Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Takuya Tsutsumi

Kazuhide Nagao

Yoshikazu Higuchi

Tatsuo Yamamura

Hiroyuki Sakaguchi

Atsuyuki Horie

Akifumi Wada

Hideki Sumi

Wataru Hidese

Yoshiaki Awata

Takahiro Noda

Takahiro Komiya

An electronic component installation apparatuswhich constructs an electronic component mounting lineand installs an electronic component on a substrate is configured to include substrate conveyance lanes L, Las two conveyance paths for feed which respectively feed the substrate carried from the upstream side to the downstream side, the conveyance paths for feed in which substrate positioning parts for positioning and holding the substrate in installation work positions are disposed between two component installation partsA,B for taking the electronic components out of component supply partsA,B and transferring and installing the electronic components to the substrate, and a substrate conveyance lane Las a return conveyance path which returns the substrate carried from the downstream side to the upstream side and is disposed in a state of being sandwiched between the substrate conveyance lanes L, L

Electronic component installation apparatus

A tape feeder feeds electronic components by advancing a tape intermittently. The tape feeder includes a motor controller for controlling a motor, which rotatively drives a sprocket to advance the tape, and a communication unit for receiving a control signal from a control unit of an electronic component mounting apparatus and transmitting a control parameter such as a rotating speed, an amount of rotation, and acceleration and deceleration pattern to the motor controller. The tape feeder has such a structure that a tape advancing speed and an amount of tape advancement are easily changeable according to a type of the electronic components by changing the control parameter of the rotating speed and the amount of rotation of the motor. In addition, the tape feeder is adaptable for correction of the amount of rotation according to a result of measurement of pin position of the sprocket, so as to properly interrupt turning of the sprocket at the correct stop position for accurate positioning of the electronic components into the right pick-up location all the time.

Tape feeder, electronic component mounting apparatus using the same, and method of feeding electronic components

In a linear driving mechanism for electronic component mounting apparatus that performs mounting operation for mounting an electronic component on a substrate and linearly drives a transfer beamin a Y direction using a linear motor, an object to be driven and the linear motor are disposed such that a position P of thrust generated by the linear motor for driving the transfer beamin the Y direction approximately corresponds to a central position Dof inertial resistance of the object to be driven comprising movable portions such as transfer beam, loading head, and transfer plate. Accordingly, twisting moment applied to the transfer beamdue to inertial force is eliminated in acceleration/deceleration, and loading position accuracy is ensured and a component life can be lengthened.

Linear driving mechanism for electronic component mounting apparatus

A mounting head unit for an electronic component for making a pick-up operation of the electronic component and loading operation thereof is removably attached to a head mounting bracket of an electronic component mounting device. Each mounting head unit is provided with a control board for controlling the a mounting mechanism including a plurality of unit mounting heads each equipped with an adsorption nozzle for holding the electronic component. In the mounting operation, on the basis of the operation command from a main unit control section for controlling the entire operation of the electronic component mounting device, the control board controls the operation of each of the unit mounting heads. In this way, the replacement of wirings in replacing the mounting head can be easily made and the time delay in signal processing can be removed to realize the high speed operation.

Electronic component mounting device and mounting head unit for electronic component

An apparatus and method for mounting electronic parts wherein a transfer width between a pair of transfer rails is changeable according to a size of a substrate. A mounting head picks up electronic parts at a parts supply member and keeps its stand-by position for mounting the electronic parts on the substrate. The stand-by position of the mounting head is determined according to the changed amount of the transfer width.

Mounting apparatus of electronic parts and mounting methods of the same

A tape feeder feeds electronic components by advancing a tape intermittently. The tape feeder comprises a motor controller for controlling a motor, which rotatively drives a sprocket to advance the tape, and a communication unit for receiving a control signal from a control unit of an electronic component mounting apparatus and transmitting a control parameter such as a rotating speed, an amount of rotation, and acceleration and deceleration pattern to the motor controller. The tape feeder has such a structure that a tape advancing speed and an amount of tape advancement are easily changeable according to a type of the electronic components by changing the control parameter of the rotating speed and the amount of rotation of the motor. In addition, the tape feeder is adaptable for correction of the amount of rotation according to a result of measurement of pin position of the sprocket, so as to properly interrupt turning of the sprocket at the correct stop position for accurate positioning of the electronic components into the right pick-up location all the time.

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Fukuoka, Japan

Takuya Tsutsumi