Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Mie Morishima

Tadashi Endo

Hiroshi Matsumura

Shirou Yamashita

Hironori Kitashima

A pre-array temporary placement area Aand a post-return temporary placement area Aare set along with a lower receiving area A. Temporary placement positions TP for lower receiving pinsin the pre-array temporary placement area Aand the post-return temporary placement area Aare previously assigned in consideration of requirements for preventing occurrence of interference between the lower receiving pins, which would otherwise occur during transfer of the lower receiving pins, and in accordance with array positions AP of the lower receiving pinsin the lower receiving area A. Further, a transfer sequence is set in accordance with array positions AP.

Lower receiving pin arrangement method and lower receiving pin return method

In a palette movement in which a palette () which holds a tray () whose components are used up is moved from a palette carrying part () where the palette () was carried for the exchange with a new tray () to a palette accommodating part (), the accommodating address of the return destination is specified based on a readout result of a palette identification mark of a palette information readout sensor () and palette accommodating data which are stored in advance. Therefore, even if the components in two or more palettes () are used up in the same period, the palettes () can be returned to the palette accommodating parts () corresponding to the specified accommodating addresses of the return destinations.

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Yamanashi, Japan

Mie Morishima