Continuous feeding mechanism for pin bending equipment

By introducing a "Y"-shaped flow divider, a feeding mechanism, and a carrier box design into the feeding mechanism, the problems of electronic component stacking damage and low efficiency are solved, achieving a highly efficient and precise feeding process that meets the needs of large-scale production.

CN223629417UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-05ZHUOZHAO OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY (LUOYANG) CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423251944.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-27
Publication Date
2025-12-05
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-27

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Technical Problem

Existing feeding mechanisms are prone to damaging electronic components when they are piled up, and their feeding efficiency is low, making it difficult to meet the needs of large-scale production.

Method used

It adopts multiple evenly spaced first conveyor belts and a "Y"-shaped diversion hood structure, combined with a material feeding mechanism, guide plate and carrier box design, and uses the principle of gravity to adjust the direction of the components, so as to ensure orderly diversion and precise grasping of the components.

Benefits of technology

It enables rapid and orderly sorting of electronic components, reduces the risk of damage, improves feeding efficiency and accuracy, meets the needs of large-scale production, and reduces the scrap rate.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic component processing equipment, in particular to a continuous feeding mechanism for pin bending equipment, which comprises a material taking manipulator for moving an electronic component to the bending equipment, a rack, a control system and a conveying belt for conveying the processed electronic component, first conveying belts are arranged on the two side edges of the machine frame in the length direction of the conveying belt, a material stirring mechanism is arranged on the machine frame, a flow dividing cover is arranged at the positions, located on the first conveying belts, of the machine frame, the flow dividing cover comprises a base plate and flow guiding plates, the flow guiding plates are multiple, and the adjacent flow guiding plates and the base plate form a flow dividing groove used for separating a large number of electronic elements. The guide plate is provided with wheels, the rack is provided with a second conveying belt used for bearing the electronic elements moved out through the flow dividing groove, the second conveying belt is provided with bearing boxes, the center line position of each bearing box is provided with a placing seam, and the interior of each placing seam is slidably connected with a lifting rod. Damage caused by accumulation of a large number of electronic elements during feeding can be reduced.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of electronic component processing equipment, in particular to a continuous feeding mechanism for pin bending equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the production and manufacturing process of electronic components, the pins of electronic components often need to be bent to meet the subsequent circuit board assembly process requirements. Traditional pin bending operations mostly rely on manual feeding, and workers need to manually place electronic components one by one into the processing position of the bending equipment. This way not only has extremely low efficiency, but also is difficult to meet the needs of modern mass production, and long-term repetitive work can easily make workers tired, leading to an increase in feeding error rate and affecting product quality.

[0003] With the development of automation technology, some semi-automatic or fully-automatic feeding mechanisms have emerged. However, the existing feeding mechanisms still have many shortcomings. When feeding, the processed electronic components need to be sent into the feeding equipment. Due to the presence of pins, and the accumulation of a large number of electronic components in the feeding equipment, the electronic components need to vibrate in the feeding equipment, which can cause damage to some electronic components.

[0004] Chinese patent with application number 2023113464893 proposes a chip pin bending equipment to bend the pins of a chip. The chip includes an adsorption end and a pin end. The chip pin bending equipment includes a storage mechanism, a bending mechanism, a positioning mechanism, and a conveying mechanism. The conveying mechanism includes an adsorption assembly and a transmission assembly. The adsorption assembly includes an adsorption member that tightens or loosens the chip. The transmission assembly is adjacent to the storage mechanism, the bending mechanism, and the positioning mechanism, and drives the adsorption assembly to reciprocate along the arrangement direction of the three mechanisms. After the adsorption assembly places the chip on the positioning mechanism, the positioning mechanism and the adsorption end form an abutment to align the center of the adsorption end with the center of the adsorption member above the positioning mechanism.

[0005] For the related technologies in the above, the inventors found that the above patent cannot reduce damage to electronic components during the feeding process when electronic components are stacked. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0006] In order to reduce damage caused by the accumulation of a large number of electronic components during feeding, the present application provides a continuous feeding mechanism for pin bending equipment.

[0007] The pin bending equipment continuous feeding mechanism provided by the application adopts the following technical scheme: a material taking manipulator is arranged on the rack to move electronic components to the bending equipment, a control system and a conveying belt for conveying the processed electronic components are arranged, a plurality of first conveying belts are arranged on both sides of the conveying belt along the length direction of the conveying belt, the first conveying belts are arranged at intervals, a material shifting mechanism is arranged on the rack to move the electronic components on the conveying belt to the first conveying belts, a flow dividing cover is arranged on the rack at the position of the first conveying belts, the flow dividing cover comprises a base plate and flow guide plates, the flow guide plates are arranged at intervals, adjacent flow guide plates and the base plate form flow dividing grooves for separating a plurality of electronic components, the flow dividing grooves are in a Y-shaped structure, wheels are arranged on the flow guide plates, a second conveying belt is arranged on the rack to receive the electronic components moved out of the flow dividing grooves, bearing boxes are arranged on the second conveying belt, when the electronic components are moved out of the flow dividing grooves, the electronic components will fall into the bearing boxes along the length direction of the electronic components, a placing slot is arranged at the center line position of each bearing box, and a lifting rod is slidably connected to the placing slot, when the lifting rod is lifted, the electronic components will change the placing direction by gravity.

[0008] Optionally, the material shifting mechanism comprises a motor fixed on the rack, a shifting plate is arranged on the output shaft of the motor, and the lengths of the shifting plates arranged on the motors are sequentially increased.

[0009] Optionally, a baffle for separating the stacked electronic components is arranged between adjacent flow guide plates, and a plurality of baffles are arranged at the end of the flow guide plates away from the second conveying belt.

[0010] Optionally, a plurality of bearing boxes are arranged on the second conveying belt in sequence, each bearing box comprises a vertical plate fixed on the second conveying belt, a horizontal plate is arranged at the end of the vertical plate, and the placing slot is arranged on the vertical plate.

[0011] Optionally, a push rod motor is arranged on the rack, and the output shaft of the push rod motor is connected with the lifting rod.

[0012] In summary, the application has the following beneficial technical effects:

[0013] 1. By arranging a plurality of first conveying belts at intervals and a flow dividing cover in a Y-shaped structure, a plurality of stacked electronic components can be quickly and orderly separated and processed in layers, the flow dividing grooves can effectively prevent component congestion, ensure the continuity of the feeding process, greatly improve the feeding efficiency, and meet the large-scale production demand.

[0014] 2. The arrangement of shifting plates with different lengths in the material shifting mechanism, the addition of baffles between adjacent flow guide plates, and the reasonable structure of the bearing boxes make the structure of the entire feeding mechanism more compact and reasonable, and the components work smoothly in cooperation.

[0015] 3. The setting of the baffle prevents the accumulation of electronic components entering the shunt groove, the setting of the wheel on the flow guide plate facilitates the guidance of electronic components to move in the set direction, and the setting of the carrying box on the second conveying belt facilitates the reception of electronic components moved out of the shunt groove;

[0016] 4. The lifting rod in the carrying box is designed ingeniously, and by using the principle of gravity, after the electronic component falls into the carrying box, the lifting rod is lifted to accurately change the placement direction of the electronic component, turn the end with the pin to the upper side, and provide reliable guarantee for the subsequent accurate pin bending operation, thereby effectively reducing the waste rate. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 is a structural diagram of a continuous feeding mechanism for a pin bending equipment according to the present application;

[0018] Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the position A in the structural diagram of the continuous feeding mechanism for the pin bending equipment according to the present application;

[0019] Figure 3 is a front view of the second conveying belt of the continuous feeding mechanism for the pin bending equipment according to the present application.

[0020] Reference signs: 1 rack, 2 conveying belt, 3 first conveying belt, 4 flow guide plate, 5 wheel, 6 second conveying belt, 7 carrying box, 8 placing gap, 9 lifting rod, 10 motor, 11 push plate, 12 baffle, 13 vertical plate, 14 horizontal plate, 15 push rod motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The following will be described in detail in combination with the accompanying Figures 1-3 The present application will be further described in detail.

[0022] The embodiments of the present application disclose a continuous feeding mechanism for a pin bending equipment. As shown in the drawings, Figure 1 and 2As shown, including the electronic components to the bending device moving to the material handling robot, rack 1, control system and for conveying conveying belt 2 processing completed electronic components. Rack 1 along the length of the two sides of the conveying belt 2 edge are provided with a first conveyor belt 3, the first conveyor belt 3 has a plurality of and uniform spacing, rack 1 is provided for moving electronic components on the conveying belt 2 to the first conveyor belt 3 of the material mechanism, the material mechanism has a plurality of and is set up one by one with the first conveyor belt 3, the material mechanism includes a motor 10 fixed on the rack 1, the motor 10 is electrically connected with the power supply through the control system, the motor 10 is bolted on the rack 1 through the mounting seat. The output shaft of the motor 10 is keyed with the dial plate 11, the dial plate 11 is rectangular plate structure, the length of each motor 10 on the dial plate 11 is sequentially increased along the length direction of the conveying belt 2, for dialing electronic components at different positions on the conveying belt 2, prevent the material mechanism at the end dialing a large number of electronic components and the material mechanism at the rear can only dial a small amount of electronic components. The rack 1 is screw connected with the shunt cover above the first conveyor belt 3, the shunt cover includes a base plate and a guide plate 4, the base plate is "U" type structure and covers the first conveyor belt 3, the guide plate 4 has a plurality of and the adjacent guide plate 4 and the base plate form a shunt groove for separating a large number of electronic components, each guide plate 4 is uniformly arranged along the width direction of the base plate. The shunt groove is "Y" type structure, the base plate is screw fixed with the base on the guide plate 4, the base has a plurality of and is uniformly arranged along the length direction of the guide plate 4, the base is "U" type structure, the base is rotatably connected with the wheel 5, the wheel 5 is made of rubber. The adjacent guide plate 4 is screw fixed with the baffle 5 for separating the accumulated electronic components, the baffle 5 is rectangular strip structure, the baffle 5 and the first conveyor belt 3 form a spacing for single layer electronic components to pass through, the baffle 5 has a plurality of and is located at one end of the guide plate 4 close to the conveying belt 2. The rack 1 is provided with a second conveyor belt 6 for receiving the electronic components removed from the shunt groove, the second conveyor belt 6 is provided with a bearing box 7, when the electronic components are removed from the shunt groove, the electronic components will fall in the bearing box 7 along the length direction, the center line position of each bearing box 7 is provided with a placing slot 8, the lifting rod 9 is slidably connected in the placing slot 8, when the lifting rod 9 is lifted, the electronic components will change the placing direction by gravity.

[0023] In an embodiment, according to the attached Figure 3 As shown, the bearing box 7 has a plurality of and is sequentially arranged along the surface of the second conveying belt 6, the bearing box 7 includes a vertical plate 13 screw fixed on the second conveying belt 6, the end of the vertical plate 13 is connected with the horizontal plate 14 through clamping connection, and the placing slot 8 is located at the center line position of the vertical plate 13.

[0024] In an embodiment, according to the attached Figure 3As shown, the rack 1 is fixed with push rod motors 15 through mounting seat screws, the push rod motors 15 are electrically connected with the power supply through a control system, the push rod motors 15 are arranged in pairs and the number is equal to the number of rows of the bearing boxes 7 on the second conveying belt 6, the output shaft of the push rod motor 15 is connected with the lifting rod 9 in a clamping manner, and the lifting rod 9 is provided with a clamping groove for placing the output shaft of the push rod motor 15.

[0025] The implementation principle of the continuous feeding mechanism of the pin bending equipment embodiment of the present application is as follows: after electronic components are processed, they are transferred by a conveying belt, when reaching the position of the material poking mechanism, the motor fixed on the rack is started in sequence to push the accumulated electronic components to the first conveying belt on both sides; the electronic components poked to the first conveying belt are moved to the position of the flow divider cover along the conveying belt, the baffle between adjacent guide plates separates a large number of incoming electronic components to ensure that the electronic components enter the flow divider cover in a single layer, the "Y" type flow dividing groove of the flow divider cover cooperates with the wheel to ensure that the electronic components are placed in the length direction; the electronic components after being divided by the flow dividing groove are slid out one by one and fall into the bearing box of the second conveying belt along the length direction; the push rod motor on the rack is started to push the lifting rod to slide upward in the placing slot, the electronic components are turned over around the placing slot by relying on their own gravity, and one end of the electronic components with pins is adjusted to the upper side. Finally, the material taking manipulator accurately grabs the electronic components from the bearing box according to the program preset by the control system and moves the electronic components to the pin bending equipment for pin bending operation.

[0026] The above are preferred embodiments of the present application, and do not limit the protection scope of the present application, therefore: any equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the present application should be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A continuous feeding mechanism for a pin bending device, comprising a material taking manipulator for moving electronic components to the pin bending device, a rack (1), a control system and a conveying belt (2) for conveying the processed electronic components, characterized in that: The rack (1) is provided with first conveyors (3) on both sides along the length direction of the conveyor belt (2), the first conveyors (3) are multiple and uniformly arranged, the rack (1) is provided with a material shifting mechanism for moving electronic components on the conveyor belt (2) to the first conveyors (3), the rack (1) is provided with a flow distribution cover at the position of the first conveyors (3), the flow distribution cover comprises a base plate and a flow guide plate (4), the flow guide plate (4) is multiple and adjacent flow guide plates (4) and the base plate form flow distribution grooves for separating a large number of electronic components, the flow distribution grooves are in a "Y" type structure, the flow guide plate (4) is provided with wheels (5), the rack (1) is provided with a second conveyor (6) for receiving electronic components moved out of the flow distribution grooves, the second conveyor (6) is provided with a bearing box (7), when the electronic components are moved out of the flow distribution grooves, the electronic components will fall into the bearing box (7) along the length direction in sequence, a placing slot (8) is arranged at the center line position of each bearing box (7), the placing slot (8) is slidably connected with a lifting rod (9), when the lifting rod (9) is lifted, the electronic components will change the placing direction by gravity.

2. The continuous feeding mechanism for a pin bending apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material shifting mechanism comprises a motor (10) fixed on the rack (1), the motor (10) is provided with a shifting plate (11) on the output shaft, the length of the shifting plate (11) on each motor (10) is sequentially increased.

3. The continuous feeding mechanism for the pin bending apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: Adjacent flow guide plates (4) are provided with baffles (12) for separating stacked electronic components, the baffles (12) are multiple and located at the end of the flow guide plate (4) away from the second conveyor (6).

4. The continuous feeding mechanism for a pin bending apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bearing box (7) is multiple and sequentially arranged along the surface of the second conveyor (6), the bearing box (7) comprises a vertical plate (13) fixed on the second conveyor (6), the vertical plate (13) is provided with a horizontal plate (14) at the end, and the placing slot (8) is located on the vertical plate (13).

5. The continuous feeding mechanism for a pin bending apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rack (1) is provided with a push rod motor (15), and the output shaft of the push rod motor (15) is connected with the lifting rod (9).