CN216650120U - Flexible flat cable bending equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a flexible flat cable bending device which comprises a rack, wherein a workbench is fixedly arranged on the rack, a feeding unit, a carrying unit, a conveying unit, a bending unit, a discharging unit and a CCD (charge coupled device) vision unit are arranged on the workbench, the conveying unit comprises a turntable and a plurality of carriers arranged on the periphery of the turntable, the feeding unit is used for conveying a tray for storing products to a preset position, the carrying unit is used for sucking the products in the tray and conveying the products to the carriers of the conveying unit, the carriers are driven by the turntable to move to the bending unit after clamping the products, the carriers extend out to convey the products to the bending unit, the bending unit bends the preset position of the products, and the conveying unit sucks the bent products and conveys the bent products to the discharging unit. The utility model can automatically complete the bending operation of the flexible flat cable, thereby greatly improving the bending efficiency and the qualification rate of products.

Description

Flexible flat cable bending equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to bending equipment, in particular to flexible flat cable bending equipment.

Background

At present, in order to meet the demand of miniaturization development of products and to improve the space utilization rate in equipment, the flat cable generally needs to be bent first and then connected between the components.

Although the FPC has the advantages of thinness, small occupied space and adaptability to different space occasions, the flexible material of the FPC flexible flat cable also causes the problem of inconvenient connection, and the flexible flat cable needs to be pre-shaped according to the applicable environment so as to facilitate the assembly of electronic products.

At present, the pre-bending and shaping of the FPC flexible flat cable are realized in a manual mode, however, the flexible material of the FPC flexible flat cable makes the FPC flexible flat cable difficult to bend the FPC flexible flat cable to a bending shape with a target shape and a target size, and the manual mode is extremely low in operation efficiency and cannot meet production requirements.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the defects, the utility model provides the flexible flat cable bending equipment, and the bending equipment can accurately complete the bending work of the product through the mutual matching among the feeding unit, the carrying unit, the conveying unit, the bending unit and the blanking unit, thereby greatly improving the bending efficiency and the product yield of the product.

The technical scheme adopted by the utility model for solving the technical problem is as follows:

a flexible flat cable bending device comprises a frame, wherein a workbench is fixedly arranged on the frame, a feeding unit, a carrying unit, a conveying unit, a bending unit, a blanking unit and a CCD (charge coupled device) vision unit are arranged on the workbench, the conveying unit comprises a turntable and a plurality of carriers arranged on the periphery of the turntable, the feeding unit is used for conveying the material tray for storing the products to a preset position, the carrying unit is used for sucking the products in the material tray and sending the products to the carrier of the conveying unit, the carrier is driven by the turntable to move to the bending unit after clamping the products, and the carrier extends out to send the product to a bending unit, the bending unit bends the preset position of the product, the conveying unit conveys the bent product to the blanking unit after sucking the product, the blanking unit conveys the product out of the bending equipment, and the CCD vision unit is used for photographing the product and guiding and positioning the product visually.

Preferably, the feeding unit includes material loading module, unloading module, support frame, material loading frame and presss from both sides tight frame, material loading module set up side by side with the unloading module on the support frame, material loading frame fixed mounting is on the support frame of material loading module and unloading module top, press from both sides tight frame and locate with sliding on the material loading frame and this press from both sides tight frame can carry out the horizontal slip along the material loading frame, material loading module includes a material loading drawer, a jacking lead screw module and a layer board, the unloading module includes a material unloading drawer, a jacking lead screw module and a layer board, the layer board is used for holding the charging tray of placing the product, jacking lead screw module is used for driving the layer board to move from top to bottom, press from both sides tight frame and be used for pressing from both sides the charging tray that moves to material loading frame department tightly.

Preferably, a slide rail is arranged on the feeding frame, a clamping slide block is arranged on the clamping frame, the clamping slide block is slidably mounted on the slide rail of the feeding frame, the clamping slide block can separate or fold the clamping frame under the driving of a clamping cylinder, and the clamping slide block can horizontally slide along the slide rail under the action of the horizontal driving module.

Preferably, the transport unit includes four-axis manipulator and installs in this four-axis manipulator's sucking disc frame, sucking disc shelf location sucking disc with sweep a yard rifle, the sucking disc is used for absorbing the product, it is used for scanning the two-dimensional code on the product to sweep a yard rifle.

Preferably, the conveying unit includes the carousel and installs in carousel a plurality of carriers all around, the carousel is connected in rotary mechanism and this rotary mechanism control carousel and is rotated, be equipped with clamping jaw and front and back drive module on the carrier, front and back drive module connect in clamping jaw and this front and back drive module can control the clamping jaw and carry out the seesaw, the clamping jaw is through its opening and shutting of clamping jaw cylinder control and press from both sides the product tight or loosen.

Preferably, the bending unit includes a plurality of benders, a plurality of benders distribute in conveying unit's all around, the bender includes base, brace table, fixed station, bending arm, upper and lower drive module and horizontal drive module, the brace table install with sliding in on the base, horizontal drive module connect in brace table and this horizontal drive module can drive the brace table and carry out the motion of horizontal direction along the base, the fixed station install in on the brace table and this fixed station is used for placing the product of treating bending, bending arm slidable mounting in on the brace table, upper and lower drive module connect in bending arm and this upper and lower drive module can drive bending arm and slide from top to bottom along the brace table.

Preferably, the blanking unit is arranged along the length direction of the workbench and comprises a frame, a conveying belt arranged on the frame and a driving motor for driving the conveying belt to run.

Preferably, the CCD vision unit includes an upper CCD vision module and a lower CCD vision module, the upper CCD vision module is mounted above the feeding unit, and the lower CCD vision module is mounted below the carrying unit.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that: the utility model comprises a feeding unit, a carrying unit, a conveying unit, a bending unit, a blanking unit and a CCD visual unit, wherein the feeding unit is used for supplying a material tray filled with products and blanking an empty material tray, the carrying unit is used for carrying the products of the feeding unit to a carrier of the conveying unit and carrying the bent products on the carrier to the blanking unit, the conveying unit is used for conveying the products on the carrier to a corresponding bending machine in a specified bending unit, the bending unit is used for bending the products on the carrier, and the blanking unit is used for conveying the bent products out of a bending device, so that the utility model can fully automatically complete the processes of feeding, carrying, conveying, bending and blanking of the products, and can ensure the accurate matching of all units under the guidance of the CCD visual unit so as to accurately complete the bending work of the products, greatly improving the bending efficiency and the product percent of pass of the product.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a feed unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a carrying unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the conveying unit of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a carrier according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a bending unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a blanking unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a CCD visual unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;

in the figure: 10-frame, 11-workbench, 12-tray, 13-product;

20-a feeding unit, 21-a loading drawer, 22-a blanking drawer, 23-a jacking screw rod module, 24-a supporting plate, 25-a loading frame, 26-a clamping frame, 27-a clamping slide block, 28-a slide rail and 29-a supporting frame;

30-a carrying unit, 31-a four-shaft mechanical arm, 32-a sucker frame, 33-a sucker and 34-a code scanning gun;

40-conveying unit, 41-turntable, 42-carrier, 43-clamping jaw and 44-front and back driving module;

50-bending unit, 51-base, 52-supporting table, 53-fixing table, 54-bending arm, 55-up-down driving module and 56-horizontal driving module;

60-a blanking unit, 61-a frame, 62-a conveying belt and 63-a driving motor;

70-CCD visual unit, 71-upper CCD visual module, 72-lower CCD visual module.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … … surface," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial relationship to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is turned over, devices described as "above" or "on" other devices or configurations would then be oriented "below" or "under" the other devices or configurations. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

Example (b): as shown in fig. 1-10, a flexible flat cable bending apparatus includes a frame 10, a workbench 11 is fixedly disposed on the frame 10, a feeding unit 20, a carrying unit 30, a conveying unit 40, a bending unit 50, a blanking unit 60, and a CCD vision unit are disposed on the workbench 11, the conveying unit 40 includes a turntable 41 and a plurality of carriers 42 disposed around the turntable, the feeding unit 20 is used for conveying trays for storing products to a predetermined position, the conveying unit 30 is used for sucking and conveying the products in the trays 12 to the carriers 42 of the conveying unit 40, the carriers 42 are driven by the turntable 41 to move to the bending unit 50 after clamping the products, the carriers 42 extend out to convey the products to the bending unit 50, the bending unit 50 bends the predetermined position of the products 13, the conveying unit 30 sucks and conveys the bent products to the blanking unit 60, the blanking unit 60 conveys the product out of the bending device, and the CCD vision unit 70 is used for photographing the product and visually guiding and positioning the product.

The frame 10 of the bending device is provided with a shell, as shown in fig. 10, each part of the device is arranged in the shell, when the bending device works, an operator pulls out a drawer in a feeding unit, a plurality of trays filled with products are placed in the drawer, then the drawer is closed, the feeding unit 20 lifts the trays to a preset position, a carrying unit 30 moves to the product position of the feeding unit, the carrying unit accurately sucks the products under the guidance of a CCD (charge coupled device) vision unit and conveys the products to a carrier 42 of a conveying unit, the carrier extends out to clamp the products, then a turntable 41 rotates to convey the carrier clamping the products to a bending unit 50, the carrier 42 extends out again to convey the products to the preset position of the bending unit, the bending unit 50 presses down to finish the bending operation of the products, finally the turntable conveys the bent products to the carrying unit 30, the carrying unit 30 sucks the products and conveys the products to a blanking unit 60, the product is fed out of the bending apparatus by a blanking unit 60. Therefore, the utility model can fully automatically complete the procedures of loading, carrying, conveying, bending and blanking of products, and can ensure the accurate matching of all units under the guidance of the CCD visual unit, thereby accurately completing the bending work of the products and greatly improving the bending efficiency and the product percent of pass of the products.

The feeding unit 20 comprises a feeding module, a discharging module, a support frame 29, a feeding frame 25 and a clamping frame 26, wherein the feeding module and the discharging module are arranged on the support frame 29 side by side, the feeding frame 25 is fixedly arranged on the support frame 29 above the feeding module and the discharging module, the clamping frame 26 is slidably arranged on the feeding frame 25, the clamping frame 26 can horizontally slide along the feeding frame 25, the feeding module comprises a feeding drawer 21, a jacking lead screw module 23 and a supporting plate 24, the discharging module comprises a discharging drawer 22, a jacking lead screw module 23 and a supporting plate 24, the supporting plate 24 is used for supporting a material disc for placing a product, the jacking lead screw module 23 is used for driving the supporting plate 24 to move up and down, and the clamping frame 26 is used for clamping the material disc 12 moving to the position of the feeding frame 25.

As shown in fig. 2, the feeding frame 25 is provided with a slide rail 28, the clamping frame 26 is provided with a clamping slide block 27, the clamping slide block 27 is slidably mounted on the slide rail 28 of the feeding frame, the clamping slide block 27 can open or close the clamping frame 26 under the driving of the clamping cylinder, and the clamping slide block 27 can horizontally slide along the slide rail 28 under the action of the horizontal driving module. In operation, after the feeding drawer 21 is pulled out by an operator, a material tray 12 which is full of products is placed on the supporting plate 24, the supporting plate 24 moves upwards under the action of the jacking screw rod module 23, the material tray 12 on the uppermost layer moves to the position of the feeding frame 25, the clamping frame 26 is closed under the action of the clamping cylinder to clamp the material tray, after all the products in the material tray are used up, the clamping frame 26 horizontally moves to the position above the discharging drawer 22 under the action of the horizontal driving module, the clamping frame is opened under the action of the clamping cylinder to release the material tray, the material tray is placed on the supporting plate 24 of the discharging module, after the discharging module is filled with empty material trays, the operator pulls out the discharging drawer 22 to take away a hole material tray, and the clamping frame 26 returns to the position above the upper die module again to perform the operation of the next material tray.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the carrying unit 30 includes a four-axis robot 31 and a suction cup rack 32 mounted on the four-axis robot, the suction cup rack 32 is mounted with a suction cup 33 and a code scanning gun 34, the suction cup 33 is used for sucking the product, and the code scanning gun 34 is used for scanning the two-dimensional code on the product. The four-axis manipulator 31 can control the four-axis operation of the suction cup 33 to flexibly suck the product, is a prior art in the field and is not described in detail herein, and the code scanning gun 34 is used for scanning the two-dimensional code on each product to make the product traceable; during feeding, the four-axis manipulator 31 drives the suction cup 33 to move to the product position of the feeding frame in the feeding unit, the suction cup 33 vacuumizes to suck the product, and the four-axis manipulator 31 sends the product to the conveying unit 40.

As shown in fig. 5-6, the conveying unit 40 includes a turntable 41 and a plurality of carriers 42 installed around the turntable, the turntable 41 is connected to a rotating mechanism and the rotating mechanism controls the turntable to rotate, the carriers 42 are provided with clamping jaws 43 and front and rear driving modules 44, the front and rear driving modules 44 are connected to the clamping jaws 43 and the front and rear driving modules can control the clamping jaws to move forward and backward, and the clamping jaws 43 control the opening and closing of the clamping jaws through clamping jaw cylinders to clamp or loosen the product 13. When the four-axis manipulator 31 delivers the product to the carrier 42 corresponding to the conveying unit 40, the clamping jaw 43 extends out and opens and clamps the product, and the suction cup 33 is vacuumized to release the product; the carousel 41 then rotates to feed the product to the bending unit 50.

As shown in fig. 7, the bending unit 50 includes a plurality of bending machines, the bending machines are distributed around the conveying unit 40, each bending machine includes a base 51, a support platform 52, a fixed platform 53, a bending arm 54, an up-down driving module 55 and a horizontal driving module 56, the support platform 52 is slidably mounted on the base 51, the horizontal driving module 56 is connected to the support platform 52 and can drive the support platform to move in the horizontal direction along the base, the fixed platform 53 is mounted on the support platform 52 and is used for placing a product to be bent, the bending arm 54 is slidably mounted on the support platform 52, the up-down driving module 55 is connected to the bending arm 54 and can drive the bending arm 54 to slide up and down along the support platform 52. After the turntable conveys the carrier 42 for clamping the product to a preset position of a bending machine, the horizontal driving module 56 drives the supporting table 52 to move towards the direction of the carrier 42, meanwhile, the front and rear driving modules in the carrier drive the clamping jaws to extend, so that the product is conveyed to the fixed table 53, the bending arm 54 moves downwards under the driving of the upper and lower driving modules 55 to impact the to-be-bent position of the product to bend the product, and the bent product moves to the vicinity of the four-axis manipulator 31 again under the rotation of the turntable; in the embodiment, five bending machines are provided, and after products are sequentially bent at all positions to be bent by the five bending machines, the products are conveyed to a blanking unit through a conveying unit for blanking; the front and rear driving module, the up and down driving module and the horizontal driving module can be a linear module, a screw rod module and the like.

As shown in fig. 8, the blanking unit 60 is disposed along the length direction of the working table 11, and the blanking unit 60 includes a frame 61, a conveyor belt 62 disposed on the frame, and a driving motor 63 for driving the conveyor belt to run. The four-axis manipulator 31 carries the bent product to the conveyer belt 62, and the driving motor 63 drives the conveyer belt to convey the product to the next process outside the equipment.

As shown in fig. 9, the CCD vision unit 70 includes an upper CCD vision module 71 and a lower CCD vision module 72, the upper CCD vision module 71 is installed above the feeding unit 20, and the lower CCD vision module 72 is installed below the conveying unit 30. The upper CCD vision module 71 is used for accurately acquiring the position of a product on the feeding unit so as to guide the carrying unit 30 to accurately absorb the product, and the lower CCD vision module 72 is used for acquiring the accurate position of the product after the product is absorbed by the carrying unit, so that the position of the product is accurately adjusted by controlling the four-axis manipulator 31.

The operation process of the utility model is as follows: the method comprises the following steps:

the method comprises the following steps: after the feeding drawer 21 is drawn out by an operator, a material tray 12 which is full of products, namely, flexible flat cables, is placed on the supporting plate 24, the supporting plate 24 moves upwards under the action of the jacking screw rod module 23, so that the material tray 12 on the uppermost layer moves to the upper material rack 25, and the clamping frame 26 is closed under the action of the clamping cylinder to clamp the material tray;

step two: the four-axis manipulator 31 drives the suction cup 33 to move to the product 13 of the feeding frame in the feeding unit, the suction cup 33 vacuumizes to suck the product, and the four-axis manipulator 31 sends the product to a carrier 42 preset in the conveying unit 40;

step three: the gripper 43 of the carrier is extended to open and grip the product, and the suction cup 33 is vacuumed to release the product; then, the turntable 41 rotates to send the product to a bending machine corresponding to the bending unit;

step four: the horizontal driving module 56 in the bending machine drives the supporting table 52 to move towards the direction of the carrier 42, meanwhile, the front and rear driving modules 44 in the carrier drive the clamping jaws to extend, so that the product is sent to the fixed table 53, the bending arm 54 moves downwards under the driving of the upper and lower driving modules 55 to impact the product to be bent to bend the product, the five bending machines are arranged in the bending machine, and the product is bent by the five bending machines in sequence and then moves to the vicinity of the four-axis manipulator 31 under the rotation of the turntable;

step five: the four-axis manipulator 31 carries the bent product to the conveyer belt 62, and the driving motor 63 drives the conveyer belt to convey the product to the next process outside the equipment.

It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides a flexible flat cable equipment of bending which characterized in that: the automatic bending machine comprises a rack (10), wherein a workbench (11) is fixedly arranged on the rack (10), a feeding unit (20), a carrying unit (30), a conveying unit (40), a bending unit (50), a blanking unit (60) and a CCD (charge coupled device) visual unit are arranged on the workbench (11), the conveying unit (40) comprises a turntable (41) and a plurality of carriers (42) arranged on the periphery of the turntable, the feeding unit (20) is used for conveying a tray for storing products to a preset position, the carrying unit (30) is used for sucking and conveying the products in the tray (12) to the carriers (42) of the conveying unit (40), the carriers (42) are driven by the turntable (41) to move to the bending unit (50) after clamping the products, the carriers (42) stretch out to convey the products to the bending unit (50), and the bending unit (50) bends the preset position of the products (13), the conveying unit (30) sucks and conveys the bent product to the blanking unit (60), the blanking unit (60) conveys the product out of the bending equipment, and the CCD vision unit (70) is used for photographing the product and visually guiding and positioning the product.

2. The FFC bending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the feeding unit (20) comprises a feeding module, a discharging module, a support frame (29), a feeding frame (25) and a clamping frame (26), the feeding module and the discharging module are arranged on the support frame (29) side by side, the feeding frame (25) is fixedly arranged on the support frame (29) above the feeding module and the discharging module, the clamping frame (26) is slidably arranged on the feeding frame (25) and the clamping frame (26) can horizontally slide along the feeding frame (25), the feeding module comprises a feeding drawer (21), a jacking lead screw module (23) and a supporting plate (24), the discharging module comprises a discharging drawer (22), a jacking lead screw module (23) and a supporting plate (24), the supporting plate (24) is used for supporting a material tray for placing a product, and the jacking lead screw module (23) is used for driving the supporting plate (24) to vertically run, the clamping frame (26) is used for clamping the material tray (12) running to the upper material rack (25).

3. The FFC bending apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the feeding frame (25) is provided with a sliding rail (28), the clamping frame (26) is provided with a clamping sliding block (27), the clamping sliding block (27) is slidably mounted on the sliding rail (28) of the feeding frame, the clamping sliding block (27) can separate or fold the clamping frame (26) under the driving of the clamping cylinder, and the clamping sliding block (27) can horizontally slide along the sliding rail (28) under the action of the horizontal driving module.

4. The FFC bending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the carrying unit (30) comprises a four-axis mechanical arm (31) and a suction disc frame (32) installed on the four-axis mechanical arm, a suction disc (33) and a code scanning gun (34) are installed on the suction disc frame (32), the suction disc (33) is used for sucking products, and the code scanning gun (34) is used for scanning two-dimensional codes on the products.

5. The FFC bending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: conveying unit (40) include carousel (41) and install in carousel a plurality of carriers (42) all around, carousel (41) are connected in rotary mechanism and this rotary mechanism control carousel and are rotated, be equipped with clamping jaw (43) and front and back drive module (44) on carrier (42), front and back drive module (44) connect in clamping jaw (43) and this front and back drive module can control the clamping jaw and carry out the seesaw, clamping jaw (43) are through its opening and shutting of clamping jaw cylinder control and press from both sides product (13) tightly or loosen.

6. The FFC bending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the bending unit (50) comprises a plurality of bending machines which are distributed around the conveying unit (40), the bending machine comprises a base (51), a supporting table (52), a fixing table (53), a bending arm (54), an upper and lower driving module (55) and a horizontal driving module (56), the supporting platform (52) is slidably arranged on the base (51), the horizontal driving module (56) is connected to the supporting platform (52) and can drive the supporting platform to move along the horizontal direction of the base, the fixed table (53) is arranged on the support table (52) and is used for placing a product to be bent, the bending arm (54) is slidably mounted on the support table (52), the up-and-down driving module (55) is connected to the bending arm (54) and can drive the bending arm (54) to slide up and down along the support table (52).

7. The FFC bending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the blanking unit (60) is arranged along the length direction of the workbench (11), and the blanking unit (60) comprises a frame (61), a conveying belt (62) arranged on the frame and a driving motor (63) for driving the conveying belt to run.

8. The FFC bending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the CCD vision unit (70) comprises an upper CCD vision module (71) and a lower CCD vision module (72), the upper CCD vision module (71) is installed above the feeding unit (20), and the lower CCD vision module (72) is installed below the carrying unit (30).

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