CN108237787A - One kind is detected automatically for connector size and laser marking device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses one kind for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device, it is characterised in that：Including detecting turntable, feeding mechanism, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging mechanism, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device automatically and for connector lateral surface measuring device；It is automatic to detect turntable, feeding mechanism, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging mechanism, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device and be arranged at cabinet for connector lateral surface measuring device；The slot data that connector size detects automatically is provided on automatic detection turntable；Feeding mechanism, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging mechanism, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device and it is located at respectively for connector lateral surface measuring device around automatic detection turntable.The present invention can realize that the size of connector detects and produce automatically the laser marking of Article Number and the automatic sorting of non-defective unit and defective products.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of connector size automatic checkout equipments, are specifically a kind of automatic for connector size
Detection and laser marking device.
Background technology
Space flight plug is one kind of connector, and connector is the more universal electric component of electronics industry dosage.Each
In electron-like system, connector is that interface unit and component, component and unit, unit and unit, system and system are essential
Base components.
Current most of electric connector manufacturing enterprises are all judged using the method that artificial detection or simple tool measure
Its defect, detection is time-consuming and laborious, be easy to cause visual fatigue, and accuracy is relatively low.The aviation of 12 periods, Hai Gong, information row
Requirement of the industry to high-end electromechanical assemblies technical merit is higher and higher, and electric connector mass defect is not also allowed to, and is electrically connected
100% zero defect is required during device inspecton of quality conformity project.Additionally, due to the continuous improvement of electric connector production efficiency, production
The stability of overall process is challenged, and how high-efficiency high-accuracy monitors product, realizes defects detection, identification, completes high-quality production
The manufacture of product and the structure of efficient production environment become the important means of modern enterprise production management and quality guarantee.
Invention content
It is an object of the invention to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, provide one kind herein and are detected automatically for connector size
With laser marking device, can realize connector size detect and produce automatically Article Number laser marking and non-defective unit with it is bad
The automatic sorting of product.
The invention is realized in this way construction is a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device, it is special
Sign is：Including detecting turntable, feeding mechanism, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging mechanism, connector end and frontage dimension automatically
Measuring device and for connector lateral surface measuring device；Automatic detection turntable, feeding mechanism, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging machine
Structure, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device and it is arranged at cabinet for connector lateral surface measuring device；Automatically
The slot data that connector size detects automatically is provided on detection turntable；Feeding mechanism, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging mechanism, company
Connect the week that device end is located at automatic detection turntable with frontage dimension measuring device and for connector lateral surface measuring device respectively
It encloses.
According to of the present invention a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device, it is characterised in that：From
Sequentially it is feeding mechanism, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device and for company from left to right around dynamic detection turntable
Connect device lateral surface measuring device, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging mechanism.
According to of the present invention a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device, it is characterised in that：Institute
It states feeding mechanism and includes feeding-passage, material splitting cylinder 203,204, feeding device；
The feeding-passage has feed well, and two material splitting cylinders 203,204, material splitting cylinder 203,204 are set on feeding-passage
It is installed by material splitting cylinder bearing, the lower end of material splitting cylinder bearing is integrally fixed on the side of feeding-passage, material splitting cylinder 203,
204 lower end corresponds to feed well；Laser sensor is additionally provided on feeding-passage, when laser sensor has sensed that product is sent
When entering, acted by feeding device in the slot data that product is clamped and picks up and is put on automatic detection turntable；
The feeding device includes clamping device, clamping device up and down motion cylinder, clamping device horizontal movement cylinder, material folding dress
Up and down motion cylinder is put to connect that clamping device is driven to realize upper and lower directions movement with clamping device；Clamping device horizontal movement
Cylinder and clamping device up and down motion cylinder and the integrated connection of clamping device, clamping device horizontal movement cylinder installation material folding seat
On for the whole of clamping device up and down motion cylinder and clamping device to be driven to realize horizontal movement.
According to of the present invention a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device, it is characterised in that：Institute
It is round turntable to state automatic detection turntable, including external rotating disc and middle part disk；The slot data is arranged on external rotating disc,
Slot data can be unfolded around, and slot data charging control cylinder and slot data discharging control gas are provided on the disk of middle part
Cylinder.
According to of the present invention a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device, it is characterised in that：Go out
Expect that mechanism includes non-defective unit tapping channel, defective products tapping channel, control drawing mechanism, non-defective unit tapping channel, defective products discharging are logical
Road is that conveyor is realized；Wherein, the qualified products of stamp are clipped to the output of non-defective unit tapping channel by control drawing mechanism, simultaneously
Underproof product is clipped in defective products tapping channel and is exported.
The advantage of the invention is that：It is of the present invention to be used for connector size detection and laser marking device automatically,
Including detecting turntable, feeding mechanism, Laser Jet mechanism, discharging mechanism, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device automatically
And for connector lateral surface measuring device；It can realize that the size of connector detects and produce automatically the laser marking of Article Number
And the automatic sorting of non-defective unit and defective products.
The present invention has further the advantage that：
1st, this platform has the on-line checking ability of the size of connector, and the record of detection data achieves, and taking pictures for failure product is deposited
Shelves；
2nd, has the automatic distinguishing separation of non-defective unit and failure product；
3rd, each face size image detection, precision；Higher than 0.02mm；
4th, detection speed：More than 1000/hour；
5th, omission factor：Less than 0.5%；
6th, false drop rate：Less than 0.5%.
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Fig. 1 is size of the present invention detection and the stereogram of laser marking device automatically
Fig. 2 is size of the present invention detection and the vertical view of laser marking device automatically
Fig. 3 is size of the present invention detection and the front view of laser marking device automatically
Fig. 4 is size of the present invention detection and the side view of laser marking device automatically
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of automatic detection dial portion of the invention
Fig. 6 is the bottom schematic view of automatic detection dial portion of the invention
Fig. 7 is feeding mechanism partial schematic diagram of the present invention
Fig. 8 is automatic detection dial portion of the invention and discharging mechanism schematic diagram
Fig. 9 is Fig. 8 vertical views of the present invention
Figure 10-11 is slot data schematic diagram of the present invention.
Wherein：Automatic detection turntable 100, external rotating disc 101, middle part disk 102；
Feeding mechanism 200, feeding-passage 201, material splitting cylinder 203,204, laser sensor 205, material splitting cylinder bearing 206, folder
Material device 207, clamping device up and down motion cylinder 208, clamping device horizontal movement cylinder 209, material folding seat 210,
Laser Jet mechanism 300, discharging mechanism 400, non-defective unit tapping channel 401, defective products tapping channel 402, control discharging dress
Put 403, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device 500, connector lateral surface measuring device 600, cabinet 700, slot data
800, slot data charging control cylinder 801, slot data discharging control cylinder 802.
Specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with attached drawing 1-11, the present invention is described in detail, and the technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention is carried out
It clearly and completely describes, it is clear that described embodiment is only the implementation of part of the embodiment of the present invention rather than whole
Example.Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are obtained without making creative work
Every other embodiment, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The present invention provides one kind for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device by improving, being capable of the company of realization
The size for connecing device detects and produces automatically the laser marking of Article Number and the automatic sorting of non-defective unit and defective products；As shown in the figure, can be with
It is practiced as follows；It includes detecting turntable 100, feeding mechanism 200, Laser Jet mechanism 300, discharging machine automatically
Structure 400, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device 500 and for connector lateral surface measuring device 600；Wherein, automatically
Turntable 100, feeding mechanism 200, Laser Jet mechanism 300, discharging mechanism 400, connector end and frontage dimension is detected to measure
Device 500 and it is arranged at cabinet 700 for connector lateral surface measuring device 600；It is provided on automatic detection turntable 100
The slot data 800 that connector size detects automatically；Feeding mechanism 200, Laser Jet mechanism 300, discharging mechanism 400, connector
End is located at automatic detection turntable 100 with frontage dimension measuring device 500 and for connector lateral surface measuring device 600 respectively
Around.
In the present embodiment, it is sequentially feeding mechanism 200, connector from left to right to detect automatically around turntable 100
End is with frontage dimension measuring device 500 and for connector lateral surface measuring device 600, Laser Jet mechanism 300, discharging machine
Structure 400.
For connector size, detection and laser marking device, the feeding mechanism 200 wrap one kind of the present invention automatically
Include feeding-passage 201, material splitting cylinder 203,204 and feeding device；
The feeding-passage 201 has feed well 202, and for feed the connector being detected, conveyor band can be used
Dynamic mode is realized；Two material splitting cylinders 203,204 are set on feeding-passage 201, because being detected in pipelining
Connector be continuously fed to, two material splitting cylinders 203,204 of setting is needed to come to sub-material herein, that is, realize separating for connector,
Connector is allowed to be sent to one by one, material splitting cylinder 203 and 204 is installed by material splitting cylinder bearing 206, material splitting cylinder branch
The lower end of seat 206 is integrally fixed on the side of feeding-passage 201, and the lower end of material splitting cylinder 203 and 204 then corresponds to feed well
In 202；Laser sensor 205 is additionally provided on feeding-passage 201（For detecting current location with the presence or absence of product）, work as laser
When sensor 205 has sensed product feeding, feeding device action at this time, which clamps product to pick up, is put into automatic detection turn
In slot data 800 on disk 100, detection operation is sent into, detection operation is first product frontage dimension to be measured, then the company of realization
The side for connecing device measures operation.
In the present invention, the feeding device includes clamping device 207, clamping device up and down motion cylinder 208, material folding dress
Horizontal movement cylinder 209 is put, clamping device up and down motion cylinder 208 connect to drive clamping device 207 with clamping device 207
Realize upper and lower directions movement；Clamping device horizontal movement cylinder 209 and clamping device up and down motion cylinder 208 and clamping device
207 integrated connection, clamping device horizontal movement cylinder 209, which is installed, is used to that clamping device be driven to move up and down on material folding seat 210
Cylinder 208 and the whole of clamping device 207 realize horizontal movement.
It is of the present invention a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device, the automatic detection turntable
100 be round turntable, including external rotating disc 101 and middle part disk 102；The slot data 800 is arranged on external rotating disc 101
On；Slot data 800 can be unfolded itself, put into and take out convenient for product, and slot data charging control is provided on middle part disk 102
Cylinder 801 and slot data discharging control cylinder 802；When there is product（Connector）When bringing, slot data charging control cylinder 801
Action control current data slot is in releasing orientation, when clamping device 207 is by product（Connector）When being sent to, slot data charging control
801 return of cylinder processed, slot data just can be by clamping product at this time.
For connector size, detection and laser marking device, discharging mechanism 400 include one kind of the present invention automatically
Non-defective unit tapping channel 401, defective products tapping channel 402, control drawing mechanism 403, non-defective unit tapping channel 401, defective products discharging
Channel 402 is that conveyor is realized；After testing the product of size qualification can by 300 stamp of Laser Jet mechanism, wherein, control out
The qualified products of stamp are clipped to non-defective unit tapping channel 401 and export by material device 403, while underproof product are clipped to bad
It is exported in product tapping channel 402.
It is of the present invention to be used for connector size detection and laser marking device automatically, including automatic detection turntable
100th, feeding mechanism 200, Laser Jet mechanism 300, discharging mechanism 400, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device 500 with
And for connector lateral surface measuring device 600；It can realize that the size of connector detects and produce automatically the laser marking of Article Number
And the automatic sorting of non-defective unit and defective products.
The foregoing description of the disclosed embodiments enables professional and technical personnel in the field to realize or use the present invention.
A variety of modifications of these embodiments will be apparent for those skilled in the art, it is as defined herein
General Principle can be realized in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.Therefore, it is of the invention
The embodiments shown herein is not intended to be limited to, and is to fit to and the principles and novel features disclosed herein phase one
The most wide range caused.
Claims (5)
1. one kind is detected automatically for connector size and laser marking device, it is characterised in that：
Including detecting turntable automatically（100）, feeding mechanism（200）, Laser Jet mechanism（300）, discharging mechanism（400）, connection
Device end and frontage dimension measuring device（500）And for connector lateral surface measuring device（600）；Automatic detection turntable
（100）, feeding mechanism（200）, Laser Jet mechanism（300）, discharging mechanism（400）, connector end and frontage dimension measure
Device（500）And for connector lateral surface measuring device（600）It is arranged at cabinet（700）On；Automatic detection turntable（100）
On be provided with the slot data that connector size detects automatically（800）；Feeding mechanism（200）, Laser Jet mechanism（300）, discharging
Mechanism（400）, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device（500）And for connector lateral surface measuring device（600）Point
Turntable Wei Yu not be detected automatically（100）Around.
It is 2. a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：From
Dynamic detection turntable（100）Around be sequentially feeding mechanism from left to right（200）, connector end and frontage dimension measuring device
（500）And for connector lateral surface measuring device（600）, Laser Jet mechanism（300）, discharging mechanism（400）.
It is 3. a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：Institute
State feeding mechanism（200）Including feeding-passage（201）, material splitting cylinder（203,204）, feeding device；
The feeding-passage（201）With feed well（202）, feeding-passage（201）Two material splitting cylinders of upper setting（203,
204）, material splitting cylinder（203,204）Pass through material splitting cylinder bearing（206）Installation, material splitting cylinder bearing（206）Lower end be fixed
In feeding-passage（201）Side on, material splitting cylinder（203,204）Lower end correspond to feed well（202）；Feeding-passage
（201）On be additionally provided with laser sensor（205）, work as laser sensor（205）When having sensed product feeding, by feeding
Device action, which clamps product to pick up, is put into automatic detection turntable（100）On slot data（800）In；
The feeding device includes clamping device（207）, clamping device up and down motion cylinder（208）, clamping device horizontal movement
Cylinder（209）, clamping device up and down motion cylinder（208）With clamping device（207）It connects to drive clamping device（207）It is real
Existing upper and lower directions movement；Clamping device horizontal movement cylinder（209）With clamping device up and down motion cylinder（208）And clamping device
（207）Integrated connection, clamping device horizontal movement cylinder（209）Material folding seat is installed（210）On for driving clamping device
Lower movement cylinder（208）And clamping device（207）Whole realize horizontal movement.
It is 4. a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：Institute
State automatic detection turntable（100）For round turntable, including external rotating disc（101）With middle part disk（102）；The slot data
（800）It is arranged on external rotating disc（101）On, slot data（800）It can be unfolded around, middle part disk（102）On be provided with
Slot data charging control cylinder（801）It discharges with slot data and controls cylinder（802）.
It is 5. a kind of for the automatic detection of connector size and laser marking device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：Go out
Expect mechanism（400）Including non-defective unit tapping channel（401）, defective products tapping channel（402）, control drawing mechanism（403）, non-defective unit goes out
Expect channel（401）, defective products tapping channel（402）It is that conveyor is realized；Wherein, drawing mechanism is controlled（403）By stamp
Qualified products clip to non-defective unit tapping channel（401）Output, while underproof product is clipped into defective products tapping channel（402）
Middle output.
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