Feeder management system of component mounting apparatus

{
  "publication_number": "US9669980B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Feeder management system of component mounting apparatus",
  "abstract": "A tape feeder is configured such that plural tape suppliers guiding plural component supply tapes to a component pick-up position are individually and detachably mounted on plural slots of the feeder body. A read component ID from a code label of a tape reel is input into a feeder management computer. The feeder management computer performs instruction display of the slot to be mounted among the plural slots to an instruction display section based on component ID. If a mounting confirmation sensor confirms the tape supplier is mounted on one of the slots, the feeder management computer determines whether or not a component in which the component ID is read is supplied from a correct slot depending on whether or not the slot in which the mounting of the tape supplier is confirmed matches the slot in which the instruction display is performed.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus that performs a mounting operation of a tape supplier on a slot of a feeder body including a plurality of slots in a state where a tape feeder is set on a feeder set stand of the component mounting apparatus, comprising: a tape feeder that is configured such that a plurality of tape suppliers that guide a plurality of component supply tapes pulled out from a plurality of tape reels to a component pick-up position are individually and detachably mounted on the plurality of slots of the feeder body, each of the plurality of tape suppliers including a handle section, the handle section including a position pin on a front end portion of the handle section that is configured to be inserted in a position hole of the feeder body when mounted and the handle section including a detected section on a upper surface of the handle section; a component identification information recording section which is provided in the tape reel and in which component identification information identifying a component stored in the component supply tape wound around the tape reel is recorded or stored; an instruction display section that is provided respectively in the plurality of slots of the feeder body and that instructs displaying of which slot on which the tape supplier is to be mounted is instructed to an operator; component identification information reading means for reading the component identification information from the component identification information recording section of the tape reel; display switching means for allowing the instruction display section to display the instruction of the slot that is to be mounted among the plurality of slots based on the component identification information read by the component identification information reading means; mounting confirmation means for confirming on which slot the tape supplier is mounted in the instruction display section by detecting the detected section when the positioning pin is inserted into the positioning hole; and collating means for determining whether or not the component in which the component identification information is read in the component identification information reading means is supplied from a correct slot by comparing the slot confirmed by the mounting confirmation means to the slot displayed by the instruction display section.",
    "2. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the collating means stops the instruction display of the instruction display section and the operator is instructed by display or voice to restart the mounting operation of the tape supplier from an operation for reading the component identification information in the component identification information reading means when the mounting of the tape supplier is not confirmed by the mounting confirmation means before a predetermined period of time has elapsed from start of the instruction display of the instruction display section.",
    "3. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the collating means determines that the tape supplier is mounted on an incorrect slot and the operator is instructed by display or voice to restart the mounting operation of the tape supplier when the slot in which the mounting of the tape supplier is confirmed by the mounting confirmation means does not match the slot that is displayed of the instruction in the instruction display section.",
    "4. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction display section displays the instruction by disposing one or a plurality of light emitting elements in each slot and by lighting or blinking the light emitting element of the slot on which the tape supplier is to be mounted.",
    "5. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the collating means determines that the tape supplier is mounted on an incorrect slot and the operator is instructed by display or voice to restart the mounting operation of the tape supplier when the slot in which the mounting of the tape supplier is confirmed by the mounting confirmation means does not match the slot that is displayed of the instruction in the instruction display section.",
    "6. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the instruction display section displays the instruction by disposing one or a plurality of light emitting elements in each slot and by lighting or blinking the light emitting element of the slot on which the tape supplier is to be mounted.",
    "7. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the instruction display section displays the instruction by disposing one or a plurality of light emitting elements in each slot and by lighting or blinking the light emitting element of the slot on which the tape supplier is to be mounted.",
    "8. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the instruction display section displays the instruction by disposing one or a plurality of light emitting elements in each slot and by lighting or blinking the light emitting element of the slot on which the tape supplier is to be mounted.",
    "9. A feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus that performs a mounting operation of a tape supplier on a slot of a feeder body in a state where a tape feeder is set on a feeder set stand of the component mounting apparatus, comprising: a tape feeder including a plurality of tape suppliers that guide a plurality of component supply tapes pulled out from a plurality of tape reels to a component pick-up position, the tape suppliers being individually and detachably mounted on a plurality of slots of the feeder body, each of the plurality of tape suppliers including a handle section, the handle section including a position pin on a front end portion of the handle section that is configured to be inserted in a position hole of the feeder body when mounted and the handle section including a detected section on a upper surface of the handle section; a label on a tape real of the plurality of tape reals, the label including component identification information that identifies a component stored in the component supply tape wound around the tape reel; an instruction display section that is provided respectively in the plurality of slots of the feeder body and that instructs displaying of which slot on which the tape supplier is to be mounted; and circuitry configured to: read the component identification information from the label; control the instruction display section to display an instruction of a slot that is to be mounted among the plurality of slots based on the component identification information; confirm which slot of the plurality of slots the tape supplier is mounted in the instruction display of the instruction display section by detecting the detected section when the positioning pin is inserted into the positioning hole; and determine whether the component in which the component identification information is read is supplied from a correct slot by comparing the slot confirmed to the slot displayed by the instruction display section.",
    "10. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the instruction display section displays the instruction by disposing one or a plurality of light emitting elements in each slot and by lighting or blinking the light emitting element in the slot on which the tape supplier is to be mounted.",
    "11. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry confirms which slot of the plurality of slots the tape supplier is mounted in the instruction display of the instruction display section using a proximity sensor that detects the detected section.",
    "12. The feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting confirmation means includes a proximity sensor on the feeder body at each of the plurality of slots that detects the detected section."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a feeder management system of a component mounting apparatus that supplies a component to the component mounting apparatus with a feeder configured such that a plurality of tape suppliers are individually and detachably mounted on a plurality of slots of a feeder body.\n\nIn a typical tape feeder of the related art, since one type of component is supplied by loading only one component supply tape on one tape feeder, it is necessary to increase the number of the tape feeders that are set to a feeder set stand of a component mounting apparatus to increase the number of types of component supplied to the component mounting apparatus. However, since the number of tape feeders that are capable of being set in the feeder set stand of the component mounting apparatus is limited by a lateral width dimension of the feeder set stand, the number of types of component capable of being supplied to the component mounting apparatus is also limited.\n\nThus, the applicant of the invention proposes a tape feeder that is configured such that a plurality of tape suppliers that guide a plurality of component supply tapes wound around a plurality of tape reels to a component pick-up position are individually and detachably mounted on a plurality of slots of a feeder body as described in PTL 1 (JP-A-2011-138834). The tape feeder is formed in which a mounting operation of the tape supplier can be performed with respect to the slot of a feeder body in a state where the tape feeder is set on a feeder set stand of the component mounting apparatus.",
  "cpc": [
    "B65D 75/327",
    "B65D 2585/86",
    "G06K 7/10",
    "H05K 13/0417",
    "H05K 13/0419",
    "H05K 13/046",
    "H05K 13/086",
    "H05K 2203/0147",
    "H05K 3/30",
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  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B65D 75/32",
    "G06K 7/10",
    "H05K 13/04",
    "H05K 3/30"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Yuji Koyanagi",
    "Yukinori Takada"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2012-03-13",
  "publication_date": "2017-06-06",
  "grant_date": "2017-06-06",
  "priority_date": "2012-03-13",
  "application_number": "US-201214380568-A",
  "family_id": "49160410",
  "cited_by_count": 10,
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