Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Junkei Shimizu

Kazunori Kanai

Tatsuo Yamamura

Takeyuki Kawase

Noriaki Yoshida

Hiroshi Uchiyama

Masayuki Higashi

Kenji Kamakura

Tatsuo Nakamura

Hiroshi Uchixama

Noriaka Yoshida

There is provided a component mounter including: a plurality of transport lanes for transporting a board sorted by a board sorting device; a congestion index calculator for calculating a congestion index indicating a congestion degree of each of the plurality of transport lanes; a transport lane determiner for determining a transport lane for carrying in the board among the plurality of transport lanes based on the calculated congestion index; and an outputter for outputting a board request signal for requesting to carry the board into the transport lane determined by the transport lane determiner, to the board sorting device.

Component mounter, component mounting line, and manufacturing method of mounting board

A second tape feeding mechanismB is permitted to idly rotate only in a first rotating direction and has a biasing mechanismwhich biases a carrier tapeagainst a sprocketB so that the carrier tapeis brought into engagement with the sprocketB. With a preceding tape() kept in engagement with the sprocketB, a leading end portion of a following tape() is inserted between the sprocketB and the preceding tape(), and the preceding tape() is biased by the biasing meansso that the following tape() is brought into engagement with the sprocketB.

Tape feeder and tape setting method

A second tape feeding mechanismB can deal with a plurality of types of carrier tapes and has a biasing mechanismthat brings a biasing memberin which a recess portionis provided in an abutment surfaceinto abutment with a carrier tape so as to bring the carrier tape into engagement with an outer circumferential surface of a sprocketB, and with a preceding tape kept in engagement with the sprocketB, a leading end portion of a following tape is inserted between the sprocketB and the preceding tape.

Tape feeder

There is provided a tape feeder that feeds a carrier tape to supply components to a component suction position for a mounting head in a component mounting apparatus. The tape feeder includes a first tape feed mechanism which is provided in a downstream side and feeds a preceding tape to the component suction position, and a second tape feed mechanism provided in an upstream side and feeds a following tape from a tape introducing port side toward the first tape feed mechanism. The tape feeder also includes a tape slipping-off informing unit which informs the component mounting apparatus that the following tape is slipped off from the second tape feed mechanism. For example, the tape slipping-off informing unit decides that the following tape is slipped off when a rotation of a sprocket of the second tape feed mechanism in an opposite direction is detected.

Tape feeder, component mounting apparatus and component feeding method

Trailing end portions and leading end portions of two carrier tapes are detected in a first detecting position Pand a second detecting position Pwhich are set along a tape traveling pathby a first tape detecting sensor Sand a second tape detecting sensor S, and a tape feeding control devicecontrols a first tape feeding mechanismA and a second tape feeding mechanismB so as to control an interval between the trailing end portion and the leading end portion based on an interval control pattern.

Tape feeder and tape feeding method

A component verification method includes a component ID reading process of reading a component ID corresponding to a stored component of a subsequent tape, a tape insertion detecting process of detecting that the subsequent tape has been inserted into a tape feeder, a feeder specifying process of specifying a tape feeder in which the insertion of the subsequent tape has been detected, a component verifying process of verifying whether or not a correspondence relationship between the read component ID and the specified tape feeder is correct, and a re-verification requesting process of requesting re-execution of the verification to a worker if it is detected that the subsequent tape has fallen from the tape feeder after the component verifying process.

Component verification method and component verification system

A parts mounting method employing a suction section having a plurality of suction nozzles is provided. The suction section is moved to a parts supply section in which a plurality of parts are suctioned by the suction nozzles at the same time. The parts are then mounted onto a board. The suction nozzles are divided into groups: a first group having a shift amount within an allowable range in which simultaneous suction is possible; and a second group having a shift amount outside the allowable range in which simultaneous suction is possible. The parts are then sucked at the same time for each of the groups.

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Junkei Shimizu