阅读说明：本技术 一种曝光机自动上下料系统及方法 (Automatic feeding and discharging system and method for exposure machine ) 是由 赵涛 周超 陈国军 吴景舟 马迪 于 2020-10-23 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明揭示了一种曝光机自动上下料系统及方法,所述系统包括上料机、曝光机、下料机和上下料控制装置,上料机将上料台上的被曝光物体沿上料方向移动到第一上料口,自第一上料口沿与上料方向相垂直的进料方向输送给曝光机的预上料区；曝光机的预上料区将被曝光物体输送到曝光区进行曝光,曝光后经曝光机的下料区输送给下料机；曝光后的被曝光物体自下料机的第一下料口沿与进料方向相同的出料方向输送给下料台,在下料台上沿与出料方向相垂直的下料方向下料。本发明实现了曝光机上下料过程的全自动化,自动化程度高,生产效率高,且减少了生产时的人力成本。(The invention discloses an automatic loading and unloading system and a method for an exposure machine, wherein the system comprises a loading machine, the exposure machine, a blanking machine and a loading and unloading control device, wherein the loading machine moves an exposed object on a loading platform to a first loading port along a loading direction, and the exposed object is conveyed to a pre-loading area of the exposure machine from the first loading port along a feeding direction vertical to the loading direction; the pre-loading area of the exposure machine conveys an exposed object to the exposure area for exposure, and the exposed object is conveyed to a blanking machine through the blanking area of the exposure machine; the exposed object is conveyed to the blanking table from a first blanking port of the blanking machine along the same discharging direction as the feeding direction, and blanking is carried out on the blanking table along the blanking direction vertical to the discharging direction. The automatic feeding and discharging device realizes full automation of the feeding and discharging process of the exposure machine, has high automation degree and high production efficiency, and reduces the labor cost in production.)

1. The utility model provides an automatic unloading system of going up of exposure machine which characterized in that, the system includes:

the exposure device comprises a feeding machine, a first positioning device and a second positioning device, wherein the feeding machine comprises a feeding platform and a first feeding port arranged on the feeding platform, at least one exposed object is placed on the feeding platform, the exposed object moves to the first feeding port on the feeding platform along the feeding direction and is conveyed to the exposure machine from the first feeding port along the feeding direction perpendicular to the feeding direction, and the placing direction of the exposed object on the feeding platform is perpendicular to the feeding direction and the feeding direction;

the exposure machine comprises a pre-loading area, an exposure area and a blanking area which are sequentially distributed in the same direction as the feeding direction, the pre-loading area is in butt joint with a first loading port, an exposed object conveyed from the first loading port is conveyed to the exposure area through the pre-loading area for exposure, the exposed object is conveyed to the blanking machine through the blanking area after exposure, the exposure area comprises an exposure light source, and the light source irradiated by the exposure light source is vertical to the exposure surface of the exposed object;

the blanking machine comprises a blanking table and a first blanking port arranged on the blanking table, the first blanking port is in butt joint with the blanking area, an exposed object is conveyed to the blanking table from the first blanking port along a discharging direction which is the same as the feeding direction, the exposed object is blanked on the blanking table along a blanking direction which is vertical to the discharging direction, and the placing direction of the exposed object on the blanking table is vertical to both the discharging direction and the blanking direction;

and the feeding and discharging control device is connected with the feeding machine, the exposure machine and the discharging machine and used for controlling the feeding machine, the exposure machine and the discharging machine to respectively perform feeding, exposure and discharging.

2. The automatic loading and unloading system of claim 1, wherein the loader comprises a loading frame disposed on the loading table, a transmission device and a guide rail, the object to be exposed is clamped on the loading frame, the guide rail extends along the loading direction on the loading table, and the transmission device is connected to the loading frame to drive the loading frame to move along the guide rail.

3. The automatic loading and unloading system of claim 2, wherein the loading frame comprises a guide groove plate and a slot column, the guide groove plate is located on the loading table, and a plurality of guide grooves are arranged on the guide groove plate, the plurality of guide grooves extend in the loading direction on the loading table, and each guide groove extends in the feeding direction; the one end of draw-in groove post and the one end looks fixed connection that the guide way board is close to first material loading mouth, just the draw-in groove post sets up to the direction slope that is close to the guide way board, set up a plurality of draw-in grooves with the guide slot one-to-one on the draw-in groove post, every bottom by the exposure object with a side end adjacent with the bottom block respectively arrange the guide slot in and the draw-in groove that corresponds.

4. The automatic loading and unloading system of claim 3, wherein the first loading port is disposed at one side end of the loading platform in the feeding direction, and the loading frame moves the guide groove for placing the object to be exposed to the first loading port under the driving of the transmission device.

5. The automatic loading and unloading system of the exposure machine according to claim 1, wherein the exposure machine is an LDI laser direct writing type exposure machine, a second loading port is arranged on one side of the exposure machine close to the pre-loading area, and the second loading port is in butt joint with the first loading port of the loading machine; one side of the exposure machine, which is close to the blanking area, is provided with a second blanking opening, and the second blanking opening is in butt joint with the first blanking opening of the blanking machine.

6. The automatic loading and unloading system of claim 4, wherein the structure of the unloading machine is the same as that of the loading machine.

7. An automatic loading and unloading method for an exposure machine, based on the automatic loading and unloading system for the exposure machine as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 6, is characterized by comprising the following steps:

s100, moving an exposed object on a feeding table to a first feeding port by a feeding machine along a feeding direction, and conveying the exposed object to a pre-feeding area of the exposure machine from the first feeding port along a feeding direction vertical to the feeding direction;

s200, conveying an exposed object to an exposure area for exposure by a pre-loading area of the exposure machine, and conveying the exposed object to a blanking machine through a blanking area of the exposure machine after exposure;

s300, conveying the exposed object to a blanking table from a first blanking port of a blanking machine along a discharging direction which is the same as the feeding direction, and blanking on the blanking table along a blanking direction which is vertical to the discharging direction.

8. The automatic loading and unloading method for exposure machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the 100 comprises the following steps:

s101, judging whether an exposed object exists in a guide groove on a feeding frame, if so, moving the guide groove with the exposed object to a first feeding port, and waiting for feeding;

s102, conveying the exposed object in the guide groove to a pre-feeding area of an exposure machine through a first feeding port along a feeding direction;

s103, moving the feeding frame to the next guide groove along the feeding direction, repeating the steps S101-103 until all the guide grooves with the exposed objects on the feeding frame are completely fed, returning the feeding frame to the initial position, and waiting for the exposed objects to be reloaded.

9. The automatic loading and unloading method for exposure machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the 200 comprises the following steps:

s201, exposing the exposed object by an exposure area of an exposure machine, and entering S202 after the exposure is finished;

s202, judging whether an object to be exposed exists in the pre-loading area, if so, moving the object to be exposed in the exposure area to the blanking area, synchronously transferring the object to be exposed in the pre-loading area to the exposure area, continuing to execute the step S201 in the exposure area, and if not, entering the step S203;

s203, prompting the feeding machine to feed, and entering the step S202 after feeding;

s204, the exposed object is transferred to a blanking machine or temporarily stored on the blanking area by the blanking area;

s205, steps S201 to S204 are repeated.

10. The automatic loading and unloading method for exposure machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the method 300 comprises the following steps:

s301, judging whether the guide groove on the blanking frame has an exposed object, if not, moving the guide groove without the exposed object to a first blanking port to wait for material receiving;

s302, conveying the exposed object in the blanking area of the exposure machine to a guide groove on a blanking frame through a first blanking port along the discharging direction;

s303, moving the blanking frame to the next guide groove along the blanking direction, and repeating the steps S301-303 until all the guide grooves without the exposed object on the blanking frame are completely received.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a feeding and discharging technology of an exposure machine, in particular to an automatic feeding and discharging system and method of the exposure machine.

Background

The existing charging and discharging process of the exposure machine basically carries out charging and discharging respectively through manual operation, the automation degree is low, the production efficiency is low, errors are easy to occur in manual operation, and the reliability is low. In addition, the enterprise needs to hire employees, which results in high labor cost, and unstable employees and difficulty in enterprise recruitment caused by high mobility of employees, which affect the production efficiency of the exposure machine.

In view of the above-mentioned defects of low automation degree, low production efficiency, high labor cost and the like in the loading and unloading of the conventional exposure machine, there is a need for improvement.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides an automatic loading and unloading system and method for an exposure machine.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: an automatic unloading system of going up of exposure machine includes:

the exposure device comprises a feeding machine, a first positioning device and a second positioning device, wherein the feeding machine comprises a feeding platform and a first feeding port arranged on the feeding platform, at least one exposed object is placed on the feeding platform, the exposed object moves to the first feeding port on the feeding platform along the feeding direction and is conveyed to the exposure machine from the first feeding port along the feeding direction perpendicular to the feeding direction, and the placing direction of the exposed object on the feeding platform is perpendicular to the feeding direction and the feeding direction;

the exposure machine comprises a pre-loading area, an exposure area and a blanking area which are sequentially distributed in the same direction as the feeding direction, the pre-loading area is in butt joint with a first loading port, an exposed object conveyed from the first loading port is conveyed to the exposure area through the pre-loading area for exposure, the exposed object is conveyed to the blanking machine through the blanking area after exposure, the exposure area comprises an exposure light source, and the light source irradiated by the exposure light source is vertical to the exposure surface of the exposed object;

the blanking machine comprises a blanking table and a first blanking port arranged on the blanking table, the first blanking port is in butt joint with the blanking area, an exposed object is conveyed to the blanking table from the first blanking port along a discharging direction which is the same as the feeding direction, the exposed object is blanked on the blanking table along a blanking direction which is vertical to the discharging direction, and the placing direction of the exposed object on the blanking table is vertical to both the discharging direction and the blanking direction;

and the feeding and discharging control device is connected with the feeding machine, the exposure machine and the discharging machine and used for controlling the feeding machine, the exposure machine and the discharging machine to respectively perform feeding, exposure and discharging.

Preferably, the feeding machine comprises a feeding frame arranged on the feeding table, a transmission device and a guide rail, the exposed object is clamped on the feeding frame, the guide rail extends along the feeding direction on the feeding table, and the transmission device is connected with the feeding frame and drives the feeding frame to move along the guide rail.

Preferably, the feeding frame comprises a guide groove plate and a clamping groove column, the guide groove plate is positioned on the feeding table, a plurality of guide grooves are formed in the guide groove plate, the guide grooves extend along the feeding direction on the feeding table, and each guide groove extends along the feeding direction; the one end of draw-in groove post and the one end looks fixed connection that the guide way board is close to first material loading mouth, just the draw-in groove post sets up to the direction slope that is close to the guide way board, set up a plurality of draw-in grooves with the guide slot one-to-one on the draw-in groove post, every bottom by the exposure object with a side end adjacent with the bottom block respectively arrange the guide slot in and the draw-in groove that corresponds.

Preferably, the first material loading opening is arranged at one side end of the material loading platform, which is located in the material loading direction, and the material loading frame moves the guide groove for placing the exposed object to the first material loading opening under the driving of the transmission device.

Preferably, the exposure machine is an LDI laser direct writing type exposure machine, a second feeding port is arranged on one side of the exposure machine close to the pre-feeding area, and the second feeding port is in butt joint with the first feeding port of the feeding machine; one side of the exposure machine, which is close to the blanking area, is provided with a second blanking opening, and the second blanking opening is in butt joint with the first blanking opening of the blanking machine.

Preferably, the structure of the blanking machine is the same as that of the feeding machine.

The invention also discloses another technical scheme: an automatic loading and unloading method for an exposure machine comprises the following steps:

s100, moving an exposed object on a feeding table to a first feeding port by a feeding machine along a feeding direction, and conveying the exposed object to a pre-feeding area of the exposure machine from the first feeding port along a feeding direction vertical to the feeding direction;

s200, conveying an exposed object to an exposure area for exposure by a pre-loading area of the exposure machine, and conveying the exposed object to a blanking machine through a blanking area of the exposure machine after exposure;

s300, conveying the exposed object to a blanking table from a first blanking port of a blanking machine along a discharging direction which is the same as the feeding direction, and blanking on the blanking table along a blanking direction which is vertical to the discharging direction.

Preferably, said 100 comprises the steps of:

s101, judging whether an exposed object exists in a guide groove on a feeding frame, if so, moving the guide groove with the exposed object to a first feeding port, and waiting for feeding;

s102, conveying the exposed object in the guide groove to a pre-feeding area of an exposure machine through a first feeding port along a feeding direction;

s103, moving the feeding frame to the next guide groove along the feeding direction, repeating the steps S101-103 until all the guide grooves with the exposed objects on the feeding frame are completely fed, returning the feeding frame to the initial position, and waiting for the exposed objects to be reloaded.

Preferably, the method 200 comprises the steps of:

s201, exposing the exposed object by an exposure area of an exposure machine, and entering S202 after the exposure is finished;

s202, judging whether an object to be exposed exists in the pre-loading area, if so, moving the object to be exposed in the exposure area to the blanking area, synchronously transferring the object to be exposed in the pre-loading area to the exposure area, continuing to execute the step S201 in the exposure area, and if not, entering the step S203;

s203, prompting the feeding machine to feed, and entering the step S202 after feeding;

s204, the exposed object is transferred to a blanking machine or temporarily stored on the blanking area by the blanking area;

s205, steps S201 to S204 are repeated.

Preferably, the method 300 comprises the steps of:

s301, judging whether the guide groove on the blanking frame has an exposed object, if not, moving the guide groove without the exposed object to a first blanking port to wait for material receiving;

s302, conveying the exposed object in the blanking area of the exposure machine to a guide groove on a blanking frame through a first blanking port along the discharging direction;

s303, moving the blanking frame to the next guide groove along the blanking direction, and repeating the steps S301-303 until all the guide grooves without the exposed object on the blanking frame are completely received.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. according to the invention, through the three feeding machines, the exposure machine and the blanking machine which are separated and mutually matched, the full automation of the feeding and blanking process of the exposure machine is realized under the control of the feeding and blanking control device, the automation degree is high, the production efficiency is high, the labor cost in production is reduced, and the butt joint of a factory assembly line is convenient.

2. The exposure machine is provided with the pre-feeding area and the blanking area, so that the feeding and blanking time of the exposure machine is saved, and the production efficiency is improved.

3. The invention sets the feeding direction and the blanking direction of the exposed object to be the direction vertical to the direction of the exposed surface of the exposed object, thereby saving the space of the equipment.

4. The exposure machine is a film-free LDI (laser direct imaging) laser direct writing type exposure machine, wherein a light source irradiates a laser beam onto a digital micromirror array (DMD (digital micromirror device), and the laser beam is reflected to an exposed object by the DMD, so that the exposed object (such as a screen printing plate) with high pattern precision can be manufactured.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the system of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the system of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the feeder of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a loading flow path of the loader of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the exposure machine of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the exposure machine of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing an exposure process of the exposure machine of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view of the blanking machine of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the blanking process of the blanking machine of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flow diagram of the method of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

10. the device comprises a feeding machine, 11, a feeding table, 12, a feeding frame, 121, a first guide groove plate, 1211, a first guide groove, 122, a first clamping groove column, 1221, a first clamping groove, 13, a first transmission device, 14, a first guide rail, 15, a first feeding port, 20, an exposure machine, 21, a pre-feeding area, 22, an exposure area, 23, a blanking area, 24, a beam frame, 25, an exposure light source, 26, a fixed clamping plate, 27, a movable clamping plate, 30, a blanking machine, 31, a blanking table, 32, a blanking frame, 321, a second guide groove plate, 3211, a second guide groove, 322, a second clamping groove column, 3221, a second clamping groove, 33, a second transmission device, 34, a second guide rail, 35, a first blanking port, a feeding direction, b, a feeding direction, c, a blanking direction, d, a discharging direction, 40, an exposure object, 41, and an exposure surface.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the present invention.

The automatic feeding and discharging system and method for the exposure machine, disclosed by the invention, have the advantages that the full automation of the feeding and discharging process of the exposure machine is realized, the automation degree is high, the production efficiency is high, and the labor cost in production is reduced.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the automatic loading and unloading system for the exposure machine disclosed by the invention comprises a loading machine 10, an exposure machine 20, an unloading machine 30 and an loading and unloading control device, wherein the loading machine 10, the exposure machine 20 and the unloading machine 30 are all connected with the loading and unloading control device, and the loading, exposure and unloading processes of the exposure machine 20 are completed in a matched manner under the control of the loading and unloading control device.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the feeding machine 10 specifically includes a feeding table 11, a feeding frame 12, a first transmission device 13, a first guide rail 14, and a first feeding port 15, where the first guide rail 14 extends along a feeding direction a on the feeding table 11, and is configured to provide a guiding function of the feeding frame 12 for feeding along the feeding direction a, and one or more first guide rails 14 may be disposed on the feeding table 11, in this embodiment, two first guide rails 14 are disposed on the feeding table 11. The loading frame 12 is slidably disposed on the first guide rail 14, can slide back and forth along the first guide rail 14, and is used for accommodating an object to be exposed 40 (such as a screen) to be loaded and transferring the object to be exposed 40 to the first loading port 15. The first transmission device 13 is connected to the feeding frame 12 and configured to drive the feeding frame 12 to slide along the first guide rail 14, and in practice, the first transmission device 13 may adopt a driving motor. The first feeding port 15 is disposed at one side end of the feeding table 11, and the side end is in the same direction as the feeding direction a. The loading frame 12 is driven by the first transmission device 13 to move the object 40 to be exposed thereon to the first loading opening 15 along the first guide rail 14, and the object is conveyed to the exposure machine 20 from the first loading opening 15 along the feeding direction b perpendicular to the loading direction a.

In this embodiment, the feeding frame 12 specifically includes a first guiding groove plate 121 and a first slot locking column 122, wherein the first guiding groove plate 121 is slidably located on the first guiding rail 14, a plurality of first guiding grooves 1211 are disposed on the first guiding groove plate 121, the plurality of first guiding grooves 1211 extend along the feeding direction a on the feeding table 11, and each first guiding groove 1211 extends along the feeding direction b. One end of the first slot column 122 is fixedly connected to one end of the first slot guide plate 121 close to the first feeding opening 15, the first slot column 122 is inclined toward the direction close to the first slot guide plate 121, the first slot column 122 is provided with a plurality of first slots 1221 corresponding to the first slots 1211 one to one, and the bottom end and one side end adjacent to the bottom end of each exposed object 40 are respectively clamped in the first slots 1211 and the corresponding first slots 1221. In this embodiment, the first groove guide plate 121 is provided with 10 first guide grooves 1211, the first guide grooves 1211 are U-shaped, and the first groove column 122 is correspondingly provided with 10 first grooves 1221, that is, each loading frame 12 can load up to 10 objects 40 to be exposed at a time. Each first guide groove 1211 and the corresponding first slot 1221 form a first trough for accommodating one object 40 to be exposed, the placement direction of the object 40 to be exposed in the trough is perpendicular to both the feeding direction a and the feeding direction b, that is, each object 40 to be exposed is vertically arranged on the feeding table 11, and the plurality of objects 40 to be exposed on the feeding rack 12 are distributed along the feeding direction a. Among the plurality of bins, some bins may be used to place the object 40 to be exposed, and some bins may be used to place no object 40 to be exposed, i.e., may be empty.

The loader 10 further includes a loading sensor (not shown) for detecting whether the object 40 to be exposed is in the trough.

As shown in fig. 4, the working principle of the feeding machine 10 is specifically as follows: placing the exposed object 40 into a material groove of a material loading frame 12, pressing a start button, judging whether the exposed object 40 exists in a first guide groove 1211 on the material loading frame 12 by a material loading sensor, if so, moving the first guide groove 1211 with the exposed object 40 to a first material loading port 15 to wait for material loading, and then conveying the exposed object 40 in the first guide groove 1211 to the exposure machine 20 through the first material loading port 15 along a material feeding direction b; then, the feeding frame 12 moves to the next first guide groove 1211 along the feeding direction a, and the above steps are repeated until all the first guide grooves 1211 with the exposed object 40 on the feeding frame 12 are completely fed, and the feeding frame 12 returns to the initial position to wait for the exposed object 40 to be reloaded.

As shown in fig. 2, 5 and 6, the exposure machine 20 specifically includes a pre-loading area 21, an exposure area 22 and a blanking area 23, wherein the pre-loading area 21, the exposure area 22 and the blanking area 23 are sequentially distributed on the exposure machine 20 along the same direction as the feeding direction b, and a second loading port (not shown) is disposed on one side of the exposure machine 20 close to the pre-loading area 21, and the second loading port is in butt joint with the first loading port 15 of the loading machine 10; a second feeding opening (not shown) is disposed at a side of the exposure machine 20 close to the feeding area 23, and the second feeding opening is in butt joint with the first feeding opening of the feeding machine 30.

In this embodiment, the exposure machine 20 is a vertical LDI laser direct writing exposure machine without a film, and specifically includes a beam frame 24, an exposure light source 25, a fixing clamp plate 26 and a moving clamp plate 27, wherein the exposure light source 25 is fixed on the beam frame 24, the beam frame 24 can move on the exposure machine 20 in the vertical direction, the fixing clamp plate 26 is fixedly disposed, and the moving clamp plate 27 can move up and down relative to the fixing clamp plate 26. A working area is formed between the movable clamping plate 27 and the fixed clamping plate 26, the working area comprises a pre-feeding area 21, an exposure area 22 and a blanking area 23, and the working area is arranged at an angle with the installation base surface. The mounting base is the plane on which the exposure machine is arranged and placed, and is usually the ground. In this embodiment, the working area is perpendicular to the mounting base surface. The object 40 to be exposed on the exposure machine 20 is disposed vertically and is fixed between the fixed clamp 26 and the movable clamp 27. The exposure light source 25 irradiates a light source perpendicular to the exposure surface 41 of the object 40 to be exposed. The exposure light source 25 exposes the object 40 to be exposed held between the fixed clamp 26 and the movable clamp 27 by being driven by the beam frame 24. The present invention is not described with respect to how the driving structure for the beam frame 24 to move in the vertical direction is realized on the exposure machine 20, and the present invention is applicable to any driving structure that can drive the beam frame to move in the vertical direction on the exposure machine 20.

The pre-loading area 21, the exposure area 22 and the unloading area 23 are respectively provided with a pre-loading sensor (not shown), an in-position sensor (not shown) and an unloading sensor (not shown) for detecting whether the object 40 to be exposed exists.

The pre-loading area 21 of the exposure machine 20 can pre-place one or more objects to be exposed 40 when the exposure area 22 works, and detect the existence of the objects to be exposed 40 by matching with the pre-loading sensor; after the object 40 to be exposed in the exposure region 22 is completely exposed, the object 40 to be exposed in the exposure region 22 is moved to the blanking region 23, and the object 40 to be exposed in the pre-loading region 21 is synchronously moved to the exposure region 22. The in-position sensor of the exposure area 22 is used to detect whether the object 40 to be exposed is in position, and if so, the object 40 to be exposed is held between the fixed clamp 26 and the movable clamp 27, and the exposure work is automatically performed. The blanking area 23 cooperates with a blanking sensor to transfer the exposed object 40 to the blanking machine 10 or temporarily store the object in the blanking area 23.

As shown in fig. 7, the operation principle of the exposure machine 20 is specifically as follows: the exposure area 22 of the exposure machine 20 exposes the exposed object 40, after exposure is completed, whether the pre-loading area 21 has the exposed object 40 is judged through the pre-loading sensor, whether the blanking area 23 has the exposed object 40 is judged through the blanking sensor of the blanking area 23, if the pre-loading area 21 and the blanking area 23 both have the exposed object 40, the pre-loading area 21, the exposure area 22 and the blanking area 23 move simultaneously, specifically, the blanking area 23 moves the exposed object 40 to the blanking machine 30, the exposed object 40 of the exposure area 22 moves to the blanking area 23, the exposed object 40 of the pre-loading area 21 is synchronously moved to the exposure area 22, and after the in-position sensor of the exposure area 22 detects the exposed object 40, the exposure action is executed. If the pre-loading area 21 has the object 40 to be exposed and the blanking area 23 does not have the object 40 to be exposed, the pre-loading area 21 and the exposure area 22 move simultaneously, specifically, the object 40 to be exposed in the exposure area 22 moves to the blanking area 23, the object 40 to be exposed in the pre-loading area 21 is synchronously moved to the exposure area 22, and the exposure operation is executed after the in-place sensor in the exposure area 22 detects the object 40 to be exposed. If the pre-loading area 21 does not have the exposed object 40 and the blanking area 23 has the exposed object 40, the pre-loading area 21 prompts the loading machine 10 to load, the exposure area 22 and the blanking area 23 move simultaneously, specifically, the blanking area 23 moves the exposed object 40 to the blanking machine 30, the exposed object 40 in the exposure area 22 moves to the blanking area 30, and the position sensor in the exposure area 22 prompts the pre-loading area 21 to move to load after detecting that no exposed object exists.

The blanking machine 30 has the same structure as the feeding machine 10, and as shown in fig. 8 and 9, specifically includes a blanking table 31, a blanking frame 32, a second transmission device 33, a second guide rail 34, and a first blanking port 35, where the second guide rail 34 extends on the blanking table 31 along a blanking direction c, and is used for providing a guiding function for blanking the blanking frame 32 along the blanking direction c, and one or more second guide rails 34 may be disposed on the blanking table 31, in this embodiment, two second guide rails 34 are disposed on the blanking table 31. The blanking frame 32 is slidably disposed on the second guide rail 34, can slide back and forth along the second guide rail 34, and is used for receiving the blanked object 40 to be exposed from the first blanking port 35. The second transmission device 33 is connected to the blanking frame 32 and is used for driving the blanking frame 32 to slide along the second guide rail 34, and in practice, the second transmission device 33 can adopt a driving motor. The first discharging opening 35 is disposed at one side end of the discharging table 31, and the side end is in the same direction as the discharging direction c. The blanking frame 32 moves along the second guide rail 34 to the first blanking opening 35 under the driving of the second transmission device 33, and receives the object 40 to be exposed blanked from the blanking area 23 from the first blanking opening 35 along the blanking direction d perpendicular to the blanking direction c.

In this embodiment, the feeding frame 32 specifically includes a second slot guiding plate 321 and a second slot locking column 322, wherein the second slot guiding plate 321 is slidably located on the second guide rail 34, the second slot guiding plate 321 is provided with a plurality of second guide slots 3211, the plurality of second guide slots 3211 extend along the feeding direction d on the feeding table 11, and each second guide slot 3211 extends along the feeding direction d. One end of the second slot pillar 322 is fixedly connected to one end of the second slot guide plate 321 close to the first discharging opening 35, the second slot pillar 322 is inclined toward the second slot guide plate 321, the second slot pillar 322 is provided with a plurality of second slots 3221 corresponding to the second slots 3211, and the bottom end and one side end adjacent to the bottom end of each exposed object 40 are respectively clamped in the second slots 3211 and the corresponding second slots 3221. In this embodiment, the second slot guide plate 321 is provided with 10 second slot guides 3211, the second slot guides 3211 are U-shaped slot guides, and the second slot guide 322 is correspondingly provided with 10 second slots 3221, that is, each blanking frame 32 can unload 10 exposed objects 40 at most once. Each second guiding groove 3211 and the corresponding second slot 3221 form a trough for accommodating one object 40 to be exposed, the placing direction of the object 40 to be exposed in the trough is perpendicular to both the feeding direction c and the discharging direction d, that is, each object 40 to be exposed is vertically arranged on the feeding table 31, and the plurality of objects 40 to be exposed on the feeding frame 32 are distributed along the feeding direction c. Among the plurality of tanks, some tanks may hold the object to be exposed 40, and some tanks may not hold the object to be exposed 40.

The feeding unit 30 further includes a feeding sensor (not shown) for detecting whether the object 40 is located in the trough.

As shown in fig. 9, the working principle of the blanking machine 30 is specifically as follows: pressing a start button, judging whether the second guide groove 3211 on the blanking frame 32 has the exposed object 40 by a blanking sensor, if not, moving the second guide groove 3211 to the first blanking port 35 to wait for material receiving, and then conveying the exposed object 40 in the blanking area 23 of the exposure machine to the second guide groove 3211 on the blanking frame 32 through the first blanking port 35 along the discharging direction d; then, the blanking frame 32 moves to the next second guiding groove 3211 along the blanking direction c, and the above steps are repeated until all the second guiding grooves 3211 of all the objects 40 on the blanking frame 32 without being exposed are completely received.

Referring to fig. 10, the automatic loading and unloading method for an exposure machine disclosed by the present invention includes the following steps:

s100, the loader 10 moves the object 40 to be exposed on the loading platform 11 to the first loading port 15 along the loading direction a, and conveys the object from the first loading port 15 to the pre-loading area 21 of the exposure machine 20 along the feeding direction b perpendicular to the loading direction a.

Specifically, S100 includes the steps of:

placing the exposed object 40 into a material groove of a material loading frame 12, pressing a start button, judging whether the exposed object 40 exists in a first guide groove 1211 on the material loading frame 12 by a material loading sensor, if so, moving the first guide groove 1211 with the exposed object 40 to a first material loading port 15 to wait for material loading, and then conveying the exposed object 40 in the first guide groove 1211 to the exposure machine 20 through the first material loading port 15 along a material feeding direction b; then, the feeding frame 12 moves to the next first guide groove 1211 along the feeding direction a, and the above steps are repeated until all the first guide grooves 1211 with the exposed object 40 on the feeding frame 12 are completely fed, and the feeding frame 12 returns to the initial position to wait for the exposed object 40 to be reloaded.

S200, the pre-loading area of the exposure machine conveys the exposed object to the exposure area for exposure, and the exposed object is conveyed to a blanking machine through the blanking area of the exposure machine.

Specifically, S200 includes the steps of:

the exposure area 22 of the exposure machine 20 exposes the exposed object 40, after exposure is completed, whether the pre-loading area 21 has the exposed object 40 is judged through the pre-loading sensor, whether the blanking area 23 has the exposed object 40 is judged through the blanking sensor of the blanking area 23, if the pre-loading area 21 and the blanking area 23 both have the exposed object 40, the pre-loading area 21, the exposure area 22 and the blanking area 23 move simultaneously, specifically, the blanking area 23 moves the exposed object 40 to the blanking machine 30, the exposed object 40 of the exposure area 22 moves to the blanking area 23, the exposed object 40 of the pre-loading area 21 is synchronously moved to the exposure area 22, and after the in-position sensor of the exposure area 22 detects the exposed object 40, the exposure action is executed. If the pre-loading area 21 has the object 40 to be exposed and the blanking area 23 does not have the object 40 to be exposed, the pre-loading area 21 and the exposure area 22 move simultaneously, specifically, the object 40 to be exposed in the exposure area 22 moves to the blanking area 23, the object 40 to be exposed in the pre-loading area 21 is synchronously moved to the exposure area 22, and the exposure operation is executed after the in-place sensor in the exposure area 22 detects the object 40 to be exposed. If the pre-loading area 21 does not have the exposed object 40 and the blanking area 23 has the exposed object 40, the pre-loading area 21 prompts the loading machine 10 to load, the exposure area 22 and the blanking area 23 move simultaneously, specifically, the blanking area 23 moves the exposed object 40 to the blanking machine 30, the exposed object 40 in the exposure area 22 moves to the blanking area 30, and the position sensor in the exposure area 22 prompts the pre-loading area 21 to move to load after detecting that no exposed object exists.

S300, conveying the exposed object to a blanking table from a first blanking port of a blanking machine along a discharging direction which is the same as the feeding direction, and blanking on the blanking table along a blanking direction which is vertical to the discharging direction.

Specifically, S300 includes the steps of:

pressing a start button, judging whether the second guide groove 3211 on the blanking frame 32 has the exposed object 40 by a blanking sensor, if not, moving the second guide groove 3211 to the first blanking port 35 to wait for material receiving, and then conveying the exposed object 40 in the blanking area 23 of the exposure machine to the second guide groove 3211 on the blanking frame 32 through the first blanking port 35 along the discharging direction d; then, the blanking frame 32 moves to the next second guiding groove 3211 along the blanking direction c, and the above steps are repeated until all the second guiding grooves 3211 of all the objects 40 on the blanking frame 32 without being exposed are completely received.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the disclosure of the embodiments, but includes various alternatives and modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the claims of the present patent application.