Flat cable 180-degree folding and laminating device

Abstract

The invention relates to a flat cable 180-degree folding and laminating device, which comprises a clamping assembly, a laminating assembly and a control assembly, and is characterized in that the clamping assembly comprises a turntable and a plurality of jigs; the bracket is mounted on one side of the clamping assembly; the clamping assembly comprises a lifting sliding table air cylinder, a lifting plate, a finger clamping air cylinder and a horizontal clamping block. The folding component is mounted at the bottom of the bracket; the turnover assembly comprises a transverse linear module, an electric rotating platform, a carrier plate, a vertical adjusting module, a transfer frame, a turnover driving motor, a rotating shaft, a turnover frame and a suction nozzle; the vertical pre-pressing assembly is located above the folding assembly; the vertical pre-pressing assembly comprises a downward pressing sliding table air cylinder, a downward pressing plate and a pre-pressing block. The 180-degree folding and attaching device for the flat cable is simple in structure and convenient to use, efficient and accurate folding and attaching of flat cable materials are achieved through cooperative work of the clamping assembly, the folding assembly and the vertical pre-pressing assembly, the production efficiency is greatly improved, the attaching precision and consistency are remarkably improved, and errors caused by human factors are effectively reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of cable folding, and in particular to a cable 180-degree folding and laminating device. Background Art

[0002] Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPC or FPCB), also known as soft board or flexible circuit board, is a circuit board that can be bent, folded and stretched and is made of flexible materials such as polyimide or polyester film through precision technology.

[0003] In the traditional production process, the flipping and bonding of FPC cables mainly relies on manual operation. The FPC cables are manually folded 180 degrees and then bonded. This practice is not only inefficient, but also easily affected by differences in raw material materials and the complexity of product structure. It is difficult to ensure the accuracy required for FPC during the bonding process, resulting in a significant decline in the bonding yield. Summary of the invention

[0004] Based on this, the present invention provides a 180-degree folding and bonding device for cable arrangement, which has a simple structure and is easy to use. It utilizes the coordinated work of a clamping assembly, a folding assembly and a vertical pre-pressing assembly to achieve efficient and precise folding and bonding of cable arrangement materials, which not only greatly improves production efficiency, but also significantly improves the accuracy and consistency of bonding, and effectively reduces errors caused by human factors.

[0005] In order to achieve the purpose of the present invention, the present invention adopts the following technical solution:

[0006] A 180-degree folding and laminating device for a cable arrangement, comprising:

[0007] The clamping assembly includes a turntable and a plurality of jigs evenly spaced and installed on the turntable; the jig is used to clamp the wiring material; the wiring material includes a main body contained on the jig and a wiring part connected to one side of the main body; the wiring part protrudes beyond the edge of the jig;

[0008] A bracket mounted on one side of the clamping assembly;

[0009] A clamping assembly installed on the top of the bracket near the side of the clamping assembly; the clamping assembly includes a lifting slide cylinder connected to the top of the bracket, a lifting plate connected to the lifting slide cylinder, a clamping finger cylinder installed at one end of the lifting plate, and a horizontal clamping block connected to the opposite ends of the clamping finger cylinder; the horizontal clamping block is used to clamp the main body;

[0010] A folding assembly installed at the bottom of the bracket; the folding assembly includes a horizontal linear module installed at the bottom of the bracket, an electric rotating platform connected to the horizontal linear module, a carrier plate connected to the turntable of the electric rotating platform, a vertical adjustment module connected to the carrier plate, an adapter frame connected to the vertical adjustment module, a folding drive motor installed on the adapter frame, a rotating shaft connected to the folding drive motor, a flip frame coaxially connected to one end of the rotating shaft, and a suction nozzle elastically installed on the flip frame; the suction nozzle is connected to a vacuum pump outwardly, and the suction nozzle is used to abut the bottom surface of the wiring part;

[0011] A vertical pre-pressing assembly is located above the folding assembly; the vertical pre-pressing assembly includes a downward pressing slide cylinder installed on the top of the bracket, a downward pressing plate connected to the downward pressing slide cylinder, and pre-pressing blocks connected to opposite ends of the downward pressing plate; the pre-pressing blocks correspond to the suction nozzles.

[0012] The above-mentioned 180-degree folding and bonding device for cable arrangement has a simple structure and is easy to use. It utilizes the coordinated work of the clamping assembly, the folding assembly and the vertical pre-pressing assembly to achieve efficient and precise folding and bonding of the cable arrangement material, which not only greatly improves the production efficiency, but also significantly improves the accuracy and consistency of bonding, and effectively reduces errors caused by human factors.

[0013] In one embodiment, the vertical adjustment module includes a first vertical linear module vertically connected to the top surface of the carrier plate, and a second vertical linear module connected to the first vertical linear module; the first vertical linear module and the second vertical linear module are both arranged along the vertical direction.

[0014] In one embodiment, the suction nozzle is elastically connected to the turning frame via a spring.

[0015] In one embodiment, the clamping assembly further includes positioning pin barrels respectively installed at opposite ends of each fixture; the clamping assembly further includes positioning pins installed at opposite ends of the lifting plate; the positioning pins correspond to the positioning pin barrels one by one.

[0016] In one of the embodiments, the cable 180-degree folding and bonding device also includes a visual inspection component installed on the top of the bracket; the visual inspection component includes a fine-tuning slide installed on the top of the bracket, an industrial camera connected to the fine-tuning slide, and a zoom lens coaxially connected to the industrial camera; the fine-tuning slide is arranged along the vertical direction.

[0017] In one of the embodiments, the visual inspection component further includes a bar light source mounted on one side of the top of the bracket; a light emitting surface of the bar light source is tilted downward toward the direction of the fixture.

[0018] In one embodiment, an opening is provided on the top of the bracket; the industrial camera and the zoom lens are both located above the opening, and the fixture is located below the opening. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a cable 180-degree folding and laminating device according to one embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 2 for Figure 1 An exploded schematic diagram of the cable 180-degree folding and laminating device shown;

[0021] Figure 3 for Figure 2 A comparative schematic diagram of the clamping assembly, the fixture and the cable material in the cable 180-degree folding and bonding device shown;

[0022] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the application state of the clamping assembly in the cable 180-degree folding and laminating device shown;

[0023] Figure 5 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the application status of the clamping assembly, the folding assembly and the vertical pre-pressing assembly in the 180-degree folding and laminating device for the cable arrangement is shown;

[0024] Figure 6 for Figure 5 An enlarged schematic diagram of circle A shown;

[0025] Figure 7 for Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the application state of the clamping assembly and the folding assembly in the 180-degree folding and laminating device for the flat cable is shown from another perspective;

[0026] Figure 8 for Figure 7 An enlarged schematic diagram of circle B is shown;

[0027] Fig. 9 for Figure 2 An exploded schematic diagram of a folding assembly in a 180-degree folding and laminating device for a flat cable is shown;

[0028] Fig.10 for Fig. 9 A partial three-dimensional schematic diagram of a folding component in a 180-degree folding and laminating device for a flat cable is shown;

[0029] Fig.11 This is a before and after comparison diagram of the cable material used in the present invention.

[0030] Notes on the attached drawings:

[0031] 10-clamping assembly, 11-turntable, 12-jig, 13-positioning pin cylinder;

[0032] 20- bracket, 21- opening;

[0033] 30-clamping assembly, 31-lifting slide cylinder, 32-lifting plate, 33-clamping finger cylinder, 34-horizontal clamping block, 35-positioning pin;

[0034] 40- visual inspection component, 41- fine-tuning slide, 42- industrial camera, 43- zoom lens, 44- bar light source;

[0035] 50-folding assembly, 51-horizontal linear module, 52-electric rotating platform, 53-carrying plate, 54-vertical adjustment module, 55-adapter frame, 56-folding drive motor, 57-rotating shaft, 58-turning frame, 59-suction nozzle, 590-spring;

[0036] 60-vertical pre-pressing assembly, 61-downward pressing slide cylinder, 62-downward pressing plate, 63-pre-pressing block;

[0037] 70-cable material, 71-main body, 72-cable part. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully below with reference to the relevant drawings. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are given in the drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the understanding of the disclosure of the present invention more thorough and comprehensive.

[0039] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" another element, it may be directly on the other element or there may be an intermediate element. When an element is considered to be "connected to" another element, it may be directly connected to the other element or there may be an intermediate element at the same time.

[0040] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art of the present invention. The terms used in the specification of the present invention herein are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention.

[0041] See also Figures 1 to 11 , which is a 180-degree folding and bonding device for a cable according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes a clamping component 10, a bracket 20 installed on one side of the clamping component 10, a clamping component 30 installed on the top of the bracket 20 close to one side of the clamping component 10, a visual inspection component 40 installed on the top of the bracket 20, a folding component 50 installed on the bottom of the bracket 20, and a vertical pre-stressing component 60 located above the folding component 50; the vertical pre-stressing component 60 is installed on the top of the bracket 20, and the vertical pre-stressing component 60 is located below the visual inspection component 40.

[0042] The clamping assembly 10 includes a turntable 11, a plurality of jigs 12 evenly spaced and installed on the turntable 11, and positioning pin barrels 13 respectively installed at opposite ends of each jig 12. Here, for the convenience of display, only one jig 12 is shown in the figure.

[0043] Among them, the jig 12 is used to clamp the cable arrangement material 70; the cable arrangement material 70 includes a main body 71 accommodated on the jig 12, and a cable arrangement portion 72 connected to one side of the main body 71; the cable arrangement portion 72 protrudes beyond the edge of the jig 12, that is, the cable arrangement portion 72 is suspended outside the jig 12 to facilitate the subsequent 180-degree folding operation of the cable arrangement portion 72.

[0044] An opening 21 is provided at the top of the bracket 20; the fixture 12 is located below the opening 21, and the visual inspection component 40 is located above the opening 21. The visual inspection component 40 passes through the opening 21 downward to detect the folding condition of the cable arrangement part 72, so as to facilitate the subsequent real-time adjustment of the operation of the folding component 50.

[0045] The clamping assembly 30 includes a lifting slide cylinder 31 connected to the top of the bracket 20, a lifting plate 32 connected to the lifting slide cylinder 31, a clamping finger cylinder 33 installed at one end of the lifting plate 32, horizontal clamping blocks 34 connecting the opposite ends of the clamping finger cylinder 33, and positioning pins 35 installed at the opposite ends of the lifting plate 32; the positioning pins 35 correspond one-to-one to the positioning pin tube 13.

[0046] like Figures 2 to 4 As shown, the entire clamping assembly 30 is located above the fixture 12. Specifically, the lifting slide cylinder 31 can drive the lifting plate 32 downward to the fixture 12, so that the horizontal clamping block 34 clamps the main body 71, better limits the position of the cable arrangement material 70, and facilitates the subsequent 180-degree folding operation of the cable arrangement part 72 to ensure the accuracy of the folding.

[0047] The visual inspection component 40 includes a fine-tuning slide 41 installed on the top of the bracket 20, an industrial camera 42 connected to the fine-tuning slide 41, a zoom lens 43 coaxially connected to the industrial camera 42, and a strip light source 44 installed on one side of the top of the bracket 20. Among them, the fine-tuning slide 41 is arranged in the vertical direction to facilitate the adjustment of the height of the industrial camera 42. The industrial camera 42 and the zoom lens 43 are both located above the opening 21, and the light emitting surface of the strip light source 44 is arranged to be tilted downward toward the direction of the fixture 12 to illuminate the wiring part 72, so as to facilitate the industrial camera 42 to perform shooting and inspection.

[0048] The folding assembly 50 includes a horizontal linear module 51 installed at the bottom of the bracket 20, an electric rotating platform 52 connected to the horizontal linear module 51, a carrier plate 53 connected to the turntable of the electric rotating platform 52, a vertical adjustment module 54 connected to the carrier plate 53, an adapter frame 55 connected to the vertical adjustment module 54, a folding drive motor 56 installed on the adapter frame 55, a rotating shaft 57 connected to the folding drive motor 56, a flip frame 58 coaxially connected to one end of the rotating shaft 57, and a suction nozzle 59 elastically installed on the flip frame 58; the suction nozzle 59 is externally connected to a vacuum pump, and the suction nozzle 59 is used to abut the bottom surface of the wiring portion 72 to adsorb the wiring portion 72.

[0049] In this embodiment, the vertical adjustment module 54 includes a first vertical linear module 541 vertically connected to the top surface of the carrier plate 53, and a second vertical linear module 542 connected to the first vertical linear module 541; the first vertical linear module 541 and the second vertical linear module 542 are both arranged along the vertical direction. By splicing the first vertical linear module 541 and the second vertical linear module 542, two-stage adjustment in the vertical direction can be achieved, which effectively increases the vertical adjustment range and better adapts to different fitting requirements.

[0050] In this embodiment, the suction nozzle 59 is elastically connected to the flip frame 58 via a spring 590 , which can effectively prevent the suction nozzle 59 from making rigid contact with the cable arrangement portion 72 , thereby preventing damage to the cable arrangement portion 72 .

[0051] The vertical pre-pressing assembly 60 includes a downward pressing slide cylinder 61 installed on the top of the bracket 20, a downward pressing plate 62 connected to the downward pressing slide cylinder 61, and a pre-pressing block 63 connected to the opposite ends of the lower pressing plate 62; the pre-pressing block 63 corresponds to the suction nozzle 59, and the wiring part 72 is located between the pre-pressing block 63 and the suction nozzle 59.

[0052] Combination Figure 4 , Figure 5 and Fig.11 The entire operation process is as follows:

[0053] First, the clamping assembly 30 firmly clamps the main body 71. Subsequently, the horizontal linear module 51 starts to operate and moves smoothly in the direction of the jig 12. Next, the first vertical linear module 541 in the vertical adjustment module 54 drives the suction nozzle 59 to precisely abut the bottom surface of the cable arrangement portion 72. Next, the downward-pressing slide cylinder 61 is started, pushing the lower pressure plate 62 to slowly move downward until the pre-pressing block 63 is in close contact with the top surface of the cable arrangement portion 72, thereby ensuring that the cable arrangement portion 72 is firmly pressed and abuts against the suction nozzle 59. Next, the system performs a vacuum operation, so that the suction nozzle 59 can tightly adsorb the cable arrangement portion 72. After the adsorption is completed, the pre-pressing block 63 moves upward, away from the cable arrangement portion 72, to make room for the operation of the folding assembly 50.

[0054] Subsequently, the folding drive motor 56 starts to work, driving the rotating shaft 57 and the flip frame 58 to rotate synchronously, so that the suction nozzle 59 flips 180 degrees. This action folds the cable arrangement part 72 originally suspended outside the fixture 12 and initially fits it to the top surface of the main body 71 (not completely fitted at this time), achieving pre-fitting positioning. During this process, the industrial camera 42 takes pictures from above to detect whether the position of the cable arrangement part 72 is aligned.

[0055] If the position of the cable arrangement part 72 is found to be deviated, the horizontal linear module 51 and the electric rotating platform 52 can be used for fine adjustment to ensure that the cable arrangement part 72 is accurately aligned. Finally, the second vertical linear module 542 is activated to completely fit the cable arrangement part 72 to the top surface of the main body 71.

[0056] After the folding and laminating operation is completed, all mechanisms will be reset to their initial state and ready for the next operation.

[0057] The above-mentioned 180-degree folding and bonding device for cable arrangement has a simple structure and is easy to use. It utilizes the coordinated work of the clamping assembly 30, the folding assembly 50 and the vertical pre-pressing assembly 60 to achieve efficient and accurate folding and bonding of the cable arrangement material, which not only greatly improves the production efficiency, but also significantly improves the accuracy and consistency of bonding, and effectively reduces the errors caused by human factors.

[0058] The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of this specification.

[0059] The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation methods of the present invention, and the descriptions thereof are relatively specific and detailed, but they cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the invention patent. It should be pointed out that, for ordinary technicians in this field, several variations and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention shall be subject to the attached claims.

Claims

1. A 180-degree folding and laminating device for a cable arrangement, characterized in that: include: A clamping assembly, including a turntable and a plurality of fixtures evenly spaced and installed on the turntable; The fixture is used to clamp the wiring material; the wiring material includes a main body portion contained on the fixture and a wiring portion connected to one side of the main body portion; the wiring portion protrudes beyond the edge of the fixture; A bracket mounted on one side of the clamping assembly; A clamping assembly installed on the top of the bracket near the side of the clamping assembly; the clamping assembly includes a lifting slide cylinder connected to the top of the bracket, a lifting plate connected to the lifting slide cylinder, a clamping finger cylinder installed at one end of the lifting plate, and a horizontal clamping block connected to the opposite ends of the clamping finger cylinder; the horizontal clamping block is used to clamp the main body; A folding assembly installed at the bottom of the bracket; the folding assembly includes a horizontal linear module installed at the bottom of the bracket, an electric rotating platform connected to the horizontal linear module, a carrier plate connected to the turntable of the electric rotating platform, a vertical adjustment module connected to the carrier plate, an adapter frame connected to the vertical adjustment module, a folding drive motor installed on the adapter frame, a rotating shaft connected to the folding drive motor, a flip frame coaxially connected to one end of the rotating shaft, and a suction nozzle elastically installed on the flip frame; the suction nozzle is connected to a vacuum pump outwardly, and the suction nozzle is used to abut the bottom surface of the wiring part; A vertical pre-pressing assembly is located above the folding assembly; the vertical pre-pressing assembly includes a downward pressing slide cylinder installed on the top of the bracket, a downward pressing plate connected to the downward pressing slide cylinder, and pre-pressing blocks connected to opposite ends of the downward pressing plate; the pre-pressing blocks correspond to the suction nozzles.

2. The cable 180-degree folding and laminating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The vertical adjustment module includes a first vertical linear module vertically connected to the top surface of the carrier plate, and a second vertical linear module connected to the first vertical linear module; the first vertical linear module and the second vertical linear module are both arranged along the vertical direction.

3. The cable 180-degree folding and laminating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The suction nozzle is elastically connected to the turning frame through a spring.

4. The cable 180-degree folding and laminating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping assembly also includes positioning pin barrels respectively installed at opposite ends of each fixture; the clamping assembly also includes positioning pins installed at opposite ends of the lifting plate; the positioning pins correspond to the positioning pin barrels one by one.

5. The cable 180-degree folding and laminating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a visual inspection component installed on the top of the bracket; the visual inspection component includes a fine-tuning slide installed on the top of the bracket, an industrial camera connected to the fine-tuning slide, and a zoom lens coaxially connected to the industrial camera; the fine-tuning slide is arranged along the vertical direction.

6. The cable 180-degree folding and laminating device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The visual inspection component also includes a strip light source installed on one side of the top of the bracket; the light emitting surface of the strip light source is arranged to be inclined downward toward the direction of the fixture.

7. The cable 180-degree folding and laminating device according to claim 5, characterized in that: An opening is provided on the top of the bracket; the industrial camera and the zoom lens are both located above the opening, and the fixture is located below the opening.

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