Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Japan Tobacco Inc.

Kazuhiro Tokitu

Hisao Suzuki

Yoshinobu Ishikawa

Tadashi Munakata

Takatomo Izume

Etuo Minamihama

Yasuharu Ujiie

Masamichi Kato

Koji Taira

Kouichi Yumita

Shuji Sato

Katasuga Sano

Shingo Sekiguchi

A work mounting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a rotating drum divided into upper and lower drums, a head unit arranged on the outer periphery of the rotating drum or the lower drum, a circular work head attached to the head unit, and a suction nozzle protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the work head toward a workbench. While the lower drum is rotating, the suction nozzle of the work head repeats cycloid motion along the workbench with its posture or orientation kept fixed with respect to the workbench. While repeating the cycloid motion, the nozzle receives a work from a work feeder of the workbench by suction, and mounts the work on a printed board on the workbench. The work mounting apparatus further includes a balance weight for the work head, and a friction brake for applying a frictional force to the turning shaft of the work head, to thereby stabilize the turning motion of the work head.

Cycloid motion work mounting apparatus

In a parts mounting apparatus, a suction nozzle is caused to perform a cycloid movement. A part such as an electronic part is sucked into the nozzle at one of bottom dead points of the cycloid movement and mounted onto another component such as a circuit substrate at the other or another bottom dead point. In compensation of the position of the nozzle at the bottom dead point, the nozzle is also caused to perform the cycloid movement. The position of the nozzle at the bottom dead point is monitored by a monitoring camera so that an amount of deviation of the position of the nozzle from the bottom dead point is obtained. The phase of the cycloid movement is compensated so that the amount of deviation of the nozzle is rendered zero. Alternatively, the part sucked in the nozzle positioned at the bottom dead point is monitored by the monitoring camera.

Parts mounting apparatus

A work or component mounting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a rotating drum arranged above a workbench and divided into upper and lower drums, a head unit detachably mounted to the lower drum of the rotating drum, a circular work head (or, in other words, a component head) attached to the head unit, a suction nozzle protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the work head toward the workbench, and a controller housed in the upper drum of the rotating drum for controlling the turning motion of the work head and the supply of suction pressure to the suction nozzle. While the lower drum is rotating, the suction nozzle of the work head repeats cycloid motion along the workbench with its posture kept fixed with respect to the workbench. While repeating the cycloid motion, the nozzle receives a work from a work feeder of the workbench by suction, and mounts the work on a printed board on the workbench.

Electronic component mounting apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiro Tokitu