Cleaning, code spraying and curing all-in-one machine
By integrating plasma cleaning, coding, and curing functions, the design of the integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine solves the problems of easy tampering with wire harness markings and low efficiency of manual operation, achieving automation, precise positioning, and efficient marking.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-03
AI Technical Summary
Existing wire harness labeling methods suffer from problems such as labels being easily tampered with or falling off, and the need for manual operation in the cleaning, coding, and curing processes, resulting in high labor intensity and low efficiency.
Design a cleaning, coding, and curing integrated machine that integrates plasma cleaning, coding, and curing functions into one unit. It achieves automated processes through a multi-axis module, combines vision module detection and magnetic carrier plate positioning, and adopts plasma cleaning technology and UV curing.
It automates wire harness marking and ensures precise positioning, improving work efficiency and reducing labor intensity. Furthermore, plasma cleaning is more efficient and causes no contact damage.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of wire harness inkjet printing technology, and specifically refers to a cleaning inkjet printing and curing integrated machine. Background Technology
[0002] In modern industrial production, wire harnesses, as an important component of electrical connections, are widely used in various mechanical and electrical equipment. To facilitate management and maintenance, wire harnesses need to be identified and coded.
[0003] Currently, common methods for marking wire harnesses include labels and inkjet printing. Labels are prone to data tampering and are easy to fall off. Existing inkjet printing methods usually require cleaning, printing, and curing. These processes are either all done manually, which is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and inefficient, or they are done with separate equipment, still requiring manual handling, which is also labor-intensive, time-consuming, and inefficient. Utility Model Content
[0004] The purpose of this invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the existing technology and provide a cleaning, coding, and curing integrated machine.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the technical solution adopted by this utility model is as follows: a cleaning, coding, and curing integrated machine, comprising a machine base, a Y-axis linear module horizontally and longitudinally arranged on the machine base, a carrier plate horizontally arranged on the drive end of the Y-axis linear module for placing wire harnesses, a gantry frame and a curing module respectively arranged on the machine base and located above the Y-axis linear module, an X-axis linear module horizontally and laterally arranged on the gantry frame, a Z-axis linear module vertically arranged on the drive end of the X-axis linear module, a mounting frame arranged on the drive end of the Z-axis linear module, and a vision module, a plasma cleaning module, and a coding module respectively arranged on the mounting frame;
[0006] The vision module is used to detect the position of several wire harnesses on the carrier disk and feed it back to the control system;
[0007] The plasma cleaning module is used to perform plasma cleaning on several wire harness areas to be printed on the carrier disk.
[0008] The inkjet printing module is used to print characters onto several wire harnesses that have been cleaned on the carrier plate.
[0009] The curing module is used to cure several wire harnesses that have been printed on the carrier disk.
[0010] Preferably, the carrier disk is magnetic, used to attract the wire harness onto the carrier disk.
[0011] Preferably, the surface of the bearing plate is provided with an electromagnet array, and the adsorption force can be adjusted by controlling the current intensity.
[0012] Preferably, the vision module includes an industrial camera and a laser sensor for acquiring the three-dimensional coordinates of the wire harness and generating a motion path.
[0013] Preferably, the mounting frame is equipped with cylinders that can drive the plasma cleaning module and the inkjet printing module to rise and fall.
[0014] Preferably, the curing module includes a lamp holder and a UV curing lamp disposed within the lamp holder.
[0015] Preferably, the Y-axis linear module, X-axis linear module, and Z-axis linear module adopt a closed-loop servo control system;
[0016] Preferably, the machine base is provided with a protective cover with an open front; safety light curtains are provided on both sides of the front opening of the protective cover, and an alarm indicator light is provided on the top; the front of the machine base is also provided with an operation panel.
[0017] Preferably, the protective cover has openable protective windows on both sides and the back; the protective windows are made of transparent material.
[0018] Preferably, the machine tool is provided with casters with support function at the four corners of its bottom.
[0019] Due to the application of the above technical solution, this utility model has the following advantages compared with the prior art:
[0020] 1. This utility model integrates plasma cleaning, inkjet printing, and curing into the same machine, and realizes a fully automated process through a multi-axis module, which solves the problems of existing technologies that rely on manual operation and have low efficiency;
[0021] 2. This utility model uses a vision module to detect the position of the wire harness and a magnetic bearing plate to fix the wire harness, thereby improving the positioning accuracy.
[0022] 3. This utility model adopts plasma cleaning technology, which is more efficient and does not cause contact damage compared with traditional physical cleaning (such as brushes). Attached Figure Description
[0023] The technical solution of this utility model will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings:
[0024] Appendix Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine of this utility model;
[0025] Appendix Figure 2 This is a horizontal sectional view of the cleaning, coding, and curing integrated machine described in this utility model;
[0026] Appendix Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the Z-axis linear module and its integrated module of this utility model;
[0027] Appendix Figure 4 This is a cross-sectional view of the curing module in this utility model.
[0028] The components include: 1. Machine base; 2. Y-axis linear module; 3. Carrier plate; 4. Gantry frame; 5. Curing module; 51. Lamp holder; 52. UV curing lamp; 6. X-axis linear module; 7. Z-axis linear module; 8. Mounting frame; 9. Vision module; 10. Plasma cleaning module; 11. Inkjet printing module; 12. Cylinder; 13. Casters; 14. Protective cover; 15. Safety light curtain; 16. Alarm indicator light; 17. Operation panel; 18. Protective window. Detailed Implementation
[0029] The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
[0030] Appendix Figure 2-4 The cleaning, coding, and curing integrated machine of this utility model includes a machine base 1, a Y-axis linear module 2 horizontally and longitudinally arranged on the machine base 1, a carrier plate 3 horizontally arranged on the drive end of the Y-axis linear module 2 for placing wire harnesses, a gantry frame 4 and a curing module 5 respectively arranged on the machine base 1 and located above the Y-axis linear module 2, an X-axis linear module 6 horizontally and laterally arranged on the gantry frame 4, a Z-axis linear module 7 vertically arranged on the drive end of the X-axis linear module 6, a mounting frame 8 arranged on the drive end of the Z-axis linear module 7, a vision module 9, a plasma cleaning module 10 and a coding module 11 respectively arranged on the mounting frame 8;
[0031] The gantry frame 4 and the curing module 5 are placed along the movement direction of the Y-axis linear module 2, and the curing module 5 is located behind the gantry frame 4.
[0032] The carrier plate 3 has three stations: loading and unloading station, cleaning and coding station, and curing station.
[0033] During operation: The Y-axis linear module 2 first drives the carrier plate 3 to the loading and unloading station, and then the operator lays several wire harnesses to be printed flat on the carrier plate 3; then the Y-axis linear module 2 drives the carrier plate 3 to the cleaning and printing station, and then the X-axis linear module 6 and the Z-axis linear module 7 work together to first drive the vision module 9 to detect the position of several wire harnesses on the carrier plate 3 and feed it back to the control system, and then drive the plasma cleaning module 10 to perform plasma cleaning on the area of several wire harnesses to be printed on the carrier plate 3, and then drive the printing module 11 to print characters on the several cleaned wire harnesses on the carrier plate 3; finally, the Y-axis linear module 2 drives the carrier plate 3 to the curing station, and the curing module 5 is used to quickly cure the several wire harnesses printed on the carrier plate 3.
[0034] Furthermore, the carrier disk 3 is magnetic, which is used to attract the wire harness onto the carrier disk 3, prevent the wire harness from shifting, and improve positioning accuracy.
[0035] Furthermore, such as Figure 1-2 As shown, the surface of the bearing disk 3 is provided with an electromagnet array, and the adsorption force can be adjusted by controlling the current intensity.
[0036] Furthermore, the vision module 9 includes an industrial camera (resolution 2448×2048) and a laser sensor (accuracy ±0.01mm), and incorporates an AI deep learning algorithm to identify the position of the wire harness and generate a three-dimensional motion path.
[0037] Furthermore, the AI deep learning algorithm includes the following steps:
[0038] S1. Acquire images of the wire harness surface using vision module 9;
[0039] S2. Use a convolutional neural network (CNN) to identify the wire harness outline and bending angle;
[0040] S3. Generate X / Y / Z axis compensation paths based on the recognition results, with a positioning error ≤0.05mm.
[0041] Furthermore, such as Figure 3 As shown, the mounting frame 8 is equipped with cylinders 12 that can drive the plasma cleaning module and the inkjet printing module 11 to rise and fall. During cleaning or inkjet printing, the plasma cleaning module and the inkjet printing module 11 can be driven to fall a certain distance by the corresponding cylinders 12, which can not only improve the cleaning or inkjet printing effect, but also avoid interference.
[0042] Furthermore, such as Figure 4 As shown, the curing module 5 includes a lamp holder 51 and a UV curing lamp 52 disposed within the lamp holder 51; during operation, the UV curing lamp 52 rapidly cures several wire bundles after inkjet printing.
[0043] Furthermore, the curing module 5 also includes a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a PID temperature controller to dynamically adjust the curing intensity according to environmental parameters.
[0044] Furthermore, the Y-axis linear module 2, X-axis linear module 6, and Z-axis linear module 7 adopt a grating ruler closed-loop feedback system with a repeatability accuracy of ≤0.02mm.
[0045] Furthermore, such as Figure 1 As shown, the machine base 1 is equipped with a protective cover 14 with an open front; safety light curtains 15 are respectively installed on both sides of the front opening of the protective cover 14 to play a safety protection role and prevent workers from accidentally entering the work area during equipment operation and causing safety accidents.
[0046] Furthermore, such as Figure 1 As shown, a three-color alarm indicator light 16 is provided on the top to display the operating status of the device or machine.
[0047] Furthermore, such as Figure 1 As shown, the front of the machine 1 is also provided with an operation panel 17 for easy operation by staff.
[0048] Furthermore, such as Figure 1 As shown, the protective cover 14 is provided with openable protective windows 18 on both sides and the back, which facilitates maintenance and repair.
[0049] Furthermore, the protective window 18 is made of acrylic sheet, which facilitates observation of the working conditions.
[0050] Furthermore, such as Figure 1 As shown, casters 13 with support functions are respectively provided at the four corners of the bottom of the machine platform 1. Through the coordinated design of the casters and the support feet, the switching between equipment movement and stable support can be realized.
[0051] The above are merely specific application examples of this utility model and do not constitute any limitation on the scope of protection of this utility model. All technical solutions formed by equivalent transformations or equivalent substitutions fall within the scope of protection of this utility model.
Claims
1. A cleaning, coding, and curing integrated machine, characterized in that: It includes a machine base, a Y-axis linear module horizontally and vertically arranged on the machine base, a carrier plate horizontally arranged on the drive end of the Y-axis linear module for placing wire harnesses, a gantry frame and a curing module respectively arranged on the machine base and above the Y-axis linear module, an X-axis linear module horizontally arranged on the gantry frame, a Z-axis linear module vertically arranged on the drive end of the X-axis linear module, a mounting frame arranged on the drive end of the Z-axis linear module, and a vision module, a plasma cleaning module and a coding module respectively arranged on the mounting frame; The vision module is used to detect the position of several wire harnesses on the carrier disk and feed it back to the control system; The plasma cleaning module is used to perform plasma cleaning on several wire harness areas to be printed on the carrier disk. The inkjet printing module is used to print characters onto several wire harnesses that have been cleaned on the carrier plate. The curing module is used to cure several wire harnesses that have been printed on the carrier disk.
2. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The carrier plate is magnetic and is used to attract the wire harness onto the carrier plate.
3. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The surface of the bearing plate is equipped with an array of electromagnets, and the adsorption force can be adjusted by controlling the current intensity.
4. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The vision module includes an industrial camera and a laser sensor, used to acquire the three-dimensional coordinates of the wire harness and generate a motion path.
5. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mounting frame is equipped with cylinders that can drive the plasma cleaning module and the inkjet printing module to rise and fall.
6. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The curing module includes a lamp holder and a UV curing lamp installed inside the lamp holder.
7. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The Y-axis linear module, X-axis linear module, and Z-axis linear module adopt a closed-loop servo control system.
8. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that: The machine base is equipped with a protective cover with an open front; safety light curtains are installed on both sides of the front opening of the protective cover, and an alarm indicator light is installed on the top; the front of the machine base is also equipped with an operation panel.
9. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 8, characterized in that: The protective cover has openable protective windows on both sides and the back; the protective windows are made of transparent material.
10. The integrated cleaning, coding, and curing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The machine base is equipped with casters with support functions at each of the four corners of its bottom.