CN108724754B

CN108724754B - Multi-head rapid attaching clamp and rapid attaching method on multi-connection plate

Info

Publication number: CN108724754B
Application number: CN201810398570.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 夏天志; 徐科; 张瑞
Original assignee: Qisda Suzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qisda Suzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-04-28
Filing date: 2018-04-28
Publication date: 2020-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2038-04-28
Also published as: CN108724754A

Abstract

The invention provides a multi-head quick attaching clamp and a quick attaching method on a multi-connection plate. The attaching clamp comprises a manipulator holding and clamping support, a multistage quick air pipe interface module fixedly connected to the manipulator holding and clamping support, a block material separating module and a sheet material separating module. The manipulator holding and clamping support comprises a boss body capable of moving along with the manipulator and a clamping hole for fixedly connecting the manipulator. The block separation module and the sheet separation module are respectively installed on two sides of the boss body, the block separation module comprises a plurality of first taking parts for taking and placing to-be-attached blocks and a first driving part for driving the first taking parts, the sheet separation module comprises a plurality of second taking parts for taking and placing to-be-attached sheets and a second driving part for driving the second taking parts, and the first driving part and the second driving part are respectively connected to the air pipe multistage quick interface module through pluggable air pipes. The invention can improve the automation level, and the wire change is rapid in the yoke plate processing, thereby improving the production efficiency.

Description

Multi-head rapid attaching clamp and rapid attaching method on multi-connection plate

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of automatic processing equipment, in particular to a multi-head quick attaching clamp and a multi-yoke plate quick attaching method which are suitable for simultaneously operating processed workpieces at different stations.

Background

In the assembly process of the current USB (universal serial bus) multi-link plate, conductive foam and Mylar (polyester film) need to be attached to different stations at the same time.

In the actual production process, the USB board is generally processed in a unified manner in multiple connection plates such as eight connection plates, sixteen connection plates, and the like, at each station, and finally, the board cutting operation is performed. At one of them station website, need the manual work to take electrically conductive bubble cotton and Mylar piece respectively to carry out the adhesion on each USB board, repeated operation, intensity of labour is big, and it is long, easily make mistakes to take electrically conductive bubble cotton and Mylar piece one by one and carry out the adhesion.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above technical problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a multi-head quick attachment fixture and a multi-connection plate quick attachment method that can work at multiple stations simultaneously and facilitate production line change.

The multi-head quick attaching clamp comprises a manipulator holding and clamping support, an air pipe multi-stage quick interface module, a block separation module and a sheet separation module. But manipulator embraces clamp support and includes the boss body of manipulator motion at random and the centre gripping hole that is used for fixed connection manipulator, and the centre gripping hole sets up in the boss body, and the boss body has installation lateral part and relative first fixed part and second fixed part, and the installation lateral part is located between first fixed part and the second fixed part. The multistage quick interface module of trachea is through installation lateral part fixed connection on manipulator embraces and presss from both sides the support. The block material separation module is installed in one side of boss body through first fixed part, and the block material separation module is including being used for getting a plurality of first portions of taking of the attached block material of treating and the first drive division that is used for driving a plurality of first portions of taking, and first drive division is connected in the multistage quick interface module of trachea through pluggable trachea, and a plurality of first portions of taking movably set up side by side on first drive division respectively. The sheet separation module is installed in the opposite side of boss body through the second fixed part, and the sheet separation module is including being used for getting a plurality of seconds of putting the attached sheet of treating portion of taking and the second drive division that is used for driving a plurality of seconds portion of taking, and the second drive division is connected in the multistage quick interface module of trachea through pluggable trachea, and a plurality of seconds portion of taking movably sets up side by side on the second drive division respectively.

Preferably, the first driving portion includes a first cylinder, a first guide rail portion, a plurality of first sliders and a plurality of first connecting portions, the first cylinder is connected to the multistage quick interface module of trachea through a pluggable trachea, the plurality of first sliders are slidably disposed on the first guide rail portion under the driving of the first cylinder, the plurality of first connecting portions are fixed on the plurality of first sliders in a one-to-one correspondence, and the plurality of first taking portions are disposed on the plurality of first connecting portions in a one-to-one correspondence.

Furthermore, the first guide rail part is provided with an upper guide rail and a lower guide rail which are arranged in parallel and extend along the first direction, and the plurality of first sliding blocks are arranged on the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail in parallel and staggered along the first direction.

Furthermore, the first driving portion further comprises a plurality of scissor-type connecting strips, each scissor-type connecting strip is arranged between the adjacent first connecting portions respectively, the scissor-type connecting strips are connected end to end, each first connecting portion is provided with a sliding groove extending along the second direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, and the end and the tail of each scissor-type connecting strip are arranged in the corresponding sliding grooves respectively.

Preferably, each first fetching part is provided with at least one probe for fetching the block material to be attached.

Preferably, the second driving portion includes a second cylinder, a second guide rail and a plurality of second sliders, the second cylinder is connected to the multistage quick interface module of trachea through pluggable trachea, the plurality of second sliders set up on the second guide rail slidably under the drive of second cylinder, the plurality of second portions of taking one-to-one fixedly connected to the plurality of second sliders.

Furthermore, each second taking part is provided with a vacuum suction nozzle used for sucking the sheet to be attached, and the vacuum suction nozzles are connected to the air pipe multistage quick interface module through pluggable air pipes.

Preferably, the air pipe multi-stage fast interface module has a first air pipe interface for connecting the first driving part, a second air pipe interface for connecting the second driving part, and a third air pipe interface for connecting the plurality of second fetching parts.

Preferably, the block material separating module and the sheet material separating module are respectively fixed on the boss body in a threaded manner, and the block material separating module and the sheet material separating module move synchronously when the boss body moves along with the manipulator.

The invention provides a method for quickly attaching a multi-connection plate, which comprises the following steps: providing the multi-head quick attaching clamp, and mounting a manipulator holding bracket of the multi-head quick attaching clamp on a manipulator; simultaneously pricking a plurality of blocks to be attached from an incoming material by using a block separating module of the multi-head quick attaching clamp, and simultaneously sucking a plurality of sheets to be attached from the incoming material by using a sheet separating module of the multi-head quick attaching clamp; respectively attaching the blocks to be attached and the sheets to be attached to a row of stations of the multi-connection plate by using the block separating module and the sheet separating module; simultaneously pricking a plurality of blocks to be attached from the supplied materials by using the block separating module, and simultaneously sucking a plurality of sheets to be attached from the supplied materials by using the sheet separating module; the multi-head quick attaching clamp is driven to rotate by rotating the manipulator; and attaching the plurality of to-be-attached blocks and the plurality of to-be-attached sheets to the other row of stations of the multi-gang board by using the block separating module and the sheet separating module respectively.

Preferably, the method for quickly attaching to a multi-connection plate of the present invention further comprises: when the number of each row of stations on the multi-connection plate changes, air pipes connected with the block separation module and the sheet separation module on the multi-stage quick air pipe interface module of the multi-head quick attachment clamp are pulled out, the block separation module and the sheet separation module are detached from the manipulator clamp bracket, and new block separation modules and new sheet separation modules corresponding to the number of each row of stations on the multi-connection plate are replaced and installed.

Compared with the prior art, the multi-head quick attaching clamp and the quick attaching method on the multi-link plate can use one-to-many modules to take and attach the block materials and the sheet materials, a plurality of stations work simultaneously, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, the production efficiency is improved, and the automation level of a production line is improved; and the working part of the clamp is designed in a modularized way, so that the wire changing is convenient and quick, the processing of the connecting plates with different quantities is easily adapted, and the production requirements of small quantity and variety can be met.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a multi-head quick attachment clamp according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a multi-headed quick-attach clamp according to another view angle of the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a multi-headed quick-attach clamp according to an embodiment of the invention from another view angle.

Fig. 4 is a schematic plan view of a multi-link plate with incoming materials attached thereto according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for rapid attachment to a multi-connection board according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

In order to further understand the objects, structures, features and functions of the present invention, the following embodiments are described in detail.

As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, a multi-head quick attaching clamp 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a manipulator holding frame 1, a multi-stage quick interface module 2 for air tube, a block separation module 3, and a sheet separation module 4.

The manipulator clamp bracket 1 includes a boss body 11 movable with a manipulator (not shown) and a clamping hole 12 for fixedly connecting the manipulator, the clamping hole 12 is disposed in the boss body 11, such as in the middle, the boss body 11 has a mounting side portion 111 and a first fixing portion 112 and a second fixing portion 113 opposite to the mounting side portion 111, and the mounting side portion 111 is located between the first fixing portion 112 and the second fixing portion 113.

The multistage quick interface module 2 of the air pipe is fixedly connected to the manipulator clamp bracket 1 through the installation side part 111;

the block material separation module 3 is installed on one side of the boss body 11 through the first fixing portion 112, the block material separation module 3 comprises a plurality of first taking portions 31 for taking and placing the block materials to be attached and a first driving portion 32 for driving the first taking portions 31, the first driving portion 32 is connected to the multistage quick interface module 2 of the air pipe through a pluggable air pipe, and the first taking portions 31 are respectively movably arranged on the first driving portion 32 side by side.

Preferably, the first driving portion 32 includes a first cylinder 321, a first guide rail portion 322, a plurality of first sliding blocks 323 and a plurality of first connecting portions 324, the first cylinder 321 is connected to the air pipe multistage quick interface module 2 through a pluggable air pipe, the plurality of first sliding blocks 323 are slidably disposed on the first guide rail portion 322 under the driving of the first cylinder 321, the plurality of first connecting portions 324 are fixed on the plurality of first sliding blocks 323 in a one-to-one correspondence, and the plurality of first taking portions 31 are disposed on the plurality of first connecting portions 324 in a one-to-one correspondence. The first taking parts 31 are connected to the corresponding first sliders 323 by first connecting parts 324, and can be spread or gathered laterally along the first rail parts 322 to adjust the distance between the plurality of first taking parts 31.

In different embodiments, the first guide portion 322 may be a vertical guide rail extending along the first direction X, and the plurality of first sliders 323 are disposed on the vertical guide rail along the first direction X in a staggered manner, so as to save the space occupied by the apparatus in the first direction X.

In practical applications, the first driving portion 32 may further include a plurality of scissor-type connection bars 325, each scissor-type connection bar 325 is disposed between the adjacent first connection portions 324, and the scissor-type connection bars 325 are connected end to end, each first connection portion 324 is provided with a sliding groove 3241 extending along the second direction Y, the second direction Y is perpendicular to the first direction X, and the end and the tail of each scissor-type connection bar 325 are disposed in the corresponding sliding groove 3241, so that the plurality of first taking portions 31 are more stable when being moved and unfolded along with the plurality of first connection portions 324, and it is convenient to control two adjacent first taking portions 31 to keep equal intervals in the first direction X.

Preferably, each first pick-up portion 31 has at least one probe 311 for picking up the block to be attached. In practical applications, each probe 311 extends along a third direction Z, which is perpendicular to the first direction X and the second direction Y. After the first taking part 31 pricks the block to be attached (such as the conductive foam), when the block separation module 3 reaches the attachment position of the multi-link plate, the manipulator continues to move downwards for a short distance to slightly press the block to be attached downwards, so that the block is firmly adhered on the multi-link plate, and then the manipulator horizontally moves backwards to drive the block separation module 3 to move backwards, so that the probe 311 is separated from the block to be attached.

The sheet separation module 4 is installed on the other side of the boss body 11 through the second fixing portion 113, the sheet separation module 4 includes a plurality of second taking portions 41 for taking and placing the sheet to be attached and a second driving portion 42 for driving the plurality of second taking portions 41, the second driving portion 42 is connected to the multi-stage quick interface module 2 of the air pipe through a pluggable air pipe, and the plurality of second taking portions 41 are respectively movably arranged on the second driving portion 42 side by side.

Preferably, the second driving portion 42 includes a second cylinder 421, a second guide rail 422 and a plurality of second sliding blocks 423, the second cylinder 421 is connected to the air pipe multi-stage quick interface module 2 through a pluggable air pipe, the plurality of second sliding blocks 423 are slidably disposed on the second guide rail 422 under the driving of the second cylinder 421, and the plurality of second fetching portions 41 are fixedly connected to the plurality of second sliding blocks 423 in a one-to-one correspondence manner. The second taking part 41 may be spread or gathered in a lateral direction along the second guide rail 422 by being connected to the corresponding second slider 423 to adjust a distance between the plurality of second taking parts 41.

In practical applications, each second pick-up portion 41 may have a vacuum nozzle 411 for sucking the sheet to be attached, and the vacuum nozzle 411 is connected to the air pipe multi-stage quick interface module 2 through an air pipe that can be inserted and pulled out. Including but not limited to, an air pipe is connected to the sheet separation module 4, and a vacuum valve is normally connected to suck the sheet to be attached (such as Mylar sheet), and when the sheet to be attached is attached to the corresponding station, the vacuum valve is closed, and the sheet is separated from the vacuum suction nozzle 411.

In the above different embodiments, the air pipe multi-stage quick interface module 2 may have a first air pipe interface 21 for connecting the first driving part 32, a second air pipe interface 22 for connecting the second driving part 42, and a third air pipe interface 23 for connecting the plurality of second pick-up parts 41. In the invention, because the air pipes required by the working modules such as the block separating module 3, the sheet separating module 4 and the like can be integrated on the air pipe multistage quick interface module 2, when the production line change requirement exists, only the air pipes on the working modules are required to be pulled out, so that the new working modules such as the block separating module, the sheet separating module and the like can be conveniently replaced and connected, and the quick line change is realized.

In order to further optimize the overall size of the device and facilitate the routing of the air pipe, preferably, from the second direction Y, the first driving portion 32 and the second driving portion 42 are both disposed below the boss body 11, and the air pipe multi-stage quick interface module 2 is disposed adjacent to and above the first driving portion 32 and the second driving portion 42.

In practical application, the block separation module 3 and the sheet separation module 4 are respectively fixed on the boss body 11 in a threaded manner, and the block separation module 3 and the sheet separation module 4 move synchronously when the boss body 11 moves along with the manipulator.

Referring to fig. 4 to 5, fig. 4 is a schematic plan view of a multi-link plate 9 with attached supplies according to an embodiment of the invention, and fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for quickly attaching on the multi-link plate according to an embodiment of the invention. Taking the sixteen-link plate of fig. 4 as an example, the multi-link plate 9 includes two rows of eight stations each, for a total of sixteen stations, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The quick attaching method on the multi-connection plate comprises the following steps:

s1, providing the multi-head quick attaching jig 100 according to any embodiment of the present invention, and installing the manipulator clamp holding bracket 1 of the multi-head quick attaching jig 100 on a manipulator.

S2, by moving the robot, simultaneously picking a plurality of blocks to be attached from the incoming material by the block separating module 3 of the multi-head quick attaching jig 100, and simultaneously sucking a plurality of sheets to be attached from the incoming material by the sheet separating module 4 of the multi-head quick attaching jig 100.

S3, attaching the plurality of blocks to be attached 91 and the plurality of sheets to be attached 92 to a row of stations of the manifold 9 by the block separating module 3 and the sheet separating module 4, respectively.

S4, the block separating module 3 is used again to simultaneously pick up a plurality of blocks to be attached from the supplied material, and the sheet separating module 4 is used to simultaneously suck a plurality of sheets to be attached from the supplied material.

And S5, driving the multi-head quick attaching clamp 100 to rotate by rotating the manipulator.

S6, attaching the plurality of to-be-attached blocks 93 and the plurality of to-be-attached sheets 94 to another row of the manifold 9 by the block separating module 3 and the sheet separating module 4, respectively.

Preferably, the method for quickly attaching to a multi-manifold plate of the present invention further comprises: when the number of each row of stations on the multi-connection plate 9 changes, the air pipes connected with the block separating module 3 and the sheet separating module 4 on the multi-stage quick air pipe interface module 2 of the multi-head quick attaching clamp 100 are pulled out, the block separating module 3 and the sheet separating module 4 are detached from the manipulator holding clamp bracket 1, and new block separating modules and new sheet separating modules corresponding to the number of each row of stations on the multi-connection plate are replaced and installed.

The following illustrates the working principle of the present invention. Taking the example that the block material in the incoming material is the conductive foam, the sheet material is the Mylar film, and the multi-link plate is the sixteen link plate, the gap of each unit in the incoming material is generally fixed. Firstly, the Mylar film and the pricked conductive foam are respectively sucked by the sheet separation module 4 and the bulk separation module 3 in a taking state. Subsequently, the sheet separation module 4 and the block separation module 3 enter an attaching state, are separated into eight stations, and attach processing is performed on the multi-gang board on one side. And repeating the steps of absorbing the Mylar film and pricking the conductive foam. The sixth shaft of the manipulator rotates, and the manipulator clamp support 1 drives the sheet separation module 4, the block separation module 3 and other mechanisms of the whole working parts to rotate, so that the sheet separation module and the block separation module can attach to a multi-connected plate on the other side. In the invention, air pipes required by working modules such as the sheet separation module 4 and the bulk separation module 3 are integrated on the air pipe multistage quick interface module 2. When the wire is required to be changed, the new working modules with the same number of stations as the required multi-link plate can be changed by only pulling out the air pipes on the current working modules and screwing off the fixing screws of the working modules and the manipulator holding and clamping bracket 1.

According to the multi-head quick attaching clamp and the quick attaching method on the multi-connection plate, the block and the sheet can be taken and attached by using one-to-many modules, a plurality of stations work simultaneously, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, the production efficiency is improved, and therefore the automation level of a production line is improved; and the working part of the clamp is designed in a modularized way, so that the wire changing is convenient and quick, the processing of the connecting plates with different quantities is easily adapted, and the production requirements of small quantity and variety can be met.

The present invention has been described in relation to the above embodiments, which are only exemplary of the implementation of the present invention. It should be noted that the disclosed embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention. Rather, it is intended that all such modifications and variations be included within the spirit and scope of this invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a quick attached anchor clamps of bull which characterized in that includes:

the manipulator holding and clamping support comprises a boss body capable of moving along with a manipulator and a clamping hole used for fixedly connecting the manipulator, the clamping hole is arranged in the boss body, the boss body is provided with an installation side part and a first fixing part and a second fixing part which are opposite to each other, and the installation side part is positioned between the first fixing part and the second fixing part;

the air pipe multistage quick interface module is fixedly connected to the manipulator holding clamp bracket through the mounting side part;

the block material separation module is arranged on one side of the boss body through the first fixing part and comprises a plurality of first taking parts used for taking and placing blocks to be attached and a first driving part used for driving the first taking parts, the first driving part is connected to the air pipe multistage quick interface module through a pluggable air pipe, and the first taking parts are respectively movably arranged on the first driving part side by side; and

the sheet separation module is arranged on the other side of the boss body through the second fixing part and comprises a plurality of second taking parts used for taking and placing sheets to be attached and a second driving part used for driving the second taking parts, the second driving part is connected to the air pipe multistage quick interface module through a pluggable air pipe, and the second taking parts are respectively movably arranged on the second driving part side by side;

when the number of the block separating modules and the number of the sheet separating modules need to be changed, the pluggable air pipes connected with the block separating modules and the sheet separating modules can be plugged in the air pipe multistage quick interface module, and the corresponding number of the block separating modules and the corresponding number of the sheet separating modules can be assembled and disassembled on the manipulator holding and clamping support.

2. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 1, wherein: the first driving portion comprises a first air cylinder, a first guide rail portion, a plurality of first sliding blocks and a plurality of first connecting portions, the first air cylinder is connected to the air pipe multistage quick interface module through a pluggable air pipe, the first sliding blocks are slidably arranged on the first guide rail portion under the driving of the first air cylinder, the first connecting portions are fixed to the first sliding blocks in a one-to-one mode, and the first taking portions are arranged on the first connecting portions in a one-to-one mode.

3. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 2, wherein: the first guide rail part is provided with an upper guide rail and a lower guide rail which extend along a first direction, and the plurality of first sliding blocks are arranged on the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail in a staggered manner along the first direction.

4. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 3, wherein: this first drive division still includes a plurality of scissors fork connecting strip, and every scissors fork connecting strip sets up respectively between adjacent first connecting portion, and this a plurality of scissors fork connecting strip end to end, is provided with the spout that extends along the second direction on every first connecting portion, this first direction of this second direction perpendicular to, and the end to end portion of every scissors fork connecting strip sets up respectively in corresponding spout.

5. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 1, wherein: each first fetching part is provided with at least one probe used for fetching the block material to be attached.

6. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 1, wherein: the second driving part comprises a second cylinder, a second guide rail and a plurality of second sliding blocks, the second cylinder is connected to the air pipe multistage quick interface module through a pluggable air pipe, the second sliding blocks are slidably arranged on the second guide rail under the driving of the second cylinder, and the second taking parts are fixedly connected to the second sliding blocks in a one-to-one correspondence mode.

7. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 6, wherein: each second taking part is provided with a vacuum suction nozzle for sucking the sheet to be attached, and the vacuum suction nozzle is connected with the air pipe multistage quick interface module through a pluggable air pipe.

8. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 1, wherein: the air pipe multistage quick interface module is provided with a first air pipe interface used for being connected with the first driving part, a second air pipe interface used for being connected with the second driving part and a third air pipe interface used for being connected with the plurality of second taking parts.

9. The multi-headed quick-attach jig of claim 1, wherein: the block material separation module and the sheet material separation module are respectively fixed on the boss body in a threaded manner, and synchronously move when the boss body moves along with the mechanical arm.

10. A method for quickly attaching a multi-connection plate is characterized by comprising the following steps:

providing the multi-head rapid attaching clamp according to any one of claims 1 to 9, and mounting a manipulator holding clamp bracket of the multi-head rapid attaching clamp on a manipulator;

simultaneously pricking a plurality of blocks to be attached from an incoming material by using a block separating module of the multi-head quick attaching clamp, and simultaneously sucking a plurality of sheets to be attached from the incoming material by using a sheet separating module of the multi-head quick attaching clamp;

respectively attaching the blocks to be attached and the sheets to be attached to a row of stations of the multi-connection plate by using the block separating module and the sheet separating module;

simultaneously pricking a plurality of blocks to be attached from the supplied materials by using the block separating module, and simultaneously sucking a plurality of sheets to be attached from the supplied materials by using the sheet separating module;

the multi-head quick attaching clamp is driven to rotate by rotating the manipulator; and

and respectively attaching the plurality of to-be-attached blocks and the plurality of to-be-attached sheets to the other row of stations of the multi-gang board by using the block separating module and the sheet separating module.

11. The method of rapid attachment to a multi-manifold plate of claim 10, further comprising: when the number of each row of stations on the multi-connection plate changes, air pipes connected with the block separation module and the sheet separation module on the multi-stage quick air pipe interface module of the multi-head quick attachment clamp are pulled out, the block separation module and the sheet separation module are detached from the manipulator clamp bracket, and new block separation modules and new sheet separation modules corresponding to the number of each row of stations on the multi-connection plate are replaced and installed.