Glass capillary tube smoothing equipment

Abstract

The present invention provides a device for smoothing the tube ends of glass capillaries, comprising a mounting plate, a heating component, a bracket, an alignment mechanism, and a drive mechanism; the heating component is slidably arranged on the mounting plate, the alignment mechanism is arranged on the heating component, the drive mechanism is connected to the heating component, and the bracket is arranged on the mounting plate. The present invention realizes fully automatic closing processing, solves the tedious steps of manually delivering, removing, and closing the tubes, and achieves the effect of fully automatic and integrated closing; the present invention mainly provides fully automatic integrated operating equipment for closing the ends of glass capillaries, which can effectively solve the synchronous closing processing of the two ends of glass capillaries, and the size and dimensions of the closing can be accurately controlled to achieve a unified closing standard; the present invention does not require manual supervision and operation during the entire closing process, and the entire closing process, from delivering, removing, heating, closing, and closing the tubes, is automatically completed by the equipment, achieving a high closing efficiency and a unified closing size standard.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of glass capillary tube end-closing machines, in particular to a glass capillary tube end smoothing device, and in particular to a novel glass capillary tube end smoothing device. Background Art

[0002] Glass tubes that have been mechanically cut have sharp cuts due to the characteristics of glass. If they are used directly without treatment, there is a risk of scratching the user. The sharp cut surface is also likely to cause damage to the supporting equipment. For these sharp cuts, they are generally closed, that is, the sharp cut is locally heated to the melting temperature of the glass, and the surface tension of the fluid material is used to make the sharp edge rounded and smooth. Currently, manual methods are mainly used for closing glass tubes. Manual methods mainly rely on experience and are difficult to achieve unified standards. Manual operation methods will also cause the closing sizes to vary, and it is impossible to accurately meet the numerical requirements. Therefore, this method is only suitable for closing large-diameter glass tubes. It is impossible to achieve precise control of the closing size for glass capillaries.

[0003] Patent document CN213977418U discloses a device for closing the mouth of a glass cup used in production, comprising a device body, the device body comprising a closing device body and a first connecting rod, a glass bottle being placed inside the closing device body, a first connecting rod being fixedly connected to one side of the closing device body, a closing mechanism being provided on one side of the first connecting rod, the closing mechanism comprising a first connecting plate and a first slide groove, a first connecting plate being fixedly connected to one side of the first connecting rod, and a first slide groove being provided inside the first connecting plate. The present invention comprises a second connecting rod, a telescopic rod, a second connecting plate, and a second slider, and by bringing the two second connecting rods closer together, the bottle mouth is closed by squeezing between the second connecting rods.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to propose a new technical solution to improve the above technical problems. Summary of the Invention

[0005] In view of the defects in the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide a device for smoothing the tube mouth of a glass capillary.

[0006] According to the present invention, a glass capillary tube orifice smoothing device includes a mounting plate, a heating assembly, a bracket, an alignment mechanism, and a driving mechanism;

[0007] The heating component is slidably arranged on the mounting plate, the alignment mechanism is arranged on the heating component, the driving mechanism is connected to the heating component, and the bracket is arranged on the mounting plate.

[0008] Preferably, the heating assembly includes a first heating assembly and a second heating assembly, and the first heating assembly and the second heating assembly are respectively arranged on both sides of the bracket.

[0009] Preferably, the first heating assembly comprises a first heating plate, two first heating copper seats, a first ceramic base and a first heating slide;

[0010] The first heating plate is arranged on the first ceramic base, the two first heating copper seats are arranged on the first ceramic base, and the two first heating copper seats are respectively arranged on both sides of the first heating plate, the first heating slide is slidably arranged on the mounting plate, and the first heating slide is connected to the first ceramic base.

[0011] Preferably, the second heating assembly comprises a second heating plate, two second heating copper seats, a second ceramic base and a second heating slide;

[0012] The second heating plate is arranged on the second ceramic base, the two second heating copper seats are arranged on the second ceramic base, and the two second heating copper seats are respectively arranged on both sides of the second heating plate, the second heating slide is slidably arranged on the mounting plate, and the second heating slide is connected to the second ceramic base.

[0013] Preferably, a groove for placing a glass capillary is provided on the top of the bracket, and the bracket is U-shaped.

[0014] Preferably, the alignment mechanism includes an alignment bracket, a baffle and a drive assembly;

[0015] The baffle is slidably arranged on the alignment bracket, the driving component is connected to the baffle, and the alignment bracket is connected to the first heating component.

[0016] Preferably, a slide rail is provided on the alignment bracket, and the baffle is slidably arranged on the alignment bracket via the slide rail.

[0017] Preferably, the driving mechanism includes a first electric slide and a second electric slide, and the first electric slide and the second electric slide are connected to the first heating slide and the second heating slide respectively.

[0018] Preferably, the device further comprises a housing, a tube collecting device, a tube dropping device, a mechanical arm and a display device;

[0019] The mounting plate is arranged on the casing, the tube dropping device is arranged on one side of the casing, the tube collecting device is arranged on the side of the casing away from the tube dropping device, the mechanical arm is arranged between the tube dropping device and the tube collecting device, and the display device is arranged above the casing.

[0020] Preferably, the mounting plate is covered with an acrylic outer cover, and the heating component, bracket, alignment mechanism and driving mechanism are located in the acrylic outer cover.

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0022] 1. The present invention realizes fully automatic closing processing, solves the tedious steps of manual tube feeding, tube taking and tube closing, and achieves the effect of fully automatic closing integration;

[0023] 2. The present invention mainly provides a fully automatic integrated operation device for closing the ends of glass capillaries, which can effectively solve the synchronous closing process of the two ends of glass capillaries, and the size and dimensions of the closing can be accurately controlled to achieve a unified closing standard;

[0024] 3. The present invention realizes the effect of fully automatic completion of synchronous closing of both ends of the glass capillary;

[0025] 4. The present invention does not require manual supervision and operation during the entire closing process. The entire closing process, from tube delivery, tube removal, heating and closing, is automatically completed by the equipment, achieving the effect of fast closing efficiency and unified closing size. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments with reference to the following drawings:

[0027] Figure 1 This is an overall structural diagram of the device of the present invention in an open state;

[0028] Figure 2 This is an overall structural diagram of the device of the present invention in a closed state;

[0029] Figure 3 It is a front view of the device of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 4 This is a schematic structural diagram of the heating component of the device of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 5 A top view of a heating assembly of the device of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 6 It is a front view of the heating component of the device of the present invention;

[0033] Figure 7 This is a schematic structural diagram of the first heating component of the device of the present invention;

[0034] Figure 8 A top view of the first heating component of the device of the present invention;

[0035] Figure 9 A front view of the first heating component of the device of the present invention;

[0036] Figure 10 This is a schematic structural diagram of the second heating component of the device of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 11 It is a structural schematic diagram of the alignment mechanism of the present invention;

[0038] in:

[0039] Mounting plate 1 Alignment bracket 401

[0040] Heating component 2 baffle 402

[0041] First heating component 201 driving component 403

[0042] First heating plate 2011 driving mechanism 5

[0043] First heating copper seat 2012 First electric slide 501

[0044] First ceramic base 2013 Second electric slide 502

[0045] First heating slide 2014 groove 6

[0046] Second heating assembly 202 slide rail 7

[0047] Second heating plate 2021 housing 8

[0048] Second heating copper seat 2022 tube collecting device 9

[0049] Second ceramic base 2023 drop pipe device 10

[0050] Second heating slide 2024 Robotic arm 11

[0051] Bracket 3 Display device 12

[0052] Positioning mechanism 4 Acrylic cover 13

[0053] Infrared sensor 14 DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0054] The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments. The following examples will help those skilled in the art to further understand the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention in any form. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several changes and improvements can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. These all fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0055] Example 1:

[0056] Reference Figure 1 、 Figure 2 and Figure 3 According to the present invention, a glass capillary tube mouth smoothing device is provided, which includes a mounting plate 1, a heating component 2, a bracket 3, a positioning mechanism 4 and a driving mechanism 5; the heating component 2 is slidingly arranged on the mounting plate 1, the positioning mechanism 4 is arranged on the heating component 2, and in this embodiment, the positioning mechanism 4 is fixedly connected to the heating component 2, and the driving mechanism 5 is connected to the heating component 2. In this embodiment, the driving mechanism 5 is fixedly connected to the heating component 2, and the bracket 3 is arranged on the mounting plate 1.

[0057] Reference Figure 4 、 Figure 5 and Figure 6 The heating assembly 2 includes a first heating assembly 201 and a second heating assembly 202 , and the first heating assembly 201 and the second heating assembly 202 are respectively arranged on both sides of the bracket 3 .

[0058] Reference Figure 7 、 Figure 8 and Figure 9 The first heating component 201 includes a first heating plate 2011, two first heating copper seats 2012, a first ceramic base 2013 and a first heating slide 2014; in this embodiment, the first heating slide 2014 uses a three-axis slide, the first heating plate 2011 uses a ceramic heating plate, the first heating plate 2011 is arranged on the first ceramic base 2013, the two first heating copper seats 2012 are arranged on the first ceramic base 2013, and the two first heating copper seats 2012 are respectively arranged on both sides of the first heating plate 2011, the first heating slide 2014 is slidably set on the mounting plate 1, and the first heating slide 2014 is connected to the first ceramic base 2013. In this embodiment, the first heating slide 2014 is fixedly connected to the first ceramic base 2013.

[0059] Reference Figure 10 The second heating component 202 includes a second heating plate 2021, two second heating copper seats 2022, a second ceramic base 2023 and a second heating slide 2024; in this embodiment, the second heating slide 2024 uses a three-axis slide, the second heating plate 2021 is arranged on the second ceramic base 2023, the two second heating copper seats 2022 are arranged on the second ceramic base 2023, and the two second heating copper seats 2022 are respectively arranged on both sides of the second heating plate 2021, the second heating slide 2024 is slidably arranged on the mounting plate 1, and the second heating slide 2024 is connected to the second ceramic base 2023. In this embodiment, the second heating slide 2024 and the second ceramic base 2023 are fixedly connected.

[0060] A groove 6 for placing the glass capillary is provided on the top of the bracket 3, and the bracket 3 is U-shaped.

[0061] Reference Search Figure 11 The alignment mechanism 4 includes an alignment bracket 401, a baffle 402 and a driving assembly 403; the baffle 402 is slidably set on the alignment bracket 401, and the driving assembly 403 is connected to the baffle 402. In this embodiment, the driving assembly 403 is fixedly connected to the baffle 402. The driving assembly 403 uses an electromagnet. The alignment bracket 401 is connected to the first heating assembly 201. In this embodiment, the alignment bracket 401 is fixedly connected to the first heating assembly 201.

[0062] The alignment bracket 401 is provided with a slide rail 7 , and the baffle 402 is slidably provided on the alignment bracket 401 via the slide rail 7 .

[0063] The driving mechanism 5 includes a first electric slide 501 and a second electric slide 502. In this embodiment, the first electric slide 501 and the second electric slide 502 are electric same-direction slides. The first electric slide 501 and the second electric slide 502 are respectively connected to the first heating slide 2014 and the second heating slide 2024. In this embodiment, the first electric slide 501 and the second electric slide 502 are respectively fixedly connected to the first heating slide 2014 and the second heating slide 2024.

[0064] The equipment also includes a casing 8, a tube collecting device 9, a tube dropping device 10, a robotic arm 11 and a display device 12; the mounting plate 1 is arranged on the casing 8, the tube dropping device 10 is arranged on one side of the casing 8, the tube collecting device 9 is arranged on the side of the casing 8 away from the tube dropping device 10, the robotic arm 11 is arranged between the tube dropping device 10 and the tube collecting device 9, and the display device 12 is arranged above the casing 8.

[0065] An acrylic outer cover 13 is provided on the mounting plate 1 , and the heating assembly 2 , the bracket 3 , the alignment mechanism 4 and the driving mechanism 5 are located in the acrylic outer cover 13 .

[0066] Two infrared sensors 14 are provided on the mounting plate 1. The two infrared sensors 14 are respectively arranged on the side of the heating component 2 away from the bracket 3. The function of the infrared sensor 14 is to sense the movement of the robotic arm. When the robotic arm places a glass capillary on the bracket, the infrared sensor 14 senses this movement and gives a start signal to start a subsequent series of glass tube closing operations.

[0067] Example 2:

[0068] Example 2 is a preferred example of Example 1 and is used to illustrate the present invention in more detail.

[0069] The present invention provides a glass capillary tube end smoothing device, which is used to smooth the ends of the cut glass capillary tubes. The device is mainly composed of two sets of synchronous heating components 2, an automatic tube discharge and tube drop device 10, a tube collection device 9 and a positioning mechanism 4. It realizes fully automatic end closing processing, solves the tedious steps of manually delivering, removing and collecting the tubes, and achieves the effect of fully automatic end closing integration.

[0070] The present invention primarily provides a fully automated, integrated operating device for closing the ends of glass capillaries. This device effectively addresses the simultaneous closing of the ends of glass capillaries, precisely controlling the size and dimensions of the closings to achieve uniform closing standards. This device primarily incorporates a motorized slide, a heated slide, and a robotic arm 11, achieving fully automated simultaneous closing of the ends of glass capillaries.

[0071] Heating assembly 2: It is mainly composed of a set of electric co-directional slides, two sets of three-axis slides and a ceramic heating assembly 2. This structure mainly uses the action of electric co-directional motion to move the ceramic heating assembly 2 to the ends of the glass capillary tube that needs to be closed, thereby completing the automatic heating and closing process of the tube.

[0072] The device works by placing batches of cut glass capillaries to be closed into a tube feeding mechanism. Driven by a motor, the capillaries are sequentially dropped onto a holder 3 based on sensor information. A robotic arm 11 then grabs each capillary and transports it to the closing heating holder 3. The electric heating assembly 2 then slowly moves toward the ends of the capillaries. Simultaneously, a glass tube stopper at one end of the heating assembly 2 pops out under the action of an electromagnet, pushing the glass tube to the center of the holder 3, aligning the ends. The electric slide then moves in the same direction again, aligning the heating plate with the ends of the glass tube, aligning them exactly with the center of the heating plate. During the heating process, the cut ends soften until they are smooth. Once heating is complete, the heating assembly 2 automatically returns to its initial position. The robotic arm 11 then removes the closed capillaries from the holder 3 and places them in a collection box. This cycle repeats until the entire batch of capillaries is closed. The entire process requires no human supervision or manual operation; the device automatically completes the series of operations.

[0073] The advantage of this structure is that there is no need for manual supervision and operation during the entire closing process. The entire closing process, from pipe delivery, pipe removal, heating and closing, is automatically completed by the equipment, achieving the effect of fast closing efficiency and unified closing size.

[0074] Those skilled in the art may understand this embodiment as a more specific description of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2.

[0075] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, in addition to implementing the system and its various devices, modules, and units provided by the present invention in purely computer-readable program code, it is entirely possible to implement the same functions of the system and its various devices, modules, and units provided by the present invention in the form of logic gates, switches, application-specific integrated circuits, programmable logic controllers, and embedded microcontrollers by logically programming the method steps. Therefore, the system and its various devices, modules, and units provided by the present invention can be considered a hardware component, and the devices, modules, and units included therein for implementing various functions can also be considered as structures within the hardware component; the devices, modules, and units for implementing various functions can also be considered as both software modules implementing the method and structures within the hardware component.

[0076] The above describes specific embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and those skilled in the art may make various changes or modifications within the scope of the claims, which do not affect the essence of the present invention. The embodiments of this application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other in any manner unless there is a conflict.

Claims

1. A device for smoothing the mouth of a glass capillary tube, characterized in that: It comprises a mounting plate (1), a heating assembly (2), a bracket (3), an alignment mechanism (4) and a driving mechanism (5); The heating component (2) is slidably arranged on the mounting plate (1), the alignment mechanism (4) is arranged on the heating component (2), the driving mechanism (5) is connected to the heating component (2), and the bracket (3) is arranged on the mounting plate (1); The top of the support (3) is provided with a groove (6) for placing a glass capillary, and the support (3) is U-shaped; The alignment mechanism (4) comprises an alignment bracket (401), a baffle (402) and a driving assembly (403); The baffle (402) is slidably disposed on the alignment bracket (401), the driving component (403) is connected to the baffle (402), and the alignment bracket (401) is connected to the first heating component (201); An acrylic outer cover (13) is provided on the mounting plate (1), and the heating component (2), the bracket (3), the alignment mechanism (4) and the driving mechanism (5) are located inside the acrylic outer cover (13); The heating component (2) comprises a first heating component (201) and a second heating component (202), wherein the first heating component (201) and the second heating component (202) are respectively arranged on both sides of the bracket (3); The first heating component (201) comprises a first heating plate (2011), two first heating copper seats (2012), a first ceramic base (2013) and a first heating slide (2014); The first heating plate (2011) is arranged on a first ceramic base (2013), the two first heating copper seats (2012) are arranged on the first ceramic base (2013), and the two first heating copper seats (2012) are respectively arranged on both sides of the first heating plate (2011), the first heating slide (2014) is slidably arranged on the mounting plate (1), and the first heating slide (2014) is connected to the first ceramic base (2013); The second heating assembly (202) comprises a second heating plate (2021), two second heating copper seats (2022), a second ceramic base (2023) and a second heating slide (2024); The second heating plate (2021) is arranged on the second ceramic base (2023), the two second heating copper seats (2022) are arranged on the second ceramic base (2023), and the two second heating copper seats (2022) are respectively arranged on both sides of the second heating plate (2021), the second heating slide (2024) is slidably arranged on the mounting plate (1), and the second heating slide (2024) is connected to the second ceramic base (2023).

2. The glass capillary tube smoothing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The alignment bracket (401) is provided with a slide rail (7), and the baffle (402) is slidably arranged on the alignment bracket (401) via the slide rail (7).

3. The glass capillary tube smoothing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving mechanism (5) comprises a first electric slide (501) and a second electric slide (502), wherein the first electric slide (501) and the second electric slide (502) are respectively connected to the first heating slide (2014) and the second heating slide (2024).

4. The glass capillary tube smoothing device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The device further comprises a housing (8), a tube collecting device (9), a tube dropping device (10), a mechanical arm (11) and a display device (12); The mounting plate (1) is arranged on the housing (8), the pipe dropping device (10) is arranged on one side of the housing (8), the pipe collecting device (9) is arranged on a side of the housing (8) away from the pipe dropping device (10), the mechanical arm (11) is arranged between the pipe dropping device (10) and the pipe collecting device (9), and the display device (12) is arranged above the housing (8).

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