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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1991
Filed:
May. 22, 1989
Nobuo Shinno, Osaka, JP;
Toshikazu Shigematsu, Osaka, JP;
Shinnippon Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Shinnippon Koki Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method for controlling the tape affixing direction of an automatic tape affixing apparatus including a tape affixing head movable in X axis, Y axis, Z axis, A axis and C axis and a control device for moving the tape affixing head on an adhesion form, the tape affixing head carrying a tape supply reel, a tape-take-up reel, a tape presser roller and a tape drive roller includes the steps of; calculating a normal vector of each fine section of a surface of the adhesion form and a vector of a ridge between fine sections based on X-, Y- and Z- coordinate values of points in fine sections, the fine section being formed by dividing the surface of the adhesion form in the form of a lattice; calculating the affixing direction vector of a control point of a tape from the normal vector and the ridge vector; and controlling the moving course of the tape affixing head in accordance with the affixing direction vector. Accordingly, the tape affixing direction can be controlled with high accuracy.