Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation

Kazunori Kanai

Tatsuo Yamamura

Ryouji Eguchi

Minoru Kitani

Satoshi Kawaguchi

Junkei Shimizu

Shigekazu Yoneyama

Takashi Tamura

Kazuo Kido

Seikou Abe

Hidehiro Saho

Shigeru Matsukawa

Masahiro Hayashizaki

Hiroki Kobayashi

Chikara Takata

Masanori Hiyoshi

Motohiro Higuchi

Yasuo Oku

Hiroto Miyazaki

Noboru Yamasaki

Masayuki Higashi

Masayuki Kuwabara

Akira Noudo

Kenji Kamakura

Nobuto Yasuhira

Tatsuo Nakamura

Yuuki Nakada

Kiyoshi Tanaka

Toshiaki Numata

A component supply device including an accommodation body installation unit in which one or more accommodation bodies each accommodating components are installable, the component supply device sequentially operates the one or more accommodation bodies to supply each of the components to a predetermined component supply position. The component supply device comprises a supply state detector which detects a supply state of components in total accommodated in the one or more accommodation bodies installed on the accommodation body installation unit, a determination unit which determines, based on the supply state, a state of the accommodation body installation unit among (i) an installation disabled state, (ii) an installation enabled state, and (iii) an installation required state, and a notifier which notifies a worker of the state of the accommodation body installation unit determined by the determination unit.

Component supply device, component supply management system, and component supply working support method

There is provided a component mounter including: a storage which stores information related to a tape feeder and information related to a carrier tape pitch-fed by the tape feeder; a detector which detects a state where the carrier tape becomes close to a component shortage; a determiner which determines whether to perform predetermined processing with respect to a termination portion of the carrier tape based on information related to the tape feeder and information related to the carrier tape which are stored in the storage, in a case where a state where the carrier tape is close to a component shortage is detected by the detector; and a notifier which notifies an operator of contents of the predetermined processing, in a case where the determiner determines that the predetermined processing is supposed to be performed with respect to the termination portion of the carrier tape.

Component mounting system

A component supply system of the present disclosure includes a component supply unit automatically transfers a first carrier tape which stores components and is covered with a cover tape, exposes the components from the first carrier tape using a component exposing unit, and supplies the components which are exposed from the first carrier tape, a joining determination unit which determines whether or not a joining which joins a second carrier tape positioned behind the first carrier tape to the first carrier tape is present, and a controller which controls transferring of the first carrier tape by the component supply unit. The controller restricts the transferring of the first carrier tape in a case in which the joining determination unit determines that the joining is present.

Component supply system and component supply method

A tape feeder includes a gate, a gate drive mechanism, and a tape feed mechanism. The gate is provided in an insertion port through which a carrier tape storing components is inserted. In the gate drive mechanism, a tape feed mechanism which drives the gate in opening and closing directions feeds the components stored in the inserted carrier tape to a pickup position. The gate drive mechanism includes a spring member which biases the gate in the closing direction, and a solenoid which drives the gate in the opening direction against a biasing force of the spring member.

Tape feeder and component mounting device

Each of a plurality of tape feeders arranged in a component feed section includes a display part which displays setting information stored in a feeder storage part, an operation input part which displays the setting information in the display part and a modification process part which outputs a signal for modifying the setting information stored in a main body storage part and the feeder storage part in accordance with an input of a modification operation. The modification operation of the setting information can be carried out in a flexible form and with a good working property.

Electronic component mounting device, electronic component mounting system, and method for modifying setting information in electronic component mounting device and electronic component mounting system

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 conveying mechanismB includes a sprocketB allowed to rotate freely only in a first rotating direction corresponding to a tape conveying direction, and a first urging memberwhich urges and causes a carrier tapeto engage the sprocketB. When a preceding tape() engages the sprocketB and a subsequent tape() is inserted, the second tape conveying mechanismB abuts against a leading end of the subsequent tape() to prohibit entry of the subsequent tape(). After the preceding tape() passes a tape stoppera position of the second tape conveying mechanismB is changed from a tape entry prohibition position to a tape entry permission position.

Tape feeder

A component supplying apparatus includes a main tape entering port, a component supply port through which components are picked up from a carrier tape, a main tape path extending in a body part from the main tape entering port to the underside of the component supply port, a top tape removing part removing the top tape from the carrier tape on the main tape path upstream of the component supply port, a sub tape entering port, a sub tape path meeting a slope path portion of the main tape path at a meeting point upstream of the top tape removing part, and at least one sprocket wheels engaging with the carrier tape on the main tape path downstream of the meeting point. A length of the sub tape path is shorter than a length of the main tape path from the main tape entering port to the meeting point.

Component supplying apparatus and component supplying method

A reel for a component mounting apparatus that pulls a carrier tape out of the reel and pitch-feeds and supplies the carrier tape by a tape feeder in a component supply part and picks up a supplied component and mounts the component in a substrate by a mounting head. The reel includes: a reel core part; and the carrier tape being wound and stored around the reel core part, wherein the carrier tape includes a distal end fixed to the reel core part, and a brittle part that is positioned in the vicinity of the distal end and is broken by action of longitudinal tension in excess of a prescribed strength on the carrier tape, and the pitch-feed separates the carrier tape from the reel core part at the brittle part.

Reel for component mounting apparatus and component supplying method in component mounting apparatus

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.

A size Sof each of projectionsprovided on an outer perimeter of a sprocketin a proceeding direction of a tape memberat a height where each of the projectionsis engaged with each of feed holesof the tape memberis larger than a diameter D of each of the feed holesof the tape member, and a size Sof each of the projectionsin a direction perpendicular to the proceeding direction of the tape memberat a height where each of the projectionsis engaged with each of the feed holesof the tape memberis smaller than the diameter D of each of the feed holesof the tape member

Component mounting method using a tape feeder

A feeder installing attachment includes: a main body portion including attachment side fitting parts provided on a lower surface thereof and having an installing compatibility with first feeder side fitting parts provided on a lower surface of a first tape feeder; and second feeder installing slots formed on an upper surface of the main body portion and engaging with second feeder side fitting parts provided on a lower surface of a second tape feeder having a standard width smaller than that of the first tape feeder. In a state where the attachment is mounted, an array pitch of the second feeder installing slots is smaller than an array pitch of the base side installing slots, and becomes an array pitch corresponding to the standard width of the second tape feeder.

Attachment for feeder installation and method for feeder installation

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

A component supplying apparatus comprises a tape guide surface facing a lower surface of the carrier tape, a preceding tape contact part climbing onto a upper surface of the preceding carrier tape, and a subsequent tape blocking part configured to wait on the upstream side of the preceding tape contact part in a tape feeding direction while keeping a distance from the tape guide surface so as to enable the carrier tape to pass between the subsequent tape blocking part and the tape guide surface, and to move downwardly toward the preceding carrier tape when the preceding tape contact part is climbed onto the preceding carrier tape. The subsequent tape blocking part keeps the subsequent carrier tape waiting by contacting a front end of the subsequent carrier tape stacked on the preceding carrier tape onto which the preceding tape contact part climbs.

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Kazunori Kanai