A fully automatic feeding device for a crimping machine for automotive wiring harness plug-in terminals

By designing a fully automatic feeding device, using a flexible vibration disk, a CCD camera, a three -axis mobile module and terminal holding mechanism, solve the problem of poor adaptability and low efficiency in the existing technology, and realize the different specifications. Automatic identification and efficient materials.

CN119133983BActive Publication Date: 2025-01-28JINAN YILIAN ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Patent Information

Application Number
CN202411534134.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-31
Publication Date
2025-01-28
Estimated Expiration
2044-10-31

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Technical Problem

The loading method of existing automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machines has problems such as poor adaptability, low efficiency, and the inability to identify similar parts mixes, which is difficult to meet the requirements of automated loading for large-scale and multi-variety production.

Method used

Designed a fully automatic feed device, including flexible vibration disk, CCD camera, three -axis mobile module and terminal holding mechanism, drive the terminal vibration through the flexible vibration disk Hold and feed to realize automatic recognition and clamping the feed on different specifications.

Benefits of technology

The degree of automation has been improved, and the automatic recognition and clamping the feed of different specifications of the terminals have been realized, which greatly improves the efficiency of the material and shorten the empty window period during the feeding process.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of crimping machine feeding devices, and discloses a fully automatic feeding device for a crimping machine for automobile wiring harness plug-in terminals, wherein a storage mechanism is provided at one end of the mounting base, and terminals are stored in the storage mechanism, and a flexible vibration plate is fixedly installed at one end of the mounting base near the storage mechanism, and the storage mechanism can drop the terminals to the top of the flexible vibration plate under the control of a control computer, and the flexible vibration plate can drive the terminals to vibrate at the top of the plate under the control of a control computer. The fully automatic feeding device for the crimping machine for automobile wiring harness plug-in terminals drives the terminals to vibrate through the flexible vibration plate, so that the terminals are evenly distributed on the top of the flexible vibration plate, and visually inspects the terminals through a CCD camera to determine the coordinate information and placement status of the terminals, and the control computer controls the actions of the three-axis moving module 1 and the three-axis moving module 2 according to the terminal position information, grabs the terminals, and alternately feeds the crimping machine.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of crimping machine feeding devices, in particular to a full-automatic feeding device for a crimping machine for automobile wiring harness plug-in terminals. Background Art

[0002] Wiring harnesses, especially those used in automobiles, have a large number of electrical components in automobiles, and the automobile wiring harness assembly is relatively complex. There are relatively complex and numerous wiring harness connectors. The wires in the automobile wiring harness usually need to be crimped onto the wires by a terminal crimping machine, and then plugged into the connector through the terminal.

[0003] At present, when the wire harness and the terminal are crimped by the crimping machine, the terminal loading mainly adopts the large-scale method of using the vibration plate, silo, runner, etc., or the small-scale method of using the swing plate, fixture, return line, etc. The above loading methods have a certain application range and reliability, but there are still the following problems: First, the feeding methods such as the vibration plate and the silo are stable and efficient, but the adaptability is poor, and a set of mechanisms can only adapt to 1-2 product specifications; Second, the feeding methods such as the swing plate and the fixture are highly flexible and can adapt to many specifications, but the loading requires manual stacking, which is inefficient, and in order to meet the requirements of flexibility, each specification of the product needs to be customized with corresponding positioning tooling; Third, the previous loading method can realize the automatic sorting of the terminals, but the mixed materials of similar parts cannot be identified; Fourth, at present, the production mode of terminals is mostly large-scale and multi-variety, and the common loading methods cannot meet the requirements of automatic loading in terms of specification adaptability, flexibility, production efficiency, etc. Summary of the invention

[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide a fully automatic feeding device for a crimping machine for automobile wiring harness plug-in terminals, so as to solve the problems raised in the above-mentioned background technology.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: a fully automatic feeding device for an automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine, comprising a mounting base, a control computer is fixedly mounted on one side of the mounting base, a storage mechanism is arranged at one end of the mounting base, and terminals are stored in the storage mechanism, a flexible vibration disk is fixedly mounted at one end of the top of the mounting base close to the storage mechanism, the storage mechanism can be controlled by the control computer to put the terminal onto the top of the flexible vibration disk, the flexible vibration disk can be controlled by the control computer to drive the terminal to vibrate at its top, a three-axis moving module 1 and a three-axis moving module 2 mounted on the top of the flexible vibration disk are arranged on the top of the mounting base, and the three-axis moving module 1 and the three-axis moving module 2 have the same structure, and are both composed of an X-axis moving component, a Y-axis moving component, and a Z-axis moving component. and a terminal clamping mechanism, the terminal clamping mechanism includes a connecting cantilever, a rotating shaft, a servo motor 1, a servo motor 2, a rotating disk, and a clamping component, the rotating shaft is movably mounted on the end of the connecting cantilever, the rotating disk is fixedly connected to the bottom of the rotating shaft, a plurality of clamping components are arranged on the rotating disk, the servo motor 1 is transmission-connected to the rotating shaft, the servo motor 2 is transmission-connected to a plurality of clamping components, the clamping component includes a mounting sleeve movably mounted on the rotating disk, a plug-in shaft plugged into the mounting sleeve, an electric finger clamp fixedly connected to the bottom of the plug-in shaft and capable of clamping the terminal, a CCD camera located on the top of the flexible vibration disk is arranged on the top of the mounting base, and the CCD camera can identify the coordinate information, placement status and quantity of the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk.

[0006] As a further solution of the present invention: the material storage mechanism includes a mounting bracket, a storage hopper, a discharge pipe and an electric gate valve, the mounting bracket is fixedly connected to the mounting base, the storage hopper is fixedly sleeved on the top of the mounting bracket, and the bottom of the storage hopper is fixedly connected with the discharge pipe, the outlet of the discharge pipe extends to the top of the flexible vibration disk, the discharge pipe is provided with an electric gate valve, and the electric gate valve is electrically connected to the control computer.

[0007] As a further solution of the present invention: a positioning bracket is fixedly installed on the top of the mounting base, and an electric telescopic rod is fixedly installed in the middle of the positioning bracket, the CCD camera is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the electric telescopic rod, and the electric telescopic rod and the CCD camera are both electrically connected to the control computer.

[0008] As a further solution of the present invention: the three-axis mobile module one and the three-axis mobile module two are arranged in two layers on the top of the installation base, and the stroke of the Z-axis mobile component in the three-axis mobile module one is 2-3 times the stroke of the Z-axis mobile component in the three-axis mobile module two.

[0009] As a further solution of the present invention: the connecting cantilever is fixedly connected to the output end of the Z-axis moving component, the terminal clamping mechanism also includes a driven gear, the driven gear is fixedly sleeved on the top of the rotating shaft, the servo motor 1 is fixedly installed on the side of the top of the connecting cantilever close to the rotating shaft, and the output shaft of the servo motor 1 is fixedly sleeved with a driving gear 1, and the driving gear 1 is meshed with the driven gear.

[0010] As a further solution of the present invention: the terminal clamping mechanism also includes a transmission gear 1 and a positioning wheel, the transmission gear 1 is movably mounted on the outside of the rotating shaft at one end close to the rotating disk, the servo motor 2 is fixedly installed on the outside of the rotating shaft, and the output shaft of the servo motor 2 is fixedly mounted with a driving gear 2, and the driving gear 2 is meshed with the transmission gear 1.

[0011] As a further solution of the present invention: the clamping component also includes a transmission gear 2 and a compression spring, the transmission gear 2 is fixedly sleeved on the top of the outside of the mounting sleeve, the external meshing sleeve of the transmission gear 2 and the transmission gear 1 is equipped with a transmission toothed belt, and the transmission gear 2 and the transmission gear 1 are connected through a transmission toothed belt, and the top of the rotating disk is movably installed with a plurality of gears that cooperate with the transmission toothed belt.

[0012] As a further solution of the present invention: the compression spring is movably sleeved on the outside of the plug-in shaft, and the compression spring is located between the electric finger clamp and the mounting sleeve, and the compression spring can continuously apply elastic force to the electric finger clamp.

[0013] As a further solution of the present invention: the plug-in shaft is located on the central axis of the mounting sleeve, and the axial cross-section of the plug-in shaft is a hexagon.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0015] 1. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine drives the terminal to vibrate through a flexible vibration plate, so that the terminals are evenly distributed on the top of the flexible vibration plate. The terminals are visually inspected by a CCD camera to determine the coordinate information and placement status of the terminals. The control computer controls the three-axis moving module 1 and the three-axis moving module 2 according to the terminal position information to grab the terminals and feed them alternately to the crimping machine. It can automatically identify terminals of different specifications and clamp and feed them, greatly improving the degree of automation.

[0016] 2. The fully automatic loading device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine sets multiple groups of clamping components on the rotating disk. The three-axis moving module can clamp a large number of terminals in a single action, avoiding frequent movement of the three-axis moving module during loading, thereby reducing the time consumed by the reciprocating movement of the three-axis moving module. When one group of three-axis moving modules transfers the terminals clamped by three-axis moving module 2 to the crimping machine, the other group of three-axis moving modules can clamp the terminals on the flexible vibration disk through three-axis moving module 2, further shortening the window period in the loading process and improving the loading efficiency.

[0017] 3. The fully automatic loading device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine drives the transmission gear 1 and the transmission belt to rotate through the servo motor 2, thereby driving the clamping component to rotate, so that the clamping component can be rotated and adjusted according to the terminal placement direction, to achieve stable clamping of the terminal on the top of the flexible vibration disk, and the electric finger clamp in the clamping component can be extended and retracted at the bottom of the mounting sleeve to avoid interference between the electric finger clamp and the terminal on the top of the flexible vibration disk, causing interference to the electric finger clamp in the clamping operation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure after the overall combination of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of a three-axis moving module 1 and a three-axis moving module 2 from the right side in the present invention;

[0020] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the three-axis moving module 1 and the three-axis moving module 2 in the present invention when they are working;

[0021] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the three-axis moving module 2 in the present invention;

[0022] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the terminal clamping mechanism in the present invention;

[0023] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the rotating disk in the present invention when viewed from above;

[0024] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the clamping component in the present invention;

[0025] Figure 8 It is a structural schematic diagram of the material storage mechanism in the present invention.

[0026] In the figure: 1. Mounting base; 2. Flexible vibration plate; 3. Three-axis moving module 1; 4. Three-axis moving module 2; 41. X-axis moving assembly; 42. Y-axis moving assembly; 43. Z-axis moving assembly; 44. Terminal clamping mechanism; 441. Connecting cantilever; 442. Rotating shaft; 443. Driven gear; 444. Servo motor 1; 445. Transmission gear 1; 446. Servo motor 2; 447. Rotating plate; 448. Clamping component; 4481. Mounting sleeve; 4482. Transmission gear 2; 4483. Plug-in shaft; 4484. Compression spring; 4485. Electric finger gripper; 449. Transmission toothed belt; 4410. Positioning wheel; 5. Positioning bracket; 6. Electric telescopic rod; 7. CCD camera; 8. Storage mechanism; 81. Mounting bracket; 82. Storage hopper; 83. Feeding pipe; 84. Electric gate valve; 9. Control computer. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0028] See also Figures 1 to 8In an embodiment of the present invention, a fully automatic feeding device of an automobile wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine includes a mounting base 1, a control computer 9 is fixedly installed on one side of the mounting base 1, a storage mechanism 8 is provided at one end of the mounting base 1, and terminals are stored in the storage mechanism 8, a flexible vibration disk 2 is fixedly installed at one end of the top of the mounting base 1 close to the storage mechanism 8, the storage mechanism 8 is controlled by the control computer 9 to put the terminal to the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, the flexible vibration disk 2 is controlled by the control computer 9 to drive the terminal to vibrate at its top, a three-axis moving module 1 3 and a three-axis moving module 2 4 are arranged on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, the control computer 9 controls the three-axis moving module 1 3 and the three-axis moving module 2 4 to move, and the terminal is grabbed. , and alternately feed the crimping machine, terminals of different specifications can be automatically identified, and clamped and fed, which greatly improves the degree of automation, and the three-axis moving module 1 3 and the three-axis moving module 2 4 have the same structure, both of which are composed of an X-axis moving component 41, a Y-axis moving component 42, a Z-axis moving component 43 and a terminal clamping mechanism 44. The X-axis moving component 41, the Y-axis moving component 42, and the Z-axis moving component 43 can drive the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to move as a whole, thereby clamping the terminal on the top of the flexible vibration plate 2 and feeding the clamped terminal to the crimping machine. The terminal clamping mechanism 44 includes a connecting cantilever 441, a rotating shaft 442, a servo motor 1 444, a servo motor 2 446, a rotating disk 447, and a clamping component 4 48, the rotating shaft 442 is movably installed at the end of the connecting cantilever 441, the rotating disk 447 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the rotating shaft 442, and a plurality of clamping components 448 are arranged on the rotating disk 447. Multiple groups of clamping components 448 are arranged on the rotating disk 447. The module can clamp a large number of terminals in a single action, avoiding frequent movement of the module during feeding, thereby reducing the time consumed by the reciprocating movement of the module, shortening the idle period during the feeding process, and improving the feeding efficiency. The servo motor 1 444 is connected to the rotating shaft 442, and the servo motor 2 446 is connected to the plurality of clamping components 448. The servo motor 2 446 drives the transmission gear 1 445 and the transmission toothed belt 449 to rotate, thereby driving the clamping component 448 to rotate, so that the clamping component 44 8 can be rotated and adjusted according to the terminal placement direction to achieve stable clamping of the top terminal of the flexible vibration disk 2. The clamping component 448 includes a mounting sleeve 4481 movably mounted on the rotating disk 447, a plug-in shaft 4483 plugged into the mounting sleeve 4481, and an electric finger clamp 4485 fixedly connected to the bottom of the plug-in shaft 4483 and capable of clamping the terminal. The electric finger clamp 4485 is mounted on the mounting sleeve 4481 through the plug-in shaft 4483. When a group of electric finger clamps 4485 clamp the terminal, the remaining electric finger clamps 4485 can be retracted upward at the bottom of the mounting sleeve 4481 when the downward position is limited by the top terminal of the flexible vibration disk 2, so as to avoid interference between several electric finger clamps 4485 when clamping the terminal.The top of the mounting base 1 is provided with a CCD camera 7 located on the top of the flexible vibration plate 2, and the CCD camera 7 can identify the coordinate information, placement status and quantity of the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration plate 2, and the control computer 9 can control the three-axis moving module 1 3 and the three-axis moving module 2 4 to move according to the terminal position information to grab the terminals.

[0029] As a further implementation scheme of the above invention: the storage mechanism 8 includes a mounting bracket 81, a storage hopper 82, a discharge pipe 83 and an electric gate valve 84, the mounting bracket 81 is fixedly connected to the mounting base 1, the storage hopper 82 is fixedly sleeved on the top of the mounting bracket 81, and the bottom of the storage hopper 82 is fixedly connected with a discharge pipe 83, the outlet of the discharge pipe 83 extends to the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, and the terminals inside the storage hopper 82 can be put into the top of the flexible vibration disk 2 through the guidance of the discharge pipe 83, so as to supplement the terminals, the discharge pipe 83 is provided with an electric gate valve 84, and the electric gate valve 84 is electrically connected to the control computer 9, the electric gate valve 84 is controlled to open by the control computer 9, and the terminals stored in the storage hopper 82 can be introduced into the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, so as to supplement the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, thereby realizing automatic loading of the terminals,

[0030] As a further implementation scheme of the above invention: a positioning bracket 5 is fixedly installed on the top of the mounting base 1, and an electric telescopic rod 6 is fixedly installed in the middle of the positioning bracket 5, and a CCD camera 7 is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the electric telescopic rod 6. When the CCD camera 7 identifies the top terminal of the flexible vibration disk 2, the electric telescopic rod 6 drives the CCD camera 7 to move down, shortens the distance between the CCD camera 7 and the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, and improves the accuracy of the CCD camera 7 in identifying the top terminal of the flexible vibration disk 2. The electric telescopic rod 6 and the CCD camera 7 are both electrically connected to the control computer 9. The CCD camera 7 visually identifies the terminals at the top of the flexible vibration disk 2 after vibration, and can identify the coordinate information, placement status and quantity of the terminals. The control computer 9 can control the three-axis moving module 1 3 and the three-axis moving module 2 4 to clamp and load the terminals according to the identification information.

[0031] As a further implementation scheme of the above invention: three-axis mobile module 1 3 and three-axis mobile module 2 4 are divided into upper and lower layers and arranged on the top of the installation base 1. The control computer 9 controls the movement of the three-axis mobile module 1 3 and three-axis mobile module 2 4 according to the terminal position information, grabs the terminals, and alternately feeds them to the crimping machine. Terminals of different specifications can be automatically identified, and clamped and fed, which greatly improves the degree of automation. The stroke of the Z-axis moving component 43 in the three-axis mobile module 1 3 is 2-3 times the stroke of the Z-axis moving component 43 in the three-axis mobile module 2 4. The three-axis mobile module 1 3 is arranged above the three-axis mobile module 2 4, and the stroke of the Z-axis moving component 43 in the three-axis mobile module 3 is increased to ensure that the Z-axis moving component 43 in the three-axis mobile module 3 can smoothly drive the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to clamp and feed the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2.

[0032] As a further implementation scheme of the above invention: the connecting cantilever 441 is fixedly connected to the output end of the Z-axis moving component 43, ensuring that the X-axis moving component 41, the Y-axis moving component 42, and the Z-axis moving component 43 can drive the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to move as a whole, so as to clamp the terminal at the top of the flexible vibration disk 2 and feed the clamped terminal to the crimping machine. The terminal clamping mechanism 44 also includes a driven gear 443, which is fixedly sleeved on the top of the rotating shaft 442. The servo motor 444 is fixedly installed on the top of the connecting cantilever 441. On one side of the near rotating shaft 442, a driving gear 1 is fixedly mounted on the output shaft of a servo motor 444, and the driving gear 1 is meshed with a driven gear 443. The servo motor 444 drives the driving gear 1 and the driven gear 443 to rotate, thereby driving the rotating shaft 442 and the rotating disk 447 to rotate, adjusting the positions of the plurality of clamping components 448, and adjusting the positions of the terminal clamping mechanism 44 in combination with the X-axis moving component 41 and the Y-axis moving component 42, so that the terminals clamped by the plurality of clamping components 448 can be fed to the crimping machine.

[0033] As a further implementation scheme of the above invention: the terminal clamping mechanism 44 also includes a transmission gear 445 and a positioning wheel 4410. The transmission gear 445 is movably mounted on the outside of the rotating shaft 442 at one end close to the rotating disk 447. The servo motor 446 is fixedly installed on the outside of the rotating shaft 442, and the output shaft of the servo motor 446 is fixedly mounted with a driving gear 2, and the driving gear 2 is meshed with the transmission gear 445. The driving gear 2 and the transmission gear 445 are driven to rotate through the transmission gear 445, and the transmission is driven by the transmission toothed belt 449, which can drive the plurality of clamping components 448 to rotate. The direction of the clamping components 448 is adjusted according to the placement direction of the terminals to ensure that the plurality of clamping components 448 can achieve stable clamping of the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2.

[0034] As a further implementation of the above invention: the clamping component 448 also includes a transmission gear 2 4482 and a compression spring 4484. The transmission gear 2 4482 is fixedly sleeved on the upper part of the outer part of the mounting sleeve 4481. The transmission gear 2 4482 and the outer meshing sleeve of the transmission gear 1 445 are equipped with a transmission toothed belt 449. When the transmission gear 1 445 rotates, the transmission toothed belt 449 is used to drive the transmission gears 2 4482 to rotate, thereby driving the electric finger clamps 4485 to rotate, so that the electric finger clamps The clamping direction of 4485 is adapted to the direction of the terminal, and the transmission gear 2 4482 is connected to the transmission gear 1 445 through a transmission belt 449. A plurality of positioning wheels 4410 cooperating with the transmission belt 449 are movably installed on the top of the rotating disk 447. The transmission belt 449 is restricted by the positioning wheels 4410 to ensure the stable rotation of the transmission belt 449. At the same time, there is a sufficient wrap angle between the transmission belt 449 and the transmission gear 2 4482 and the transmission gear 1 445 to ensure the stable transmission of power.

[0035] As a further implementation scheme of the above invention: the compression spring 4484 is movably sleeved on the outside of the plug-in shaft 4483, and the compression spring 4484 is located between the electric finger clamp 4485 and the mounting sleeve 4481, and the electric finger clamp 4485 is installed on the mounting sleeve 4481 through the plug-in shaft 4483. When a group of electric finger clamps 4485 clamp the terminal, the downward position of the remaining electric finger clamps 4485 is limited by the top terminal of the flexible vibration disk 2, and the remaining electric finger clamps 4485 can retract upward at the bottom of the mounting sleeve 4481 to avoid mutual interference between several electric finger clamps 4485 when clamping the terminal. The compression spring 4484 can continuously apply elastic force to the electric finger clamp 4485, so that the electric finger clamp 4485 is reset by the elastic force, so that the electric finger clamp 4485 after clamping the terminal is on the same horizontal plane, which is convenient for the electric finger clamp 4485 to position the terminal when transferring it to the crimping machine.

[0036] As a further implementation scheme of the above invention: the plug-in shaft 4483 is located on the central axis of the mounting sleeve 4481, and the axial cross-sectional shape of the plug-in shaft 4483 is a hexagon, ensuring that the electric finger clamp 4485 can move up and down at the bottom of the mounting sleeve 4481 and adaptively adjust its own position, while ensuring that power transmission can be achieved between the mounting sleeve 4481 and the plug-in shaft 4483.

[0037] During specific implementation: the terminals are placed in the storage hopper 82, the control computer 9 controls the electric gate valve 84 to open, so that the terminals in the storage hopper 82 fall into the top of the flexible vibration disk 2 along the discharge pipe 83, and the control computer 9 controls the flexible vibration disk 2 to start and drive the terminals to vibrate, so that the terminals are relatively evenly dispersed on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2. If the terminals need to distinguish the front and back sides, the flexible vibration disk 2 can synchronously adjust the front and back sides of the terminals when driving the terminals to vibrate, so that some of the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2 face up, and some face up, meeting the requirements of the three-axis moving module 1 3 and the three-axis moving module 2 4 for clamping the terminals, and the CCD camera 7 is driven downward by the electric telescopic rod 6 to The terminals are visually inspected and the information is transmitted to the control computer 9 to identify the coordinate information, placement status and quantity of the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2. The terminal placement status includes the front and back sides and the tilt direction. The control computer 9 controls the storage mechanism 8 to open and replenish the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2 according to the number of terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2; the control computer 9 controls the three-axis moving module 1 3 and the three-axis moving module 2 4 to move alternately to clamp the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, and automatically feed the clamped terminals to the crimping machine. When the three-axis moving module 1 3 clamps the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, the three-axis moving module 2 4 feeds the clamped terminals to the crimping machine. This alternation enables the three-axis moving module 1 3 and the three-axis moving module 2 4 to continuously and automatically load the crimping machine; when the control computer 9 controls the three-axis moving module 1 3 or the three-axis moving module 2 4 to clamp the terminal on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, the control computer 9 controls the X-axis moving component 41 and the Y-axis moving component 42 to drive the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to move on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, and controls the Z-axis moving component 43 to drive the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to move up and down. The control computer 9 controls the electric finger clamp 4485 in the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to clamp the terminal according to the coordinate information of the terminal on the top of the flexible vibration disk 2, and controls the servo motor 2 446 to drive the transmission gear 1 445 and the transmission gear The belt 449 rotates, and is transmitted through the second transmission gear 4482, and the electric finger clamp 4485 is driven to rotate according to the placement direction of the terminal, so that the electric finger clamp 4485 is adapted to the placement direction of the terminal, and the self-adaptive clamping of the terminal at the top of the flexible vibration disk 2 is realized. The electric finger clamp 4485 is installed on the installation sleeve 4481 through the plug-in shaft 4483. The electric finger clamp 4485 can move up and down at the bottom of the installation sleeve 4481. When a group of electric finger clamps 4485 clamps the terminal, the remaining electric finger clamps 4485 are limited by the top terminal of the flexible vibration disk 2. The remaining electric finger clamps 4485 can retract upward at the bottom of the installation sleeve 4481;When the control computer 9 controls the three-axis moving module 1 3 or the three-axis moving module 2 4 to feed the clamped terminal to the crimping machine, the control computer 9 controls the X-axis moving assembly 41 and the Y-axis moving assembly 42 to drive the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to move toward the crimping machine, and according to the height of the crimping machine, the Z-axis moving assembly 43 drives the terminal clamping mechanism 44 to move up and down, and the servo motor 1 444 drives the driven gear 443 and the rotating shaft 442 to rotate, driving the rotating disk 447 and the plurality of clamping components 448 to rotate, and the terminals clamped by the plurality of clamping components 448 are fed to the crimping machine one by one. ;

[0038] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the exemplary embodiments described above and that the invention can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential features of the invention. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered exemplary and non-limiting in all respects, and the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and it is intended that all variations falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims be included in the invention. Any reference numeral in a claim should not be considered as limiting the claim to which it relates.

Claims

1. A fully automatic feeding device for a crimping machine for automotive wiring harness plug-in terminals, comprising a mounting base (1), a control computer (9) being fixedly mounted on one side of the mounting base (1), characterized in that: A material storage mechanism (8) is provided at one end of the mounting base (1), and terminals are stored in the material storage mechanism (8). A flexible vibration disk (2) is fixedly installed at one end of the top of the mounting base (1) close to the material storage mechanism (8). The material storage mechanism (8) is controlled by a control computer (9) to place the terminals on the top of the flexible vibration disk (2). The flexible vibration disk (2) is controlled by the control computer (9) to drive the terminals to vibrate at its top. A material storage mechanism (8) is provided at the top of the mounting base (1) and is mounted on the flexible vibration disk. The three-axis moving module 1 (3) and the three-axis moving module 2 (4) on the top of the moving disk (2) are of the same structure, and are composed of an X-axis moving assembly (41), a Y-axis moving assembly (42), a Z-axis moving assembly (43) and a terminal clamping mechanism (44), wherein the terminal clamping mechanism (44) comprises a connecting cantilever (441), a rotating shaft (442), a servo motor 1 (444), a servo motor 2 (446), a rotating disk (4 47), a clamping component (448), the rotating shaft (442) is movably mounted on the end of the connecting cantilever (441), the rotating disk (447) is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the rotating shaft (442), a plurality of clamping components (448) are arranged on the rotating disk (447), the servo motor 1 (444) is transmission-connected to the rotating shaft (442), the servo motor 2 (446) is transmission-connected to the plurality of clamping components (448), the clamping component (448) includes a movably mounted A mounting sleeve (4481) mounted on a rotating disk (447), a plug-in shaft (4483) plugged into the mounting sleeve (4481), and an electric finger clamp (4485) fixedly connected to the bottom of the plug-in shaft (4483) and capable of clamping a terminal. A CCD camera (7) located at the top of the flexible vibration disk (2) is arranged on the top of the mounting base (1), and the CCD camera (7) is capable of identifying coordinate information, placement status, and quantity of the terminals at the top of the flexible vibration disk (2).

2. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The material storage mechanism (8) comprises a mounting bracket (81), a material storage hopper (82), a material discharge pipe (83) and an electric gate valve (84); the mounting bracket (81) is fixedly connected to the mounting base (1); the material storage hopper (82) is fixedly sleeved on the top of the mounting bracket (81); and the bottom of the material storage hopper (82) is fixedly connected to the material discharge pipe (83); the outlet of the material discharge pipe (83) extends to the top of the flexible vibration plate (2); the material discharge pipe (83) is provided with an electric gate valve (84), and the electric gate valve (84) is electrically connected to the control computer (9).

3. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: A positioning bracket (5) is fixedly mounted on the top of the mounting base (1), and an electric telescopic rod (6) is fixedly mounted in the middle of the positioning bracket (5); the CCD camera (7) is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the electric telescopic rod (6); and the electric telescopic rod (6) and the CCD camera (7) are both electrically connected to a control computer (9).

4. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The three-axis moving module one (3) and the three-axis moving module two (4) are arranged in two layers, upper and lower, on the top of the mounting base (1); the stroke of the Z-axis moving component (43) in the three-axis moving module one (3) is 2-3 times the stroke of the Z-axis moving component (43) in the three-axis moving module two (4).

5. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The connecting cantilever (441) is fixedly connected to the output end of the Z-axis moving assembly (43); the terminal clamping mechanism (44) further comprises a driven gear (443); the driven gear (443) is fixedly sleeved on the top of the rotating shaft (442); the servo motor 1 (444) is fixedly mounted on a side of the top of the connecting cantilever (441) close to the rotating shaft (442); and a driving gear 1 is fixedly sleeved on the output shaft of the servo motor 1 (444); the driving gear 1 and the driven gear (443) are meshed with each other.

6. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The terminal clamping mechanism (44) further comprises a transmission gear 1 (445) and a positioning wheel (4410); the transmission gear 1 (445) is movably mounted on the outside of the rotating shaft (442) at one end close to the rotating disk (447); the servo motor 2 (446) is fixedly mounted on the outside of the rotating shaft (442); and a driving gear 2 is fixedly mounted on the output shaft of the servo motor 2 (446); and the driving gear 2 and the transmission gear 1 (445) are meshed with each other.

7. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 6 is characterized in that: The clamping component (448) further includes a transmission gear 2 (4482) and a compression spring (4484), wherein the transmission gear 2 (4482) is fixedly sleeved on the top of the outside of the mounting sleeve (4481), and the transmission gear 2 (4482) and the transmission gear 1 (445) are meshed with a transmission belt (449) on the outside, and the transmission gear 2 (4482) and the transmission gear 1 (445) are connected to each other through the transmission belt (449), and a plurality of gears (410) cooperating with the transmission belt (449) are movably installed on the top of the rotating disk (447).

8. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 7 is characterized in that: The compression spring (4484) is movably sleeved on the outside of the plug-in shaft (4483), and the compression spring (4484) is located between the electric finger clamp (4485) and the mounting sleeve (4481), and the compression spring (4484) can continuously apply elastic force to the electric finger clamp (4485).

9. The fully automatic feeding device of the automotive wiring harness plug-in terminal crimping machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The plug-in shaft (4483) is located on the central axis of the mounting sleeve (4481), and the axial cross-sectional shape of the plug-in shaft (4483) is a hexagon.

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