CN223851660U - Lamination frame placement device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a laminated frame placing device, which is characterized in that an assembly is horizontally placed at a frame placing station, the extending directions of two adjacent side edges of the assembly are defined, the thickness directions of the two adjacent side edges of the assembly are X, Y, Z axes respectively, the frame placing device comprises a turnover unit and a receiving and placing unit, the turnover unit is respectively arranged above the frame placing station, the turnover unit comprises a turnover frame, a correcting part and a clamping part which are respectively arranged on the turnover frame, and a turnover power part for driving the turnover frame to rotate around an X axis, and the receiving and placing unit comprises a receiving part and a placing power part, wherein the receiving part can clamp or unclamp the laminated frame. According to the utility model, on one hand, the lamination frame is orderly subjected to righting, overturning, receiving and placing, so that the lamination frame and the assembly are subjected to accurate alignment gradually in the XY axial direction, the frame placing precision is effectively improved, the workpiece explosion rate of the photovoltaic assembly is reduced, on the other hand, the operation is simple and convenient, the automatic frame placing of the lamination frame is realized, and the frame placing efficiency is effectively improved.

Description

Laminated frame placing device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of photovoltaics, and particularly relates to a laminated frame placing device.

Background

The photovoltaic module lamination frame is a key component in the manufacturing process of the photovoltaic module and is mainly used for fixing, supporting and sealing the battery piece and the packaging material in the lamination process.

At present, in order to save the occupied space of a transmission line of a laminated frame and improve the conveying efficiency and the buffering capacity in the assembly process of a photovoltaic module, the laminated frame is generally kept to be vertically conveyed and buffered, so that after the frame is taken from a buffering mechanism, the laminated frame needs to be turned to a horizontal state and then placed on the module.

However, in the actual production process, the overturning, alignment and placement of the laminated frame are mainly implemented manually, so that the operation is complex, the assembly efficiency is low, the position deviation is easy to occur, and particularly under the condition of manual intervention, the placement accuracy of the laminated frame on the assembly is difficult to ensure, so that the explosion rate of the photovoltaic assembly is high.

Disclosure of utility model

The utility model aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide an improved laminated frame placing device.

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

The frame placing device comprises a turnover unit and a bearing placing unit, wherein the turnover unit comprises a turnover frame, a righting part, a clamping part and a turnover power part, the righting part and the clamping part are respectively arranged on the turnover frame, the turnover power part drives the turnover frame to rotate around an X axis, the righting part is used for driving the lamination frame and the assembly to align in the Y axis direction, the clamping part is used for clamping or loosening the lamination frame after righting, the bearing placing unit comprises a bearing part and a placing power part, the bearing part can clamp or loosen the lamination frame, the bearing part bears the lamination frame from the clamping part as the righted lamination frame is turned to a horizontal state from a vertical state, and the placing power part drives the bearing part to translate so that the lamination frame and the assembly are aligned in the X axis direction and placed on the assembly.

According to a specific implementation and preferred aspect of the present utility model, the center line of the lamination frame in the vertical state is parallel to the Y axis, and the roll-over stand includes a stand body, a moving seat movably connected to the stand body along the X axis direction, and a rectifying member and a clamping member are respectively provided on the moving seat and synchronously move along the X axis direction. Here, as the lamination frame holding center line enters the frame placing device in parallel with the Y axis, the centering member and the holding member are facilitated to move in the X axis direction to perform centering and holding on opposite sides of the lamination frame in the X axis direction.

Preferably, the righting means comprises a righting die body extending along the Y-axis direction, the righting die body abutting the inside or outside of the laminate frame in the X-axis direction. The normalization die body adopts a cylinder, so that the installation and implementation are convenient.

Preferably, the clamping member includes a plurality of clamping jaws, a clamping power unit, wherein the plurality of clamping jaws synchronously clamp the side edges on one side or both sides of the laminated frame in the X-axis direction.

Preferably, the movable seat, the righting component and the clamping component form a righting clamping group, two righting clamping groups are symmetrically and synchronously arranged in the X-axis direction, and/or the lamination frame in a vertical state is fed along the X-axis direction, and the righting component and the clamping component can respectively stretch and retract in the Y-axis direction to avoid the lamination frame. Here, promote laminate frame's after the correction positional accuracy and centre gripping stability, simultaneously through the concertina movement of the component that reforms and centre gripping part in the Y axle direction to laminate frame is direct along X axle direction feeding, and feed efficiency is high.

Preferably, the overturning unit further comprises a lifting power piece, and the lifting power piece drives the overturning frame to move up and down so as to drive the clamping component to be in butt joint with or separated from the bearing component. Here, can be through adjusting upset frame height in order to adapt to the upset space demand of equidimension lamination frame to realize with accepting the accurate butt joint of part or break away from in elevating movement.

Preferably, the receiving member includes a plurality of receiving jaws distributed along the Y-axis direction, and the plurality of receiving jaws are simultaneously clamped at one or both sides of the lamination frame in the X-axis direction when receiving.

According to still another specific implementation and preferred aspect of the present utility model, the placement power member includes a Y-axis driving assembly that drives the receiving member to translate along the Y-axis direction to bring the lamination frame into alignment with the assembly in the X-axis direction, and a Z-axis driving assembly that drives the receiving member to move up and down along the Z-axis direction to bring the lamination frame into placement on the assembly. The operation is simple and the implementation is convenient.

Preferably, the placing power piece further comprises an X-axis driving assembly for driving the receiving part to move in a translational mode along the X-axis direction so as to avoid or receive the lamination frame from the clamping part, wherein the X-axis driving assembly comprises a first guide rail extending along the X-axis direction, a first sliding seat slidingly connected to the first guide rail, and a first driver for driving the first sliding seat to reciprocate along the X-axis direction, the Y-axis driving assembly comprises a second guide rail arranged on the first sliding seat and extending along the Y-axis direction, a second sliding seat slidingly connected to the second guide rail, and a second driver for driving the second sliding seat to reciprocate along the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis driving assembly is arranged on the second sliding seat and connected with the receiving part.

In addition, put frame device still includes the subassembly transmission line, and the subassembly transmission line includes along Y axis direction extension and through putting the conveyer belt of frame station, sets up in the X axis direction and can be along the direction reciprocating motion's of X axis module that reforms in the conveyer belt opposite sides, be close to the visual detection part that the conveyer belt discharge gate set up and be used for detecting whether there is the gap between subassembly and the lamination frame, along with the subassembly transmission to putting the frame station, both sides reform the module and synchronous move in opposite directions in order to fix a position the subassembly. Here, the positional accuracy of each component transfer to the framing station is ensured so that the lamination frame is precisely aligned with the component in a series of flipping, translation and lifting movements.

Due to the implementation of the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:

the prior art mainly carries out the upset, counterpoint and the placing of lamination frame based on manual control equipment, and not only complex operation, assembly efficiency is low, and positional deviation appears easily moreover, is difficult to guarantee the placement accuracy of lamination frame on the subassembly, leads to the explosion piece rate of photovoltaic module high. The utility model skillfully solves the defects and the shortcomings of the prior art by adopting the integral design of the structure of the laminated frame placing device, when the assembly is horizontally placed at a frame placing station, the extending direction and the thickness direction of the two adjacent side edges of the assembly are X, Y, Z shafts respectively, along with the vertical laminated frame entering the frame placing device, the laminated frame and the assembly are driven to align in the Y-axis direction by a aligning part, the aligned laminated frame is clamped by a clamping part, then the turnover frame is driven to turn over by 90 degrees by a turnover power part to drive the laminated frame to turn over from the vertical state to the horizontal state, then the bearing part bears the laminated frame in the horizontal state from the clamping part, and the bearing part is driven to translate by a placing power part, so that the laminated frame and the assembly are aligned in the X-axis direction and then placed on the assembly, and the frame placing is completed. Compared with the prior art, the automatic frame placing device has the advantages that on one hand, the lamination frames are subjected to the normalization, overturning, carrying and placing in sequence, so that the lamination frames and the components are subjected to the accurate alignment gradually in the XY axial direction, the frame placing precision is effectively improved, the workpiece explosion rate of the photovoltaic components is reduced, on the other hand, the operation is simple and convenient, the automatic frame placing of the lamination frames is realized, and the frame placing efficiency is effectively improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a laminated frame placement device (laminated frame in an upright position);

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a laminated frame placement device (laminated frame in a horizontal state);

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a partial structure of the flipping unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of a part of the receiving and placing unit in FIG. 1;

The device comprises a component transmission line, a frame placing station, a conveyor belt, a 11, a normalization module, a 110, a die holder, a 111, a normalization module, a d, a synchronous belt, a 12 and a visual detection part, wherein the component transmission line is arranged on the frame placing station;

2. The turnover device comprises a turnover unit, a turnover frame, a frame body, a movable seat, a 21, a correction part, a 210, a correction die body, a 22, a clamping part, a 220, a clamping jaw, a 221, a clamping power device, a23, a turnover power piece, a 24 and a lifting power piece, wherein the turnover unit is arranged on the turnover frame;

3. The device comprises a receiving and placing unit, 30, a receiving part, 300, a receiving clamping jaw, 31, a placing power piece, 310, an X-axis driving assembly, a1, a first guide rail, a2, a first sliding seat, a3, a first driver, 311, a Y-axis driving assembly, b1, a second guide rail, b2, a second sliding seat, b3, a second driver, and 312, a Z-axis driving assembly;

K. laminating the frame.

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description, so that the above objects, features and advantages of the present utility model can be more clearly understood. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present utility model. The present utility model may be embodied in many other forms than described herein and similarly modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the utility model, whereby the utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not 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. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intervening medium, or in communication between two elements or in an interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise explicitly specified. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the utility model, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "up" or "down" a second feature may be the first and second features in direct contact, or the first and second features in indirect contact through an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like are used herein for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be the only embodiment.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the laminated frame placing device of the present embodiment includes a component transmission line 1, a turnover unit 2, and a receiving and placing unit 3, where the extending direction and the thickness direction of two adjacent sides of the component defining the present embodiment are X, Y, Z axes respectively.

Specifically, the component transmission line 1 includes a conveyor belt 10 extending along the Y-axis direction and passing through the frame placing station w, a return module 11 disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor belt 10 in the X-axis direction and capable of reciprocating along the X-axis direction, and a visual detection unit 12 disposed near the frame placing station w and used for detecting whether a gap exists between the component and the laminated frame K, wherein the overturning unit 2 and the receiving and placing unit 3 are disposed above the frame placing station w, respectively, and the return modules 11 on both sides move in opposite directions in synchronization with the horizontal transmission of the component to the frame placing station w to position the component. Here, the positional accuracy of each component transfer to the framing station is ensured so that the lamination frame is precisely aligned with the component in a series of flipping, translation and lifting movements.

The transmission belt 10 is a conventional annular transmission belt, the two righting modules 11 are symmetrically arranged in the X-axis direction, each righting module 11 comprises a die holder 110 capable of reciprocating along the X-axis direction and two righting modules 111 arranged on the die holder 110 and distributed at intervals along the X-axis direction, the die holders 110 on two sides synchronously move towards or away from each other in the X-axis direction through a synchronous belt d, the visual detection part 12 can be any conventional visual detection mechanism, and after the frame is placed, an alarm is sent out to perform manual intervention adjustment if no gap exists between a component and a laminated frame or the component is too close to each other.

In this example, the turning unit 2 includes a turning frame 20, a aligning member 21 and a holding member 22 respectively provided on the turning frame 20, and a turning power member 23 for driving the turning frame 20 to rotate about the X axis, wherein the aligning member 21 is for driving the lamination frame to align with the assembly in the Y axis direction, and the holding member 22 is for holding or releasing the aligned lamination frame K.

In some embodiments, the center line of the lamination frame K in the vertical state is parallel to the Y axis and enters one side of the roll-over stand 20 along the X axis direction, the roll-over stand 20 includes a stand body 200, a moving seat 201 movably connected to the stand body 200 along the X axis direction, and a centering member 21 and a clamping member 22 are respectively provided on the moving seat 201 and move synchronously along the X axis direction. Here, as the lamination frame holding center line enters the frame placing device in parallel with the Y axis, the centering member and the holding member are facilitated to move in the X axis direction to perform centering and holding on opposite sides of the lamination frame in the X axis direction.

For convenience of implementation, the turnover power unit 23 adopts a conventional driving motor, and the turnover unit 2 further comprises a lifting power unit 24, wherein the lifting power unit 24 drives the turnover frame 20 to move up and down, and the lifting power unit 24 can adopt any conventional lifting driver, such as a lifting cylinder. Here, can be through adjusting upset frame height in order to adapt to the upset space demand of equidimension lamination frame to realize with accepting the accurate butt joint of part or break away from in elevating movement.

The righting means 21 includes a righting die body 210 extending along the Y-axis direction, a telescopic cylinder driving the righting die body 210 to move telescopically along the Y-axis direction to avoid the lamination frame K in the feeding process, and the righting die body abuts against the inner side or the outer side of the lamination frame in the X-axis direction. The normalization die body adopts a cylinder, so that the installation and implementation are convenient. The clamping member 22 comprises a plurality of clamping jaws 220, a clamping power device 221 and a telescopic cylinder for driving the clamping jaws 220 and the clamping power device 221 to move in a telescopic manner along the Y-axis direction so as to avoid the lamination frame fed along the X-axis direction, wherein the clamping jaws 220 are synchronously clamped on one side or two sides of the lamination frame along the X-axis direction, each clamping jaw 220 is a conventional clamping piece which is arbitrarily matched with the lamination frame, and the clamping power device 221 correspondingly drives each clamping jaw 220 to move in the X, Y-axis direction so as to clamp or unclamp the lamination frame. The lamination frame is convenient to directly feed along the X-axis direction by the telescopic movement of the righting component and the clamping component in the Y-axis direction, and the feeding efficiency is high.

Meanwhile, the moving seat 201, the restoring member 21 and the clamping member 22 form a restoring clamping group, two restoring clamping groups are symmetrically arranged in the X-axis direction and are driven by a synchronous belt to move synchronously, in this embodiment, two groups of clamping jaws 220 are respectively clamped inside corresponding sides of the lamination frame from inside to outside, and two groups of restoring mold bodies 210 are respectively abutted against the outer sides of the corresponding sides of the lamination frame from outside to inside. Here, the positional accuracy and the holding stability of the laminate frame after the normalization are improved.

In this example, the receiving and placing unit 3 includes a receiving member 30 capable of holding or releasing the laminate frame, a placing power member 31, and as the laminate frame after being straightened is turned from the vertical state to the horizontal state, the receiving member 30 receives the laminate frame from the holding member 22, and the placing power member 31 drives the receiving member 30 to translate so that the laminate frame and the assembly are aligned in the X-axis direction and placed on the assembly.

In some embodiments, the receiving member 30 and the placing power member 31 form a receiving and placing group, two receiving and placing groups are symmetrically distributed in the X-axis direction, the receiving member 30 includes a plurality of receiving clamping jaws 300 distributed along the Y-axis direction, during receiving, the lifting power member 24 drives the roll-over stand 20 to move up and down so as to enable the clamping member 22 to abut against the receiving member 30, the plurality of receiving clamping jaws 300 synchronously clamp the side edges of one side or two sides of the lamination frame in the X-axis direction, and the structures of the receiving clamping jaws 300 and the clamping jaws 220 are the same and are not repeated herein.

In addition, the placement power unit 31 includes an X-axis driving assembly 310 that drives the receiving member to translate along the X-axis direction to receive the lamination frame from the holding member, a Y-axis driving assembly 311 that drives the receiving member 30 to translate along the Y-axis direction to drive the lamination frame and the assembly to align along the X-axis direction, and a Z-axis driving assembly 312 that drives the receiving member 30 to move up and down along the Z-axis direction to drive the lamination frame to place on the assembly, wherein the X-axis driving assembly 310 includes a first rail a1 extending along the X-axis direction, a first slider a2 slidingly connected to the first rail a1, a first driver a3 that drives the first slider a2 to reciprocate along the X-axis direction, the die holder 110 is slidingly connected to the corresponding first rail a1, the Y-axis driving assembly 311 includes a second rail b1 disposed on the first slider a2 and extending along the Y-axis direction, a second slider b2 slidingly connected to the second rail b1, and a second driver b3 that drives the second slider b2 to reciprocate along the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis driving assembly 312 is disposed on the second slider b2 and connected to the receiving member 30.

In summary, when the assembly is horizontally placed at the frame placing station after the frame placing device is adopted, along with the fact that the extending direction and the thickness direction of the two adjacent side edges of the assembly are X, Y, Z shafts respectively, along with the fact that the lamination frame in the vertical state enters the frame placing device, the lamination frame and the assembly are driven to align in the Y-axis direction by the aligning component, the lamination frame after the aligning is clamped by the clamping component, then the overturning frame is driven to overturn 90 degrees by the overturning power component to drive the lamination frame to overturn from the vertical state to the horizontal state, then the lamination frame in the horizontal state is received and clamped by the receiving component from the clamping component, and the receiving component is driven to translate by the placing power component, so that the lamination frame and the assembly are aligned in the X-axis direction and then placed on the assembly, and the frame placing is completed. Therefore, compared with the prior art, the utility model realizes the gradual accurate alignment of the laminated frame and the assembly in the XY axial direction by sequentially carrying out the alignment, the overturning, the bearing and the placement on the laminated frame, effectively improves the frame placing precision and reduces the workpiece explosion rate of the photovoltaic assembly; on the other hand, the operation is simple and convenient, the automatic frame placing of the laminated frame is realized, and the frame placing efficiency is effectively improved; in the third aspect, as the lamination frame keeps the central line parallel to the Y axis and enters the frame placing device, the centering component and the clamping component move along the X axis to perform centering and clamping on two opposite sides of the lamination frame in the X axis direction; according to the fourth aspect, the height of the turnover frame can be adjusted to meet the turnover space requirements of laminated frames with different sizes, accurate butt joint or separation with the bearing component is achieved in lifting movement, the fifth aspect ensures the position accuracy of each component transmitted to the frame placing station so that the laminated frame is accurately aligned with the component in a series of turnover, translation and lifting movement, and the sixth aspect further reduces the explosion rate of the photovoltaic component by arranging the visual detection component and sending out alarm manual intervention and timely adjustment if the component and the laminated frame are not in gap or are too close to each other.

The present utility model has been described in detail with the purpose of enabling those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present utility model and to implement the same, but not to limit the scope of the present utility model, and all equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit of the present utility model should be included in the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. The laminated frame placing device is characterized by comprising a turnover unit and a bearing placing unit, wherein the turnover unit is arranged above the placing station, the turnover unit comprises a turnover frame, a righting part, a clamping part and a turnover power part, the righting part and the clamping part are respectively arranged on the turnover frame, the turnover power part drives the turnover frame to rotate around an X axis, the righting part is used for driving the laminated frame and the assembly to align in the Y axis direction, the clamping part is used for clamping or loosening the righted laminated frame, the bearing placing unit comprises a bearing part capable of clamping or loosening the laminated frame and a placing power part, the bearing part bears the laminated frame from the clamping part as the righted laminated frame is turned from a vertical state to a horizontal state, and the placing power part drives the bearing part to translate so that the laminated frame and the assembly are aligned in the X axis direction and placed on the assembly.

2. The laminated frame placement device according to claim 1, wherein the center line of the laminated frame in the vertical state is parallel to the Y axis, the roll-over stand includes a stand body, a moving seat movably connected to the stand body in the X axis direction, and the aligning member and the holding member are respectively provided on the moving seat and synchronously move in the X axis direction.

3. The laminated frame mount of claim 2, wherein the centering component comprises a centering die extending along the Y-axis direction, the centering die abutting an inside or an outside of the laminated frame in the X-axis direction.

4. The laminated frame mount according to claim 2, wherein the holding member comprises a plurality of holding jaws, a holding power unit, wherein the plurality of holding jaws hold side edges on one or both sides of the laminated frame in the X-axis direction at the same time.

5. The laminated frame placement device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the moving base, the centering member and the holding member constitute one centering holding group, two of which are symmetrically and synchronously arranged in the X-axis direction, and/or the laminated frame in a vertical state is fed in the X-axis direction, and the centering member and the holding member are respectively capable of being moved in a telescopic manner in the Y-axis direction to avoid the laminated frame.

6. The laminated frame setting device of claim 1, wherein the turning unit further comprises a lifting power member, and the lifting power member drives the turning frame to move up and down to drive the clamping member to abut against or separate from the receiving member.

7. The laminated frame placement device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving member includes a plurality of receiving jaws distributed along the Y-axis direction, and the plurality of receiving jaws are simultaneously held on one or both sides of the laminated frame in the X-axis direction when receiving.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power member comprises a Y-axis driving assembly for driving the receiving member to move in translation along the Y-axis direction to align the laminate frame with the assembly in the X-axis direction, and a Z-axis driving assembly for driving the receiving member to move up and down along the Z-axis direction to place the laminate frame on the assembly.

9. The frame placing device for the laminated frame according to claim 8, wherein the placing power piece further comprises an X-axis driving assembly for driving the receiving member to move in a translation manner along the X-axis direction so as to avoid or receive the laminated frame from the clamping member, the X-axis driving assembly comprises a first guide rail extending along the X-axis direction, a first sliding seat slidingly connected to the first guide rail, and a first driver for driving the first sliding seat to reciprocate along the X-axis direction, the Y-axis driving assembly comprises a second guide rail arranged on the first sliding seat and extending along the Y-axis direction, a second sliding seat slidingly connected to the second guide rail, and a second driver for driving the second sliding seat to reciprocate along the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis driving assembly is arranged on the second sliding seat and connected with the receiving member.

10. The laminated frame placement device of claim 1, further comprising a component transmission line including a conveyor belt extending in the Y-axis direction and passing through the placement station, a centering module disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor belt in the X-axis direction and capable of reciprocating in the X-axis direction, and a visual detection member disposed near the discharge port of the conveyor belt and for detecting whether a gap exists between the component and the laminated frame, the centering modules being moved synchronously toward each other to position the component as the component is transferred to the placement station.