Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Hitachi-high-technologies Corporation

Hitachi High-tech Instruments Company, Ltd.

Ikuo Takemura

Yoshinori Kano

Takashi Saegusa

Terunobu Funatsu

Yoshinao Usui

Manabu Okamoto

Takahiro Nagata

Hideyuki Kamasuka

Masaharu Yoshida

Haruhiko Yamaguchi

Masahiro Koyama

Jun Asai

Takeshi Tomifuku

Yoshinori Okamoto

A terminal communication apparatus has a terminal communication control portion rendering an immediate communication control portion sequentially transmitting serial data to another terminal communication apparatus bitwise when receiving a packet as bitwise serial data and a normal communication control portion performing processing on the packet after accumulating the serial data until the serial data reaches a packet length when receiving the bitwise serial data switchable, performing processing with the immediate communication control portion in a case of receiving a time adjustment packet containing time adjustment data posting a timing of synchronization in the other terminal communication apparatus and performing processing with the normal communication control portion in a case of receiving a packet other than the time adjustment packet. Thus, synchronization of control object devices can be enabled without previously investigating communication delay times.

Terminal communication apparatus, and distributed control system

A network I/O system includes a central communication unit having a communication port and a plurality of terminal communication units each having an upstream communication port and a plurality of downstream ports wherein the central communication unit transmits, to the terminal communication units, routing data of the central communication unit to the terminal communication units for setting identification numbers in the terminal communication units and data of the identification number of the terminal communication units, the terminal communication units refer to the data to transmit to the downstream communication port and set the identification number in a targeted terminal communication unit, and a communication port number of the downstream communication port is appended to routing recognition data to be transmitted from the terminal communication units to the central communication unit at a time of passing through the terminal communication units, thereby recognizing a network configuration.

Component mounting system

A central communication unitand a terminal communication unitare provided with a priority order number storing unitand fifo type storing units, and perform communication according to the priority order of data communication stored in the priority order number storing unitAt this time the priority order and the layout of respective devices of control objects are optimized and set through a software processing in a host computer according to the communication cycle and response performance required for the devices of control objects, thereby, the plurality of devices of control objects requiring different communication cycles and response performances can be connected on one network.

Industrial network system

Network configuration method

The invention is directed to increased stabilization of a pickup operation by reducing a reaction against disturbance by reducing a feedback value when a pickup rate is improved. A positional shifting amount of an electronic component on a suction nozzle before the electronic component is mounted on a printed board is stored in a RAM each time the component is picked up at a component feeding unit until a pickup count number reaches a predetermined pickup number, and a CPU calculates an average of the positional shifting amounts. When the pickup count number reaches the predetermined pickup number, the CPU obtains a temporary coefficient by adding an initial value to a value obtained by multiplying a negative coefficient by the pickup count number, and calculates a feedback value by multiplying the temporary coefficient by the average. The calculated feedback value is added to an offset value of a component pickup position to modify the offset value, and uses the offset value in the next pickup operation at the component feeding unit.

Electronic component mounting method and electronic component mounting apparatus

The invention is directed to reduction of torque by reduction of an outside diameter of a mounting head. A cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided under a nozzle rotation motor. A first rotation axis member as a rotor of the nozzle rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a nozzle holder and penetrates into the nozzle rotation motor and the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A second rotation axis member as a rotor of the cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a cylindrical cam member and penetrates into the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A suction nozzle to be used protrudes from a lower end surface of the nozzle holder at a protrusion position.

Mounting head of electronic component mounting apparatus

Apparatus for feeding electronic components comprises a slide base, a plurality of tape cassettes mounted on the slide base, a linear motor , and a control unit for the motor. The control unit includes a motor driver , a memory device , and a control device which controls the motor driver using data stored in the memory device . The control device adjusts the data for controlling the motor according to the load weight of the slide base. The data is used for properly moving the slide base carrying a plurality of tape cassettes to a position for feeding the components.

Apparatus and method for feeding electronic components

There are provided a nozzle clogging detection device for an electronic component-mounting apparatus, which has a simple construction and is capable of accurately detecting clogging of a vacuum nozzle and erroneous mounting of a vacuum nozzle different in diameter, and a nozzle clogging detection method therefor. A flow meter is arranged across a vacuum passage communicating between a vacuum pump and the nozzle hole of the vacuum nozzle, for measuring an actual flow rate of air drawn in through the nozzle hole. Clogging of the nozzle hole and erroneous mounting of the vacuum nozzle is detected by comparing the actual flow rate measured by the flow meter with a design flow rate of air to be drawn through the nozzle hole, the design flow rate of air being stored in advance.

Nozzle clogging detection device and method

An optical communication device for communication between a stator-side circuit and a rotor-side circuit is provided as one aspect of the invention. A pair of optical couplers are interposed between a stator and a rotor, for permitting bi-directional communication between the circuits. One optical coupler has a rotor-side light-receiving element arranged on the rotor with the axis of rotation extending therethrough, and a stator-side light-emitting element arranged on the stator at a location away from the axis of rotation. The other optical coupler has a stator-side light-receiving element arranged on the stator with the axis of rotation extending therethrough, and a rotor-side light-emitting element arranged on the rotor at a location away from the axis of rotation. A slip ring unit for an electronic component-mounting apparatus is provided as another aspect of the invention. The slip ring unit electrically connects between a rotor-side circuit and a stator-side circuit. A slip ring has a rotary conductive member coaxially fixed on the rotary table and connected to the rotor-side circuit, and a brush member in sliding contact with the rotary conductive member and connected to the stator-side circuit. A rotor is coaxially fixed on the rotary conductive member. An element is arranged on the rotor for being sensed. A sensor is opposed to the rotor for sensing the element arranged on the rotor.

Optical communication device and slip ring unit for an electronic component-mounting apparatus

There is provided a mounting head for an electronic component-mounting apparatus. A nozzle holder has a plurality of vacuum nozzles arranged circumferentially about an axis thereof in a manner such that each vacuum nozzle is capable of projecting from the nozzle holder and retracting in the nozzle holder. A holder support member supports the nozzle holder in a manner such that the nozzle holder can rotate about the axis thereof. A nozzle-rotating motor drives the nozzle holder about the axis thereof for rotation in normal and reverse directions. The nozzle holder is driven for rotation by the nozzle-rotating motor to bring one of the vacuum nozzles selected for use to a projecting position. The selected one is caused to project from a lower end face of the nozzle holder at the projecting position. A plurality of cam followers are mounted at respective upper portions of the vacuum nozzles. The cam followers are in contact with an annular end cam in a manner such that the cam flowers can move on the annular end cam. The annular end cam is formed with a nozzle-projecting surface for causing the selected one of the vacuum nozzles to project from the nozzle holder when the selected one of the vacuum nozzles is at the projecting position. A cam-rotating motor drives the end cam for rotation about an axis of the end cam in normal and reverse directions.

Mounting head for electronic component-mounting apparatus

There is provided a mounting head for an electronic component-mounting apparatus. A nozzle holder has a plurality of suction nozzles arranged circumferentially about a vertical axis thereof in a manner such that each suction nozzle is capable of projecting from the nozzle holder and retracting in the nozzle holder. A holder support member supports the nozzle holder in a manner such that the nozzle holder can rotate about the vertical axis thereof. Rotation drive means drives the nozzle holder for rotation in normal and reverse directions. The nozzle holder is driven for rotation by the rotation drive means to bring one of the suction nozzles selected for use to a projecting position. The selected one is caused to project from a lower end face of the nozzle holder at the projecting position. A plurality of cam followers are mounted at respective upper portions of the suction nozzles. The cam followers are in contact with an annular end cam in a manner such that the cam flower can move on the annular end cam. The annular end cam is formed with a nozzle-projecting surface for causing one of the suction nozzles corresponding in position thereto to project from the nozzle holder.

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Oizumi, Japan

Ikuo Takemura