SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detecting and storing all-in-one machine

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of SMT scraper cleaning, in particular to an SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detecting and storing all-in-one machine which comprises a machine table, a scraper feeding port used for feeding is formed in the surface layer of the machine table, and a scraper feeding module, a gantry type carrying mechanical arm module, a cleaning machine, a scraper visual carrying module and a visual detecting module which are sequentially matched are arranged in the machine table. A scraper transfer station, a scraper storage warehouse and a scraper warehouse-in and warehouse-out mechanical arm are further arranged in the machine table. According to the technical scheme, the scraper is automatically cleaned, automatically detected and automatically collected, managed and used, the automatic and effective management system can overcome the defects of an existing manual processing flow, the service life of the scraper is prolonged, and the yield of produced products is increased.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of SMT squeegee cleaning, in particular to an intelligent cleaning, detecting and storing integrated machine for SMT squeegees. Background Art

[0002] An SMT squeegee (Surface Mount Technology scraper) is a tool used in the production process of surface mount technology (SMT). In the SMT process, electronic components (such as resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits, etc.) are pasted on a printed circuit board (PCB), and the squeegee is used to paste solder paste onto the positions on the PCB. Solder paste is a material used to connect electronic components and the PCB. The function of the squeegee is to evenly scrape the solder paste on the surface of the PCB to ensure that a good connection is formed between the components and the PCB. In short, the SMT squeegee plays a key role in surface mount technology, helping to ensure the welding quality and reliability of components on the PCB.

[0003] When using the squeegee to apply solder paste, solder paste will remain on the surface of the squeegee. If not cleaned, the solder paste will accumulate and block the paste scraping groove of the squeegee, affecting the paste scraping effect. If the same squeegee is used for different types of solder paste or different PCBs, solder paste residue may cause cross-contamination, affecting the quality and consistency in the production process. Therefore, regularly cleaning the SMT squeegee is one of the important steps to maintain the SMT production quality and the equipment life. Summary of the Utility Model

[0004] The utility model aims to provide a technical solution to solve the above problems in order to overcome the above deficiencies.

[0005] SMT squeegee intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine, including a machine platform. There is a squeegee inlet for feeding on the surface of the machine platform. Inside the machine platform, there are sequentially cooperating squeegee inlet modules, gantry-type handling robot modules, cleaning machines, squeegee vision handling modules, and vision detection modules. The squeegee inlet module includes a storage rack body. At the bottom of the storage rack body, there is a storage plate that can extend in and out along the squeegee inlet in the X-axis direction. An inlet tray can be placed on the storage plate. The inlet tray is arrayed with material waiting cavities for accommodating the squeegees to be cleaned. The cleaning machine includes a cleaning cavity with an open upper end. At the upper end of the cleaning cavity, there is an opening and closing plate for opening and closing the cleaning cavity. Inside the cleaning cavity, there is a heater for heating the cleaning liquid and a cleaning water pump for peeling the solder paste on the squeegee. And there is also a squeegee placing jaw group for transporting the squeegee to be cleaned and a drum clamp for clamping and placing the squeegee to be cleaned in the cleaning cavity. The gantry-type handling robot module includes a three-axis moving machine that moves along the X, Y, and Z axes. There is a squeegee picking and placing machine on the three-axis moving machine. The three-axis moving machine drives the squeegee picking and placing machine to reciprocate between each material waiting cavity and the cleaning machine. The squeegee picking and placing machine is used to take out the squeegee to be cleaned in the material waiting cavity, put the squeegee to be cleaned into the cleaning machine, and put the cleaned squeegee into the material waiting cavity. The vision detection module includes a detection gantry. There is a detection group at the upper end of the detection gantry. The detection group is used to detect defects such as deformation and fracture of the squeegee edge.

[0006] The squeegee vision handling module includes a moving rack body in the opposite direction on the same horizontal plane as the storage plate. At the upper end of the moving rack body, there is a rotating plate group. There is a detection picking and placing group on the rotating plate group. The rotating plate group can drive the detection picking and placing group to rotate and extend into the material waiting cavity and rotate the detection picking and placing group towards the detection range of the detection group. The detection picking and placing group is used to take out the cleaned squeegee from the material waiting cavity and put the qualified product after the squeegee is detected into the material waiting cavity.

[0007] Furthermore, there is an inlet linear slide rail between the bottom of the storage plate and the bottom plate of the storage rack body; there is an opening and closing slide rail between the opening and closing plate and the cleaning machine; there is a three-axis movement slide rail system distributed inside the machine platform that moves along the X, Y, and Z axes with the gantry-type handling robot module; the detection group is a camera structure; there is a moving linear slide rail between the lower end of the moving rack body and the bottom plate of the storage rack body.

[0008] Furthermore, the drum clamp is cylindrical in shape. There is a turntable group at both ends inside the drum clamp. There are a whole row of squeegee clamp placement areas on the surface layer of the side of the drum clamp. There are roller clamping block groups for clamping the squeegee on both sides of the squeegee placement area; the squeegee placing jaw group can move down to move the squeegee to be cleaned into the squeegee clamp placement area. When the squeegee placing jaw group moves down, the roller clamping block groups open; when the squeegee to be cleaned is in place, when the squeegee placing jaw group moves up, the roller clamping block groups automatically clamp.

[0009] Furthermore, inside the machine platform, there are also a scraper transfer station, a scraper storage, and a scraper loading / unloading manipulator; the gantry handling manipulator module drives the inspected scrapers to be transported to the scraper transfer station; the scraper loading / unloading manipulator is used to transport the qualified scrapers at the transfer station to the scraper storage.

[0010] Furthermore, inside the machine platform, there is also a scraper collar mount. The qualified scraper collars and the non - qualified scraper collars are distributed on the scraper collar mount; the scraper loading / unloading manipulator is used to transport the non - qualified scrapers at the transfer station to the non - qualified scraper collars; the scraper loading / unloading manipulator is also used to transport the qualified scrapers in the scraper storage to the qualified scraper collars.

[0011] Furthermore, there is an outbound linear guide along the X - axis direction between the bottom of the scraper collar mount and the bottom inside the machine platform.

[0012] Furthermore, the scraper loading / unloading manipulator includes a two - axis moving machine moving along the Y / Z axes; a rotating platform is provided at the lower end of the two - axis moving machine, and a handling picking - up and placing module is provided at the lower end of the rotating platform.

[0013] Furthermore, there are a qualified scraper issuing outlet and a non - qualified scraper issuing outlet on the surface layer of the machine platform.

[0014] The beneficial effects of the present utility model are as follows: By adopting automatic cleaning, automatic detection, automatic storage management and issuing of scrapers, the automatic and effective management system can solve the defects of the existing manual processing process, improve the service life of scrapers and increase the qualified rate of the produced products.

[0015] Some of the additional aspects and advantages of the present utility model will be given in the following description, some will become obvious from the following description, or will be understood through the practice of the present utility model. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the outer shell structure of the present utility model.

[0017] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the internal three - dimensional structure of the present utility model.

[0018] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the internal planar structure of the present utility model.

[0019] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the structure at the transfer station inside the present utility model.

[0020] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the installation positions of the scraper feeding module and the gantry handling manipulator module.

[0021] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the installation positions of the scraper vision handling module and the vision detection module.

[0022] Figure 7 It is a schematic structural diagram at the installation positions of the scraper neck collar stand and the scraper storage and retrieval manipulator.

[0023] Figure 8 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the mating structure of the scraper placing jaw group and the drum clamp.

[0024] Figure 9 It is a planar schematic diagram of the mating structure of the scraper placing jaw group and the drum clamp.

[0025] The reference signs in the figure are respectively:

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[0027] Specific embodiments

[0028] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be described clearly and completely. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present utility model, rather than all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0029] Please refer to Figures 1 to 9, SMT squeegee intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine, including a machine platform. There is a squeegee feeding port 1 for feeding on the surface of the machine platform. Inside the machine platform, there are sequentially cooperating squeegee feeding modules 2, gantry handling robot modules 3, cleaning machines 4, squeegee vision handling modules 5, and vision detection modules 6. The squeegee feeding module 2 includes a storage rack body 201. At the bottom of the storage rack body 201, there is a storage plate 202 that can extend in and out along the squeegee feeding port 1 in the X-axis direction. An infeed tray 203 can be placed on the storage plate 202. On the infeed tray 203, there are arrayed material waiting cavities 204 for accommodating the squeegees to be cleaned. The cleaning machine 4 includes a cleaning cavity 401 with an open upper end. At the upper end of the cleaning cavity 401, there is a opening and closing plate 402 that can open and close the cleaning cavity 401. Inside the cleaning cavity 401, there are a heater for heating the cleaning liquid and a cleaning water pump for stripping the solder paste on the squeegee. The gantry handling robot module 3 includes a three-axis moving machine 301 that moves along the X / Y / Z axes. A squeegee pick-and-place machine 302 is provided on the three-axis moving machine 301. The three-axis moving machine 301 drives the squeegee pick-and-place machine 302 to reciprocate between each material waiting cavity 204 and the cleaning machine 4. The squeegee pick-and-place machine 302 is used to take out the squeegees to be cleaned in the material waiting cavity, put the squeegees to be cleaned into the cleaning machine 4, and put the cleaned squeegees into the material waiting cavity 204. The vision detection module 6 includes a detection gantry 601. At the upper end of the detection gantry 601, there is a detection group 602. The detection group 602 is used to detect defects such as deformation and fracture of the squeegee blade edge.

[0030] The main steps of this technical solution are the feeding of the squeegee to be processed, the cleaning of the solder paste on the squeegee, and the surface detection of the squeegee to be processed.

[0031] The structural principle design for the feeding of the squeegee to be processed: There is a storage linear slide rail 205 inside the machine platform. Through the storage linear slide rail 205, the storage plate 202 can extend in and out along the squeegee feeding port 1 in the X-axis direction. First, the operator puts the squeegee to be processed into the material waiting cavity 204 on the infeed tray 203, and then puts the infeed tray 203 on the storage plate 202. Through the cooperation of the storage plate 202 and the storage linear slide rail 205, the feeding of the squeegee to be processed can be completed.

[0032] The structural principle design for the cleaning of the squeegee to be processed: There is a cleaning machine 4 inside the machine platform. Through the opening and closing slide rail 403 provided between the opening and closing plate 402 and the cleaning machine 4, the opening and closing plate 402 can close and open the cleaning cavity 401. During the opening process, the squeegee to be processed is put into the cleaning cavity 401, and a series of cleaning processes are carried out inside the cleaning cavity 401 to complete the removal of the solder paste on the squeegee.

[0033] For the surface detection of the squeegee; through the detection group 602 provided at the upper end of the detection gantry 601, the surface of the cleaned squeegee is detected by the camera structure 603, so as to distinguish between good products and defective products.

[0034] In the processes of feeding the squeegee to be processed, cleaning the solder paste on the squeegee, and surface inspection of the squeegee to be processed, the gantry handling robot module 3 and the squeegee vision handling module 5 are used to realize the transportation and transfer of the intermediate squeegee.

[0035] Regarding the structural principle of the gantry handling robot module 3: Inside the machine table, a three-axis motion slide rail system 303 that moves along the X / Y / Z axes with the gantry handling robot module 3 is distributed. Through the cooperation between the three-axis motion slide rail system 303 and the gantry handling robot module 3, the gantry handling robot module 3 is moved between the squeegee feeding module 2 and the cleaning machine 4. The gantry handling robot module 3 includes a three-axis motion machine 301 that moves along the X / Y / Z axes, and a squeegee pick-and-place machine 302 is provided on the three-axis motion machine 301. The three-axis motion machine 301 drives the squeegee pick-and-place machine 302 to reciprocate between each material waiting cavity 204 and the cleaning machine 4. The squeegee pick-and-place machine 302 is used to take out the squeegee to be cleaned in the material waiting cavity, put the squeegee to be cleaned into the cleaning machine 4, and put the cleaned squeegee into the material waiting cavity 204.

[0036] Regarding the structural principle of the internal cleaning of the cleaning machine: The squeegee cleaning positioning module is composed of a squeegee clamping jaw group 404, a turntable group 406 in the roller clamp 405, and a roller clamping block group 408. It moves in the X and Y axes to grab by the squeegee placing module, descends in the Z axis to grab the squeegee and then moves to the cleaning module. The squeegee clamping jaw descends and uses the intermediate guide block of the clamping jaw to press down the rolling bearing to drive the positioning module to open. It descends in the Z axis to the specified position, opens the grabbing clamping jaw and puts the squeegee in, so that the squeegee hole and the positioning pin are completely aligned, and then rises to the safe position in the Z axis. The squeegee cleaning positioning module rotates automatically and waits for the placement of the next squeegee to be cleaned. The squeegee clamping placement area 407 is set as six areas, that is, after filling six squeegees, the program runs automatically for cleaning.

[0037] Regarding the structural principle of the squeegee vision handling module 5: A moving frame body 501 is provided in the opposite direction on the same horizontal plane as the storage board 202. A moving linear slide rail 504 is provided between the lower end of the moving frame body 501 and the bottom plate of the storage frame body 201. It can move between the storage board 202 and the inspection gantry 601 through the action of the moving linear slide rail 504. The upper end of the moving frame body 501 is provided with a rotating plate group 502, and a detection pick-and-place group 503 is provided on the rotating plate group 502. The rotating plate group 502 can drive the detection pick-and-place group 503 to rotate and extend into the material waiting cavity 204, and rotate the detection pick-and-place group towards the detection range of the detection group 602. The detection pick-and-place group 503 is used to take out the cleaned squeegee from the material waiting cavity 204 and put the qualified product after the squeegee is inspected into the material waiting cavity 204.

[0038] After cleaning and inspection are completed and good products are distinguished from defective products, the good products and defective products need to be transported, screened, and stored.

[0039] Specifically, inside the machine, there are also a scraper transfer station 7, a scraper storage warehouse 8, and a scraper loading and unloading manipulator 9; the gantry-type handling manipulator module 3 drives the inspected scrapers to the scraper transfer station 7; the scraper loading and unloading manipulator 9 is used to transport the good scrapers at the transfer station to the scraper storage warehouse 8; the scraper loading and unloading manipulator 9 includes a two-axis moving machine 901 that moves along the Y / Z axes; at the lower end of the two-axis moving machine 901, there is a rotating table 902, and at the lower end of the rotating table 902, there is a handling picking and placing module 903; and inside the machine, there is a two-axis moving slide rail system that cooperates with the two-axis moving machine 901. Through the movement of the two-axis moving machine 901, it can move in two directions along the Y / Z axes, and the rotating table 902 at the lower end can rotate circumferentially along the horizontal plane so as to move to the scraper transfer station 7, the scraper storage warehouse 8, and the scraper collar stand 10.

[0040] Between the bottom of the scraper collar stand 10 and the bottom inside the machine, there is an outbound linear guide 1003 along the X-axis direction; through the outbound linear guide 1003, the scraper collar stand 10 can move linearly, and the scraper collar stand 10 includes a good scraper collar 1001 and a defective scraper collar 1002, so as to be close to the positioning point of the scraper loading and unloading manipulator 9 and move to the positioning points of the good scraper picking outlet 11 and the defective scraper picking outlet 13.

[0041] For the picking and placing of scrapers, two methods, namely the clamping plate type or the suction cup type, can be used.

[0042] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not impose any form of limitation on the present invention. Although the present invention is disclosed above with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention, when making some changes or modifications using the above-disclosed technical content as equivalent embodiments of equivalent changes, but as long as it does not depart from the content of the technical solution of the present invention, any simple modification, equivalent change, and modification made to the above embodiments according to the technical meaning of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. An SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, testing and storage integrated machine, comprising a machine platform (14), the surface of the machine platform (14) is provided with a scraper inlet (1) for feeding, characterized in that: The machine platform (14) is provided with a scraper feeding module (2), a gantry type handling robot module (3), a cleaning machine (4), a scraper visual handling module (5), and a visual inspection module (6) in sequence; The scraper feeding module (2) comprises a storage frame (201), the bottom of which is provided with a storage board (202) which can be extended along the scraper feeding port (1) in the X-axis direction, the storage board (202) can be placed on the storage board (203), and the feeding tray (203) is provided with a material receiving cavity (204) for receiving the scraper to be cleaned; The cleaning machine (4) comprises a cleaning chamber (401) with an opening at the upper end, an opening and closing plate (402) capable of opening and closing the cleaning chamber (401) is provided at the upper end of the cleaning chamber (401), a heater for heating a cleaning liquid and a cleaning water pump for stripping solder paste from a scraper are provided in the cleaning chamber (401); a scraper placing clamping claw group (404) for transferring a scraper to be cleaned and a roller clamp (405) for clamping and placing the scraper to be cleaned are also provided in the cleaning chamber; The gantry type handling robot module (3) comprises a three-axis motion machine (301) that moves along the X, Y and Z axes, and a scraper pick-up and placement machine (302) is provided on the three-axis motion machine (301); the three-axis motion machine (301) is used to drive the scraper pick-up and placement machine (302) to reciprocate between each material storage chamber (204) and the cleaning machine (4); the scraper pick-up and placement machine (302) is used to take out the scraper to be cleaned in the material storage chamber, put the scraper to be cleaned into the cleaning machine (4), and put the scraper that has been cleaned into the material storage chamber (204); The visual inspection module (6) comprises an inspection gantry (601), and an inspection group (602) is arranged at the upper end of the inspection gantry (601); the inspection group (602) is used to inspect defects such as deformation and fracture of the scraper blade; The scraper visual handling module (5) comprises a movable frame (501) which is in the same horizontal plane as the storage plate (202) and in the relative direction. A rotating plate group (502) is provided at the upper end of the movable frame (501). A detection and discharging group (503) is provided on the rotating plate group (502). The rotating plate group (502) can drive the detection and discharging group (503) to rotate and extend into the waiting material storage chamber (204), and to rotate the detection and discharging group toward the detection range of the detection group (602); the detection and discharging group (503) is used to take out the scraper after cleaning from the waiting material storage chamber (204) and put the qualified product after the scraper is inspected into the waiting material storage chamber (204).

2. The SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A storage linear slide rail (205) is provided between the bottom of the storage plate (202) and the bottom plate of the storage frame (201); An opening and closing slide rail (403) is provided between the opening and closing plate (402) and the cleaning machine (4); A three-axis motion slide rail system (303) is distributed inside the machine platform (14) and moves along the X, Y, and Z axes with the gantry-type handling robot module (3); The detection group (602) is a camera structure (603); A movable linear slide rail (504) is provided between the lower end of the movable frame (501) and the bottom plate of the storage frame (201).

3. The SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The roller clamp (405) is cylindrical in shape, and a rotating disc group (406) is provided inside the roller clamp (405) along both ends thereof. A plurality of scraper clamp placement areas (407) are arranged in a row on the side surface of the roller clamp (405); roller clamping block groups (408) for clamping scrapers are provided on both sides of the scraper placement areas; The scraper clamping claw assembly (404) can be moved downward to move the scraper to be cleaned to the scraper clamp placement area (407), and the roller clamping block assembly (408) is opened when the scraper clamping claw assembly (404) is moved downward; when the scraper to be cleaned is put in place, the scraper clamping claw assembly (404) is moved upward, and the roller clamping block assembly (408) is automatically clamped.

4. The SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The machine (14) also includes a scraper transfer station (7), a scraper storage warehouse (8), and a scraper storage and out-of-warehouse robot (9); The gantry type handling robot module (3) drives the scraper that has completed the inspection to be transported to the scraper transfer station (7); The scraper storage and unloading robot (9) is used to transport the good scrapers at the transfer station to the scraper storage warehouse (8).

5. The SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The machine (14) further includes a scraper collar stand (10) inside, and the scraper collar stand (10) is provided with good scraper collars (1001) and bad scraper collars (1002); The scraper storage and unloading robot (9) is used to transport the defective scrapers at the transfer station to the defective scraper collar (1002); The scraper storage and unloading robot (9) is also used to transport the good scrapers in the scraper storage (8) to the good scraper collar (1001).

6. The SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: A warehouse-out linear guide rail (1003) along the X-axis direction is provided between the bottom of the scraper collar stand (10) and the bottom of the inside of the machine platform (14).

7. The SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The scraper storage manipulator (9) comprises a two-axis motion machine (901) that moves along the Y\Z axis; a rotating machine table (902) is provided at the lower end of the two-axis motion machine (901), and a transport and placement module (903) is provided at the lower end of the rotating machine table (902).

8. The SMT scraper intelligent cleaning, detection and storage integrated machine according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that: The surface of the machine (14) is also provided with a scraper outlet (11) for receiving good products and a scraper outlet (13) for receiving bad products.

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