Automatic visual tray placing equipment for card trays

By using a vibratory feeder and a vision recognition unit in conjunction with a robotic arm to automatically place the trays, the problems of low efficiency and poor consistency in manual operation in existing technologies are solved, achieving efficient automated tray placement and quality stability.

CN223457745UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-21TONGDA (SHISHI) PRECISION TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423104733.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-16
Publication Date
2025-10-21
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-16

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Technical Problem

The existing tray placement process relies entirely on manual operation, which is inefficient and difficult to ensure product quality and consistency.

Method used

A vibratory feeder is used to change the orientation of the trays, and a vision recognition unit and a robotic arm are used to automatically place the trays. Vacuum clamps and a material placement assembly are used to achieve automated tray placement.

Benefits of technology

It improved plating efficiency, reduced labor costs, and ensured the consistency and stability of product quality.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a card tray vision automatic tray placing device, which relates to the technical field of automation equipment, and comprises a rack, the rack is provided with a vibration tray which is used for placing a card tray and can drive the card tray to vibrate so as to change the direction, the length direction of the vibration tray is taken as the left-right direction, the front side of the vibration tray is provided with a discharging mechanism, and the discharging mechanism is provided with a feeding mechanism. The left side of the vibration disc is provided with a material taking mechanical arm used for sucking the card support and transferring the card support to the discharging mechanism, the execution end of the material taking mechanical arm is provided with a vacuum clamp used for sucking the card support, and the top of the rack is provided with a visual recognition unit used for detecting the orientation of the card support. The discharging mechanism comprises a material pushing assembly and a material placing assembly capable of adsorbing the card support and placing the card support on the tray. According to the utility model, the tray placing efficiency of the card tray can be obviously improved, the labor cost is reduced, and the consistency and the stability of the final product quality are ensured.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to automatic equipment technical field, in particular to a card holder vision automatic tray placing equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] The card holder is a component for mobile phone, which is composed of a card plate for placing SIM card and a card cap perpendicular to the card plate on one side of the card plate, the width of the card cap is greater than the thickness of the card plate, that is, there is a gap between the two sides of the card plate in the thickness direction and the card cap, the card plate of the card holder is used for inserting into the mobile phone, and the card cap of the card holder is attached to the side wall of the mobile phone, and most of the card holders on the market are metal parts, which need to be marked or detected for defects after surface finishing, so as to store or sell subsequently.

[0003] In the process of the above process, workers need to place the card holders to be processed one by one in the recesses of the tray with the front facing up, and the whole tray placing process is operated by workers, which is not only low in efficiency, but also workers may place the card holders upside down after long-time repetitive operation, thereby affecting the quality and consistency of the final product.

[0004] Therefore, the present inventors have made in-depth research on the above problems, and thus the present case is produced. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0005] The utility model provides a kind of card holder vision automatic tray placing equipment, to solve the process of existing card holder placement is operated by artificial, low efficiency and difficult to guarantee the consistency of final product etc.

[0006] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0007] A kind of card holder vision automatic tray placing equipment, including rack, the above-mentioned rack is equipped with the vibration disc for placing card holder and can drive card holder vibration to change orientation, above-mentioned vibration disc length direction is left-right direction, the front side of vibration disc is equipped with feeding mechanism, the left side of vibration disc is equipped with the material taking manipulator for sucking card holder and transferring to feeding mechanism, the execution end of above-mentioned material taking manipulator is equipped with the vacuum clamp for sucking card holder, the top of above-mentioned rack is equipped with vision identification unit for detecting the orientation of card holder, above-mentioned feeding mechanism includes pushing assembly and the material placing assembly that can be adsorbed and placed to tray on card holder.

[0008] Further, the pushing assembly comprises a fixed seat, a movable pushing block arranged on the rear side of the top surface of the fixed seat, and a plurality of pushing grooves arranged on the top surface of the pushing block and open at the front ends.

[0009] Further, the driving assembly comprises a fixed support fixedly connected to the front side of the swinging block, a motor arranged on the fixed support and horizontally arranged along the left-right direction, a driving pulley arranged on the output end of the motor, a driven pulley arranged on one end of the swinging shaft and extending out of the mounting seat, and a transmission belt arranged between the driving pulley and the driven pulley.

[0010] Further, the rear side of the top surface of the fixed seat is provided with two first sliding rails arranged at intervals, the bottom surface of the pushing block is provided with first sliding blocks arranged on the left and right sides and in sliding fit with the first sliding rails, and a first air cylinder is arranged below the pushing block and horizontally arranged along the front-rear direction.

[0011] Further, the vacuum clamp comprises a mounting plate, a plurality of vacuum suction cups movably arranged on the front side of the mounting plate, and a plurality of second air cylinders arranged on the rear side of the mounting plate and capable of driving the plurality of vacuum suction cups to move up and down.

[0012] Further, the front side of the mounting plate is provided with a plurality of second sliding rails arranged vertically at intervals, the vacuum suction cup comprises a moving block arranged vertically, a guide rod vertically arranged on the bottom end of the moving block, and a suction cup block movably arranged on the guide rod, the output end of the second air cylinder is connected with an adapter plate, the bottom surface of the moving block is fixedly connected with the end of the adapter plate, one side of the moving block facing the mounting plate is provided with a second sliding block in sliding fit with the second sliding rail, the top surface of the suction cup block is provided with a second air inlet for connecting with an external air source, the bottom surface of the suction cup block is provided with a suction cup end for sucking the card holder, and a spring is further sleeved on the guide rod between the suction cup block and the moving block.

[0013] Further, the rear side of the vibration disc is further provided with a vibration feeding disc, the vibration feeding disc is provided with a discharging port on the side facing the vibration disc, and the bottom of the vibration disc and the vibration feeding disc is respectively provided with a first vibration unit and a second vibration unit.

[0014] Further, the first vibration unit and the second vibration unit are vibration motors.

[0015] Further, the visual recognition unit is an industrial camera.

[0016] Further, the right side of the vibration disc is further provided with a controller, and the material taking manipulator and the visual recognition unit are electrically connected with the controller.

[0017] From the description of the structure of the utility model, it can be seen that the utility model has the following advantages:

[0018] The utility model discloses a rack is provided with vibration disc for placing card holder and can drive card holder vibration and make it change orientation, and is provided with feeding mechanism and material taking manipulator on the front side and left side of vibration disc respectively, the execution end of material taking manipulator is provided with vacuum clamp for sucking card holder, and the top of rack is provided with visual recognition unit for detecting card holder orientation, so that when applying, vibration disc can drive card holder vibration and change the orientation of card holder, then material taking manipulator removes the card holder with the front up on vibration disc to feeding mechanism, and then the card holder is placed on the tray by the material placing assembly of feeding mechanism, the whole tray placing process is without manual participation, not only improves tray placing efficiency, but also reduces the labor cost, guarantees the consistency and stability of final product quality. ACCURACY OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is the whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0020] Figure 2 It is the structure schematic diagram of vibration disc and vibration feeding disc of the utility model.

[0021] Figure 3 It is the structure schematic diagram of vacuum clamp of the utility model.

[0022] Figure 4 It is the structure schematic diagram of feeding mechanism of the utility model.

[0023] Figure 5 It is the overhead view of feeding mechanism of the utility model.

[0024] Figure 6 It is the structure schematic diagram of pusher assembly of the utility model.

[0025] Figure 7 It is the structure schematic diagram of material placing assembly of the utility model.

[0026] 10 - rack; 20 - vibration disc; 30 - feeding mechanism; 31 - fixed seat; 311 - first sliding rail; 32 - pushing block; 321 - pushing groove; 322 - first sliding block; 33 - mounting seat; 34 - swing shaft; 341 - swing block; 342 - driven pulley; 35 - pneumatic output block; 351 - first air inlet; 352 - vacuum nozzle; 36 - swinging block; 361 - swinging groove; 37 - fixed support; 38 - motor; 381 - driving pulley; 382 - transmission belt; 39 - first air cylinder; 391 - adapter block; 40 - taking manipulator; 51 - mounting plate; 511 - second sliding rail; 52 - moving block; 521 - second sliding block; 522 - guide rod; 523 - suction cup block; 5231 - second air inlet; 5232 - suction cup end; 53 - second air cylinder; 531 - adapter plate; 54 - spring; 60 - visual recognition unit; 70 - vibration feeding disc; 71 - discharge port; 80 - controller. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, not all.

[0028] Referring to Figures 1 to 7 , a card holder visual automatic tray placing device, comprising a rack 10, the rack 10 is provided with a vibration disc 20 for placing card holders and can drive the card holders to vibrate to change the orientation, taking the length direction of the vibration disc 20 as the left-right direction, the front side of the vibration disc 20 is provided with a feeding mechanism 30, the left side of the vibration disc 20 is provided with a taking manipulator 40 for sucking the card holders and transferring them to the feeding mechanism 30, the execution end of the taking manipulator 40 is provided with a vacuum clamp for sucking the card holders, the top of the rack 10 is provided with a visual recognition unit 60 for detecting the orientation of the card holders, in this embodiment, the visual recognition unit 60 is an industrial camera, the right side of the vibration disc 20 is also provided with a controller 80, the controller 80 is electrically connected with the taking manipulator 40 and the visual recognition unit 60, the feeding mechanism 30 comprises a pushing assembly and a swinging assembly capable of sucking the card holders and placing them on the tray, through such a setting, in application, the vibration disc 20 can drive the card holders to vibrate and change the orientation of the card holders, then the visual recognition unit 60 takes a picture and sends it to the controller 80, the controller 80 drives the taking manipulator 40 to transfer the card holders with the front side upward on the vibration disc 20 to the feeding mechanism 30, and then the swinging assembly of the feeding mechanism 30 places the card holders on the tray, the whole tray placing process is free of manual participation, not only improves the tray placing efficiency, but also reduces the labor cost, and guarantees the consistency and stability of the final product quality.

[0029] It should be noted that the material taking manipulator 40 in the embodiment is a multi-axis manipulator in the prior art, and its principle and structure are not described in detail because it is a conventional device. The controller 80 can be a PLC controller.

[0030] With reference to Figures 1 to 7 , the pushing assembly comprises a fixed seat 31, the top surface of which is provided with a movable pushing block 32 at the rear side, the top surface of the pushing block 32 is provided with a plurality of pushing grooves 321 which are uniformly distributed along the left-right direction and open at the front end, the swinging assembly comprises two installation seats 33 which are arranged at intervals on the top surface of the fixed seat 31 at the front side, a swinging shaft 34 is rotatably arranged between the two installation seats 33, a swinging block 341 is fixedly connected to the swinging shaft 34, the top surface of the swinging block 341 is provided with at least one internally hollow pneumatic output block 35, the front end of the pneumatic output block 35 is provided with a first air inlet 351 for connecting to an external air source, the rear end is provided with a plurality of vacuum nozzles 352 arranged at intervals, the top surface of the swinging block 341 is further provided with a swinging block 36 which is arranged horizontally along the left-right direction, the top surface of the swinging block 36 is concavely provided with a plurality of swinging grooves 361 which are uniformly distributed along a straight line and open at the rear end, the swinging grooves 361 are located below the vacuum nozzles 352, and the swinging grooves 361 and the pushing grooves 321 jointly form a groove for accommodating the card holder, one side of any one of the installation seats 33 is further provided with a driving assembly for driving the swinging shaft 34 to rotate.

[0031] With reference to Figures 1 to 7 , the driving assembly comprises a fixed bracket 37 which is fixedly connected to the front side of the swinging block 341, a motor 38 is arranged horizontally along the left-right direction on the fixed bracket 37, the output end of the motor 38 is provided with a driving pulley 381, one end of the swinging shaft 34 extends out of the installation seat 33 and is provided with a driven pulley 342, a transmission belt 382 for transmitting kinetic energy is arranged between the driving pulley 381 and the driven pulley 342, the top surface of the fixed seat 31 is provided with two first sliding rails 311 arranged at intervals, the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the pushing block 32 are provided with first sliding blocks 322 which are in sliding cooperation with the two first sliding rails 311, and a first air cylinder 39 is further arranged horizontally along the front-rear direction below the pushing block 32, the output end of the first air cylinder 39 is fixedly connected with a vertical adapter block 391, and the distal end of the adapter block 391 is fixedly connected with the pushing block 32. Through such a design, when the material taking manipulator 40 is applied to place the card holder with the front face facing into the groove jointly formed by the pushing grooves 321 and the swinging grooves 361, the output end of the first air cylinder 39 is lifted to drive the pushing block 32 to move towards the swinging block 36, thereby pushing the card holder in the groove to abut against the vacuum nozzles 352 above the swinging grooves 361, at this time the card holder is adsorbed by the vacuum nozzles 352, then the motor 38 drives the driving pulley 381 to rotate, thereby driving the swinging shaft 34 and the swinging block 341 connected to the swinging shaft 34 to rotate by 180 degrees, thereby swinging the card holder which has been detected or processed into the tray.

[0032] Referring to Figures 1 to 7 , the vacuum clamp comprises a mounting plate 51, a plurality of vacuum cups movably arranged on the front side of the mounting plate 51, and a plurality of second air cylinders 53 arranged on the rear side of the mounting plate 51 and capable of driving the plurality of vacuum cups to move up and down, in the embodiment, the front side of the mounting plate 51 is provided with a plurality of second sliding rails 511 arranged vertically and spaced apart, the vacuum cup comprises a moving block 52 arranged vertically, a guide rod 522 vertically mounted on the bottom end of the moving block 52, and a suction cup block 523 movably arranged on the guide rod 522, the output end of the second air cylinder 53 is connected with an adapter plate 531, the distal end of the adapter plate 531 is locked and connected with the bottom surface of the moving block 52, and the side of the moving block 52 facing the mounting plate 51 is provided with a second sliding block 521 in sliding cooperation with the second sliding rail 511, the top surface of the suction cup block 523 is provided with a second air inlet 5231 for connecting an external air source, and the bottom surface is provided with a suction cup end 5232 for sucking the card holder, and a spring 54 is further sleeved on the guide rod 522 between the suction cup block 523 and the moving block 52.

[0033] Through such an arrangement, when the output end of the second air cylinder 53 is driven to lift or retract, the vacuum cup moves accordingly, thereby completing the action of taking and placing the card holder, and since the spring 54 is further sleeved on the guide rod 522 between the suction cup block 523 and the moving block 52, the pressure when the suction cup end 5232 contacts the card holder can be effectively reduced, thereby avoiding damage to the appearance of the card holder during the process of sucking the card holder, and ensuring the quality of the final product.

[0034] Referring to Figures 1 to 7 , the rear side of the vibration disc 20 is further provided with a vibration discharge disc 70, the side of the vibration discharge disc 70 facing the vibration disc 20 is provided with a discharge port 71, and the bottoms of the vibration disc 20 and the vibration discharge disc 70 are respectively provided with a first vibration motor (not shown in the figure) and a second vibration motor (not shown in the figure), in the embodiment, the vibration motor is preferably a linear vibration motor, through such an arrangement, the smoothness of the card holder feeding can be ensured, and the possible production stoppage of the card holder during the feeding process is reduced.

[0035] The above is only a specific embodiment of the present application, but the design concept of the present application is not limited thereto, any non-essential modification of the present application using this concept shall be regarded as an act of infringing the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A card visual automatic tray arranging device comprising a frame, characterized in that: The rack is provided with a vibrating disc for placing the card holder and driving the card holder to vibrate to change the orientation, the length direction of the vibrating disc is the left-right direction, the front side of the vibrating disc is provided with a feeding mechanism, the left side of the vibrating disc is provided with a taking mechanism for sucking the card holder and transferring it to the feeding mechanism, the execution end of the taking mechanism is provided with a vacuum clamp for sucking the card holder, the top of the rack is provided with a visual recognition unit for detecting the orientation of the card holder, and the feeding mechanism comprises a pushing assembly and a placing assembly capable of sucking and placing the card holder on the tray.

2. The card visual automatic stacking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pushing assembly comprises a fixed seat, a movable pushing block is arranged on the top surface of the fixed seat, and a plurality of pushing grooves are arranged on the top surface of the pushing block and are uniformly distributed along the left-right direction and open at the front end; the placing assembly comprises two spaced mounting seats arranged on the front side of the top surface of the fixed seat, a swing shaft is rotatably arranged between the two mounting seats, a swing block is fixedly connected to the swing shaft, at least one internal hollow pneumatic output block is arranged on the top surface of the swing block, a first air inlet for connecting to an external air source is arranged at the front end of the pneumatic output block, a plurality of spaced vacuum nozzles are protrudingly arranged at the rear end of the pneumatic output block, and a placing block is also arranged on the rear side of the top surface of the swing block and lies horizontally along the left-right direction. A plurality of placing grooves are concavely arranged on the top surface of the placing block and are uniformly distributed along a straight line and open at the rear end, the placing grooves are located below the vacuum nozzles, the placing grooves and the pushing grooves jointly form grooves for accommodating the card holder, and one side of each mounting seat is also provided with a driving assembly for driving the swing shaft to rotate.

3. The card visual automatic stacking device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The driving assembly comprises a fixed bracket fixedly connected to the front side of the swing block, a motor is arranged on the fixed bracket and lies horizontally along the left-right direction, a driving pulley is arranged at the output end of the motor, one end of the swing shaft extends out of the mounting seat and is provided with a driven pulley, and a transmission belt is arranged between the driving pulley and the driven pulley.

4. The card deck visual automatic shuffler of claim 2, wherein: The rear side of the top surface of the fixed seat is provided with two spaced first sliding rails, the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the pushing block are provided with first sliding blocks in sliding fit with the two first sliding rails, and a first cylinder is also arranged below the pushing block and lies horizontally along the front-rear direction. The output end of the first cylinder is fixedly connected with a vertical adapter block, and the distal end of the adapter block is fixedly connected with the pushing block.

5. The card deck visual automatic shuffler of claim 1, wherein: The vacuum clamp comprises a mounting plate, a plurality of vacuum suction cups movably arranged on the front side of the mounting plate, and a plurality of second cylinders arranged on the rear side of the mounting plate and capable of driving the plurality of vacuum suction cups to move up and down.

6. The card deck visual automatic shuffler of claim 5, wherein: The front side of the mounting plate is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced second slide rails, the vacuum chuck comprises a vertically arranged moving block, a guide rod vertically mounted at the bottom end of the moving block and a chuck block movably arranged on the guide rod; the output end of the second air cylinder is connected with an adapter plate, the end of the adapter plate is locked and connected with the bottom surface of the moving block, one side of the moving block facing the mounting plate is provided with a second sliding block in sliding fit with the second slide rails, the top surface of the chuck block is provided with a second air inlet for connecting an external air source, the bottom surface is provided with a chuck end for sucking up the card holder, and a spring is further sleeved on the guide rod between the chuck block and the moving block.

7. The card deck visual automatic shuffler of claim 1, wherein: The rear side of the vibrating disc is further provided with a vibrating discharge disc, one side of the vibrating discharge disc facing the vibrating disc is provided with a discharge port, and the bottom of the vibrating disc and the vibrating discharge disc is respectively provided with a first vibrating unit and a second vibrating unit.

8. The card deck visual automatic shuffler of claim 7, wherein: The first vibrating unit and the second vibrating unit are both vibrating motors.

9. The card deck visual automatic shuffler of claim 1, wherein: The visual recognition unit is an industrial camera.

10. The card deck visual automatic shuffler of claim 1, wherein: The right side of the vibrating disc is further provided with a controller, and the material taking manipulator and the visual recognition unit are both electrically connected with the controller.