EP4309249A1 - Magazin für einen bestückungsautomaten - Google Patents
Magazin für einen bestückungsautomatenInfo
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- EP4309249A1 EP4309249A1 EP22716380.5A EP22716380A EP4309249A1 EP 4309249 A1 EP4309249 A1 EP 4309249A1 EP 22716380 A EP22716380 A EP 22716380A EP 4309249 A1 EP4309249 A1 EP 4309249A1
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- Prior art keywords
- magazine
- section
- stop
- devices
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
- H01R43/26—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device
Definitions
- the invention relates to a magazine for receiving electrical devices that can be stacked together, in particular terminal blocks, for an automatic placement machine for automatically mounting the devices on a mounting rail.
- the magazine comprises a basic profile on which a support rail profile section is arranged or designed to accommodate a plurality of electrical devices and to guide the devices in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a displacement direction.
- a stop for a front of the devices is arranged at one end of the basic profile, with an element that extends in the displacement direction and can be gripped behind by the electrical devices ending in front of the stop, so that a removal section is formed from which the front of the devices can be removed in one direction can be removed transversely to the direction of displacement.
- Document WO 2010/057769 A1 discloses a device for the automated assembly of terminal blocks on a mounting rail, in which an assembly robot uses a movable gripper to remove terminal blocks that are stored in magazines from the latter and arrange them on a mounting rail.
- the gripper and the terminal block have corresponding contours that interact in a positive and/or non-positive manner.
- the magazines are designed like rails with contours that also interact with the contours of the housing of the devices, so that the devices are slidably guided one behind the other in the form of a stack in the magazines.
- a row clamp pushed at one end out of the magazine and thus out of engagement with the contours is gripped by the gripper and placed on the mounting rail.
- a magazine has, for example, two U-shaped rails which include the housing of the electrical devices on their sides. The disadvantage here is that a magazine adapted to each case must be provided for differently shaped housings.
- the publication EP 3 479 442 B1 also shows a storage magazine for electrical devices, in particular terminal blocks, in which the magazine guides the electrical devices stacked one behind the other in guide rails in a comparable manner, which are adapted to an outer housing shape.
- a receiving element At egg nem in the direction of the device front end of the magazine, a receiving element is positioned, which has a recess in the contour of the electrical device has.
- An electrical device that has been pushed out of the magazine is received with a precise fit by the receiving element, whereupon this proceeds for further handling of the electrical device.
- an adaptation of the guide rail of the magazine to the dimensions and shape of the housing of the electrical device is also required.
- the precise accommodation of a pushed-out device in the receiving element ensures process-reliable further processing through precise and correct positioning of the electrical device, but this requires an individual configuration of the receiving element for each device type, ie each terminal block type, for example.
- Mounting rails are usually designed as top-hat rails in a standardized manner. Using this common feature, it is possible to design a guide profile of a magazine of the type mentioned in such a way that at least for the snapping on of the series terminals relevant features of a mounting rail profile are simulated.
- a stop is typically provided against which the terminal blocks are pushed in the magazine. In front of the stop there is an area in which the mounting rail profile is modified in such a way that it no longer latches.
- the latching usually uses undercut elements of the mounting rail profile. If these undercut elements are removed or missing in sections before the stop, a removal section is formed. A device pushed into this removal section can then be removed by a gripper arm of the placement machine in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the magazine.
- the length of the removal section in which the latching with the guide profile is canceled, must be adapted to the stack height of the electrical devices held by the magazine, also known as the "width". If the section chosen is too narrow, the device cannot be removed and gets stuck in the removal section. If the selected length is too long, it is possible that when the foremost device is removed, the next device in the stack will also be lifted and either moved out of the magazine by the gripper arm or brought into a position that allows targeted removal this electrical device prevented in a next processing step. Because of the differently configured latching areas and/or different overall heights of the electrical devices, an adaptation to the device type with regard to the length of the removal section must therefore also take place with such a magazine.
- a magazine of the type mentioned according to the invention has an adjusting device with which the length of the removal section in the shifting direction can be varied.
- the magazine can easily be adapted to the type of electrical device it is holding, e.g. a specific type of terminal block.
- New types of electrical devices with a different overall width and/or modified latching device can be quickly incorporated into an automated assembly process of mounting rails by the magazine being adjusted in terms of the length of its removal area.
- the total number of magazines to be kept available for a placement machine can be reduced, which leads to material and cost savings and thus to increased sustainability.
- the carrier rail profile section comprises at least one web running in the direction of displacement as an element that can be gripped from behind.
- two webs are preferably used, each of which forms out at the end of two protruding legs and protrudes laterally.
- the support rail profile section thus mimics the geometry of the actual support rails on which the electrical devices are placed by the placement machine, whereby the geometry and dimensioning can differ to the extent that the electrical devices can be moved more easily in the magazine.
- the length of the removal section can be varied in the displacement direction by the support rail profile section being guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner on the base profile. It can then be moved over a spindle drive, for example, in relation to the base profile in order to adjust its distance from the stop and thus the length of the extraction section.
- an adjusting slide that is guided on the base profile and can be displaced longitudinally, which in turn has at least one web section running in the direction of displacement as an element that can be gripped from behind.
- the entire support rail profile section is not moved accordingly, but only an adjusting slide arranged in the longitudinal direction between the support rail profile section and the stop.
- the adjusting slide in turn provides an element that can be gripped behind with the web section for maintaining the latching of the front electrical device and thus lengthens the carrier rail profile section in a telescoping manner—except in the removal section.
- the at least one web section of the adjusting slide is designed at its end pointing away from the stop in such a way that it can overlap with the at least one web of the carrier rail profile section. It can thus be prevented that, depending on the position of the adjustment slide, a gap forms between this and the carrier rail profile section, in which gap the locking of the electrical device is canceled.
- the adjusting slide has at least one protruding mandrel on its side facing away from the stop, which mandrel can move in the middle between the legs of the carrier rail profile section. This serves to ensure the smoothest possible, non-crocheting or jamming transfer of the electrical device from the mounting rail profile section to the sliding slide.
- the adjusting slide has a recess centrally on its side facing away from the stop.
- a carriage of a spring-loaded pusher plate can go, which pushes the stack of electrical devices in the direction of the stop before.
- the at least one web section of the adjusting slide preferably ends Bers at its end pointing towards the stop in front of a front side of the adjusting slide. It can thus be achieved that, despite the recess in the adjusting slide, there is still enough material in front of the recess (seen in the direction of displacement).
- the adjusting slide or the stop for adjusting the adjusting slide has a threaded bore extending in the direction of displacement.
- a spindle drive for manual adjustment of the adjustment slide can be easily implemented.
- the adjustment can also be made using an actuator.
- a position of the adjustment slide can be automatically set to the required dimension by a sequence control of the pick-and-place machine.
- the actuator can be a stepper motor or a servomotor with the appropriate gear, for example.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 each show an isometric partial representation of a magazine from two different perspectives
- Figure 3 is a plan view of an end portion of the magazine of Figures 1 and 2;
- Figure 4 is an isometric view of a slide slide of the magazine of Figures 1-3;
- FIG. 5 shows a side view of the adjusting slide of FIG. 4.
- Figure 6 is a plan view of the adjustment slide of Figures 4 and 5.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 each show an isometric representation from different perspectives.
- FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the magazine 10. A more or less long end section of the magazine 10 is shown in each case, specifically on the side on which an electrical device held by the magazine 10 is removed.
- magazines 10 shown are present as part of an automatic placement machine for mounting rails. During operation, they are usually filled with different electrical devices, in particular terminal blocks, so that the electrical devices are available for the individual, automated assembly of mounting rails or mounting rail sections.
- electrical device and in particular also the terminal block is to be interpreted broadly. All devices that can be mounted in a row on a mounting rail for use in electrical switching or control devices represent electrical devices within the meaning of the application.
- the electrical devices can be so-called “series terminals” that work purely passively and make connections between conductors.
- Electronic devices such as fuses, power packs or input or output devices of control systems that have a DIN rail mount, also represent electrical devices within the meaning of the application.
- accessories such as end plates or end brackets are also to be understood under the term electrical devices.
- the magazine 10 comprises a basic profile 11 extending in the longitudinal direction and having a substantially c-shaped cross section. Centered on an upper side of the base profile 11 is a support rail profile section 12 is etc.
- the support rail profile section 12 has a profile that essentially corresponds to the profile of the support rails to be equipped, which are also referred to as “top-hat rails”. In particular, it has outwardly protruding Ste ge 13 by a locking device of the attached electrical device can be attacked. Compared to the profile of the mounting rails on which the electrical devices are ultimately mounted, the mounting rail profile section 12 can differ by slightly different dimensions, in particular special to achieve easier mobility of the electrical devices. However, the webs 13, together with a latching mechanism of the electrical device, secure the electrical device and thus prevent it from falling off the magazine 10.
- the magazine 10 is provided with a stop 14 against which the stack of attached electrical devices is pressed.
- a push plate 15 which is moved in the direction of the stop 14 under the action of spring force.
- the thrust plate 15 can be pulled back from the stop 14 using a clamping lever 16 in order to put on more electrical devices and to fill up the magazine 10 .
- the thrust plate 15 and also the clamping lever 16 are mounted on a longitudinally displaceable guide in the base profile 11 th carriage 17.
- the snap-in width is understood to be the width over which an electrical device effectively engages behind undercut areas of a mounting rail. Accordingly, an electrical device can be lifted off a mounting rail if there are no undercut areas over a length that corresponds to the latching width.
- the adjusting slide 20 is inserted into the base profile 11 in a longitudinally displaceable manner in this area.
- the adjustment slide 20 is shown separately from the magazine 10 in FIGS. 4-6 in different views.
- Figure 4 shows the adjustment slide 20 in an isometric view
- Figure 5 shows a front view
- Figure 6 shows a plan view of the adjustment slide 20.
- the adjusting slide 20 has a guide profile 21 on both sides, with which it is guided in the c-shaped basic profile 11 .
- Two mandrels 22 are formed on its side facing away from the stop 14 , the outer sides of which rest against the inner side of the carrier rail profile 12 .
- the functions of the Dor ne 22 are explained in more detail below.
- Next web sections 23 are formed on the adjusting slide 20 on both sides, which represent extensions of the webs 13 of the support rail nenprofils 12 with respect to their position, dimension and function.
- the web sections 23 are shaped in such a way that they can slide under the webs 13 in these end sections. On the opposite side, pointing to the stop 14, the web sections 23 do not protrude up to the front edge of the adjusting slide 20.
- a threaded debohr 26 is introduced in the longitudinal direction of the magazine 10 and in the direction of the adjustment slide 20, into which an adjusting screw 25 engages, which extends through a bore in the stop 14.
- a spring can be fitted between the stop 14 and the adjusting slide 25 in order to ensure that the screw head of the adjusting screw 25 rests against the stop 14 . It can also be on the inner side of the stop 14, a snap ring o. be placed on the adjusting screw 25. Turning the adjusting screw 25 ver pushes the adjusting slide 20 within the magazine in the longitudinal direction.
- the web sections 23 end at a certain distance from the stop 14, and this distance can be varied by adjusting the adjusting screw 25.
- the adjusting slide 20, in conjunction with the adjusting screw 25, thus represents a device for adjusting the length of the extraction section 24.
- the exact length of the removal section 24 can be adjusted exactly to the latching width of the electrical device.
- the adjusting screw 25 can be provided with a scale, for example printed on or hammered into the stop 14 .
- the scale can be embodied with units of length, but for simplification specific types of electrical devices can also be explicitly named and/or encoded on the scale.
- the adjusting slide 20 has a recess in the center on its side facing away from the stop, into which the carriage 17 can move when only a few or only one electrical device is left in the magazine 10 .
- the web sections 23 do not extend to the front end of the adjusting slide 20. This limits the size of the removal section 24 downwards. The amount by which the web sections 23 are set back should therefore not become larger than the width of the smallest extraction section 24 required.
- a gap also occurs between the webs 13 and the web sections 23 .
- the bar sections 23 are designed in the adjacent area in such a way that they can move under the bar 13 in sections. In this way, the size of any gap that may arise is minimized compared to a web section 23 driving against the web 13 in an impact manner.
- the adjusting screw 25 can also be connected to a controlled actuator, so that the position of the adjustment slide 20 is automatically set to the required level by a sequence control of the placement machine.
- the actuator can be a stepper motor or a servomotor with the appropriate gear, for example.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE102021106720.0A DE102021106720A1 (de) | 2021-03-18 | 2021-03-18 | Magazin für einen Bestückungsautomaten |
| PCT/EP2022/057078 WO2022195048A1 (de) | 2021-03-18 | 2022-03-17 | Magazin für einen bestückungsautomaten |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP4309249A1 true EP4309249A1 (de) | 2024-01-24 |
| EP4309249B1 EP4309249B1 (de) | 2026-04-15 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP22716380.5A Active EP4309249B1 (de) | 2021-03-18 | 2022-03-17 | Magazin für einen bestückungsautomaten |
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| EP (1) | EP4309249B1 (de) |
| DE (1) | DE102021106720A1 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2022195048A1 (de) |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| BE1031129B1 (de) * | 2022-12-13 | 2024-07-08 | Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co | Magazinbaugruppe zur Aufbewahrung von auf einer Tragschiene montierbaren Anbauteilen |
| BE1031401B1 (de) * | 2023-03-01 | 2024-09-30 | Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co | Arretierungsbaugruppe zum Aufnehmen eines Magazins zur Aufbewahrung von Anbauteilen |
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| US3578207A (en) | 1968-10-21 | 1971-05-11 | James F Danow | Adjustable bread dsipenser with ejector-controlled closure |
| DE202009005808U1 (de) | 2008-11-18 | 2010-09-23 | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG | Vorrichtung zur automatisierten Montage von anreihbaren Geräten auf einer Montagebasis |
| DE102010047369A1 (de) | 2010-10-05 | 2012-04-05 | Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co. Kg | Verfahren zur Montage von Bauteilen auf einer Tragschiene sowie System zur Durchführung des Verfahrens |
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| WO2022195048A1 (de) | 2022-09-22 |
| DE102021106720A1 (de) | 2022-09-22 |
| EP4309249B1 (de) | 2026-04-15 |
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