Flexible sheet folding and transferring device

By using a flexible sheet material folding and transfer device, which combines folding rollers and suction heads with elastic components and visual inspection, the problem of uneven folding edges during the transfer of flexible sheets is solved, achieving flat adhesion of the sheets and effective treatment of waste materials.

CN223752016UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-02SUZHOU HUAGONG AUTOMATION TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520351658.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-03
Publication Date
2026-01-02
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-03

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Technical Problem

In traditional sheet material transfer processes, it is difficult to ensure that the folded edges of flexible sheets adhere smoothly to the suction surface of the suction head. This is especially true in the transfer of graphite heat-conducting sheets, where the sheets need to be folded before attachment to align with the intersecting surfaces. Traditional folding methods cannot guarantee flatness.

Method used

A flexible sheet material folding and transfer device is adopted, including a moving device and a folding frame. Through the cooperation of the folding roller and the suction head, the elastic element provides elastic force to make the folding roller tightly roll on the suction surface. Combined with a visual inspection and waste material receiving device, it ensures that the sheet material is flat and attached after folding.

Benefits of technology

It enables the smooth attachment of flexible sheets, improves the quality of sheet transfer, avoids sheet damage, and has waste detection and processing functions.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of sheet shaping and transferring, in particular to a flexible sheet flanging and transferring device. Comprising a moving device and an edge folding frame. The edge folding frame comprises a frame body, and the frame body comprises a mounting plate; the roller seat is arranged on the mounting plate; the folding roller is rotationally mounted at one end of the roller seat, and the folding roller is located on the outer side of the mounting plate; wherein the moving device comprises a moving module and a suction head arranged at the moving end of the moving module, the suction head is provided with a first suction surface and a second suction surface, and an edge is arranged at the junction position of the first suction surface and the second suction surface. The rolling edge folding technology is achieved, and it is guaranteed that the sheet material is flatly attached to the suction face of the suction head after being subjected to edge folding.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to sheet material shaping transfer technical field, concretely relates to a flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Sheet material raw materials are often arranged in a plane, and traditional sheet material transfer is realized by a suction cup. In the transfer process of a graphite heat-conducting sheet, since the target surface to which the graphite heat-conducting sheet is attached is a pair of intersecting surfaces, the sheet material needs to be edge folded before being attached so that the edge-folded sheet material can correspond to the pair of intersecting surfaces. The traditional edge folding method often uses a rotary bending process to realize, and it is difficult to ensure that the edge-folded sheet material is flatly attached to the suction surface of the suction head when applied to flexible sheet material. SUMMARY

[0003] To overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device, which can ensure the flatness of the edge-folded sheet material attached to the suction head.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model is realized through the following technical scheme:

[0005] A flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device, comprising a moving device and an edge folding frame.

[0006] The edge folding frame comprises:

[0007] A frame body, which comprises a mounting plate.

[0008] A roller seat, which is arranged on the mounting plate.

[0009] A folding roller, which is rotatably installed at one end of the roller seat and located outside the mounting plate.

[0010] The moving device comprises a moving module and a suction head arranged at the moving end of the moving module, the suction head is provided with a suction surface one and a suction surface two, and the intersection position of the suction surface one and the suction surface two is provided with an edge.

[0011] Further, the flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device in the application is characterized in that the roller seat is slidably installed on the mounting plate, and the roller seat and the frame body are provided with limiting structures capable of cooperating with each other to limit the sliding of the roller seat towards the one end of the folding roller.

[0012] The elastic member is arranged between the frame body and the roller seat, and is used to apply elastic force to the roller seat towards one end of the folding roller, so that the limiting structure between the roller seat and the frame body is matched with each other in the state of not being subjected to external force, and at this time, the folding roller is located outside the mounting plate. As a preferred solution of the present application, during the folding process, the folding roller is pressed horizontally by the elastic member during the process of pressing the folding area of the sheet material from the root to the end on the suction surface II, so that the roller seat is displaced towards the energy storage direction of the elastic member, and the elastic member is used to tightly roll the folding roller on the suction surface II, so as to ensure the flatness of the sheet material on the suction surface II.

[0013] Further, the flexible sheet material folding and transferring device provided in the present application is provided with a pair of transversely arranged connecting plates extending from one end of the roller seat, and the folding roller is rotatably arranged at the distal end of the connecting plate and is arranged between the pair of connecting plates.

[0014] Further, the flexible sheet material folding and transferring device provided in the present application is provided with a waste receiving plate on the frame body. As a preferred solution of the present application, the quality of the sheet material sucked by the suction head is detected by the visual detection device, and the waste receiving plate is used to stack and place the unqualified sheet material. If the quality is unqualified, the moving module moves the suction head above the sheet material on the waste receiving plate to stack and place the sheet material on the waste receiving plate.

[0015] Further, the flexible sheet material folding and transferring device provided in the present application is provided with a moving slide rail on the mounting plate, and the roller seat is slidably connected with the moving slide rail.

[0016] The mounting plate is provided with a first limiting plate, and the elastic member is a compression spring arranged between the first limiting plate and the roller seat.

[0017] Further, the flexible sheet material folding and transferring device provided in the present application is provided with a second limiting plate arranged on the mounting plate and a limiting end surface arranged on the roller seat.

[0018] Further, the flexible sheet material folding and transferring device provided in the present application is provided with a moving module including an x-direction moving module, a y-direction moving module and a z-direction moving module. The y-direction moving module is arranged on the moving assembly of the x-direction moving module, the z-direction moving module is arranged on the moving assembly of the y-direction moving module, and the suction head is arranged on the moving assembly of the z-direction moving module.

[0019] Further, the flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device in the application further comprises a suction head mounting rack, a suction head is mounted on the suction head mounting rack, the suction head mounting rack is mounted on the moving end of the moving module, a pressing plate device is arranged on the suction head mounting rack, the pressing plate device comprises a moving driving device mounted on the suction head mounting rack and a pressing plate in transmission connection with the moving driving device, the suction head is provided with a through slot at the junction position of the suction surface one and the suction surface two, the pressing plate is movably arranged in the through slot, and the edge is located at the front end of the pressing plate; the moving driving device is used for driving the pressing plate to move to switch between the position one and the position two, when the pressing plate is located at the position one, the edge extends out of the through slot and is located at the junction position of the suction surface one and the suction surface two; when the pressing plate is located at the position two, the edge is retracted into the through slot. The suction surface of the suction head is made of flexible material, and the edge needs to be made of rigid material because it needs to frequently contact the folding roller, which leads to the rigid contact between the edge and the plane on which the sheet material is placed in the process of sucking the sheet material on the suction surface one. In order to prevent the edge or the plane on which the sheet material is placed from being damaged, the movable pressing plate is arranged, the pressing plate is switched between the position one and the position two through the moving driving device, the pressing plate is retracted into the through slot to prevent the contact with the plane on which the sheet material is placed in the process of sucking the sheet material on the suction surface one, and the pressing plate is moved to the position that the edge extends out of the through slot and is located at the junction position of the suction surface one and the suction surface two in the process of the edge folding operation, so as to contact the folding roller.

[0020] The above technical scheme can be seen that the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0021] The utility model provides a kind of flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device, and its use method is: suction surface one sucks the preset area of flexible sheet material, the edge region of sheet material is exposed to the outside of edge, moving module moves suction head to flexible sheet material on folding roller side and edge is opposite to folding roller, then moving module moves suction head so that folding roller sequentially presses the edge region of sheet material from the root of near edge side to the end of other side on suction surface two, and suction head is sucked by suction surface two and is pressed sheet material. Therefore, the process of rolling and pressing edge is realized, and it is guaranteed that sheet material is attached to the suction surface of suction head after edge folding. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 It is the structural schematic diagram of a kind of flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device in the embodiment of the application;

[0023] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 Local enlarged view of area A in circle;

[0024] Figure 3 It is the assembly schematic diagram of corresponding suction head in the embodiment of the application;

[0025] Figure 4 It is Figure 3 The component explosion drawing of the assembly shown;

[0026] Figure 5 FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a working method of a flexible sheet material folding and transferring device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0027] In the figure: 1 - frame body; 11 - mounting plate; 12 - waste receiving plate; 120 - placement plane; 13 - moving slide rail; 14 - first limiting plate; 15 - second limiting plate; 2 - roller seat; 21 - connecting plate; 22 - limiting end face; 3 - folding roller; 4 - elastic member; 5 - suction head; 50 - through slot; 51 - suction surface one; 52 - suction surface two; 53 - edge; 61 - x-direction moving module; 62 - y-direction moving module; 63 - z-direction moving module; 7 - suction head mounting frame; 81 - moving drive device; 82 - pressing plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION EMBODIMENT

[0028] IN COMBINATION Figure 1 AND Figure 2 A flexible sheet material folding and transferring device shown in the figure comprises a moving device and a folding frame;

[0029] The folding frame comprises:

[0030] The frame body 1 comprises a mounting plate 11.

[0031] The roller seat 2 is arranged on the mounting plate 11.

[0032] The folding roller 3 is rotatably arranged at one end of the roller seat 2, and the folding roller 3 is located outside the mounting plate 11.

[0033] The moving device comprises a moving module and a suction head 5 arranged at the moving end of the moving module, and the suction head 5 is provided with a suction surface one 51 and a suction surface two 52, and the junction position of the suction surface one 51 and the suction surface two 52 is provided with an edge 53.

[0034] The sheet material raw material is often arranged in a plane, and the traditional sheet material transferring is realized by a suction cup. In the transferring process of a heat-conducting sheet, since the target surface to which the heat-conducting sheet is attached is a pair of intersecting surfaces, it is necessary to fold the sheet material before attachment to realize that the folded sheet material can correspond to the pair of intersecting surfaces. The traditional folding method often adopts a rotary bending process, and it is difficult to ensure that the folded sheet material is flat and attached to the suction surface of the suction head.

[0035] Based on the above device, in combination with Figure 5As shown, the method for using the flexible sheet material edge folding transfer device in the present application is as follows: the preset area of the flexible sheet material is sucked by the suction surface one 51, the area to be folded of the sheet material is exposed outside the edge, the moving module moves the suction head 5 to the side of the flexible sheet material on the folding roller 3 and the edge is opposite to the folding roller 3, then the moving module moves the suction head 5 so that the folding roller 3 successively presses the area to be folded of the sheet material from the root on the near edge side to the end on the other side on the suction surface two 52, and the suction head 5 sucks the pressed sheet material through the suction surface two 52. The process of rolling and folding is realized, and the flatness of the sheet material after folding is ensured to be attached to the suction surface of the suction head.

[0036] In the embodiment, the roller seat 2 is slidingly installed on the mounting plate 11, and the roller seat 2 and the frame body 1 are provided with limiting structures capable of cooperating with each other to limit the sliding of the roller seat 2 towards one end of the folding roller 3;

[0037] The elastic member 4 is arranged between the frame body 1 and the roller seat 2, and is used to apply a spring force to the roller seat 2 towards one end of the folding roller 3, so that the limiting structures between the roller seat 2 and the frame body 1 are matched with each other in the state of not being subjected to external force, at this time the folding roller 3 is located outside the mounting plate 11.

[0038] In the process of folding, the folding roller 3 is pressed horizontally by the elastic member 4, so that the roller seat 2 is displaced towards the energy storage direction of the elastic member 4 as shown, the elastic member 4 is used to tightly roll the folding roller 3 on the suction surface two 52, so as to ensure the flatness of the sheet material attached to the suction surface two 52. Figure 2

[0039] In the embodiment, the roller seat 2 is provided with a pair of transversely arranged connecting plates 21 extending towards one end of the folding roller 3, and the folding roller 3 is rotatably installed at the distal end of the connecting plates 21, and the folding roller 3 is arranged between the pair of connecting plates 21.

[0040] In the embodiment, the frame body 1 is provided with a waste receiving plate 12.

[0041] The quality of the sheet material sucked by the suction head 5 is detected by the visual detection device, and the waste receiving plate 12 is used to stack and place unqualified sheet materials, if the quality is unqualified, the moving module moves the suction head 5 to above the waste receiving plate 12 to stack and place the sheet material on the waste receiving plate 12. In the embodiment, the waste receiving plate 12 is arranged on one side of the mounting plate 11, and the waste receiving plate 12 is provided with a placing plane 120 to receive unqualified sheet materials, and in the embodiment, the sheet material is attached with a glue layer away from the suction side, so that the stacked unqualified sheet materials are bonded into a whole and cannot be tilted.

[0042] In the embodiment, the mounting plate 11 is provided with a moving slide rail 13, and the roller seat 2 is slidingly connected with the moving slide rail 13.

[0043] ​The first limiting plate 14 is arranged on the mounting plate 11, and the elastic member 4 is a compression spring arranged between the first limiting plate 14 and the roller seat 2.

[0044] In the embodiment, the first limiting plate 14 is arranged at one end of the extending direction of the moving slide rail 13.

[0045] In the embodiment, the limiting structure comprises a second limiting plate 15 arranged on the mounting plate 11 and a limiting end surface 22 arranged on the roller seat 2.

[0046] In the embodiment, the moving module comprises an x-direction moving module 61, a y-direction moving module 62 and a z-direction moving module 63. The y-direction moving module 62 is arranged on the moving assembly of the x-direction moving module 61. A pair of z-direction moving modules 63 are arranged on the moving assembly of the y-direction moving module 62. A pair of suction heads 5 arranged in parallel are arranged on the moving assembly of the z-direction moving module 63. In the embodiment, the moving assembly of the z-direction moving module 63 and the suction head 5 further comprise a rotating driving device. The rotating driving device is used to drive the suction head 5 to rotate. The rotating center line of the rotating driving device is parallel to the z-direction.

[0047] Further, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 In the embodiment, the suction head mounting frame 7 is further arranged. The suction head 5 is arranged on the suction head mounting frame 7. The suction head mounting frame 7 is arranged on the moving end of the moving module. The suction head mounting frame 7 is provided with a pressing plate device. The pressing plate device comprises a moving driving device 81 arranged on the suction head mounting frame 7 and a pressing plate 82 in transmission connection with the moving driving device 81. The suction head 5 is provided with a through slot 50 at the joint position of the suction surface one 51 and the suction surface two 52. The pressing plate 82 is movably arranged in the through slot 50. The edge 53 is arranged at the front end of the pressing plate 82.

[0048] The mobile driving device 81 is used to drive the pressing plate 82 to move to switch between the position one and the position two, when the pressing plate 82 is in the position one, the edge 53 extends out of the through slot 50 and is located at the joint position of the suction surface one 51 and the suction surface two 52, when the pressing plate 82 is in the position two, the edge 53 is retracted into the through slot 50. The suction surface of the suction head is made of flexible material, the edge 53 needs to be made of rigid material because it needs to frequently contact the folding roller 3, which leads to that the edge 53 will rigidly contact the plane on which the sheet is placed in the process of sucking the sheet on the suction surface one 51, in order to prevent the edge 53 or the plane on which the sheet is placed from being damaged, the movable pressing plate 82 is arranged, the pressing plate 82 is switched between the position one and the position two by the mobile driving device 81, the pressing plate 82 is retracted into the through slot 50 in the process of sucking the sheet on the suction surface one 51 to prevent the contact with the plane on which the sheet is placed, in the process of the folding operation, the pressing plate 82 is moved to the position that the edge 53 extends out of the through slot 50 and is located at the joint position of the suction surface one 51 and the suction surface two 52 to contact the folding roller 3. In the embodiment, the mobile driving device 81 is a pneumatic cylinder, and the pressing plate 82 is connected with the telescopic assembly of the pneumatic cylinder.

[0049] The technical principles of the utility model are described above in combination with specific embodiments, and these descriptions are only for explaining the principles of the utility model, and cannot be explained as the limitation of the protection scope of the utility model in any way. Based on the explanation herein, the person skilled in the art can think of other specific embodiments of the utility model without creative labor, and these embodiments will fall into the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A flexible sheet material hem transfer apparatus characterized by: The utility model relates to a mobile device and a folding frame. The folding frame comprises: a frame body (1) comprising a mounting plate (11); a roller seat (2) arranged on the mounting plate (11); a folding roller (3) rotatably arranged at one end of the roller seat (2) and located outside the mounting plate (11); The mobile device comprises a mobile module and a suction head (5) arranged at the mobile end of the mobile module, wherein the suction head (5) is provided with a suction surface I (51) and a suction surface II (52), and a ridge (53) is arranged at the junction of the suction surface I (51) and the suction surface II (52).

2. A flexible sheet material hem transfer apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein: The roller seat (2) is slidably arranged on the mounting plate (11), and a limiting structure capable of cooperating with each other is arranged between the roller seat (2) and the frame body (1) to limit the sliding of the roller seat (2) towards one end of the folding roller (3). An elastic member (4) is arranged between the frame body (1) and the roller seat (2), and the elastic member (4) is used to apply a force to the roller seat (2) towards one end of the folding roller (3), so that the limiting structure between the roller seat (2) and the frame body (1) cooperates with each other in the absence of external force, and at this time, the folding roller (3) is located outside the mounting plate (11).

3. A flexible sheet material tucking apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein: The roller seat (2) is provided with a pair of transversely arranged connecting plates (21) at one end close to the folding roller (3), and the folding roller (3) is rotatably arranged at the distal end of the connecting plates (21) and is arranged between the pair of connecting plates (21).

4. A flexible sheet material tucking apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein: The frame body (1) is provided with a waste receiving plate (12).

5. A flexible sheet material tucking apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein: The mounting plate (11) is provided with a mobile sliding rail (13), and the roller seat (2) is slidably connected with the mobile sliding rail (13). The mounting plate (11) is provided with a first limiting plate (14), and the elastic member (4) is a compression spring arranged between the first limiting plate (14) and the roller seat (2).

6. A flexible sheet material tucking apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein: The limiting structure comprises a second limiting plate (15) arranged on the mounting plate (11) and a limiting end face (22) arranged on the roller seat (2).

7. A flexible sheet material tucking apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein: The mobile module comprises an x-direction mobile module (61), a y-direction mobile module (62), and a z-direction mobile module (63), the y-direction mobile module (62) is arranged on the mobile assembly of the x-direction mobile module (61), the z-direction mobile module (63) is arranged on the mobile assembly of the y-direction mobile module (62), and the suction head (5) is arranged on the mobile assembly of the z-direction mobile module (63).

8. A flexible sheet material tucking apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein: The utility model further comprises a suction head mounting frame (7), the suction head (5) is arranged on the suction head mounting frame (7), the suction head mounting frame (7) is arranged on the mobile end of the mobile module, the suction head mounting frame (7) is provided with a pressing plate device, the pressing plate device comprises a mobile driving device (81) arranged on the suction head mounting frame (7) and a through slot (50) in transmission connection with the mobile driving device (81), the through slot (50) is arranged at the junction of the suction surface I (51) and the suction surface II (52) of the suction head (5), a pressing plate (82) is movably arranged in the through slot (50), and the ridge (53) is located at the front end of the pressing plate (82). The mobile driving device (81) is used to drive the pressing plate (82) to move to switch between position one and position two, when the pressing plate (82) is in position one, the edge (53) extends through the through slot (50) and is located at the joint position of the suction surface one (51) and the suction surface two (52); when the pressing plate (82) is in position two, the edge (53) is retracted into the through slot (50).