CN219718991U - Multi-shaft overturning flexible feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a multi-shaft overturning flexible feeder which mainly comprises a supporting structure, a storage bin, a flexible disc, a multi-shaft module and an overturning module, wherein the multi-shaft overturning flexible feeder is used for producing plug-in components of a collaborative plug-in machine; the flexible disc is assembled on the supporting structure and connected with the discharge end of the bin, receives the materials output by the bin and realizes the separation and directional movement of the materials through vibration; the multi-axis module is assembled on the supporting structure and establishes a multi-degree-of-freedom serial motion state, and the motion tail end of the multi-axis module pushes out materials on the flexible disc; the overturning module is assembled on the supporting structure and used for receiving materials pushed out by the multi-axis module and overturning the materials to obtain a gesture suitable for the plug-in components so that the plug-in components are taken out by the plug-in components machine. The utility model realizes the supply of bulk materials, obtains the required gesture of the insert, and achieves the high-efficiency, flexible and universal bulk material automatic insert.

Description

Multi-shaft overturning flexible feeder

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of component inserting machines, in particular to a feeder for providing materials for a component inserting machine.

Background

The insertion machine is a machine device for inserting electronic components to a specified position on a PCB circuit board, and generally includes: the device comprises a machine base, a manipulator, a PCB conveying and positioning device, a CCD visual component and the like. A clamping and inserting device is arranged on a manipulator of the inserting machine, and a plurality of clamping jaws or suckers are usually arranged on the clamping and inserting device and are used for clamping and inserting electronic components; the PCB board conveying and positioning device conveys the PCB board to a preset position, and the clamping and inserting device inserts corresponding electronic components to the appointed position on the PCB board according to the instruction. The production of the card machine is usually carried out by supplying material through a feeder to achieve continuous automatic card production. The current common problems for bulk material automation inserts are: 1. the common mode of bulk material feeding in the automatic plug-in is a traditional vibration disc, but the structure of the automatic plug-in is only designed according to the appearance of parts, cannot be generalized, is only suitable for being applied to large-scale standardized production, and cannot meet the requirements of flexible production, customization and accelerated product iteration of customers. 2. The existing flexible vibration disc realizes separation and directional movement of parts by vibrating parts, has high randomness, can only meet the requirements of some special materials, and has the problems that the screening efficiency of part of materials is low (for example, the required gesture is vertical, but the standing gesture probability after vibration is small), and part of materials cannot directly obtain the final required feeding gesture (for example, the required gesture is vertical, but the vibration cannot be vertical) through a flexible feeder.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a multi-shaft overturning flexible feeder which well solves the technical problems.

In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model adopts the following technical problems:

a multi-axis flip flexible feeder for collaborative interposer production, having:

the support structure is provided with a plurality of support structures,

the storage bin is assembled on the supporting structure and used for storing materials and outputting the materials according to the instruction;

the flexible disc is assembled on the supporting structure and connected to the discharge end of the storage bin, receives materials output by the storage bin and realizes separation and directional movement of the materials through vibration;

the multi-axis module is assembled on the supporting structure and establishes a multi-degree-of-freedom serial motion state, and the motion tail end of the multi-axis module pushes out materials on the flexible disc;

the overturning module is assembled on the supporting structure and used for receiving materials pushed out by the multi-axis module and overturning the materials to obtain a gesture suitable for the plug-in components so that the plug-in components are taken out by the plug-in components machine.

Above-mentioned scheme is further, the feed bin has the bottom and encloses the perisporium portion that closes the bottom, inlays in the bottom of feed bin and establishes the conveyer belt, and the delivery direction front end of this conveyer belt sees through the discharge gate pay-off of predetermineeing on the perisporium portion, is equipped with the hopper that can open and shut in discharge gate department, can guide the material that the conveyer belt sent out to convey on the flexible dish after the hopper is opened.

The flexible disc is box-shaped and is elevated by support columns, and voice coil motors are arranged on part or all of the support columns; the inner bottom surface of the flexible disk is light-transmitting, and a light source is arranged right below the flexible disk and shines, so that the visual photographing assembly is matched to photograph and position materials in the flexible disk.

The multi-axis module comprises a lifting bottom plate, an X-direction moving sliding seat, a Y-direction extending arm and a tail end pushing claw, wherein the lifting bottom plate is arranged on a supporting structure and is lifted up and down, and the X-direction moving sliding seat is arranged on the lifting bottom plate through a sliding rail structure and is in reciprocating translation along the X axis of a space rectangular coordinate system; the Y-direction moving sliding seat is arranged on the X-direction moving sliding seat through a sliding rail structure and realizes the reciprocating translation along the Y axis of the space rectangular coordinate system; the Y-direction extension arm is assembled on the Y-direction moving sliding seat and extends out of the Y-direction moving sliding seat along the Y-axis direction of the space rectangular coordinate system; the tail end pushing claw is arranged at the extending tail end of the Y-direction extending arm and is driven by a rotating motor; the tail end pushing claw is provided with a C-shaped part which is horizontally arranged, and the C-shaped part is partially concave and is used for horizontally enclosing and guiding materials.

The overturning module further comprises a fixed seat, an overturning bracket and a jig, wherein the fixed seat is arranged on the supporting structure, and the overturning bracket is assembled on the fixed seat and can overturn relative to the fixed seat so as to enable the overturning bracket to be switched between a first position and a second position; the jig is arranged on the overturning bracket and moves along with the overturning bracket, when the overturning bracket is switched to the first position, the jig is used for receiving materials pushed out by the multi-shaft module, and when the overturning bracket is switched to the second position, the jig overturns with the materials, so that the materials are in a posture suitable for the plug-in.

The scheme is further that one end of the hopper is connected with the storage bin through a hinge, and the hopper is driven by the discharging cylinder to realize opening and closing movement.

The above scheme is further that the overturning bracket is connected with the fixed seat through the rotary cylinder, and the overturning bracket is provided with the material pressing cylinder which drives the material clamping opening on the jig to open and close.

According to the utility model, bulk materials are supplied through the storage bin, the material is dispersed by the material tray, the visual photographing and positioning are carried out, the four-axis module moves, rotates in a plane and pushes the material into the jig, the overturning module compresses and overturns, the posture of the material is determined and controllable in the whole process, and then the material taking plug-in unit is matched, so that the feeding plug-in unit with high efficiency, flexibility and strong universality is realized.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the bin structure of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the multi-axis module structure of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the flexible disk structure of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the flip module configuration of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a flipping motion of the flipping module of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic side elevational view of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the utility model implemented in connection with an insertion machine.

Detailed Description

The conception, specific structure, and technical effects of the present utility model will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings to fully understand the objects, features, and effects of the present utility model.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present utility model, terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate directions or positional relationships based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus are not to be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, which are schematic views showing a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the present utility model relates to a multi-axis overturning flexible feeder, which mainly comprises a supporting structure 1, a bin 2, a flexible disc 3, a multi-axis module 4 and an overturning module 5, and is used for the production of plug-in components of a collaborative plug-in machine, especially for supplying bulk materials (such as resistors, capacitors and other electronic components with pins), and obtaining required postures of plug-in components, so as to achieve efficient, flexible and general automatic plug-in components of bulk materials. The utility model also combines the existing machine vision photographing and positioning technology of industrial automatic production to assist in material posture adjustment.

In order to facilitate installation and assembly, the support structure 1 is designed to be suitable for being connected with a body of an insertion machine, and as shown in fig. 9, the support structure 1 is partially embedded into the insertion machine 100 in a modular assembly mode, so that the assembly is convenient to manufacture, install and maintain, has higher flexibility, can be organically combined, and is beneficial to the insertion machine 100 to take out the material for insertion work. The bin 2 is assembled on the supporting structure 1 and is used for storing materials and outputting the materials according to instructions, so that feeding is realized and the materials are automatically controlled and output; the flexible disc 3 is assembled on the supporting structure 1 and is connected with the discharge end of the storage bin 2, and the flexible disc 3 receives materials output by the storage bin 2 and realizes separation and directional movement of the materials through vibration, so that the materials can be taken out conveniently. The multi-axis module 4 is assembled on the supporting structure 1 and establishes a multi-degree-of-freedom serial motion state, and performs adaptive motion according to the requirement, so that the motion tail end of the multi-axis module 4 pushes out the material on the flexible disc 3; the overturning module 5 is assembled on the supporting structure 1 and is used for receiving materials pushed out by the multi-shaft module 4 and overturning the materials to obtain a gesture suitable for the plug-in components so that the plug-in components are taken out by the plug-in components machine.

Further, in this embodiment, the bin 2 has a bottom and a peripheral wall portion surrounding the bottom, so as to obtain a box shape, which is beneficial to loading materials into the bin 2, and the bottom of the bin 2 is embedded with a conveyor belt 21, the conveyor belt 21 is a circulating conveyor belt, the materials are conveyed under the driving of a conveying motor, and the conveying motor operates according to corresponding instructions, such as a material shortage detection instruction, so as to achieve automatic conveying control. The front end of the conveying belt 21 in the conveying direction sends out materials through a preset discharge hole 22 on the peripheral wall part, an openable hopper 23 is arranged at the discharge hole 22, and the hopper 23 can guide the materials sent out by the conveying belt to be conveyed onto the flexible disc 3 after being opened. In this embodiment, preferably, one end of the hopper 23 is connected with the bin 2 through a hinge, and the hopper 23 is driven by the discharging cylinders 24 to realize opening and closing movements, in this embodiment, the discharging cylinders 24 are symmetrically arranged left and right, the two discharging cylinders 24 synchronously drive left and right sides of the hopper 23, the discharging cylinders 24 drive the hopper 23 to open and close, and simultaneously have the function of lifting the hopper when being opened, and the discharging of the hopper 23 is cooperated so as to guide materials to be conveyed onto the flexible disc 3, so that the structure is simple, the control is convenient, and the control is accurate. When the automatic feeding device works, after the material shortage is judged, a material shortage signal is received, the discharging cylinder 24 acts to open the hopper 23, meanwhile, the conveying motor drives the conveying belt 21 to convey materials, the materials in the storage bin 2 are output, the hopper 23 is in a slide shape, and the materials sent out by the conveying belt are guided to be conveyed to the flexible disc 3. In this embodiment, the feeding amount can be determined by photoelectric sensing or weight sensing on the flexible disc 3, after feeding is completed, the discharging cylinder 24 acts to pull the hopper 23, so that the hopper 23 is closed, at this time, the conveying motor is stopped, and the conveying belt 21 stops conveying materials.

In this embodiment, the flexible disc 3 is box-shaped and is elevated by support columns, and voice coil motors 31 are arranged on part or all of the support columns to obtain vibration, so as to realize vibration separation and directional movement of materials on the flexible disc 3; the inner bottom surface of the flexible disk 3 is planar and light-transmitting, the inner bottom surface of the flexible disk 3 is formed by embedding a glass plate, a light source 32 is arranged under the flexible disk 3, and the light source 32 is polished so as to be matched with a visual photographing assembly to photograph and position materials in the flexible disk 3, obtain the posture and the direction of the materials, and facilitate the adjustment and output of the subsequent multi-axis module 4. The multi-axis module 4 comprises a lifting bottom plate 41, an X-direction moving sliding seat 42, a Y-direction moving sliding seat 43, a Y-direction extending arm 44 and a tail end pushing claw 45, wherein the lifting bottom plate 41 is arranged on the supporting structure 1 and realizes up-and-down lifting, and the X-direction moving sliding seat 42 is arranged on the lifting bottom plate 41 through a sliding rail structure and realizes reciprocating translation along the X axis of a space rectangular coordinate system; the Y-direction moving slide seat 43 is arranged on the X-direction moving slide seat 42 through a slide rail structure and realizes the reciprocating translation along the Y axis of a space rectangular coordinate system; the Y-direction extension arm 44 is assembled on the Y-direction moving slide 43 and extends from the Y-direction moving slide along the Y-axis direction of the space rectangular coordinate system; a terminal pusher dog 45 is mounted on the extended end of the Y-direction extension arm 44 and is driven by a rotary motor 46. In this embodiment, the tail end pushing claw 45 has a C-shaped portion 451 disposed horizontally, and the C-shaped portion 451 is partially concave, so as to be suitable for enclosing and guiding materials, and improve the stability and accuracy of pushing materials. The multi-axis modules 4 are connected in series, so that the movement of one mechanism drives the movement of the other mechanism, and because the transmission among the mechanisms is independent, the mechanisms cannot interfere with each other during movement, and the control of pushing out the material on the flexible disc 3 to the overturning module 5 is facilitated.

As shown in fig. 6, 7 and 8, the turnover module 5 includes a fixed seat 51, a turnover bracket 52 and a jig 53, the fixed seat 51 is mounted on the support structure 1, the turnover bracket 52 is assembled on the fixed seat 51 and can be turned relative to the fixed seat, so that the turnover bracket 52 is switched between a first position and a second position; the jig 53 is mounted on the overturning bracket 52 and moves along with the overturning bracket 52, when the overturning bracket is switched to the first position, the jig 53 is used for receiving materials pushed out by the multi-axis module 4, and when the overturning bracket is switched to the second position, the jig 53 overturns with the materials, so that the materials are in a posture suitable for the plug-in. In this embodiment, the relationship between the first position and the second position is that the turnover bracket 52 turns by 90 ° and the buffer 56 is added in the turnover process of the first position and the second position to cooperate, and the buffer 56 supports the turnover bracket 52 through the reaction of compression, so that the effects of buffer protection and cooperative positioning are achieved, and the turnover stability and accuracy are ensured. Further, the turnover bracket 52 is connected with the fixing seat 51 through a rotary cylinder 54, and a material pressing cylinder 55 is arranged on the turnover bracket 52, and the material pressing cylinder 55 drives a material clamping opening 531 on the jig 53 to open and close. The structure is simple, the assembly installation is convenient, and the action is accurate and stable. When the device works, the overturning bracket 52 is rotated to a first position, the material clamping opening 531 on the jig 53 is horizontally connected with the inner bottom surface of the flexible disc 3, the multi-shaft module 4 pushes out materials to the material clamping opening of the jig 53, pins of the materials extend into the material clamping opening of the jig 53, the C-shaped part 451 of the tail end pushing claw 45 is used for controlling the pushing of the materials, and the C-shaped part 451 is contacted with the jig 53 to control the pushing depth of the materials; after the material is pushed into place, the pressing cylinder 55 acts to press the pressing material, and the C-shaped part 451 of the tail end pushing claw 45 withdraws from controlling the material; then the rotary cylinder 54 rotates 90 degrees, so that the overturning bracket 52 rotates to the second position, the jig 53 is lifted with the material, the material is in a lifting posture, after the insertion machine receives the material, the pressing cylinder 55 is released, and the insertion machine can take the material from the jig 53 for insertion production, so that the process is repeated, and automatic insertion processing of the bulk material is achieved.

According to the utility model, bulk materials are supplied through the storage bin, the material is dispersed by the material tray, the visual photographing and positioning are carried out, the four-axis module moves, rotates in a plane and pushes the material into the jig, the overturning module compresses and overturns, the posture of the material is determined and controllable in the whole process, and then the material taking plug-in unit is matched, so that the feeding plug-in unit with high efficiency, flexibility and strong universality is realized.

While the preferred embodiments of the present utility model have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present utility model should not be limited to the exact same structure and operation as described above and illustrated, but many equivalent modifications and changes may be made to the above embodiments by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, through logic analysis, reasoning or limited experimentation, and all such modifications and changes are believed to be within the scope of the utility model as claimed.

Claims (8)

1. A multi-axis flip flexible feeder for use in collaborative plug-in machine plug-in production, comprising:

a support structure (1),

the storage bin (2) is assembled on the supporting structure (1) and used for storing materials and outputting the materials according to instructions;

the flexible disc (3) is assembled on the supporting structure (1) and is connected with the discharge end of the storage bin (2), and the flexible disc (3) receives materials output by the storage bin (2) and realizes separation and directional movement of the materials through vibration;

the multi-axis module (4) is assembled on the supporting structure (1) and establishes a multi-degree-of-freedom serial motion state, and the motion tail end of the multi-axis module (4) pushes out materials on the flexible disc (3);

the overturning module (5), the overturning module (5) is assembled on the supporting structure (1) and used for receiving materials pushed out by the multi-axis module (4) and overturning the materials to obtain a gesture suitable for the plug-in components so that the plug-in components are taken out by the plug-in components machine.

2. A multi-axis flip flexible feeder as defined in claim 1, wherein: the feed bin (2) is provided with a bottom and a peripheral wall part surrounding the bottom, the bottom of the feed bin (2) is embedded with a conveying belt (21), the front end of the conveying belt (21) in the conveying direction is fed through a preset discharge hole (22) in the peripheral wall part, a hopper (23) capable of being opened and closed is arranged at the discharge hole (22), and after the hopper (23) is opened, materials sent out by the conveying belt can be guided to be conveyed onto the flexible disc (3).

3. A multi-axis flip flexible feeder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the flexible disc (3) is box-shaped and is elevated by support columns, and voice coil motors (31) are arranged on part or all of the support columns; the inner bottom surface of the flexible disc (3) is light-transmitting, and a light source (32) is arranged under the flexible disc (3), and the light source (32) is polished so as to be matched with a visual photographing assembly to photograph and position materials in the flexible disc (3).

4. A multi-axis flip flexible feeder as defined in claim 1, wherein: the multi-axis module (4) comprises a lifting bottom plate (41), an X-direction moving sliding seat (42), a Y-direction moving sliding seat (43), a Y-direction extending arm (44) and a tail end pushing claw (45), wherein the lifting bottom plate (41) is arranged on the supporting structure (1) and is lifted up and down, and the X-direction moving sliding seat (42) is arranged on the lifting bottom plate (41) through a sliding rail structure and is in reciprocating translation along the X axis of a space rectangular coordinate system; the Y-direction moving sliding seat (43) is arranged on the X-direction moving sliding seat (42) through a sliding rail structure and realizes the reciprocating translation along the Y axis of a space rectangular coordinate system; the Y-direction extension arm (44) is assembled on the Y-direction movement sliding seat (43) and extends out of the Y-direction movement sliding seat along the Y-axis direction of the space rectangular coordinate system; the end pushing claw (45) is mounted on the extending end of the Y-direction extending arm (44) and driven by a rotating motor (46).

5. A multi-axis flip flexible feeder as defined in claim 1, wherein: the turnover module (5) comprises a fixed seat (51), a turnover bracket (52) and a jig (53), wherein the fixed seat (51) is arranged on the supporting structure (1), and the turnover bracket (52) is assembled on the fixed seat (51) and can turn over relative to the fixed seat, so that the turnover bracket (52) is switched between a first position and a second position; the jig (53) is arranged on the overturning bracket (52) and moves along with the overturning bracket (52), when the overturning bracket is switched to the first position, the jig (53) is used for receiving materials pushed out by the multi-axis module (4), and when the overturning bracket is switched to the second position, the jig (53) overturns with the materials, so that the materials are in a posture suitable for the plug-in.

6. A multi-axis flip flexible feeder as defined in claim 2, wherein: one end of the hopper (23) is connected with the storage bin (2) through a hinge, and the hopper (23) is driven by the discharging cylinder (24) to realize opening and closing movement.

7. The multi-axis flip flexible feeder of claim 5, wherein: the turnover support (52) is connected with the fixing seat (51) through the rotary air cylinder (54), and the turnover support (52) is provided with the material pressing air cylinder (55), and the material pressing air cylinder (55) drives the material clamping opening on the jig (53) to open and close.

8. The multi-axis flip flexible feeder of claim 4, wherein: the tail end pushing claw (45) is provided with a C-shaped part (451) which is horizontally arranged, and the C-shaped part (451) is partially concave.