Tray Feeding Box With Rotatable Cover For Robotic Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automatic take-out devices for SMT trays are costly and lack effective packaging functionality, failing to meet the needs of materials suppliers in the electronic assembly industry.
Innovation Solution
A tray feeding box design featuring a box body with a rotatable cover and bottom board, allowing for an automatic take-out device to enter and remove trays through a take-out gap, enhancing stability and compatibility with robotic arms for efficient tray extraction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If conventional automatic take-out devices are used, then tray extraction can be automated, but the cost increases and packaging functionality is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The box body is designed to serve dual purposes: it functions as both the packaging container for SMT trays and as the feed mechanism for automatic extraction. The structural features (openings, gaps, board configurations) enable the packaging box itself to guide and facilitate robotic arm access, eliminating the need for separate specialized extraction equipment.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional packaging boxes are used, then packaging functionality is maintained, but automatic take-out operation is not supported
Solution Approach 1:
The box incorporates dynamic access features including a rotatable cover board that can open to provide access to trays, and a take-out gap that allows robotic arms to enter and extract trays. These dynamic elements enable the static packaging structure to adapt and facilitate automatic extraction operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The take-out gap and opening structures serve as intermediary elements between the packaging function and the automatic extraction function. These features mediate between maintaining packaging integrity and enabling robotic access, allowing both functions to coexist without requiring complete structural redesign.
Data Source
AI summary
A tray feeding box includes a box body; a cover, arranged at a first end of the box body; and a bottom board, arranged at a second end of the box body away from the cover. The cover includes at least one first cover arranged at the first end of the box body. The at least one first cover is defined with a first opening. The box body is defined with a take-out gap communicated with the first opening.