1. The utility model provides a FPC balance equipment which characterized in that: the balance device comprises a cabinet, a control device is arranged on the cabinet, a workbench and a balance mechanism are arranged in the cabinet

The conveying device is arranged on one side of the workbench and comprises a front section conveying crawler belt for conveying the FPC and a rear section conveying crawler belt for adjusting the placement position of the FPC, the rear section conveying crawler belt is divided into a plurality of conveying tracks through a partition plate, the plurality of conveying tracks are arranged in parallel, a first adjusting plate and a second adjusting plate are arranged on two sides of the front end of each conveying track, and a position adjusting through opening is formed between the first adjusting plate and the second adjusting plate;

the material tray device is arranged on one side of the conveying device and is provided with a plurality of loading grids for loading the FPC, and the loading grids are in grid shapes arranged at intervals and are arranged corresponding to the conveying track;

and the manipulator device is arranged between the rear-section conveying crawler and the material tray device and is used for putting the FPC on the rear-section conveying crawler into the loading grid of the material tray device.

2. The FPC wobble plate device of claim 1, wherein: the manipulator device comprises a fixed seat, a plurality of suction nozzles and a moving mechanism, wherein the suction nozzles are installed on the fixed seat and can move up and down, the moving mechanism is used for driving the fixed seat to move between the rear-section conveying crawler and the material tray device, and the suction nozzles are arranged at intervals and correspond to the conveying track and the loading grids.

3. The FPC wobble plate device of claim 2, wherein: the balance device further comprises a CCD detection device, wherein the CCD detection device is arranged above the rear-section conveying track and used for detecting the placing position of the FPC on the rear-section conveying track.

4. The FPC wobble plate apparatus of claim 3, wherein: the manipulator device also comprises a rotating mechanism for driving the suction nozzle to rotate, and the rotating mechanism is in signal connection with the CCD detection device.

5. The FPC wobble plate apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: the position adjusting through hole is in a horn shape.

6. A method for controlling an FPC wobble plate device, the method controlling the FPC wobble plate device of any one of claims 1 to 5, the method comprising:

placing the FPC on the front-section conveying track for conveying, forming a position adjusting through hole between the first adjusting plate and the second adjusting plate, and then enabling the FPC to enter respective conveying tracks of the rear-section conveying track after the FPC is placed at a correct position;

the manipulator device adsorbs the FPCs on the plurality of conveying tracks to corresponding loading grids of the tray device.

7. The control method of the FPC wobble plate device of claim 6, wherein: the method also comprises the steps that the CCD detection device detects the placement position of the FPC on the rear-section conveying track, single-angle positioning is carried out on a single FPC, and when a certain FPC has an offset angle, the rotating mechanism is controlled to drive the corresponding suction nozzle to rotate so as to align the angle of the FPC.

Background

A Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) is a highly reliable and excellent Flexible Printed Circuit board made of polyimide or polyester film as a base material. The high-density light-weight LED lamp has the characteristics of high wiring density, light weight, thin thickness and good bending property. The three-dimensional flexible printed circuit board can bear millions of dynamic bending without damaging the lead, can be freely moved and stretched according to the space layout requirement, realizes three-dimensional assembly, achieves the effect of integrating component assembly and lead connection, has incomparable advantages of other types of circuit boards, caters to the trend of downstream electronic products, rapidly permeates into the civil field, and gradually covers various fields such as consumer electronics, automobiles, industrial control, medical treatment, instruments and meters.

The traditional production process of the FPC is material cutting → drilling → PTH → electroplating → pretreatment → dry film pasting → alignment → exposure → development → pattern electroplating → demoulding → pretreatment → dry film pasting → alignment exposure → development → etching → demoulding → surface treatment → laminating film → pressing → curing → nickel deposition → printed characters → cutting → electrical measurement → die cutting → final inspection → packaging → shipment.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to an FPC swinging device and a control method thereof to solve the problems set forth in the above background art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the FPC swinging disk equipment comprises a cabinet, wherein a control device is arranged on the cabinet, a workbench and a swinging disk are arranged in the cabinet

The conveying device is arranged on one side of the workbench and comprises a front section conveying crawler belt for conveying the FPC and a rear section conveying crawler belt for adjusting the placement position of the FPC, the rear section conveying crawler belt is divided into a plurality of conveying tracks through a partition plate, the plurality of conveying tracks are arranged in parallel, a first adjusting plate and a second adjusting plate are arranged on two sides of the front end of each conveying track, and a position adjusting through opening is formed between the first adjusting plate and the second adjusting plate;

the material tray device is arranged on one side of the conveying device and is provided with a plurality of loading grids for loading the FPC, and the loading grids are in grid shapes arranged at intervals and are arranged corresponding to the conveying track;

and the manipulator device is arranged between the rear-section conveying crawler and the material tray device and is used for putting the FPC on the rear-section conveying crawler into the loading grid of the material tray device.

Further, the manipulator device includes the fixing base, install in a plurality of suction nozzles that can reciprocate on the fixing base and be used for driving the fixing base and remove the moving mechanism between back end conveying track and charging tray device, a plurality of suction nozzles interval sets up and with delivery track and loading grid corresponding arrangement.

Further, the balance device further comprises a CCD detection device, wherein the CCD detection device is arranged above the rear-section conveying track and used for detecting the placement position of the FPC on the rear-section conveying track.

Further, the manipulator device also comprises a rotating mechanism for driving the suction nozzle to rotate.

Further, the position adjusting through port is in a horn shape.

A control method of FPC (flexible printed circuit) wobble plate equipment is used for controlling the FPC wobble plate equipment, and comprises the following steps:

placing the FPC on the front-section conveying track for conveying, forming a position adjusting through hole between the first adjusting plate and the second adjusting plate, and then enabling the FPC to enter respective conveying tracks of the rear-section conveying track after the FPC is placed at a correct position;

the manipulator device adsorbs the FPCs on the plurality of conveying tracks to corresponding loading grids of the tray device.

Furthermore, the method also comprises the steps that the CCD detection device detects the placement position of the FPC on the rear-section conveying track, single-angle positioning is carried out on a single FPC, and when a certain FPC has an offset angle, the rotating mechanism is controlled to drive the corresponding suction nozzle to rotate so as to align the angle of the FPC.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the invention conveys the FPC to the rear-section conveying crawler through the front-section conveying crawler, the FPC enters respective conveying rails after being aligned through the position adjusting through port formed between the first adjusting plate and the second adjusting plate, the manipulator device adsorbs the FPCs on the plurality of conveying rails to corresponding loading grids of the material tray device, and the FPC is aligned through adjustment, so that the manipulator device can adsorb the plurality of FPCs to the material tray device at the same time, the production efficiency is improved, the process of automatic arrangement flow line production is realized, the use is convenient, the operation is simple, the efficiency is high, the accuracy is high, the intellectualization, the automation level and the reliability of an FPC product manufacturing enterprise are improved, the strong illumination and fatigue damage of the vision of detection staff are greatly reduced, the detection labor intensity of the staff is reduced, and the occupational health and safety of the detection staff are practically ensured;

2. carry out single angular positioning to single FPC through CCD detection device, when certain FPC angle has the skew, control rotary mechanism drives the rotatory angle in order to put FPC of corresponding suction nozzle, guarantees FPC and can not take place positional deviation for the manipulator device can adsorb a plurality of FPC to the charging tray device simultaneously, has improved production efficiency.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an FPC wobble plate device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the connection structure of a conveying device, a material tray device and a manipulator device in the FPC swinging tray equipment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a conveying device in the FPC wobble plate apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a control method of the FPC wobble plate apparatus of the present invention;

in the figure, 100-cabinet; 1-workbench, 2-conveying device, 21-front section conveying crawler, 22-rear section conveying crawler, 221-separation plate, 222-conveying track, 223-first adjusting plate, 224-second adjusting plate, 225-position adjusting through port, 3-material tray device, 31-loading grid, 4-mechanical arm device, 41-fixing seat, 42-suction nozzle, 6-indicator light and 7 electrical appliance power interface; 8-control device.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides an FPC swing disc device, the swing disc device includes a cabinet 100, the cabinet 100 is a rectangular structure, the upper portion of the cabinet 100 is provided with a plurality of openable glass windows, which is convenient for a worker to observe working conditions in the cabinet 100, the top of the cabinet 100 is provided with an indicator light 6, which enables the worker to visually and timely know working conditions of the cabinet 100, the lower portion of the cabinet is provided with an electrical power source interface 7, the bottom of the cabinet 100 is provided with a plurality of pulleys and support legs, which facilitates movement of the cabinet 100 and enables the cabinet 100 to be placed more stably during working, the cabinet 100 is provided with a control device 8, the inside of which is provided with a workbench 1, a conveying device 2, a tray device 3, a manipulator device 4 and a CCD detection device, the control device 8 includes an operation button, a human-computer interaction display screen and an industrial personal computer, which facilitates operation of, the conveying device 2, the material tray device 3, the mechanical arm device 4, the CCD detection device and the indicator lamp 6 are respectively and electrically connected with the control device 8;

the conveying device 2 is arranged at one side of the workbench 1 and comprises a front section conveying crawler 21 for conveying the FPC, a rear section conveying crawler 22 for adjusting the placing position of the FPC and a driving mechanism for driving the front section conveying crawler 21 and the rear section conveying crawler 22 to convey, wherein two driving mechanisms can be adopted and are respectively used for driving the front section conveying crawler 21 and the rear section conveying crawler 22, so that the conveying speeds of the front section conveying crawler 21 and the rear section conveying crawler 22 can be independently controlled or set to be the same speed and can be driven by a driving motor, the rear section conveying crawler 22 is divided into a plurality of conveying tracks 222 through a partition plate 221, the plurality of conveying tracks 222 are arranged in parallel, a first adjusting plate 223 and a second adjusting plate 224 are arranged at two sides of the front end of each conveying track 222, and a position adjusting through port 225 is formed between the first adjusting plate 223 and the second adjusting plate 224, after the FPC on the front-section conveying crawler 21 is adjusted by the first adjusting plate 223 and the second adjusting plate 224, the FPC is righted, and the FPC respectively enters the conveying track 222 from the position adjusting through hole 225 to form a plurality of rows of FPC combinations distributed at intervals, so that each row of FPC is parallel, single FPC in each row of FPC is arranged at intervals, and the position adjusting through hole 225 is horn-shaped, so that the adjusting route of the FPC is longer, and the adjustment is more accurate;

the CCD detection device is arranged above the rear-section conveying crawler 22 and used for detecting the placement position of the FPC on the rear-section conveying crawler 22, the CCD detection device is a 3D camera and can perform single angle positioning on a single FPC in a specific area of the rear-section conveying crawler 22, judge whether the placement position of the FPC group is offset or not and calculate the offset angle, so that the manipulator device 4 can conveniently adsorb the FPC, and in order to improve the detection precision of the CCD detection device, a light source can be arranged on the rear-section conveying crawler 22 to enhance the brightness and facilitate the identification of the CCD detection device;

the tray device 3 is arranged at one side of the conveying device 2, the tray device 3 is provided with a plurality of loading grids 31 for loading the FPC, and the loading grids 31 are in a grid shape arranged at intervals and are arranged corresponding to the conveying rails 222, so that the manipulator device 4 can work conveniently;

the manipulator device 4 is arranged between the rear-section conveying crawler 22 and the tray device 3 and is used for placing the FPC on the rear-section conveying crawler into the loading grid 31 of the tray device 3, the manipulator device 4 comprises a fixed seat 41, a plurality of suction nozzles 42 which are arranged on the fixed seat 41 and can move up and down, a moving mechanism for driving the fixed seat 41 to move between the rear-section conveying crawler 22 and the tray device 3, and a rotating mechanism for driving the suction nozzles to rotate, and is provided with an air extractor for absorbing air in the suction nozzles 42, the tray openings of the suction nozzles 42 are downward, the suction nozzles 42 are arranged at intervals and are arranged corresponding to the conveying track 222 and the loading grid 31, the moving mechanism can adopt moving air cylinders, the air cylinder shafts of the moving air cylinders are connected with the fixed seat 41, the rotating mechanism can adopt rotating air cylinders which are arranged corresponding to the suction nozzles 42 one by one and are in signal connection with a CCD detection device, when the CCD detection device detects that an angle of a certain FPC is deviated, the deviation angle is sent to the corresponding rotary cylinder, the rotary cylinder drives the corresponding suction nozzle 42 to rotate so as to correct the angle of the FPC, and the PFC group is accurately placed into the loading grid 31 of the tray device 3.

The present embodiment further provides a method for controlling an FPC wobble device, which controls the FPC wobble device, as shown in fig. 4, the method includes the following steps:

s1: placing the FPC on the front-section conveying track for conveying, forming a position adjusting through hole between the first adjusting plate and the second adjusting plate, and then enabling the FPC to enter respective conveying tracks of the rear-section conveying track after the FPC is placed at a correct position;

s2: the CCD detection device detects the placement position of the FPC on the rear-section conveying track, single-angle positioning is carried out on a single FPC, and when a certain FPC has an offset angle, the rotating mechanism is controlled to drive the corresponding suction nozzle to rotate so as to align the angle of the FPC;

s3: the manipulator device adsorbs the FPCs on the plurality of conveying tracks to corresponding loading grids of the tray device.

Specifically, the rear-end conveying track 22 is divided into a plurality of conveying tracks 222 by partition plates 221, the plurality of conveying tracks 222 are arranged in parallel, the FPC placing device is automatically abutted to a client punch press, the client punch press sucks and places punched FPCs on the front-end conveying track, the front-end conveying track conveys the FPCs to the rear-end conveying track 22, the FPCs are adjusted by a first adjusting plate 223 and a second adjusting plate 224 and then placed in right positions, the FPCs respectively enter the respective conveying tracks 222 from a position adjusting through port 225 to form a plurality of rows of spaced FPC combinations, each row of FPCs are parallel, the single FPCs in each row of FPCs are arranged at intervals, a CCD detection device positions the single FPCs in a specific area of the rear-end conveying track 22 at a single angle, whether the placement positions of the FPC groups are deviated or not is judged, when the deviation angles are calculated and sent to corresponding rotary cylinders, and the movable cylinders drive the fixing seats 41 to move above the rear-end conveying track 22, the suction nozzle 42 descends, the air extractor extracts air, the suction nozzle 42 ascends after adsorbing the FPC group at the same time, the corresponding rotary air cylinder rotates the corresponding suction nozzle 42 according to the offset angle to correct the angle of the FPC, the movable air cylinder drives the fixed seat 41 to move to the position above the material tray device 3, the suction nozzle 42 descends, the air extractor exhausts air, the FPC group is placed into the corresponding loading grid 31 of the material tray device 3 at the same time, and the operation is repeated.

The invention conveys the FPC to the rear-section conveying crawler through the front-section conveying crawler, the FPC enters respective conveying rails after being aligned through the position adjusting through port formed between the first adjusting plate and the second adjusting plate, the manipulator device adsorbs the FPCs on the plurality of conveying rails to corresponding loading grids of the material tray device, and the FPC is aligned through adjustment, so that the manipulator device can adsorb the plurality of FPCs to the material tray device at the same time, the production efficiency is improved, the process of automatic arrangement flow line production is realized, the use is convenient, the operation is simple, the efficiency is high, the accuracy is high, the intellectualization, the automation level and the reliability of an FPC product manufacturing enterprise are improved, the strong illumination and fatigue damage of the vision of detection staff are greatly reduced, the detection labor intensity of the staff is reduced, and the occupational health and safety of the detection staff are practically ensured; carry out single angular positioning to single FPC through CCD detection device, when certain FPC angle has the skew, control rotary mechanism drives the rotatory angle in order to put FPC of corresponding suction nozzle, guarantees FPC and can not take place positional deviation for the manipulator device can adsorb a plurality of FPC to the charging tray device simultaneously, has improved production efficiency.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes in the embodiments and/or modifications of the invention can be made, and equivalents and modifications of some features of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.