Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kazumi Takamori

Tetsuo Tanabe

Kaoru Shimizu

Yutaka Matsuda

Mikio Yotsumoto

Hatsuhiko Shibasaki

Akira Matueda

Takayuki Gyobu

Kiyoshi Matsui

Junichi Omura

Hitoshi Miyamoto

Junishi Omura

It is an object of the invention to present a disassembling method and disassembling apparatus for disassembling easily an electronic appliance having a housing, and electronic components such as cathode-ray tube accommodated in the housing, classifying without mixing of impurities, and recycling at low cost by automating. An electronic appliance having a housing, a cathode-ray tube, and plural electronic components is put on a conveying pallet, and it is transferred by a conveyor. The conveyed electronic appliance is put on a tiltable work bench, a back plate of the housing is removed, and an opening is formed. Blowing a high pressure air shower to the opening, dust deposits on the electronic components are removed and cleaned. Moreover, other side of the housing is processed into a U-form by end mill, and a further opening is formed, and the cathode-ray tube is taken out through this further opening. The metal band of the dismounted cathode-ray tube is heated by high frequency induction, and the metal band is removed. The adhesive applied on the cathode-ray tube is removed by using a rotary brush having metal wires. Still more, judging whether a safety panel is installed at the front side of the cathode-ray tube or not by using distance sensors, the safety panel is classified. Such disassembling process is executed by using an automated disassembling apparatus.

Disassembling method of electronic appliance and disassembling apparatus thereof

An apparatus for arranging a plurality of different electric parts in a predetermined order for insertion into the substrate of a printed circuit board is disclosed. The apparatus has a plurality of cutter mechanisms arranged to receive respective tapes carrying respective electric parts. The cutter mechanism cuts the tape successively upon receipt of a control signal to sever the electrical parts one by one successively. The apparatus also has a plurality of carrier mechanisms arrayed on the periphery of a turn table which is arranged to be driven intermittently. When a carrier mechanism is positioned in front of the cutter mechanism having the desired electric part, the cutter mechanism is activated to sever the electric part and transfer the same to the carrier mechanism. Thus, the carrier mechanisms on the periphery of the turn table are loaded with respective electric parts. In this state, the electric parts are arrayed in the circumferential direction in a predetermined order for insertion to the substrate of a printed circuit board. Finally, the electric parts carried by the successive carrier mechanisms are attached in that order to adhesive tapes to form secondary taped parts which are to be delivered to an automatic electric part insertion device.

Apparatus for arranging parts

A single automatic part insertion machine which can insert the leads of various electronic components such as resistors, IC chips, IF transformers, variable resistors, connectors and so on, into specified insertion or mounting holes of printed circuit boards. The boards are supported on a common set of conveyor rails in one row, and are displaced in X and Y coordinate directions while they are transferred from a feeding position to an unloading position. Specified lead insertion holes of specified printed circuit boards are thus aligned one at a time with selected units of a number of parts feeding means in a predetermined sequence, so that the leads of corresponding electronic components may be inserted into specified insertion holes of the printed circuit boards and clinched if required. An automatic unfinished printed circuit board loading device is provided, as well as an automatic finished printed circuit board stacking device.

Automatic part insertion machine

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Takatsuki, Japan

Kazumi Takamori