Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Akihito Yamasaki

Yasuhiro Maenishi

Ikuo Yoshida

Takuya Yamazaki

Hiroyoshi Nishida

Chikashi Konishi

Masaya Matsumoto

Satoshi Masuda

Takeshi Kuribayashi

A management computer (equipment information acquisition unit) includes an equipment information acquisition unit that acquires production information from a plurality of pieces of production equipment and a display that displays a production status of a production line (component mounting line) and manages the production status of the production line where a work (board) is operated with a plurality of pieces of production equipment in order to produce a product (mounting board). Then, the display displays a plurality of equipment information sections respectively displaying the equipment information of a plurality of pieces of production equipment in order according to the production order and further displays the number of stocks of the work in a corresponding one of the plurality of pieces of production equipment in each of the plurality of work information sections to be displayed for the plurality of pieces of production equipment.

Production management device and production status display method

An operating time reducing method in which a processing procedure of a component mounting order determination method can be changed depending on the type of an operation loss that affects a component mounting time for mounting components onto the board is an operating time reducing method for a component mounter, wherein the method includes: an operation loss identifying step of identifying an operation loss to be resolved in the component mounter; a processing procedure selecting step of selecting, based on the identified operation loss, a processing procedure for reducing an operating time of the component mounter; and a processing procedure executing step of executing the selected processing procedure.

Operating time reducing method, operating time reducing apparatus, program and component mounter

A method of optimizing an order of component mounting which includes optimizing an order of component mounting for any one pattern among the plurality of patterns, calculating a quotient and a remainder by dividing the total number of the patterns included in the board by the number of mounters, determining the quotient as the number of patterns to be allocated in a case where the remainder is zero. The optimization method also includes determining a number, which is the quotient plus one, as the number of patterns to be allocated to the same number of the mounters as the remainder, starting from the mounter in a process farthest upstream, determining the quotient as the number of patterns to be allocated to the rest of the mounters, in the case where the remainder is one or greater, and allocating the allocated number of patterns, to each of the mounters.

Method for optimization of an order for component mounting and apparatus for optimization of an order for component mounting

A component verification method for a mounter () that is capable of performing component verification with less labor. The method includes a position specification step (SA) of specifying a placement position in the mounter () where a component tape is placed; a read step (S) of reading component information from an IC tag () that is attached to the component tape or a reel (); and a verification step (S) of verifying the component information and the placement position against component arrangement data that indicates components that should be mounted onto the board as well a position where the component tape should be placed.

Component verification method and apparatus

An optimizing apparatus for optimizing a mounter equipped with a line gang pickup head which picks up a plurality of components and mounts them on a board. The apparatus includes a nozzle set determination unit for determining a nozzle set which reduces a mounting time in view of a number of times interchanging pickup nozzles and a total task number necessary for mounting the plural components, a nozzle pattern determination unit for determining an optimal nozzle pattern as well as an arrangement of pickup nozzles (nozzle arrangement) at a nozzle station, based on the nozzle set determined by the nozzle set determination unit, and Z-axis arrangement/mounting order optimization unit for determining an array order of component feeders and a mounting order of components while maintaining the determined nozzle set and nozzle pattern.

Method for optimization of an order of component mounting, apparatus using the same, and mounter

An optimization apparatus capable of efficiently placing an electronic component. An optimization unit () determines a first assignment to the placement apparatus and calculates a first placement time required for placing all the electronic components assigned to the placement apparatus by the first assignment onto a circuit board by the placement apparatus. The optimization unit selects two placement apparatuses among a plurality of placement apparatuses, selects a type of an electronic component assigned for the selected placement apparatus, determines a second assignment by interchanging two selected times assigned, calculates a second placement time required for placing all the electronic components assigned to the placement apparatus by the second assignment onto the circuit board by the placement apparatus, and employs the one of the first assignment and the second assignment which has a smaller placement time.

Method for optimizing placement order by placement apparatuses that place electronic components on circuit board

The present invention provides a component mounting sequence optimizing method, a component mounting device, a program for executing the component mounting sequence optimizing method, and recording medium in which the program is recorded, in the component mounting device with a component holding head capable of holding a plurality of components and having a component recognition camera. The invention includes a component mounting sequence optimizing device and a mounting sequence for components is determined on basis of a result of comparison between conveyance times for the components and recognition times required for recognitions of the components. Thus cycle time for mounting can be reduced, in comparison with conventional arts, in mounting of components with a component holding head having a plurality of component holding members and having a component recognition camera.

Component mounting sequence optimizing method, component mounting device, program for executing component mounting sequence optimizing method, and recording medium in which the program is recorded

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Akihito Yamasaki