CN218336584U

CN218336584U - PCBA automatic control system

Info

Publication number: CN218336584U
Application number: CN202222149164.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐建东; 王凯; 张家齐
Original assignee: Goldcard Smart Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Goldcard Smart Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-15
Filing date: 2022-08-15
Publication date: 2023-01-17
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-15

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the PCBA, concretely relates to PCBA automatic control system. The utility model provides a PCBA automatic control system includes the test element, divide the board unit, receive board unit and the control unit, the feed end that divides the board unit is corresponding with the discharge end of test element, the feed end that receives the board unit is corresponding with the discharge end that divides the board unit, the control unit is including gathering subassembly and control assembly, control assembly respectively with gather the subassembly, the test element, divide the board unit and receive the board unit electricity and be connected, the data information of the PCBA makeup that the collection subassembly can gather the test element feed end respectively and receive the PCBA veneer of board unit feed end, and transmit for control assembly, sort to the PCBA veneer. Through using PCBA automatic control system among this technical scheme for production system full automatization integration, and very big promotion degree of automation, improved production efficiency.

Description

PCBA automatic control system

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the PCBA, concretely relates to PCBA automatic control system.

Background

Printed circuit boards, also known as Printed circuit boards, often referred to by the acronym PCB (Printed circuit board), are important electronic components, support for electronic components, and providers of circuit connections for electronic components, and are known as "Printed" circuit boards because they are manufactured using electronic printing techniques. PCBA is the abbreviation of Printed Circuit Board Assembly, that is, the PCB blank is processed by SMT (Surface Mounted Technology) piece-loading or DIP (dual in-line package) whole process, called PCBA for short.

With the development of computer and information industry technologies, the micro-electronic technology has advanced dramatically, and large-scale and ultra-large-scale digital circuit devices and flat package components are widely applied, so that the manufacturing efficiency and low cost of the PCBA are greatly promoted, and the development of the miniaturized PCBA circuit board is a demand for the development of electronic equipment towards miniaturization, light weight, high speed, high reliability and low cost on the premise of meeting the requirements of customers and meeting the expected standards, that is, the manufacturing industry is developing towards miniaturization and higher density PCBA. Along with miniaturization of the PCBA, in order to improve production efficiency, a plate splicing mode is adopted in most production modes, namely a plurality of identical small plates are produced at one time, the adopted plate splicing modes are various, the middle parts are connected in a V-cut groove or stamp hole mode, and the rear ends are subjected to function testing, division, tray loading and the like through different devices.

In the prior art, the conventional production processes adopt a sectional operation mode, namely testing-cutting-packaging or cutting-testing-packaging and the like, each link is independently operated, the middle part is repeatedly circulated, manual distinction is carried out, the efficiency and the quality can not exert the maximum advantages of jointed board production, and system control and data informatization processing are lacked.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at solving the lower problem of systematization and data information ization in the current PCBA production process at least. The purpose is realized by the following technical scheme:

the utility model discloses a first aspect provides a PCBA automatic control system, include:

the test unit is used for receiving the PCBA jointed boards, and can carry out at least one standard detection on the PCBA jointed boards;

the feeding end of the board dividing unit corresponds to the discharging end of the testing unit, and the board dividing unit is used for cutting the PCBA jointed board;

the feeding end of the board collecting unit corresponds to the discharging end of the board dividing unit, and the board collecting unit is used for dishing PCBA veneers cut by the PCBA jointed boards;

the control unit, the control unit is including gathering subassembly and control assembly, control assembly respectively with gather the subassembly the test unit divide the board unit with receive the board unit electricity and connect, it can gather respectively to gather the subassembly the test unit feed end PCBA makeup with receive the data message of the PCBA veneer of board unit feed end, and transmit and give the control assembly, in order to right the PCBA veneer is sorted.

Through using PCBA automatic control system among this technical scheme, adopt test element, divide the board unit, receive board unit and the integrated configuration of control unit, can carry out standard detection respectively to PCBA, cut apart and receive the operation that integrates of board, make production system full automatization integration, in addition, control assembly can carry out information acquisition to the PCBA makeup, so that the PCBA makeup carries out corresponding standard detection, can also carry out information acquisition to the PCBA veneer, in order to carry out correct letter sorting operation to the PCBA veneer, the utility model discloses a control system has integrateed many processes to very big promotion degree of automation, improved production efficiency, and adopt data informatization to handle, avoid the artificial erroneous judgement risk, promoted the reliability.

In addition, according to the utility model discloses a PCBA automatic control system still can have following additional technical characterstic:

the utility model discloses an in some embodiments, the test unit includes first base, be equipped with first manipulator structure, first transmission part and test module group on the first base respectively, the discharge end of first transmission part with the feed end of branch board unit is corresponding, the test module group is located the side of first transmission part, first manipulator structure can with on the first transmission part PCBA makeup is removed the test module group.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the test module group includes at least one function test module, at least one visual inspection module and at least one registration programming module, at least one of which is set up at intervals, the function test module, at least one visual inspection module and at least one registration programming module all with the control component is electrically connected.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, the collection subassembly includes first camera, first camera is located the feed end of first transmission part can be right the data information of PCBA makeup discerns, in order to right the PCBA makeup carries out corresponding functional test.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, divide the board unit to include the second base, be equipped with second manipulator structure, second transfer unit and at least one cutting module on the second base respectively, the feed end of second transfer unit with the test unit is corresponding, the discharge end of second transfer unit with it is corresponding to receive the board unit, at least one cutting module locates the side of second transfer unit, second manipulator structure can with on the second transfer unit PCBA makeup moves to at least one cutting module.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, receive the board subassembly and include the third base, be equipped with third manipulator structure, third transfer unit and collection dish group on the third base respectively, the feed end of third transfer unit with the discharge end of branch board unit is corresponding, the collection dish group is located the side of third transfer unit, the third manipulator structure can with on the third transfer unit PCBA veneer moves to the collection dish group.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the collection component includes a second camera, the second camera is located the feed end of the third conveying component can be right the PCBA veneer is identified, so as to be right the PCBA veneer is sorted.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the collection tray set includes an unqualified collection tray and a qualified collection tray, the unqualified collection tray and the qualified collection tray are spaced and arranged side by side.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the PCBA automatic control system further comprises a stock disk unit, the stock disk unit is located on the third base, the third manipulator mechanism can move the PCBA veneer on the third conveying component to the stock disk unit.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, the control assembly includes host computer and database, the host computer with the database electricity is connected, the host computer respectively with the test unit divide the board unit with it connects to receive the board unit electricity, the collection subassembly respectively with the host computer with the database electricity is connected.

Drawings

Various additional advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like parts are designated with like reference numerals throughout the drawings. In the drawings:

fig. 1 schematically shows an overall structural diagram of a PCBA automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 schematically shows an operational flow diagram of a PCBA automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings, the reference numerals denote the following:

10. a test unit; 11. a first conveying member; 12. a first manipulator structure; 131. a functional test module; 132. registering a programming module; 133. a visual detection module;

20. a board dividing unit; 21. a second conveying member; 22. a second manipulator structure; 23. cutting the module;

30. a plate collecting unit; 31. a third conveyance member; 32. a third manipulator structure; 331. an unqualified collection tray; 332. a qualified collection tray; 341. an unqualified collection disk storage area; 342. a qualified collection disk storage area; 343. an empty disc area;

41. a first camera; 42. a second camera.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" may be intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," and "having" are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The method steps, processes, and operations described herein are not to be construed as necessarily requiring their performance in the particular order described or illustrated, unless specifically identified as an order of performance. It should also be understood that additional or alternative steps may be used.

Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as "first," "second," and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.

For convenience in description, the relationship of one element or feature to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures may be described herein using spatially relative terms, such as "inner", "outer", "lower", "below", "upper", "over", and the like. Such 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 the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" or "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the example term "below … …" may include both an up and down orientation. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

Fig. 1 schematically shows an overall structural diagram of a PCBA automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the utility model provides a PCBA automatic control system. The utility model provides a PCBA automatic control system includes test element 10, divide board unit 20, receive board unit 30 and the control unit, test element 10's feed end is used for receiving the PCBA makeup, test element 10 can carry out at least one item standard detection to the PCBA makeup, divide the feed end of board unit 20 corresponding with test element 10's discharge end, divide board unit 20 to be used for cutting the PCBA makeup, the feed end of receiving board unit 30 is corresponding with the discharge end of dividing board unit 20, receive board unit 30 is used for adorning the dish to the PCBA veneer after the PCBA makeup cutting, the control unit includes collection subassembly and control assembly, control assembly respectively with gather the subassembly, test element 10, divide board unit 20 and receive board unit 30 electricity and be connected, the data message that the PCBA makeup of test element 10 feed end and the PCBA veneer of receiving board unit 30 feed end can be gathered respectively to the collection subassembly, and transmit the control assembly, sort the PCBA veneer.

Through using PCBA automatic control system among this technical scheme, adopt test unit 10, divide board unit 20, receive board unit 30 and the integrated configuration of control unit, can carry out standard detection, cut apart and receive the integrated operation of board respectively to PCBA, make production system full automatization integration, in addition, control assembly can carry out information acquisition to the PCBA makeup, so that the PCBA makeup carries out corresponding standard detection, can also carry out information acquisition to the PCBA veneer, in order to carry out exact letter sorting operation to the PCBA veneer, the utility model discloses a control system has integrated multinomial process to very big promotion degree of automation, improved production efficiency, and adopt data information ization to handle, avoid the artificial erroneous judgement risk, promoted the reliability.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the testing unit 10 includes a first base, a first manipulator structure 12, a first conveying member 11 and a testing module group are respectively disposed on the first base, a discharging end of the first conveying member 11 corresponds to a feeding end of the board dividing unit 20, the testing module group is disposed at a side end of the first conveying member 11, and the first manipulator structure 12 can move the PCBA jigsaw on the first conveying member 11 to the testing module group. In this embodiment, the first conveying member 11 may be a conveyor belt structure capable of conveying the PCBA pieces thereon in the direction of the board dividing unit 20. First manipulator structure 12 includes support and manipulator, and the manipulator slides and sets up on the support and can snatch the PCBA makeup on the first transfer part 11 and remove, finally carries to the test module group that corresponds on.

Specifically, the first transmission component 11, the first manipulator structure 12 and the test module group in this embodiment are all electrically connected to the control component, the first transmission component 11 and the first manipulator structure 12 can perform a specific operation flow according to an instruction of the control component, and the test module can transmit information of the tested PCBA jointed boards to the control component in real time, so as to facilitate subsequent statistics and sorting.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the testing module group includes at least one functional testing module 131, at least one visual inspection module 133 and at least one registration programming module 132, which are arranged at intervals, and the at least one functional testing module 131, the at least one visual inspection module 133 and the at least one registration programming module 132 are all electrically connected to the control component. In this embodiment, the testing module set includes two functional testing modules 131, which are disposed at one side end of the first conveying member 11, and further includes a registered programming module 132 and a visual inspection module 133, which are disposed at the other side end of the first conveying member 11. After the testing of each testing module is completed, each detection information is transmitted to the control component, and then the tested PCBA assembly board is transferred to the first transfer component 11 by the first manipulator structure 12 and transferred to the next board dividing unit 20.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the collecting component includes a first camera 41, the first camera 41 is disposed at the feeding end of the first conveying component 11 and can identify the data information of the PCBA jigsaw to perform corresponding functional tests on the PCBA jigsaw. In this embodiment, the first camera 41 is a high-definition camera and is electrically connected to the control component, and can scan the PCBA puzzle at the feeding end of the first conveying component 11 and identify which test it needs to perform, and then move it to the corresponding test module through the first manipulator structure 12.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the board dividing unit 20 includes a second base, the second base is respectively provided with a second manipulator structure 22, a second conveying component 21 and at least one cutting module 23, a feeding end of the second conveying component 21 corresponds to the testing unit 10, a discharging end of the second conveying component 21 corresponds to the board collecting unit 30, the at least one cutting module 23 is disposed at a side end of the second conveying component 21, and the second manipulator structure 22 can move the PCBA jointed board on the second conveying component 21 to the at least one cutting module 23. In this embodiment, the second conveying member 21 may be a conveyor belt structure capable of conveying the PCBA strips thereon in the direction of the strip receiving unit 30. The second manipulator structure 22 includes support and manipulator, and the manipulator slides and sets up on the support and can snatch the PCBA makeup on the second conveying part 21 and remove, finally carries to corresponding cutting module 23 on.

Specifically, the second conveying component 21, the second manipulator structure 22 and the cutting module 23 in this embodiment are all electrically connected to the control component, the second conveying component 21 and the second manipulator structure 22 can perform a specific operation flow according to an instruction of the control component, the cutting module 23 can cut the PCBA jointed board according to the instruction of the control component, and then the second manipulator structure 22 can move the cut PCBA jointed board onto the second conveying component 21 again, so as to facilitate conveying to the next board collecting unit 30.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the board collecting assembly includes a third base, a third manipulator structure 32, a third conveying member 31 and a collecting tray set are respectively disposed on the third base, a feeding end of the third conveying member 31 corresponds to a discharging end of the board distributing unit 20, the collecting tray set is disposed at a side end of the third conveying member 31, and the third manipulator structure 32 can move the PCBA single board on the third conveying member 31 to the collecting tray set. In this embodiment, the third conveying component 31 may be a conveyer structure, and can transport the PCBA single board thereon for a short distance. The third manipulator structure 32 comprises a support and a manipulator, the manipulator is slidably disposed on the support and can grab and move the PCBA single plates on the third conveying component 31, and finally the PCBA single plates are carried to the corresponding collecting tray group.

Specifically, the third conveying component 31 and the third manipulator structure 32 in this embodiment are electrically connected to the control component, the third conveying component 31 and the third manipulator structure 32 can perform a specific operation flow according to an instruction of the control component, and the third manipulator structure 32 can transfer the PCBA single boards on the third conveying component 31 to the corresponding collection tray group, thereby implementing an operation of collecting the PCBA single boards.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the collecting component includes a second camera 42, and the second camera 42 is disposed at the feeding end of the third conveying component 31 and can identify the PCBA veneer to sort the PCBA veneer. In this embodiment, the second camera 42 is a high-definition camera and is electrically connected to the control component, and the second camera 42 can scan the PCBA single boards at the feeding end of the third conveying component 31, identify the result of the previous step test according to the control component, classify the PCBA single boards according to the result, and move the PCBA single boards to the corresponding collection tray group.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the collecting tray set includes an unqualified collecting tray 331 and a qualified collecting tray 332, and the unqualified collecting tray 331 and the qualified collecting tray 332 are spaced apart and arranged side by side. In this embodiment, the second camera 42 scans the PCBA veneer located at the feeding end of the third conveying component 31 to identify the detection information thereof according to the control component, and if the test is qualified, the PCBA veneer is transferred to the qualified collection tray 332, and if the test is unqualified, the PCBA veneer is transferred to the unqualified collection tray 331.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the PCBA automatic control system further includes a storage unit, the storage unit is disposed on the third base, and the third manipulator mechanism can move the PCBA veneer on the third conveying component 31 to the storage unit. In this embodiment, when the qualified collection tray 332 or the unqualified collection tray 331 of the collection tray assembly is full (this information can be obtained according to the action of the third manipulator structure 32 or the corresponding position sensor), the third manipulator structure 32 transfers the whole qualified collection tray 332 or the unqualified collection tray 331 to the tray storage unit, so as to facilitate the collection of more PCBA single boards.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the tray storage unit includes an unqualified tray storage area 341, a qualified tray storage area 342, and an empty tray area 343, and when the unqualified tray 331 and the qualified tray 332 store corresponding PCBA single boards, the third robot mechanism 32 moves the entire unqualified tray 331 to the unqualified tray storage area 341 of the tray storage unit, or moves the entire qualified tray 332 to the qualified tray storage area 342 of the tray storage unit, and then moves the empty tray of the empty tray area 343 to the position of the qualified tray 332 or the position of the unqualified tray 331, so as to facilitate the pick-up of the subsequent PCBA single boards.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, the control assembly includes host computer and database, and the host computer is connected with the database electricity, and the host computer is connected with test unit 10, branch board unit 20 and receipts board unit 30 electricity respectively, and the collection subassembly is connected with host computer and database electricity respectively. In this embodiment, the upper computer is configured to control the operations of the first manipulator structure 12, the first transport component 11, the test module group, the second manipulator structure 22, the second transport component 21, the cutting module 23, the third manipulator structure 32, the third transport component 31, the first camera 41, and the second camera 42, respectively, and the first camera 41 and the second camera 42 can also transmit scanned data information to the upper computer and a database, and the database can also be uploaded to the MES system as traceability data for later-stage data traceability query.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the operation flow of the PCBA automatic control system of the present invention is: PCBA after SMT (surface mount technology) and DIP (package in package) are finished is sent to a testing unit 10 part (FCT, functional Circuit Test) through an automatic board loading machine, firstly, two-dimensional codes on each single board of the PCBA are scanned and identified through a first camera 41 (the two-dimensional code information of each single board is unique according to coding rules), corresponding information is transmitted to a database, then, corresponding testing stations are grabbed to the first manipulator structure 12 according to testing content of each PCBA, corresponding standard detection is carried out, and after standard testing is finished, the first manipulator structure 12 grabs and puts the first transmission part 11. In the process, the test result of the PCBA jointed board is stored in the database according to the corresponding PCBA jointed board information, so that corresponding result information (qualified or unqualified) is output according to the final comprehensive test data.

After the test is finished, the PCBA jointed board is conveyed to the board dividing unit 20 through the first conveying part 11, the second mechanical hand structure 22 of the board dividing unit 20 grabs the cutting module 23, the cutting module 23 cuts off the connecting point in the middle of the PCBA jointed board according to a preset program circuit, and the PCBA jointed board is divided into single PCBA single boards.

After the division is completed, the second robot mechanism 22 grabs all the divided PCBA veneers onto the second transport element 21, and the second transport element 21 moves the divided PCBA veneers to the board receiving unit 30. Firstly, the PCBA single board is sent to a photographing position of the second camera 42, all two-dimension code information on the PCBA single board is photographed, then a test result database is inquired according to the two-dimension code information on the PCBA single board, an inquiry result is output, then the third mechanical hand structure 32 of the board receiving unit 30 respectively places the divided PCBA single boards on corresponding material trays (a qualified collecting tray 332 or a unqualified collecting tray 331) according to the inquired test result (qualified/unqualified), when the material trays are full, the third mechanical hand structure 32 grabs and places the full material into a tray storage unit, and places empty material trays again, the next action cycle is continued, the storage number of the tray storage unit reaches a set number of layers, an operator is prompted to take away the PCBA single board, then the PCBA single board is stacked again, and the processes are continuously circulated.

Specifically, a part of the database information in the present embodiment shows the final result (pass or fail), which is used for the third manipulator structure 32 of the back-end board receiving unit 30 to call and query, and a part of the database information shows detailed test information, various parameters, functions, and the like, which is used for the operator or technician to query and maintain.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention should be covered by the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A PCBA automation control system, comprising:

2. A PCBA automation system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the test unit comprises a first base having thereon a first robotic structure, a first transport element having a discharge end corresponding to the feed end of the board splitting unit, and a set of test modules disposed at the side end of the first transport element, the first robotic structure being capable of moving the PCBA panels on the first transport element to the set of test modules.

3. The PCBA automatic control system according to claim 2, wherein the test module group comprises at least one function test module, at least one visual detection module and at least one registered programming module which are arranged at intervals, and at least one function test module, at least one visual detection module and at least one registered programming module are all electrically connected with the control component.

4. The automatic control system of PCBA as recited in claim 2, wherein the collection component comprises a first camera disposed at the feed end of the first transport component and capable of identifying data information of the PCBA panel for performing corresponding functional testing of the PCBA panel.

5. The automatic control system of PCBA as recited in claim 1, wherein the board dividing unit comprises a second base, the second base is respectively provided with a second manipulator structure, a second conveying component and at least one cutting module, a feeding end of the second conveying component corresponds to the testing unit, a discharging end of the second conveying component corresponds to the board collecting unit, at least one cutting module is arranged at a side end of the second conveying component, and the second manipulator structure can move the PCBA boards on the second conveying component to the at least one cutting module.

6. The PCBA automatic control system according to claim 1, wherein the board collecting assembly comprises a third base, a third manipulator structure, a third conveying component and a collecting disc group are respectively arranged on the third base, a feeding end of the third conveying component corresponds to a discharging end of the board distributing unit, the collecting disc group is arranged at a side end of the third conveying component, and the third manipulator structure can move PCBA single boards on the third conveying component to the collecting disc group.

7. The PCBA automatic control system according to claim 6, wherein the collection component comprises a second camera, the second camera is arranged at the feeding end of the third transmission component and can identify the PCBA single plate so as to sort the PCBA single plate.

8. A PCBA automatic control system as claimed in claim 6, in which the collection tray set includes a rejected collection tray and a qualified collection tray, the rejected and qualified collection trays being spaced apart and arranged side by side.

9. The PCBA automatic control system according to claim 6, further comprising a storage unit provided on the third base, wherein the third manipulator mechanism is capable of moving the PCBA veneer on the third transport component onto the storage unit.

10. The PCBA automatic control system according to claim 1, wherein the control component comprises an upper computer and a database, the upper computer is electrically connected with the database, the upper computer is respectively electrically connected with the test unit, the board dividing unit and the board collecting unit, and the collecting component is respectively electrically connected with the upper computer and the database.