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Granted Patent B2
US 11,141,807 · App. 16/685,462 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Wire automatic soldering system

Inventors: Fengchun Xie (Shanghai, CN); Dandan Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Roberto-Francisco Yi Lu (Bellevue, WA); Lvhai Hu (Shanghai, CN); Qinglong Zeng (Shenzhen, CN); Lan Gong (Chengdu, CN); Qian Ying (Chengdu, CN); Yingcong Deng (Shanghai, CN); Yun Liu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; TE Connectivity Servies GmbH; Measurement Specialties (Chengdu) Ltd.; Shenzhen AMI Technology Co, Ltd.
B23K3/0669B23K1/0016B23K1/08B23K2101/38
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Patent No.
US 11,141,807
App. No.
16/685,462
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire automatic soldering system includes a carrier adapted to load an electrical product to be soldered, a robot adapted to grip and move the carrier on which the electrical product is loaded, a solder paste container containing a solder paste, and a heater configured to heat the solder paste and melt the solder paste into a liquid. The robot moves a plurality of wires of the electrical product into the solder paste container to solder the wires together with the solder paste.

Claims (48)

1. A wire automatic soldering system, comprising:

a carrier adapted to load an electrical product to be soldered;

a robot adapted to grip and move the carrier on which the electrical product is loaded;

a solder paste container containing a solder paste;

a solder paste syringe configured to inject the solder paste into the solder paste container;

a first moving mechanism adapted to move the solder paste syringe in a vertical direction to an injection position, an injection port of the solder paste syringe is inserted into the solder paste container when the solder paste syringe is moved to the injection position;

a second moving mechanism adapted to move the solder paste container in a horizontal direction to an injection station, the solder paste container is aligned with the solder paste syringe in the vertical direction when the solder paste container is moved to the injection station; and

a heater configured to heat the solder paste and melt the solder paste into a liquid, the robot moves a plurality of wires of the electrical product into the solder paste container to solder the wires together with the solder paste.

2. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 1 , further comprising a vision detection system configured to detect whether an actual soldering length of a soldered part of the wires is equal to or larger than a first predetermined length.

3. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 2 , wherein, if the actual soldering length is less than the first predetermined length, the robot moves the wires into the solder paste container, further soldering the wires until the actual soldering length is equal to or larger than the first predetermined length.

4. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 3 , wherein the vision detection system is configured to detect whether an actual soldering quality of the soldered part of the wires conforms to a predetermined soldering quality.

5. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 4 , wherein, if the actual soldering quality does not conform to the predetermined soldering quality, the robot moves the wires into the solder paste container, further soldering the wires until the actual soldering quality conforms to the predetermined soldering quality.

6. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 4 , further comprising a cutting mechanism configured to cut off a segment of an end portion of the soldered part, so that a length of the soldered part of the wires is equal to a second predetermined length that is less than the first predetermined length.

7. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 6 , wherein the vision detection system is configured to detect whether the length of the soldered part of the wires after the segment of the end portion part is cut off is larger than the second predetermined length.

8. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 7 , wherein, if the length of the soldered part after the segment of the end portion is cut off is larger than the second predetermined length, the robot moves the wires to the cutting mechanism, cutting the soldered part until the length of the soldered part is equal to the second predetermined length.

9. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 6 , further comprising a waste recycling bin configured to receive the end portion cut off from the wires, the waste recycling bin is positioned so that the end portion cut off from the wires falls directly into the waste recycling bin.

10. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 1 , wherein the solder paste syringe is an electric syringe.

11. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 10 , wherein an amount of solder paste injected by the solder past syringe in a single injection fully fills the solder paste container.

12. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 1 , further comprising a cleaning brush adapted to remove impurities from a surface of the solder paste in the solder paste container.

13. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 12 , further comprising a visual inspection system configured to inspect whether the impurities are on the surface of the solder paste in the solder paste container.

14. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 13 , wherein the cleaning brush is controlled to remove the impurities when the impurities are inspected by the visual inspection system.

15. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 1 , wherein the robot has a gripper adapted to grip the carrier on which the electrical product is loaded.

16. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 15 , wherein the wires of the electrical product are clamped and fixed on the carrier, a part of the wires to be soldered extends out of the carrier.

17. A wire automatic soldering system, comprising:

a carrier adapted to load an electrical product to be soldered;

a robot adapted to grip and move the carrier on which the electrical product is loaded;

a solder paste container containing a solder paste, the robot adapted to insert a plurality of wires of the electrical product into the solder paste container to solder the wires together with the solder paste;

a solder paste syringe configured to inject the solder paste into the solder paste container;

a first moving mechanism adapted to move the solder paste syringe to an injection position for delivering solder paste into the solder paste container; and

a second moving mechanism adapted to move the solder paste container to an injection station wherein the solder paste container is aligned with the solder paste syringe.

18. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 17 , wherein:

the first moving mechanism is adapted to move the solder paste syringe in a vertical direction to the injection position;

an injection port of the solder paste syringe is inserted into the solder paste container when the solder paste syringe is moved to the injection position; and

the second moving mechanism adapted to move the solder paste container to the injection station wherein the solder paste container is aligned with the solder paste syringe in the vertical direction.

19. A wire automatic soldering system, comprising:

an electrical product having two wires to be soldered extending therefrom;

a carrier holding the electrical product and fixing a first portion of the two wires in a side by side position on the carrier, a second portion of the two wires to be soldered extending beyond the carrier;

a vision detection system configured to:

detect whether an actual soldering length of a soldered part of the wires is equal to or larger than a first predetermined length; and

detect whether an actual soldering quality of the soldered part of the wires conforms to a predetermined soldering quality;

a solder paste container containing a solder paste;

a robot configured to:

grip and move the carrier on which the electrical product is loaded;

insert the two wires of the electrical product into the solder paste container to solder the wires together with the solder paste;

if the actual soldering length is less than the first predetermined length, move the wires into the solder paste container, further soldering the wires until the actual soldering length is equal to or larger than the first predetermined length; and

if the actual soldering quality does not conform to the predetermined soldering quality, move the wires into the solder paste container, further soldering the wires until the actual soldering quality conforms to the predetermined soldering quality; and

a cutting mechanism configured to cut off a segment of the soldered part of the two wires so that a length of the soldered part is equal to a second predetermined length that is less than the first predetermined length, wherein the vision detection system is further configured to detect whether the length of the soldered part of the wires after the segment of the soldered part is cut off is larger than the second predetermined length, wherein, if the length of the soldered part after the segment of the soldered part is cut off is larger than the second predetermined length, the robot is further configured to move the wires to the cutting mechanism for cutting the soldered part until the length of the soldered part is equal to the second predetermined length.

20. The wire automatic soldering system of claim 19 , further comprising a waste recycling bin configured to receive the segment of the soldered part cut off from the two wires, the cutting mechanism arranged on a sidewall of the waste recycling bin and positioned so that the segment of the soldered part cut off from the two wires falls directly into the waste recycling bin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2020
From: XIE, FENGCHUN; DENG, YINGCONG; LIU, YUN; ZHANG, DANDAN; HU, LVHAI; LU, ROBERTO FRANCISCO-YI; ZENG, QINGLONG; GONG, LAN; YING, QIAN
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.; TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH; MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES (CHENGDU) LTD.; SHENZHEN AMI TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710352835.7 · May 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2018062625 · May 15, 2018
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