TWI697450B - A thin plate turnover device and a method for using the same (1) - Google Patents

Abstract

A thin plate turnover device comprises a first support base, a second support base, a bracket and a robot arm. The top surface of the first support base has a first temporary storage area, and the top surface of the second support base has a second temporary storage area. The bracket has a positioning portion, and one end of the robot arm has an adsorption member. A method for using the thin plate turnover device comprises steps of: adsorbing an upper surface of a thin plate onto the first temporary storage areas by an adsorption member; moving and positioning the thin plate onto the positioning portion of the bracket, and separating the adsorption member from the upper surface of the thin plate; adsorbing a lower surface of the thin plate on the positioning portion by the adsorbing member, so that the thin plate is turned over to be moved and placed onto the second temporary storage area of the second supporting base.

Description

Thin plate turning device and its using method (1)

The present invention relates to a thin plate turning device and a method of use thereof, especially one that can effectively improve the turning efficiency of thin plates.

In the manufacturing process of the printed circuit board, before the substrate is exposed, a photoresist layer and a film adhered to the surface of the photoresist layer are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate, respectively. After the lower two sides are exposed, the film is peeled off to expose the photoresist layer for subsequent development and etching procedures. In the above exposure procedure, an exposure machine can only expose the upper or lower surface of the PCB board at a time. In this way, for the PCB board that only needs single-sided exposure, there is no problem in operation, but for the PCB board that requires double-sided exposure, it is necessary to turn the PCB board over after one surface is exposed. To carry out the exposure operation of another surface.

For other types of thin plates (such as sandblasted glass), if double-sided processing is required, and the upper and lower surfaces are processed separately, it is also necessary to turn the thin plate over after processing one surface. A surface processing operation.

However, the above-mentioned turning operation of the thin plate is mainly carried out by manual operation, which is not ideal in the overall work efficiency, and it is often necessary to purchase two sets of the same equipment at the same time. The double surface is processed, which greatly increases the production cost. In view of this, in order to provide a structure and its use method different from the conventional technology, and to improve the above-mentioned shortcomings, the inventor has accumulated many years of experience and continuous research and development and improvement, and thus the present invention is born.

One purpose of the present invention is to provide a thin plate turning device and a method of use thereof, so as to solve the problem that the conventional thin plate is turned manually, and then the upper and lower surfaces of the thin plate are processed separately, which can be processed by a robot arm The structure and method of positioning at least one thin plate on a positioning part of a bracket, and then allowing the robotic arm to turn the thin plate over and placing it on a support base, to effectively improve the efficiency of the overall operation and reduce the repeated purchase cost of equipment .

In order to achieve the above objective, the thin plate turning device provided by the present invention includes a first support base, a second support base, a bracket and a robotic arm. Wherein, the top surface of the first support base has a first temporary storage area for supporting at least one thin plate; the top surface of the second supporting base has a second temporary storage area for supporting at least one thin plate after turning over; A positioning part for positioning at least one thin plate; and one end of the robot arm has a suction member for sucking a thin plate on the first temporary storage area to be positioned on the positioning part of the bracket, and turning the thin plate on the positioning part to move To be placed on the second temporary storage area.

In implementation, the positioning portion includes a first vertical plate and a plurality of suction cups, and the plurality of suction cups are connected to a side surface of the first vertical plate.

In implementation, the first vertical plate includes a plurality of first supporting plates, and the plurality of first supporting plates are parallel to each other and have a first interval.

During implementation, a plurality of suction cups are connected to a side surface of a plurality of first supporting plates.

In implementation, the positioning part includes a first vertical board and a second vertical board, the first vertical board is flat The second vertical board is arranged, and a slot is formed between the first vertical board and the second vertical board.

In implementation, the second vertical plate includes a plurality of second supporting plates, and the plurality of second supporting plates are parallel to each other and have a second interval.

In implementation, the bracket is either a vertical frame or a horizontal frame.

The method of using the thin plate turning device provided in the present invention includes: a. stacking at least one thin plate on the first temporary storage area on the top surface of the first support seat; b. adsorbing the first temporary storage area by the suction member at one end of the robot arm On the upper surface of a thin plate on a temporary storage area, move the thin plate to be positioned on the positioning part of the bracket, and separate the suction member from the thin plate; and c. suck the lower surface of the thin plate on the positioning part through the suction member, thereby allowing The thin plate is turned over and placed on the second temporary storage area of the second support base.

In order to further understand the present invention, the following is a detailed description of the specific components of the present invention and the effects achieved by the preferred embodiments, in conjunction with the drawings and figure numbers.

1‧‧‧Thin plate turning device

2‧‧‧First support seat

21‧‧‧First Space

22‧‧‧First temporary storage area

3‧‧‧Second support base

31‧‧‧Second Space

32‧‧‧Second Temporary Storage Area

4‧‧‧Support

41‧‧‧First riser

411、512‧‧‧Sucker

412‧‧‧Positioning Department

42‧‧‧First support plate

421‧‧‧First interval

422‧‧‧Slot

43‧‧‧Second riser

431‧‧‧Second support plate

432‧‧‧Second interval

5‧‧‧Robot arm

51‧‧‧Adsorption parts

511‧‧‧Plate rack

9‧‧‧Thin Plate

91‧‧‧Upper surface

92‧‧‧Lower surface

Figure 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the creative thin plate turning device.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional appearance of the first embodiment of the creation of the thin plate turning device when the bracket is in another embodiment.

Figures 3, 4, and 5 are schematic diagrams of the use state of the robotic arm of the first embodiment of the creative thin plate turning device when moving and turning the thin plate.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional appearance of the bracket of the second embodiment of the creative thin plate turning device.

This creation is a thin plate turning device and its use method, wherein the thin plate is a flat plate such as a printed circuit board. When implemented, the thin plate can also be a flat plate such as sandblasted glass. The thin plate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is the first embodiment of the creative thin plate turning device 1, which includes a first support base 2, a second support base 3, a support 4 and a robotic arm 5. Among them, the first support base 2 and the second support base 3 are arranged in an L-shape that is roughly perpendicular to each other to form a first space 21 in the inward bending angle, and a second space 31 in the outward bending angle. . During implementation, the first support base 2 and the second support base 3 can also be arranged adjacent to each other in a "one" shape. The top surface of the first support base 2 has a flat first temporary storage area 22 for carrying at least one thin plate 9; the top surface of the second support base 3 has a flat second temporary storage area 32 for carrying and turning At least one thin plate 9 behind the face.

The bracket 4 and the robotic arm 5 are simultaneously arranged in the first space 21, and the bracket 4 is a vertical frame. The upper half of the bracket 4 has a first vertical plate 41. One side of the first vertical plate 41 is provided with a plurality of suction cups 411 arranged in an array. One end of the plurality of suction cups 411 is respectively connected to an air compressor to generate suction Therefore, the first vertical plate 41 and the plurality of suction cups 411 are combined as a positioning portion 412. In this embodiment, the first vertical plate 41 includes a plurality of upright first supporting plates 42, the plurality of first supporting plates 42 are parallel to each other and have a first interval 421, respectively, and a plurality of suction cups 411 are arranged at intervals on the first support. One side of the board 42 is on the surface. In implementation, the bracket 4 can also be a horizontal frame with a vertical frame placed 90 degrees upside down, as shown in FIG. 2, and set on a side table in the second space 31.

One end of the robot arm 5 has a suction member 51. The suction member 51 includes a plate frame 511 and a plurality of suction cups 512 distributed and combined on the plate frame 511. One end of the plurality of suction cups 512 is respectively connected to an air compressor to generate suction. power.

Therefore, the method of using the creative thin plate turning device 1 includes the following steps:

a. Stack at least one thin plate 9 on the first temporary storage area 22 on the top surface of the first support base 2.

b. Move the suction member 51 at one end of the robotic arm 5 downwards to allow the suction member 51 to adsorb the first temporary storage area 22 The upper surface 91 of the uppermost thin plate 9 is above. As shown in Figure 3, the robot arm 5 is moved to move the thin plate 9 so that the lower surface 92 of the thin plate 9 is adsorbed on the plurality of suction cups 411 of the positioning portion 412 of the bracket 4, and then the suction member 51 and the thin plate 9 The upper surface 91 is separated.

c. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, move the suction member 51 at one end of the robotic arm 5 to allow the suction member 51 to adsorb the lower surface 92 of the thin plate 9 on the positioning portion 412, so that the thin plate 9 is turned over and the machine is moved After the arm 5 is placed, the thin plate 9 turned up and down is placed on the second temporary storage area 32 of the second support base 3.

Figure 6 is the second embodiment of the creative thin plate turning device 1. The difference from the first embodiment is that the positioning portion 412 includes a first vertical plate 41 and a second vertical plate 43. The plate 41 is parallel to the second vertical plate 43, and there is a slot 422 between the first vertical plate 41 and the second vertical plate 43, so that the thin plate 9 can be inserted and positioned. In this embodiment, in addition to the first vertical plate 41 including a plurality of upright first supporting plates 42 which are parallel to each other and have a first interval 421 respectively, the second vertical plate 43 also includes A plurality of second supporting plates 431 and a plurality of second supporting plates 431 are parallel to each other and have a second interval 432. Thereby, a plurality of suction cups 512 of the robot arm 5 can respectively pass through the first gap 421 between the first support plates 42 and the second gap 432 between the second support plates 431, and the thin plate 9 can be placed and positioned. In the slot 422 of the positioning portion 412 of the bracket 4, or after the sheet 9 is adsorbed, the sheet 9 is slid out from the slot 422 to separate the sheet 9 from the bracket 4.

In summary, according to the content disclosed above, this creation can indeed achieve the expected purpose, providing a thin plate that can be sucked from the first support base by a robotic arm, and the thin plate is positioned on the positioning part of a bracket , And then let the robotic arm absorb the thin plate in the reverse direction, so as to turn the thin plate over and place it on the second support seat, which effectively simplifies the operation procedure, improves the overall work efficiency, and reduces the repeated purchase cost of the machine. Its use method is extremely industrially used Value, Yan filed an invention patent application in accordance with the law.

Although this creation discloses better specific embodiments to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, it is not intended to limit the structural features of this creation. Any person with ordinary knowledge in the technical field should know that under the technical spirit of this creation, any easy thinking The changes or modifications are possible, and they are all covered by the scope of patent application for this creation.

1: Thin plate turning device

2: The first support seat

21: The first space

22: The first temporary storage area

3: The second support base

31: second space

32: The second temporary storage area

4: bracket

41: The first riser

411, 512: Suction cups

412: Positioning Department

42: The first support plate

421: first interval

5: Robotic arm

51: Adsorption parts

511: plate rack

9: Thin plate

91: upper surface

Claims (8)

A thin plate turning device. The thin plate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The thin plate turning device comprises: a first support seat, and a first temporary storage area on the top surface for carrying at least A thin plate; a second support base with a second temporary storage area on the top surface for carrying the at least one thin plate after being turned over; a bracket with a positioning portion for positioning the at least one thin plate; and a machine The arm has a suction member at one end for sucking the thin plate on the first temporary storage area to be positioned on the positioning portion of the support, and turning the thin plate on the positioning portion to move it to the second Second, the temporary storage area. For the thin plate turning device described in claim 1, wherein the positioning portion includes a first vertical plate and a plurality of suction cups, and the plurality of suction cups are connected to a side surface of the first vertical plate. According to the thin plate turning device described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, the first vertical plate includes a plurality of first supporting plates, and the plurality of first supporting plates are parallel to each other and have a first interval. The thin plate turning device described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the plurality of suction cups are connected to one of the side plates of the plurality of first supporting plates. For the thin plate turning device described in claim 1, wherein the positioning portion includes a first vertical plate and a second vertical plate, the first vertical plate is parallel to the second vertical plate, and the first vertical plate A slot is formed between the second vertical board. According to the thin plate turning device described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, the second vertical plate includes a plurality of second supporting plates, and the plurality of second supporting plates are parallel to each other and have a second interval. The thin plate turning device described in any one of items 1 to 6 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the bracket is one of a vertical frame or a horizontal frame. A method of using the thin plate turning device described in any one of items 1 to 6 of the scope of the patent application includes: a. stacking at least one thin plate on the first temporary storage area on the top surface of the first support seat On; b. The upper surface of the thin plate on the first temporary storage area is absorbed by the suction member at one end of the robotic arm, the thin plate is moved to be positioned on the positioning portion of the bracket, and the suction member Separate from the thin plate; and c. Adsorb the lower surface of the thin plate on the positioning portion through the suction member, so that the thin plate is turned over and placed on the second temporary storage area of the second support base.

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