A Flexible Membrane Curved Surface Transfer Manipulator Based on Stretch Conformal Principle

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of equipment relative to a flexible film transferring and attaching technology, and discloses a manipulator for transferring a flexible film in a curved surface based on a stretching and conformal principle. The manipulator comprises a base, X-direction expanding and contracting mechanisms, Y-direction opening and closing mechanisms and conformal flexible curved surface sucking disks, wherein the X-direction expanding and contracting mechanisms are arranged on the base, and are used for realizing the X-direction expanding and contracting of the conformal flexible curved surface sucking disks; each of the Y-direction opening and closing mechanisms is arranged on the corresponding X-direction expanding and contracting mechanism, and is used for realizing the Y-direction expanding and contracting of the conformal flexible curved surface sucking disks; and the conformal flexible curved surface sucking disks and a target curved surface are conformal, and have the characteristics of being bendable and stretchable, a target film is collected when the conformal flexible curved surface sucking disks are stretched to be in a plane condition, and after the conformal flexible curved surface sucking disks are restored to the bended condition, the conformal attachment of the target film and a target curved surface is realized. Through the adoption of the manipulator disclosed by the invention, functions of collecting the flexible film, deforming the flexible film, attaching the flexible film to the curved surface and the like can be realized; and besides, the manipulator has the advantages of being compact in structure, convenient to control, high in the transferring accuracy of the curved surface flexible film, wide in application range and the like.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of equipment related to flexible film transfer and bonding technology, and more specifically relates to a flexible film curved surface transfer manipulator based on the principle of stretch conformality. Background technique [0002] Flexible curved surface electronics has the characteristics of large area, deformability, light weight and non-planar, and has the incomparable advantages of planar silicon-based microelectronics / sensors. Therefore, it has shown huge development space in the fields of aerospace, information communication, and health care. and application prospects. However, when transferring electronics on flexible curved surfaces such as aircraft smart skins, it is often necessary to transfer and attach the pre-treated electronic film on a flat substrate to the target curved surface. This process directly affects the quality of the final product. Quality and reliability are therefore one of the key manu...

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[0004] Aiming at the above defects or improvement needs of the prior art, the present invention provides a flexible film surface transfer manipulator based on the principle of tensile conformality, wherein the overall structure composition and layout of the curved surface transfer manipulator are redesigned, and its The specific structure and installation method of key components such as the conformal flexible surface adsorption plate, the X-direction expansion mechanism, the Y-direction opening and closing mechanism, etc. have been further improved, which can solve the problem that the flexible film is not easy to fit on the target surface with high efficiency and high precision. It can effectively realize the active deformation of the target film between the plane and the curved surface, and the conformal attachment to the target curved surface after deformation, so it is especially suitable for mass industrialization of flexible curved surface electronics such as aircraft smart skins Manufacturing use

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