CN217425792U

CN217425792U - Carrier is used in processing of optical collimator

Info

Publication number: CN217425792U
Application number: CN202221279263.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周金波; 易武略; 熊波; 陈东; 彭小龙; 杨康; 汤立磊; 骆崛逵; 苏文毅
Original assignee: Wuhan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuhan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-24
Filing date: 2022-05-24
Publication date: 2022-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-24

Abstract

The application provides a carrier is used in processing of optical collimator includes: the upper surface of the base is provided with a clamping groove matched with the collimator joint; the support member is connected to the base for supporting the optical fiber connected to the collimator fitting. The application provides an optical collimator processing passes through the fixed collimator of base with the carrier and connects, and connect the continuous optic fibre with the collimator with the supporting component bearing, the relative position of fixed collimator joint and optic fibre, make things convenient for follow-up processing operation, avoid simultaneously because of the crooked condition that leads to collimator joint and optic fibre hookup location dislocation of optic fibre to take place, the installation accuracy that collimator connects with optic fibre has been improved, it has inconvenient to have the operation in the current optical collimator course of working to have overcome, the problem that the machining precision is low, and the optical collimator processing tool has convenient operation, the advantage of high pressure heater worker precision.

Description

Carrier is used in processing of optical collimator

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of optical fiber collimator processing, and particularly relates to a carrier for optical fiber collimator processing.

Background

The optical fiber collimator is used in the laser, and the quality of the optical fiber collimator directly influences the use performance of the laser. The optical fiber collimator comprises a collimator joint and an optical fiber, wherein the collimator joint is provided with a channel, one end of the optical fiber extends into the channel, glue is needed to be dispensed and cured at the connecting position of the collimator joint and the optical fiber, the end part of the optical fiber is required to be coaxial with the channel while the end part of the optical fiber and the collimator joint are fixed, and moisture and dust are prevented from entering the channel through the connecting position. At present, in the process of processing an optical fiber collimator, one end of an optical fiber is manually stretched into a channel of a collimator joint, and then dispensing and curing operations are carried out, so that the problems of inconvenient operation and low processing precision exist.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a carrier for processing an optical fiber collimator, which aims to solve the problems of inconvenient operation and low processing precision in the processing process of the conventional optical fiber collimator.

The embodiment of the application provides a carrier is used in processing of optical fiber collimator, includes:

the upper surface of the base is provided with a clamping groove matched with the collimator joint;

and the supporting component is connected with the base and is used for supporting the optical fiber connected with the collimator joint.

Optionally, the supporting member includes a tray and a connector, the tray is connected to the base through the connector, and the tray is used for supporting the optical fiber.

Optionally, the connecting piece includes sliding part and sliding fit portion, sliding fit portion with the base is connected, the tray pass through sliding part with sliding fit portion connects, so that the tray slides to one side that is close to or deviates from the base.

Optionally, the tray includes a bottom plate and a side plate, the bottom of the side plate is connected to the bottom plate at a certain angle, the side plate extends along the length direction of the optical fiber, and the bottom plate is used for supporting the optical fiber.

Optionally, the upper surface of the base plate is flush with the bottom of the optical fiber.

Optionally, the connecting piece includes connecting plate and adjusting bolt, the one end of connecting plate is connected the base, the other end of connecting plate sets up adjusting bolt, the tray pass through adjusting bolt with the connecting plate is connected, adjusting bolt is used for adjusting the height of tray, so that the upper surface of bottom plate with the bottom parallel and level of optic fibre.

Optionally, the upper surface of base is equipped with a plurality of the draw-in groove, a plurality of the draw-in groove interval sets up.

Optionally, the upper surface of the bottom plate is provided with a plurality of optical fiber limiting grooves, the optical fiber limiting grooves correspond to the clamping grooves, and the optical fiber limiting grooves extend along the length direction of the optical fibers.

Optionally, the upper surface of the base is further provided with first grooves, the first grooves and the clamping grooves are arranged in a staggered manner, and portions of the first grooves are communicated with the clamping grooves.

Optionally, a side surface of the base, which is far away from the card slot, is provided with a second groove.

The utility model provides a carrier is used in optical collimator processing, connect through the fixed collimator of base, and connect the continuous optic fibre with the support component bearing and collimator, thereby the relative position of fixed collimator joint and optic fibre, make things convenient for follow-up processing operation, avoid simultaneously because of the crooked condition that leads to collimator joint and optic fibre hookup location dislocation of optic fibre to take place, the installation accuracy that collimator connects and optic fibre has been improved, it has inconvenient to have the operation in the current optical collimator course of working to have overcome, the problem that the machining accuracy is low, and the optical collimator has convenient operation, the advantage of improvement machining accuracy.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the application, and that other drawings can be derived from these drawings by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort.

For a more complete understanding of the present application and its advantages, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts in the following description.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier in a use state according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a first structural schematic view of a tray in a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a second structural schematic diagram of a tray in a carrier according to an embodiment of the present application

Fig. 5 is a first structural diagram of a connecting member in a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a second structural diagram of a connecting member in a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a third structural diagram of a connecting member in a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a fourth structure of a connecting element in a carrier according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all 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 application.

The embodiment of the application provides a carrier for processing an optical fiber collimator, which aims to solve the problems of inconvenient operation and low processing precision in the processing process of the conventional optical fiber collimator. The following description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1 in a use state. The carrier 1 for processing the optical fiber collimator may be a dispensing carrier or a dispensing curing carrier. In the processing of the optical fiber collimator 2, the carrier can be arranged on a rack, the bottom end of the carrier is fixed with the rack through a bolt, then the collimator joint 21 and the optical fiber 22 are placed on the upper surface of the carrier, one end of the optical fiber 22 extends into a channel at the end part of the collimator joint 21, and finally the optical fiber is subjected to glue dispensing treatment in a manual mode, so that the whole process is convenient to install and simple to operate; the carrier can be mounted on a sliding rail of the processing platform, and after the glue dispensing treatment is completed, the carrier is moved to a heating station through the sliding rail to be cured, so that the multi-process processing can be suitable for multi-process processing, and the processing efficiency of the optical fiber collimator is improved.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier 1 for processing an optical fiber collimator.

In some embodiments, the optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1 includes a base 11 and a support member 12. Wherein, the upper surface of the base 11 is provided with a clamping groove 111 matched with the collimator joint 21; a support member 12 is attached to the base 11, the support member 12 being adapted to hold an optical fibre 22 connected to a collimator fitting 21. It can also be understood that, when the outer wall of the collimator connector 21 is curved or linear, the inner wall of the slot 111 is also curved or linear, so as to ensure that the geometric dimension of the inner wall of the slot 111 is the same as that of the outer wall of the lower half of the collimator connector 21, thereby stably placing the collimator connector 21 on the base 11. The supporting component 12 is placed at the bottom end of the optical fiber 22, and mainly plays a role of supporting the optical fiber 22, and the supporting component 12 can be placed at one end of the optical fiber 22 close to the collimator joint 21 or one end of the optical fiber 22 far away from the collimator joint 21, or placed at the middle position of the optical fiber 22, so that the collimator joint 21 and the optical fiber 22 can keep the same axis at the joint, and the installation accuracy of the optical fiber collimator is ensured.

Specifically, in the processing process, one end of the collimator joint 21 is clamped in the clamping groove 111 to fix the collimator joint 21; then connect another end of the joint 21 of the collimator with one end of the optic fibre 22, then put another end of the optic fibre 22 on the supporting element 12, make the axle center of the optic fibre 22 and axle center of the joint 21 of the collimator in the identity horizontal line, has avoided the optic fibre 22 and joint 21 of the collimator the joint the connecting position takes place to deflect, have overcome the existing optic fibre collimator processing procedure and have inconvenient, low problem of the machining precision, have advantage convenient operation, improving the machining precision.

As shown in fig. 2, in addition to the above embodiment, a plurality of slots 111 are provided on the upper surface of the base 11, and the plurality of slots 111 are provided at intervals. It can be understood that a plurality of collimator joints can be placed simultaneously to the upper surface of base 11, and every collimator joint can be at the draw-in groove 111 internal fixation that corresponds to can process a plurality of fiber collimator, improve production efficiency.

The distance between two adjacent slots 111 is the same, so that the distance between the axes of two adjacent slots 111 is greater than the diameter of the collimator joints, and the two adjacent collimator joints placed on the base 11 are not affected by each other.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the upper surface of the base 11 is further provided with a first groove 112, the first groove 112 is staggered with the slot 111, and a portion of the first groove 112 is communicated with the slot 111. It will be appreciated that the first groove 112 may intersect an end of the card slot 111 near or far from the support member 12, and the first groove 112 may also intersect a middle of the card slot 111; during the intersection, one end of the first groove 112 passes through one sidewall of the card slot 111 or through two opposite sidewalls of the same card slot 111.

After the first groove 112 penetrates through the side wall of the clamping groove 111, a through groove is formed outside the side wall of the clamping groove 111 by the first groove 112, and a manipulator can extend into the through groove to clamp the collimator joint quickly.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, a side of the base 11 away from the card slot 111 is provided with a second recess 113. It will be appreciated that the collimator adapter is placed on the upper surface of the base 11, and the second recess 113 is provided on the lower surface of the base 11.

One end of the second groove 113 may be connected to an end of the base 11 far from the supporting member 12, and both ends of the second groove 113 may be connected to the base 11, so that the robot or the gripper can grip the base 11 through the second groove 113.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, fig. 3 is a first structural schematic diagram of a tray 121 in the optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1.

In some embodiments, the support member 12 includes a tray 121 and a connector 122, the tray 121 is connected to the base 11 through the connector 122, and the tray 121 is used for holding the optical fiber 22. The connecting piece 122 and the base 11 can be in plug-in connection or threaded connection, so that the tray 121 can be conveniently mounted and dismounted; the connecting member 122 is connected to the tray 121 by bolts or rivets, thereby ensuring the installation stability of the tray 121.

One end of the connecting member 122 may be connected to the sidewall of the base 11, and the other end of the connecting member 122 is connected to the bottom end of the tray 121, so that the maximum height of the connecting member 122 is smaller than the maximum height of the base 11 and the maximum height of the tray 121, respectively, and the optical fiber 22 can be stably placed on the surface of the tray 121. In addition, the cross-sectional shape of the connecting member 122 may be rectangular or circular, and the upper surface of the tray 121 may be rectangular, so that the tray 121 can be conveniently mounted and dismounted.

As shown in fig. 3, in the above embodiment, the tray 121 includes a bottom plate 1211 and a side plate 1212, wherein the bottom of the side plate 1212 is connected to the bottom plate 1211 at an angle, the side plate 1212 extends along the length direction of the optical fiber, and the bottom plate 1211 is used for supporting the optical fiber. It can be understood that the side plates 1212 and the bottom plate 1211 can be rigidly connected or flexibly connected, and an included angle between the side plates 1212 and the bottom plate 1211 can be 90 degrees, or 60 degrees or 120 degrees according to actual processing requirements, so that the bottom plate 1211 supports the optical fibers, and the side plates 1212 block the optical fibers from sliding out of the bottom plate 1211.

The two side plates 1212 are respectively mounted at two opposite ends of the bottom plate 1211, so that the optical fiber can only move between the two side plates 1212, and the height of the side plates 1212 is greater than the radius of the optical fiber, which can further block the optical fiber.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, fig. 4 is a second structural schematic diagram of the tray 121 in the optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1.

In addition to the above embodiments, the upper surface of the bottom plate 1211 is provided with a plurality of fiber grooves 12111, the fiber grooves 12111 are disposed corresponding to the slots 111, and the fiber grooves 12111 extend along the length direction of the optical fiber 22. It can be understood that the upper surface of the base 11 is provided with a plurality of slots 111, the upper surface of the bottom plate 1211 is provided with corresponding fiber grooves 12111, and the extending direction of the fiber grooves 12111 is consistent with the length extending direction of the optical fibers.

The fiber-limiting groove 12111 may penetrate through one end of the bottom plate 1211 near the base 11, or may penetrate through both ends of the bottom plate 1211; each collimator joint is fixed in the corresponding clamping groove 111, and the optical fibers connected with the collimator joints are placed in the optical fiber limiting grooves 12111, so that each optical fiber is orderly arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate 1211, the conditions of stacking and winding of different optical fibers are avoided, and the optical fiber collimators are convenient to feed and discharge.

As shown in fig. 2, 3, and 4, in the above embodiment, the upper surface of the bottom plate 1211 is flush with the bottom of the optical fiber. It can be understood that the bottom of the optical fiber has the same height as the upper surface of the bottom plate 1211, and the bottom plate 1211 supports the optical fiber to prevent the optical fiber from being bent, so that the axis of the optical fiber and the axis of the collimator joint are located on the same horizontal line, thereby ensuring the installation accuracy of the optical fiber collimator.

As shown in fig. 2 and 5, fig. 5 is a first structural schematic diagram of the connecting member 122 in the optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1.

In some embodiments, the connecting member 122 is a first connecting member 122a, one end of the first connecting member 122a is connected to the base 11, and the other end of the first connecting member 122a is connected to the tray 121. The first connecting member 122a and the tray 121 may be connected by a bolt, the first connecting member 122a and the base 11 are inserted, the plug 1221 may be disposed at one end of the first connecting member 122a, and inserted into the insertion port on the sidewall of the base 11 through the plug 1221, and the other end of the base 11 may be disposed with a mounting hole 1222, and connected to the tray 121 by the mounting hole 1222 and a bolt, thereby facilitating the installation of the tray 121 and the base 11.

Two first connecting pieces 122a are adopted, and two ends of the base 11 are connected with two corresponding ends of the tray 121 through the two first connecting pieces 122a, so that the stability of connection between the base 11 and the tray 121 is ensured.

As shown in fig. 2, 6 and 7, fig. 6 is a second structural diagram of the connecting member 122 in the optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1, and fig. 7 is a third structural diagram of the connecting member 122 in the optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1.

In some embodiments, the connecting member 122 includes a sliding portion 1224 and a sliding portion 1223, the sliding portion 1223 is connected to the base 11, and the tray 121 is connected to the sliding portion 1223 through the sliding portion 1224, so that the tray 121 slides toward or away from a side of the base 11. It can be understood that the tray 121 is fixed on the sliding portion 1224, the sliding portion 1224 and the sliding fit portion 1223 can slide relatively, and by adjusting the relative position between the sliding portion 1224 and the sliding fit portion 1223, the tray 121 is driven to slide toward the side close to or away from the base 11, and the distance between the tray 121 and the base 11 is adjusted to meet the optical fiber bearing requirements of different lengths, so that the application range is wide.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the connecting member 122 adopts a second connecting member 122b, the second connecting member 122b includes a sliding portion 1224 and a sliding matching portion 1223, the sliding matching portion 1223 is a sliding rail, the sliding portion 1224 is a sliding block, the sliding block is slidably mounted on the sliding rail, the sliding rail is fixed to the bottom of the base 11 or a side close to the tray 121, the tray 121 is connected to the sliding block, and the tray 121 can slide along the sliding rail to a side close to or away from the base 11 to adjust a distance between the tray 121 and the base 11.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 7, the third connecting member 122c is adopted as the connecting member 122, the third connecting member 122c includes a sliding portion 1224 and a sliding-fit portion 1223, the sliding-fit portion 1223 is a sleeve, the sliding portion 1224 is a sliding rod, a spring block 12241 is disposed in the middle of the sliding rod, and a plurality of fitting ports 12231 adapted to the spring block 12241 are disposed on the outer surface of the sleeve. As can be understood, one end of the sliding rod is fixed with the tray 121, the other end of the sliding rod extends into one end of the sleeve, and the other end of one end of the sleeve is fixed with the base 11; the diameter of the outer section of the sliding rod is smaller than that of the inner section of the sleeve, so that the sliding rod can slide relative to the inner wall of the sleeve.

Wherein, the bullet block 12241 can adopt the block at the top, and the bottom connection spring of block, the bottom of spring is fixed on the slide bar. During adjustment, the cap is pressed, the spring contracts to enable the sliding rod to slide in the sleeve, and after the sliding rod slides to a proper position, the cap is loosened to clamp the whole elastic block 12241 in the corresponding matching port 12231; the slide bar can drive tray 121 to the one side removal that is close to or deviates from base 11 at the slip in-process for tray 121 can bear the optic fibre of different length.

As shown in fig. 2 and 8, fig. 8 is a fourth structural diagram of the connecting member 122 in the optical fiber collimator processing carrier 1.

In some embodiments, the connector 122 is a fourth connector 122d, the fourth connector 122d includes a connecting plate 1225 and an adjusting bolt 1226, one end of the connecting plate 1225 is connected to the base 11, the other end of the connecting plate 1225 is provided with the adjusting bolt 1226, the tray 121 is connected to the connecting plate 1225 by the adjusting bolt 1226, and the adjusting bolt 1226 is used to adjust the height of the tray 121, so that the upper surface of the bottom plate 1211 is flush with the bottom of the optical fiber. It will be appreciated that one end of the connecting plate 1225 is connected to the base 11, and the adjusting bolts 1226 on the other end of the connecting plate 1225 can adjust the height of the bottom 1211 of the tray 121 according to different sizes of optical fibers, so that the height of the upper surface of the bottom 1211 after adjustment is always the same as the height of the bottom of the optical fibers.

Specifically, the fourth connecting member 122d is composed of a connecting plate 1225 and two adjusting bolts 1226, one end of the connecting plate 1225 is inserted into the side wall of the base 11, the other end of the connecting plate 1225 is provided with the two adjusting bolts 1226, screws in the two adjusting bolts 1226 penetrate through the connecting plate 1225 and the bottom plate 1211, nuts in the adjusting bolts 1226 are installed between the bottom plate 1211 and the connecting plate 1225, the height of the bottom plate 1211 is adjusted by adjusting the height of the nuts, in the adjusting process, the upper surface of the bottom plate 1211 and the bottom of the optical fiber are adjusted to the same height, the optical fiber can be prevented from being bent, and therefore the installation accuracy of the optical fiber and the collimator connector is ensured.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the description of the present application, the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features.

The optical fiber collimator processing carrier provided in the embodiments of the present application is described in detail above, and the principle and the implementation of the present application are explained in the present application by applying specific examples, and the description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A carrier for processing an optical fiber collimator is characterized by comprising:

2. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier of claim 1, wherein the supporting member includes a tray and a connector, the tray being connected to the base through the connector, the tray being configured to hold the optical fiber.

3. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier according to claim 2, wherein the connecting member includes a sliding portion and a sliding fitting portion, the sliding fitting portion is connected to the base, and the tray is connected to the sliding fitting portion through the sliding portion so as to slide toward or away from a side of the base.

4. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier of claim 2, wherein the tray includes a bottom plate and a side plate, a bottom of the side plate is connected to the bottom plate at an angle, the side plate extends along a length direction of the optical fiber, and the bottom plate is used for supporting the optical fiber.

5. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier of claim 4, wherein an upper surface of the base plate is flush with a bottom of the optical fiber.

6. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier of claim 4, wherein the connecting member includes a connecting plate and an adjusting bolt, one end of the connecting plate is connected to the base, the other end of the connecting plate is provided with the adjusting bolt, the tray is connected to the connecting plate through the adjusting bolt, and the adjusting bolt is used for adjusting the height of the tray so that the upper surface of the bottom plate is flush with the bottom of the optical fiber.

7. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier of claim 5, wherein the upper surface of the base is provided with a plurality of the slots, and the slots are spaced apart.

8. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of optical fiber limiting grooves are formed in an upper surface of the base plate, the optical fiber limiting grooves are disposed corresponding to the clamping grooves, and the optical fiber limiting grooves extend in a length direction of the optical fiber.

9. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier of claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the base is further provided with first grooves, the first grooves and the slots are staggered, and parts of the first grooves are communicated with the slots.

10. The optical fiber collimator processing carrier according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein a side of the base away from the slot is provided with a second groove.