H05K13/08

COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM
20220394895 · 2022-12-08 · ·

A component mounting system includes a component mounter group, a storage, and a loader. The storage is provided on an upstream side or a downstream side of the component mounter group and has a storage area in which multiple component supply devices are arranged and supported detachably. The loader automatically takes out and/or attach the component supply devices from and/or to the component mounters and the storage. When an occupancy state of the component supply device supported by the storage area reaches a predetermined high occupancy state, the control section of the component mounting system outputs at least one of a recovery urging warning for prompting recovery of the component supply devices supported by the storage area and a replenishment prohibition warning for prohibiting replenishment of the component supply device used in a next production or later onto the storage area.

COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE AND CORRECTION VALUE MANAGING METHOD
20220394894 · 2022-12-08 · ·

A component mounting device that performs mounting processing for mounting a component on a board based on a production program, includes: a storage section configured to store information; a setting section configured to set a correction value related to a mounting position of the component included in the production program; a storage control section configured to make the storage section store date and time information on which calibration related to the mounting processing is executed when the calibration is executed, and to make the storage section store the correction value in association with latest date and time information of the calibration when the correction value is set; and a correction section configured to perform a correction related to the mounting position using the correction value corresponding to the latest date and time information of the calibration without using the correction value not corresponding to the latest date and time information.

COMPONENT MOUNTER
20220394893 · 2022-12-08 · ·

A component mounter includes a component supply device equipped with a bulk feeder for supplying multiple components in a bulk state to a supply region for the components, a camera configured to image the supply region, an image processing section configured to execute image processing for distinguishing a region of at least a part of the component from a region of a background in image data acquired through imaging by the camera based on brightness, and a state recognition section configured to recognize a supply state of the component based on at least one of an area and a shape of a component region occupied by at least the part of the component in the image data on which the image processing has been executed.

Method and control device for the processing-time-optimized production of printed circuit boards on a pick-and-place line

Provided is a transmission device for feedback-free unidirectional transmission of data from a first network zone into a second network zone for evaluation at a remote application server, containing: —a data export device which is arranged in the first network zone and is to detect the data transmitted in a network data format in the first network zone and to transform the data from the network data format into a transport data format, —a unidirectional data transmission unit, to transmit the data in the transport data format into the second network zone unidirectionally—a data import device which transforms the data from the transport data format back into the network data format and to transmit the data to an application server, wherein the data import device and the application server are arranged in a second network zone remote from the first zone, and to a corresponding method.

Substrate working machine
11518621 · 2022-12-06 · ·

A substrate working machine including: a conveyance device configured to convey a substrate; a holding device configured to hold the substrate conveyed to a work position by the conveyance device; and a control device configured to control operation of the conveyance device, wherein the control device is configured to control the operation of the conveyance device such that the substrate is conveyed at a conveyance speed calculated based on a preset setting time and a conveyance distance of the substrate from the work position by the conveyance device or a conveyance distance of the substrate to the work position by the conveyance device.

Base board production line, information management device, and information management proxy device

In a board production line having multiple work devices arranged to transfer a board from upstream to downstream and perform a predetermined operation on the board, the board production line comprising: a shared folder having storage areas configured to store board-related information, the storage areas being multiply divided according to the number of the work devices, and transferring the board-related information among the storage areas, in conjunction with transferring the board, with a first work device capable of accessing the storage areas among the multiple work devices, and a management proxy section configured to access the shared folder in place of a second work device which cannot access the storage areas, and configured to manage the board-related information so that the board-related information can be transferred among the storage areas.

Tape incorrect mounting detection system

A tape erroneous mounting detection system includes sensors provided to the plurality of tape feeders, a reader configured to read identification information from a recording part which is provided to a reel, and a memory part configured to store part verification information. The tape erroneous mounting detection system also includes a part verification part configured to determine whether or not the tape is mounted on the tape feeder at the set position, and to perform verification updating processing, and a tape erroneous mounting detection part configured to perform erroneous mounting detection processing where the tape erroneous mounting detection part identifies the tape feeder on which the tape is mounted based on the tape presence or absence information and the output from the sensor, and the tape erroneous mounting detection part detects that the tape mounted on the tape feeder is erroneously mounted.

Control system of tape feeder for component supply from reel
11516953 · 2022-11-29 · ·

A control system of a tape feeder that includes a reel on which is wound component supply tape, and a tape feeding device configured to draw out the component supply tape from the reel to a component pickup position, the control system including a sensor configured to detect information relating to a remaining amount of the tape on the reel; and a motor control section configured to change an operation parameter of a motor that is a drive source of the tape feeding device based on the tape remaining amount information detected by the sensor. Specifically, the motor control section changes the operation parameter of the motor so as to reduce the motor torque as the tape remaining amount on the reel decreases, based on the tape remaining amount information detected by the sensor.

Component mounter, component mounting line, and manufacturing method of mounting board

There is provided a component mounter including: a plurality of transport lanes for transporting a board sorted by a board sorting device; a congestion index calculator for calculating a congestion index indicating a congestion degree of each of the plurality of transport lanes; a transport lane determiner for determining a transport lane for carrying in the board among the plurality of transport lanes based on the calculated congestion index; and an outputter for outputting a board request signal for requesting to carry the board into the transport lane determined by the transport lane determiner, to the board sorting device.

Component supply device
11510352 · 2022-11-22 · ·

A component supply device, including a stage on which components are scattered; an imaging device configured to image components scattered on the stage; a storage device configured to store first identification information capable of identifying a first component which is a component scheduled to be supplied from the stage and second identification information capable of identifying a second component which is a component not scheduled to be supplied from the stage; and a determination device configured to determine whether the first component is present on the stage based on the first identification information and imaging data from the imaging device, and to determine whether the second component is present on the stage based on the second identification information and imaging data from the imaging device.