Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Takashi Noyama

Noriaki Yoshida

Shinji Morimoto

Masao Iritani

Masatoshi Yanagawa

Nobuhisa Watanabe

Satoshi Tanaka

Masanori Yasutake

Yoshifumi Nakao

Akira Mouri

Electronic parts are mounted onto a substrate. A parts supply device holds a plurality of electronic parts and moves to be positioned at a predetermined parts take-out position. The parts supply device includes a readable and writable memory for storing data indicative of the plurality of electronic parts held therein. A reading device reads the data stored in the readable and writable memory provided in the parts supply device when the parts supply device moves relative to the reading device to the predetermined parts take-out position. The electronic part is extracted from the parts supply device position at the predetermined parts take-out position and mounted on a substrate.

Electronic parts mounting method employing memory equipped parts supply

An apparatus is for mounting electronic parts onto a substrate. The apparatus includes a parts supply device for holding a plurality of electronic parts and for moving to be positioned at a predetermined parts take-out position. The parts supply device includes a readable and writable memory for storing data indicative of the plurality of electronic parts held therein. The apparatus further includes a reading device for reading the data stored in the readable and writable memory provided in the parts supply device when the parts supply device moves relative to the reading device to the predetermined parts take-out position. The electronic part is extracted from the parts supply device position at the predetermined parts take-out position and mounted on a substrate.

Electronic parts mounting apparatus having memory equipped parts supply

A parts supply device includes a mounting device for mounting a unit accommodating electronic parts on a parts mounting machine, a parts feeding device for sequentially feeding the parts held by the unit to a predetermined removing position according to an operation of the machine for removing the parts from the parts supply device, a storing device for storing data as to the number of parts held by the unit, and a calculating device for rewriting the parts number data stored in the storing device according to the operation of the machine for removing the parts from the supply device. A parts supply method includes the steps of reading an identifying mark of the unit and fetching the parts number data of the unit from a data base in a storage area, based on data as to the kind of parts, writing each piece of data obtained above in a storing unit of the supply device, and rewriting the parts number data written in the storing unit according to operation of the machine for removing the parts from the supply device. In a parts managing system, after it is decided whether or not the mark corresponds to the parts identification data, the parts number data is stored in the storing unit in the parts supply device according to decision that the mark corresponds to the identification data, a current number of parts is read in the data base in removing the unit from the supply device and stored in the data base.

Parts supply device, parts supply method, parts managing system, and

An electronic parts mounting method for taking out from a parts supply device having a plurality of electronic parts at least one of the electronic parts, and mounting the part at a predetermined position of a substrate to be manufactured, includes steps of storing quantity of parts, which is held by each parts supply device, in a storing section provided in each parts supply device, rewriting the quantity of parts according to number of parts taken out from the parts supply device by a calculating section provided in each parts supply device, reading out an initial value of the quantity of parts held by each parts supply device, by a control section provided in an electronic parts mounting machine, calculating one of the quantity of parts required for the substrate and period of time required for mounting the part on the substrate by a calculating section provided in the electronic parts mounting machine, and carrying out, in advance, a parts shortage advance notification in each parts supply device based on a result of the calculating step.

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Takashi Noyama