TW202415607A - Processing device having tray-transporting mechanism and processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A processing device having tray-transporting mechanism is provided in the present invention. The tray-transporting mechanism includes at least one transporting structure, a tray-picking structure, and a product-picking structure. The transporting structure has a transporting driving source to drive a moving table to move along a first direction. The tray-picking structure has a supporter, a picking driving source, and a pushing member. The supporter is disposed on the moving table, and the picking driving source is disposed on a lateral plate of the supporter. The picking driving source is adapted for driving the pushing member to move from an original position at a notch of the tray to a set position in a second direction along a guiding inclined face of the tray so as to push the tray to contact the bottom of the lateral plate along the first direction. Thus, the tray can be transported stably. The product-picking structure is disposed on the transporting structure and has a picker to pick up the electronic component on the tray which is transported by the tray-picking structure.

Description

Operating device and operating machine with tray-moving mechanism

The present invention provides a tray moving mechanism which can accurately position a tray and improve the tray moving efficiency.

Nowadays, the test equipment of the electronic component testing machine is equipped with multiple test chambers along the Z direction on the vertical frame. Each test chamber is equipped with a tester for testing electronic components. The test equipment is equipped with a platform on the machine to hold the electronic components. In addition, a material transfer device that can move in the X-Y-Z direction is set on the side of the vertical frame to take out the electronic components to be tested from the platform and move them in the Z direction to the testers on each layer to perform the test. However, the carrier is mounted on the machine, so the material transfer device must move in the Z direction to go back and forth between the test rooms and the carrier at different heights to take out or place the electronic components, which takes a lot of time to transfer materials. Especially for the test rooms on higher floors, the material transfer device needs to move a larger Z direction stroke and increase the material transfer time, which cannot improve the production efficiency.

The first object of the present invention is to provide a working device with a tray moving mechanism, wherein the tray moving mechanism comprises at least one conveying structure, a tray picking structure and a material picking structure, wherein the conveying structure is provided with a conveying driving source to drive a moving frame to move in a first direction, and the tray picking structure is provided with a supporting frame, a tray picking driving source and a top abutment, wherein the supporting frame is mounted on the moving frame, and the tray picking driving source is mounted on a side plate, and the tray picking driving source is used to drive the top abutment to move in a second direction from an initial position to a positioning position, and the material picking structure is mounted on the conveying structure and is provided with a picker to pick and place electronic components; thereby, the tray picking structure The top abutment of the structure is inserted into the notch of a carrier of electronic components, and the pick-up drive source drives the top abutment to move outward from the initial position of the notch along the guide slope of the carrier to the second direction to the positioning position, and the top abutment carrier is displaced in the first direction to fit the bottom surface of the side plate for positioning, so that the picker can pick up and place electronic components on the carrier. Not only does the conveying structure drive the pick-up structure and the material picking structure to move in the first direction synchronously, but the pick-up structure can also be used to quickly replace the carrier with the next batch of electronic components, thereby greatly shortening the material replacement operation time, thereby achieving the practical benefit of improving production efficiency.

The second object of the present invention is to provide an operating device with a pallet moving mechanism, wherein the pallet picking structure further includes a shifting unit, which is mounted on a moving frame of a conveying structure and is provided with a shifting drive source to drive the support frame to move in a third direction, so that the support frame drives the pallet to move synchronously, so that the picking structure can pick up and place electronic components in different rows of the pallet, thereby improving the efficiency of picking up and placing materials.

The third object of the present invention is to provide a working device with a tray moving mechanism, wherein the top abutment of the tray picking structure is displaced in a first direction and inserted into the initial position of the tray, and is displaced in a second direction to lift the tray to a positioning position during the travel, thereby avoiding the blockage on the bottom or side of the tray to facilitate the use of the tray, thereby achieving the practical benefit of improving the convenience of taking the tray.

The fourth object of the present invention is to provide a working machine, comprising a machine, a feeding device, a receiving device, a material transfer device, a working device and a central control device. The feeding device is arranged on the machine and is provided with at least one feeder for accommodating at least one electronic component to be processed; the receiving device is arranged on the machine and is provided with at least one receiving device for accommodating at least one processed electronic component; the material transfer device is arranged on the machine and is provided with at least one material transfer device for transferring electronic components; the working device is arranged on the machine and is provided with a testing mechanism , a tray supply mechanism and a tray transfer mechanism. The testing mechanism is equipped with at least one tester for testing electronic components. The tray supply mechanism is equipped with at least one tray supply rack for holding a detachable tray containing electronic components and transporting the tray to the tray transfer mechanism. The tray pick-up structure of the tray transfer mechanism can take and place the tray from the tray supply mechanism and use the material picking structure to transfer electronic components between the tray and the testing mechanism. The central control device controls and integrates the actions of each device to perform automated operations.

In order to enable you to have a further understanding of the present invention, a preferred embodiment is given below with accompanying drawings:

Please refer to FIGS. 1 to 5 , the tray moving mechanism 10 of the operating device of the present invention includes at least one conveying structure, a tray picking structure and a material picking structure.

At least one conveying structure is provided with at least one conveying driving source to drive at least one moving frame to move in a first direction; further, at least one conveying structure includes a first conveying structure and a second conveying structure. The first conveying structure is provided with a first conveying driving source to drive the first moving frame to move in a first direction, and the second conveying structure is provided with a second conveying driving source assembled on the first moving frame to drive the second moving frame to move in a second direction.

Based on the above, the third transport structure is further included. The third transport structure is provided with a third transport driving source assembled on the second moving frame to drive the third moving frame to move in the second direction.

In this embodiment, at least one conveying structure includes a first conveying structure, a second conveying structure and a third conveying structure. The first conveying structure includes a plurality of brackets 11, a first conveying drive source and a first moving frame. The plurality of brackets 11 are arranged in a first direction (such as a Z direction) and surround a tray supply area A. The tray supply area A can be used for the tray picking structure to take out or place a tray with electronic components. The first conveying drive source can drive the first moving frame to move along the bracket 11 in the Z direction in the tray supply area A. The first conveying drive source can be a linear motor, a cylinder or a motor and at least one transmission group. The at least one transmission group can be a screw screw seat group or a belt pulley group. In this embodiment, the first conveying drive source includes The first motor 121 and a plurality of first transmission groups, the plurality of first transmission groups are respectively first belt pulley groups 122, the first belt pulley groups 122 are mounted on the bracket 11 in the Z direction, the first motor 121 drives the plurality of first belt pulley groups 122 with a shaft, the first moving frame 13 is arranged in the second direction (such as the Y direction), and a plurality of connectors 131 are used to respectively connect the first belt pulley groups 122 that are opposite to each other, and the first belt pulley groups 122 can drive the first moving frame 13 to move in the Z direction in the tray supply area A; further, a slide rail group arranged in the Z direction is provided between the plurality of connectors 131 and the plurality of brackets 11 to assist the first moving frame 13 in moving.

According to the operation requirements, the first conveying driving source can be connected to drive the first moving frame 13 to move in the Z direction in the tray supply area A. For example, the first conveying driving source includes a motor and a screw seat assembly, and the screw seat of the screw seat assembly is connected to drive the first moving frame 13 to move in the Z direction. There is no need to configure a bracket, so as to reduce components and save costs.

The second transport structure is provided with a second transport drive source on the first moving frame 13. The second transport drive source can be a linear motor, a pressure cylinder, or includes a motor and at least one transmission group. The at least one transmission group can be a screw-screw seat group or a belt pulley group. In this embodiment, the second transport drive source includes a second motor 141 and a second transmission group. The second transmission group is a second belt pulley group 142 and is arranged in the Y direction on the first moving frame 13. The second belt pulley group 122 is connected to drive a second moving frame 15 arranged in the Y direction to make a Y-direction displacement.

The third transport structure is provided with a third transport drive source on the second moving frame 15. The third transport drive source can be a linear motor, a pressure cylinder, or includes a motor and at least one transmission group. The at least one transmission group can be a screw-screw seat group or a belt pulley group. In this embodiment, the third transport drive source includes a third motor 161 and a third transmission group. The third transmission group is a third belt pulley group 162 and is arranged in the Y direction on the second moving frame 15. The third belt pulley group 162 is connected to drive a third moving frame 17 arranged in the Y direction to make a Y-direction displacement.

The pick-up structure includes a support frame 21, a pick-up drive source and at least one top abutment. The support frame 21 is assembled on at least one moving frame of at least one conveying structure, and the pick-up drive source is assembled with a side plate. The pick-up drive source can drive at least one top abutment to move in the second direction. There is a accommodating space between the top abutment and the bottom surface of the side plate for accommodating one side of the carrier. The top abutment can move in the second direction from the initial position to the positioning position, so as to position the carrier by moving in the first direction to fit the side plate.

In this embodiment, the support frame 21 is placed across the first moving frame 13 with a top plate 211 arranged in a third direction (such as the X direction), and oppositely arranged side plates 212 are provided on both sides of the top plate 211. The two side plates 212 are located on both sides of the first moving frame 13 and the material picking structure, and are respectively equipped with a pick-up drive source. The pick-up drive source can be a linear motor, a cylinder, or includes a motor and at least one transmission group. In this embodiment, the pick-up drive source is a cylinder 22 arranged in the Y direction. The cylinder 22 can drive two top abutments 23 arranged in the X direction to move in the second direction. The top abutment 23 can be a roller or a block, and can move outward or inward from the initial position to the positioning position in a second direction. In this embodiment, the top abutment 23 is a roller arranged in the X direction, and a receiving space 24 is provided between the top abutment 23 and the bottom surface of the side plate 212 to accommodate one side of the carrier. The top abutment 23 can move outward from the initial position to the positioning position in the Y direction, so as to lift the carrier to move in the Z direction to fit the bottom surface of the side plate 212 for positioning.

As described above, the tray picking structure further includes a transposition unit, which is assembled on at least one moving frame of at least one conveying structure and is provided with a transposition driving source to drive the support frame 21 to move in the third direction.

In this embodiment, the transposition unit is equipped with a transposition drive source on the first moving frame 13 of the first conveying structure. The transposition drive source can be a linear motor, a pressure cylinder, or includes a motor and at least one transmission group. The at least one transmission group can be a screw seat group or a pulley group. In this embodiment, the transposition drive source includes a fourth motor 251 and a plurality of transmission groups. The plurality of transmission groups include a fourth pulley group 252 and a screw seat group 253. The fourth motor 251 can drive the fourth pulley group 252. The fourth pulley group 252 drives a screw seat group 253 arranged in the X direction. The screw seat group 253 is connected to the top plate 211 of the support frame 21 by a screw seat, and drives the support frame 21 to move in the X direction in the tray supply area A.

As described above, the pick-up structure is provided with at least one alignment member on the bottom surface of the side plate 212 of the support frame 21 for insertion into the alignment hole of the carrier; in this embodiment, the pick-up structure is provided with two alignment members, which are alignment pins 26, on the bottom surface of the side plate 212 of the support frame 21.

The picking structure is mounted on at least one moving frame of at least one conveying structure, and is provided with at least one picker for picking up and placing electronic components on the carrier moved by the picker structure; further, the picker can be fixedly configured or mounted on a pitch changer, and the pitch changer is used to adjust the distance with adjacent pickers; in this embodiment, the picking structure is mounted on the third moving frame 17 of the third conveying structure, and is provided with a pitch changer 31 to connect and assemble multiple pickers 32, and drive the multiple pickers 32 to move in the Y direction to adjust the distance between each other, and the multiple pickers 32 can move in the Z direction to pick up and place electronic components.

Please refer to Figures 6 to 11. According to the working requirements, the first conveying structure defines a material changing area B on the same side of the tray supply area A and outside the bracket 11. The material changing area B can provide a material transfer device (not shown) to take out or place electronic components on the detachable tray 51 carried by the tray supply mechanism 40; in this embodiment, the tray supply rack 41 of the tray supply mechanism 40 supports a detachable tray 51 and is located in the material changing area B, so that the material transfer device can move the electronic components to be processed into the tray 51. The tray supply rack 41 is displaced in the Y direction to carry the tray 51 from the material changing area B of the first conveying structure to the tray supply area A, so that the tray 51 is located below the tray picking structure.

However, the two side surfaces of the carrier 51 used for transporting the carrier 51 by the carrier moving mechanism are provided with inwardly recessed notches 511, and the bottom surface is provided with a guide slope 512 which gradually increases downward from one side of the notch 511 toward the other side away from the notch 511, and the carrier 51 is also provided with two alignment holes 513, and the two alignment holes 513 are relative to the alignment pins 26 of the support frame 21 of the pick-up structure.

The first motor 121 of the first conveying structure drives the first moving frame 13 to move downward in the Z direction in the tray supply area A through the first belt pulley set 122. The first moving frame 13 drives the tray pickup structure and the material picking structure to move downward synchronously, so that the alignment pin 26 of the support frame 21 of the tray pickup structure is inserted into the alignment hole 513 of the tray carrier 51, and the top abutment 23 is inserted into the notch 511 of the tray carrier 51 and is located at the initial position L1; the tray pickup structure drives the two top abutments 23 to move in the Y direction in opposite directions with the pressure cylinder 22, and the top abutments 23 move from the initial position During the process of L1 moving outwardly along the guide slope 512 of the carrier 51 in the Y direction to the positioning position L2, since the guide slope 512 is downwardly facing and gradually increasing in size, when the top stop 23 moves along the guide slope 512, one side of the carrier 51 can be first positioned in the accommodating space 24 between the top stop 23 and the bottom surface of the side plate 212, and then the carrier 51 can be pushed to move upward in the Z direction to fit the bottom surface of the side plate 212, so that the top stop 23 and the bottom surface of the side plate 212 clamp the carrier 51 to be positioned, and the carrier 51 can be taken from the tray rack 41.

The first motor 121 of the first conveying structure drives the first moving frame 13 to move upward in the Z direction in the tray supply area A via the first belt pulley set 122. The first moving frame 13 drives the pick-up structure and the material picking structure to move upward synchronously, so that the pick-up structure takes out a tray 51 of electronic components from the tray supply frame 41. Since the pick-up device 32 of the material picking structure is located above the tray 51, the pick-up device 32 moves in the Z direction on the tray 51 to take out the electronic components. After taking out the electronic components, the second motor 141 of the second conveying structure drives the second belt pulley set 122 to move upward in the Z direction. 42 drives the second moving frame 15 to move in the Y direction, the second moving frame 15 drives the third conveying structure, the picking structure and the electronic components to move in the first Y direction synchronously, the third motor 161 of the third conveying structure drives the third moving frame 17 to move in the Y direction via the third belt pulley set 162, the third moving frame 17 drives the picking structure and the electronic components to move in the second Y direction synchronously, so that the picker 32 of the picking structure moves the electronic components out of the supply tray area A and transfers them to the next mechanism (such as a testing mechanism) to perform a preset operation.

When the electronic components on the carrier 51 are used up or are full of processed electronic components, the first conveying structure can drive the pick-up structure to move in the Z direction to place the carrier 51 on the supply tray 41, and the pressure cylinder 22 of the pick-up structure can drive the top abutment 23 to move in the second direction from the positioning position L2 to the initial position L1 to release the carrier 51, so as to facilitate the replacement of the next carrier with electronic components to be processed.

According to the operation requirements, if the carrier 51 has multiple rows of electronic components, in order to enable the picker 32 of the picking structure to pick up and place electronic components of different rows on the carrier 51, the transposition unit of the picking structure drives the fourth belt pulley assembly 252 with the fourth motor 251, and the fourth belt pulley assembly 252 drives the screw seat assembly 253. The screw seat assembly 253 drives the support frame 21 to move in the X direction in the supply area, so that the carrier 51 moves in the X direction below the picker 32 to facilitate the picking up and placing of electronic components of different rows.

Please refer to Figures 1 to 12. The operating machine of the present invention includes a machine 70, a feeding device 80, a receiving device 90, a material transfer device 100, an operating device of the present invention, and a central control device (not shown); the feeding device 80 is mounted on the machine 70 and is provided with at least one feeder 81 for accommodating at least one electronic component to be processed. ; The receiving device 90 is mounted on the machine 70 and is provided with at least one receiving device 91 for accommodating at least one processed electronic component; the transferring device 100 is mounted on the machine 70 and is provided with at least one transferring device 101 for transferring electronic components; the operating device is arranged on the machine 70, including a tray supply mechanism 40, a tray moving mechanism 10 and a testing mechanism 60, the tray supply mechanism 40 is provided with at least one tray supply rack 41 for carrying a detachable tray 51, the transferring device 101 takes out the electronic component to be processed from the feeder 81 and moves it into the tray 51 located in the material changing area B , the tray rack 41 carries the tray 51 from the material exchange area B to the tray supply area A. The tray moving mechanism 10 includes at least one conveying structure, a tray picking structure and a material picking structure. The tray picking structure takes out the tray 51 from the tray rack 41 so that the material picking structure can take the electronic components to be processed. At least one conveying structure includes a first conveying structure, a second conveying structure and a third conveying structure, which respectively drive the tray picking structure and the material picking structure to move in the Z-Y direction, so that the material picking structure moves the electronic components to be processed on the tray 51 out of the tray supply area A and into the tester 61 of the test mechanism 60 to perform the test operation , and move the processed electronic components into the tray 51. The tray supply rack 41 carries a tray 51 with processed electronic components from the tray supply area A to the material exchange area B, so that the material transfer device 101 can transfer the processed electronic components on the tray 51 to the material receiver 91 for classification and storage according to the test results; the central control device (not shown) is used to control and integrate the actions of various devices to perform automated operations and achieve practical benefits of improving operating efficiency.

10: Pallet moving mechanism 11: Bracket 121: First motor 122: First pulley assembly 13: First moving frame 131: Connector 141: Second motor 142: Second pulley assembly 15: Second moving frame 161: Third motor 162: Third pulley assembly 17: Third moving frame 21: Support frame 211: Top plate 212: Side plate 22: Cylinder 23: Top stopper 24: Accommodation space 251: Fourth motor 252: Fourth pulley assembly 253: Screw and screw seat assembly 26: Alignment pin 31: Pitch changer 32: Pickup A: Pallet supply area B: Material change area 40: Pallet supply mechanism 41: tray rack 51: tray carrier 511: notch 512: guide slope 513: alignment hole L1: initial position L2: positioning position 60: test mechanism 61: tester 70: machine 80: feeding device 81: feeder 90: receiving device 91: receiving device 100: material transfer device 101: material transfer device

Figure 1: Side view of the tray moving mechanism of the working device of the present invention. Figure 2: Front view of the tray moving mechanism of the working device of the present invention. Figure 3: Partial top view of the tray moving mechanism. Figure 4: Partial front view of the tray moving mechanism. Figure 5: Partial side view of the tray moving mechanism. Figures 6 to 11: Schematic diagram of the use of the tray moving mechanism. Figure 12: Configuration diagram of the working device of the present invention applied to a working machine.

10: Moving mechanism

11: Bracket

121: First Motor

122: First pulley assembly

13: First mobile rack

131: Connector

141: Second Motor

142: Second pulley assembly

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162: Third pulley assembly

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26: Alignment pin

31: Pitch converter

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A: Supply tray area

Claims (10)

A working device with a tray moving mechanism, comprising: At least one conveying structure: provided with at least one conveying driving source, to drive at least one moving frame to move in a first direction; A tray picking structure: comprising a support frame, a tray picking driving source and at least one top abutment, the support frame is mounted on the moving frame, and the tray picking driving source is mounted on a side plate, the tray picking driving source can drive the top abutment to move in a second direction, a tray is accommodated between the top abutment and the side plate, the top abutment can move from an initial position in the second direction to a positioning position, and can move in the first direction against the tray to fit the side plate for positioning; Picking structure: It is installed on the at least one conveying structure and is provided with at least one picker for picking up and placing electronic components on the carrier moved by the picking structure. The operating device with a pallet moving mechanism as described in claim 1, wherein the at least one conveying structure includes a first conveying structure and a second conveying structure, wherein the first conveying structure is provided with a first conveying driving source to drive the first moving frame to move in the first direction, and the second conveying structure is provided with a second conveying driving source mounted on the first moving frame to drive the second moving frame to move in the second direction, so as to drive the picking structure to move. The operating device with a pallet moving mechanism as described in claim 2 further includes a third transport structure, which is provided with a third transport driving source mounted on the second moving frame to drive the third moving frame to move in the second direction so as to drive the picking structure to move. In the operating device with a tray moving mechanism as described in claim 2, the first conveying structure is provided with a plurality of brackets arranged in a first direction, the plurality of brackets surround a tray supply area, and the first conveying driving source can drive the first moving frame to move in the first direction in the tray supply area. In the operating device with a tray moving mechanism as described in claim 1, the top abutment of the tray picking structure can move in the second direction outward or inward from the initial position to the positioning position. In the operating device with a tray moving mechanism as described in claim 1, there is a storage space between the top abutment of the tray picking structure and the bottom surface of the side plate for accommodating one side of the tray. As described in claim 1, the operating device with a tray moving mechanism, the tray picking structure further includes a transposition unit, which is assembled on the at least one moving frame of the at least one conveying structure and is provided with a transposition driving source to drive the support frame to move in a third direction. In the operating device with a tray moving mechanism as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, the tray picking structure is provided with at least one alignment member on the bottom surface of the side plate of the support frame. In the operating device with a pallet moving mechanism as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, the picking structure is provided with a pitch changer for assembling a plurality of the pickers. A working machine, comprising: a machine; a feeding device: arranged on the machine and provided with at least one feeder for accommodating at least one electronic component to be processed; a receiving device: arranged on the machine and provided with at least one receiving device for accommodating at least one processed electronic component; a material transfer device: arranged on the machine and provided with at least one material transfer device for transferring electronic components; at least one working device with a tray transfer mechanism as described in claim 1: arranged on the machine, the working device It includes a testing mechanism, a tray supply mechanism and the tray transfer mechanism. The testing mechanism is provided with at least one tester for testing electronic components. The tray supply mechanism is provided with at least one tray supply rack for carrying a detachable tray containing electronic components and transporting the tray to the tray transfer mechanism. The tray pick-up structure of the tray transfer mechanism can take and place the tray in the tray supply mechanism, and use the material picking structure to transfer electronic components between the tray and the testing mechanism. Central control device: to control and integrate the actions of various devices to perform automated operations.

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