Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Techno Engineering Co., Ltd.

Tomoya Tomita

Tsutomu Takahashi

Mitsuo Nakamura

Hiromoto Ashihara

Sotozi Hiramoto

Motoaki Fujino

Tadaaki Kadoya

Masao Tsuji

Narihito Okubo

Takesi Okubo

Kuniyuki Matsuo

Shingo Fujioka

Kenji Hosaka

Hiroyasu Kato

Electronic components such as integrated circuit components have rows of parallel leads extending from the sides of their bodies. In detecting bent leads of an electronic component, at least two measuring lines are set along each row of leads. The intersections between the measuring lines and the leads are extracted and processed to detect a bend in leads. The electronic component is photographed to produce image data which is stored in a memory. At least two measuring lines are virtually set along the row of leads of the image data stored in the memory. An intersection extractor extracts, from the image data, the intersections between the measuring lines and predetermined leads in the row of leads. A detector then uses the extracted intersections to detect bent leads.

Method and apparatus for detecting bent leads in electronic components

An apparatus for inserting a plurality of kinds of electronic parts into a predetermined position of a printed board. An electronic part which is successively supplied from an electronic part supplying means is fed to a predetermined supply positioning end by a feeding means. An insertion unit carries the electronic part from this position to a predetermined specific position, thereby inserting the electronic part into the printed board. The printed board is held and positioned by an X-Y table. At a position corresponding to said specific position, the apparatus has a clinching means for clinching the leads of the electronic part which is inserted into the printed board and a control means which controls a predetermined operation of each means.

Apparatus for automatically inserting electronic part

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Narita, Japan

Tomoya Tomita