Ceramic ferrule direction adjustment mechanism

Abstract

The invention discloses a direction adjusting mechanism for ceramic insertion cores. The direction adjusting mechanism comprises a support, a feeding pipe, a receiving pipe, a collision body and a driving device. The feeding pipe, the receiving pipe and the driving device are fixed onto the support; a vertical pipeline is arranged inside the feeding pipe, an apex is fixed to the lower end of the feeding pipe, the upward tip of the apex is positioned in the pipeline inside the feeding pipe, a discharge notch is formed in a side wall of the lower portion of the feeding pipe, the tip of the apex directly faces the discharge notch, the distance from the upper edge of the discharge notch to the tip of the apex is larger than the length of each ceramic insertion core but is smaller than 1.5 times the length of each ceramic insertion core, a channel is further arranged on the side wall, which is opposite to the discharge notch, of the feeding pipe, and the distance from the upper edge of the channel to the tip of the apex is smaller than 0,5 times the length of each ceramic insertion core; the receiving pipe is obliquely arranged, and a pipe orifice at the upper end of the receiving pipe is butted to the discharge notch; the driving device is connected with the collision body, the collision body is inserted into the channel on the side wall of the lower portion of the feeding pipe, the driving device can drive the collision body to reciprocate, and the collision body can convexly extend into the pipeline of the feeding pipe when moving.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a mechanism for adjusting the direction of a ceramic ferrule. Background technique [0002] The ceramic ferrule is the core component of the optical fiber connector. The ceramic ferrule is characterized by smooth outer circle, light weight and large quantity. After the ceramic ferrule is formed, it needs post-processing. For example, it needs to process the bell mouth at one end and chamfer at both ends. Since a large number of ceramic ferrules need to be loaded into the tooling in the same direction during the subsequent grinding process, it is necessary to Before processing, judge, adjust and arrange the head and tail directions of the ceramic ferrules. The existing direction discrimination method generally uses a cylinder to push one end of the ferrule close to the probe. The stroke of the cylinder is fixed, and the bell mouth has a depth, so the ceramic ferrule pushes the probe to move a short distance. The sensor judges t...

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Problems solved by technology

Because the bell mouth is not finished after mold opening, the depth is not uniform, and the depth of the bell mouth will cause misjudgment, and the cost of the equipment is high

Another method relies on the vibrating plate to determine the direction of feeding, using the gravity of the ferrule itself, external steps or grooves to identify, select according to the method of elimination, and set the characteristic judgment according to the needs. The ferrule that meets the requirements enters the next link, and the ferrule that does not meet the requirements The falling back shock plate continues to vibrate until the requirements are met. This method is low in cost and easy to implement, but it has low efficiency and high energy consumption. Moreover, it is affected by the size error of the ferrule, and the discrimination error rate is high.

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