TWM591096U - Thin plate stacking device - Google Patents

Abstract

A thin-plate stacking device first places a first film on a stacking area, and then uses a first adsorption member to adsorb a substrate on a first temporary storage area, and laterally moves the substrate on the first film to allow The substrate completely overlaps with the first film, and at the same time allows the second suction member of the second robot arm to adsorb the second film, and the third suction component of the third robot arm adsorbs the third film, after laterally moving the second and third robot arms, The third film is placed and completely overlapped on the substrate, and then the second robot arm is moved laterally at a short distance. After removing the third suction component, the second robot arm is lowered to cross the second film on the third Above the film, after repeating the above-mentioned stacking steps, a plurality of thin plates are laterally stacked.

Description

Thin plate stacking device

This creation relates to a thin-plate stacking device, especially one that can effectively improve the efficiency of stacking a substrate and a thin film into a thin plate.

In the manufacturing process of printed circuit boards, before the substrate is exposed, a photoresist layer and a film adhered to the surface of the photoresist layer are formed on the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate, respectively, and after the exposure, the film is peeled off to make the photoresist The layer is exposed for subsequent development and etching procedures. Before the above-mentioned substrate with a photoresist layer and the thin film are formed into a thin plate, at present, it is mainly stacked manually. After the substrate and the thin films are sequentially stacked up and down, the thin film is adhered to the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate respectively .

However, the above manual stacking method is not only inaccurate, but also unsatisfactory in overall operating efficiency. In view of this, in order to provide a structure that is different from conventional technology and improves the above-mentioned shortcomings, the creators have accumulated many years Experience and continuous R&D and improvement have resulted in this creation.

One of the purposes of this creation is to provide a thin-plate stacking device that can solve the problem of stacking conventional substrates and thin films manually, and can simplify the stacking of substrates, thin films and thin plates through the transfer procedure of several robot arms. In order to effectively improve the efficiency of the overall operation; After completing the stacking operation of a single thin plate, a short-distance lateral offset action is generated, so that a plurality of thin plates can cross and stack with each other laterally, so that the operator can quickly separate the stacked thin plates.

In order to achieve the purpose of the above-mentioned creation, the thin-plate stacking device provided in this creation includes a frame, a first implement and a second implement. The frame includes a first support base, a second support base and a third support base, the first support base has a first temporary storage area, the second support base has a second temporary storage area, and the third support base It has a stacking area; the first implement has a first robot arm, and one end of the first robot arm has a first suction member for suctioning and moving a substrate on the first temporary storage area, and then releasing the substrate on the stacking area; The second implement has a second robot arm and at least a third robot arm, and one end of the second robot arm has a second adsorption member for adsorbing a film on the second temporary storage area, and then releasing the film on the stacking area , At least one third robot arm is connected to the bottom of the second robot arm in a manner that can move up, down, left and right, and one end of any third robot arm has a third adsorption component for adsorbing a film on the second temporary storage area , And then release the film on the stacking area.

During implementation, a plurality of thin plates are stacked on the stacking area of the third support base in a laterally crossing manner.

During implementation, the first robot arm includes a first traverse mechanism and a first lifting mechanism. The first traverse mechanism is connected to the first lifting mechanism, and the first lifting mechanism is connected to the first suction member to drive the first suction member A substrate moves horizontally or vertically.

During implementation, the second robot arm includes a second traverse mechanism and a second lifting mechanism. The second traverse mechanism is connected to the second lifting mechanism, and the second lifting mechanism is connected to the second suction member to drive the second suction member A film moves horizontally or vertically.

During implementation, the third suction component includes a third suction component and a fourth suction component, and the third robot arm includes a third traverse mechanism, a third lifting mechanism, a fourth traversing mechanism, and a fourth lifting mechanism , The third traverse mechanism is connected to the third lifting mechanism, the third lifting mechanism is connected to the third suction member, the fourth horizontal translation mechanism is connected to the fourth lifting mechanism, and the fourth lifting mechanism is connected to the fourth suction member, the third suction member and the fourth The suction member absorbs a thin film together.

During implementation, the third traversing mechanism and the fourth traversing mechanism are located on the same plane, and the third lifting mechanism and the fourth traversing mechanism are relatively close to or away from each other in a reverse manner. Lifting mechanism.

In order to have a more in-depth understanding of this creation, I will elaborate on it later:

1‧‧‧Thin plate stacking device

11‧‧‧ substrate

12‧‧‧ First film

13‧‧‧Second film

14‧‧‧ Third film

15‧‧‧Thin

2‧‧‧Frame

21‧‧‧Frame main body

22‧‧‧First support base

221‧‧‧ First temporary storage area

23‧‧‧Second support

231‧‧‧second temporary storage area

24‧‧‧The third support

241‧‧‧Stacking area

3‧‧‧The first machine

31‧‧‧The first robot arm

311‧‧‧First traverse mechanism

312‧‧‧First lifting mechanism

32‧‧‧The first adsorption part

321‧‧‧The first plate rack

322‧‧‧First sucker

4‧‧‧Second machine

41‧‧‧The second robot arm

411‧‧‧Second traverse mechanism

412‧‧‧Second lifting mechanism

42‧‧‧The third robot arm

421‧‧‧The third traverse mechanism

422‧‧‧The third lifting mechanism

423‧‧‧The fourth traverse mechanism

424‧‧‧ Fourth lifting mechanism

43‧‧‧Second adsorption piece

44‧‧‧The third adsorption module

441‧‧‧The third adsorption part

442‧‧‧The fourth adsorption part

443‧‧‧Notch

Figure 1 is a top view of a thin plate stacking device created for this.

Figure 2 is a front view of the thin plate stacking device created for this.

Figure 3 is a usage diagram of the second machine for creating a thin plate stacking device.

Figures 4, 5, and 6 are schematic diagrams of the state of use of the thin-plate stacking device when stacking thin plates.

This creation is a thin plate stacking device, wherein the thin plate is a flat plate such as a printed circuit board, including a substrate, the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate have a thin film respectively, in different use states, the upper film or the lower film The number can also be more than one layer.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which is a preferred embodiment of the thin plate stacking device 1, which includes a frame 2, a first implement 3 and a second implement 4. The frame 2 has a frame body 21, and the frame body 21 has a first support base 22 and a second support arranged in an L shape The supporting base 23 and a third supporting base 24 may be implemented in a parallel shape with the first supporting base 22, the second supporting base 23, and the third supporting base 24. In practice, the first support base 22 is one end of the conveyor belt, and the first support base 22 may also be a carrying device such as a cart; the first support base 22 has a first temporary storage area 221 for bearing positioning at least A substrate, the second support base 23 has a second temporary storage area 231 for supporting and positioning at least one film, and the third support base 24 has a stacking area 241 for supporting and positioning a plurality of stacked thin plates.

The first implement 3 includes a first robot arm 31 and a first suction member 32. The first robot arm 31 includes a first traverse mechanism 311 and a first lifting mechanism 312. The first traverse mechanism 311 is connected to the frame body 21 And straddle the tops of the first support base 22 and the third support base 24. The first traverse mechanism 311 is a combination of an opportunistic motor and a belt gear set. When implemented, the first traverse mechanism 311 may also be a pneumatic cylinder The combination with the piston push rod group; the first lifting mechanism 312 is a combination of an opportunistic motor and a screw. In implementation, the first lifting mechanism 312 can also be a combination of an air cylinder, a gear, and a rack, and the first lifting mechanism 312 is connected upward The first traverse mechanism 311 allows the first lifting mechanism 312 to move back and forth between the first temporary storage area 221 and the stacking area 241; and the first suction member 32 includes a first plate frame 321 and a plurality of distributed combination The first suction cups 322 on the first plate holder 321, the bottom suction nozzles of the plurality of first suction cups 322 face down, and the tops of the plurality of first suction cups 322 are respectively connected to the air compressor, thereby generating upward suction power to suck the substrate, Or stop the power of adsorption to separate the substrate and the plurality of first suction cups 322 and fall. In practice, the first suction member 32 is connected to the bottom of the first lifting mechanism 312. When the first lifting mechanism 312 moves laterally above the first temporary storage area 221 or the stacking area 241, the first lifting mechanism 312 passes through the first lifting mechanism 312. Ascending or descending, the first adsorption member 32 can adsorb a substrate on the first temporary storage area 221, and then release the substrate on the stacking area 241.

The second implement 4 includes a second robot arm, at least a third robot arm, Two suction components and at least one third suction component, and in this embodiment, the first implement 4 includes a second robot arm 41, a third robot arm 42, a second suction component 43, and a third suction component 44. The second robot arm 41 includes a second traverse mechanism 411 and a second lifting mechanism 412. The second traverse mechanism 411 is connected to the frame body 21 and spans between the second support base 23 and the third support base 24 At the top, the second traverse mechanism 411 is a combination of an opportunistic motor and a belt gear set. When implemented, the second traverse mechanism 411 can also be a combination of a pneumatic cylinder and a piston push rod set; the second lifting mechanism 412 is an opportunistic motor In combination with the screw, in implementation, the second lifting mechanism 412 may also be a combination of an air cylinder, a gear, and a rack. The second lifting mechanism 412 is connected upward to the second traverse mechanism 411, so that the second lifting mechanism 412 is in the second The temporary storage area 231 and the stacking area 241 move back and forth; and the second suction member 43 has the same suction cup structure as the first suction member 32, so as to generate the upward suction force to suck the film, or stop the suction force to lower the film . In practice, the second suction member 43 is connected to the bottom of the second lifting mechanism 412. When the second lifting mechanism 412 moves laterally above the second temporary storage area 231 or the stacking area 241, the second lifting mechanism 412 passes through the second lifting mechanism 412. Ascending or descending, the second adsorption member 43 can adsorb a film on the second temporary storage area 231, and then release the film on the stacking area 241.

The third robot arm 42 is connected to the lower robot arm 41 in a movable manner up, down, left, and right. The third robot arm 42 includes a third traverse mechanism 421, a third lifting mechanism 422, and a fourth traverse Mechanism 423 and a fourth lifting mechanism 424. Among them, the third traverse mechanism 421, the third elevating mechanism 422, the fourth traverse mechanism 423 and the fourth elevating mechanism 424 are respectively a combination of the opportunistic motor and the screw. When implemented, the third traverse mechanism 421 and the third elevating mechanism 422, the fourth traverse mechanism 423 and the fourth lifting mechanism 424 can also be a combination of a pneumatic cylinder and a gear and a rack, or a combination of a pneumatic cylinder and a piston push rod group. The third traverse mechanism 421 and the fourth traverse mechanism 424 are located on the same plane, and the third traverse mechanism 421 is connected upward to the third lifting mechanism 422, and the third traverse mechanism 421 faces The third suction member 441 is connected downward; the fourth traverse mechanism 423 is connected upward to the fourth lifting mechanism 424, the fourth traverse mechanism 423 is connected downward to the fourth suction member 442, and the third suction member 441 and the fourth suction member 442 are co-located It is a third suction component 44, so that when the third traverse mechanism 421 and the fourth traverse mechanism 423 are relatively close to each other, the third suction component 44 sucks a film, and the third traverse mechanism 421 and the fourth traverse When the mechanism 423 moves away in the reverse direction, the second adsorption member 43 is lowered and passes through the gap 443 between the third adsorption member 441 and the fourth adsorption member 442 to adsorb the thin film on the second temporary storage area 231, and after the adsorption Go up through the gap 443 to restore the original position.

Therefore, as shown in Figures 3 to 6, the method of using the thin-plate stacking device 1 includes the following steps:

a. Place at least one substrate 11 on the first temporary storage area 221 of the first support base 22, place at least one film on the second temporary storage area 231 of the second support base 23, and place a first film 12 It is positioned on the stacking area 241 of the third support base 24.

b. After the first adsorption member 32 adsorbs a substrate 11 on the first temporary storage area 221, the substrate 11 is laterally moved and placed on the first film 12 of the stacking area 241, so that the substrate 11 and the first film 12 completely overlap ; At the same time let the second suction member 43 of the second robotic arm 41 of the second implement 4 adsorb a second film 13 on the second temporary storage area 231, and the third suction element 44 of the third robotic arm 42 adsorbs the second temporary storage One third film 14 on the area 231.

c. Move the second robot arm 41 and the third robot arm 42 laterally, and use the third robot arm 42 to place the third film 14 above the substrate 12 in the stacking area 241, so that the third film 14 completely overlaps the substrate 12, and then Move the second robot arm 41 laterally at a short distance, and after separating the third suction member 441 and the fourth suction member 442, let the second robot arm 41 descend to place the second film 13 and let the second film 13 cross stack Above the third film 14.

d. Repeat steps b and c, so that the plurality of thin plates 15 are stacked on the stacking area 241 of the third support base 24 in a manner of stacking transversely with each other.

In the above step a, the first film 12 is pre-sucked and positioned by the third suction component 441 of the third robot arm 42. In steps b and c, when the second adsorption element 43 and the third adsorption element 44 are located above the second temporary storage area 231 at the same time, the third adsorption element 441 and the fourth adsorption element 442 of the third adsorption element 4 are separated , The second adsorption member 43 can be lowered and passed through the gap 443 between the third adsorption member 441 and the fourth adsorption member 442 to adsorb the second film 13 on the second temporary storage area 231, and upward after adsorption Through the gap 443 to return to the original position, when the third adsorption member 441 and the fourth adsorption member 442 are relatively close, the third adsorption member 441 and the fourth adsorption member 442 can adsorb the third film 14 together, allowing the second The implement 4 moves two films at the same time, and places the second film 13 and the third film 14 in sequence above the stacking area 241 of the third support base 24, respectively.

Therefore, this creation has the following advantages:

1. This creative process uses three robotic arms to simplify the stacking of substrates, films and thin plates. Therefore, it can increase the accuracy of stacking and improve the efficiency of the overall operation.

2. After completing the stacking operation of a single sheet, the second robot arm will produce a short-distance lateral offset action, so that a plurality of sheets can be stacked laterally on the stacking area of the third support base. Therefore, you can It is convenient for the operator to quickly separate each sheet after the stacking operation is completed, so as to save working time.

In summary, according to the content disclosed above, this creation can indeed achieve the intended purpose, providing a thin plate stacking device that can effectively stack the substrate and the thin film into thin plates, and can quickly separate the thin plates to improve the operating efficiency It is of great value for industrial use, and a new patent application is filed in accordance with the law.

13‧‧‧Second film

4‧‧‧Second machine

41‧‧‧The second robot arm

42‧‧‧The third robot arm

43‧‧‧Second adsorption piece

44‧‧‧The third adsorption module

441‧‧‧The third adsorption part

442‧‧‧The fourth adsorption part

443‧‧‧Notch

Claims (5)

A thin plate stacking device, the thin plate includes a substrate, the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate have at least one film, the thin plate stacking device includes: a frame, including a first support base, a second support base and a third A support base, the first support base has a first temporary storage area, the second support base has a second temporary storage area, the third support base has a stacking area; a first implement has a first machine Arm, one end of the first robotic arm has a first suction member for suctioning and moving a substrate on the first temporary storage area, and then releases the substrate on the stacking area; and a second machine, which has a A second robot arm and at least a third robot arm, one end of the second robot arm has a second adsorption member for adsorbing a film on the second temporary storage area, and then release the film on the stacking area, The at least one third robot arm is connected to the second robot arm in a manner that can move up, down, left, and right. One end of any third robot arm has a third adsorption component for adsorbing the second temporary storage area A film, and then release the film on the stacking area. The thin plate stacking device as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the first robot arm includes a first traverse mechanism and a first lifting mechanism, the first traverse mechanism is connected to the first lifting mechanism, the first A lifting mechanism is connected to the first suction member to drive a substrate on the first suction member to move horizontally or vertically. The thin plate stacking device as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the second robot arm includes a second traverse mechanism and a second lifting mechanism, and the second traverse mechanism is connected to the second lifting mechanism Mechanism, the second elevating mechanism is connected to the second adsorption member, and is used to drive a film on the second adsorption member to move horizontally or vertically. The thin plate stacking device as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the third suction assembly includes a third suction member and a fourth suction member, and the third robot arm includes a third traverse mechanism, a third Lifting mechanism, a fourth traversing mechanism and a fourth lifting mechanism, the third traversing mechanism is connected to the third lifting mechanism, the third lifting mechanism is connected to the third adsorption member, and the fourth traversing mechanism is connected to the first Four lifting mechanisms, the fourth lifting mechanism is connected to the fourth adsorption member, and the third adsorption member and the fourth adsorption member jointly adsorb a thin film. The thin plate stacking device as described in item 4 of the patent application scope, wherein the third traverse mechanism and the fourth traverse mechanism are located on the same plane, and the third traverse mechanism and the fourth traverse mechanism are The third relative lifting mechanism and the fourth lifting mechanism are respectively connected in a manner that the mechanism is relatively close or far away in the reverse direction.

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