CN214320956U - Two-sided FPC automatic separation mechanism - Google Patents

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CN214320956U
CN214320956U CN202120199002.3U CN202120199002U CN214320956U CN 214320956 U CN214320956 U CN 214320956U CN 202120199002 U CN202120199002 U CN 202120199002U CN 214320956 U CN214320956 U CN 214320956U
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The utility model discloses a two-sided FPC automatic separation mechanism, receive material transport mechanism including base, FPC upper plate mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism, the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC, FPC separate paper mechanism, FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism and FPC, FPC upper plate mechanism installs on the base, FPC upper plate mechanism is connected with FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism is connected with FPC automatic classification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism separates paper mechanism with FPC respectively and is connected with FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC separates paper mechanism and is connected with the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC, the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC is connected with FPC label pasting mechanism. This practicality realizes two-sided FPC's automatic separation through FPC upper plate mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism, the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC, FPC separate paper mechanism, FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism and the cooperation of FPC material receiving and conveying mechanism, has avoided the drawback that artifical separation brought.

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Two-sided FPC automatic separation mechanism
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a FPC produces packing technical field, specifically is a two-sided FPC automatic separation mechanism.
Background
Before shipment and packaging of the FPC, the mixed materials need to be classified and packaged, defective products need to be sorted, packages with different defective product numbers are shipped together, and material preparation and defective product identification in a subsequent surface mounting process are facilitated; however, a plurality of PCS are arranged in each FPC, good products and defective products of each FPC are marked before the FPC is delivered, if the defective products PCS are blackened through MARK points, adhesive sticker is pasted on the defective products PCS and other means, the same defective products PCS are manually put together and packaged according to the packaging requirement for delivery, the subsequent-section chip mounting process identification is facilitated, the chips are not mounted on the defective products, and therefore material waste is saved, and efficiency is improved.
Artifical letter sorting is in long-term working process, makes mistakes easily, and especially some colour characteristics are not very obvious FPC to and the two-sided FPC that all needs the discernment to judge, the manual work can be confused before the packing is categorised, leads to after the later stage paster, just can discover when carrying out the terminal equipment, can waste the material, leads to FPC factory trade can be claimed by terminal manufacturer, increases FPC manufacturer's manufacturing cost. Therefore, a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism has been proposed to solve the above problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a two-sided FPC automatic separation mechanism to solve the problem that proposes among the above-mentioned background art.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a two-sided FPC automatic separation mechanism, includes base, FPC upper plate mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism, the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC, FPC separate paper mechanism, FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism and FPC receipts material transport mechanism, FPC upper plate mechanism installs on the base, FPC upper plate mechanism is connected with FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism is connected with FPC automatic classification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism is connected with FPC separate paper mechanism and FPC backing plate mechanism respectively, FPC separates paper mechanism and is connected with the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC, the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC is connected with FPC label pasting mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism is connected with FPC receipts material transport mechanism.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the FPC board loading mechanism comprises a board loading positioning unit, a board sucking unit and a board conveying supporting board unit, wherein the board loading positioning unit comprises a lifting motor, a baffle, a push rod mechanism and a sensor, the board sucking unit comprises a lifting mechanism and a board sucking mechanism, and the board conveying supporting board unit comprises a supporting board, a horizontal transplanting mechanism and an inductor.
As a further aspect of the present invention: FPC visual identification mechanism includes reverse side visual detection platform unit, positive visual detection platform unit, openly shoots unit, reverse side and shoots unit and FPC and transplant the mechanism, FPC transplants the mechanism including transplanting mechanism and two suction disc arms, openly shoot the unit and include first unit support, second light source and second camera, reverse side shoots the unit and includes third light source, second unit support and third camera, reverse side visual detection platform unit includes clear glass, first camera, first light source and section bar support, positive visual detection platform unit is the layer board.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the FPC automatic classification mechanism comprises a sorting robot and a robot sorting suction plate.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the FPC classifying and stacking mechanism comprises a lower layer conveying unit and a plurality of material receiving and stacking units.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the FPC paper separation mechanism comprises a paper separation mechanism, a paper tidying mechanism and a lifting feeding unit.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the FPC base plate mechanism comprises a base plate tidying mechanism and a base plate adsorption mechanism, and the base plate adsorption mechanism comprises a suction plate assembly and a suction paper assembly.
As a further aspect of the present invention: FPC label pasting mechanism includes label adsorption device, label printer and label pasting mechanism.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: through the cooperation of FPC upper plate mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism, the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC, FPC separate paper mechanism, FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism and FPC material receiving and conveying mechanism realize two-sided FPC's automatic separation, avoided the drawback that manual work was selected separately and was brought.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an upper plate positioning unit in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a suction plate unit in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a board feeding supporting board unit in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a visual inspection platform unit in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a front side photographing unit in the double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a reverse side photographing unit in the double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an FPC transplanting mechanism in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of an FPC sorting and stacking mechanism in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a backing plate adsorption mechanism in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an FPC paper separation mechanism in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
Fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of an FPC label attaching mechanism in a double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism.
In the figure: 1-upper board positioning unit, 11-lifting motor, 12-baffle, 13-push rod mechanism, 14-sensor, 2-suction board unit, 21-lifting mechanism, 22-suction board mechanism, 3-sending board and supporting board unit, 31-supporting board, 32-horizontal transplanting mechanism, 33-sensor, 4-reverse side visual detection platform unit, 41-transparent glass, 42-FPC, 43-first camera, 44-first light source, 45-section bar bracket, 5-front side shooting unit, 51-first unit bracket, 52-second light source, 53-second camera, 6-reverse side shooting unit, 61-third light source, 62-second unit bracket, 63-third camera, 7-FPC transplanting mechanism, 71-transplanting mechanism, 72-suction plate arm, 8-FPC sorting and stacking mechanism, 81-lower layer conveying unit, 82-material collecting and stacking unit, 9-cushion plate adsorption mechanism, 91-suction plate assembly, 92-paper suction assembly, 10-FPC paper separation mechanism, 101-paper separation mechanism, 102-paper tidying mechanism, 103-lifting feeding unit, 111-sorting robot, 112-cushion plate tidying mechanism, 113-FPC label pasting mechanism, 1131-label adsorption mechanism, 1132-label printer, 1133-label pasting mechanism and 114-robot sorting and suction plate.
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In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the term "connected" or the like is to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral part; 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.
The technical solution of the present patent will be described in further detail with reference to the following embodiments.
Example 1:
with reference to fig. 1-12, a two-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism includes base, FPC upper plate mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism, FPC classification pile up neatly mechanism 8, FPC paper separation mechanism 10, FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism 113 and FPC receiving and conveying mechanism, FPC upper plate mechanism installs on the base, FPC upper plate mechanism is connected with FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism is connected with FPC automatic classification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism is connected with FPC paper separation mechanism 10 and FPC backing plate mechanism respectively, FPC paper separation mechanism 10 is connected with FPC classification pile up neatly mechanism 8, FPC classification pile up neatly mechanism 8 is connected with FPC label pasting mechanism 113, FPC receiving and label pasting mechanism 113 is connected with FPC conveying mechanism.
Specifically, the automatic sorting of the double-sided FPC42 is realized through the cooperation of the FPC feeding mechanism, the FPC visual recognition mechanism, the FPC automatic sorting mechanism, the FPC sorting and stacking mechanism 8, the FPC paper separating mechanism 10, the FPC base plate mechanism, the FPC label pasting mechanism 113 and the FPC material receiving and conveying mechanism, and the defects caused by manual sorting are avoided.
FPC board loading mechanism includes upper plate positioning unit 1, suction disc unit 2 and send board layer board 31 unit 3, upper plate positioning unit 1 includes lift motor 11, baffle 12, push rod mechanism 13 and sensor 14, suction disc unit 2 includes elevating system 21 and suction disc mechanism 22, send board layer board 31 unit 3 to include layer board 31, horizontal transplanting mechanism 32 and inductor 33.
Specifically, the upper board positioning unit 1 is compatible with single board mode and double board mode loading according to the size of the FPC42, and can be switched according to sorting requirements. In either single board mode or dual board mode, the FPC42 is positioned by the pusher mechanism 13, and the pusher mechanism 13 is manually adjusted to accommodate the FPC42 size. In the single-sheet mode, the feeding is aligned near the upper left corner, and the pushing rod mechanism 13 in the direction of X, Y is used for positioning; in the dual mode, the FPC42 is aligned by the bezel 12 and is positioned in alignment by the pusher mechanism 13 to accommodate different sized FPCs 42. After the suction board unit sucks away one FPC42 each time, the sensor 14 and the lifting motor 11 are used for repositioning the height of the FPC42 at the rest part of the upper board material table, so that the FPC42 on the material table is all at the same position when the FPC42 is sucked next time, and any number of FPCs 42 on the material table can be positioned at the same suction board height.
FPC visual identification mechanism includes reverse side visual detection platform unit 4, positive visual detection platform unit, openly shoots unit 5, reverse side and shoots unit 6 and FPC transplanting mechanism 7, FPC transplanting mechanism 7 is including transplanting mechanism 71 and two suction disc arms 72, openly shoot unit 5 and include first unit support 51, second light source 52 and second camera 53, reverse side is shot unit 6 and is included third light source 61, second unit support 62 and third camera 63, reverse side visual detection platform unit 4 includes clear glass 41, first camera 43, first light source 44 and section bar support 45, positive visual detection platform unit is layer board 31.
Specifically, when the FPC transfer mechanism 7 is in the initial working waiting position, the left suction arm 72 is located at the position of the back side photographing unit 6, and the right suction arm 72 is located at the position of the robot sorting suction plate 114, leaving the front side photographing unit 5 empty. When the plate conveying supporting plate 31 unit 3 is conveyed to the position below the front photographing unit 5 to finish photographing, the left suction plate arm 72 moves to the supporting plate 31, meanwhile, the right suction plate arm 72 moves to the reverse visual detection platform, the right suction plate arm 72 starts to descend, the FPC42 is sucked in a vacuum suction mode, then the FPC ascends to the original position, the control system informs the plate conveying supporting plate 31 unit 3 to return to the upper plate position for connecting plate circulation, then the left suction plate arm 72 moves the FPC42 to the reverse photographing station, the reverse photographing unit 6 photographs for classification inspection, and the FPC42 is ensured to have no displacement in the transmission and inspection process, and the FPC42 position cannot be displaced. When the next FPC42 finishes photographing at the front photographing station, the left suction plate arm 72 returns to the position below the front photographing unit 5, the right suction plate arm 72 returns to the back visual inspection platform unit 4, at the moment, the two suction plate arms 72 descend simultaneously to absorb the two FPCs 42, the left suction plate arm 72 sends the FPC42 finished photographing at the front station to the back photographing station for recognition, the right suction plate arm 72 sends the FPC42 finished photographing at the back photographing station to the position of the robot sorting suction plate 114, and cyclic transplanting and plate feeding are performed through the FPC transplanting mechanism 7.
The FPC automatic sorting mechanism includes a sorting robot 111 and a robotic sorting suction plate 114.
Specifically, when the FPC42 is transferred to the position of the robot sorting suction plate 114, the Z axis of the sorting robot 111 descends, and after the Z axis descends to the proper position, the FPC42 is sucked and ascended to the top point position by a vacuum mode, and according to the sorting result, the sorting robot 111 places the FPC42 at the designated position.
The FPC sorting and stacking mechanism 8 includes a lower layer conveying unit 81 and a plurality of material receiving and stacking units 82.
Specifically, a plurality of receipts material pile up neatly unit 82 during simultaneous working, and a plurality of receipts material pile up neatly unit 82 is with arbitrary array mode overall arrangement, wherein when any receipts material pile up neatly unit 82 needs to convey the FPC42 that the pile up neatly accomplished next process, do not influence the whole normal pile up neatly work of other receipts material pile up neatly unit 82, thereby improve work efficiency, lower floor's transfer unit 81 is responsible for other receipts material pile up neatly unit 82 when the pile up neatly is accomplished, when needing conveying FPC42, supplementary finishing FPC42 conveying together, the normal pile up neatly of not influencing upper strata receipts material pile up neatly unit 82 simultaneously receive and receive FPC42 and separate paper, improve work efficiency.
The FPC paper separation mechanism 10 comprises a paper separation mechanism 101, a paper tidying mechanism 102 and a lifting feeding unit 103.
Specifically, when the separation paper working mode is selected in the separation mode, separation paper with a proper PCB size needs to be placed on the paper separation mechanism 101, the size of the separation paper is adjusted, the paper separation mechanism 101 separates a whole stack of separation paper into layers and a single piece of separation paper, the separation paper is conveyed to the paper tidying mechanism 102, after the single piece of separation paper is positioned, the paper suction mechanism descends to suck the single piece of separation paper, and the placement mechanism places the separation paper to a corresponding stacking position according to the FPC classification stacking mechanism 8.
The FPC base plate mechanism comprises a base plate tidying mechanism 112 and a base plate adsorption mechanism 9, and the base plate adsorption mechanism 9 comprises a suction plate assembly 91 and a paper suction assembly 92.
Specifically, when the working mode of the base plate is selected, a base plate needs to be placed at the head and the tail of each material receiving stacking unit 82, so that the FPC42 is not deformed in the conveying process, a base plate is placed at the bottom of each material receiving stacking unit 82 before each material receiving stacking unit 82 is stacked, the FPC sorting stacking mechanism 8 is informed to start sorting the FPC42, and after the FPC sorting stacking mechanism 8 is sorted, the base plate tidying mechanism 112 is informed to continue to place a base plate at the head and the tail of each material receiving stacking unit 82. The FPC sorting stacker 8 is then notified to begin taking up FPC 42.
The FPC label attaching mechanism 113 includes a label adsorbing mechanism 1131, a label printer 1132 and a label attaching mechanism 1133.
Specifically, after the whole pile of FPC42 is sorted, categorised pile up neatly mechanism 8 of FPC will fold the FPC42 and convey the subsides mark department of conveyer belt, label sticking mechanism 1133 is responsible for every pile of FPC42 that selects the pile up neatly and pastes the label of letter sorting information at the tail backing plate, pack for back end process and provide the information inquiry function, the label is attached to the back that finishes, and will fold the FPC42 and convey to FPC receipts material transport mechanism on, the conveying material bench board that FPC received on the transport mechanism is full, the suggestion operator receives the board.
The working principle is as follows: through the cooperation of FPC upper plate mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism, FPC categorised pile up neatly mechanism 8, FPC separate paper mechanism 10, FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism 113 and FPC material receiving and conveying mechanism realize the automatic separation of two-sided FPC42, avoided the drawback that manual separation brought.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides a two-sided FPC automatic separation mechanism, its characterized in that includes base, FPC upper plate mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism, the categorised pile up neatly mechanism of FPC (8), FPC separate paper mechanism (10), FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC label pasting mechanism (113) and FPC receipts material transport mechanism, FPC upper plate mechanism installs on the base, FPC upper plate mechanism is connected with FPC visual identification mechanism, FPC visual identification mechanism is connected with FPC automatic classification mechanism, FPC automatic classification mechanism separates paper mechanism (10) with FPC respectively and is connected with FPC backing plate mechanism, FPC separates paper mechanism (10) and is connected with FPC categorised pile up neatly mechanism (8), FPC categorised pile up neatly mechanism (8) is connected with FPC label pasting mechanism (113), FPC label pasting mechanism (113) is connected with FPC transport mechanism.
2. A double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the FPC board loading mechanism comprises a board loading positioning unit (1), a board sucking unit (2) and a board feeding supporting plate (31) unit (3), the board loading positioning unit (1) comprises a lifting motor (11), a baffle (12), a push rod mechanism (13) and a sensor (14), the board sucking unit (2) comprises a lifting mechanism (21) and a board sucking mechanism (22), and the board feeding supporting plate (31) unit (3) comprises a horizontal transplanting mechanism (32) and a sensor (33).
3. The double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism according to claim 1, the FPC visual identification mechanism comprises a back visual detection platform unit (4), a front visual detection platform unit, a front photographing unit (5), a back photographing unit (6) and an FPC transplanting mechanism (7), the FPC transplanting mechanism (7) comprises a transplanting mechanism (71) and two suction plate arms (72), the front photographing unit (5) comprises a first unit bracket (51), a second light source (52) and a second camera (53), the reverse side photographing unit (6) comprises a third light source (61), a second unit bracket (62) and a third camera (63), the reverse side visual detection platform unit (4) comprises transparent glass (41), a first camera (43), a first light source (44) and a profile support (45), and the front side visual detection platform unit is a supporting plate (31).
4. A double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the FPC automatic sorting mechanism comprises a sorting robot (111) and a robotic sorting suction plate (114).
5. A double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism according to claim 1 characterised in that the FPC sorting and palletizing mechanism (8) comprises a lower layer transfer unit (81) and a plurality of material collecting and palletizing units (82).
6. A double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism according to claim 1, characterised in that the FPC paper separation mechanism (10) comprises a paper separating mechanism (101), a paper aligning mechanism (102) and a lifting and feeding unit (103).
7. A double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the FPC pad mechanism includes a pad tidying mechanism (112) and a pad adsorbing mechanism (9), and the pad adsorbing mechanism (9) includes a suction plate assembly (91) and a paper suction assembly (92).
8. A double-sided FPC automatic sorting mechanism as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the FPC label affixing mechanism (113) comprises a label suction mechanism (1131), a label printer (1132) and a label affixing mechanism (1133).
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