CN219542256U

CN219542256U - Automatic assembly production line of server

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Publication number: CN219542256U
Application number: CN202320807767.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张迎华; 葛珊; 郑文忱; 曹瑞; 田利新
Original assignee: Dawning Information Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Dawning Information Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-12
Filing date: 2023-04-12
Publication date: 2023-08-18
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-12

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic production lines, and discloses an automatic server assembly production line which comprises a front processing area, a circulating area, an intelligent station area and a reflux area. The front processing area is provided with a feeding line for conveying the machine case, the main board and the rest materials; the circulation area is provided with a first circulation line for conveying the chassis, the main board and the rest materials after the tray is arranged; the intelligent work station area is provided with an assembly line and a plurality of work stations, and the chassis, the main board and other materials which are coiled on the first circulation line are selectively conveyed into the assembly line or the corresponding work stations for automatic assembly; a return line is arranged below the assembly line in the return region, and empty trays and defective products on the assembly line can be conveyed to the upper feed line through the return line. Through reasonable arrangement and cooperation of material loading line, first circulation line, assembly line, a plurality of workstation and return line, realized the automatic assembly of each part of server, can guarantee production efficiency. The reflux line is arranged below the assembly line, so that the factory building space is fully utilized, and the occupied area is saved.

Description

Automatic assembly production line of server

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic production lines, in particular to an automatic assembly production line of a server.

Background

The server mainly comprises a chassis, a main board, a CPU, a memory bank, a radiator, a power supply, a hard disk and other components, and the server assembly production line comprises the following components: manual assembly lines, semi-automated assembly lines, and automated assembly lines. The manual assembly mode is poor in consistency, the assembly quality of the server is difficult to ensure, the assembly efficiency is low, and the method is not suitable for mass production; the semi-automatic assembly mode improves the assembly efficiency, but manual auxiliary assembly is needed, the requirements on the installation speed and the installation quality of operators are high, and the application is limited; for the mode of full-automatic assembly, the existing production line layout has certain defects, the occupied factory building field is large, and the assembly efficiency needs to be improved.

Therefore, there is a need for an automated assembly line for servers to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the problems, the utility model aims to provide an automatic assembly production line for a server, which can realize full-automatic assembly of the server, reasonably utilize factory building space, save occupied area and improve production efficiency of the server.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

there is provided a server automation assembly line comprising:

the front processing area is internally provided with a feeding line which is used for conveying the machine case, the main board and/or the rest materials;

the circulating area is internally provided with a first circulating line, and the first circulating line is connected with the output end of the feeding line and is used for conveying the chassis, the main board and/or other materials after the tray is placed;

the intelligent work station area is internally provided with an assembly line and a plurality of work stations, the work stations are distributed at intervals along the conveying direction of the assembly line, and a chassis, a main board and/or other materials which are arranged on the first circulation line are selectively conveyed into the assembly line or the corresponding work stations for automatic assembly;

the back flow area, be provided with the back flow line in the back flow area in the below of assembly line, the output of back flow line with go up the stockline and be connected, empty tray, the substandard product on the assembly line can be passed through the back flow line is carried to go up the stockline.

As a preferable scheme of the automatic assembly production line of the server, the reflow line comprises a first reflow section, an outlet is arranged on the assembly line, the input end of the first reflow section is connected with the outlet, the output end of the first reflow section is connected with the first circulation line, the output end of the first circulation line is connected with the feeding line, and the empty tray and the defective products are sequentially conveyed to the feeding line through the outlet, the first reflow section and the first circulation line. Because the assembly line is whole longer, design the reflux line into the segmentation form can shorten the backward flow route to shorten the backward flow time of empty tray and defective products, can further improve the whole assembly efficiency of server.

As the preferable scheme of the automatic assembly production line of the server, a first lifting mechanism is arranged between the input end of the first backflow section and the assembly line, the empty tray and the defective products on the assembly line are conveyed to the first backflow section through the first lifting mechanism, a second lifting mechanism is arranged between the output end of the first backflow section and the first circulation line, and the empty tray and the defective products on the first backflow section are conveyed to the first circulation line through the second lifting mechanism. The arrangement of the first lifting mechanism and the second lifting mechanism enables empty trays on the assembly line and defective products which are failed to be assembled to flow to the first backflow section orderly, so that factory building space is fully utilized, backflow paths can be shortened, and assembly efficiency is improved.

As a preferred scheme of the automatic assembly line of the server, the reflow line further comprises a second reflow section, the second reflow section is positioned at the downstream of the first reflow section, an inlet is arranged at the downstream of the outlet on the assembly line, the input end of the second reflow section is connected with the tail end of the assembly line, the output end of the second reflow section is connected with the inlet, and the unfinished semi-finished product on the assembly line can be conveyed to the assembly line through the second reflow section. The server which does not complete the fifth and sixth assembly processes flows to the second reflow section through the tail end of the assembly line and is conveyed to the assembly line through the second reflow section so as to reenter the fifth station and the sixth station to complete the assembly of the rest assembly steps. The arrangement of the second reflow section shortens the reflow path of the semi-finished product on the rear half section of the assembly line, so that the assembly speed of the semi-finished product can be further improved, and the overall assembly efficiency of the server is improved.

As a preferred scheme of the server automated assembly line, a third lifting mechanism is arranged between the input end of the second reflow section and the assembly line, a fourth lifting mechanism is arranged between the output end of the second reflow section and the assembly line, semi-finished products on the assembly line can be conveyed to the second reflow section through the third lifting mechanism, and semi-finished products on the second reflow section can be conveyed to the assembly line through the fourth lifting mechanism. The arrangement of the third lifting mechanism and the fourth lifting mechanism enables the semi-finished products on the assembly line to orderly flow to the second backflow section, the factory space is fully utilized, the backflow path of the semi-finished products is shortened, and the assembly efficiency can be improved.

As a preferred scheme of the automatic assembly production line of the server, a first feeding station, a second feeding station, a third feeding station and a first repairing station are arranged at the side of the feeding line of the front processing area, the first feeding station is used for placing a chassis on an empty tray of the chassis, the second feeding station is used for placing a main board on the empty tray of the main board, the third feeding station is used for placing other materials on the empty tray of the other materials, and the first repairing station is used for repairing defective products on the feeding line; the arrangement of a plurality of material loading stations makes the material homoenergetic of each part of server accomplish balance and material loading in order, and then guarantees that the material on first circulation line and the main assembly line is sufficient, and each assembly step can in time be accomplished to a plurality of work stations department, avoids appearing stagnating the card and is put in order, guarantees assembly efficiency.

The tail end of the assembly line is provided with a second repairing station, and the second repairing station is used for repairing the defective products output by the tail end of the assembly line. The setting of second reprocessing station makes the substandard product backward flow route of last latter half of assembly line shorten, can improve substandard product and reprocess speed, wholly improves server assembly efficiency.

As a preferable scheme of the automatic assembly production line of the server, the circulating area is further provided with a second circulating line connected with the first circulating line, the output end of the second circulating line is connected with the input end of the feeding line, the empty tray of the chassis, the empty tray of the main board and the empty tray of the residual materials are all fed on the input end of the second circulating line and are conveyed to the feeding line through the second circulating line, and the empty tray and the defective products on the first circulating line are conveyed to the feeding line through the second circulating line. The second circulation line is used for conveying the empty tray of material on the one hand, and on the other hand is used for conveying the empty tray and the defective products of the circulation reflux on the first circulation line, so that the utilization rate of the first circulation line and the second circulation line is improved, and the recycling of the empty tray and the repair maintenance of the defective products can be realized.

As the preferable scheme of the automatic assembly production line of the server, a plurality of first judging positions are arranged on the first circulation line, the first judging positions are in one-to-one correspondence with the work stations, a first detection module is arranged on each first judging position, an electronic tag is arranged on a tray, and the first detection module can identify the electronic tag so as to judge whether the tray currently bears materials or not and judge the type of the materials on the tray currently. The cooperation of first detection module and electronic tags makes the material information in the tray accurate and clear to be convenient for judge which workstation or assembly line should be got into to the material on the first circulation line, guarantee the orderly circulation of material, the assembly process goes on in order.

As the optimal scheme of the automatic assembly production line of the server, a plurality of second judging positions are arranged on the assembly line, a first buffer storage position and an assembly station are arranged in each work station, a second detection module is arranged on each second judging position, the second detection module can identify the electronic tag so as to judge the assembly information of the current materials on the tray, the first buffer storage position is used for buffering the materials input by the assembly line or the first circulation line, and the assembly station is used for completing the automatic assembly of the server in the work station. The second judgment position and the second detection module can prevent products which are not finished in the previous assembly process or failed in the previous assembly process from entering the next process, reduce meaningless circulation time of inferior products and semi-finished products, ensure ordered circulation of qualified products and improve assembly efficiency. The arrangement of the first buffer memory position can ensure that materials in the work station are sufficient, and ensure that the assembly process is orderly carried out according to time.

As the preferable scheme of the automatic assembly production line of the server, a second buffer memory position is arranged at the downstream of the assembly station in each station, and a visual detection device is arranged on the second buffer memory position and used for detecting whether the assembly step in the corresponding station is completed or not. The setting of vision detection equipment can avoid the defective goods and the product that does not finish last assembly process get into next workstation, and the circulation time is saved to the material, can guarantee server assembly quality simultaneously, improves the product qualification rate.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:

the feeding line of the front processing area is used for finishing material feeding when the automatic assembly production line of the server is put into automatic production of the server, and comprises a chassis, a main board and a swinging plate and feeding of the rest materials (such as a power supply, a memory, a radiator, a CPU, a hard disk and the like) of the chassis and the main board. The material after the swinging plate is conveyed to a first circulating line along with a feeding line, and the material on the first circulating line selectively enters an assembly line or a corresponding workstation for automatic assembly. Specifically, the main board after being coiled on the first circulation line enters an assembly line and sequentially enters each work station to complete corresponding assembly steps, the chassis after being coiled on the first circulation line and other materials selectively enter the corresponding work station and are assembled with the main board in the work station to complete automatic assembly of the corresponding assembly steps of the server (for example, a robot is used for automatically controlling and completing the assembly steps in the work station according to a control program). After the materials on the first circulation line enter the work station, the empty trays return to the first circulation line (mainly including the empty trays of the rest materials) and circulate back to the feeding line along with the first circulation line for reuse. When the main board is assembled with the chassis, the empty tray of the main board is conveyed to the return line along with the assembly line, and is conveyed to the upper material line through the return line for reuse. Meanwhile, in the automatic assembly process, defective products which fail to be assembled in a certain station are conveyed to a return line along with an assembly line and conveyed to a front processing area through the return line so as to be convenient for maintenance treatment.

This automatic assembly line of server, through the rational arrangement and the cooperation of material loading line, first circulation line, assembly line, a plurality of workstation and return line, realized the automatic assembly of each part of server, need not artifical matching production line speed, can guarantee production efficiency. In addition, the reflux line is arranged below the assembly line, so that the factory building space can be fully utilized, and the occupied area required by the arrangement of the production line is saved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the following description will briefly explain the drawings needed in the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to the contents of the embodiments of the present utility model and these drawings without inventive effort for those skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic layout diagram of an automated assembly line for servers according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a first partial view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a second partial view of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a motherboard tray jig according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

In the figure:

1-a pre-processing zone; a 2-circulation zone; 3-an intelligent workstation area; 4-a reflux zone; 5-a tray jig;

11-feeding line; 12-a first feeding station; 13-a second feeding station; 14-a third feeding station; 15-a first repair station; 16-a cabinet material source; 17-a main board material source; 18-a source of residue thereof;

21-a first circulation line; 22-a second circulation line;

211-a first judgment bit; 221-empty tray loading level;

31-an assembly line; 32-a first station; 33-a second station; 34-a third station; 35-fourth station; 36-a fifth station; 37-sixth station;

311-a second judgment bit; 312-a second repair station; 313-endpoint;

321-a first cache bit; 322-an assembly station; 323-a second cache bit;

41-return line; 42-a first lifting mechanism; 43-a second lifting mechanism; 44-a third lifting mechanism; 45-fourth lifting mechanism;

411-a first reflux section; 412-a second reflux section;

51-a first discharge level; 52-second discharge level.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems solved by the present utility model, the technical solutions adopted and the technical effects achieved more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Wherein the terms "first position" and "second position" are two different positions.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixed or removable, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a server automation assembly line, which includes a pre-processing area 1, a circulation area 2, an intelligent station area 3, and a reflow area 4.

The front processing area 1 is provided with a feeding line 11, and the feeding line 11 is used for a conveyor box, a main board and/or other materials; the circulation zone 2 is provided with a first circulation line 21, and the first circulation line 21 is connected with the output end of the feeding line 11 and is used for conveying the chassis, the main board and/or the rest materials after the tray is placed; the intelligent work station area 3 is provided with an assembly line 31 and a plurality of work stations, the plurality of work stations are distributed at intervals along the conveying direction of the assembly line 31, and a chassis, a main board and/or other materials on the first circulation line 21 after being placed on the tray are selectively conveyed to the assembly line 31 or the corresponding work stations for automatic assembly; a return line 41 is provided below the assembly line 31 in the return region 4, and an output end of the return line 41 is connected to the feed line 11, so that empty trays and defective products on the assembly line 31 can be fed to the feed line 11 via the return line 41.

In the automatic assembly line for the server provided in this embodiment, when the automatic assembly line is put into the automatic production of the server, the feeding line 11 of the front processing area 1 is used for completing the feeding of materials, including the chassis, the main board, and the swaying and feeding of the residues (such as a power supply, a memory, a radiator, a CPU, a hard disk and the like) thereof. The material after the tray is conveyed to the first circulation line 21 along with the material feeding line 11, and the material on the first circulation line 21 selectively enters the assembly line 31 or a corresponding work station for automatic assembly. Specifically, the main board on the first circulation line 21 after being placed on the tray enters the assembly line 31, and sequentially enters each work station to complete the corresponding assembly step, and the chassis and the rest of materials on the first circulation line 21 after being placed on the tray selectively enter the corresponding work station and are assembled with the main board in the work station to complete the automatic assembly of the corresponding assembly step of the server (for example, the assembly step in the work station is completed by using a robot according to the automatic control of a control program). After the material on the first circulation line 21 enters the workstation, the empty tray returns to the first circulation line 21 (mainly including the empty tray of the rest materials), and returns to the feeding line 11 along with the circulation of the first circulation line 21 for reuse. When the assembly of the main board with the chassis is completed, the empty tray of the main board is conveyed to the return line 41 along with the assembly line 31, and is conveyed to the upper feed line 11 by the return line 41 for reuse. Meanwhile, in the automatic assembly process, defective products failing to be assembled in a certain station are transferred to the return line 41 along with the assembly line 31 and transferred to the pre-processing area 1 via the return line 41 for maintenance treatment.

This automatic assembly line of server, through the rational arrangement and the cooperation of material loading line 11, first circulation line 21, assembly line 31, a plurality of workstation and return line 41, realized the automatic assembly of each part of server, need not artifical matching production line speed, can guarantee production efficiency. In addition, the return line 41 is arranged below the assembly line 31, so that factory space can be fully utilized, and the occupied area required for the arrangement of the production line can be saved.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2, a first feeding station 12, a second feeding station 13, a third feeding station 14 and a first repairing station 15 are disposed beside the feeding line 11 in the front processing area 1, the first feeding station 12 is used for placing a chassis on an empty tray of the chassis, the second feeding station 13 is used for placing a main board on the empty tray of the main board, the third feeding station 14 is used for placing other materials on the empty tray of the other materials, and the first repairing station 15 is used for repairing defective products on the feeding line 11. The arrangement of a plurality of material loading stations makes the material homoenergetic of each part of server accomplish balance and material loading in order, and then guarantees that the material on first circulation line 21 and the main assembly line 31 is sufficient, and each assembly step can in time be accomplished to a plurality of work stations department, avoids appearing stagnating the card and is put forward the phenomenon, improves server assembly efficiency.

In this embodiment, the first feeding station 12 and the second feeding station 13 are both provided with two, the empty chassis tray on the feeding line 11 and the empty motherboard tray can be respectively and correspondingly conveyed to the first feeding station 12 and the second feeding station 13, then the chassis is manually or mechanically transferred from the chassis material source 16 to the empty chassis of the first feeding station 12, the chassis after being placed is then transferred to the feeding line 11 through a jacking mechanism and the like to continue to be conveyed downwards, and similarly, the motherboard after being placed is manually or mechanically transferred from the motherboard material source 17 to the empty chassis of the second feeding station 13, and then is transferred to the feeding line 11 through a jacking mechanism at the position to continue to be conveyed downwards.

Meanwhile, the empty trays for carrying the rest materials on the feeding line 11 can be correspondingly conveyed to the third feeding station 14, the rest materials are transferred from the rest material sources 18 to the empty trays of the third feeding station 14 by operators, and the trays and the materials thereon are integrally transferred to the feeding line 11 through the jacking mechanism to continue to be conveyed downwards after the tray arrangement is completed. Illustratively, the remainder of the material includes memory, power, hard disk, heat sink, and the like.

In the process of conveying the feeding line 11, the defective products thereon are correspondingly transferred to the first repairing station 15, the operator at the station performs inspection and maintenance, the repaired products are placed on the feeding line 11 again, and the products are conveyed to the corresponding work stations again by the feeding line 11, the first circulating line 21 or the assembly line 31 so as to complete the rest assembly steps.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the plurality of work stations includes a first work station 32, a second work station 33, a third work station 34, a fourth work station 35, a fifth work station 36, and a sixth work station 37 sequentially disposed along a conveying direction of the assembly line 31, the first work station 32 is used for completing assembly of a motherboard and a CPU of the server, the second work station 33 is used for completing assembly of the motherboard and a memory, the third work station 34 is used for completing assembly of the motherboard and a radiator, the fourth work station 35 is used for completing assembly of the motherboard and the chassis, the fifth work station 36 is used for completing assembly of the chassis and a power supply, and the sixth work station 37 is used for completing a locking screw screwing operation of the chassis and the motherboard. The assembly process in each workstation is completed by using the mechanical arm of the robot, and the robot operates according to a control program designed in advance in the control system to complete corresponding operation steps.

Preferably, the first station 32, the second station 33, the third station 34 and the fourth station 35 are two, and the fifth station 36 and the sixth station 37 are one respectively, so that the layout manner can effectively avoid the phenomenon that the subsequent assembly steps cannot be performed when one station fails, and can prevent the material on the assembly line 31 from nonsensical backflow, and reduce the assembly cost. In addition, since the number of memory banks required to be assembled by the servers with different configurations is not uniform, when a plurality of memory banks are required to be assembled, the two second workstations 33 can ensure the assembly efficiency of the memory and improve the overall assembly efficiency of the servers.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 4, an empty tray defining a motherboard is a tray jig 5, the tray jig 5 has a first placement level 51 and a second placement level 52, the first placement level 51 is used for placing the motherboard, the second placement level 52 is used for placing a radiator and a CPU of a server, and the CPU is already assembled on the radiator in advance. In this embodiment, two second placement positions 52 are provided, after the motherboard is placed, the motherboard needs to enter the third loading station 14 along with the feeding line 11, and the placement of the radiator+cpu in the tray jig 5 is completed at the third loading station 14, that is, one motherboard and two radiator+cpu circulate on the wire along with the tray jig 5 at the same time. The arrangement mode ensures that the number of the main board, the radiator and the CPU does not need to be independently matched when the assembly is completed in the later period, and the assembly steps of the radiator and the CPU are saved, so that the assembly efficiency of the server can be further improved.

When the pallet fixture 5 is used to carry the motherboard, the heat sink and the CPU, the assembly step completed in the first station 32 is to remove the cover at the location where the CPU is mounted on the motherboard, so as to prepare for the simultaneous mounting of the heat sink and the CPU on the motherboard in the third station 34.

Optionally, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, a plurality of first judging positions 211 are disposed on the first circulation line 21, the plurality of first judging positions 211 are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of work stations, each first judging position 211 is provided with a first detection module, an electronic tag is disposed on the tray, and the first detection module can identify the electronic tag to determine whether the current tray carries materials or not, and determine the type of the materials on the current tray. The cooperation of the first detection module and the electronic tag enables the material information in the tray to be accurate and clear, so that the judgment of which station or assembly line 31 the material on the first circulation line 21 should enter is facilitated, the orderly circulation of the material is ensured, and the assembly process is orderly carried out.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2 and 3, a plurality of second judging positions 311 are disposed on the assembly line 31, a first buffer position 321 and an assembling station 322 are disposed in each station, a second detecting module is disposed on the second judging position 311, the second detecting module can identify the electronic tag to judge the assembly information of the materials on the current tray, the first buffer position 321 is used for buffering the materials input by the assembly line 31 or the first circulating line 21, and the assembling station 322 is used for completing the automatic assembly of the server in the current station. If the second detection module detects that the assembly of the materials in the current tray is completed, the tray can be conveyed downwards along the assembly line 31 to enter a next station to complete the assembly of the next process, and if the detection result is that the previous assembly process is not completed or the assembly fails, the tray continues to flow downwards along the assembly line 31 to the return line 41. The second judgment position 311 and the second detection module can prevent products which are not finished in the previous assembly process or failed in the previous assembly process from entering the next process, reduce nonsensical circulation time of inferior products and semi-finished products, ensure ordered circulation of qualified products and improve assembly efficiency. The arrangement of the first buffer memory location 321 can ensure that the materials in the work station are sufficient, and ensure that the assembly process is orderly carried out according to time.

In this embodiment, at least two first buffer storage locations 321 are disposed in the first station 32, the second station 33, the fourth station 35, the fifth station 36 and the sixth station 37, so that the materials in the stations are sufficient, and the working continuity of the stations is ensured. In other embodiments, the number of the first buffer bits 321 may be increased or decreased adaptively according to the actual tact time, which is not limited to the number listed in the present embodiment.

Preferably, the electronic tag is an RFID electronic tag placed in the tray, and the RFID electronic tag information in the corresponding tray is updated every time the material type or the assembly process on the tray is completed. The first detection module and the second detection module are both readers-writers, and RFID electronic tags in the current tray can be identified through the readers-writers so as to obtain report information corresponding to the current tray, so that whether the current tray bears materials or not is judged, and the type, assembly information and the like of the materials borne by the current tray are judged.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2, a second buffer memory position 323 is disposed in each workstation downstream of the assembly station 322, and a visual detection device is disposed on the second buffer memory position 323, where the visual detection device is used to detect whether the assembly step in the corresponding workstation is completed. Specifically, the visual detection device detects whether the assembly step of the current workstation is finished in real time, and feeds back the detected information to the control system of the production line, and accordingly the control system updates the assembly information on the electronic label in the corresponding tray so as to mark whether the material in the corresponding tray is automatically assembled in the process. When the pallet flows to the second judging position 321 on the assembly line 31, the second detecting module obtains the assembly information of the materials in the current pallet by identifying the electronic tag, if the assembly is completed, the pallet can enter the next working procedure for assembly, if the assembly is not completed or fails, the pallet continues to flow downwards to the return line 41 along the assembly line 31, the defective products and the products which are not completed in the previous assembly working procedure enter the next working procedure are avoided, the circulation time can be saved, meanwhile, the assembly quality of the server is ensured, and the product qualification rate is improved.

The visual detection device is a visual camera, and the visual camera can shoot the surface of the material on the tray so as to acquire image information, and the information is converted and then is transmitted to the control system, so that a control program in the control system can automatically judge whether the material in the current tray is assembled.

Optionally, the feeding line 11, the first circulation line 21, the second circulation line 22, the assembly line 31 and the return line 41 are all driven by a chain to drive the trays and the corresponding materials to circulate on the line body.

Optionally, referring to fig. 1, the return line 41 includes a first return section 411, an outlet is disposed on the assembly line 31, an input end of the first return section 411 is connected to the outlet, an output end of the first return section 411 is connected to the first circulation line 21, an output end of the first circulation line 21 is connected to the feeding line 11, and the empty tray and the defective product are sequentially conveyed to the feeding line 11 through the outlet, the first return section 411 and the first circulation line 21. Because the assembly line 31 is long as a whole, the design of the return line 41 into a split form can shorten the return path, thereby shortening the return time of the empty tray and the defective products and further improving the overall assembly efficiency of the server.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the outlet is located at the end of the assembly line 31 corresponding to the fourth station 35, that is, the defective product that fails to be assembled in any of the first four steps is output through the outlet and flows back to the first repair station 15 of the front processing area 1 through the first reflow section 411 for repair treatment. Meanwhile, after the fourth station 35 completes the assembly of the motherboard and the chassis, the tray carrying the motherboard becomes an empty tray, so that the connection of the first reflow section 411 at the end of the assembly line 31 corresponding to the fourth station 35 is beneficial to the reflow of the empty tray of the motherboard, thereby shortening the reflow path of the empty tray of the motherboard.

Further, the semi-finished product of one or all of the four unfinished processes is also output to the first recirculation section 411 through the outlet, and the semi-finished product reaches the first circulation line 21 through the first recirculation section 411. As shown in fig. 2, a first judging position 211 is provided at the junction of the first circulation line 21 and the assembly line 31, when the semi-finished product reaches the first judging position 211, the first detecting module can identify the electronic tag on the corresponding tray, and if the semi-finished product is judged, the tray enters the assembly line from the junction to complete the assembly of the shortage process. Of course, if it is determined that there is an empty tray or a defective tray or a tray carrying other materials, the conveyance is continued downward along the first circulation line 21.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2 and 3, a first lifting mechanism 42 is disposed between the input end of the first reflow section 411 and the assembly line 31, the empty trays and defective products on the assembly line 31 are all conveyed to the first reflow section 411 through the first lifting mechanism 42, a second lifting mechanism 43 is disposed between the output end of the first reflow section 411 and the first circulation line 21, and the empty trays and defective products on the first reflow section 411 are all conveyed to the first circulation line 21 through the second lifting mechanism 43. The arrangement of the first lifting mechanism 42 and the second lifting mechanism 43 enables empty trays on the assembly line 31 and defective products which fail to be assembled to flow to the first backflow section 411 orderly, so that factory space is fully utilized, a backflow path can be shortened, and assembly efficiency is improved.

Preferably, the first lifting mechanism 42 and the second lifting mechanism 43 are both lifts.

Optionally, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the reflow line 41 further includes a second reflow section 412, the second reflow section 412 is located downstream of the first reflow section 411, an inlet is provided on the assembly line 31 downstream of the outlet, an input end of the second reflow section 412 is connected to an end of the assembly line 31, an output end of the second reflow section 412 is connected to the inlet, and the semi-finished product that is not assembled on the assembly line 31 can be transported to the assembly line 31 through the second reflow section 412. In this embodiment, the inlet is located at the beginning of the assembly line 31 corresponding to the fifth station 36, and the servers that have not completed the fifth and sixth assembly steps flow through the end of the assembly line 31 to the second reflow section 412 and then are transported to the assembly line 31 through the second reflow section 412 to re-enter the fifth station 36 and the sixth station 37 to complete the assembly of the remaining assembly steps. The second reflow section 412 shortens the reflow path of the semi-finished product on the rear half section of the assembly line 31, thereby further improving the assembly speed of the semi-finished product and the overall assembly efficiency of the server.

Further, referring to fig. 3, the end of the assembly line 31 is provided with a second repair station 312, and the second repair station 312 is used for repairing defective products output from the end of the assembly line 31. That is, defective products failing to be assembled in the fifth and sixth work stations 36 and 37 are transferred to the second repair station 312 via the end of the assembly line 31 to be repaired, and the repaired products may be placed again on the second reflow section 412 to be returned again to the fifth and sixth work stations 36 and 37 to complete the assembly of the remaining processes. The second repair station 312 shortens the reflow path of the inferior product in the second half of the assembly line 31, thereby improving the repair speed of the inferior product and the assembly efficiency of the server as a whole.

In addition, if the remaining assembly process is simpler after the defective product on the second repairing station 312 is repaired, the remaining assembly process can be manually completed at the current station, the repaired product is not required to be placed on the second reflow section 412, the reflow time is saved, and the assembled server is transferred to the designated position.

As shown in fig. 3, the end of the assembly line 31 is further provided with a final point 313, and the assembled servers are all transported to the final point 313 for server packaging and palletizing.

Optionally, referring to fig. 3, a third lifting mechanism 44 is disposed between the input end of the second reflow section 412 and the assembly line 31, a fourth lifting mechanism 45 is disposed between the output end of the second reflow section 412 and the assembly line 31, the semi-finished product on the assembly line 31 can be conveyed to the second reflow section 412 through the third lifting mechanism 44, and the semi-finished product on the second reflow section 412 can be conveyed to the assembly line 31 through the fourth lifting mechanism 45. Because the second reflow section 412 is located below the assembly line 31, the third lifting mechanism 44 and the fourth lifting mechanism 45 can enable the semi-finished products on the assembly line 31 to flow to the second reflow section 412 orderly, the factory space is fully utilized, the reflow path of the semi-finished products is shortened, and the assembly efficiency can be improved.

Preferably, the third lifting mechanism 44 and the fourth lifting mechanism 45 are both lifts.

Optionally, referring to fig. 1, the circulation area 2 is further provided with a second circulation line 22 connected with the first circulation line 21, an output end of the second circulation line 22 is connected with an input end of the feeding line 11, the empty tray of the chassis, the empty tray of the main board and the empty tray of the rest materials are all on line at the input end of the second circulation line 22 and are conveyed to the feeding line 11 through the second circulation line 22, and the empty tray and the defective products on the first circulation line 21 are all conveyed to the feeding line 11 through the second circulation line 22. Namely, the second circulation line 22 is used for conveying the empty trays of the materials on one hand and for conveying the empty trays and the defective products of the circulation reflux on the first circulation line 21 on the other hand, so that the utilization rate of the first circulation line 21 and the second circulation line 22 is improved, and the recycling of the empty trays and the repair maintenance of the defective products can be realized.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the input end of the second circulation line 22 is provided with an empty tray feeding level 221, and the empty trays of the chassis, the main board and the rest of the materials are fed by the empty tray feeding level 221, and are conveyed to the feeding line 11 through the second circulation line 22 to provide sufficient trays for tray feeding in the front processing area 1.

The production process of the server automatic assembly production line provided by the embodiment is as follows:

the empty tray feeding level 221 feeds the empty trays of the chassis, the main board and the rest materials onto the second circulation line 22 according to the production tact time and conveys the empty trays to the feeding line 11 of the front processing area 1, the empty trays on the feeding line 11 are correspondingly conveyed to the first feeding station 12, the second feeding station 13 and the third feeding station 14 according to the electronic tag information so as to respectively finish the swinging trays of the chassis, the main board and the rest materials, and the materials after swinging trays are placed on the feeding line 11 again and conveyed to the first circulation line 21 through the feeding line 11.

When the trays conveyed on the first circulation line 21 pass through each first judging position 211, the first detecting modules identify the electronic tags on the corresponding trays, if the trays are identified as trays bearing the main board, the trays directly enter the assembly line 31 and enter each work station in sequence to finish automatic assembly, otherwise, the trays continue to flow downwards; when the first detection module on the first judgment position 211 at the position opposite to the corresponding work station recognizes that the material borne by the tray belongs to the current work station, the tray enters the current work station, the robot in the work station places the material in the first buffer position 321 in the work station, the empty tray is put back into the first circulation line 21, and the first circulation line 21 is conveyed to the second circulation line 22, so that the empty tray can be reused. Wherein, the empty tray random box of the chassis continues to flow downwards until all the assembly steps of the server are completed.

The trays carrying the main boards and conveyed on the assembly line 31 sequentially enter a first work station 32, a second work station 33, a third work station 34 and a fourth work station 35 to complete automatic assembly of the main boards, a CPU, a memory, a radiator and a chassis, during which, qualified products are continuously conveyed downwards to sequentially enter a fifth work station 36 and a sixth work station 37 to complete automatic assembly, and a server after assembly enters a final point 313; the semi-finished product which does not complete a certain assembly process, the defective product which fails to be assembled in a certain assembly process and the empty tray of the main board are output at the outlet of the assembly line 31 corresponding to the tail end of the fourth station 35, are transmitted to the first reflow section 411 through the first lifting mechanism 42, and are further transmitted to the first circulation line 21 through the first reflow section 411 and the second lifting mechanism 43. At this time, the semi-finished product reaching the first circulation line 21 enters the assembly line 31 again to complete the residual assembly process, the empty tray and the defective product on the first circulation line 21 flow to the second circulation line 22 along with the first circulation line 21, then the empty tray is conveyed to the feeding line 11 by the second circulation line 22, the defective product is reused, the defective product is conveyed to the first repairing station 15 for repairing, and the repaired product is conveyed to the first circulation line 21 and the assembly line 31 by the feeding line 11 to complete the residual assembly process.

For defective products with failed assembly and unfinished semi-finished products produced on the second half of the assembly line 31, the defective products enter the second repair station 312 at the tail end, the semi-finished products are conveyed to the second reflow section 412 through the third lifting mechanism 44, and then are reflowed to the assembly line 31 through the second reflow section 412, the fourth lifting mechanism 45 and the inlet corresponding to the beginning end of the fifth station 36 on the assembly line 31, so as to complete the rest assembly process. The product repaired by the second repairing station 312 is placed on the second reflow section 412 again, and is transported to the assembly line 31 by the second reflow section 412 to complete the remaining assembly process.

Note that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model and the technical principle applied. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present utility model is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the utility model. Therefore, while the utility model has been described in connection with the above embodiments, the utility model is not limited to the embodiments, but may be embodied in many other equivalent forms without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model, which is set forth in the following claims.

Claims

1. Automatic assembly line of server, its characterized in that includes:

a front processing area (1) is internally provided with a feeding line (11), and the feeding line (11) is used for conveying a machine box, a main board and/or other materials;

the circulating area (2) is internally provided with a first circulating line (21), and the first circulating line (21) is connected with the output end of the feeding line (11) and is used for conveying the chassis, the main board and/or other materials after the tray is placed;

the intelligent work station area (3) is internally provided with an assembly line (31) and a plurality of work stations, the work stations are distributed at intervals along the conveying direction of the assembly line (31), and a chassis, a main board and/or other materials on the first circulation line (21) after being put on a tray are selectively conveyed to the assembly line (31) or the corresponding work stations for automatic assembly;

the reflow zone (4), be provided with return wire (41) in the below of assembly line (31) in reflow zone (4), the output of return wire (41) with go up stockline (11) are connected, empty tray, the defective goods on assembly line (31) can be passed through return wire (41) are carried to go up stockline (11).

2. The automatic assembly line of servers according to claim 1, characterized in that the return line (41) comprises a first return section (411), an outlet is arranged on the assembly line (31), an input end of the first return section (411) is connected with the outlet, an output end of the first return section (411) is connected with the first circulation line (21), an output end of the first circulation line (21) is connected with the feeding line (11), and the empty tray and the defective products are sequentially conveyed to the feeding line (11) through the outlet, the first return section (411) and the first circulation line (21).

3. The automatic server assembling line according to claim 2, wherein a first lifting mechanism (42) is arranged between the input end of the first backflow section (411) and the assembly line (31), empty trays and defective products on the assembly line (31) are conveyed to the first backflow section (411) through the first lifting mechanism (42), a second lifting mechanism (43) is arranged between the output end of the first backflow section (411) and the first circulation line (21), and empty trays and defective products on the first backflow section (411) are conveyed to the first circulation line (21) through the second lifting mechanism (43).

4. The server automation assembly line according to claim 2, characterized in that the reflow line (41) further comprises a second reflow section (412), the second reflow section (412) being located downstream of the first reflow section (411), an inlet being provided on the assembly line (31) downstream of the outlet, an input of the second reflow section (412) being connected to an end of the assembly line (31), an output of the second reflow section (412) being connected to the inlet, semi-finished products of unfinished assembly on the assembly line (31) being able to be transported to the assembly line (31) via the second reflow section (412).

5. The server automation assembly line of claim 4, characterized in that a third lifting mechanism (44) is arranged between the input end of the second reflow section (412) and the assembly line (31), a fourth lifting mechanism (45) is arranged between the output end of the second reflow section (412) and the assembly line (31), semi-finished products on the assembly line (31) can be transported to the second reflow section (412) via the third lifting mechanism (44), and semi-finished products on the second reflow section (412) can be transported to the assembly line (31) via the fourth lifting mechanism (45).

6. The automatic server assembly line according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the front processing area (1) is provided with a first feeding station (12), a second feeding station (13), a third feeding station (14) and a first repairing station (15) at the side of the feeding line (11), the first feeding station (12) is used for placing a chassis on an empty tray of the chassis, the second feeding station (13) is used for placing a main board on an empty tray of the main board, the third feeding station (14) is used for placing the rest of materials on an empty tray of the rest of materials, and the first repairing station (15) is used for repairing defective products on the feeding line (11);

the tail end of the assembly line (31) is provided with a second repairing station (312), and the second repairing station (312) is used for repairing defective products output by the tail end of the assembly line (31).

7. The automatic assembly line for servers according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the circulation zone (2) is further provided with a second circulation line (22) connected with the first circulation line (21), an output end of the second circulation line (22) is connected with an input end of the feeding line (11), an empty tray of the chassis, an empty tray of the main board and an empty tray of the remainder thereof are all fed on the input end of the second circulation line (22) and conveyed to the feeding line (11) via the second circulation line (22), and an empty tray and defective products on the first circulation line (21) are all conveyed to the feeding line (11) via the second circulation line (22).

8. The automatic server assembling line according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of first judgment positions (211) are provided on the first circulation line (21), the plurality of first judgment positions (211) are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of work stations, a first detection module is provided on each first judgment position (211), an electronic tag is provided on a tray, and the first detection module can identify the electronic tag to judge whether the tray currently carries materials or not, and judge the type of materials on the tray currently.

9. The automatic assembly line for servers according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of second judging positions (311) are arranged on the assembly line (31), a first buffer position (321) and an assembly station (322) are arranged in each work station, a second detection module is arranged on each second judging position (311), the second detection module can identify the electronic tag so as to judge the assembly information of the current materials on the tray, the first buffer position (321) is used for buffering the materials input by the assembly line (31) or the first circulating line (21), and the assembly station (322) is used for completing the automatic assembly of the current servers in the work stations.

10. The automated assembly line of claim 9, wherein a second buffer location (323) is provided within each workstation downstream of the assembly station (322), the second buffer location (323) being provided with a visual inspection device for detecting whether the assembly step within the corresponding workstation is complete.