Substrate classifying and collecting equipment
By designing a substrate sorting and receiving device, and adopting an adjustable-width bracket and visual inspection, the automated sorting and receiving of substrates has been achieved, solving the problems of low efficiency and poor compatibility of traditional receiving methods, and improving production efficiency and product quality.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-27
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-20
AI Technical Summary
Traditional substrate receiving methods are inefficient, inaccurate, and require a high degree of manual intervention, making it difficult to meet the automation, high efficiency, and high precision requirements of modern production. Furthermore, they lack compatibility with substrates and trays of different sizes.
A substrate sorting and receiving device was designed, including a substrate conveying line, a pallet feeding mechanism, a pallet conveying line, and a pallet receiving mechanism. It adopts an adjustable width bracket, a sorting plate, a drive assembly, and a lifting assembly to realize automatic sorting and receiving of substrates and stable pallet conveying. Combined with a vision inspection mechanism, the adaptability and accuracy of the device are improved.
It has enabled automated sorting and collection of substrates, improved collection efficiency and accuracy, reduced manual intervention, enhanced the versatility of the equipment and production stability, and improved product quality and production efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to visual inspection equipment field especially relates to a substrate classification material receiving equipment. BACKGROUND
[0002] In the production process of the substrate, the classification material receiving of the substrate is an important link. The traditional substrate material receiving mode is usually relatively simple, and it is difficult to realize efficient and accurate classification material receiving operation, and the compatibility of different sizes of the substrate and the tray is poor. At the same time, when a large number of substrates are handled, the degree of manual participation is high, which not only increases the labor cost, but also easily leads to product quality problems due to human operation errors. In addition, the traditional material receiving equipment may have deficiencies in the continuity of substrate conveying, the stable supply of tray and the orderliness of material receiving operation, and cannot meet the needs of automation, high efficiency, high precision and multi-specification adaptation in modern production, which seriously affects the overall efficiency and quality control of substrate production.
[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to design a substrate classification material receiving equipment to solve the above problems. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL
[0004] The utility model aims at providing a substrate classification material receiving equipment with efficient classification material receiving and high automation.
[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a substrate classification material receiving equipment for classifying and receiving substrates, comprising a substrate conveying line, a tray feeding mechanism, a tray conveying line and a tray material receiving mechanism, wherein:
[0006] The substrate conveying line is used for conveying the substrates to the pickup station of the substrate manipulator in turn;
[0007] The tray feeding mechanism, the tray conveying line and the tray material receiving mechanism are connected in turn, and are used for conveying the trays stacked in the tray feeding mechanism to the tray material receiving mechanism one by one;
[0008] The tray feeding mechanism comprises an adjustable width support, a distribution plate, a driving assembly and a jacking assembly, the distribution plate is arranged on the left and right sides of the adjustable width support through the driving assembly, the driving assembly drives the distribution plates on both sides to extend into the first layer of trays and the second layer of trays from below respectively, and the tray conveying line extends into the adjustable width support; the jacking assembly is used for supporting the trays;
[0009] The substrate manipulator is used for picking up the NG substrate on the substrate conveying line and placing it on the tray on the tray conveying line, and picking up the OK substrate on the substrate conveying line and placing it on the substrate material receiving mechanism.
[0010] As a further improved technical scheme of the present utility model, the adjustable width support comprises two supports arranged side by side, a baffle arranged at the top of each support and a width adjusting assembly arranged at the bottom of the two supports for adjusting the distance between the two supports.
[0011] As a further improved technical scheme of the present utility model, the width adjusting assembly comprises a rotating plate, a rotating shaft for driving the rotating plate to rotate horizontally, two connecting plates arranged at the two ends of the rotating plate and linear sliding rails arranged at the bottom of the supports, the connecting plates are respectively connected with the two supports, the rotating plate and the connecting plates and the connecting plates and the supports are all connected through vertical shafts, and the rotating plate rotates horizontally while pulling the two supports to move along the linear sliding rails through the connecting plates.
[0012] As a further improved technical scheme of the present utility model, the driving assembly comprises a cylinder, a fish eye joint, a swing shaft and a rotating shaft, the cylinder is rotatably arranged on the support, the fish eye joint is arranged at one end of the output shaft of the cylinder, one end of the swing shaft is rotatably connected with the fish eye joint, the other end is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft, the distribution plate is arranged on the rotating shaft along the length direction, and the baffle is provided with a gap for the distribution plate to pass through.
[0013] As a further improved technical scheme of the present utility model, the tray conveying line comprises two parallel conveying belts, the jacking assembly is located between the two conveying belts, and the jacking assembly comprises a cylinder, a mounting plate jacked by the cylinder and a plurality of suction cups arranged on the mounting plate.
[0014] As a further improved technical scheme of the present utility model, the tray positioning mechanism further comprises a positioning assembly, the positioning assembly comprises two supports located on the two sides of the jacking assembly, a push plate arranged on the support and a driving member arranged between the two supports, the driving member drives the supports to approach each other to position the tray on the jacking assembly in the left-right direction.
[0015] As a further improved technical scheme of the present utility model, the tray positioning mechanism further comprises a positioning assembly, the positioning assembly comprises two supports located on the two sides of the jacking assembly, a push plate arranged on the support and a driving member arranged between the two supports, the driving member drives the supports to approach each other to position the tray on the jacking assembly in the left-right direction.
[0016] As a further improved technical scheme of the present utility model, the tray conveying line is arranged above the substrate conveying line, the conveying direction of the tray conveying line is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the substrate conveying line, the number of the tray positioning mechanisms is two, and the two tray positioning mechanisms are respectively located on the two sides of the substrate conveying line.
[0017] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the substrate receiving mechanism comprises a substrate receiving box and a receiving box positioning assembly for positioning the substrate receiving box.
[0018] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the substrate receiving mechanism comprises a substrate receiving box and a receiving box positioning assembly for positioning the substrate receiving box.
[0019] From the above technical scheme, the substrate classification and receiving equipment has the following advantages:
[0020] 1) The substrate is sequentially conveyed to the pickup station of the substrate manipulator through the substrate conveying line, and the NG substrate and the OK substrate are subjected to different receiving operations by the substrate manipulator, so that automatic classification and receiving of the substrate are realized, the efficiency and accuracy of receiving are improved, and confusion and errors caused by manual classification and receiving are avoided.
[0021] 2) The tray feeding mechanism, the tray conveying line and the tray receiving mechanism are sequentially connected, so that the stacked trays in the tray feeding mechanism can be sequentially conveyed to the tray receiving mechanism, the orderly flow of the trays in the whole process is ensured, and stable container support is provided for the classification and receiving of the substrate.
[0022] 3) The adjustable width support, the distribution plate, the driving assembly and the jacking assembly in the tray feeding mechanism are matched, so that the equipment can be adjusted according to trays of different sizes, the versatility and adaptability of the equipment are improved, and the equipment can better adapt to production requirements of different specifications.
[0023] 4) The driving assembly can drive the two distribution plates to extend into the space between the first layer of trays and the second layer of trays from below, and the jacking assembly supports the trays, so that the accuracy of tray separation and conveying is ensured, continuous and stable tray supply is facilitated, and substrate receiving problems caused by tray operation errors are reduced.
[0024] 5) The whole substrate classification and receiving equipment realizes an automatic process from substrate conveying, tray feeding and conveying to classification and placement operation of the substrate, reduces manual intervention, reduces labor cost, improves the stability and consistency of the production process, and helps to improve the quality and production efficiency of the product. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0025] Figure 1 It is a top view of the substrate classification and receiving equipment of an embodiment of the utility model.
[0026] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism, the tray conveying line, the tray positioning mechanism and the tray receiving mechanism.
[0027] Figure 3 It isFigure 1 A perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism (omitting the lifting assembly).
[0028] Figure 4 A perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism (omitting the lifting assembly). Figure 3 A perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism (omitting the lifting assembly).
[0029] Figure 5 A perspective view of the lifting assembly in the tray feeding mechanism.
[0030] Figure 6 A perspective view of the lifting assembly in the tray positioning mechanism.
[0031] Figure 7 A perspective view of the positioning assembly in the tray positioning mechanism.
[0032] Figure 8 A perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism (omitting the lifting assembly). Figure 1 A perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism (omitting the lifting assembly).
[0033] Figure 9 A perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism (omitting the lifting assembly). Figure 8 A perspective view of the tray feeding mechanism (omitting the lifting assembly).
[0034] Figure 10 A perspective view of the lifting assembly in the tray feeding mechanism. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0035] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the utility model more clear, the utility model will be described in detail below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments.
[0036] Please refer to Figure 1 The utility model provides a kind of substrate classification material collecting equipment, it includes base 10, substrate conveying line 20 being located on base 10, tray feeding mechanism 30, tray conveying line 40, tray positioning mechanism 50, tray material collecting mechanism 60, substrate manipulator 70, base substrate material collecting mechanism and visual detection mechanism (not shown).
[0037] Substrate conveying line 20 is used to sequentially convey substrate to the pickup station of substrate manipulator 70, and substrate conveying line 20 can select the existing various conveying belt structures suitable for flat plate products.The substrate conveying line 20 is connected with upstream production line, and the substrate flowing into substrate conveying line 20 has been detected and is classified and collected.
[0038] Tray feeding mechanism 30 cooperates with tray conveying line 40, and is used to provide the tray for collecting NG substrate. Figure 2As shown, the tray feeding mechanism 30 is connected with the tray conveying line 40 and feeds the trays stacked in the tray feeding mechanism 30 to the tray conveying line 40 one by one. The tray conveying line 40 is arranged above the substrate conveying line 20, and the conveying direction of the tray conveying line 40 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the substrate conveying line 20. The tray collecting mechanism 60 is connected with the other end of the tray conveying line 40 and is used to stack the trays collecting the NG substrates.
[0039] Please refer to Figure 3 As shown, the tray feeding mechanism 30 includes an adjustable width support 31, a distribution plate 32, a driving assembly 33 and a jacking assembly 34. The distribution plate 32 is arranged on the left and right sides of the adjustable width support 31 through the driving assembly 33. The driving assembly 33 drives the two distribution plates 32 to extend into the space between the first layer of trays and the second layer of trays from below, so as to lift the second layer of trays and the trays above the second layer of trays, thereby achieving the purpose of separating the trays one by one.
[0040] The adjustable width support 31 includes two supports 311 arranged side by side, a baffle 313 arranged on the top of each support 311 and a width adjusting assembly 312 arranged at the bottom of the two supports 311. The width adjusting assembly 312 is used to adjust the distance between the two supports 311 and the baffle 313, so as to adapt to trays of different sizes and improve the compatibility of the equipment. The width adjusting assembly 312 specifically includes a rotating plate 3121, a rotating shaft 3122 for driving the rotating plate 3121 to rotate horizontally, two connecting plates 3123 arranged at the two ends of the rotating plate 3121 and a linear slide rail 3124 arranged at the bottom of the support 311. Each connecting plate 3123 is connected with the two supports 311. Specifically, the rotating plate 3121 and the connecting plate 3123 are connected through a vertical shaft, and the connecting plate 3123 pulls the two supports 311 to move along the linear slide rail 3124 when the rotating plate 3121 rotates horizontally.
[0041] Please refer to Figure 4 As shown, the driving assembly 33 includes a cylinder 331, a fish-eye joint 332, a swing shaft 333 and a rotating shaft 334. The cylinder 331 is rotatably arranged on the support 311, the fish-eye joint 332 is arranged at one end of the output shaft of the cylinder 331, one end of the swing shaft 333 is rotatably connected with the fish-eye joint 332, and the other end of the swing shaft 333 is rotatably connected with the rotating shaft 334. The distribution plate 32 is arranged on the rotating shaft 334 along the length direction. The baffle 35 is provided with a clearance opening matched with the distribution plate 32. When the driving assembly 33 drives the distribution plate 32 to rotate, the end of the distribution plate 32 can pass through the clearance opening and extend into the space between the lowermost layer of trays and the second layer of trays, so as to lift the second layer of trays and the trays above the second layer of trays.
[0042] The tray conveying line 40 comprises two parallel conveying belts, one end of which is located between the two supports 311. The lifting assembly 34 is located between the two conveying belts and is used to lift the tray from the bottom when necessary. Please refer to Figure 5 As shown in the figure, the lifting assembly 34 comprises a support 341, a cylinder 342 arranged on the support 341, a mounting plate 343 lifted by the cylinder 342, and a plurality of suction cups 344 arranged on the mounting plate 343.
[0043] The tray positioning mechanism 50 is arranged on the tray conveying line 40 and is used to position the tray. Preferably, two tray positioning mechanisms 50 are arranged, one on each side of the substrate conveying line 20, so that the substrate manipulator 70 can take and place the substrate on the substrate conveying line 20 to the tray on the tray positioning mechanism 50. Please refer to Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown in the figure, the tray positioning mechanism 50 comprises a lifting assembly 51 and a positioning assembly 52. The lifting assembly 51 comprises a support 511, a cylinder 512 arranged on the support 511, a mounting plate 513 lifted by the cylinder 512, and a lifting plate 514 arranged on the left and right sides of the mounting plate 513. The positioning assembly 52 comprises two left and right supports 521, a push plate 522 arranged on the supports 521, and a driving member for adjusting the width between the two supports 521. The driving member comprises a thin pneumatic finger 523, two connecting plates 524 arranged on the thin pneumatic finger 523, and the connecting plates 524 are connected with the two supports 521 respectively. The bottom of the support 521 is also provided with a linear guide rail 528. A rotating plate 526 is arranged between the two supports 521, the rotating plate 526 is provided with a rotating shaft 525 at the center, the rotating plate 526 can rotate around the rotating shaft 525 as the axis, and the two ends of the rotating plate 526 are rotatably connected with the connecting plates 527, and the connecting plates 527 are rotatably connected with the two supports 521 respectively.
[0044] Please refer to Figure 8 to Figure 10 As shown in the figure, the tray positioning mechanism 60 comprises an adjustable width support 61, a plurality of hinge assemblies 63 arranged on the left and right sides of the adjustable width support 61, and a lifting assembly 62. The adjustable width support 61 is basically the same as the adjustable width support 31 in the tray feeding mechanism 30, which will not be described here. The hinge assembly 63 comprises two hinged blades 631 and 632 and a blade limiting plate 633, wherein the blade 631 is fixed on the adjustable width support 61, the blade 632 can rotate between the horizontal direction and the vertical upward direction, and when the blade 632 is rotated to the vertical upward direction, the limiting plate 633 blocks the blade 632. The lifting assembly 62 comprises a support 621, a cylinder 622 arranged on the support 621, a lifting plate 623 lifted by the cylinder 622, a first baffle 624 arranged at the rear end of the lifting plate 623, a rotary clamping cylinder 625 arranged at the front end of the lifting plate 623, and a second baffle 626 arranged on the rotary clamping cylinder 625.
[0045] The substrate robot 70 is used to pick and place the OK substrate from the substrate conveying line 20 into the substrate receiving box according to the detection result of the external substrate detection device, and pick and place the NG substrate from the substrate conveying line 20 onto the tray positioned on the tray conveying line 40.
[0046] The substrate receiving mechanism comprises a substrate receiving box and a receiving box positioning assembly 80. The receiving box positioning assembly 80 is used to accurately position the manually placed substrate receiving box, so that the substrate robot 70 can accurately place the substrate. When the substrate receiving box is full of substrates, the substrate receiving box can be manually taken out, and the empty substrate receiving box can be continuously placed for receiving.
[0047] The visual detection mechanism is arranged above the receiving box positioning assembly 80, and is used to take a photo of the positioned substrate receiving box for detection. When the detection result of the substrate receiving box is NG, the substrate receiving box is manually taken out, a new substrate receiving box is placed, and the detection and receiving operation is continuously performed.
[0048] The terms such as "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right" used herein to indicate the spatial relative position are for the purpose of facilitating the description of the relationship between one feature and another feature as shown in the drawings. It can be understood that the spatial relative position terms can be intended to include different orientations other than the orientation shown in the drawings, and should not be understood as limiting the claims.
[0049] In addition, the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions described in the utility model and not to limit the technical solutions described in the utility model. The understanding of the specification should be based on the technical personnel in the art. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical personnel in the art can still modify or equivalently replace the utility model, and all technical solutions and improvements which do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the utility model should be covered in the claim scope of the utility model.
Claims
1. A substrate sorting and collecting device, used for sorting and collecting substrates, characterized in that: This includes a substrate conveyor line, a pallet feeding mechanism, a pallet conveyor line, a pallet receiving mechanism, and a substrate receiving mechanism, wherein: The substrate conveyor line is used to sequentially transport substrates to the picking station of the substrate robot. The pallet feeding mechanism, pallet conveying line and pallet receiving mechanism are connected in sequence to transport the pallets stacked in the pallet feeding mechanism to the pallet receiving mechanism one by one. The pallet feeding mechanism includes an adjustable width bracket, a material distribution plate, a drive assembly, and a lifting assembly. The material distribution plate is located on the left and right sides of the adjustable width bracket via the drive assembly. The drive assembly drives the material distribution plates on both sides to extend between the first and second pallets from the bottom. The pallet conveyor line extends into the adjustable width bracket. The lifting assembly is used to support the pallets. The substrate robot is used to pick up and place NG substrates from the substrate conveyor line onto the tray on the tray conveyor line, and to pick up and place OK substrates from the substrate conveyor line onto the substrate receiving mechanism.
2. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The adjustable width bracket includes two brackets arranged side by side, a baffle on the top of each bracket, and a width adjustment component at the bottom of the two brackets for adjusting the distance between the two brackets.
3. The substrate sorting and collecting equipment as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The width adjustment component includes a rotating plate, a rotating shaft that drives the rotating plate to rotate horizontally, two connecting plates at both ends of the rotating plate, and a linear slide rail at the bottom of the bracket. Each connecting plate is connected to one of the two brackets. The rotating plate and the connecting plates, as well as the connecting plates and the brackets, are rotatably connected by a vertical shaft. While the rotating plate rotates horizontally, it pulls the two brackets along the linear slide rail through the connecting plates.
4. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The drive assembly includes a cylinder, a fisheye connector, a swing shaft, and a rotating shaft. The cylinder is rotatably mounted on the bracket. The fisheye connector is located at one end of the output shaft of the cylinder. One end of the swing shaft is rotatably connected to the fisheye connector, and the other end is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft. The material distribution plate is mounted on the rotating shaft along its length. The baffle has a clearance opening for the material distribution plate to pass through.
5. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The pallet conveyor line includes two parallel conveyor belts, and the lifting assembly is located between the two conveyor belts. The lifting assembly includes a cylinder, a mounting plate lifted by the cylinder, and multiple suction cups on the mounting plate.
6. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a pallet positioning mechanism installed on the pallet conveyor line. The pallet positioning mechanism includes a lifting assembly, which includes a cylinder, a mounting plate for cylinder lifting, and lifting plates on the left and right sides of the mounting plate.
7. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 6, characterized in that: The pallet positioning mechanism further includes a positioning component, which includes two brackets located on both sides of the lifting component, a push plate disposed on the brackets, and a driving member disposed between the two brackets. The driving member drives the brackets to move closer to each other to position the pallet on the lifting component in the left-right direction.
8. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 6, characterized in that: The pallet conveyor line is located above the substrate conveyor line, and the conveying direction of the pallet conveyor line is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the substrate conveyor line. There are two pallet positioning mechanisms, which are located on both sides of the substrate conveyor line.
9. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The substrate receiving mechanism includes a substrate receiving box and a receiving box positioning component for positioning the substrate receiving box.
10. The substrate sorting and receiving equipment as described in claim 9, characterized in that: It also includes a visual inspection mechanism for visually inspecting the substrate receiving box.