CN216960346U

CN216960346U - FPC reinforcement piece attaching machine

Info

Publication number: CN216960346U
Application number: CN202220573092.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘云东
Original assignee: Zhuhai Qichuan Precision Equipment Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Qichuan Precision Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-16
Filing date: 2022-03-16
Publication date: 2022-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 2032-03-16

Abstract

The utility model relates to an FPC reinforcing sheet mounting machine. The reinforcing sheet mounting machine of the embodiment comprises a frame, an FPC conveying module, an upper mounting mechanism, a lower supporting mechanism and a reinforcing sheet feeding mechanism; the upper mounting mechanism comprises a plurality of upper mounting head assemblies and a first Z-axis lifting module used for driving the upper mounting head assemblies to lift in a Z-axis mode, and the first Z-axis lifting module is connected with the first XY moving unit; the lower support mechanism comprises a lower attaching head and a second Z-axis lifting module used for driving the lower attaching head to lift in a Z-axis mode, and the second Z-axis lifting module is connected with the second XY moving unit; the reinforcing sheet feeding mechanism comprises a plurality of feeding devices for feeding the reinforcing sheets to the upper mounting head assemblies respectively. The FPC reinforcing sheet mounting machine has the advantages of compact structure, high mounting efficiency and low energy consumption; further, the mounting of a plurality of different reinforcing pieces can be realized.

Description

FPC reinforcement piece attaching machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of FPC (flexible printed circuit) processing equipment; more specifically, relate to a FPC reinforcement piece pastes installation.

Background

In the production process of FPC, it is often necessary to attach a reinforcing sheet to the surface thereof. Reinforcing piece subsides installation of prior art places FPC on subsides dress platform or FPC anchor clamps usually, and the subsides is first to absorb and place FPC's preset position behind the reinforcing piece to heat the reinforcing piece through pasting the dress head, carry out whole board heating to FPC through pasting dress platform or FPC anchor clamps simultaneously, thereby fix the reinforcing piece to FPC on.

For example, chinese patent document CN204272488U discloses an FPC stiffener mounting machine, which includes a frame, an industrial computer, a three-axis manipulator, a stiffener clamp, and an FPC clamp; the three-axis manipulator is provided with a suction nozzle for sucking the reinforcing sheet and a point-grabbing camera assembly for assisting the motion position of the manipulator, a first heating device capable of heating the reinforcing sheet is arranged around the suction nozzle, a second heating device capable of heating the FPC is arranged on the FPC clamp, and the three-axis manipulator accurately moves the reinforcing sheet to the FPC to be pasted under the control of an industrial personal computer.

The conventional FPC reinforcing sheet mounter such as disclosed in the above patent documents has disadvantages of low mounting efficiency and high power consumption, and therefore, needs to be improved.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims to provide an FPC reinforcing sheet sticking machine which is compact in structure, high in sticking efficiency and low in energy consumption.

In order to achieve the above main object, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an FPC reinforcement sheet mounter, including:

the device comprises a frame and an FPC conveying module;

the upper mounting mechanism comprises a plurality of upper mounting head assemblies and a first Z-axis lifting module used for driving the upper mounting head assemblies to lift in a Z-axis mode, and the first Z-axis lifting module is connected with the first XY moving unit;

the lower support mechanism comprises a lower attaching head and a second Z-axis lifting module used for driving the lower attaching head to lift in a Z-axis mode, and the second Z-axis lifting module is connected with the second XY moving unit;

the reinforcing sheet feeding mechanism comprises a plurality of feeder devices; the plurality of feeder devices are used for respectively supplying the reinforcing pieces to the plurality of upper mounting head assemblies.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mounting heads of the plurality of upper mounting head assemblies have different mounting areas and/or configurations.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the number of the upper mounting head assembly and the number of the feeder devices are two, and the number of the lower mounting head is one.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first XY moving unit includes a first X-axis translation module and a first Y-axis translation module connected to each other, and the first Z-axis lifting module is connected to the first Y-axis translation module.

Furthermore, first Z axle lift module includes the translation base of being connected with first Y axle translation module and sets up a plurality of lift actuating mechanism on the translation base, and a plurality of lift actuating mechanism are connected with a plurality of first subassemblies of subsides on respectively to do the Z axle lift with the first subassembly of subsides on driving a plurality of respectively.

Furthermore, the upper mounting head assembly comprises an upper mounting head, a lifting base and a rotary driving mechanism; the lifting base is arranged on the translation base in a sliding manner and is connected with the lifting driving mechanism; the rotary driving mechanism is arranged on the lifting base and used for driving the upper attaching head to horizontally rotate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second XY moving unit includes a second X-axis translation module and a second Y-axis translation module connected to each other, and the second Z-axis lifting module is connected to the second Y-axis translation module.

According to a specific embodiment of the utility model, the feeder device comprises a feeding wheel, a receiving wheel, a stripping plate and a feeding platform; wherein, the feedwheel is used for supplying with the reinforcement piece coil stock, and the stripper plate is used for peeling off the reinforcement piece from the material area, and the feed platform is used for bearing the reinforcement piece of peeling off from the material area, receives the material wheel and is used for carrying out the rolling to the material area.

According to an embodiment of the utility model, the FPC conveying module includes two conveying side plates arranged along the X-axis direction, and a conveying belt for conveying the FPC is provided on opposite sides of the two conveying side plates.

Further, the FPC conveying module also comprises a spacing adjusting mechanism, and the spacing adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the spacing of the two conveying side plates in the Y-axis direction.

The placement machine provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the following advantages:

the upper mounting mechanism comprises a plurality of upper mounting head assemblies, and mounting heads of the upper mounting head assemblies can have different structures and/or mounting areas so as to mount reinforcing sheets of different types and/or areas, and therefore mounting efficiency and application range are improved.

The lower mounting head and the upper mounting head assemblies are adopted to be matched respectively to complete different mounting operations, the number of the lower mounting heads is reduced, and meanwhile the upper mounting head assemblies are driven by the first XY moving unit to move synchronously in the XY plane, so that the mounter has the advantage of compact structure, and the miniaturization of the mounter is facilitated.

The mounting mechanism adopts a point-to-point mounting mode of the upper mounting head and the lower mounting head, only the mounting position is needed in the mounting process, the whole FPC is not required to be heated, and the reduction of energy consumption of the mounting mechanism is facilitated.

To more clearly illustrate the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the mounter of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the mounter of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a left side view of an embodiment of the mounter of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a top view of an embodiment of the mounter of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of a lower support mechanism in the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the upper attaching mechanism in the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the upper attaching mechanism in the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a reinforcing-patch feeding mechanism in the embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a front view of a reinforcing-patch feeding mechanism in the embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an FPC feeding module in an embodiment.

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the FPC reinforcing sheet mounter of the embodiment includes a frame 10, an FPC conveying module 20, an upper mounting mechanism 30, a lower support mechanism 40, and a reinforcing sheet feeding mechanism 50; the FPC transfer module 20 is configured to transfer the FPC between the upper attaching mechanism 30 and the lower support mechanism 40 along the X-axis direction, and the upper attaching mechanism 30 is configured to place the reinforcing patch sucked from the reinforcing patch feeding mechanism 50 at a predetermined position on the FPC, and cooperate with the lower support mechanism 40 to complete the mounting of the reinforcing patch.

As shown in fig. 5, the lower support mechanism 40 includes a lower mounting head 41 and a second Z-axis lifting module 42 for driving the lower mounting head 41 to perform Z-axis lifting, and the second Z-axis lifting module 42 is connected to the second XY-moving unit so that the lower mounting head 41 can perform X, Y and Z-axis movement. The second XY moving unit includes a second X-axis translation module 43 and a second Y-axis translation module 44 connected to each other, and the second Z-axis lifting module 42 is connected to the second Y-axis translation module 44. In the embodiment of the present invention, the second Z-axis lifting module 42 may adopt a lead screw lifting mechanism, and the second Y-axis translation module 44 may adopt a lead screw translation mechanism, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the mounting mechanism 30 includes a first mounting head assembly 31a, a second mounting head assembly 31b, and a first Z-axis lifting module for driving the first and second mounting head assemblies to lift and lower in the Z-axis direction, and the first Z-axis lifting module is connected to the first XY moving unit so that the first and second

mounting head assemblies

31a and 31b can move in the Z-axis direction and X, Y. As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the first XY moving unit includes a first X-axis translation module 11 and a first Y-axis translation module 12 that are connected to each other, and the first Z-axis lifting module is connected to the first Y-axis translation module 12.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the first Z-axis lifting module includes a translation base 32 and two lifting driving mechanisms 33 disposed on the translation base 32, where the two lifting driving mechanisms 33 are a first lifting driving mechanism 33a and a second lifting driving mechanism 33b, respectively; the translation base 32 is connected to the first Y-axis translation module 12 and can move along the Y-axis direction under the driving of the first Y-axis translation module 12; the first and second

elevation driving mechanisms

33a and 33b are connected to the first and second upper

mounting head assemblies

31a and 31b, respectively, to drive the first and second upper

mounting head assemblies

31a and 31b to perform Z-axis elevation, respectively. In the embodiment of the present invention, the first lifting driving mechanism 33a and the second lifting driving mechanism 33b may be screw lifting mechanisms, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The first upper mounting head assembly 31a and the second upper mounting head assembly 31b have the same overall structure, and both include an upper mounting head 311, a lifting base 312, and a rotation driving mechanism 313; wherein, the lifting base 312 is slidably disposed on the translation base 32 up and down, and is connected to the corresponding lifting driving mechanism 33; the rotation driving mechanism 313 is disposed on the elevating base 312, and is used for driving the upper mounting head 311 connected thereto to rotate horizontally. The structure of the rotation driving mechanism 313 may be the same as the related art and will not be described in detail. It should be noted that the mounting heads of the first upper mounting head assembly 31a and the second upper mounting head assembly 31b may have different mounting areas and/or structures, and they are respectively matched with the lower mounting head 41 to mount different reinforcing sheets.

Further, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, a camera 34 may be disposed on the translation base 32, and the camera 34 may be used for identification of the FPC, alignment of the mounting position, and inspection of the mounting quality of the reinforcing sheet.

As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the reinforcing-patch feeding mechanism 50 of the embodiment includes a first feeder 50a and a second feeder 50b, and the first feeder 50a and the second feeder 50b are used to feed the reinforcing patches to the first upper mounting head unit 31a and the second upper mounting head unit 31b, respectively. The first and second

boomerang feed devices

50a, 50b have the same structure, and the first boomerang feed device 50a is described as an example. As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the first feeder device 50a includes a feeding platform 511, a stripper plate 512, a feeding wheel 513 and a receiving wheel 514; the feeding wheel 513 is used for feeding reinforcing sheet coils, the stripper plate 512 is used for stripping the reinforcing sheets from the material belt, the feeding platform 511 is used for bearing the reinforcing sheets stripped from the material belt, and the receiving wheel 514 is used for winding the material belt; further, the first feeder device 50a may further include a paper-separating take-up wheel 515, and the paper-separating take-up wheel 515 is configured to take up paper-separating between the reinforcing sheet rolls.

In mounting operation, the upper mounting head 311 of the first mounting head assembly 31a or the second mounting head assembly 31b first sucks the reinforcing sheet from the corresponding feeding platform 511, then moves to a predetermined position above the FPC and descends, the lower mounting head 41 moves to a predetermined position below the FPC and ascends, and the upper mounting head 311 and the lower mounting head 311 apply pressure (may be heated simultaneously if necessary) from the upper side and the lower side, respectively, to mount the reinforcing sheet on the FPC.

As shown in fig. 10, the FPC conveying module 20 of the embodiment includes two first conveying side plates 21a and second conveying side walls 21b arranged in the X-axis direction, the opposite sides of the first conveying side plates 21a and the second conveying side walls 21b are each provided with a conveying belt 22 for conveying the FPC, and a transmission shaft 24 is provided between the conveying belts 22 on the first conveying side plates 21a and the second conveying side walls 21 b; the conveyor motor 23 is connected to the drive shaft 24, which in turn drives the conveyor belt 22 to rotate.

Further, the FPC conveying module 20 further includes a pitch adjustment mechanism for adjusting the Y-axis pitch between the first conveying side plate 21a and the second conveying side wall 21 b. Specifically, the first conveying side plate 21a is fixedly arranged, and two ends of the second conveying side plate 21b are respectively supported on two Y-axis slide rails 25 in a sliding manner; the distance adjusting mechanism comprises two screw rods 26 which are respectively in threaded fit with the tail ends of the second conveying side plates 21b, the two screw rods 26 are in transmission connection through a transmission mechanism 28 and are driven by a distance adjusting motor 27 to rotate, and then the distance between the first conveying side plate 21a and the second conveying side plate 21b is adjusted.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited thereto.

Claims

1. A mounting machine for an FPC reinforcing sheet comprises a machine frame and an FPC conveying module; the method is characterized in that:

the upper mounting mechanism comprises a plurality of upper mounting head assemblies and a first Z-axis lifting module used for driving the upper mounting head assemblies to lift in a Z-axis manner, and the first Z-axis lifting module is connected with the first XY moving unit;

the reinforcing sheet feeding mechanism comprises a plurality of feeder devices; wherein the plurality of feeder devices are configured to supply the reinforcing sheet to the plurality of head assemblies, respectively.

2. The FPC stiffener mounter according to claim 1, wherein: the mounting heads of the plurality of upper mounting head assemblies have different mounting areas and/or configurations.

3. The FPC stiffener mounter according to claim 1, wherein: the number of the upper mounting head assemblies and the number of the feeder devices are two, and the number of the lower mounting heads is one.

4. The FPC stiffener mounter according to claim 1, wherein: the first XY motion unit comprises a first X-axis translation module and a first Y-axis translation module which are connected with each other, and the first Z-axis lifting module is connected with the first Y-axis translation module.

5. The FPC reinforcing sheet mounter according to claim 4, wherein: first Z axle lift module include with translation base and setting that first Y axle translation module is connected are in a plurality of lift actuating mechanism on the translation base, it is a plurality of lift actuating mechanism is respectively with a plurality of the first subassembly of upper mounting is connected, in order to drive respectively a plurality ofly the first subassembly of upper mounting does the Z axle and goes up and down.

6. The FPC reinforcing sheet mounter according to claim 5, wherein: the upper mounting head assembly comprises an upper mounting head, a lifting base and a rotary driving mechanism; the lifting base is arranged on the translation base in a sliding mode and is connected with the lifting driving mechanism; the rotary driving mechanism is arranged on the lifting base and used for driving the upper mounting head to horizontally rotate.

7. The FPC stiffener mounter according to claim 1, wherein: the second XY motion unit comprises a second X-axis translation module and a second Y-axis translation module which are connected with each other, and the second Z-axis lifting module is connected with the second Y-axis translation module.

8. The FPC stiffener mounter according to claim 1, wherein: the feeder comprises a feeding wheel, a receiving wheel, a stripping plate and a feeding platform; the feeding wheel is used for feeding reinforcing sheet coils, the stripper plate is used for stripping the reinforcing sheets from the material belt, the feeding platform is used for bearing the reinforcing sheets stripped from the material belt, and the receiving wheel is used for winding the material belt.

9. The FPC stiffener mounter according to claim 1, wherein: the FPC conveying module comprises two conveying side plates arranged along the X-axis direction, and conveying belts used for conveying FPC are arranged on the opposite sides of the two conveying side plates.

10. The FPC stiffener mounter according to claim 9, wherein: the FPC conveying module further comprises an interval adjusting mechanism, and the interval adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the interval of the two conveying side plates in the Y-axis direction.