Blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system

By designing an automated feeding device, the problem of low efficiency of manual feeding in the assembly of fiber coupling systems for solid-state lasers was solved, realizing rapid and orderly feeding and neat stacking of material trays, thus improving production efficiency.

CN117566358BActive Publication Date: 2025-12-12SUZHOU BELLIN LASER CO LTD +1
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Application Number
CN202311628069.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-11-30
Publication Date
2025-12-12
Estimated Expiration
2043-11-30

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Technical Problem

In the existing technology, the fiber coupling system of solid-state lasers requires high assembly precision and has small lens size, resulting in low efficiency of manual material handling and affecting the mass production of lasers.

Method used

An automated unloading device was designed, comprising a double-speed chain conveyor mechanism, an XZ axis motion module, a material transfer suction cup, a lifting mechanism, and a storage box stacking mechanism. The device collects, conveys, stacks, and transfers material trays through an automated production line, achieving efficient and orderly unloading.

Benefits of technology

It improves the material unloading efficiency of the automatic assembly of the laser coupling system, the material tray is unloaded neatly, it is easy to transfer, it is applicable to the unloading and loading operations of other optomechanical equipment, and has strong portability.

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Abstract

The present application relates to a blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system, a multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism is arranged along the Y axis, a material disc lifting mechanism is arranged thereon, a material moving suction disc is installed on an X-Z axis movement module, which is used to move and load the material disc on the material disc lifting mechanism into a storage box on a loading table, a lifting mechanism is installed on a rack on one side of the loading table, a two-stage telescopic fork mechanism is arranged on the lifting mechanism, one end of the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism is connected with the loading table, and the other end is connected with a storage trolley, the storage trolley comprises a storage trolley rack, a piston lifting mechanism and a storage box stacking mechanism, a limiting strip is arranged on the storage trolley rack, the piston lifting mechanism is installed on the storage trolley rack, and the storage box stacking mechanism is located above the piston lifting mechanism, the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism connects and delivers the storage box on the loading table to the limiting strip, and the piston lifting mechanism lifts the storage box to the storage box stacking mechanism. Automatic conveying and stacking, high blanking efficiency, neat stacking, and convenient transfer.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to a blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, in the production and manufacturing process of a solid laser, a fiber coupling mode needs to be adopted, and the assembly precision of the coupling system is extremely high, and there is great difficulty in assembly due to small lens size. In a high-efficiency and high-precision coupling system automatic assembly device, manual blanking is usually adopted, and the production efficiency is low, and the stacking is not neat, thereby affecting mass production of the laser.

[0003] Therefore, in order to meet the order blanking requirement of the tray after assembly of the laser coupling system, an automatic blanking device needs to be developed. SUMMARY

[0004] The application aims at overcoming the defects in the prior art and providing a blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system.

[0005] The application is achieved by the following technical scheme.

[0006] The blanking device for automatic assembly of the laser coupling system has the following characteristics: a rack and a multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism, a loading table and an X-Z axis movement module arranged on the rack. The multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism is arranged along the Y axis, and a tray lifting mechanism is arranged on a movement tray of the multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism. The loading table and the X-Z axis movement module are located on the side of the multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism. A material moving suction cup is installed on the X-Z axis movement module. The movement track of the material moving suction cup covers the multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism and the loading table, so as to move and load the tray on the tray lifting mechanism into a storage box on the loading table. A lifting mechanism is installed on the rack on one side of the loading table. A two-stage telescopic fork mechanism is arranged on the lifting mechanism. One end of the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism is connected with the loading table, and the other end is connected with a storage trolley. The storage trolley comprises a storage trolley rack, a piston type lifting mechanism and a storage box stacking mechanism. A limiting strip is arranged on the storage trolley rack, which is used to receive the storage box conveyed by the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism. The piston type lifting mechanism is installed on the storage trolley rack. The storage box stacking mechanism is located above the piston type lifting mechanism. The storage box on the loading table is received by the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism and delivered to the limiting strip. The piston type lifting mechanism lifts the storage box to the storage box stacking mechanism.

[0007] Further, the blanking device for automatic assembly of the laser coupling system, wherein the tray comprises a plate type disc body and positioning columns distributed on the front surface of the plate type disc body for positioning products. Positioning holes for cooperating with the positioning columns on the storage box are arranged on the back surface of the plate type disc body. The front surface of the plate type disc body has a suction cup working part for adsorption of the material moving suction cup.

[0008] Further, the blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system, wherein grooves are formed in the two side edges of the plate-shaped disc body, and guide wheels are installed in the grooves.

[0009] Further, the blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system, wherein the X-Z axis movement module comprises a beam frame, an X-axis movement unit and a Z-axis movement unit, the X-axis movement unit is arranged on the beam frame along the X axis, the Z-axis movement unit is connected to the X-axis movement unit, and a material moving suction disc is installed on the Z-axis movement unit.

[0010] Further, the blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system, wherein the piston lifting mechanism comprises a motor and an eccentric wheel, the motor is fixed on the base, the eccentric wheel is installed on the main shaft of the motor, a piston cylinder is vertically installed on the base, a lifting piston is slidingly fitted in the piston cylinder, one end of a lifting connecting rod is hinged to the lifting piston, and the other end is hinged to the eccentric wheel, the motor drives the eccentric wheel to rotate, thereby driving the lifting piston to move up and down.

[0011] Further, the blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system, wherein the storage box stacking mechanism comprises a plurality of jaw carrying mechanism groups arranged along the upper and lower layers, each jaw carrying mechanism group comprises a right jaw carrying unit and a left jaw carrying unit at the same height, and the right and left jaw carrying units are symmetrically arranged opposite to each other.

[0012] Further, the blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system, wherein the right jaw carrying unit comprises a right rotating shaft, a right jaw and a right limiting shaft, the right jaw is sleeved on the right rotating shaft, and a right limiting shaft is arranged above the right rotating shaft to restrict the maximum angle of counterclockwise rotation or clockwise rotation of the right jaw.

[0013] The left jaw carrying unit comprises a left rotating shaft, a left jaw and a left limiting shaft, the left jaw is sleeved on the left rotating shaft, and a left limiting shaft is arranged above the left rotating shaft to restrict the maximum angle of counterclockwise rotation or clockwise rotation of the left jaw.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the advantages and beneficial effects, which are embodied in the following aspects:

[0015] The blanking device of the application is used for quick and orderly blanking of the material tray after assembly of the laser coupling system, the material tray is collected into the storage box through the speed chain conveying mechanism and the X-Z axis movement module, then the storage box with the collected material tray is conveyed to the limiting strip of the storage trolley rack by the secondary telescopic fork mechanism, and the storage box is lifted to the storage box stacking mechanism by the piston lifting mechanism, so that automatic conveying and stacking are realized, the blanking efficiency of the automatic assembly device of the laser coupling system is greatly improved, finally, the trolley is used for transfer, which is not only high in blanking efficiency, but also has neat blanking stacking and is convenient for transfer; the blanking device of the application is also suitable for the blanking and stacking operation of other optical machine equipment, and has strong transplantability.

[0016] Other features and advantages of the present application will be set forth in the following description, and in part will become apparent from the description, or can be learned by practice of the present application. The objects and other advantages of the present application will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some of the embodiments of the present application, and therefore should not be regarded as a limitation on the scope. For those skilled in the art, other related drawings can also be obtained without creative labor.

[0018] Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the blanking device of the application;

[0019] Figure 2 The structural schematic diagram of the material tray;

[0020] Figure 3 The structural schematic diagram of the piston lifting mechanism;

[0021] Figure 4 The structural schematic diagram of the storage box stacking mechanism. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely in the following with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application described and shown in the drawings herein can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed present application, but only represents selected embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the scope of the present application.

[0023] It should be noted that like reference numerals and characters refer to like items throughout the drawings and that once an item is defined in one drawing, it is not necessary to further define and explain it in the subsequent drawings. Meanwhile, in the description of the present application, orientation terms and order terms are used only for distinguishing description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0024] As shown in Figure 1 , the blanking device for automatic assembly of laser coupling system comprises a rack 1, a speed-up chain conveying mechanism 2 arranged on the rack 1, a loading table 7, and an X-Z axis movement module 5, the speed-up chain conveying mechanism 2 is arranged along the Y axis, a tray lifting mechanism 3 is arranged on the movement tray of the speed-up chain conveying mechanism 2, the loading table 7 and the X-Z axis movement module 5 are located on the side of the speed-up chain conveying mechanism 2, a material moving suction cup 6 is installed on the X-Z axis movement module 5, the movement track of the material moving suction cup 6 covers the speed-up chain conveying mechanism 2 and the loading table 7, so as to move the tray 4 on the tray lifting mechanism 3 to the storage box 8 on the loading table 7, a lifting mechanism 9 is installed on the rack on one side of the loading table 7, a two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10 is arranged on the lifting mechanism 9, one end of the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10 is connected with the loading table 7, and the other end is connected with a storage trolley, the storage trolley comprises a storage trolley rack 11, a piston lifting mechanism 12, and a storage box stacking mechanism 13, a limiting strip is arranged on the storage trolley rack 11, the limiting strip is located above the piston lifting mechanism 12 and below the storage box stacking mechanism 13, and is used for receiving the storage box conveyed by the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10; the piston lifting mechanism 12 is installed on the storage trolley rack 11, and the storage box stacking mechanism 13 is located above the piston lifting mechanism 12, the storage box on the loading table 7 is received by the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10 to the limiting strip, and the piston lifting mechanism 12 lifts the storage box to the storage box stacking mechanism 13.

[0025] The X-Z axis movement module 5 comprises a beam frame, an X axis movement unit arranged on the beam frame along the X axis, and a Z axis movement unit connected with the X axis movement unit, and the material moving suction cup 6 is installed on the Z axis movement unit.

[0026] As shown in Figure 2 , the tray 4 comprises a plate-shaped disc body 101 and positioning columns 104 distributed on the front surface of the plate-shaped disc body 101 for positioning products, the back surface of the plate-shaped disc body 101 is provided with positioning holes matched with the positioning columns on the storage box 8, the front surface of the plate-shaped disc body 101 has suction cup working parts 102 for adsorption of the material moving suction cup 6 at the four corner regions, and grooves are arranged on the two side edges of the plate-shaped disc body 101, and guide wheels 103 are installed in the grooves.

[0027] As shown in Figure 3The piston lifting mechanism 12 comprises a motor 205 fixed on the base 201 and an eccentric wheel 202 installed on the main shaft of the motor 205. A piston cylinder is vertically installed on the base 201, and a lifting piston 204 is slidingly fitted in the piston cylinder for guiding. One end of a lifting connecting rod 203 is hingedly connected to the lifting piston 204, and the other end is hingedly connected to the eccentric wheel 202. The motor 205 drives the eccentric wheel 202 to rotate, which drives the lifting piston 204 to move up and down through the lifting connecting rod 203. When the lifting piston 204 rises, the storage box is lifted to the storage box stacking mechanism station.

[0028] As Figure 4 The storage box stacking mechanism 13 comprises a plurality of claw bearing mechanism groups arranged along the upper and lower layers. Each layer of the claw bearing mechanism group comprises a right claw bearing unit and a left claw bearing unit at the same height, which are arranged in a left-right symmetrical manner.

[0029] The right claw bearing unit comprises a right rotating shaft 301, a right claw 302 and a right limiting shaft 303. The right claw 302 is sleeved on the right rotating shaft 301 and can rotate. The right limiting shaft 303 is arranged above the right rotating shaft 301 to limit the maximum angle of counterclockwise rotation or clockwise rotation of the right claw 302. The left claw bearing unit comprises a left rotating shaft, a left claw and a left limiting shaft. The left claw is sleeved on the left rotating shaft and can rotate. The left limiting shaft is arranged above the left rotating shaft to limit the maximum angle of counterclockwise rotation or clockwise rotation of the left claw. When the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10 delivers the storage box on the loading platform 7 to the limiting strip, the piston lifting mechanism 12 lifts the storage box upward. The right shoulder of the storage box drives the right claw 302 of the first layer to rotate clockwise by an angle, and the left shoulder of the storage box drives the left claw of the first layer to rotate counterclockwise by an angle. The storage box moves upward by a height, the right claw 302 rotates counterclockwise by an angle, and the right claw 302 is limited by the right rotating shaft 301 to rotate counterclockwise by an angle. The upper surface of the right claw 302 is in a horizontal state. The left claw rotates clockwise by an angle, and the left claw is limited by the left rotating shaft to rotate clockwise by an angle. The upper surface of the left claw is in a horizontal state. The claw resets, and the storage box moves downward by a height and falls on the right claw 302 and the left claw. Similarly, the piston lifting mechanism 12 can lift the storage box to the second layer or even higher layers.

[0030] In application, the tray conveyed from the automatic assembly device of the coupling system is conveyed to the tray lifting mechanism 3 on the speed-up chain conveying mechanism 2, and at this time the tray lifting mechanism 3 is lifted.

[0031] The X-Z axis movement module 5 moves the material moving suction disc 6 above the tray, and the Z-axis movement unit drives the material moving suction disc 6 to descend and suck the tray.

[0032] The Z-axis movement unit of the X-Z axis movement module 5 drives the material disc suction disc 6 with the adsorbed material disc to rise, the X-axis movement unit drives the material disc to move to the above of the material storage box 8 which has been placed in place, the Z-axis movement unit drives the material disc to fall into the material storage box 8.

[0033] The two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10 runs the fork to the below of the material storage box 8, and the fork lifting mechanism lifts the material storage box with the collected material disc.

[0034] The two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10 moves the material storage box 8 to the limiting strip position on the storage trolley, the fork lifting mechanism descends, and the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism 10 returns to the initial working position.

[0035] The piston lifting mechanism 12 lifts the material storage box to the claw of the claw bearing mechanism group at the first layer, and after the claw returns, the first material box is discharged.

[0036] The above steps are repeated until the storage trolley stacking position is full, and is transferred to the storage area.

[0037] As can be seen from the above, the discharging device of the application is used for the rapid and orderly discharging of the material disc after the laser coupling system is assembled, the material disc is collected into the material storage box through the speed chain conveying mechanism and the X-Z axis movement module, then the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism is used for conveying the material storage box with the collected material disc to the limiting strip of the storage trolley rack, and the piston lifting mechanism is used for lifting the material storage box to the material storage box stacking mechanism, so that the automatic conveying and stacking are realized, the discharging efficiency of the laser coupling system automatic assembly device is greatly improved, finally, the material trolley is used for transfer, so that the discharging efficiency is high, the discharging is stacked neatly, and the transfer is convenient; the discharging device of the application is also suitable for the feeding and discharging operation of other optical machine equipment, and has strong transplantability.

[0038] The above only describes the preferred embodiments of the application and is not used to limit the application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the application should be included in the protection scope of the application. It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters represent similar items in the following drawings, so once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further defined and explained in the subsequent drawings.

[0039] The above only describes the specific embodiments of the application, but the protection scope of the application is not limited to this, any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed by the application, which should be included in the protection scope of the application.

[0040] It is to be noted that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to "a component" can include a combination of two or more components. Additionally, the terms "comprise," "comprises," and "comprising," or any variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to those elements, but can include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Furthermore, unless otherwise indicated herein, the terms "first," "second," "third," etc., are used herein merely as labels, and are not intended to impose ordinal import.

Claims

1. A blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system, characterized in that: The application relates to a material loading and unloading device, which comprises a rack (1), a multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism (2), a carrier (7) and an X-Z axis movement module (5) arranged on the rack (1), the multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism (2) is arranged along the Y axis, a material tray lifting mechanism (3) is arranged on a movement tray of the multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism (2), the carrier (7) and the X-Z axis movement module (5) are located on the side of the multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism (2), a material moving suction disc (6) is installed on the X-Z axis movement module (5), the movement track of the material moving suction disc (6) covers the multiple-speed chain conveying mechanism (2) and the carrier (7), and the material tray (4) on the material tray lifting mechanism (3) is moved and loaded into a storage box (8) on the carrier (7), a lifting mechanism (9) is installed on one side of the rack (1), a two-stage telescopic fork mechanism (10) is arranged on the lifting mechanism (9), one end of the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism (10) is connected with the carrier (7), and the other end of the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism (10) is connected with a storage trolley, the storage trolley comprises a storage trolley rack (11), a piston lifting mechanism (12) and a storage box stacking mechanism (13), a limiting strip is arranged on the storage trolley rack (11) and used for receiving the storage box conveyed by the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism (10), the piston lifting mechanism (12) is installed on the storage trolley rack (11), and the storage box stacking mechanism (13) is located above the piston lifting mechanism (12), the storage box on the carrier (7) is received on the limiting strip by the two-stage telescopic fork mechanism (10), and the piston lifting mechanism (12) lifts the storage box into the storage box stacking mechanism (13). The material tray (4) comprises a plate type disc body (101) and positioning columns (104) distributed on the front surface of the plate type disc body (101) and used for positioning products, positioning holes for cooperating with the positioning columns on the storage box (8) are formed in the back surface of the plate type disc body (101), and the front surface of the plate type disc body (101) has suction disc working parts (102) for being adsorbed by the material moving suction disc (6). The storage box stacking mechanism (13) comprises a plurality of claw bearing mechanism groups arranged in up-down layers, each claw bearing mechanism group comprises a right claw bearing unit and a left claw bearing unit at the same height and arranged in a left-right symmetrical mode. The right claw bearing unit comprises a right rotating shaft (301), a right claw (302) and a right limiting shaft (303), the right claw (302) is sleeved on the right rotating shaft (301), and the right limiting shaft (303) is arranged above the right rotating shaft (301) and used for limiting the maximum angle of counterclockwise rotation or clockwise rotation of the right claw (302). The left claw bearing unit comprises a left rotating shaft, a left claw and a left limiting shaft, the left claw is sleeved on the left rotating shaft, and the left limiting shaft is arranged above the left rotating shaft and used for limiting the maximum angle of counterclockwise rotation or clockwise rotation of the left claw.

2. The blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Grooves are formed in the two side edges of the plate type disc body (101), and guide wheels (103) are installed in the grooves.

3. The blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The X-Z axis movement module (5) comprises a cross beam, an X-axis movement unit and a Z-axis movement unit, the X-axis movement unit is arranged on the cross beam along the X axis, the Z-axis movement unit is connected to the X-axis movement unit, and the material moving suction disc (6) is installed on the Z-axis movement unit.

4. The blanking device for automatic assembly of a laser coupling system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The piston lifting mechanism (12) comprises a motor (205) and an eccentric wheel (202), the motor (205) is fixed on a base (201), the eccentric wheel (202) is installed on the main shaft of the motor (205), a piston cylinder is vertically installed on the base (201), a lifting piston (204) is slidingly fitted in the piston cylinder, one end of a lifting connecting rod (203) is hinged to the lifting piston (204), and the other end is hinged to the eccentric wheel (202), the motor (205) drives the eccentric wheel (202) to rotate, and then drives the lifting piston (204) to move up and down.

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