Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Yasuo Takanami

Chikara Takata

Yasuo Oku

Hiroki Kobayashi

Shuzo Yagi

Yoshiaki Awata

Tetsushi Oohori

Yasuhiro Emoto

A component mounting system includes a component mounter that mounts a component in a board, a tape feeder (component feeder) that is placed in the component mounter and supplies the component, and a mobile component supply device that holds a tape cassette (container) storing a component, automatically moves, and supplies the component in the tape cassette (container) to the tape feeder (component feeder).

Component mounting system

A feeder exchanging carriage includes a reel holder which holds a reel on which a carrier tape which stores electronic components is wound, a feeder holder which holds a tape feeder which performs a feeding operation of the carrier tape, and a base unit which is provided with a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, and a telescopic unit (a front base and a rear base) which expands and contracts an interval between the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels. In a state where the feeder exchanging carriage is mounted to an electronic component mounter, the interval between the front and rear wheels is contracted by the telescopic unit, and in a state where the feeder exchanging carriage is not mounted to an electronic component mounter, the interval between the front and rear wheels is expanded by the telescopic unit.

Feeder exchanging carriage

According to a tape feeder of the present disclosure, a tape pressing member pressing a part which engages with an outer peripheral tooth of a sprocket in a carrier tape from above is connected to a main body by a connection mechanism. The connection mechanism is configured to move the entirety of the tape pressing member in a manner parallel to the main body in a case where a portion of the tape pressing member moves in a vertical direction with respect to the main body.

Tape feeder

According to the present disclosure, a tape feeder includes a main body that is attached to a component mounter and has a tape traveling path which is a traveling path of a carrier tape; and a sprocket that is provided in the main body, causes an outer peripheral tooth to engage with a feed hole of the carrier tape, and rotates so as to perform pitch feeding of the carrier tape on the tape traveling path. The tape feeder includes a lock mechanism that has a press operation unit operated with pressing force, locks the sprocket in the main body in a state where the press operation unit is not operated, and unlocks the sprocket in a state where the press operation unit is operated.

In a tape feeder which serves as a component supply device which is used for supplying components in a component mounter, a first unit which serves as a tape feed unit which pitch feeds a carrier tape which holds components to a component suction position using a pitch feeding sprocket drive mechanism, and a third unit and a second unit which serve as a tape supply unit which is attachable and detachable in relation to the tape feed unit and which supplies the carrier tape to the tape feed unit are selectively used according to the supply mode of the carrier tape to be used.

Component supply device

An automatic pallet exchange device includes: a pallet magazinethat accommodates a plurality of palletsrespectively having a plurality of horizontally extending protrusionsso as to be taken in and out in horizontal directions; a pallet fixing partthat allows the plurality of protrusionsto be engaged with a plurality of depression partsto horizontally fix the palletand a pallet fixing tableon which the pallet fixing partis arranged. The pallethorizontally fixed by the pallet fixing partis horizontally turned and horizontally moved to exchange the palletsbetween the pallet fixing tableand the pallet magazine

Automatic pallet exchange device

To provide a chip supply pallet preventing destruction of a chip and preventing a reduction in a productivity from being brought about in exchanging a wafer sheet, the chip supply pallet includes a first memberhaving a tension ringbrought into contact with a wafer sheet from a lower side, and a fixing memberof fixing a ring frame holding the wafer sheet on an inner side on a lower side of the wafer sheet brought into contact with the tension ring, and a second memberhaving a fixed portion for fixing to a predetermined position of a chip supply apparatus and a held portionof being held when the chip interchanging palletis transferred, and the first memberis configured to be able to rotationally displace relative to the second memberfixed to the predetermined position of the chip supply apparatus.

Chip supply pallet and chip supply apparatus

In a chip mounting apparatus, a structure is employed that a separation facilitation head keeping part is provided for detachably keeping a plurality kinds of separation facilitation heads in a wafer ring holding part and a chip separation facilitation unit is allowed to access to the separation facilitation head keeping part by a moving mechanism to automatically carry out a changing operation for changing the separation facilitation head between the separation facilitation head keeping part and a separation facilitation head attaching part provided in the chip separation facilitation unit without annoying operator's hands. Thus, the separation facilitation head can be automatically changed to improve the operation rate of the apparatus.

Changing method for separation facilitation head in chip mounting apparatus

In an electronic part mounting apparatus provided with first, second and third beam membersand, all supported by a common Y-axis frame at both ends thereof, holding a chipby suction from an electronic part feeding unitby means of a mounting head attached to the first beam member, and mounting the chip onto a substrate held by first and second substrate-holding unitsA andB, a supporting mechanism for the substrate-holding unit (an SHU-supporting mechanism) 10 is provided which supports a slide table, on which the first and second substrate-holding unitA andB are arranged, in such a manner that the slide table is movable between an operating position Pand a maintenance position P. With such configuration, the slide tablecan be moved to the maintenance position Peasily accessible for maintenance, leading to the improvement of working efficiency.

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Yamanashi, Japan

Yasuo Takanami