FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine

Abstract

The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention comprises: a frame, a mounting platform, a Y1-axis motion control platform, a Y2-axis motion control platform, an FPC transport module, an aluminum sheet feeding module and a double-sided film material feeder, wherein the Y1-axis motion control platform is equipped with a Y1-axis mounting head, the Y2-axis motion control platform is equipped with a Y2-axis mounting head, the FPC transport module transports the FPC to the mounting platform, the Y2-axis mounting head attaches the aluminum sheet in the aluminum sheet feeding module to the double-sided tape of the double-sided film material feeder, the Y1-axis mounting head attaches the aluminum sheet with the double-sided tape from the double-sided film material feeder to the PFC, and the FPC transport module moves the bonded FPC away from the mounting platform. The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention solves the bonding technical problem of bulk aluminum sheets, reduces the production process, and improves the production efficiency of PFC.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of FPC mounting machines, and in particular to a mounting machine for mounting bulk materials. Background Art

[0002] Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) is widely used due to its high wiring density, light weight, thin thickness, good bending properties, etc. In the production process of some FPC boards, thicker aluminum sheets and bulk materials are involved. Thick aluminum sheets are not suitable for coil feeding, which brings many difficulties to the FPC production process. Summary of the invention

[0003] The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention solves the technical problem of mounting thicker aluminum sheets and bulk aluminum sheets.

[0004] The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine comprises:

[0005] Frame (10);

[0006] A mounting platform (20) is mounted on a mounting platform of the frame (10);

[0007] A Y1-axis motion control platform (30) and a Y2-axis motion control platform (40) are arranged in parallel on both sides of the mounting platform (20), and an FPC positioning camera (31) is slidably mounted on the Y1-axis motion control platform (30);

[0008] A Y1-axis mounting head (32), whose movement in the Y-axis direction is controlled by a Y1-axis motion control platform (30);

[0009] A Y2-axis mounting head (41), whose movement in the Y-axis direction is controlled by a Y2-axis motion control platform (40), on which a double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera (42) is mounted;

[0010] An FPC handling module comprises an FPC loading suction cup (51) and an FPC unloading suction cup (52), wherein the FPC loading suction cup (51) and the FPC unloading suction cup (52) are respectively arranged at two ends of the mounting platform (20) along the X-axis direction;

[0011] The aluminum sheet feeding module (60) and the double-sided film material feeder (70) are installed on one side of the frame (10) and feed along the X-axis direction. They are located upstream of the mounting platform (20), and their feeding area is located between the Y1-axis motion control platform (30) and the Y2-axis motion control platform (40);

[0012] A Y1 lower camera and a Y2 lower camera (43) are mounted on a mounting platform of the frame (10) and are located between the mounting platform (20) and the double-sided film material feeder (70) in the Y-axis direction, and are used to detect the positions of products sucked by the Y1-axis mounting head (32) and the Y2-axis mounting head (41), respectively;

[0013] The FPC loading suction cup (51) carries the FPC to be mounted onto the mounting platform (20). The aluminum sheet bulk material is arranged by the aluminum sheet feeding module (60) and then sent to the material taking position for the Y2 axis mounting head (41) to pick up the aluminum sheet. The Y2 axis motion control platform (40) controls the Y2 axis mounting head (41) to pick up the aluminum sheet from the aluminum sheet feeding module (60) and detect the position through the Y2 lower camera (43). The double-sided tape positioning upper camera (42) detects the double-sided tape roll material feeder (70). ) on the double-sided tape position, the Y2-axis mounting head (41) attaches the aluminum sheet on it to the corresponding double-sided tape, the Y1-axis motion control platform (30) controls the Y1-axis mounting head (32) to suck the aluminum sheet with double-sided tape from the double-sided tape roll material feeder (70), and then moves to the mounting platform (20) to attach the aluminum sheet to the FPC after passing through the Y1 lower camera detection position, and the FPC unloading suction cup (52) moves the FPC that has been attached off the mounting platform (20).

[0014] In the FPC aluminum sheet assembly machine as described above, the aluminum sheet feeding module (60) includes: a feeding tray (61), a vibration tray (62) and a linear feeder (63). Bulk materials are put into the feeding tray (61), and the vibration tray (62) is controlled to feed materials. The aluminum sheet bulk materials are arranged on the vibration tray (62) and then sent to the linear feeder (63) to be sucked by the Y2-axis mounting head (41).

[0015] In the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine as described above, the Y2-axis mounting head (41) is mounted on the first surface of the first connecting plate (44), the double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera (42) is mounted on the second surface of the first connecting plate (44), the X-axis direction movement control mechanism (45) controls the double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera (42) to slide relative to the first connecting plate (44) in the X-axis direction, the first connecting plate (44) is fixed on the second connecting plate (46), and the second connecting plate (46) is connected to the Y2-axis motion control platform (40).

[0016] The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine as described above also includes an FPC lifting and feeding device (80) for the FPC feeding suction cup (51) to pick up materials, which includes: a support platform (81) and a lifting and loading platform (82), the FPC is placed on the lifting and loading platform (82), the support platform (81) is connected to the frame (10), and the cylinder (83) controls the lifting and loading platform (82) to rise and fall relative to the support platform (81).

[0017] The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention solves the bonding technical problem of aluminum sheets with large thickness and improves the production efficiency of PFC. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

[0019] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine provided by the present invention;

[0020] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the aluminum sheet feeding module of the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 3 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the first viewing angle of the Y2-axis mounting head of the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the second viewing angle of the Y2-axis mounting head of the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the FPC lifting and feeding device of the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention.

[0024] The above drawings have shown clear embodiments of the present invention, which will be described in more detail below. These drawings and text descriptions are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in any way, but to illustrate the concept of the present invention for those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0026] In order to clearly show the various module structures of the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention, the equipment cover and the operation panel are hidden in the drawings described below. The invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings.

[0027] Figure 1FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine includes: a frame 10, a mounting platform 20, a Y1-axis motion control platform 30, a Y2-axis motion control platform 40, an FPC handling module, an aluminum sheet feeding module 60, and a double-sided film material feeder 70; the mounting platform 20 is mounted on the mounting platform of the frame 10; the Y1-axis motion control platform 30 and the Y2-axis motion control platform 40 are arranged in parallel on both sides of the mounting platform 20; the Y1-axis motion control platform 30 is equipped with an FPC positioning camera 31 and a Y1-axis mounting head 32, and the FPC positioning The camera 31 and the Y1-axis mounting head 32 are controlled by the Y1-axis motion control platform 30 and can move independently along the Y-axis direction; the Y2-axis motion control platform 40 is equipped with the Y2-axis mounting head 41, and the Y2-axis mounting head 41 is equipped with a double-sided tape positioning upper camera 42; the FPC handling module includes an FPC loading suction cup 51 and an FPC unloading suction cup 52, and along the X-axis direction, the FPC loading suction cup 51 and the FPC unloading suction cup 52 are respectively arranged at both ends of the mounting platform 20; the aluminum sheet feeding module 60 and the double-sided tape roll material feeder 70 are installed on one side of the frame 10, and feed along the X-axis direction, located The feeding area of ​​the mounting platform 20 is located upstream between the Y1-axis motion control platform 30 and the Y2-axis motion control platform 40; the Y1-axis lower camera and the Y2-axis lower camera 43 are installed on the mounting platform of the frame 10 and between the mounting platform 20 and the double-sided film material feeder 70, which are used to detect the positions of the products sucked by the Y1-axis mounting head 32 and the Y2-axis mounting head 41 respectively; the FPC feeding suction cup 51 transports the FPC to be mounted to the mounting platform 20, and the aluminum sheet bulk is arranged by the aluminum sheet feeding module 60 and sent to the material-to-be-collected position for the Y2-axis mounting head 41 to suck, and the Y2-axis motion control platform 4 0 controls the Y2-axis mounting head 41 to pick up the aluminum sheet from the aluminum sheet feeding module 60 and detects the position through the Y2 lower camera 43. After the double-sided tape positioning upper camera 42 detects the position of the double-sided tape on the double-sided tape roll feeder 70, the Y2-axis mounting head 41 sticks the aluminum sheet on it to the corresponding double-sided tape. The Y1-axis motion control platform 30 controls the Y1-axis mounting head 32 to pick up the aluminum sheet with double-sided tape from the double-sided tape roll feeder 70 and moves to the mounting platform 20 to stick the aluminum sheet to the FPC after the Y1 lower camera detects the position. The FPC unloading suction cup 52 moves the FPC that has been stuck to the mounting platform 20.

[0028] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the aluminum sheet feeding module of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the aluminum sheet feeding module 60 includes: a feeding tray 61, a vibration tray 62 and a linear feeder 63. Bulk materials are put into the feeding tray 61, and the vibration tray 62 is controlled to feed materials. The bulk aluminum sheets are arranged on the vibration tray 62 and then sent to the linear feeder 63 to be sucked by the Y2-axis placement head 41.

[0029] Figure 3 This is a three-dimensional diagram of the Y2-axis placement head from the first perspective. Figure 4 It is a stereoscopic schematic diagram of the second viewing angle of the Y2 axis placement head, as shown in Figure 3-4 As shown, the Y2-axis mounting head 41 is mounted on the first surface of the first connecting plate 44, the double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera 42 is mounted on the second surface of the first connecting plate 44, the X-axis direction movement control mechanism 45 controls the double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera 42 to slide relative to the first connecting plate 44 in the X-axis direction, the first connecting plate 44 is fixed on the second connecting plate 46, and the second connecting plate 46 is connected to the Y2-axis motion control platform 40. The X-axis direction movement control mechanism 45 adopts a structure in which a motor drives a lead screw.

[0030] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the FPC lifting and feeding device of the present invention. The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention also includes an FPC lifting and feeding device 80 for the FPC loading suction cup 51 to pick up materials, which includes: a support table 81 and a lifting loading table 82, the FPC is placed on the lifting loading table 82, the support table 81 is connected to the frame 10, and the cylinder 83 controls the lifting and lowering of the lifting loading table 82 relative to the support table 81.

[0031] In the present invention, the Y1-axis motion control platform 30 and the Y2-axis motion control platform 40 adopt a magnetic suspension motor control structure.

[0032] The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine of the present invention solves the bonding technical problem of thick aluminum sheets and bulk materials, and improves the production efficiency of PFC.

[0033] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "center", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "vertical", "horizontal", "top" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0034] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0035] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or can communicate with each other; it can be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0036] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or replace some or all of the technical features therein with equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine, characterized in that: include: Frame (10); A mounting platform (20) is mounted on a mounting platform of the frame (10); A Y1-axis motion control platform (30) and a Y2-axis motion control platform (40) are arranged in parallel on both sides of the mounting platform (20), and an FPC positioning camera (31) is slidably mounted on the Y1-axis motion control platform (30); A Y1-axis mounting head (32), whose movement in the Y-axis direction is controlled by a Y1-axis motion control platform (30); A Y2-axis mounting head (41), whose movement in the Y-axis direction is controlled by a Y2-axis motion control platform (40), on which a double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera (42) is mounted; An FPC handling module comprises an FPC loading suction cup (51) and an FPC unloading suction cup (52), wherein the FPC loading suction cup (51) and the FPC unloading suction cup (52) are respectively arranged at two ends of the mounting platform (20) along the X-axis direction; The aluminum sheet feeding module (60) and the double-sided film material feeder (70) are installed on one side of the frame (10) and feed along the X-axis direction. They are located upstream of the mounting platform (20), and their feeding area is located between the Y1-axis motion control platform (30) and the Y2-axis motion control platform (40); A Y1 lower camera and a Y2 lower camera (43) are mounted on a mounting platform of the frame (10) and are located between the mounting platform (20) and the double-sided film material feeder (70) in the Y-axis direction, and are used to detect the positions of products sucked by the Y1-axis mounting head (32) and the Y2-axis mounting head (41), respectively; The FPC loading suction cup (51) carries the FPC to be mounted onto the mounting platform (20). The aluminum sheet bulk material is arranged by the aluminum sheet feeding module (60) and then sent to the material taking position for the Y2 axis mounting head (41) to pick up the aluminum sheet. The Y2 axis motion control platform (40) controls the Y2 axis mounting head (41) to pick up the aluminum sheet from the aluminum sheet feeding module (60) and detect the position through the Y2 lower camera (43). The double-sided tape positioning upper camera (42) detects the double-sided tape roll material feeder (70). ) on the double-sided tape position, the Y2-axis mounting head (41) attaches the aluminum sheet on it to the corresponding double-sided tape, the Y1-axis motion control platform (30) controls the Y1-axis mounting head (32) to suck the aluminum sheet with double-sided tape from the double-sided tape roll material feeder (70), and then moves to the mounting platform (20) to attach the aluminum sheet to the FPC after passing through the Y1 lower camera detection position, and the FPC unloading suction cup (52) moves the FPC that has been attached off the mounting platform (20).

2. The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The aluminum sheet feeding module (60) comprises: a feeding tray (61), a vibration tray (62) and a linear feeder (63). Bulk materials are put into the feeding tray (61), and the vibration tray (62) is controlled to feed materials. The aluminum sheet bulk materials are arranged on the vibration tray (62) and then sent to the linear feeder (63) to be sucked by the Y2-axis mounting head (41).

3. The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The Y2-axis mounting head (41) is mounted on the first surface of the first connecting plate (44), the double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera (42) is mounted on the second surface of the first connecting plate (44), the X-axis direction movement control mechanism (45) controls the double-sided adhesive positioning upper camera (42) to slide relative to the first connecting plate (44) in the X-axis direction, the first connecting plate (44) is fixed on the second connecting plate (46), and the second connecting plate (46) is connected to the Y2-axis motion control platform (40).

4. The FPC aluminum sheet mounting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The device also includes an FPC lifting and feeding device (80) for the FPC feeding suction cup (51) to pick up materials, which includes: a support platform (81) and a lifting and feeding platform (82), the FPC is placed on the lifting and feeding platform (82), the support platform (81) is connected to the frame (10), and the cylinder (83) controls the lifting and feeding platform (82) to rise and fall relative to the support platform (81).

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