Ceramic substrate feeding device

Abstract

The utility model provides a ceramic substrate feeding device which comprises a base, a feeding bin mechanism and a substrate taking and placing mechanism, wherein the feeding bin mechanism and the substrate taking and placing mechanism are arranged on the base. The upper stock bin mechanism comprises a sliding bottom plate, a stock bin arranged on the sliding bottom plate and provided with an upper opening, an air blowing assembly arranged beside the stock bin, a brush assembly arranged above the air blowing assembly and a jacking assembly, and the substrate taking and placing mechanism upwards sucks substrates one by one from the opening of the stock bin; an air blowing opening of the air blowing assembly blows air to the uppermost layer of base plate and the second layer of base plate of the stock bin from the side face, and when the base plate taking and placing mechanism sucks the base plates and moves upwards to the brush assembly, the brush assembly brushes the edges of the base plates; the jacking assembly is arranged below the stock bin and used for jacking the substrates stacked in the stock bin. By means of the air blowing-brush double anti-lamination design and sequential linkage of the jacking assembly and the taking and placing mechanism, the feeding smoothness is greatly improved, and the feeding period is shortened.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of automation equipment especially relates to a ceramic substrate feeding device. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the automatic production process of rectangular ceramic substrates, the traditional feeding device has the following technical defects: when the substrates are stacked in the hopper, the upper and lower substrates are prone to adhesion due to surface adsorption or electrostatic effect, which causes the substrate separation mechanism to be unable to stably separate single substrates, resulting in missing or multiple picking faults; in the mechanical picking process, the substrate edges are prone to friction with the hopper sidewall, causing surface scratches or particle contamination, which has a significant impact on the yield of high-precision ceramic substrates; for thin or large-size ceramic substrates, the existing device cannot simultaneously solve the problems of precise separation, non-destructive picking and placing, and high-efficiency feeding, which restricts the production line rhythm of automation.

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to design a ceramic substrate feeding device to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model discloses a ceramic substrate feeding device, avoids the occurrence of the laminated sheet, realizes the non-destructive handling of the substrate.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a ceramic substrate feeding device, which comprises a base, a feeding bin mechanism arranged on the base, and a substrate picking and placing mechanism, the feeding bin mechanism comprises a sliding bottom plate, an upper opening hopper arranged on the sliding bottom plate, a blowing assembly arranged beside the hopper, a brush assembly arranged above the blowing assembly, and a jacking assembly, the substrate picking and placing mechanism successively picks up the substrates from the opening of the hopper, the blowing port of the blowing assembly blows air to the uppermost substrate and the second layer substrate of the hopper from the side, when the substrate picking and placing mechanism picks up the substrate and moves upward to the brush assembly, the brush assembly brushes the edge of the substrate, and the jacking assembly is arranged below the hopper to jack up the stacked substrates in the hopper.

[0006] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the sliding bottom plate is installed on the base through a sliding rail, and a lifting limiting piece is arranged on the base, when the sliding bottom plate drives the hopper to slide into position, the lifting limiting piece rises and abuts against one side of the sliding bottom plate.

[0007] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the jacking assembly comprises a lifting drive arranged below the base and a jacking plate arranged on the lifting drive, and the base and the sliding bottom plate are provided with an opening through which the jacking plate passes.

[0008] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the blowing assembly comprises a support, an adjusting block threadedly connected to the support, and a blowing block provided on the adjusting block, a gas flow channel is provided in the blowing block, one end of the gas flow channel is a blowing port, and the other end is connected with a gas supply device through a speed regulating valve.

[0009] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, a horizontal through hole is formed in the support, the adjusting block is provided in the through hole and can move up and down along the through hole.

[0010] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the number of blowing assemblies is at least three, and the three blowing assemblies blow air to the substrate from three sides thereof respectively.

[0011] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the feeding bin mechanism further comprises a laminated sheet sensing assembly above the brush assembly, the laminated sheet sensing assembly comprises a support, a horizontal cylinder provided on the support, a mounting plate provided at the front end of the horizontal cylinder, and two light transmission type optical fiber sensors provided on the mounting plate in a vertical direction, when the substrate taking and placing mechanism sucks the substrate and rises to a preset height of the laminated sheet sensing assembly, the horizontal cylinder drives the two light transmission type optical fiber sensors to move to the upper and lower sides of the substrate to perform laminated sheet detection.

[0012] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the substrate taking and placing mechanism comprises a gantry, a horizontal movement module provided on the gantry, a lifting module provided on the horizontal movement module, and a suction hand provided on the lifting module.

[0013] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the substrate taking and placing mechanism is used for placing the substrates in the feeding bin mechanism on the substrate conveying line one by one.

[0014] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the number of feeding bin mechanisms is two, the substrate conveying line is located between the two feeding bin mechanisms, and the suction hand moves above the feeding bin mechanisms and the substrate conveying line.

[0015] The ceramic substrate feeding device has at least the following advantages: the blowing assembly directs the airflow to the gap between the uppermost layer and the second layer of the substrate, actively breaks the adsorption force between the substrates, and preliminarily separates the stacked layers; further, the brush assembly reciprocally brushes the edge of the substrate with flexible bristles when the substrate is lifted by suction, further eliminates residual electrostatic adsorption or slight vacuum negative pressure, ensures that the lower layer of the substrate is not lifted, and the double anti-adhesion design greatly reduces the laminating rate. The brush assembly synchronously removes dust or debris attached to the edge of the substrate during brushing, avoids secondary adhesion caused by pollutants between layers. The blowing, brushing and lifting assemblies are time-sequentially linked with the taking and placing mechanism, the single feeding cycle is shortened, and the production of different sizes of substrates is quickly switched, meeting the needs of high-flexibility automatic production lines. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0017] Figure 2 FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0018] Figure 3 FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 2 FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0019] Figure 4 FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 3 FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0020] Figure 5 FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 3 FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0021] Figure 6 FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a ceramic substrate feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.

[0023] Please refer to Figure 1 The ceramic substrate feeding device provided by the present application comprises a base 10, an upper feeding bin mechanism 20 arranged on the base 10, a substrate taking and placing mechanism 30 and a substrate conveying line 40. The substrates are stacked in the upper feeding bin mechanism 20, the number of the upper feeding bin mechanisms 20 is two, and the substrate conveying line 40 is located between the two upper feeding bin mechanisms 20. The substrate taking and placing mechanism 30 is used to place the substrates in the upper feeding bin mechanism 20 on the substrate conveying line 40 one by one.

[0024] The substrate pick-and-place mechanism 30 comprises a gantry 31, a horizontal movement module 32 arranged on the gantry 31, a lifting module 33 arranged on the horizontal movement module 32, and a suction hand 34 arranged on the lifting module 33. The suction hand 34 moves above the material bin mechanism 20 and the substrate conveying line 40.

[0025] Please refer to Figure 2 As shown in the figure, the material bin mechanism 20 comprises a sliding base plate 1, an open-top material bin 2 arranged on the sliding base plate 1, a blowing assembly 5 arranged beside the material bin 2, a brush assembly 4 arranged above the blowing assembly 5, a laminated inductive assembly 6 above the brush assembly 4, and a jacking assembly 3. The sliding base plate 1 is installed on the base 10 through a sliding rail 11. A lifting limiting piece 12 is arranged on the base 10 and located on the sliding path of the sliding base plate 1. At the beginning of the feeding, the lifting limiting piece 12 is in the low position, and the full-load material bin is placed on the extracted sliding base plate by manual operation, and then the material bin 2 is pushed back. When the sliding base plate 1 drives the material bin 2 to slide into position, the lifting limiting piece 12 rises and abuts against one side of the sliding base plate 1, thereby ensuring that the material bin 2 remains stable and does not move during subsequent work processes.

[0026] The material bin 2 comprises a rectangular base plate 21, a plurality of vertical baffles 22 arranged above the rectangular base plate 21, and a handle 23 arranged on the front side edge of the rectangular base plate 21. The rectangular base plate 21 and the plurality of vertical baffles 22 enclose a space for accommodating substrates, and the space is open at the top. The substrate pick-and-place mechanism 30 sucks the substrates one by one upward from the opening of the material bin 2.

[0027] The jacking assembly 3 is arranged below the material bin 2 and is used to jack up the substrates stacked in the material bin 2. The jacking assembly 3 comprises a lifting drive arranged below the base 10 and a jacking plate arranged on the lifting drive. The base 10, the sliding base plate 1, and the rectangular base plate 21 are all provided with openings for the jacking plate to pass through.

[0028] Please refer to Figures 3 to 5 As shown in the figure, the blowing ports of the blowing assembly 5 blow air from the side to the uppermost layer of substrates and the second layer of substrates in the material bin 2. In this embodiment, the number of blowing assemblies 5 is three. When the substrate pick-and-place mechanism 30 sucks the uppermost layer of substrates, the blowing assemblies 5 blow air from the three side edges of the substrates, respectively. The upper end of the vertical baffle 22 has a notch for the blowing airflow of the blowing assembly to pass through. The blowing assembly 5 comprises a bracket 51, an adjusting block 52, an adjusting screw 53, a blowing block 54, and an adjusting scale 55. The adjusting block 52 is threadedly connected to the bracket 51 in an up-down manner through the adjusting screw 53. The adjusting block 52 comprises a body 521 and a mounting rod 522 horizontally extending from the body 521, and the blowing block 54 is arranged on the mounting rod 522.

[0029] The adjusting screw 53 comprises a knob 531 and a screw rod 532 arranged below the knob 531, and the screw rod 532 is threadedly matched with the adjusting block. The support 51 is provided with a horizontal through hole 511, the adjusting block 52 is arranged in the through hole 511 and moves up and down along the through hole 511 under the screwing of the adjusting screw 53. The adjusting block 52 is provided below with a spring 533, and the spring 533 abuts between the adjusting block 52 and the support 51. The blowing block 54 is provided with an air flow channel, one end of the air flow channel is a blowing port 541, and the other end is connected with a gas supply device through a speed regulating valve 542. The adjusting scale 55 is arranged along a vertical direction on one side of the support 51 to calibrate the moving distance of the adjusting block 52.

[0030] Please refer to Figure 1 、 Figure 2 and Figure 6 , the laminated sensing assembly 6 comprises a support 61, a horizontal air cylinder 62 arranged on the support 61, a mounting plate 63 arranged at the front end of the horizontal air cylinder 62, and two light-transmitting optical fiber sensors 64 arranged on the mounting plate 63 in a vertical direction. When the substrate taking and placing mechanism 30 sucks the substrate and rises to a preset height of the laminated sensing assembly, the horizontal air cylinder 62 drives the two light-transmitting optical fiber sensors 64 to move to the upper and lower sides of the substrate to detect the laminated substrate. When the substrate taking and placing mechanism 30 continues to move upward to the brush assembly 4 while sucking the substrate, the brush assembly 4 brushes the two side edges of the substrate.

[0031] The terms such as "upper", "lower", "front", "back" and the like used herein to indicate spatial relative positions are used for the purpose of facilitating the description to describe the relationship of one feature relative to 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.

[0032] In addition, the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions described in the present application and are not intended to limit the technical solutions described in the present application. The understanding of the present application should be based on the skilled in the art, although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the skilled in the art can still modify or equivalently replace the present application, and all technical solutions and improvements which do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present application should be covered in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A ceramic substrate loading device, comprising a base, a loading bin mechanism disposed on the base, and a substrate picking and placing mechanism, characterized in that: The feeding hopper mechanism includes a sliding base plate, a hopper with an upper opening on the sliding base plate, an air blowing assembly located beside the hopper, a brush assembly located above the air blowing assembly, and a lifting assembly. The substrate picking and placing mechanism picks up substrates one by one from the opening of the hopper. The air blowing assembly blows air from the side towards the top and second-layer substrates in the hopper. When the substrate picking and placing mechanism picks up a substrate and moves upward to the brush assembly, the brush assembly brushes the edge of the substrate. The lifting assembly is located below the hopper and is used to lift the stacked substrates in the hopper.

2. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The sliding base plate is mounted on the base via a slide rail. The base is equipped with a lifting limiter. When the sliding base plate drives the hopper to slide into position, the lifting limiter rises and abuts against one side of the sliding base plate.

3. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 2, characterized in that: The lifting assembly includes a lifting drive located below the base and a lifting plate located on the lifting drive. The base and the sliding base plate have openings for the lifting plate to pass through.

4. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The air blowing assembly includes a bracket, an adjusting block that is threadedly connected to the bracket, and an air blowing block disposed on the adjusting block. The air blowing block has an airflow channel, one end of which is an air blowing port, and the other end is connected to an air supply device through a speed regulating valve.

5. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 4, characterized in that: The bracket has a horizontal through hole, and the adjusting block passes through the through hole and can move up and down along the through hole.

6. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The number of air blowing components is at least three, and the three air blowing components blow air onto the substrate from three sides of the substrate respectively.

7. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding mechanism also includes a stacking sensing component located above the brush assembly. The stacking sensing component includes a bracket, a horizontal cylinder mounted on the bracket, a mounting plate mounted at the front end of the horizontal cylinder, and two light-transmitting fiber optic sensors mounted vertically opposite each other on the mounting plate. When the substrate picking and placing mechanism picks up the substrate and rises to the preset height of the stacking sensing component, the horizontal cylinder drives the two light-transmitting fiber optic sensors to move to the upper and lower sides of the substrate for stacking detection.

8. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The substrate picking and placing mechanism includes a gantry frame, a horizontal moving module mounted on the gantry frame, a lifting module mounted on the horizontal moving module, and a suction cup gripper mounted on the lifting module.

9. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 8, characterized in that: It also includes a substrate conveying line, wherein the substrate picking and placing mechanism is used to place the substrates in the loading bin mechanism one by one onto the substrate conveying line.

10. The ceramic substrate feeding device as described in claim 9, characterized in that: There are two feeding hopper mechanisms, and the substrate conveying line is located between the two feeding hopper mechanisms. The suction cup moves above the feeding hopper mechanism and the substrate conveying line.

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