Bending and assembling integrated equipment for FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit)

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of electronic component assembling, and relates to an FPC bending and assembling integrated device which comprises a workbench, a product feeding mechanism and an FPC feeding mechanism are arranged on the workbench, a four-axis mechanical arm is arranged between the product feeding mechanism and the FPC feeding mechanism, the four-axis mechanical arm is connected with a material taking clamping jaw, and the material taking clamping jaw is connected with the FPC feeding mechanism. The lower portion of the four-axis mechanical arm is connected with an FPC jig through a Y-axis moving module, the upper end face of the FPC jig is provided with a plurality of profiling grooves, the rear side face of the FPC jig is provided with receding grooves which are vertically through and communicate with the profiling grooves, and the upper portion of the FPC jig is connected with a bending mechanism used for conducting S-shaped bending on an FPC through a support. S-shaped bending of the FPC can be achieved through the bending mechanism, feeding, S-shaped bending and assembling of the FPC can be automatically achieved through the device, the automation degree is high, the FPC does not need to be carried among a plurality of machine tables, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to electronic component assembly technical field, especially relate to a bending assembly integrated equipment for FPC. BACKGROUND

[0002] FPC is applicable to MP3, DVD, digital camera, mobile phone medical treatment, car and spaceflight etc. fields, and has the characteristics such as free bending, folding, winding, small volume, thin type, random movement and telescoping. When FPC is assembled to electronic component, in order to better fit electronic component, it needs to be bent, and the current bending mode of FPC mainly includes manual bending and mechanical bending, manual bending has lower efficiency and poorer precision, and common FPC bending device can only carry out L-shaped bending to FPC, cannot satisfy the bending demand of S-shaped, and the bending and assembly of FPC often need to be carried out on two machine tables, and the bent FPC needs to be carried to another machine table to carry out assembly, so the operation is complicated, and the efficiency is lower, therefore, the utility model provides a bending assembly integrated equipment for FPC. SUMMARY

[0003] The main purpose of the utility model is to provide a bending assembly integrated equipment for FPC, the bending mechanism includes first bending pressure jaw and second bending pressure assembly, and can carry out one bending and second bending to FPC respectively, so as to satisfy the S-shaped bending demand of FPC, the device can automatically realize the feeding, S-shaped bending and assembly of FPC, has high automation degree, does not need to carry FPC between multiple machine tables, and greatly improves production efficiency.

[0004] The utility model discloses a bending assembly integrated equipment for FPC, including work table, be equipped with product feeding mechanism and FPC feeding mechanism on the work table, be equipped with four -axis manipulator between product feeding mechanism and FPC feeding mechanism, four -axis manipulator connects material taking clamp jaw, the lower of four -axis manipulator is connected with FPC fixture through Y axle movement module, the upper end surface of FPC fixture is equipped with a plurality of profiling grooves, the rear side of FPC fixture is equipped with the avoidance groove that passes through and is connected with profiling groove on the upper and lower, the upper of FPC fixture is connected with the bending mechanism for carrying out S-shaped bending to FPC through support.

[0005] Preferably, the bending mechanism comprises a lifting cylinder with output end inclined downward arranged on the support, a top rod of the lifting cylinder is connected with a mounting plate, a back surface of the mounting plate is slidably connected with a plurality of connecting plates through slide rails parallel to the lifting cylinder, a bottom of a front surface of the connecting plate is provided with a bending pressing block with arc-shaped bottom end, a vertical plate is arranged on the workbench behind the mounting plate, a front surface of the vertical plate is rotatably connected with a rotating disc through a rotating shaft, one end of a connecting rod arranged on the front surface of the rotating disc is eccentric, the other end of the connecting rod is connected with one end of a bending pressing rod perpendicular to the connecting rod, a first bending pressing claw is connected with a front surface of the other end of the bending pressing rod, the first bending pressing claw is below the bending pressing block, a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disc to rotate is arranged on a back surface of the vertical plate, a second connecting plate is movably connected with the back surface of the connecting plate through the slide rails, the back surface of the second connecting plate is connected with a translation cylinder for driving the second connecting plate to slide, a second connecting rod is connected with one end of a bottom of a front surface of the second connecting plate, the second connecting plate is provided with a cam groove, a protrusion movably connected in the cam groove is arranged on a back surface of the second connecting rod, one end of a connecting shaft penetrating through the connecting plate is fixed on a front surface of the other end of the second connecting rod, the other end of the connecting shaft is fixed as a second bending pressing claw in U shape.

[0006] Preferably, the driving mechanism comprises a sliding plate movably arranged on the back surface of the vertical plate through horizontal slide rails, the sliding plate is connected with a driving cylinder, the sliding plate is provided with a rack along a length direction of the sliding plate, the rotating shaft is provided with a gear meshing with the rack.

[0007] Preferably, the FPC feeding mechanism comprises a tray feeding machine for feeding FPC trays loaded with FPCs, a second material taking clamp is connected with the tray feeding machine through an XZ-axis moving module, an FPC positioning mechanism is arranged on a left side of the Y-axis moving module, the FPC positioning mechanism comprises a positioning jig, a plurality of positioning grooves are arranged on an upper end surface of the positioning jig, side pushing blocks are slidably connected in the positioning grooves, and the side pushing blocks are connected with positioning cylinders.

[0008] Preferably, a code scanning camera is arranged between the FPC positioning mechanism and the bending mechanism, and a recycling box is arranged on one side of the code scanning camera.

[0009] Preferably, the product feeding mechanism comprises a tray feeder arranged along a Y-axis direction for feeding trays loaded with products, and an industrial camera is connected with the tray feeder through an XYZ-axis moving module.

[0010] The beneficial effect of the technical scheme of the utility model is: the bending mechanism comprises first bending pressure pawl and second bending pressure equipment, and can respectively perform once bending and twice bending to FPC, thereby meeting the S-shaped bending requirement of FPC, the device can automatically realize the feeding, S-shaped bending and assembling of FPC, has high automation degree, does not need to carry FPC between multiple machine tables, and greatly improves production efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 It is the layout of the bending and assembling integrated equipment for FPC of the embodiment when working.

[0012] Figure 2 It is the FPC structure schematic diagram after bending.

[0013] Figure 3 It is the material taking clamp jaw structure schematic diagram.

[0014] Figure 4 It is the FPC fixture structure schematic diagram.

[0015] Figure 5 It is the bending mechanism structure schematic diagram.

[0016] Figure 6 It is Figure 5 The enlarged view of A in the middle.

[0017] Figure 7 It is the driving mechanism structure schematic diagram.

[0018] Figure 8 It is the tray feeding machine structure schematic diagram.

[0019] Figure 9 It is the tray feeding machine structure schematic diagram.

[0020] The figures in the drawing represent:

[0021] 1. Workbench; 2. Four-axis robot; 3. Mounting plate; 4. Second mounting plate; 5. Picking cylinder; 6. L-shaped plate; 7. Suction nozzle; 8. FPC fixture; 9. Y-axis moving module; 10. Contouring groove; 11. Clearance groove; 12. Lifting cylinder; 13. Connecting plate; 14. Bending block; 15. Vertical plate; 16. Rotary shaft; 17. Turntable; 18. Connecting rod; 19. Bending rod; 20. First bending claw; 21. Second connecting plate; 22. Translation cylinder; 23. Second connecting rod; 24. Cam groove; 25. Boss; 26. Connecting shaft; 27. Second bending claw; 28. Slide plate; 29. ​​Drive cylinder; 30. Rack; 31. Gear; 32. Storage box; 33. Support cylinder; 34. Support plate; 35. FPC pallet; 36. Movable frame; 37. Pallet; 38. Second lifting cylinder; 39. Limit cylinder; 40. Limit plate; 41. Third lifting cylinder; 42. Second support cylinder; 43. Second support plate; 44. Third mounting plate; 45. Slider; 46. Guide rod; 47. Second suction nozzle; 48. Positioning fixture; 49. Positioning groove; 50. Side push block; 51. Positioning cylinder; 52. Barcode scanner; 53. Conveyor belt; 54. Second pallet; 55. Fourth lifting cylinder; 56. Stopper; 57. XYZ axis moving module; 58. Industrial camera; 59. Product pallet; 60. XZ axis moving module. Detailed Implementation

[0022] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments.

[0023] Example:

[0024] like Figures 1 to 9 As shown, this utility model discloses an integrated bending and assembly device for FPC, used for bending and assembling such... Figure 2The FPC is bent and assembled, including a workbench 1, a product feeding mechanism and an FPC feeding mechanism are arranged on the workbench 1, a four-axis manipulator 2 is arranged between the product feeding mechanism and the FPC feeding mechanism, the four-axis manipulator 2 is connected with a material taking clamp, the material taking clamp includes a second mounting plate 4, a plurality of material taking cylinders 5 with output ends downward are connected to the second mounting plate 4, an L-shaped plate 6 is slidably connected to the second mounting plate 4 through a vertical sliding rail, the top rods of the material taking cylinders 5 penetrate through the L-shaped plate 6, springs are sleeved on the top rods of the material taking cylinders 5, two ends of the springs are connected to the upper end face of the L-shaped plate 6 and the material taking cylinders 5 respectively, a suction nozzle 7 is connected to the bottom end of the L-shaped plate 6, an FPC jig 8 is connected to the lower side of the four-axis manipulator 2 through a Y-axis moving module 9, a heating rod is embedded in the FPC jig 8, the FPC is heated by the heating rod, so that the FPC is bent and shaped, and rebound is prevented, a plurality of profiling grooves 10 are arranged on the upper end face of the FPC jig 8, an avoiding groove 11 that penetrates through the FPC jig 8 in the up-down direction and is in communication with the profiling grooves 10 is arranged on the rear side of the FPC jig 8, and a bending mechanism for S-shaped bending of the FPC is connected to the upper side of the FPC jig 8 through a support.

[0025] The bending mechanism includes a lifting cylinder 12 with an output end inclined downward arranged on the support, a mounting plate 3 is connected to the top rod of the lifting cylinder 12, a plurality of connecting plates 13 are slidably connected to the back of the mounting plate 3 through sliding rails parallel to the lifting cylinder 12, a bending pressing block 14 with an arc-shaped bottom end is arranged on the front of the connecting plate 13, a vertical plate 15 is arranged on the rear side of the mounting plate 3 on the workbench 1, a rotating disc 17 is rotatably connected to the front of the vertical plate 15 through a rotating shaft 16, one end of a connecting rod 18 is arranged at an eccentric position on the front of the rotating disc 17, one end of a bending pressing rod 19 perpendicular to the connecting rod 18 is connected to the other end of the connecting rod 18, a first bending pressing claw 20 is connected to the front of the other end of the bending pressing rod 19, the first bending pressing claw 20 is located below the bending pressing block 14, a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disc 17 to rotate is arranged on the back of the vertical plate 15, a second connecting plate 21 is movably connected to the back of the connecting plate 13 through a sliding rail, a translation cylinder 22 for driving the second connecting plate 21 to slide is connected to the back of the second connecting plate 21, one end of a second connecting rod 23 is connected to the bottom of the front of the second connecting plate 21, a cam groove 24 is arranged on the second connecting plate 21, a cam 25 movably connected in the cam groove 24 is arranged on the back of the second connecting rod 23, one end of a connecting shaft 26 penetrating through the connecting plate 13 is fixed to the front of the other end of the second connecting rod 23, the other end of the connecting shaft 26 is fixed to a second bending pressing claw 27 in a U-shaped structure.

[0026] The driving mechanism comprises a sliding plate 28 slidably arranged on the back of the vertical plate 15 through a horizontal sliding rail, a driving cylinder 29 connected to the sliding plate 28, and a rack 30 arranged along the length direction of the sliding plate 28, and a gear 31 arranged on the rotating shaft 16 and engaged with the rack 30.

[0027] The FPC feeding mechanism comprises a tray feeding machine for feeding the FPC tray 35 loaded with FPCs, the tray feeding machine comprises a storage frame 32 composed of four L-shaped vertical rods, support plates 34 connected to both sides of the storage frame 32 through horizontally arranged support cylinders 33, a plurality of FPC trays 35 loaded with FPCs stacked in the storage frame 32, a movable frame 36 slidably connected to the lower part of the storage frame 32 through a Y-axis direction sliding rail, the movable frame 36 driven by a transmission belt, a supporting plate 37 movably connected to the movable frame 36 through a vertical guide rod 46, a second lifting cylinder 38 connected to the supporting plate 37, limit cylinders 39 arranged on both sides of the supporting plate 37, limit plates 40 connected to the top rods of the limit cylinders 39, third lifting cylinders 41 arranged on both sides of the movable frame 36 through supports, second support cylinders 42 horizontally arranged on the top rods of the third lifting cylinders 41, second support plates 43 connected to the top rods of the second support cylinders 42, a second material taking clamp jaw connected to the upper part of the tray feeding machine through an XZ-axis moving module 60, the second material taking clamp jaw comprising an L-shaped third mounting plate 44, a plurality of sliding blocks 45 slidably arranged on the third mounting plate 44 through vertical sliding rails, a guide rod 46 vertically arranged on the top end of the third mounting plate 44, guide holes for the guide rod 46 to extend into arranged on the upper end faces of the sliding blocks 45, springs arranged in the through holes, the two ends of the springs connected to the inner walls of the guide holes and the end faces of the guide rod 46 respectively, second suction nozzles 47 connected to the bottom ends of the sliding blocks 45, an FPC positioning mechanism arranged on the left side of the Y-axis moving module 9, the FPC positioning mechanism comprising a positioning jig 48, a plurality of positioning grooves 49 arranged on the upper end face of the positioning jig 48, side pushing blocks 50 slidably connected to the positioning grooves 49, and positioning cylinders 51 connected to the side pushing blocks 50.

[0028] A code scanning camera 52 is arranged between the FPC positioning mechanism and the bending mechanism, and a recycling box is arranged on one side of the code scanning camera 52.

[0029] The product feeding mechanism comprises a tray feeder arranged along the Y-axis direction for feeding the tray loaded with products, the tray feeder comprises two parallel arranged conveying belts 53, a second tray plate 54 is arranged below the middle position of the two conveying belts 53, the second tray plate 54 is connected with a fourth lifting cylinder 55, the upper end surface of the second tray plate 54 is provided with a positioning column, the lower end surface of the product tray 59 is provided with a positioning hole, one side of the second tray plate 54 is provided with a stopper 56, and the upper portion of the tray feeder is connected with an industrial camera 58 through an XYZ-axis moving module 57.

[0030] The working process of the utility model is as follows: the tray feeder feeds the product tray 59 loaded with products to the lower portion of the second tray plate 54, the industrial camera 58 takes pictures and detects each acupoint on the product tray 59 in this process, the fourth lifting cylinder 55 drives the second tray plate 54 to hold and position the product tray, the tray feeder takes out the FPC tray 35 loaded with FPC located at the bottom of the storage frame 32, the XZ-axis driving module drives the second material taking clamp jaw to suck and carry the FPC in the FPC tray 35 to the positioning jig 48, the positioning cylinder 51 drives the side push block 50 to press the FPC tightly, so that the FPC is preliminarily positioned, the four-axis manipulator 2 drives the first material taking clamp jaw to hold the FPC in the positioning jig 48, the positioning cylinder 51 drives the side push block 50 to reset, the four-axis manipulator 2 drives the first material taking clamp jaw to carry the FPC to the FPC jig 8, the Y-axis moving module 9 drives the FPC jig 8 to move towards the bending mechanism, before the bending is started, the bending pressing rod 19 is in a horizontal state, the second bending pressing jaw 27 is inclined upwards, the part of the FPC to be bent is inserted between the bending pressing rod 19 and the bending pressing block 14, the driving cylinder 29 drives the sliding plate 28 to slide, and then drives the rotating disc 17 to rotate counterclockwise, the first bending pressing jaw 20 cooperates with the bending pressing block 14 to process the first L-shaped bending, the top rod of the translation cylinder 22 extends, and then drives the second connecting plate 21 to slide, and then drives the connecting shaft 26 to rotate clockwise, and then drives the second bending pressing jaw 27 to rotate clockwise, the second bending pressing jaw 27 cooperates with the first bending pressing jaw 20 to bend the FPC twice, so that the S-shaped bending is formed, after the bending is completed, the Y-axis moving module 9 drives the FPC jig 8 to move away from the bending mechanism, the second bending pressing jaw 27 and the first bending pressing jaw 20 reset, and the four-axis manipulator 2 clamps and carries the bent FPC and press-fits it to the product on the product tray.

[0031] The above merely describes some embodiments of the present application. For those skilled in the art, without departing from the inventive concept, some modifications and improvements can be made, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A bending assembly integrated apparatus for FPC, characterized by: The workbench is provided with a product feeding mechanism and an FPC feeding mechanism, a four-axis manipulator is arranged between the product feeding mechanism and the FPC feeding mechanism, the four-axis manipulator is connected with a material taking clamp jaw, an FPC jig is connected to the lower side of the four-axis manipulator through a Y-axis movement module, a plurality of profiling grooves are arranged on the upper end surface of the FPC jig, an avoiding groove is arranged on the rear surface of the FPC jig and penetrates the FPC jig and communicates with the profiling grooves, and a bending mechanism for S-shaped bending of the FPC is connected to the upper side of the FPC jig through a support.

2. The bending assembly integrated device for FPC according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bending mechanism comprises a lifting cylinder with an output end inclined downward arranged on the support, a top rod of the lifting cylinder is connected with a mounting plate, a plurality of connecting plates are slidably connected to the back surface of the mounting plate through slide rails parallel to the lifting cylinder, the bottom of the front surface of the connecting plate is provided with a bending pressing block with an arc-shaped bottom end, a vertical plate is arranged on the rear side of the mounting plate on the workbench, a rotating disc is rotatably connected to the front surface of the vertical plate through a rotating shaft, one end of a connecting rod is arranged at an eccentric position on the front surface of the rotating disc, the other end of the connecting rod is connected with one end of a bending pressing rod perpendicular to the connecting rod, a first bending pressing jaw is connected to the front surface of the other end of the bending pressing rod, the first bending pressing jaw is located below the bending pressing block, a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disc to rotate is arranged on the back surface of the vertical plate, a second connecting plate is movably connected to the back surface of the connecting plate through a slide rail, a translation cylinder for driving the second connecting plate to slide is connected to the back surface of the second connecting plate, one end of a second connecting rod is connected to the bottom of the front surface of the second connecting plate, a cam groove is arranged on the second connecting plate, a protrusion is movably connected to the cam groove on the back surface of the second connecting rod, the front surface of the other end of the second connecting rod is fixedly connected with one end of a connecting shaft penetrating the connecting plate, the other end of the connecting shaft is fixedly connected with a second bending pressing jaw in a U shape.

3. The bending assembly integrated device for FPC according to claim 2, characterized in that: The driving mechanism comprises a sliding plate slidably arranged on the back surface of the vertical plate through a horizontal slide rail, the sliding plate is connected with a driving cylinder, a rack along the length direction of the sliding plate is arranged on the sliding plate, and a gear meshing with the rack is arranged on the rotating shaft.

4. The bending assembly integrated apparatus for FPC according to claim 1, characterized in that: The FPC feeding mechanism comprises a tray feeding machine for feeding an FPC tray loaded with FPC, a second material taking clamp jaw is connected to the upper side of the tray feeding machine through an XZ-axis movement module, an FPC positioning mechanism is arranged on the left side of the Y-axis movement module, the FPC positioning mechanism comprises a positioning jig, a plurality of positioning grooves are arranged on the upper end surface of the positioning jig, a side pushing block is slidably connected in the positioning groove, and the side pushing block is connected with a positioning cylinder.

5. The bending assembly integrated apparatus for FPC according to claim 4, wherein: A code scanning camera is arranged between the FPC positioning mechanism and the bending mechanism, and a recycling box is arranged on one side of the code scanning camera.

6. The bending assembly integrated apparatus for FPC according to claim 1, characterized in that: The product feeding mechanism comprises a tray feeding machine arranged along the Y-axis direction for feeding a tray loaded with products, and an industrial camera is connected to the upper side of the tray feeding machine through an XYZ-axis movement module.

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