SIM card cutting machine and control method

Abstract

The application discloses a SIM card cutting machine and a control method. The SIM card cutting machine comprises a rack, two groups of first code scanning guns arranged at two ends of the rack and used for scanning mobile phone models, a card taking bin arranged at two ends of the rack, a waste bin arranged at two ends of the rack, at least two groups of material bins arranged on the rack and used for placing SIM cards of different models, at least two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms arranged on the rack, a product conveying mechanism and a waste conveying mechanism arranged on the rack, and a corresponding SIM card material moving mechanical hand is arranged in each group of the SIM card cutting mechanisms. The card taking bin is provided with a pair of light fibers used for detecting whether a SIM card is taken away. The application can avoid SIM card mixing, improve the cutting efficiency of the SIM card, and reduce the production cost.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to the technical field of SIM card cutting, in particular to a SIM card cutting machine and a control method. BACKGROUND

[0002] The SIM card is mainly used in the technical field of communication equipment such as mobile phones, and the SIM card is placed on a card holder and inserted into the mobile phone.

[0003] In order to cut the SIM card, the SIM card cutting machine is mostly used on the market at present, but when multiple mobile phones are produced on the production line, the multiple types of cards are prone to mixing.

[0004] In addition, the current SIM card cutting machine mostly adopts a semi-automatic cutting mode, which is low in efficiency, low in automation degree and high in labor cost. SUMMARY

[0005] The main purpose of the application is to provide a SIM card cutting machine and a control method, which aims to avoid SIM card mixing, improve the cutting efficiency of the SIM card and reduce the production cost.

[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the application provides a SIM card cutting machine, which comprises a rack, two groups of first code scanning guns arranged at both ends of the rack for scanning the mobile phone model, a card taking bin arranged at both ends of the rack, a waste bin arranged at both ends of the rack, at least two groups of material bins arranged on the rack for placing different models of SIM cards, at least two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms arranged on the rack, a product conveying mechanism and a waste conveying mechanism arranged on the rack, and each group of the SIM card cutting mechanism is provided with a corresponding SIM card material handling manipulator.

[0007] The two groups of material bins and the two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms are arranged on the motion path of the corresponding SIM card material handling manipulator, the second code scanning gun is arranged on each group of the SIM card cutting mechanism for scanning the SIM card model, the SIM card material handling manipulator is used for carrying the SIM card in the corresponding material bin to the SIM card cutting mechanism for cutting according to the mobile phone model, the waste bin is arranged at both ends of the waste conveying mechanism for receiving the waste after the SIM card is cut, the card taking bin is arranged at both ends of the product conveying mechanism for receiving the cut SIM card, and the card taking bin is provided with a light emitting fiber for detecting whether the SIM card is taken away.

[0008] The further technical scheme of the application is that the material bin and the waste conveying mechanism are separately arranged on both sides of the SIM card cutting mechanism, the product conveying mechanism is located below the SIM card cutting mechanism, and the SIM card material handling manipulator is a double-station material handling manipulator.

[0009] The further technical scheme of the present application is that a tray for placing the SIM card is arranged in the hopper, and a lead screw motor is arranged for driving the tray to move up and down.

[0010] The further technical scheme of the present application is that a hopper door is arranged outside the hopper for opening or closing the hopper, and a SIM card model identification position is arranged on the hopper door.

[0011] The further technical scheme of the present application is that the SIM card cutting mechanism comprises a cutting carrier, a cutting cylinder, a cutting tool and a cutting cylinder mounting plate arranged on the rack, wherein the cutting carrier and the cutting cylinder mounting plate are arranged on the rack, the cutting cylinder is arranged on the cutting cylinder mounting plate, and the cutting tool is connected with the output end of the cutting cylinder.

[0012] The further technical scheme of the present application is that the product conveying mechanism comprises a mounting seat arranged on the rack and a conveying belt arranged on the mounting seat, and the two ends of the mounting seat are provided with SIM card falling guide pipes corresponding to the card taking hoppers.

[0013] The further technical scheme of the present application is that a machine cover is further arranged, and the hopper, the cutting mechanism, the product conveying mechanism, the waste conveying mechanism and the SIM card material handling manipulator are arranged in the machine cover.

[0014] The further technical scheme of the present application is that the machine cover is made of transparent acrylic material.

[0015] The further technical scheme of the present application is that the two ends of the rack are provided with a code scanning success indicator light, a material shortage warning indicator light and a manual completion confirmation button.

[0016] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present application further provides a SIM card cutting machine control method, which is applied to the SIM card cutting machine as described above, and comprises the following steps:

[0017] In step S10, the model information of the mobile phone is obtained by the first code scanning gun, and the model information of the SIM card in the card hopper is obtained by the second code scanning gun.

[0018] In step S20, the SIM card corresponding to the model information of the mobile phone is handled to the SIM card cutting mechanism by the SIM card material handling manipulator for cutting, the cut SIM card is handled to the product conveying mechanism, and the waste after cutting the SIM card is handled to the waste conveying mechanism.

[0019] In step S30, the information of whether the SIM card is taken out of the corresponding card hopper is obtained by the opposite light fiber.

[0020] Step S40, control the product conveying mechanism and the waste conveying mechanism to move towards one end of the card taking bin where the SIM card is taken out, convey the cut SIM card to the card taking bin, and convey the waste after cutting the SIM card to the waste bin.

[0021] The SIM card cutting machine and the control method have the following advantages:

[0022] The SIM card cutting machine comprises a rack, two groups of first code scanning guns arranged at two ends of the rack and used for scanning mobile phone models, a card taking bin arranged at two ends of the rack, a waste bin arranged at two ends of the rack, at least two groups of material bins arranged on the rack and used for placing different models of SIM cards, at least two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms arranged on the rack, a product conveying mechanism and a waste conveying mechanism arranged on the rack, and a SIM card material handling manipulator corresponding to each group of the SIM card cutting mechanism; the two groups of material bins and the two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms are arranged on the movement path of the corresponding SIM card material handling manipulator, the two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms are respectively provided with second code scanning guns used for scanning the model of the SIM card, the SIM card material handling manipulator is used for carrying the SIM card in the corresponding material bin to the SIM card cutting mechanism for cutting according to the model of the mobile phone; the waste bin is arranged at two ends of the waste conveying mechanism and used for receiving the waste after cutting the SIM card, the card taking bin is arranged at two ends of the product conveying mechanism and used for receiving the cut SIM card, and the card taking bin is provided with a pair of light fibers used for detecting whether the SIM card is taken out, so that the mixing of the SIM cards can be avoided, the cutting efficiency of the SIM card is improved, and the production cost is reduced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0023] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description only show some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can also be obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort based on the drawings shown.

[0024] Figure 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the preferred embodiment of the SIM card cutting machine of the present application;

[0025] Figure 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the card taking bin;

[0026] Figure 3 is a top view of the preferred embodiment of the SIM card cutting machine of the present application;

[0027] Figure 4 is a schematic view of the assembly relationship between the material bin and the SIM card cutting mechanism;

[0028] Figure 5 is the structure diagram of the SIM card cutting mechanism;

[0029] Figure 6 is the internal structure diagram of the hopper;

[0030] Figure 7 is the overall structure diagram of the hopper;

[0031] Figure 8 is the structure diagram of the product conveying mechanism;

[0032] Figure 9 is the schematic diagram of the use state of the preferred embodiment of the SIM card cutting machine.

[0033] Explanation of reference numerals:

[0034] frame 1; first code scanning gun 2; card taking hopper 3; waste hopper 4; hopper 5; SIM card cutting mechanism 6; second code scanning gun 7; product conveying mechanism 8; waste conveying mechanism 9; SIM card material handling manipulator 10; opposite light fiber 11; supporting plate 12; screw rod motor 13; cutting carrier 14; cutting cylinder 15; cutting tool 16; cutting cylinder mounting plate 17; mounting seat 18; conveying belt 19; SIM card falling guide pipe 20; machine cover 21.

[0035] The implementation, functional features and advantages of the present application will be further described with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0037] It should be noted that if the embodiments of the present application involve directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a certain posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the certain posture changes, the directional indications will also change accordingly.

[0038] In addition, if the description of "first", "second" and the like is involved in the embodiments of the present application, the description of "first", "second" and the like is only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance of the indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first", "second" can be explicitly or implicitly included at least one of the features. In addition, the meaning of "and / or" appearing throughout the text includes three parallel schemes. For example, "A and / or B" includes A scheme, or B scheme, or A and B scheme. In addition, the technical solutions of each embodiment can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of ordinary skilled in the art. When the combination of technical solutions appears contradictory or unachievable, it should be considered that the combination of technical solutions does not exist, and is not within the protection scope required by the present application.

[0039] Please refer to Figures 1 to 9 The present application provides a SIM card cutting machine, and the preferred embodiment of the SIM card cutting machine includes a rack 1, two groups of first code scanning guns 2 arranged at both ends of the rack 1 for scanning mobile phone models, a card taking bin 3 arranged at both ends of the rack 1, a waste bin 4 arranged at both ends of the rack 1, at least two groups of material bins 5 arranged on the rack 1 for placing different models of SIM cards, at least two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms 6 arranged on the rack 1, a product conveying mechanism 8 and a waste conveying mechanism 9 arranged on the rack 1, and each group of the SIM card cutting mechanism 6 is provided with a corresponding SIM card material handling manipulator 10.

[0040] Among them, the two groups of material bins 5 and the two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms 6 are arranged on the motion path of the corresponding SIM card material handling manipulator 10, and the two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms 6 are respectively provided with a second code scanning gun 7 for scanning the model of the SIM card, and the SIM card material handling manipulator 10 is used to carry the SIM card in the corresponding material bin 5 to the SIM card cutting mechanism 6 according to the mobile phone model for cutting; the waste bin 4 is arranged at both ends of the waste conveying mechanism 9, used to receive the waste after cutting the SIM card, and the card taking bin 3 is arranged at both ends of the product conveying mechanism 8, used to receive the cut SIM card, and the card taking bin 3 is provided with a pair of light fibers 11 for detecting whether the SIM card is taken away.

[0041] In operation, first, the first code scanning gun 2 scans the mobile phone model, the SIM card transfer mechanism 10 transfers the SIM card in the material bin 5 to one of the SIM card cutting mechanisms 6, then the second code scanning gun 7 scans the model of the SIM card, when the model of the SIM card matches the mobile phone model, the SIM card cutting mechanism 6 starts cutting, after cutting, the cut SIM card is transferred to the card taking bin 3 where the previous cut SIM card has been taken out by the product transfer mechanism 8, for the operator to take out, at the same time, the waste after cutting the SIM card is transferred to the corresponding waste bin 4 by the waste transfer mechanism 9. If the model of the SIM card does not match the mobile phone model, an alarm is given to prompt manual processing.

[0042] Further, in the embodiment, the material bin 5 and the waste transfer mechanism 9 are located on the two sides of the SIM card cutting mechanism 6, the product transfer mechanism 8 is located below the SIM card cutting mechanism 6, and the SIM card transfer mechanism 10 is a double-station transfer mechanism.

[0043] In the embodiment, the transfer mechanism is a double-station transfer mechanism, when the station of the SIM card transfer mechanism 10 close to the material bin 5 takes the material from the material bin 5, the station of the SIM card transfer mechanism 10 away from the material bin 5 simultaneously transfers the waste after cutting the SIM card to the waste transfer mechanism 9, thereby improving the production efficiency.

[0044] Further, in the embodiment, the material bin 5 is provided with a supporting plate 12 for placing the SIM card and a lead screw motor 13 for driving the supporting plate 12 to move up and down, and the material bin 5 is provided with a bin door for opening or closing the material bin 5, and the bin door is provided with a SIM card model identification position.

[0045] In the feeding process, the operator puts the SIM card into the material bin 5, closes the bin door, scans the type code of the uppermost SIM card, and scans the bar code of the material bin 5, to record the card type of the SIM card and the bin position.

[0046] In the taking process, the lead screw motor 13 rotates to drive the supporting plate 12 to rise, and the SIM card is pushed up to a specified height to be taken out by the SIM card transfer mechanism 10. When the number of SIM cards in the material bin 5 is less than a set value, an alarm is given to prompt the operator to prepare for replenishment.

[0047] As an embodiment, the embodiment is provided with three material bins 5, and the idle material bin 5 can be fed during production without affecting the normal functions of the other two material bins 5.

[0048] In addition, as an embodiment, the embodiment is provided with a door access sensor at the bin door, and the lead screw motor 13 drives the tray 12 to move up and down only when the sensor detects that the bin door is in a closed state, and the lead screw motor 13 is immediately stopped when the door is opened in the middle, so as to ensure the safety of the feeding and discharging.

[0049] Further, in the embodiment, the SIM card cutting mechanism 6 comprises a cutting carrier 14, a cutting cylinder 15, a cutting tool 16 and a cutting cylinder mounting plate 17 arranged on the rack 1, wherein the cutting carrier 14 and the cutting cylinder mounting plate 17 are arranged on the rack 1, the cutting cylinder 15 is arranged on the cutting cylinder mounting plate 17, and the cutting tool 16 is connected with the output end of the cutting cylinder 15.

[0050] In the embodiment, a positioning cylinder for positioning the SIM card on the cutting carrier 14 is further included.

[0051] After the SIM card is placed on the cutting carrier 14 by the SIM card feeding manipulator 10, the positioning cylinder positions the SIM card, and the second code scanning gun 7 starts to scan the code, and when the model of the SIM card matches the model of the mobile phone, the cutting cylinder 15 is started to drive the cutting tool to cut the SIM card.

[0052] Further, in the embodiment, the product conveying mechanism 8 comprises a mounting seat 18 arranged on the rack 1 and a conveying belt 19 mounted on the mounting seat 18, and both ends of the mounting seat 18 are provided with a SIM card falling guide pipe 20 corresponding to the card taking bin 3.

[0053] After the cut SIM card is conveyed to the end of the mounting seat 18 by the conveying belt 19, the SIM card is dropped into the material taking bin 5 through the SIM card falling guide pipe 20, so as to be taken away by an operator.

[0054] Further, in the embodiment, a machine cover 21 is further included, and the material bin 5, the cutting mechanism, the product conveying mechanism 8, the waste conveying mechanism 9 and the SIM card feeding manipulator 10 are arranged in the machine cover 21.

[0055] The machine cover 21 can be made of transparent acrylic material.

[0056] The machine cover 21 made of transparent acrylic material can improve the safety of use and facilitate an operator to intuitively observe the working state of the SIM card cutting machine.

[0057] Further, in the embodiment, both ends of the rack 1 are provided with a code scanning success indicator light, a shortage material early warning indicator light and a manual completion confirmation button.

[0058] The SIM card cutting machine has the following advantages:

[0059] The application achieves the above-mentioned purposes by the technical scheme, comprising: a rack, two groups of first code scanning guns arranged at two ends of the rack for scanning mobile phone models, card taking bins arranged at two ends of the rack, waste bins arranged at two ends of the rack, at least two groups of material bins arranged on the rack for placing different models of SIM cards, at least two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms arranged on the rack, a product conveying mechanism and a waste conveying mechanism arranged on the rack, and each group of the SIM card cutting mechanisms is provided with a corresponding SIM card material handling manipulator; wherein the two groups of material bins and the two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms are arranged on the movement path of the corresponding SIM card material handling manipulators, the two groups of SIM card cutting mechanisms are respectively provided with second code scanning guns for scanning the model of the SIM card, the SIM card material handling manipulator is used for carrying the SIM card in the corresponding material bin to the SIM card cutting mechanism for cutting according to the mobile phone model; the waste bin is arranged at two ends of the waste conveying mechanism for receiving the waste after the SIM card is cut, the card taking bin is arranged at two ends of the product conveying mechanism for receiving the cut SIM card, and the card taking bin is provided with a reflection optical fiber for detecting whether the SIM card is taken away, so that the mixing of the SIM card can be avoided, the cutting efficiency of the SIM card is improved, and the production cost is reduced.

[0060] To achieve the above-mentioned purposes, the application further provides a SIM card cutting machine control method, which is applied to the SIM card cutting machine as described above, and the method comprises the following steps:

[0061] Step S10: obtaining mobile phone model information through the first code scanning gun and obtaining the model information of the SIM card in the card bin through the second code scanning gun.

[0062] Step S20: carrying the SIM card corresponding to the mobile phone model information to the SIM card cutting mechanism through the SIM card material handling manipulator for cutting, carrying the cut SIM card to the product conveying mechanism, and carrying the waste after the SIM card is cut to the waste conveying mechanism.

[0063] Step S30: obtaining information about whether the SIM card is taken away from the corresponding card taking bin through the reflection optical fiber.

[0064] Step S40: controlling the product conveying mechanism and the waste conveying mechanism to move towards one end of the card taking bin from which the SIM card is taken away, conveying the cut SIM card to the card taking bin, and conveying the waste after the SIM card is cut to the waste bin.

[0065] In work, first, the first scanning code gun scans the mobile phone model, and the SIM card carrying manipulator carries the SIM card in the stock bin to one of the SIM card cutting mechanisms, and then the second scanning code gun scans the model of the SIM card. When the model of the SIM card matches the model of the mobile phone, the SIM card cutting mechanism starts cutting. After cutting, the cut SIM card is transported to the card taking bin where the previous cut SIM card has been taken out by the product conveying mechanism, for the operator to take out. At the same time, the waste after cutting the SIM card is transported to the corresponding waste bin by the waste conveying mechanism. If the model of the SIM card does not match the model of the mobile phone, an alarm will prompt manual processing.

[0066] The SIM card cutting machine control method can avoid SIM card mixing, improve the cutting efficiency of the SIM card, and reduce the production cost.

[0067] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application. Any equivalent structural transformation, direct / indirect application in other related technical fields within the concept of the present application, and the contents of the present application specification and drawings are included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A SIM card cutting machine, characterized in that, include: The frame includes two sets of first barcode scanners for scanning mobile phone models at both ends, card retrieval compartments at both ends, waste material compartments at both ends, at least two sets of material compartments for placing different SIM cards on the frame, at least two sets of SIM card cutting mechanisms on the frame, a product conveying mechanism and a waste material conveying mechanism on the frame, and each SIM card cutting mechanism is equipped with a corresponding SIM card handling robot. The two sets of material bins and the two sets of SIM card cutting mechanisms are arranged on the movement path of the corresponding SIM card handling robot. Each of the two sets of SIM card cutting mechanisms is equipped with a second barcode scanner for scanning the SIM card model. The SIM card handling robot is used to transport the SIM card in the corresponding material bin to the SIM card cutting mechanism for cutting according to the mobile phone model. The waste bin is arranged at both ends of the waste conveying mechanism to receive the waste after the SIM card is cut off. The card retrieval bin is arranged at both ends of the product conveying mechanism to receive the cut SIM card. The card retrieval bin is equipped with a through-beam optical fiber for detecting whether the SIM card has been removed. The hopper and the waste conveying mechanism are located on opposite sides of the SIM card cutting mechanism, the product conveying mechanism is located below the SIM card cutting mechanism, and the SIM card handling robot is a dual-station handling robot. The hopper is equipped with a tray for holding SIM cards and a lead screw motor for driving the tray to move up and down.

2. The SIM card cutting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The hopper is equipped with a door for opening or closing the hopper, and the door is equipped with a SIM card model identification area.

3. The SIM card cutting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The SIM card cutting mechanism includes a cutting carrier, a cutting cylinder, a cutting blade, and a cutting cylinder mounting plate, all mounted on the frame. The cutting carrier and the cutting cylinder mounting plate are mounted on the frame, the cutting cylinder is mounted on the cutting cylinder mounting plate, and the cutting blade is connected to the output end of the cutting cylinder.

4. The SIM card cutting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The product conveying mechanism includes a mounting base disposed on the frame and a conveyor belt mounted on the mounting base. Both ends of the mounting base are provided with SIM card drop guide tubes corresponding to the card retrieval compartment.

5. The SIM card cutting machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, It also includes a machine cover, inside which the hopper, cutting mechanism, product conveying mechanism, waste conveying mechanism and SIM card handling robot are located.

6. The SIM card cutting machine according to claim 5, characterized in that, The cover is made of transparent acrylic material.

7. The SIM card cutting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The two ends of the frame are equipped with a barcode scanning success indicator, a low material warning indicator, and a manual completion confirmation button.

8. A control method for a SIM card cutting machine, characterized in that, The method is applied to the SIM card cutting machine as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, and the method includes the following steps: Step S10: Obtain the mobile phone model information using the first barcode scanner and obtain the SIM card model information in the card slot using the second barcode scanner; Step S20: The SIM card corresponding to the mobile phone model information is transported to the SIM card cutting mechanism by the SIM card handling robot for cutting, the cut SIM card is transported to the product conveying mechanism, and the waste material after cutting the SIM card is transported to the waste material conveying mechanism. Step S30: Obtain information on whether a SIM card has been removed from the corresponding card retrieval compartment through the through-beam optical fiber; Step S40: Control the product conveying mechanism and the waste conveying mechanism to move toward the card retrieval compartment where the SIM card is removed, convey the cut-off SIM card to the card retrieval compartment, and convey the waste material after the SIM card is cut off to the waste material compartment.

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