A multifunctional connector material taking manipulator chuck

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of manipulator chuck technology, and specifically to a multifunctional connector picking manipulator chuck. A number of needle picking and placing modules are used to carry PIN needles in a carrier to an injection mold to wait for injection molding; a number of finished product picking modules are used to take away the finished products that have been injected in the above injection mold; a cleaning module is used to clean the injection mold from which the finished product has been taken away; a CCD optical detection module is used to accurately identify the positions of the carrier and the injection mold, and guide the manipulator to quickly and accurately position to take away the PIN needles in the carrier and put them in the designated positions of the injection mold; a chuck frame is used to arrange the above modules, and a manipulator fixing mechanism is provided at the top of the chuck frame, and the manipulator fixing mechanism is fixed to the manipulator. The present invention integrates the needle picking and placing module, the finished product picking module, the cleaning module and the CCD optical detection module into one through the chuck, and one chuck realizes different functions.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of a manipulator chuck, in particular to a multifunctional connector material taking manipulator chuck. Background Art

[0002] In the automated production of connectors in 3C electronics and automotive electronics industries, most manufacturing processes involve injection molding. Basically, parts are placed manually in the mold of the injection molding machine and then injected. This is inefficient and has high safety risks. Some chucks can only pick up and place connectors, but the removal of finished products still requires manual labor or an additional device for taking out the finished products, resulting in low efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0003] The technical problem solved by the invention is to provide a multifunctional connector material taking manipulator chuck which can take and place connectors and take and place injection-molded finished products.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problem is:

[0005] A multifunctional connector material taking manipulator chuck, comprising:

[0006] Several needle removal and placement modules are used to transport the PIN needles in the carrier to the injection mold to wait for injection molding;

[0007] A number of finished product taking modules, used to take out the finished products that have been injected in the above-mentioned injection molds;

[0008] A cleaning module, used for cleaning the injection mold from which the finished product has been removed;

[0009] A CCD optical detection module is used to accurately identify the positions of the carrier and the injection mold, and guide the robot to quickly and accurately locate the PIN in the carrier and place it in the specified position of the injection mold;

[0010] A chuck frame is used to arrange the above-mentioned module. A manipulator fixing mechanism is arranged on the top of the chuck frame, and the manipulator fixing mechanism is fixed to the manipulator.

[0011] Furthermore, the needle removal and placement module comprises:

[0012] A plurality of positioning posts, wherein the positioning posts are inserted into the positioning holes of the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold, so as to accurately fix the needle removal and placement module in the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold;

[0013] A card slot assembly, used for clamping the PIN pin in the PIN pin carrier and releasing the PIN pin into the injection mold;

[0014] A pin-pushing cylinder assembly, used to push the PIN pin clamped by the card slot assembly into the card slot of the injection mold;

[0015] A plurality of positioning PINs are provided to compensate for the over-positioning phenomenon that may occur after the plurality of needle removal and placement modules are inserted into the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold;

[0016] The left and right floating mechanism and the front and back floating mechanism are used to provide front, back, left and right floating forces for the needle retrieval and placement module, ensuring that the needle retrieval and placement module can be smoothly inserted into the PIN needle carrier to remove the PIN needle, and smoothly inserted into the injection mold to complete the PIN material placement action.

[0017] Furthermore, the slot assembly includes a slot driving cylinder and a hook needle assembly. The slot driving cylinder drives the hook needle assembly to move forward and backward. When the slot driving cylinder retracts backward, it drives the hook needle assembly to hook and clamp the PIN needle in the carrier, and when it pushes forward, it drives the hook needle assembly to release the PIN needle.

[0018] Furthermore, the needle removal and placement module also includes a front workpiece plate and a rear workpiece plate, the front workpiece plate is slidably connected to the rear workpiece plate through multiple groups of sliding rods, the needle removal and placement module is fixed to the chuck frame through the rear workpiece plate, the multiple positioning columns, the slot assembly and the multiple positioning PINs are fixed on the surface of the front workpiece plate, the needle pushing cylinder assembly is fixed on the upper end of the rear workpiece plate, the left and right ends of the rear workpiece plate are fixed with multiple left and right floating mechanisms that are floatingly connected to the left and right ends of the front workpiece plate, and the lower end of the rear workpiece plate is fixed with front and rear floating mechanisms that are floatingly connected to the lower end of the front workpiece plate.

[0019] Preferably, the left-right floating mechanism and the front-back floating mechanism adopt ball plungers.

[0020] Preferably, the finished product taking module comprises a suction cup, and the suction cup is an integrated suction cup.

[0021] Preferably, the cleaning module is a cleaning air gun.

[0022] Furthermore, the bottom end of the chuck frame is fixed with the plurality of needle removal and placement modules, the top end is fixedly connected with the manipulator via the manipulator fixing mechanism, and the front end is fixed with the finished product removal module and the cleaning module.

[0023] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0024] 1. One chuck integrates the needle picking and placing module, finished product picking module, cleaning module and CCD optical detection module, and one chuck realizes different functions.

[0025] 2. The needle removal and placement module is provided with left and right floating mechanisms and front and back floating mechanisms, which can compensate for the over-positioning phenomenon that may occur after the needle removal and placement module is inserted into the injection mold. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 It is a structural diagram of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A top view of

[0028] Figure 3 for Figure 1 Right view of;

[0029] Figure 4 for Figure 1 The structural diagram marked as 1 in the figure;

[0030] Figure 5 for Figure 4 A top view of

[0031] Figure 6 for Figure 1 Assembly structure drawing;

[0032] The markings in the figure are:

[0033] 1-1, chuck, 1-2, manipulator;

[0034] 1. Needle removal and placement module, 1.1. Positioning column, 1.2. Card slot assembly, 1.21. Card slot driving cylinder, 1.22. Hook needle assembly, 1.3. Needle push cylinder assembly, 1.4. Positioning PIN, 1.5. Left and right floating mechanism, 1.6. Front and rear floating mechanism, 1.7 Front workpiece plate, 1.8. Rear workpiece plate, 1.9. Sliding rod;

[0035] 2. Finished product picking module, 2.1. Suction cup, 3. Cleaning module, 4. CCD optical detection module, 5. Chuck rack, 6. Robot fixing mechanism. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the following description, many specific details are set forth to facilitate a full understanding of the present invention. However, the present invention can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without violating the connotation of the present invention, so the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0037] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" another element, it may be directly on the other element or there may be an intermediate element. When an element is considered to be "connected to" another element, it may be directly connected to the other element or there may be an intermediate element at the same time.

[0038] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art of the present invention. The terms used herein in the specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0039] A multifunctional connector picking manipulator chuck, such as Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 6 As shown, it includes: a plurality of needle taking and placing modules 1, which are used to carry the PIN needles in the carrier to the injection mold to wait for injection molding; a plurality of finished product taking modules 2, which are used to take out the finished products that have been injected in the above injection mold; a cleaning module 3, which is used to clean the injection mold from which the finished products have been taken out; a CCD optical detection module 4, which is used to accurately identify the positions of the carrier and the injection mold, and guide the manipulator 1-2 to quickly and accurately locate to take out the PIN needles in the carrier and put them in the specified position of the injection mold; a chuck frame 5, which is used to arrange the above modules, and a manipulator fixing mechanism 6 is provided on the top of the chuck frame, as shown in FIG. Figure 6 As shown, the robot chuck 1 - 1 is mounted on the robot 1 - 2 via the robot fixing mechanism 6 .

[0040] Furthermore, if Figure 4 As shown, it is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the needle removal and placement module 1 in the chuck, including multiple positioning columns 1.1, which are inserted into the positioning holes of the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold, so as to accurately fix the needle removal and placement module 1 in the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold; a slot assembly 1.2, which is used to clamp the PIN needles in the PIN needle carrier and release the PIN needles into the injection mold; a needle pushing cylinder assembly 1.3, which is used to push the PIN needles clamped by the slot assembly 1.2 into the slot of the injection mold; multiple positioning PINs 1.4, which make up for the over-positioning phenomenon that may occur after multiple groups of needle removal and placement modules 1 are inserted into the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold; a left and right floating mechanism 1.5 and a front and back floating mechanism 1.6, which are used to provide front, back, left and right floating forces for the needle removal and placement module 1, to ensure that the needle removal and placement module 1 can be smoothly inserted into the PIN needle carrier to remove the PIN needles, and can be smoothly inserted into the injection mold to complete the action of placing the PIN material.

[0041] Furthermore, if Figure 5As shown, it is a top view of the needle removal and placement module 1, the slot assembly 1.2 includes a slot driving cylinder 1.21 and a hook needle assembly 1.22, the slot driving cylinder 1.21 drives the hook needle assembly 1.22 to move forward and backward, when the slot driving cylinder 1.21 retracts backward, it drives the hook needle assembly 1.22 to hook the PIN needle in the clamping carrier, and when it pushes forward, it drives the hook needle assembly 1.22 to release the PIN needle into the injection mold.

[0042] Furthermore, if Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown, the needle removal and placement module 1 also includes a front workpiece plate 1.7 and a rear workpiece plate 1.8. The front workpiece plate 1.7 is slidably connected to the rear workpiece plate 1.8 through multiple sets of sliding rods 1.9. The needle removal and placement module 1 is fixed on the chuck frame 5 through the rear workpiece plate 1.8. Multiple positioning columns 1.1, slot assemblies 1.2 and multiple positioning PINs 1.4 are fixed on the surface of the front workpiece plate 1.7. The needle pushing cylinder assembly 1.3 is fixed to the upper end of the rear workpiece plate 1.8. The left and right ends of the rear workpiece plate 1.8 are fixed with multiple left and right floating mechanisms 1.5 that are floatingly connected to the left and right ends of the front workpiece plate 1.7. The lower end of the rear workpiece plate 1.8 is fixed with front and rear floating mechanisms 1.6 that are floatingly connected to the lower end of the front workpiece plate 1.7.

[0043] Preferably, the left-right floating mechanism 1.5 and the front-back floating mechanism 1.6 use ball plungers to provide floating force for the front workpiece plate 1.7.

[0044] Preferably, the finished product taking module 2 comprises a suction cup 2.1, and the suction cup 2.1 is an integrated suction cup.

[0045] Preferably, the cleaning module 3 uses a cleaning air gun.

[0046] Furthermore, if Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, a manipulator fixing mechanism 6 is fixed at the top, a number of needle taking and placing modules 1 are fixed at the bottom, a finished product taking module 2 and a cleaning module 3 are fixed at the front end, a CCD optical detection module 4 is fixed at the rear end or side end, and the middle is used to arrange the air pipes and circuit wiring required for the cylinder.

[0047] Furthermore, if Figure 6 As shown, it is a diagram of the chuck transfer, in which the chuck 1-1 is fixedly connected to the manipulator 1-2 via the manipulator fixing mechanism 6 at the top.

[0048] The working process of the robot chuck is as follows:

[0049] A: The robot 1-2 drives the chuck 1-1 to the position of the carrier equipped with PIN needles, and the CCD optical detection module 4 records the precise position of the PIN needle carrier, and guides the robot 1-2 to accurately insert the positioning column 1.1 on the needle removal and placement module 1 on the chuck 1-1 into the positioning hole of the PIN needle carrier. The card slot driving cylinder 1.21 on the needle removal and placement module 1 drives the hook needle assembly 1.22 to retract back to hook and remove the PIN needles in the PIN needle carrier. The robot 1-2 drives multiple needle removal and placement modules 1 on the chuck 1-1 to take out the PIN needles in multiple PIN needle carriers in turn.

[0050] B: Robot arm 1-2 drives the chuck with the PIN needle to the CCD optical detection mechanism to detect the PIN needle to see if there is any problem with the PIN needle or if there is any missing needle. If there is any problem, the corresponding needle picking and placing module 1 of chuck 1-1 will discard the problematic PIN needle, and robot arm 1-2 drives chuck 1-1 to pick up the PIN needle in the PIN needle carrier again for detection.

[0051] C: For the first injection, after the PIN needle is inspected and found to be correct, the robot 1-2 drives the chuck 1-1 to the position of the injection mold. The CCD optical detection module 4 on the chuck 1-1 records the position of the injection mold. The chuck 1-1 is first rotated to align the cleaning module 3 with the injection mold, and the injection mold is blown to clean it. Then, the chuck 1-1 is rotated to align the needle removal and placement module 1 with the injection mold. The CCD optical detection module 4 guides the robot 1-2 to accurately insert the positioning column 1.1 of the needle removal and placement module 1 on the chuck 1-1 into the positioning hole of the injection mold. After positioning, the slot driving cylinder 1.21 on the needle removal and placement module 1 drives the hook needle assembly 1.22 to push forward to release the clamped PIN needle into the slot of the injection mold, and then the needle pushing cylinder assembly 1.3 pushes forward to push the PIN needle into the slot of the injection mold again.

[0052] D: Injection molding again, the CCD optical detection module 4 guides the robot 1-2 to bring the chuck 1-1 to the top of the injection mold, first rotate the chuck, align the finished product picking module 2 with the injection mold, and the robot 1-2 moves downward. The finished product picking module 2 sucks out the finished product that has been injected before through the suction cup 2.1, and then the cleaning module 3 blows and cleans the injection mold, and then rotates the chuck to align the needle picking and placing module 1 with the injection mold, and the robot 1-2 moves downward to insert the positioning column 1.1 of the needle picking and placing module 1 into the positioning hole of the injection mold, release the clamped PIN needle, and the pin pushing cylinder assembly 3 pushes the PIN needle into the card slot of the injection mold again, and the robot 1-2 moves the sucked finished product to the finished product conveyor line for the next process.

[0053] E: Repeat the processes of A, B and D to complete the PIN needle removal, inspection, cleaning and injection molding process, as well as the finished product removal process.

[0054] The specific embodiments described above further illustrate the objectives, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present invention in detail. It should be understood that the above description is only a specific embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A multifunctional connector retrieving manipulator chuck, characterized in that: include: A plurality of needle removal and placement modules (1) are used to carry the PIN needles in the carrier to the injection mold to wait for injection molding; A plurality of finished product taking modules (2) for taking out the finished products that have been injected in the injection mold; A cleaning module (3) for cleaning the injection mold from which the finished product has been removed; A CCD optical detection module (4) is used to accurately identify the positions of the carrier and the injection mold and guide the robot (1- 2) Quickly and accurately locate the PIN in the carrier and place it in the designated position of the injection mold; A chuck frame (5) is used to arrange the above-mentioned module. A manipulator fixing mechanism (6) is provided at the top of the chuck frame. The manipulator fixing mechanism (6) is fixed to the manipulator (1-2). The needle removal and placement module (1) comprises: a plurality of positioning posts (1.1), wherein the positioning posts (1.1) are inserted into positioning holes of the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold, thereby accurately fixing the needle removal and placement module (1) in the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold; A card slot assembly (1.2), used for clamping the PIN pin in the PIN pin carrier and releasing the PIN pin into the injection mold; A pin-pushing cylinder assembly (1.3) is used to push the PIN pin clamped by the card slot assembly (1.2) into the card slot of the injection mold; A plurality of positioning PINs (1.4) to compensate for the over-positioning phenomenon that may occur after the plurality of needle removal and placement modules (1) are inserted into the PIN needle carrier and the injection mold; The left-right floating mechanism (1.5) and the front-back floating mechanism (1.6) are used to provide the needle removal and placement module (1) with front-back, left-right floating forces, thereby ensuring that the needle removal and placement module (1) can be smoothly inserted into the PIN needle carrier to remove the PIN needle, and can be smoothly inserted into the injection mold to complete the action of placing the PIN material; The finished product taking module (2) comprises a suction cup (2.1), and the suction cup (2.1) is an integrated suction cup.

2. A multifunctional connector picking robot chuck as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The slot drive assembly (1.2) comprises a slot drive cylinder (1.21) and a hook needle assembly (1.22); the slot drive cylinder (1.21) drives the hook needle assembly (1.22) to move forward and backward; when the slot drive cylinder (1.21) retracts backward, it drives the hook needle assembly (1.22) to hook and clamp the PIN needle in the carrier; when it pushes forward, it drives the hook needle assembly (1.22) to release the PIN needle.

3. A multifunctional connector picking robot chuck as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The needle removal and placement module (1) also includes a front workpiece plate (1.7) and a rear workpiece plate (1.8); the front workpiece plate (1.7) is slidably connected to the rear workpiece plate (1.8) via a plurality of sliding rods (1.9); the needle removal and placement module (1) is fixed to the chuck frame (5) via the rear workpiece plate (1.8); the plurality of positioning columns (1.1), the slot assembly (1.2) and the plurality of positioning PINs (1.4) are fixed on the surface of the front workpiece plate (1.7); the needle push cylinder assembly (1.3) is fixed to the upper end of the rear workpiece plate (1.8); the left and right ends of the rear workpiece plate (1.8) are fixed with a plurality of left and right floating mechanisms (1.5) floatingly connected to the left and right ends of the front workpiece plate (1.7); the lower end of the rear workpiece plate (1.8) is fixed with a front and rear floating mechanism (1.6) floatingly connected to the lower end of the front workpiece plate (1.7).

4. A multifunctional connector picking manipulator chuck as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The left-right floating mechanism (1.5) and the front-back floating mechanism (1.6) use ball-head plungers.

5. A multifunctional connector picking robot chuck as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning module (3) is a cleaning air gun.

6. A multifunctional connector picking robot chuck as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: The bottom end of the chuck frame (5) is fixed with the plurality of needle removal and placement modules (1), the top end is fixedly connected to the manipulator (1-2) via the manipulator fixing mechanism (6), the front end is fixed with the finished product removal module (2) and the cleaning module (3), and the rear end or the side end is fixed with the CCD optical detection module (4).

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