A process apparatus capable of pushing a panel-shaped object includes a process apparatus and at least one panel-shaped object. The process apparatus includes a carrying fixture and a separating fixture. The carrying fixture has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and has at least one positioning pillar. The separating fixture has a pushing portion. The panel-shaped object has at least one positioning hole and is carried on the top surface. The positioning pillar is inserted into the positioning hole to position the panel-shaped object. The pushing portion is adapted to move from the bottom surface toward the top surface and protrude out of the top surface, such that the panel-shaped object is pushed up by the pushing portion to be separated from the carrying fixture. In addition, a process method adapted to the process apparatus capable of pushing a panel-shaped object is also provided.

An electronic component mounter having a mounting head includes: a board transporter (transport mechanism) that transports a board with a transport belt supporting the board; a recognizer (a board recognition camera or a height sensor) that is provided in the mounting head and recognizes a state of a front surface of the transport belt; and a determiner (wear determiner) that determines a degradation state (wear degree) of the transport belt based on the state of the front surface of the transport belt recognized by the recognizer.

There is provided a sheet fixing apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of leak between a multilayer sheet and a support stage to secure adhesive force when fixing one surface of the multilayer sheet and releasing a layer on an opposite side thereto. The sheet fixing apparatus includes a support stage for supporting the multilayer sheet, and suction means capable of sucking the multilayer sheet toward the support stage via a suction hole. The support stage has a plate-shaped member having a flat surface on which the multilayer sheet can be placed, a suction hole provided at a position corresponding to an outer peripheral portion of the multilayer sheet in the plate-shaped member, and a step portion provided along an outside of the suction hole in the plate-shaped member. The flat surface of the plate-shaped member has a flatness of 0.30 mm or less as defined by JIS B0621-1984.

A temporary storage and reflow frame substrate system includes a substrate frame, a substrate loading and unloading station, a first conveying unit, and a second conveying unit. The substrate frame is suitable for loading the substrate. The substrate loading and unloading station includes a robotic arm, a feeding and discharging unit and a returning unit, the substrate frame is suitable for connecting to the feeding and discharging unit and the returning unit, the robotic arm is suitable to place the substrate into or remove the substrate from the substrate frame. The first conveying unit is connected to the feeding and discharging unit and is suitable for conveying the substrate frame. The second conveying unit is connected between the first conveying unit and the returning unit, in order to return the substrate frame to the returning unit, thereby loading and unloading the substrate at the substrate loading and unloading station.

A dispenser includes a frame, a gantry system, a dispensing unit, a substrate support assembly, a transport system, and an inverter system coupled to the frame and in communication with the transport system. The inverter system is positioned outside the substrate support assembly and configured to rotate a substrate orientation between a first position in which a top surface of the substrate is in a dispense position and a second position in which a bottom surface of the substrate is in a dispense position. The inverter system includes a first driven assembly configured to engage one edge of the substrate and a second driven assembly configured to engage an opposite edge of the substrate. The first driven assembly and the second driven assembly are configured to drive a linear movement of the substrate.

The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a system and a method for loading and unloading a cassette. The system for loading and unloading the cassette comprises: a lifting device configured to vertically ascend and descend between a first height and a second height; a first conveying device mounted in the lifting device and configured to move the cassette in a horizontal direction; a second conveying device mounted at the first height and configured to move the cassette in a horizontal direction; a third conveying device mounted at the second height and configured to move the cassette in the horizontal direction; a plurality of first position sensors configured to detect a position of the lifting device; and a control device configured to control ascending and descending of the lifting device, and adjust a further rising or falling of the first conveying device in the lifting device based on an initial stop position of the lifting device detected by the first position sensor such that the first conveying device is aligned with the second conveying device at the first height, or is aligned with the third conveying device at the second height. The conveying device of the lifting device and the conveying device on the platform are capable to accurately align with each other so as to achieve the smooth loading and unloading of the cassette.

The present invention describe a substrate handling system that exerts no or controllable external forces to hold substrates, does not contact front or back of the substrates, has minimum contact with side edge area of the substrate, can hold one or two substrate to each position, can be positioned in any orientation, and can be easily handled by human or robots. In the case that no deposition materials is desirable on the edge or sides of substrate, a self-aligned mask that can be attached to the substrate carrier is presented.

A board working device includes an adjustment mechanism including a plurality of main legs provided on a bottom portion of a base, the main legs being capable of adjusting a position of the base in vertical directions, and bolt heads for operating the main legs, a mounting head which rotates the bolt heads and adjusts the position of the base in the vertical directions, and a moving device which moves a mounting head to an arbitrary position on the base, in which the bolt heads are arranged within a movement range of the mounting head according to the moving device. Accordingly, it is possible to automatically perform leveling of the base using the mounting head, and it is possible to appropriately and swiftly perform the leveling of the base regardless of proficiency of an individual worker.

The positional accuracy of a pair of movable elements that are made to approach each other and separate from each other is improved by one driving source. The relationships between setting pitches, pitch deviation amounts, axis deviation angles, and central point deviation amounts of the pair of movable elements are stored as a deviation table. On the basis of the deviation table and a target pitch determined by the spacing between lead wires of a lead component to be inserted into a board, a pitch deviation amount, an axis deviation amount, and a central point deviation amount for the target pitch are acquired by an interpolation method (S25). Control instruction values to an x-axis motor, a y-axis motor, a motor, and a P motor are created taking into consideration correction values corresponding to these deviation amounts, and control is performed accordingly (S26 to S28). As a result, it is possible to accurately control the positions of the pair of movable elements, and it is possible to perform control such that lead wire insertion holes reach positions facing through-holes provided in the board. Therefore, the lead wires of the lead component are favorably inserted into the lead wire insertion holes, and it is possible to favorably perform cutting and clinching.

A substrate working device includes: a base; a first substrate working table and a second substrate working table movably supported on the base; an indicator provided to one of a base side member, which is formed on the base or a member fixed to the base, and the first and second substrate working tables; an imaging unit provided on the other one, which is different from the one, of the base side member and the first and second substrate working tables in order to image the indicator; and a control unit that, by causing the imaging unit to image the indicator and based on image data thereof, acquires position information related to each of the substrate working tables and that moreover determines whether or not the respective substrate working tables interfere with each other at the time of movement of each substrate working table based on the position information.