, the air pipe 51 is provided with an air blowing hole 511, the cover body 3 is correspondingly provided with an opening 32 into which the air pipe 51 extends, and the air pipe 51 is connected to the second linear driving mechanism.

In this embodiment, the blowing mechanism 5 includes an air pipe 51 connected to the air supply system and a second linear driving mechanism for driving the air pipe 51 to move into the cover body 3, when the suction head sucks the solder balls, the air pipe 51 is driven to move to a position close to the suction head in the cover body 3, and a high-pressure air flow is output towards the suction head through an air blowing hole 511 on the air pipe 51, wherein a blowing acting force formed by the high-speed air flow of the blowing mechanism 5 is smaller than an adsorption acting force formed by negative pressure of the suction head pore, so that all the redundant solder balls except the solder balls adsorbed at the suction hole position of the suction head can be blown off from the suction head, thereby achieving the purpose of accurately taking the solder.

Specifically, the second linear driving mechanism is a second cylinder 52, the second cylinder 52 is fixed on the machine 2, a piston rod of the second cylinder 52 is connected with the air pipe 51, the air pipe 51 is driven by the second cylinder 52 to move transversely, so that the air pipe 51 moves to a position close to the suction head in the cover 3 when the suction head sucks the solder balls, and the blowing mechanism 5 blows off all the redundant solder balls on the suction head except the solder balls sucked at the suction hole position of the suction head. Of course, the second linear driving mechanism may be, but is not limited to, an air cylinder. For example, the second linear driving mechanism may also be a driving mechanism having a linear driving function, such as a hydraulic cylinder, an electric cylinder, or an electric push rod, and may be specifically selected and arranged according to actual needs, which is not limited herein.

Further, referring to fig. 5, as a specific embodiment of the solder ball separating device of the present invention, the number of the air blowing holes 511 is plural. The air pipe 51 is provided with a plurality of air blowing holes 511, high-speed air flow is output through the plurality of air blowing holes 511, the blowing area of the suction head by the blowing mechanism 5 can be increased, the blowing effect of the blowing mechanism 5 on the solder balls adsorbed on the suction head is improved, and redundant solder balls except the solder balls adsorbed at the suction hole position of the suction head can be blown off from the suction head quickly and efficiently, so that the purpose of accurately taking materials is achieved.

Preferably, please refer to fig. 5 together, as a specific embodiment of the solder ball separator provided in the present invention, a plurality of air blowing holes 511 are uniformly (arranged in a matrix) arranged on the air pipe 51 at equal intervals, so as to enable the material blowing mechanism 5 to output a large area and a balanced high-speed airflow towards the suction head, thereby improving the material blowing effect and the material blowing efficiency of the material blowing mechanism 5 on the suction head for the solder balls adsorbed on the suction head, and further improving the separation and feeding efficiency of the solder ball separator.

Further, please refer to fig. 3 together, as a specific implementation manner of the solder ball separating device provided by the present invention, the material moving mechanism 4 further includes a linear slide rail 43 for guiding the material moving column 41 to move and a slider 44 installed on the linear slide rail 43, the linear slide rail 43 is installed on the machine platform 2, the slider 44 is connected with the first linear driving mechanism, and the material moving column 41 is connected with the slider 44.

In this embodiment, by providing the linear slide rail 43 for guiding the moving column 41 to move axially, installing the slider 44 on the linear slide rail 43, and connecting the moving column 41 to the slider 44, the first linear driving device can stably and smoothly drive the moving column 41 to move axially at the sliding cooperation line of the linear slide rail 43 and the slider 44, so as to realize the rapid and efficient separation and removal of the solder balls in the hopper 1, thereby improving the separation and feeding efficiency of the solder ball separation device.

Further, referring to fig. 3, as a specific embodiment of the solder ball separating device of the present invention, the material moving mechanism 4 further includes a sliding seat 45 fixedly connected to the sliding block 44, and the material moving column 41 is fixed on the sliding seat 45. The slide seat 45 is fixedly connected on the slide block 44, and the material moving column 41 is fixed on the slide seat 45, so that the moving stability and reliability of the material moving column 41 are enhanced, and the stability and reliability of the solder ball separating device for separating the solder balls are enhanced.

Further, referring to fig. 2, as an embodiment of the solder ball separating device of the present invention, the hopper 1 is funnel-shaped or hemispherical. The hopper 1 is arranged to be funnel-shaped or hemispherical, so that the material moving column 41 can separate and move the solder balls in the hopper 1 conveniently, the situation that the material moving column 41 cannot separate, move and take the solder balls due to over dispersion of the solder balls in the hopper 1 is avoided, the continuity of the solder ball separating device for separating the solder balls is realized, and the separating and feeding efficiency of the solder ball separating device is improved to a certain extent.

Further, please refer to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, as a specific embodiment of the solder ball separating device provided by the present invention, the number of the hoppers 1 is plural, the plural hoppers 1 are all located in the cover body 3, the cover body 3 is provided with a plurality of material taking ports 31, and the plural material taking ports 31 are arranged corresponding to the plural hoppers 1 one by one; the number of the material moving mechanisms 4 is multiple, and the multiple material moving mechanisms 4 are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple hoppers 1.

In this embodiment, set up three or more than three hopper 1 on platform 2, and set up on platform 2 and move material mechanism 4 with 1 quantity unanimity of hopper, a plurality of hoppers 1 all are located the cover body 3, be equipped with a plurality of material mouths 31 of getting on the cover body 3, a plurality of material mouths 31 of getting set up with a plurality of 1 one-to-one of hopper, a plurality of material mechanisms 4 and a plurality of 1 one-to-one of hopper move, thereby realize a plurality of material mechanisms 4 that move and separate the tin ball in a plurality of hoppers 1 respectively, separation and the material loading efficiency of tin ball separator have been improved.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A tin ball separating device is characterized in that: the tin ball separating and taking device comprises a hopper for storing tin balls, a machine table for supporting the hopper, a cover body covering the hopper and a material moving mechanism for separating and moving the tin balls in the hopper, wherein the hopper is positioned in the cover body, and the cover body is provided with a material taking port for a suction head of a manipulator to extend into the cover body; the material moving mechanism comprises a material moving column arranged in the hopper and a first linear driving mechanism for driving the material moving column to move the solder balls to the material taking port, the first linear driving mechanism is arranged on the machine table, and the material moving column is connected with the first linear driving mechanism.

2. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: move the material post vertical set up in the hopper, the bottom of hopper is equipped with the confession move the bottom of material post and stretch out the clearing hole of hopper, the material taking opening is located move the material post directly over.

3. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 2, wherein: and a material moving groove for quantitatively moving the solder balls is arranged at the top end of the material moving column.

4. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the solder ball separation device also comprises a blowing mechanism for blowing off the redundant solder balls adhered to the suction head.

5. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 4, wherein: blow material mechanism including being used for trachea and the drive that links to each other with gas supply system the trachea removes extremely second straight line actuating mechanism in the cover body, be equipped with the hole of blowing on the trachea, it supplies to correspond to be equipped with on the cover body the opening that the trachea stretches into, the trachea with second straight line actuating mechanism links to each other.

6. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the number of the air blowing holes is multiple.

7. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the material moving mechanism further comprises a linear slide rail for guiding the material moving column to move and a slide block arranged on the linear slide rail, the linear slide rail is arranged on the machine table, the slide block is connected with the first linear driving mechanism, and the material moving column is connected with the slide block.

8. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 7, wherein: the material moving mechanism further comprises a sliding seat fixedly connected with the sliding block, and the material moving column is fixed on the sliding seat.

9. The solder ball separation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the hopper is funnel-shaped or hemispherical.

10. The solder ball separation apparatus of any of claims 1 to 9, wherein: the number of the hoppers is multiple, the plurality of hoppers are all positioned in the cover body, the cover body is provided with a plurality of material taking ports, and the plurality of material taking ports and the plurality of hoppers are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner; the material moving mechanism is provided with a plurality of moving mechanisms, and the moving mechanisms are in one-to-one correspondence with the hoppers.