JP2020087641A - Terminal work device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a terminal work device capable of reducing a work time for reel replacement.SOLUTION: By providing approaching means at a terminal work device 1, a mobile unit 2 is located close to a fixing board 3 in an X direction. Further, by providing guide rollers 33 and 34 at the fixing board 3, the mobile unit 2 is moved in a Y direction while holding a state where the fixing board 3 and the mobile unit 2 are close to each other, thereby aligning the mobile unit with the fixing board 3. When the alignment in the X and Y directions is completed, the fixing board 3 and the mobile unit 2 can be fixed by fixing means. As mentioned above, the mobile unit 2 can be easily aligned with the fixing board 3, a time for the aligning by moving the mobile unit 2 in a reel replacement work is reduced, and a work time for the reel replacement can be reduced.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to a terminal work device.

Conventionally, a device in which a terminal crimping machine (applicator) and a terminal reel are mounted on one gantry has been proposed (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). In the device described in Patent Document 1, a chain-shaped continuous terminal (terminal chain) is wound around a terminal reel, and the continuous terminal is supplied from the terminal reel to the terminal crimping machine.

JP, 10-12352, A

However, as described in Patent Document 1, in the configuration in which the terminal reel is also mounted on the pedestal provided with the terminal crimping machine, the replacement work of the terminal reel takes time, and the entire working time becomes long. There was an inconvenience that it would end up.

Therefore, a configuration is conceivable in which the fixed unit for performing work such as crimping and the moving unit provided with the reel are separated and the reel is replaced by moving the entire moving unit. However, in order to perform work on the terminals, it is necessary to align the reel with the applicator, and it may take time to finely adjust the position of the moving unit. Therefore, it has been desired to further reduce the working time.

An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal work device capable of shortening the work time for reel replacement.

A terminal working apparatus of the present invention includes a moving unit on which a reel around which a chain of terminals in which a plurality of terminals are connected is wound is mounted, and a fixed base on which an applicator for performing a predetermined work on the terminals is mounted. In the supply direction in which the terminal chain is supplied from the reel, the first facing portion of the moving unit and the second facing portion of the fixed base face each other, and the moving unit in the feeding direction. And a fixed base for approaching the fixed base by magnetic force, a guide roller for guiding the movement of the movable unit in a direction intersecting the supply direction, and the movable unit and the fixed base fixed to each other. And a fixing means for securing the same to at least one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion.

According to such a terminal work apparatus of the present invention, since the approaching unit is provided, the moving unit is made to approach the fixed base in the terminal supply direction (that is, the direction in which the fixed base and the moving unit face each other). Can be aligned. Further, since the guide roller is provided, it is possible to move the moving unit in the direction intersecting the supply direction and align it with the fixed table while keeping the fixed table and the moving unit in close proximity to each other. it can. Further, when the alignment in the two directions is completed, the fixing base and the moving unit can be fixed by the fixing means. As described above, the moving unit can be easily aligned with the fixed base, the time for moving and aligning the moving unit in the reel replacement work can be shortened, and the reel replacement work time can be shortened. it can.

The approaching means, the guide roller, and the fixing means may be all provided on the moving means, all of them may be provided on the fixed base, or some of them may be provided on the moving means and some of the other may be provided. May be provided on the fixed base.

It is a side view which shows the terminal working apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows a mode that the moving unit moved in the said terminal work apparatus. It is a rear view which shows the said moving unit. It is a side view which shows the winding means provided in the said moving unit. It is a side view which shows the principal part of the said winding means. It is a side view which shows the state of the said winding means changed. It is a top view which shows the 1st opposing part of the fixed base of the said terminal working apparatus. It is a top view which shows the said 1st opposing part and the 2nd opposing part of the said moving unit. It is a side view which shows an example of the applicator mounted on the said fixed base.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal work device 1 of the present embodiment includes a moving unit 2 and a fixed base 3. In the present embodiment, two directions along the horizontal plane and orthogonal to each other are the X direction and the Y direction, and the vertical direction is the Z direction.

The moving unit 2 includes a frame 21, a lower plate 22, an upper plate 23, casters 24, a guide portion 25, and a winding means 26 and is configured to be movable along the XY plane ( For example, moving from the state of FIG. 1 to the state of FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 3, the frame 21 includes a reel holding portion 211 that rotatably holds a plurality (three in the illustrated example) of reels 4, and the plurality of reels 4 are mounted on the moving unit 2. It is like this.

The same number of applicators 5 as the reels 4 can be mounted on the upper plate 23, and the applicators 5 can be mounted on the moving unit 2. The applicator 5 may be supported by the pipe-shaped upper frame portion 212 of the frame 21, which is located above the upper plate 23.

The guide portion 25 has a curved surface portion by being formed by bending a metal plate, for example. A terminal chain 61, which will be described later, is guided along the curved surface portion.

The winding means 26 is for winding an interlayer paper 62 described later, and has an arm 261 and a roller 262 provided at the tip of the arm 261 as shown in FIG. A base end portion of the arm 261 is rotatably supported on a portion of the frame 21 above the reel holding portion 211. As a result, the winding means 26 has a state in which the roller 262 approaches the reel 4 (shown by a solid line in FIG. 4) and a state in which the roller 262 separates from the reel 4 (shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4). , Can be switched. The winding means 26 may be placed in the approaching state when the interlayer paper 62 is wound, and the winding means 26 may be placed in the separated state when the reel 4 is replaced.

As shown in FIG. 5, the frame 21 is provided with a protrusion 213 such as a ball plunger that can be moved back and forth, and the arm 261 is formed with a recess 261A into which the protrusion 213 can be fitted. As a result, when the winding means 26 is in the separated state, as shown in FIG. 6, the convex portion 213 fits into the concave portion 261A, and the angle of the arm 261 is maintained.

As shown in FIG. 2, the applicator 5 is transferred from the moving unit 2 and placed on the upper surface 31 of the fixed base 3. That is, the work by the applicator 5 is performed on the upper surface 31 of the fixed base 3.

As shown in FIG. 7, a magnet 32, two guide rollers 33 and 34, and a fixing cylinder 35 are provided on the first facing portion 3A of the fixed base 3 that faces the moving unit 2. There is. A magnet is provided in the second facing portion 2A of the moving unit 2 that faces the fixed base 3, and the magnet 32 of the fixed base 3 and the magnet of the moving unit 2 generate a force that draws them toward each other. That is, these magnets function as an approaching unit that tries to bring the moving unit 2 and the fixed base 3 closer to each other in the X direction by the magnetic force.

The approaching means may be composed of a magnet and a ferromagnetic metal. For example, a magnet may be provided at one of the facing portions and the other facing portion may be made of a ferromagnetic metal so that magnetic forces tending to approach each other.

The two guide rollers 33 and 34 are configured to be rotatable about the Z direction as an axial direction, and are arranged so as to sandwich the magnet 32 from the Y direction. The guide rollers 33 and 34 are supported by a plate portion 36 extending along the XY plane. A part of the guide rollers 33, 34 projects in the X direction from the first facing edge 361 of the plate portion 36 extending in the Y direction.

The guide rollers 33 and 34 are configured to contact the second facing edge portion 27 of the moving unit 2, and at the time of contact, the second facing edge portion 27 extends along the Y direction and the first facing edge portion 361. It will not come into contact with. That is, the first facing edge portion 361 and the second facing edge portion 27 face each other, and the gap A1 is formed between them. Thereby, the relative position in the Y direction can be adjusted while maintaining the relative position between the moving unit 2 and the fixed base 3 in the X direction.

The fixing cylinder 35 is configured to fit with a fixed portion provided on the second facing portion 2A. That is, the fixing cylinder 35 and the fixed portion of the second facing portion 2A function as a fixing means for fixing the moving unit 2 and the fixed base 3 to each other. The fixing cylinder 35 may be, for example, one that fits into the concave fixed portion when the tubular portion moves up and down in the Z direction. It should be noted that the moving unit 2 is provided with the same number of fixed portions as the number of mounted reels 4, and the plurality of fixed portions are arranged in the Y direction. That is, the fixed portion corresponding to the reel 4 to be used is adapted to fit with the fixing cylinder 35.

On the reel 4, a terminal chain 61 having a plurality of terminals connected to each other is wound. The terminal chain 61 is formed in a ladder shape, for example, by connecting a terminal fitting provided at the tip of an electric wire or the like. Interlayer paper 62 is wound around the reel 4 together with the terminal chain 61 so that the terminals overlapping in the radial direction do not come into direct contact with each other.

When the reel 4 rotates in a predetermined direction, the terminal chain 61 and the interlayer paper 62 are pulled out, and the terminal chain 61 is supplied to the applicator 5. Further, the interlayer paper 62 is wound around the roller 262 of the winding means 26.

The applicator 5 performs a predetermined work on the terminals, and a terminal crimping machine 50 as shown in FIG. 9 is exemplified. The terminal crimping machine 50 includes an anvil 51, a crimper 52 configured to move up and down so as to face the anvil 51, and an actuator 53 for moving up and down the crimper 52.

Here, a procedure for using the terminal work device 1 will be described. First, when a new work is started or the mobile unit 2 is replaced, the mobile unit 2 is moved to approach the fixed base 3 in the X direction as shown in FIGS. At this time, the guide rollers 33 and 34 are brought into contact with the second facing edge portion 27. By moving the moving unit 2 in the Y direction while maintaining these abutting positions, the fitted portion corresponding to the reel 4 to be used and the fixing cylinder 35 are aligned. After the alignment is completed, the fixing cylinder 35 and the fixed portion are fitted to each other so that the moving unit 2 does not move.

Next, the applicator 5 according to the reel 4 to be used is moved to the upper surface 31 of the fixed base 3. Further, the terminal chain 61 is pulled out from the reel 4 and supplied to the applicator 5. The terminal chain 61 goes toward the upper surface 31 along the curved surface portion of the guide portion 25. At this time, the terminal chain 61 is supplied along the X direction, and the X direction is the supply direction. When the terminal chain 61 is pulled out from the reel 4, the interlayer paper 62 is also pulled out at the same time and is wound by the winding means 26.

A plurality of reels 4 are mounted on one moving unit 2. When a predetermined reel 4 is used and then another reel 4 is used, the reels may be exchanged in the following procedure. First, the fitting between the fixing cylinder 35 and the fixed portion is released to allow the moving unit 2 to move. Further, by moving the moving unit 2 in the Y direction, the fitted portion corresponding to the reel 4 to be used next is aligned with the fixing cylinder 35. When the alignment is completed, the fixing cylinder 35 and the fixed portion are fitted together. After that, the terminal chain 61 may be supplied to the applicator 5 by the same procedure as described above.

According to this embodiment as described above, the following effects can be obtained. That is, since the terminal work device 1 is provided with the approaching means, the moving unit 2 can be brought closer to the fixed base 3 in the X direction and aligned. Further, since the fixed base 3 is provided with the guide rollers 33 and 34, the movable unit 2 is moved in the Y direction while the fixed base 3 and the moving unit 2 are kept close to each other, and the fixed base 3 is moved to the fixed base 3. Can be aligned with each other. Further, when the alignment in the X direction and the Y direction is completed, the fixing base 3 and the moving unit 2 can be fixed by the fixing means. As described above, the moving unit 2 can be easily aligned with the fixed base 3, and the time for moving and aligning the moving unit 2 in the reel exchanging work is shortened, and the reel exchanging work time is shortened. can do.

Further, the two guide rollers 33, 34 contact the second facing edge portion 27, and a gap A1 is formed between the first facing edge portion 361 and the second facing edge portion 27, so that the moving unit 2 is Less likely to interfere with moving. Therefore, it is possible to easily move the moving unit 2 in the Y direction while keeping the fixed base 3 and the moving unit 2 close to each other.

Further, the approaching means can be provided at the opposing edge portions 27, 361 and the vicinity thereof, and a large magnetic force can be easily generated. In particular, since the magnet 32 is arranged so as to be sandwiched between the two guide rollers 33 and 34 in the Y direction, the guide function and the approach function can be compactly provided in the facing portions 2A and 3A.

Further, since the plurality of reels 4 can be mounted so that the moving unit 2 is lined up in the Y direction, the reels can be replaced by moving the moving unit 2 in the Y direction, and the work time for reel replacement can be reduced. It can be further shortened.

Moreover, since the applicator 5 can be mounted on the moving unit 2, the applicator 5 corresponding to the reel 4 or the terminal chain 61 is mounted, so that the applicator 5 is also replaced when the reel is replaced. be able to. Furthermore, since the moving unit 2 can mount the same number of applicators 5 as the reels 4, when the dimensions and types of the terminal chain bodies 61 wound around the plurality of reels 4 are different from each other, each terminal chain body 61 is different. The applicator 5 corresponding to can be mounted.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes other configurations and the like that can achieve the object of the present invention, and the following modifications and the like are also included in the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the guide rollers 33 and 34 are provided on the fixed base 3. However, the guide rollers may be provided on the moving unit and contact the fixed base facing edge portion.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the two guide rollers 33 and 34 project from the first opposing edge portion 361, the first opposing edge portion 361 and the second opposing edge portion 27 face each other, and the gap A1 is formed between them. However, it suffices that the guide roller comes into contact with the edge of the other party, and the edge of the moving unit and the edge of the fixed base do not have to face each other in the area where the guide roller is provided. That is, the edge of the moving unit and the edge of the fixed base may be opposed to each other in an area different from the area where the guide roller is provided, and the approaching means may be provided in this opposing area.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the three reels 4 can be mounted on the moving unit 2, but the number of reels mounted on the moving unit is arbitrary. That is, the moving unit may be configured to have only one reel mounted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the same number of applicators 5 as the reels 4 are provided in the moving unit 2, but the number of applicators provided in the moving unit may be smaller than the number of reels. That is, the applicator may be shared by two or more reels provided in the moving unit.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the applicator 5 can be mounted on the moving unit 2, but the applicator may be provided on the fixed base so that it cannot be transferred.

Besides, the best configuration, method, and the like for carrying out the present invention have been disclosed in the above description, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the invention is mainly illustrated and described with respect to particular embodiments, but without departing from the scope of the technical idea and the object of the invention, the shape of the embodiments described above is different. Those skilled in the art can make various modifications in terms of material, quantity, and other detailed configurations. Therefore, the description limiting the shapes and materials disclosed above is described as an example for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. The description with the names of members excluding some or all of the above limitations is included in the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal working device 2 Moving unit 2A 1st facing part 27 2nd facing edge part 27
3 Fixing stand 3A Second facing part 32 Magnet (approaching means)
33, 34 Guide roller 35 Cylinder for fixing (fixing means)
361 First opposing edge 4 Reel 5 Applicator 61 Terminal chain A1 Gap

Claims (4)

A moving unit on which a reel around which a terminal chain having a plurality of terminals is wound is mounted,
A fixed base on which an applicator for performing a predetermined work is placed on the terminal,
In the supply direction in which the terminal chain is supplied from the reel, the first facing portion of the moving unit and the second facing portion of the fixed base face each other,
An approaching unit that tries to bring the moving unit and the fixed base closer to each other in the supply direction by magnetic force; a guide roller for guiding the movement of the moving unit in a direction intersecting the supply direction; and the moving unit. A terminal working device, wherein: fixing means for fixing the fixing base to each other are provided on at least one of the first facing portion and the second facing portion. At least two of the guide rollers are provided so as to project from the first facing edge portion, and abut the second opposing edge portion of the other side so that the first facing edge portion and the second facing edge portion face each other. The terminal work device according to claim 1, wherein a gap is formed between them. The terminal work device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the moving unit is configured so that a plurality of the reels can be mounted so as to be arranged in the intersecting direction. The terminal working device according to claim 1, wherein the moving unit is configured so that the applicator can be mounted on the moving unit.

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