RU2276067C2 - Method and device for orientating articles of different shape at transportation - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: radio electronic engineering.

SUBSTANCE: method and device can be used for building completely new small-sized surface mounting automatic machines. According to the method, articles are supplied from cassette to transportation surface for subsequent supply into area of formation of line sequence, which is orientated along transfer element. Reception and subsequent transferring of articles to common carrier for corresponding fixation onto is carried out by means of transfer elements for rotation. Transportation surface is made at angle to horizontal plane. Entrance and exit from transportation surface of mentioned area for forming line sequence is disposed correspondingly at lower and higher levels on surface of transportation. Mentioned area for forming line sequence is made in form of motionless guide, which is orientated along surface of transportation.

EFFECT: improved reliability of operation.

2 cl, 3 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular to a method and device for orienting products of various shapes, for example, electronic components, during their transportation, and can be used in small-sized surface mount machines.

A known method of orienting products of various shapes during their transportation (see application No. 2001121961 dated 08/07/2001), according to which the product, which is on its surface on the surface of revolution, is informed of a shifted radial force by offset radial guides, while the formation of the horizontal sequence is carried out by displacement of each product of the horizontal sequence by the corresponding radius of the screwed or unscrewed part of the spiral by means of the corresponding displaced radial guides That a discrete step, followed by a general or sequential displacement or horizontal sequence steer formed product to the zone receiving the horizontal sequence, where it is held until the simultaneous transfer it to the common carrier for the corresponding fixation (prototype).

The known prototype has technological capabilities, which consist in the possibility, by means of a conveying surface and offset radial guides, of supplying uniquely oriented products that are randomly dropped onto a conveying surface to a previously selected point on the conveying surface, where they can also be held with a previously selected orientation, while for reception and subsequent transfer of the product uses the simplest element - a surface moistened with water, which allows use it in high-speed technology of surface mounting, while the reliability of receiving a product of various shapes substantially depends on the stability of the selected orientation of the product in the formation zone of the horizontal sequence or in the reception zone, and for this it is necessary to introduce restrictions on the degree of its freedom. On the other hand, for the formation of a horizontal sequence, for example, from one product, which is located in one of the extreme positional positions of the horizontal sequence, an almost complete revolution of the conveying surface is required, which ultimately reduces the speed of the surface mount automaton, which is not desirable.

The technological and technical result of the proposed invention is to increase the reliability of the known method and increase the speed parameters by introducing additional operations, in particular, the fixed guide is oriented along the transport surface with linear displacement and at an angle to the horizontal plane, while the entrance of the reception area and its exit on the transportation surface are respectively, at the lower and upper levels vertically, and the middle part of the reception area is performed with the ability to rrektirovki orientation articles fed from the cassette for subsequent reception article transfer member.

The specified technological and technical result is achieved by the following method and device.

The method of orienting products of various shapes during their transportation, according to which products from the cartridge are fed to the conveyor surface for subsequent supply to the zone for forming a horizontal sequence, which is oriented along the transfer element, the reception and subsequent transfer of products to a common carrier for appropriate fixing on it is carried out by rotation elements with the possibility of rotation, while the transportation surface is performed at an angle to the horizontal plane, while the input and the exit to the transport surface of the specified zone for forming the horizontal sequence is located respectively at the lower and upper level on the transport surface, and the specified zone for forming the horizontal sequence is made in the form of a fixed guide, which is oriented along the transport surface.

The device for orienting products of various shapes during their transportation contains a transport surface over which there is a cassette with products for sequentially supplying them to the transport surface, a guide for forming a horizontal sequence in the form of a fixed plate, over which there is a transfer element of a set of transfer elements that are rotatable under which there is a common carrier with the possibility of bias for receiving products lowercase follower spine with transfer elements, wherein the conveying surface is inclined to the horizontal plane of the tape, said fixed plate is oriented along the conveying surface.

Figure 1-3 shows a device that implements the proposed method.

The device comprises a transporting surface 1 with a possibility of displacement, over which there is a cartridge 2 with products 3 for sequentially supplying 4 of them to the transporting surface 1, a guide in the form of a plate 5, over which there is a transfer element 6 of a set of transfer elements that are rotatable, under which are the common carrier with the possibility of bias for receiving products of the lower order from the transfer elements 6, while the guide in the form of a plate 5 is made with ribs rigidly spans 7 and 8 and is fixed on an inclined belt surface of the transport 1, and the input 9 and the output 10 of the guide are made in the form of a groove face in the plate 5 with an offset relative to each other.

The operation of the device is as follows.

On the transportation surface 1 with the possibility of bias 11 serves 4 products 12 from the cassette 2 for subsequent feeding them into the receiving zone or input 9, and the receiving zone for forming the horizontal sequence is made in the form of a fixed guide 5, which is oriented along the transfer element 6 and along which form a lowercase sequence of products of architectural composition. Reception and subsequent transfer of products to a common carrier for appropriate fixation on it is carried out by means of transfer elements 6 with the possibility of rotation. The fixed guide 5 is oriented along the transport surface 1 with a linear displacement of 11 and at an angle to the horizontal plane, while the entrance 9 of the receiving zone and the exit 10 of it on the transport surface 1 are positioned vertically at the lower and upper levels, respectively, and the middle part of the receiving zone 13 is with the possibility of adjusting the orientation of the products supplied from the cartridge for subsequent reception of the product by the transfer element 6.

In other words, during rotation 14 of the cartridge 2 with the products 3, which are pre-installed in it in accordance with the supply sequence 4 of them to the transport surface 1 for the sequential formation of the architectural composition of the lowercase sequences, sequentially reset 4 products 12 to the input 9 of the guide 5, where the reset the product is oriented 15 and is in a constant and unambiguous position at the output 10 until it is received on the transfer element 6 for subsequent installation of the product on a common carrier.

The use of the invention improves the reliability of small-sized surface-mount machines with a simultaneous increase in their speed parameters.

Claims (2)

1. A method of orienting products of various shapes during their transportation, according to which products from the cartridge are fed to the transportation surface for their subsequent supply to the zone for forming a horizontal sequence, which is oriented along the transfer element, the reception and subsequent transfer of products to a common carrier for corresponding fixation on it carried out by means of transfer elements with the possibility of rotation, characterized in that the conveying surface is performed at an angle to the horizontal plane , while the entrance and exit to the transport surface of the specified zone for forming the horizontal sequence are located respectively at the lower and upper levels on the transport surface, and this zone for forming the horizontal sequence is made in the form of a fixed guide, which is oriented along the transport surface. 2. A device for orienting products of various shapes during transportation, comprising a conveying surface over which there is a cassette with products for sequentially supplying them to the conveying surface, a guide for forming a horizontal sequence in the form of a fixed plate, over which there is a transfer element of the set of transfer elements that are made rotatable, under which there is a common carrier with the possibility of displacement for receiving products elnosti with transfer elements, characterized in that the transporting surface is inclined to the horizontal plane of the tape, said fixed plate is oriented along the conveying surface

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